And that part where 'some quests can be resolved peacefully'
That's fucking bullshit. I had a quest to investigate the mages who are sneaking off at night. Keep in mind I was totally in support of the mages at this point. But guess what happened when I stepped into their little meeting?
"OMG THE CHAMP IS HERE, KILL HIM B4 HE INFORMS THE KNITE COMMANDAH!"
So I thought "Wtf, ok Maybe it's just stupid grunts...they don't know how to communicate."
We butchered 2 dozen mages whom we wanted to help and continue to follow the lead to a warehouse. AND IT FUCKING HAPPENED AGAIN.
I TOLD U THE CHAMP IS FOLLOWING US! AHHHHHH. FIGHT HIM!!!
Again, I butchered 3 dozen of them . Only ONE actually bothered to surrender and talk to explain. "Erm, we thought you were on the Knight Commander's side....so we kidnapped your sister...to have a little bit insurance"
Being STILL a nice guy, I wanted to TALK to the leaders...so I spared this puny guy's life and proceed to where my sister is.
That's where I stumbled upon the disgruntled templars allying with the mages. So I thought "OK, this is finally where this quest can be resolved without violence!" and I stepped to their camp, intent on shedding as little blood as possible.
The templar guy went "Oh, shit. Champ is here. We're sorry, man. We ...we were mistaken. You can have your sis back..."
So far, so good. But...the mage leader, WHOM I SPARED 3 fucking years ago and helped to ESCAPE went "FUck you pussy! KILL THE HOSTAGE, KILL THE CHAMPION!"
What. The . Fuck? WHY? The Templar leader attempted to convince her to stop, but got killed by blood magic as the stupid cunt apostate turned into a demon. And I pretty much was forced to kill ALL of these stupid fucks. NICE CHOICE N CONSEQUENCES THERE BIOWARE.
FUCK YOU VOLOURN. YOUR DEFENSIVE BIOFANNING SHIT ISN'T JUSTIFIED. YOU CALL THIS FUCKING CHOICE?
If you think to counter this example of classic Bioware railroaded bullshit quest chain by saying I did 3 tasks of hunting down dangerous apostates for the Knight Commander and THAT makes me anti-mages by impression YOU ARE WRONG. WHY DO YOU EVEN TRY TO LIE?
Because:
1. I even spoke in support of mages iN PUBLIC. IN the presence of the Circle's First Enchanter.
2. I was totally keeping Anders, who are TOTALLY PRO MAGE ACTIVIST.
3. I HAD NO FUCKING CHOICE TO SPARE THE TWO APOSTATES. The one that was fake, I did spare. BUT IT DOESNT. FUCKING. MATTER.
4. IF you told me "Why did u do the apostate hunting quest if you are in support of mages in the first place ROFFFLES" Guess what, fanboy? IT WAS A MANDATORY QUEST. I ignored the letter from the Knight Cunt completely. I completed ALL SIDE TASK before realizing, after checking my quest journal that this bitch's quest IS MANDATORY.
5. Dragon Age 2 is a classic example of fake choices and consequences and is in no way of improvement over the original Dragon Age. At least in that game ENCOUNTERS DO END WITH NO BLOODSHED if diplomatic avenues are taken. In the sequel, there is no persuasive skills available, all you gotta do is kill kill kill talk, spare the remnants and kill some more. By the time the finale came, I couldn't care anymore and felt I was railroaded into this shit. Those two factions are retarded, and I wanted to walk away from the city. But Nope. No such option, because I was the CHAMPEEN of DICKWALL.
