Originally Posted By placeholder (17 DEC 2010 8:35pm)
...is it just me, or does anyone else find Awakening a bit monotonous?  

Originally Posted By Stiler (17 DEC 2010 9:59pm)
When it came out I remember reading a LOT of negative things aout it, basically saying it was very short and one of the main selling points, Morrigan, was a huge letdown and not even in it but 5 minutes or so.

Whhopie-doo!  I found the thread for one of my fave games!      I still need to finish Awakening, and do Witch Hunt. 

I found it too! Well after the pesky bug I had to redo the whole fight. I followed a tip found on a YouTube video and built up the Mayor's morale until he told me he had a 'good feeling' about the fight ahead.

And lo and behold I progressed from attack from the castle to attack from the lake. Despite losing all my party members (careless tactics) I ended up luring the rest of the zombies up the path to the knights and then sitting back and waited for them to do the work for me.

Well, I'm so glad to hear you are over that obstacle now, Maum!  It's a pity you had to replay the battle, but for whatever reason, I also had to restart that battle, I can't exactly remember why.  I played the game when it was released, so it's been a while.

Come to think of it, there's 2 of the origins I haven't done yet; the City elf, and Dwarven Commoner.

There's also 2 more sets of DLC that I'd like to get: Leliana's Song  and The Golems of Amgarrak.

Which origin did you choose, Maum?

EDIT:  I do remember there was a reason why I had to replay the (a?) battle in the castle - I had forgotten to find that lost girl to send her back to a father; and I'm a completionist, I like to finish all possible quests. 

In order not to pollute the 'what are you playing thread' any further, i'm going to post in this thread from now on.

So to answer you question Trav: I've already advanced to about 20% into the game, according to the stats.

I seemed to have missed most side quests in the Korcari Wilds, if i'm not mistaken there's no way to return to that area?

I've already completed everything in Lothering and Redcliffe, which took me to the Mage's Tower where i ended up in the Fade.

What an ingenious and original place that is, it really shows how skilled the bioware devs are. 

Originally Posted By Stiler (27 NOV 2009 7:37pm)
 
All I ever hear is my guy commenting "Can you get a ladder so you can get off my back" when I click on him from time to time, so annoying.

THIS is also my only complaint so far, why is my main character so rude to me?

I also miss the fact that the main character isn't fully voiced, it really adds to the realism of the game.

I'll never be as emotionally attached to this 'Warren' the warden as I am with my Shepards in Mass Effect.

Originally Posted By markornikov (23 MAR 2012 7:47am)

Originally Posted By Stiler (27 NOV 2009 7:37pm)
 
All I ever hear is my guy commenting "Can you get a ladder so you can get off my back" when I click on him from time to time, so annoying.

 

THIS is also my only complaint so far, why is my main character so rude to me?

I also miss the fact that the main character isn't fully voiced, it really adds to the realism of the game.

I'll never be as emotionally attached to this 'Warren' the warden as I am with my Shepards in Mass Effect.

 

Yes, sadly I also missed a binch of quests in the Koscarrii wilds in my first playthrough, and that is indeed very sad that you cannot go back.  I suspect the reason is that the place is Spoiler Alertsupposedly destroyed.

If I may give you a mild spoiler about follower relationships, Marko, (it's common knowledge, but I'm going to cover with spoiler tags anyway) : Spoiler Alertyou can make your followers like you a lot more by giving them very specific gifts.

  I could tell you which gifts to give to whom, but rather than spoil you, I'll make the suggestion that you save before giving the gift.  If the gift adds anything more than 10 points to how much your follower likes you, then it was an approriate gift for that specific person.  Anything 5 or lower, and you know you should rather have given that sepcific gift to someone else.  You'll soon learn who likes to collect what.  Huge spoiler:  Spoiler AlertSurprise surprise! Your dog likes to recieve bones. 

Ok, that last spoiler wasn't really a huge spoiler, so you can peep under the tag...    

meh, the dog gets nothing from me, i hate dogs 

I haven't figured out how to give gifts though, as it's been a while since i've set up camp.

I'm probably still not paying as much attention to my companions as I should be 

Originally Posted By markornikov (23 MAR 2012 9:52am)

meh, the dog gets nothing from me, i hate dogs 

 

I haven't figured out how to give gifts though, as it's been a while since i've set up camp.

I'm probably still not paying as much attention to my companions as I should be 

Well for it to work specifically as a gift, it needs to be tagged as a gift in the title of the item. 

(  In other words, not any old item will work as a gift, you need to look for the stuff that clearly has a "gift" ID) 

You find them in the gameworld, or buy them from vendors. 

I think you then give it through the inventory screen, as if you were going to give the follower weapons or armour, but I'm getting a bit confused now with this game and other games where you can gift people, so I need to check the exact detail again. 

Btw, did you get Sten?

 ..and Leliana?

yes, i got him, but i'm not using him since i'm a warrior myself.

My current party consists of Alistair,  Wynne  and that chantry girl who blabs a lot 

Originally Posted By markornikov (23 MAR 2012 11:19am)

yes, i got him, but i'm not using him since i'm a warrior myself.

 

My current party consists of Alistair,  Wynne  and that chantry girl who blabs a lot 

That chantry girl who blabs a lot is Leliana.  You can do romance with her, and much harder, with Morrigan.  My standard party when I was a warrior (did my main playthrough as an Elven dualwielding female warrior - remind me to show you cool shots of me killing a dragon)  consisted of Morrigan and Wynne, because later on, as you level up, combination spells become awesome, and you can only do the combo's with 2 mages in your party. 

Dualwielding is also absolutely awesome.

darn, i had to kill Wynne in the mage's tower, i'm going to miss her healing spells 

Originally Posted By markornikov (24 MAR 2012 7:33am)

darn, i had to kill Wynne in the mage's tower, i'm going to miss her healing spells 

Oh my. She was the most important character in my party. 

Originally Posted By markornikov (24 MAR 2012 7:33am)

darn, i had to kill Wynne in the mage's tower, i'm going to miss her healing spells 

Um, why? Why did you have to kill her? You can't play without Wynne!

EDIT: I mean, what was the reason you "had to" kill her?  You could very easily have left her behind when going into the tower and taken somone else instead, because i know she gets stroppy at a point, but even so, I took her along and just shut her up with the right dialogue.  Maybe she didn't like you enough on the follower attitude thingie?  In such cases, you must always leave a follower behind if you're embarking on a quest that they don't agree with.  Or else you might soon find yourself without any followers.

"Playing"  your followers is very much a part of the game - they are part of the story and part of how you play the game; the game isn't just about fighting.  It's just an example of the former Bioware's brilliance with creating fantastic character-driven games.