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Except there's a difference between a character acting independently and the protagonist having zero impact. Wrex shooting a guy was acting independently. He told you exactly what he was going to do, and he did just that. You had the choice of not bringing him with you. Later on in the game you can kill him, even, meaning you still have some impact on the world.
Anders tells you he's going to literally kill everyone.
You have no choice to stop him.
See why this is kinda really bad? You're just told things. You can't do anything except reply in a snarky fashion to everyone going completely insane until the game lets you kill more red shirts. On the bright side, I do love the snark button. That button got me through the whole game, even the absurd anime ending.
God, I love the snark button. So much. No matter how many times I tell myself, I'm going to be nice Hawke or mean Hawke, I'm snarky Hawke.
But we're still going to have to agree to disagree - I didn't mind being told things. Because honestly, I think there would have been even more shit thrown should the game have let you try to stop Anders and have you fail. Nor do I think it would have been a better story if you had been able to make Anders stop. I don't think it should be done in all games, but for me, it worked for DA2.
@Windsong - I think what you said was taken slightly out of context of his statement. I'm sure there's plenty of weirdo requests for people who really do only care about the awkward sex scenes. I don't necessarily agree with the guy, but he said that female dwarves tend to look like they're 14 not "anyone who wants dwarf romance is a pedophile." You also pointedly ignored my question about if it was an issue with gay/bi/straight options for the characters rather than "ugly" women comment. This is seemingly yet another situation where I fail to get a satisfactory answer from anyone who cries foul that the gaming industry is pandering to a vocal minority.