The problem is, it was all cosmetic. Fixing Skyhold, conquering keeps, doing quests, nothing had any kind of impact on the story. I think the most astonishing one is that even if one sides with the templars, the Red Templars are still the main enemies in all regions of the world. I sided with the Mages (and I'm so glad I did, because the Redcliffe quest is one of the best things Bioware has ever done), so I didn't think anything was wrong when I saw mad templars popping out everywhere like daisies. And then I found out it would have been exactly the same the other way around. Not to mention theoretically I could have just minded my own business, not sided with anyone, and it wouldn't have made a lick of difference, since I didn't need an army against Corypheus after all.
Funny enough, in DA2, where the story was so much smaller in the way it inflicted the world, Hawke's choices had way more of an impact, even if it still ended with a confrontation with both Orsino and Meredith. I played a whole playthrough always siding with the Templars, because I wanted the trophy, and it truly felt like I was playing a very different story than my first, canon one. It was a weird step back they took here.
Plus I would have liked more sidequests with a story to them. It was all fetch this, kill that. But in DA2 the sidequests and companion quests were so alive and rich that most of the time it didn't feel like I was putting the main plot on hold at all. It was just part of the story Hawke was living. Here it felt a lot like "two hours of story and then I'm going to level up for the next ten hours", which is a shame.
I want to start a new playthrough and see if I get the banter this time, but I'm worried I won't and then I'll have to put it on hold. I'll just wait for the next patch. *gotta be patient, gotta be patient*
Oh, and I killed a Dragon and got the dialogue with Bull at the tavern next! I loved it, and I was in stitches the whole time! God, Bull is my favourite! *____*
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Funny enough, in DA2, where the story was so much smaller in the way it inflicted the world, Hawke's choices had way more of an impact, even if it still ended with a confrontation with both Orsino and Meredith. I played a whole playthrough always siding with the Templars, because I wanted the trophy, and it truly felt like I was playing a very different story than my first, canon one. It was a weird step back they took here.
Plus I would have liked more sidequests with a story to them. It was all fetch this, kill that. But in DA2 the sidequests and companion quests were so alive and rich that most of the time it didn't feel like I was putting the main plot on hold at all. It was just part of the story Hawke was living. Here it felt a lot like "two hours of story and then I'm going to level up for the next ten hours", which is a shame.
I want to start a new playthrough and see if I get the banter this time, but I'm worried I won't and then I'll have to put it on hold. I'll just wait for the next patch. *gotta be patient, gotta be patient*
Oh, and I killed a Dragon and got the dialogue with Bull at the tavern next! I loved it, and I was in stitches the whole time! God, Bull is my favourite! *____*