BioWare Tweet Confirms Dragon Age 3

[mireko]

I didn't know whether there would even be a DA3. I guess that is settled. It kinda has to be a direct sequel. DA2's ending was pure sequel bait.

Yeah, but it will probably use a different character. On one hand, they left a lot of plot threads with the "gone, just like the Warden" conversation at the end. On the other hand, that was pretty dumb, so I hope they just forget that they put it there.

 

[bombadilillo]

Dragon Age 2 had a few major problems, but I still found it more interesting than Dragon Age Origins.

Using the same environment over and over again, because the large amount of voicework took up so much space of the discs on the console versions. They probably realized they would receive a large amount of flaming from the IP's fans of that decision themselves before the game came out, but sacrificed it nonetheless.

Waves of enemies. Tactics were generally useless in Dragon Age 2, because even if there was already a large amount of enemies. You could be certain the amount would be doubled by enemies appearing out of thin air, rooftops, closed doors, cleared tunnels or whatever else they could make up. I think most people would prefer enemies who are stronger instead of a large quantity to make the game challenging. If I am chasing a group of eight templars who are abusing their power, I find it quite unlikely that they suddenly get support from another 40 templars who appear out of thin air.

Some of your companions were just crap. Read Merril.

The way the story was told was quite interesting however. The game actually tricked you several times by making Varric lie to the seeker, resulting in you having to live through obvious lies of a storytelling dwarf. It was nearly as clever as the trial in chrono trigger, instead of rewarding you for the usual rpg behaviour, you got tricked.

Um, no i think Bluray disks have plenty of room. They couldn't be bothered timewise to make new enviroments. Or everyone got screwed down to 360 level storage capacity. See LA Noire on one Blueray. If that is the case they need to give 360 a seperate install disk and play disk next time.

Main complaint about the characters was, want a healer you MUST USE THIS GUY. Its nice having everyone with individual skill trees. But Theres pretty much one healer and to be decent you have to sepnd his levelings on that so his other powers are pointless.

 

[BabyRaptor]

Morrigan's kid, anyone?

 

[Ghengis John]

well at least there starting early so theres less chance of it being rushed

Starting early as opposed to when? We hope they set a reasonable deadline at this point. If they shot for next Christmas we could all lol heartily at them.

 

[Trolldor]

Why even bother tweeting?

Dragon Age 2 confirmed Dragon Age 3.

This doesn't surprise me in any way at all. Dragon Age 2 may have been received poorly(I didn't mind it too much), it sold pretty well.

Hopefully they take all the criticism that hardcore fans have given them and find a good middle ground for everybody to enjoy the next game.

Definitely needs more variation in locations though.

I don't really see why they need a middle ground. Origins went way over their expected sales, and was received a lot more positively. I think that even whilst DA2 sold more in the first week or so, its sales dropped pretty quickly, whereas Origins was much more steady.

Exactly, it took a bit for Origins to grow on me, but once it did I loved the game.
DA 2 though? Not. At. All. I'm bored with the game and I haven't even finished the first act. I don't feel compelled to play because there is nothing to push you forwards. Origins always had the backdrop of some great evil just waiting to attack. Two though, there is no villain, you just meander through the same 3-4 basic layouts again and again, over and over and over, for nothing.

And Auxilary, voice work doesn't take up that much space, be honest here. Hell Origins had more than a good chunk of voicework done, and yet it still had a varied environment. It was just lazy hacked together design. Hell, the Elder Scroll games have voicework too, and they somehow manage to be rather massive.

Why even go outside the dev? A lot of older Bioware games have massive worlds, completely unique environments and plenty of voice acting. Even non-interactable NPCs have voiced-ambient dialogue.

DA2 was just a gutted game. Everything Bioware had done well from Baldur's Gate to Mass Effect it just threw away for DA2.

 

[Nimcha]

Sounds great, at first I hated DA2's open ending but after thinking about it a little this could really turn into a story of epic scale.

I hope they take their time, by 2012 I'll be playing ME3 anyway so there's no rush!

