Finished off Dragon Age Absolution tonight.
The Good
-Good animation style
-Good action sequences
-Good voice acting
-Nice setup for the upcoming Dragon Age Dreadwolf (4), giving us a taste of the Tevinter Imperium setting of Dragon Age 4, and seemingly revealing that a main NPC character from Dragon Age 2 will return in Dragon Age 4 (the show is set between Dragon Age Inquisition and Dragon Age 4)
-2 of the characters I like alot and I kind of hope they are companion options or at least main characters in Dragon Age 4. (The Qunari mage Qwydion, who serves as comic relief, and a Knight-Commander of the Templar Order in Tevinter, Tassia, who is a love interest for the villain of the first season, and who seems to want to rebuild Tevinter from within to get rid of the Caste System and stamp out the Venatori)
The Not So Good
- Storyline started strong but kind of fell apart towards the end, with a twist that was pretty dumb, and radical character changes.
-Many of the characters aren't particularly likeable, including the main character. The villain starts surprisingly likeable but devolves into a comic book baddy by the end.
-The short length of the season, 6 episodes, greatly impacted character development and made character changes seem to happen way too quickly. It also lead to one of the 3 romances feeling incredibly forced, while the other 2 felt greatly underdeveloped). Backstory is also missing for most of the main characters of the season except for Miriam, Rezarem, and Hira. Would have been nice to get some backstory for the others, for instance why isn't Qwydion's mouth sewn-shut, the Qunari do that to their mages, so why isn't she like that? Presumably she grew up outside of Qunari territory and was trained as a mage by Humans or Elves, but would be nice to know that for certain.
Overall score: 7/10
Last edited by shikamaru317 - on 12 December 2022
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