Reception Alistair (Dragon Age)

gamesradar s staff placed him @ number 37 in list of 50 best game characters of generation, commenting dragon age: origins had plenty of memorable characters, chief among them would-be bastard king alistair. rock, paper, shotgun s alec meer liked alistair, , commented had nice comic deflections. eurogamer s oli welsh noted alistair , morrigan stars of game s companions, criticized storylines being contrived . wooden dialogue , stiff animation mentioned. rock, paper, shotgun s alec believed alistair, along shale, brought needed levity otherwise grim world of dragon age, describing both of them game s vital voices. mike fahey, writing kotaku, praised alistair having of amusing lines in game during review of origins. fahey particularly praised steve valentine s voice acting, calling alistair s voice favourite in game , noting many of alistair s lines have fallen flat not valentine s timing. during interview ray muzyka (the co-founder , ceo of bioware), videogamer.com s interviewer said while didn t alistair @ first grew him , humour, although muzyka himself did not character. kirk hamilton, writing kotaku, called alistair 1 of favorite characters, , looked forward seeing how got on worldly isabella during silent grove. john walker, writing pc gamer, believed friendship alistair had echo of reality , , felt sarcasm plus balancing emotions , bravado continue[d] resonate . walker praised conversations had morrigan. meer felt alistair , morrigan s bickering evoked sexual tension, wishing on . kieron rock, paper, shotgun wished able set them together.

meer commented alistair made him wish had made character female, believing him better love interest morrigan due cheery put-downs rather snide oh-i’m-bit-naughty-me line . kieron believed alistair bioware s best attempt @ male romantic lead, being without-out being entirely punchable . while romancing alistair, edge s chris dahlen found related more alistair female mage player character, , noted many similarities between life growing , alistair. put blame on him being male. wesley yin-poole, writing videogamer.com, felt sex scene alistair short , unerotic, calling example of video games still needed learn how sex. walker again, time writing rock, paper, shotgun, commented how when playing male character heart alistair, , felt using zevran when romanced him. in article on video game romances, 1up.com commented on how alistair grew , developed player, despite beginning uncertain naive soldier . natania barron, writing wired geekmom column, commented there devious , devillish romancing him due ex-templar roots. barron mentioned how, after making him king, willing restart game human noble when found out break elf , cared securing marriage. barron favorably compared romance anders dragon age ii, saying settled him , chose him because reminded of alistair. kotaku republished post gay modder had made alistair think character female, felt unable play game month after alistair broke him king not being able produce heir (because of darkspawn taint).

meer commented on bioware s repeated use of themes , called alistair dragon age s carth ; mentioning how first person recruit, had heart of gold , main female love interest. however, did note how alistair wasn t drippy carth, , how more have conversation with. during criticism of bioware s games, gamezone s dave snell believed many characters similar, calling both carth , alistair snarky young upstart . john walker, time writing rock, paper, shotgun, felt alistair bucked trend of bioware making starting companions tedious. similarly, several writers compared anders alistair.