 

[AsurasFinest]

Lets hope they spend more time on it and turn it back into a rpg
After the dreadful mess DA2 turned out to be I hoped they took some lessons on how not to do it
But it certainly won't be a day one purchase for me, i got burned badly on DA2 despite giving it a chance
Not gonna happen again

 

[kasperbbs]

-'environment artists'-

Yeah, they might need more than one. Give us more than just a few locations please ; )

That was the first thing i thought of when i read the article, hopefully they will do a better job with the 3rd game, no matter how much i enjoyed the game i just can`t bring myself to replay it for the 3rd time because everything looks the same and my decisions barely matter there.

 

[Owlslayer]

Well, not the best way to break the news, i suppose. But good news nonetheless!
Hopefully they'll put a load of effort to it, too, and it'll be great. Hopefully.
Also, i don't put syrup on pancakes, so that's quite crazy in my opinion.

 

[hamasins]

as long as i can play as a dwarf or elf in this one I will like it ¬_¬

 

[Susan Arendt]

Stunned. Stunned, I am, by this news.

 

[MercurySteam]

If they spend a decent amount of time on it, it'll probably turn out awesome. I'm hoping early 2014 at the latest.

 

[Furism]

Can't wait for some more button, awesome! Button, awesome!

Anyone who says they prefer DA2 over DAO doesn't know what a good game is. You might not like DAO, which is fine, but DA2 wasn't even a good action RPG. I mean, just look at The Witcher (first or second).

DA2 had some nice improvements from the first, though. The change to the skills were very nice and the faster paced combat was good. The companions quests were also very good (unlike the main storyline). The problem was more with the encounter designs (stupid waves coming out of nowhere) and... pretty much all of the rest.

 

[Von Strimmer]

Morrigan's kid, anyone?

I reckon I think they botched that up a little bit. Although I dont know how they would include the bloke from the first one especially if you got DLC Witch Hunt. They obviously botched it with DLC and so it'll be Hawke from here on out I think. Good luck to the story telling guys I say

 

[BabyRaptor]

Morrigan's kid, anyone?

I reckon I think they botched that up a little bit. Although I dont know how they would include the bloke from the first one especially if you got DLC Witch Hunt. They obviously botched it with DLC and so it'll be Hawke from here on out I think. Good luck to the story telling guys I say

Was it said somewhere that they couldn't come back from..Wherever? I haven't finished Witch Hunt yet...

 

[NezumiiroKitsune]

DA:O Spoilers

Spoiler

I think Bioware assumed that you would accept Morrigans ritual offer. Based on the solid foundation they surrounded it with but the lack of specifics around what exactlythe child will become or what Morrigans intentions were. Additionally they placed the offer at the end of the game to best corner the player, meaning most would be hamstrung unless they had another spellcaster. Whether Bioware take for canon that the warden gave her the child or Alistair did I can't say for sure, but my guess again is that they assume you did. I believe this will definitely raise it's head in the next game with the child being "faction three" as it were.

If I were Bioware, a simplistic layout of the endgame branches into 3 distinct choices. Side with the chantry, fight the new arch-demon and be apposed to apostates and the old Gods. Side with the child of Morrigan, who is a neutral old God incarnate that would see the Chantry and the new arch-demon taken down to stabalise power in the world (for whatever narrative reason they choose, whether he / she has alternative motives is the perogative of the writers). Finally, side with the archdemon, take control of Ferelden and destroy the Chantry, the apostates who won't side with you, and the reincarnated old God.

 

[Von Strimmer]

Morrigan's kid, anyone?

I reckon I think they botched that up a little bit. Although I dont know how they would include the bloke from the first one especially if you got DLC Witch Hunt. They obviously botched it with DLC and so it'll be Hawke from here on out I think. Good luck to the story telling guys I say

Was it said somewhere that they couldn't come back from..Wherever? I haven't finished Witch Hunt yet...

I wont spoil it for you but yeah the ending of that is pretty f**ked up for continuation. I dunno it's almost as if the game surpassed their expectations and they decided to milk it for all it was worth without thinking of sequels at the time.

 

[loogie]

And in news that surprised no one...

Ehh I don't care that much. I didn't enjoy Origins and I never played anything more than the demo for DA:2.

I agree