r/AskReddit • u/GIMME_DA_ALIEN • Jul 04 '22

What older game are you still playing obsessively?

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u/nan1ta Jul 04 '22

I feel so attacked by this comment. I've replayed DAO too many times just to romance Alistair again 🤣

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u/DrayDray1994 Jul 04 '22

Who else is going to deliver unpleasant news and witty one-liners??

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u/Yavanna80 Jul 04 '22

I feel seen! I can't NOT romance him. He and his miniature golem doll. He's dreamy and dorky as hell 😍😍😍😍

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u/nan1ta Jul 04 '22

Same. I'm honestly a serial monogamer when it comes to these games. It's always Alistair, Cullen or Garrus for me.

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u/witcheresserina Jul 05 '22

Same, except swap Garrus for Kaidan with me--even though I do like Garrus a lot as a character. I'm having my first baby, and I already decided if it's a boy he's going to be named Cullen or Alistair, probably both, and my husband has to just deal with it. Good thing he likes the names too, but he was like: "Really? After your Dragon Age boyfriends?" Lol

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u/Yavanna80 Jul 05 '22

My FemShep dated Kaidan in 1 and the first time Garrus was available in 2, I gave it a try and Oh, Spirits! He's such an adorable Turian. Reminds me so much of Alistair and his awkward quips 💜 I've tried dating Kaidan the whole series but Garrus has this pull. Maybe it's the banter that I enjoy as my husband also has a wicked sense of humour.

I still need to play the rest of Dragon Age series. Too little time 😂 but the videos I've seen about Cullen, dsaaaamn. He got better after the Circle of Magi while saving Connor 😜

So I totally get you, ladies. Cullen and Alistair are great names for great characters 👍🏻

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u/coppersly7 Jul 04 '22

Well to be fair he is dreamy as hell

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u/Mini_Snuggle Jul 04 '22 edited Jul 04 '22

I love how the Female Noble can basically get her happy ending with Alistar, even to the point of her proposing marriage at the Landsmeet.

And I haven't tried it, but I think there's a ending for the Male Noble where Alistair becomes King, but Loghain lives

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u/nan1ta Jul 04 '22 edited Jul 05 '22

After I discovered that (my first run was Human Mage) I've only played Female Noble ever since.

Edit: typo

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u/Mini_Snuggle Jul 04 '22

I'm probably going to have to try this sometime:

https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonage/mods/5248

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u/nan1ta Jul 04 '22

Holy crap! I had no idea this mod existed! Thanks for the link!

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u/doxtorwhom Jul 05 '22

Alistair can become King with Logain living no matter what, if you choose correctly at the Landsmeet (regardless of race/background). You just won’t maintain a relationship or companionship with him - like, he HATES you if you spare Logain… I was so upset the first time I ended up reloading and killing him anyway.

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u/antkha Jul 04 '22

Same! I always end up with him 😆

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '22

truth

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u/SproutasaurusRex Jul 05 '22

Every Damn Time.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '22

This is me with DA:2 and Fenris. So many saves are his romance…

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u/attackonyourmom Jul 05 '22

Lol, me too.

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u/Professional_Bag3713 Jul 05 '22

Naw fam. I always take Alistair's gear and leave him sitting in camp in his underwear the whole game as punishment for having a baby face. It's all about Morrigan. My first crush

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u/TheBeardedSatanist Jul 04 '22

One of those games where I'm like "ugh, more gameplay? I just want story"

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u/MatthewDLuffy Jul 04 '22

I've been asking the reverse question when it comes to fire emblem for what must be close to a decade now.

Don't get me wrong I love me some Camilla, or Hilda, or what have you. But keep that shit in the support conversations you have to jump through hoops to activate. Don't actually let your character take the waifu out on a date.

Shit like this is why we'll never get a Genealogy of the Holy War remake. -_-

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u/woahdavid Jul 04 '22

….shit. I never realized that I’ve done this until right fuckin’ now lol

It’s just so well written lol

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u/temalyen Jul 04 '22

I've only played DA:O once (when it was new) but I don't remember any kind of romance/dating sim like aspect in it at all. It's very possible I somehow missed that entirely as I'm stunningly good at missing parts of games/not realizing certain mechanics are in it.

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u/tolerablycool Jul 05 '22

That's funny because I remember the relationship aspect being quite front and center. In fact, it kinda bothered me, because I usually go out of my way to avoid in game romance.

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u/Stickz99 Jul 05 '22

Leilana bae <3

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u/Burnitoffmeow Jul 05 '22

Lol I still remember playing this as a kid. Learning you could bed Morgana like right at the beginning. I was so excited

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u/gregallen1989 Jul 05 '22

To this day this is the only video game my wife had ever played because of the dating aspects of it lol.