Mourning is one games seem to have trouble with, at least from my perspective, the problem I think is they tend to show it as just what happens the instant a character dies, from anger and promises of revenge to overblown, dramatic, tears streaming down the face stuff.
While that might work sometimes for that particular scene in the story its still not exactly how it works in real life, mourning in real life is something that hits you much deeper and lasts much longer.
A good example of this that struck me recently was in DA:O, was replaying it and the way alistar handles the loss of Duncan, its set up well for a while right after it happens, his confusion and loss, but once you pass lothering, outside of a few nice conversations you can have in camp, he becomes the cheery, comic relief at times, character and youd have never thought he just lost a father figure to him.
Now I dont want him to be blubbering like a child through the entire game, that wouldnt work either and would change him from the character we all love so much (or at least i do heh) but it would be nice to have it mentioned more, like have him sat around the fire in a dedicated cutscene (not an optional camp dialogue) where he looks into the fire and just reminisces about the times he spent with Duncan and what he meant to him.
I dont know, its a tough one but if games are to truely become art they need to get these tough things down heh
