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icharchivist · 29 days ago

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this game has their abandonned capital due to magical reason still divided between upper city and lower city specifically to showcase a worldbuilding on class and how it was still an important notion of the old hierarchy, even though everything is in ruins,

meanwhile da4 that talks about Solas' rebellion against the Evanuris, which was about ending slavery, never ever showed any idea of class or even society from the old elven ways, and Arlathan itself is a mess of corridors that means nothing leading to status that means nothing

Like yes the whole city is supposed to be gone, at least according to the codexes, but it's not exactly the vibe of Arlathan forrest and we still learn absolutely nothing about the world of the Elven. Because god forbid we give any weight to the (new, retconned) arguments Solas make about "restoring the old world"

#i just want to feel like the fantasy city once looked lived in with its own society and social rules is that too much to ask #like i genuinely think i'm not asking for too much there #we spend so long learning of the beauties of Elvhanan at its peak #and Solas fighting for the people who are the lowest on the hierarchy #yet the moment we get to explore it in flashbacks and ruins any idea is abandonned #it's just tyrant and a vague rebellion you don't really need to put a cause on #focusing only on how Solas is bad because he got consumed by his goal #(what is his goal? oh they don't want to talk about it because getting consumed by it is bad :( )#(like the way some of the charas talk about Solas makes you think people forgot he was fighting against slavery.)#anyway sorry i'm just #chewing my arm #i see how effortlessly a game that does Not Need this much political worldbuilding #still give you a proper image of how a civilization would have worked here #than a game franchise that was BUILT on exploring the political ramification of a world where Magic Is Real #head in my hands.#that said. this game is giving me visuals to use now in my imaginary Arlathan AUs in my head.#bc da4 really left something too lackluster but here. well. rubs hands.#ichatalks #ichatalks about da #ichablogging davg #ichasalty #sorry the game i'm playing is great but it really just keep making me think 'how did da4 fumble it so bad.' and then i get sad #ichablogging games

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