Pikachu I choose you :D

The Chosen One is so yesterday. Can we not think of a newer better hero type?

Pick one.

Hmm, so Gollum was the Chosen One. I see.

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He just wanted the ring back. I'm sure falling into lava and saving the world didnt enter into his head.

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His so purpose was greed, selfishness. It was his precious and no one else's.

I hate being the chosen one but it seems more plausible than what Bioware places in their games.

What? Seems like the contradictory statement of the decade. Or are you referring to the different style of chosen one, rather than just the chosen one idea?

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The style in which that the chosen one is... well... chosen.

I am the savior of the world. I am destined for greatness.

The world can **** itself inside Elminster's pointy hat.

I am the savior of the world. I am destined for greatness.

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Didn't you just say you were against the Chosen One archetype?

Yeah, but no one wants to choose her.

I am the savior of the world. I am destined for greatness.

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Didn't you just say you were against the Chosen One archetype?

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It was a Chosen One type statement. I am not against it, I just grow tired of the same thing being repeated.

So you'd rather we rephrase the archetype?

How LotR should have went:

 

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Yeah, but no one wants to choose her.

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Oh snap.

I would choose her.

Yeah, but no one wants to choose her.

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You're just jelous.

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Told you hades had the hots for you

Well, think of it as a metagamer for a second. Playing as the chosen one is better because it is more exciting than not playing as the chosen one... I think? How about becoming the chosen one after you do some junk and get good at junk? I thought i read some review about the early NWN2 and how it was supposed to start you out as unimportant? Did i read about a different game? or did they change that?

 

BTW, I would choose her too :ph34r:

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Well, think of it as a metagamer for a second. Playing as the chosen one is better because it is more exciting than not playing as the chosen one... I think? How about becoming the chosen one after you do some junk and get good at junk? I thought i read some review about the early NWN2 and how it was supposed to start you out as unimportant? Did i read about a different game? or did they change that?

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There is a difference between being a protagonist and being a chosen one.

 

In NWN your chosen to go defend the creatures at the start. Not because your special, but because you are alive.

 

In Jade Empire the whole plot revolves around who you are. No one else can fill that role.

 

You can become important without having to be some sort of chosen hero.

There is a difference between being a protagonist and being a chosen one.

 

In NWN your chosen to go defend the creatures at the start. Not because your special, but because you are alive.

 

In Jade Empire the whole plot revolves around who you are. No one else can fill that role.

 

You can become important without having to be some sort of chosen hero.

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But doesn't being alive when others are not define you as chosen?

 

JE sounds good, if we judged games as good if they don't include the "chosen" factor.

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Yup. And, NWN2's stated story fits in the JE camp - though not the same degree; but much closer to that than to NWN OC where you are just some adventurer.

But doesn't being alive when others are not define you as chosen?

 

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Not really otherwise every game with a protagonist would have a chosen one by default.

 

Being alive defines you as lucky/skillful nothing more.

Yup. And, NWN2's stated story fits in the JE camp - though not the same degree; but much closer to that than to NWN OC where you are just some adventurer.

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You could still replace the PC with another if the first died though. If it's just a matter of digging out the shard.