The Old vs The New

I love Mass Effect and Dragon Age Origins..
I started out a Dragon Age fan and simply refused to even try Mass Effect.. I don't like shooter, ailen type games. I played through DAO atleast 20 times, hated Orzammar btw and after the first playthrough I cheated past that part.

Anyway.. Loved the game and luckily DA2 was about to be released.. Now you can all hate me, but the  truth is (and don't put me in jail for this):

1. I downloaded DAO from a pirate site.. (shame on me)

2. If I hadn't done it I wouldn't have bought DAO or DA2, or the DLCs which means I wouldn't have gotten the free copy of ME2 from Bioware which would have led to me not buying ME or the Shadowbroker or the Arrival or Genesis or Kasumi and the list goes on.. (Get my point)

So now that I've been honest... Lets get back to my story..
Anyhow.. I made the big mistake of thinking all the good stuff from DAO would be transferred over to DA2. Boy, was I wrong.. So here I was with a game that didn't really capture me, the fighting scenes were awesome, but still the game felt fake and not true to the original and wonderful DAO. What was the problem I thought and stopped playing the game after the second playthrough.. Well not quite.. I play the game, but now I never finish it.. I've lost interest.. Don't get me wrong.. The game is awesome in some ways and I still have the shrine I built for Laidlaw.. Haha.. but somethings not right..

Well.. Bioware did a 'Let's be nice to our fans and give them something for free' thing. (hail to Bioware) and suddenly I found myself playing ME2. Then it hit me.. This is why I didn't like DA2.. Because it was no longer DA, it had become Dragon Effect.

I played ME2 a few times and like it, not loved it, liked it. I felt I was missing out on the backstory and bought ME just to get the whole picture. Turns out I am now a ME fan.. Love ME..
This game has a whole different feel than DA and the fact that you can play the same character in, not 1, not 2, but 3 games is fucking brilliant..

So why am I sad?? Because I miss DAO. The feeling I got when I first played that game is the reason I am now the proud owner of all the other ones.. It is a game soooo good that I decided to buy it after my playthrough on a pirated game.. Do you understand what I'm saying.. I had played through the game allready and still decided to buy it because it was so effing good..

DA2 however is not installed on my computer anymore and is collecting dust on my EADM account.. Turns out that game made me turn to ME insted and I am now a total Jokermaniac.. ;-) So I've gone from an Alistairfan to a Jokermaniac because of one game.. Hopefully the promised DLC's will bring me back to DA2, but at this point I'm not tempted to buy unless I get to smooch that arrowshootin hottie Sebastian.. =P

Let me explain ME for all who hasn't played it..
You play Shepard, male or female, you kick ass (if you choose) and save ppl (if you choose).. You fall in love (if you choose).. The list goes on.. Your choices are your own and there are so many different ways to play the game... This is also the center of the DA story, but here you go from a custom player to a character named Hawke... Which was kind of bad cause now I can't connect the two games and feel like DA2 should have been a new series, a new beginning, insted of a sequel. Do like the jealousy bit between Zevran and Fenris though.. Grrrr, give me more of that.. =)
Back to ME..
After playing ME the choices I made in that game carried over to ME2 and the choices from both those games will carry over to ME3.. This, my friends is as close to heaven as I will ever get..

So I've made a choice.. If ME3 turns out to be a dissapointment I will stop playing videogames for good.. However.. If it lives up to its prequals I will donate the amount of money I bought videogames for this year to a charity involving animals..
So far, around $300, and the year isn't over yet..

Still if you want games that will keep you busy for hours and hours and totally take over you life, games that will make you use strange quotes like 'Andraste's tits', 'Your waist is very supportive' and 'When the going gets tough, someone hold my rodent'
Bioware will always be the one and only choice..