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[Lonely Vazdru]

MCA

What does the M stand for?

How do I refuel the car ?

 

[Clockwork Knight]

Manly.

 

[Bladderfish]

"I'm glad they got rid of the distinctive dark side Kreia for the more ambiguous one in the final game."

There was NOTHING ambiguous about Kreia. She was evil to the core, one note, one dimensional, and so obvious from the very moment you first met her.

And I quote:

"Be careful of charity and kindness, lest you do more harm with open hands than with a clenched fist."

"If you seek to aid everyone that suffers in the galaxy, you will only weaken yourself… and weaken them. It is the internal struggles, when fought and won on their own, that yield the strongest rewards. You stole that struggle from them, cheapened it. If you care for others, then dispense with pity and sacrifice and recognize the value in letting them fight their own battles. And when they triumph, they will be even stronger for the victory."

"Learn from me, my mistakes, and use that knowledge to become greater than I. That is all I desire. In you all my hopes rest, for the future, for the Force."

"Your spirit, as diseased as it is, refuses to allow you to give up, no matter what threats you face... and whatever wreckage you leave behind you."

Try thinking personal philosophy instead of "one note" and you might be closer to the truth. Your cynicism is misplaced.

 

[Volourn]

Banal. Shit. Boring.

Just a Ravel wannabe, and a poor one at that.

Try again, fanboy.

 

[Wojo]

Banal. Shit. Boring.

Just a Ravel wannabe, and a poor one at that.

Try again, fanboy.

a princess post- Banal. Shit. Boring

And DA is the pinnacle of characterization


Try again. fangirl.

 

[sheek]

Loghain is a deeper character than Kreia.

 

[Pliskin]

Why bother making so much background and never using that afterwards. Or never having it influence anything in game. Or possibly both.

You need that background to figure out the personality of a NPCr. Sure, some random grunt doesn't need that, but really important NPCs do.
You just notice when someone has put thought into a character. It show's in dialogues, behaviour, etc. If that all fit's together and we have a memorable and authentic(!!) NPC here, someone has either given the NPC a good background and history to get a feel for the personality or was just lucky or so talanted that it worked without.
And I don't think there are many people that can make it work real good without doing background and characterisation.

Obviously, the more of that stuff you can get into the actual game, the better

Comics, TV shows, and, I suppose, RPG's usually put together something refered to as a "Bible" where all the deep background gets written down. May not ever see it in a show / game, but it's all there for continuity sake.

 

[Volourn]

"Loghain is a deeper character than Kreia."

Shit is deeper than Kreia. Espicially the kind found here.

Kreia Summed Up: "The Force is Evil. It must be destroyed. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

 

[Felix]

There was NOTHING ambiguous about Pretty Princess. She was a troll to the core, one note, one dimensional, and so obvious from the very moment you first met her.