Yay, someone else to discuss it with! Heather and I have been alone until now :)
I agree with mostly all your points. I couldn't decide if I liked or hated Alistair until the end of the game, and then I decided that he worked. For a while, I couldn't reconcile Mr. Noble Grey Warden/ex-Templar with Virgin Awkward McJokesALot. I played a City Elf, and when he asked if I'd ever "licked a lamp post," I answered no (figuring that the elves with their arranged marriages and what not probably didn't?)-- and then found the sex scene particularly hilarious since both of them were supposedly virgins.
I also couldn't decide if I bought/liked Leiliana for a while--up until she started describing how she'd dress up Morrigan if she could. Then I loved her, lol.
I thought it would take me a lot longer to get through it than it did...it could be that I have the PS3 version, and thus could play it while hanging out with my fiance (rather than shutting myself in the office at the computer).
I had some big issues with my PS3 version. I also chose Anora over Alistair (Such a DUH choice. Although then afterwards, at the battle, where he made the big speech, I was like, um, weren't you bitching earlier that you didn't want to be king because you'd have to make speeches?). However, while I got the right cutscene at the time, something broke in my game, because every single person/event afterwards acted as though I had chosen Alistair. It was supremely annoying, and I kept yelling at the TV, "I didn't do this!"
I also broke a few companions at the end apparently too--I got a marriage conversation with Alistair, and then suddenly afterwards had a "What happens when you're king?" conversation, where he was all uncertain about our future. This was doubly annoying. Despite clearly rejecting Leiliana as a romance earlier in the game, I somehow turned it back on and she told me she loved me-- leading me to have the jealousy "pick one of us!" conversation with Alistair next-- AFTER we had the marriage conversation! Not sure if it is my fault or the game's, but the bugs made the end of the game less enjoyable for me.
Check out swooping_is_bad. There be Alistair fangirling there, oh my...
I loved the banter. It was one of my favorite parts of the game, and at one point I was just running around aimlessly with different combinations of people trying to trigger it. I also got an Alistair/Leiliana vibe from their banter--like if I wasn't around/was male, they would totally hook up.
I couldn't get Zevran to like me either, although he didn't betray me (dunno if this was more stuff breaking?). I hear that if you romance him, although you sleep with him like immediately, he becomes pretty interesting and less over the top through the rest.
I also want to play through the rest of the origins, but I doubt I will play through the rest again too--unless I try to reload and get the game to actually acknowledge that I chose Anora, lol.
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I agree with mostly all your points. I couldn't decide if I liked or hated Alistair until the end of the game, and then I decided that he worked. For a while, I couldn't reconcile Mr. Noble Grey Warden/ex-Templar with Virgin Awkward McJokesALot. I played a City Elf, and when he asked if I'd ever "licked a lamp post," I answered no (figuring that the elves with their arranged marriages and what not probably didn't?)-- and then found the sex scene particularly hilarious since both of them were supposedly virgins.
I also couldn't decide if I bought/liked Leiliana for a while--up until she started describing how she'd dress up Morrigan if she could. Then I loved her, lol.
I thought it would take me a lot longer to get through it than it did...it could be that I have the PS3 version, and thus could play it while hanging out with my fiance (rather than shutting myself in the office at the computer).
I had some big issues with my PS3 version. I also chose Anora over Alistair (Such a DUH choice. Although then afterwards, at the battle, where he made the big speech, I was like, um, weren't you bitching earlier that you didn't want to be king because you'd have to make speeches?). However, while I got the right cutscene at the time, something broke in my game, because every single person/event afterwards acted as though I had chosen Alistair. It was supremely annoying, and I kept yelling at the TV, "I didn't do this!"
I also broke a few companions at the end apparently too--I got a marriage conversation with Alistair, and then suddenly afterwards had a "What happens when you're king?" conversation, where he was all uncertain about our future. This was doubly annoying. Despite clearly rejecting Leiliana as a romance earlier in the game, I somehow turned it back on and she told me she loved me-- leading me to have the jealousy "pick one of us!" conversation with Alistair next-- AFTER we had the marriage conversation! Not sure if it is my fault or the game's, but the bugs made the end of the game less enjoyable for me.
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I loved the banter. It was one of my favorite parts of the game, and at one point I was just running around aimlessly with different combinations of people trying to trigger it. I also got an Alistair/Leiliana vibe from their banter--like if I wasn't around/was male, they would totally hook up.
I couldn't get Zevran to like me either, although he didn't betray me (dunno if this was more stuff breaking?). I hear that if you romance him, although you sleep with him like immediately, he becomes pretty interesting and less over the top through the rest.
I also want to play through the rest of the origins, but I doubt I will play through the rest again too--unless I try to reload and get the game to actually acknowledge that I chose Anora, lol.