Ever since Bioware explained concept behind Darkspawn in Dragons age , i found the concept pretty illogical.
Darkspawn are described as creatures incapable of speech. Let say that this puts them somewhere near ape on intelligence scale.
Further more - they are hive mind. Sci Fi concept usually connected to insectoids.
So lets summarize - Insectoid apes possessing only basic animal intelligence , living in exclusively hostile social structure (eating and killing each other)
Ok
So how come Darkspawn use modern medieval age weapons ?
Swords and shield - this is martial art. Knights and soldiers were trained for years in use of this weapons - and they poses human IQ
But it doesnt end at that.
Every darkspawn you encounter wears high quality armor. Breast plate, chainmail , Full plate
Even donning this armor is procedure requiring help of a squire.
Lets not even talk about maintaining these weapons and armors.
Now some explanations talk about human infected that make armors and weapons for Darkspawn. But do they train them too ? And how can you train unintelligent creature in high martial art?
In game Darkspawn look and act like equivalent to Tolkien orcs, while in fact they are much more akin to D&D Gibberlings
Anyway. Its something that bothered and broken immersion for me trough whole game.
And i consider it real shoddy writing on part of Bioware concept team.
How about you ?
Darkspawn are described as creatures incapable of speech. Let say that this puts them somewhere near ape on intelligence scale.
Further more - they are hive mind. Sci Fi concept usually connected to insectoids.
So lets summarize - Insectoid apes possessing only basic animal intelligence , living in exclusively hostile social structure (eating and killing each other)
Ok
So how come Darkspawn use modern medieval age weapons ?
Swords and shield - this is martial art. Knights and soldiers were trained for years in use of this weapons - and they poses human IQ
But it doesnt end at that.
Every darkspawn you encounter wears high quality armor. Breast plate, chainmail , Full plate
Even donning this armor is procedure requiring help of a squire.
Lets not even talk about maintaining these weapons and armors.
Now some explanations talk about human infected that make armors and weapons for Darkspawn. But do they train them too ? And how can you train unintelligent creature in high martial art?
In game Darkspawn look and act like equivalent to Tolkien orcs, while in fact they are much more akin to D&D Gibberlings
Anyway. Its something that bothered and broken immersion for me trough whole game.
And i consider it real shoddy writing on part of Bioware concept team.
How about you ?
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