Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Morrigan Disapproves (of Your Shenanigans)

Initially, I thought I hated Dragon Age because of genre shock. I'm just not into dark fantasy; it's not my thing. I read the first three books of A Song of Ice and Fire because my BFF wouldn't shut up about them, and frankly, I was unimpressed. That same BFF adores Dragon Age, so I figured correlation=causation and I hated DA because I hate dark fantasy.

But as I've been playing DA for the second time, I've realized that's not the case. Okay, it's part of it. But the real reason I hate DA is because of Approval. This is kind of weird, considering that Influence was one of my favorite parts of Knights of the Old Republic II, which you may recall is my Favorite Game Ever. Influence and Approval are pretty much the same thing, right?

Wrong, actually.