chicago_bankroll
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Ah, the Joining scene... I thought it was fine; it certainly fit right into a Bioware game. A little anticlimactic, certainly, and, also, what the hell was with that giant goblet? That thing looked unspeakably retarded. But, I never really questioned Duncan's choice to kill the knight because this is the kind of game where dark, gritty and mature things happen on a regular basis.
I agree the scene was totally bipolar in regards to Duncan/Grey Warden character development. He's shown to be such a quiet, nice guy prior to the killing, that the whole sudden ruthlessness thing comes way out of left field. I think if we'd had a little more concrete development on Duncan's character, some signs of the ruthlessness that obviously lies beneath the surface...that scene might have gone better for me.Chateaubryan said:If the writer's intent is to depict the ruthlessness, the unformal ways of the Gray Warden then he missed his goal by showing them caring, saying "sorry" instead of "you had your chance, trash". You don't make the Gray Warden seems compassionate when their ritual is about letting the weak die, and killing the coward without a second thought. It just seems schizophrenic, or dumb.
SPOILER. I'm 99.87% sure that your small party is because the rest of the Grey Wardens are dead and you have been declared a traitor who helped kill the king. So, the "major institution" of the Grey Wardens now consists of you and that other guy whose name I forgot that you pick up at the beginning.Castanova said:If they had done this in the game, it would actually make sense why you're limited to a small party.