#like what if they made a sequel based around what if leliana becomes divine? you KNOW her reign is going to be insane compared to

[the-kings-strumpet]

Not to be devil’s advocate bc I’m not happy about the lack of reactivity either (especially the well of sorrows, really? No mention of whether the warden and Hawke are dead or alive, are you serious??), but Dragon Age not porting choices well isn’t new. Most of the choices you make in Origins have superficial impacts on 2 and Inq, and the choices of 2 have mostly superficial impacts on Inq. It affected cameos and some smaller quests and some codexes and not much else.

They straight up ignored your choice if you killed Leliana. They straight up ignored a ton of Origins epilogues. Hawke becoming viscount didn’t matter; they still show up in Inq to fulfill the same narrative role. Lots of choices that feel important as you make them but end up at the same narrative payoff in the sequel.

Even with the OGB stuff, fans have been waiting and waiting on the true impact of that choice and it just hasn’t materialized after two sequels.

I say this as a big Dragon Age fan but Dragon Age is not the “Choices Matter!” Series everyone makes it out to be. It’s just not. Your choices matter at the end of the game you made them in, and then the series moves on and tosses you a little nod sometimes. It sucks and I’m disappointed but this isn’t abnormal.