Day 27 (Part 2): Non-FF characters
Jun. 30th, 2011 01:33 pm
A continuation of Day 27 in the DDFF meme, this time listing non-FF characters. *pulls out Cosmos-brand notepad* FROM THE TOP:
Fenris (Dragon Age 2): Admittedly my logic for this character is that there should at least be someone voiced by Gideon Emery in the game. *dodges bullets* That said, Fenris has quite a bit of character dev potential and it would be interesting to note his interactions with the Cosmos warriors.
In the Dragon Age setting, magic isn't available to everyone and those who are born with it, if caught by the Magic Police force known as the Templars, are taken to the Circles of Magi, where they have to live out the rest of their lives under Templar supervision. Those who evaded the Templars are known as apostates, and are considered illegal. To the more extremist Templars, apostate is synonimous with maleficar, which is a mage who uses Blood Magic. This is a stark contrast to most of the FF-verses where anyone could learn magic if they have the knowledge.
Admittedly, while it's possible to friendlymance Fenris despite being a mage in-game, it's not enough to make him completely disregard his prejudice against mages (knowing his character history, it's understandable). In DDFF, the plot potential would lie in his interactions with Terra and Yuna (confirmed mage PCs): Terra for her struggle to control her Esper-powers (as it stands, she's the one who could prove his case once and for all that mages are always and will be dangerous people that should not be treated as such) and with Yuna even more so, as her summoning powers will pretty much be the same as Blood Magic in his game (there's no summoner specialization in Dragon Age).
Shepard (Mass Effect series): Okay I'll be honest; I just want Shepard in this because then there will be another Multi-Range fighter besides Laguna XD. Admittedly, while Shepard doesn't have an impressive satellite laser in his/her arsenal, he/she does carry some impressive weapons; in Mass Effect 2 he/she can carry up to four different types of guns ranging from pistols to submachine weapons like a flame thrower or grenade launcher.
Depending on the player's choice of career, Shepard may also be able to wield Biotics, ME's brand of "magic" (more psionic/psychic based-powers tbh). Story potential here would be Shepard trying to cope with the situation he/she is in. Compared to other Cosmos Warriors, Shepard is quite normal, an Alliance soldier who was named Spectre. Granted, that's pretty impressive in the ME world (Spectres are an elite force, and Shep is the first human to join their ranks). In comparison to the characters wielding magics and other such skills, Shepard is a human armed with multiple firearms (and possibly) psionic abilities known as Biotics.
And that's all for now...there's gonna be other choices but I'm still trying to figure out if they'd work and how XD