Dragon Age

Exactly why I said it isn't a bad game, it's very very good. As good as Origins? Of course not. But the game's story is actually very well written if you think of all the parts as together, not apart.

In the beginning, Varric is already spinning your unbelievable and somewhat embellished story. You're just out of Loathering and already you've killed an ogre on your own, no small feat. You've met the Witch of the Woods and had her aid in getting safely to Kirkwall, with a request to uphold your bargain by giving an amulet to the dalish Keeper.

The 2nd "act" is him already building you up as a simple Ferelden refugee, who works himself up in the world, befriending the most unlikely of friends. A dwarf rogue with an unhealthy love for his crossbow, a Dalish Blood-Mage who is naiive in the bustling metropolis of Kirkwall, a Grey Warden with a deep hatred for Templars, and even a pirate. This is the first major part in the story that builds up for your character's heroic journey ahead.

The 3rd act is where your story becomes more interesting to the Seeker interrogating Varric. your character starts becoming more and more powerful and, accidentally (or on purpose) incites a major riot in the city, and afterwards, ends it heroically.

The 4th act is what will matter most in DA3. Your most major choice. Kill the mages of Kirkwall, starting with the Circle itself, or slay the Templar oppressors of the mages. The act that guides your most major triumph or tyranny in the game.

All the while, Varric is the one telling the stories. He's the only one that will talk. Why? Because he can. He can lie. That's what makes every time you play different. Varric can exaggerate, he can understate actions, he can make you seem however he wishes. Hawke is the last person that the Templars think can save the world, and he is nowhere to be found, all that seems to remain of him is the legend and the story, written of in books and told by Varric. Varric who can make anyone believe anything.

That is all well and nice guys, and yes, Varric telling the story gives it a level of depth that makes you really say, "What the hell is really going on anyways?" but what it boils down to is if the game was enjoyable or not. You may have enjoyed it, but I did not, and a large amount of people did not also. Yes, the choices were interesting to make, but the story had a weakness in it. These are all my personal opinions, and I don't feel like I can impose my views on others, or that they can on me.

Bottom line, if you liked it, that's fine. I did not, and nobody will make me.

I consider it a bad game in comparison to Origins.
It's just... it seems lazy. A cashcow game made to be done as fast as possible, then sent out to profit on the success of its predeccessor. I saw nothing I found interesting or unique, all of the little things (like new zones, not going to the same place 50 times over, cities that look populated, and not consider overcrowded yet having the population of a ghost town, etc)

Ah yes, the lack of new zones was irritating. Tracking my steps all over the city was not fun.