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No. It's heavily implied that she's a (former) Warden. Given what he says, the fact that she's a Warden, and the fact that we see another ghoulish character pledge to join him, the implications become somewhat obvious. Even without all those things... it's a ghoul hanging out with a Darkspawn. Seems somewhat normal.

While The Architect does appear in the books, Awakening actually felt better for me having not read them. He appears as a mysterious figure for a while. Then he explains who and what he is, and his motives. If I'd read the books, the suspense would have been lost and the reveal would have been redundant. Compared to WoW: Cataclysm where Thrall and Garrosh's changes are a big "what did I miss" moment.

I should get to playing Witcher. I haven't touched it since release and never got to experience the engine upgrades and new quests.

Naturally it's going to be supported by people looking to buy DLC. But it hurts those who either do not or don't buy the collected edition later on. That's where my concern lies. We'll just have to see how much it hurts them and whether or not it hurts them enough to impact future sales. I suspect it might not be significant negative impact, at least in this instance. I didn't hear much outcry against Revenge of the Sith's opening which was preceded by the season finale of Clone Wars season 2, so maybe it's not as bad as I think. But I'm still bitter about those comic book crossovers. And I have read complaints about Blizzard putting so much of their plot content in the tie-in novels without enough being in-game.

Why pretend these are the only two options? You said "outcome" so maybe I'm misunderstanding the question. I don't see either as an outcome as they both already happened.

Fair enough. My point was more that DLC having impact on the main story is a good thing, instead of being just a bunch of axed sidemissions finished and released later. Not that even that's necessarily a bad thing, *cough* bring down the sky *cough* And I disagree. I don't see it as a good thing. Sticking with just the major components should feel like a complete experience. Mass Effect 1 should lead to Mass Effect 2, which should lead to Mass Effect 3. Having to make miscellany sidetrips into DLC, comic book tie ins, novels, and the web original live action series just so you can understand why major changes happened to the main character between installments is going to leave people who don't follow the extras feeling frustrated. They're more likely to drop it since it stops making sense for what they follow. I thought the 90s comic book crossover obsession illustrated this rather well. "How did the X-men get to the moon between issues 128 and 129!? What do you mean it was in Cable #13? I hate Cable. F this!"

Fun? If the major plot arc is the only thing of value in an RPG, something has gone very wrong. In several places.

Tell us more about the time you spent with the walking-on-hands task group?

Oh wow. Those are impressive.

Robots.

Water is wet.

I don't disagree. I don't particularly like the idea of DLC being an important part of the plot.

Is Walsingham drunk, again? He seems to be rambling and malforming URLs.

Are you ready to pay 100$ just for that? I... don't... know. Playing cards!

I just found out that the hard collector's edition comes with a deck of cards. THOSE SONS OF #@%@#%@#%@#%@#%@#^%@#^@#^@#^@#^$%*&$@#@.

So, it's the Phantom/OnLive?

That would be incorrect. I've seen some injuries that would scar you for life.

I have to give them some credit for Brotherhood being better than expected. But I still am tired of it feeling like they're just milking it. MOVE ON

Show me the racing cars and cover system in Doom. They were in that one level. The one with demons.

You won't hear about such a thing early. It would gut the initial sales by encouraging people to wait. It'd be like announcing sale prices a month in advance. There's no incentive to the seller.

The Snatcher rumor revolved around a joint with Suda 51, right? I heard they weren't working together yet. But maybe he went ahead with it anyway. It'd be nice.

I will no longer be pre-ordering ME3. I now have lost all interest. WHY ARE YOU RUINING BIOWARE EA!!! STOP! How is this "ruining Bioware?" I'm honestly surprised how this can be considered a change. It's not as if Bioware has ever been some champion of niche audiences. The Mass Effect franchise especially was never aimed at being niche, intellectual, complex, or whatever else people are romanticising this realignment as taking away from it.

I've picked up my old TF2 habit.

I hear the sequel "Marriage" is really good at the start, but goes down hill quickly. depends on how good a player you are, both during the game prior to wedding, and after marriage. If you did well enough, it only get's better as you get further along. That's a bug. I hear it gets fixed in the next patch.

You can use a savegame editor to create an import, if you want. Not that I've found. I've found a few that work on editing profiles or a few flags on ME2 saves. But nothing that sets all flags for ME1.