Games that I put in this category: The first spyro game (not sure about the later ones, havent played) and A Link Between Worlds are both very fun and rewarding to complete and never feel like a chore to do so.
One game that is very much NOT in this category, as is often said, is DK64 lol. But everyone says that. I've also heard people say Super Mario Oddessy is fun to beat but not fun to complete, same with BOTW because of the Koroks. People usually say this about SM Sunshine as well but I dont really mind it in this game.
Sidenote complain about the world: Sandbox games combined with my autistic obsessive compulsive need for completionism lead to me playing them with very frusterating habits lmao. No Man's Sky is the worst for me. I LOVE that game but god the respawning ROCKS ruin the experiance kind of. If the rocks stayed gone, I could use them to gradually explore the worlds I'm on in a completiony way. (Even knowing that like even a single planet is kind of impossible to fully explore let alone the entire fucking universe lol). But I cant!!!!!!
Sorry I need to shove that rant into everything. Completionist mindset also limits me with games like Terraria, Minecraft, and Starbound as well but not as badly because I at least can keep track of exploration in those (Or just dig deep pits in minecraft as I enjoy doing to waste time while I watch streams lol).
I also get myself caught in absurd goals that NOONE expects you to do and the game doesnt keep track of (no achievemnt for it or anything) sometimes like doing all coin runs in Mario 64 or marrying, seeing the 14 star event, and then divorcing every spouse in Stardew Valley lol. (I acutally havent started the second thing but it is sort of in my head as a goal).
This turned into a general rant about how my completionism effects me lmao but anyway thoughts.
Whats your favourite origin?
Damn, I had like five attempts at a follow up I deleted lol. Thanks for taking the effort.
It’s hard to go into without spoiling, but replaying as a leftist the city elf origin is very cathartic (starting out being oppressed and getting to right at least some of those wrongs). dwarven noble gets very much into power politics, the dwarf city gets very much into the dynamics of elective feudalism which can be interesting from a Marxist POV. The human noble ties most into the main story. Wood elf is kinda the vibe of “venturing forth into a hostile and alien society and seeing your people must be freed”. Mage ties the most into the trilogy, but I genuinely don’t recommend any of the other games.
If I had to choose a favorite, it was dwarf underclass. It has it all. I won’t spoil why because saying the dwarf act has major political drama is enough of a spoiler already.
I love the dwarf city! I love the question of who you should support, because there isn't a good answer.
I just played thru as a city elf, which was fantastic. Just being a lithe babe with a big ass sword chopping down everyone. First time I also decided against diplomacy whenever I could (and my opponents were humans).
It’s awesome! It’s as close to going John brown mode as a game has allowed me as of yet.
If you decide to get the dlc, it has tons of dwarf content. So if that’s a factor in your decision, the fact you also enjoy the dwarf politics would lead me to recommend either of the dwarf origins for a completion run.
Oh I've played thru the game tons of times already (with dlc) I was just asking because it's a bit old and it's rare I get to talk with someone about it. Shale rocks
Shale is so cool, I really liked how her personal quest involved figuring out her identity. First game to introduce identity related concepts that I played.
What are your thoughts on how the dlc with Morrigan handled the ritual ending? I was legit upset the sequel didn’t follow up at all.
Yeah I was really surprised about that on my latest play through! I had completely forgotten it, and it's handled very gracefully. I also love Sten, who feels like ND representation.
I actually just had a discussion about Morrigan just recently, but we didn't really touch on the dlc. She felt like some writers OC self-insert in a way and I feel like the dlc really cemented that. I think there wasn't really a way to follow up on her story while still trying to do the "your choices matter" shtick that they want to do, so it makes sense it was kind of dropped.
Oh shit you had zebran in that run. Lowkey a character that helped me figure some stuff out, also very well written in terms of enjoyment.
Yeah when I played it as a teen I hated stupid sexy Zevran, why did the Devs insist on putting him in my face and making him so suave? So annoying! God why is he just everywhere! Wish he wasn't so stupid sexy, so I could use him as a rogue! Ugh!
Recent playthrough made me remember some things about my young self lol.
In hindsight, BioWare games had me coping hard. I just wanna be friends! Oh no, I keep accidentally romancing a dude.
Reminds me of that Bo Burnham bit:
Don't you just hate it when you're blowing a guy and he turns out to be gay?
Lol