orgolove Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 I've browsed several forums across the internet for their opinions on the favorite origin stories. What are your opinions? My favorite was the dwarf commoner beginning. You truly started from the lowest of the low, "casteless" in a casteless society. Only in the dwarf commoner beginning do you face off against the best fighters of the realm, in a literal stadium in front of the entire Dwarven kingdom. It is of my opinion that only in the dwarf commoner origin that you truly prove your worth as a Grey Warden. Plus, the scene where you take off your helmet, and the screen closes up no the helmet, followed by a gradual panning out was so, so dramatic. It enraptured me immediately, and that was just within the first 20 minutes of the game. Man, that you could say "I am casteless and yet I have defeated the best of you!" in front of all those arrogant pricks was sooo satisfying. And only in this origin does Duncan really heartfelt support, with his pivotal comments: "I beg of you, stop the guards! Didn't this man/woman defeat the best you could offer?" "this casteless man/woman has no place here" "except, as your champion." And then he walks away. Ohhhhhh that was so orgasmic Truly, the dwarf commoner origin was such a masterpiece. It really set the tone for how great the game would unfold. Man, if only the other origin stories were even half as good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinwastaken Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 I like the city elf one as it reveals the ugly nature of human/elf relations. It's about as gritty as BioWare gets these days, so I liked that. Honestly I haven't tried the dwarf ones yet. The human noble one is boring to me and the mage one is only slightly less so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboUK Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Haven't done the Dwarf Noble or Elf Commoner yet but out of those I've tried the Dwarf Casteless was my favourite. I agree that the mage one is boring, shame as I like playing a mage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark0ne Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Moving this thread to the Spoiler forum so you don't need to use spoiler tags. I've only done the Dwarf Noble and Mage origins but of the two the dwarf one was far and away the best one. Sadly PC Gamer ruined the Dwarf Noble origin start for me, though, so I knew I was going to get shafted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elequin Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 To be honest I didn't really have any intention on rolling a dwarf... I never liked the little farts :P But after hearing your input on it I'm going to have to try it.I have only fully completed human noble and about half way through with mage. I enjoyed human noble as I think that's really more of the main type kind of character. No doubt it's a repetitive story about having everything getting taken away and getting revenge kind of thing. Plus its the only story where you can end up becoming king (or at least close to being king) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinwastaken Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 To be honest I didn't really have any intention on rolling a dwarf... I never liked the little fartsThese are my exact sentiments. I can't stand dwarves or the fact that they appear to be nothing more than "squished" models of humans in DAO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meh2100 Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 i have played the dwarf nobel, the dalish elf and the mage origin storys and i've seen my brother do the human nobel and i have to say the dwarf nobel is the best. It is the only one where i didn't feel that my character was "forced" into the grey wardens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orgolove Posted November 18, 2009 Author Share Posted November 18, 2009 To be honest I didn't really have any intention on rolling a dwarf... I never liked the little fartsThese are my exact sentiments. I can't stand dwarves or the fact that they appear to be nothing more than "squished" models of humans in DAO. Sigh. I'm unhappy to say that I agree with this. Their arms are abnormally long... like a monkey's. Their facial structure isn't too bad, but the arms make them look like a chimpanzee. :( I play dwarf because of the story reasons, not for their looks. I'd edit their appearance in the save file if it didn't screw up the face I had built... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcelyn Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 I've played all origins except dwarf. I really hate dwarfs. I'd prefer them to be cut from the game completely in favour of more post landsmeet story. I really don't care about their city or who should be their king and I hate that they have such a long drawn out quest to get them to aid you. Human Noble makes me sad and I find city elf really upsetting to me. Dalish is nice because I like their culture and the forest. Mage is my favourite but I really wish Jowan could become a companion later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VictoriaG Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 I'm up to getting the Dwarfs aid as a human noble (and she's seriously romancing Alistair ;) ). Working on a Dalish elf character in the toolset, she will have an intense dislike of humans, wondering how anti she can be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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