4. Dragon Age 2 - Anders blows up a chantry
We knew BioWare were
going to be on this list. They are after all fuelled by fans tears.
Towards the closing
moments of Dragon Age 2, Anders sends the player to collect a
selection of items he claims are to aid him in ridding himself of an
evil spirit that lives inside of him feeds off him,
named Justice.
By the time we learn of
Anders' and Justice's plan, it's too late to do anything.
Every item you've been
collecting to “help” him, is actually the components of a
makeshift bomb. A bomb that he then uses to blow up a chantry, the
Dragon Age equivalent of a church.
Anders blowing up a
holy building is a hard pill to swallow and is the ultimate betrayal.
He tricked the player into helping him, and used us to accomplish a
goal to further his own ambitions regarding the treatment of mages.
What makes this scene
so excruciating to watch is what follows. The repercussions of
Anders' actions are decided by the player. We decide his fate. Do we
let him off, despite blowing up a holy building and murdering it's
leader, just because he's our friend? Or do we do the right thing and
execute him there and then so that “justice” prevails?
Still to this day, I
don't know if I made the right call.
