Quote Originally Posted by Avilan the Grey View Post
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I stopped playing the game when I found out there is no way to save your mother. The game is just too depressing and too pointless.
Someone said this already, but since this is a recommendation thread, maybe we should spoil the spoilers?

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I disagree with that, though; I would've been more upset if there was a secret way to save her. DA: II is supposed to show how random, cruel, and chaotic life is, and it shows the true downsides to living in a fantasy world. It's not quite a deconstruction of the traditional "heroic fantasy" world, but I do like how they show that, even in a world with supercool magic and other sentient species, life sucks, even when you ignore the stereotypically evil apocalypse people. Even more than in our world, perhaps.