Dragon Age Writer Suggests That Everyone Just Calm Down
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I hear they're adding an Elcor DLC to Dragon Age.Fallen-Angel Risen-Demon said:
"Condescending smugness: I just made this game better."
Last I checked, Mass Effect was fucking awesome and Dragon Age a kick in the balls.
So if they're making Dragon Age more like Mass Effect, I'm all for it.
Also, who said the origin stories are gone? Ok, so we know Hawke is some dude/chick who survives some battle, but the game plays out over ten years so this battle could come after his origin story. Like the Warden survived that battle with that tower, after his/her origin story.
Goddamn, why is everyone so retarded about this? Wait till there's more info.
So if they're making Dragon Age more like Mass Effect, I'm all for it.
Also, who said the origin stories are gone? Ok, so we know Hawke is some dude/chick who survives some battle, but the game plays out over ten years so this battle could come after his origin story. Like the Warden survived that battle with that tower, after his/her origin story.
Goddamn, why is everyone so retarded about this? Wait till there's more info.
I was all for the game untill I read this article NOW I AM WORRIED. I don't mind the changes in combat but the whole having to be a human thing is awefull.
I actually missed the Hammer of the Underworld in my character creatorAndy Chalk said:
I think Bioware will do good things with this game, and that's all there is to it.
You must buy a lot of games then since lots of developers get pissy and whine when the gaming community complains lately. They're not interested in what the stupid end product is going to be. It could be awesome, it could be garbage. But what they're looking for, indeed the point of being in a fantasy world is the ability to keep playing Dwarves and Elves. It doesn't matter what the end game looks like when the create-a-character mode is being ripped out.DJmagma said:
...What info is needed? They're removing something from the game that people liked about the first one so people are annoyed. The story is irrelevant, the game direction is irrelevant - some people want the ability to create a character. More importantly some people want the ability to NOT HAVE to be a human in every goddamn Bioware game. Seriously, the worst part of the ME series is being boring human when there are other species out there that could be lots of fun to play as. So lets import that to Dragon Age where the variety was actually one of the big draws.Skoldpadda said:
Uh yay?
Yes but having the child was an optional choice. I think the game won't involve the Grey Warden or the child, like directly. But rather passing mentions in books and dailogue.quiet_samurai said:
Mass Effect was a great game, and when it comes to combat and story immersion, Mass Effect 2 was better than Dragon Age.D_987 said:
But those were not the reasons I was playing Dragon Age. I played Dragon Age because it was a classic, PC RPG in the style of the old Bioware classics I enjoyed in my youth and still replay today. When I and others were critical of Dragon Age, we expected Bioware to improve the game within the existing framework, not make Fantasy Effect 2: The Medievaling.
When people said the stat system was annoying and difficult to understand, what they wanted was more access to the stats, not to have them simplified further. When people criticised the dialogue system, they expected Bioware to take the best bits of Mass Effect like the dialogue wheel, not wipe out all player choice when creating their own character.
The simple fact is these changes are not being driven by the demands of the audience for which Bioware stated the original was intended, that being PC gamers who loved their classic RPGs, it's being driven by the subset of console gamers who find the idea of adding or subtracting some numbers to be a horrifying concept.
Seriously, first I lose my respect for Blizzard with their Activision merge(an opinion fully vindicated by this RealID bullshit), and now even Bioware are going console-crazy.
Normally, I'd trust Bioware, but the "simplified combat" make warning lights go off. DA's combat was simple enough for an RPG and I fear they'll go the ME2 route and completely ruin the it.
I'll wait and see, and I'll probably buy it when it comes out, but I'm more and more expecting it to disappoint.
I'll wait and see, and I'll probably buy it when it comes out, but I'm more and more expecting it to disappoint.
If Dragon Age was supposed to be the spiritual successor to Baldur's Gate, I'm actually glad with some of the changes that they implemented.
The moral choice alignment scale a la Mass Effect. It's the modern version of the nine alignments that you had to choose from when you created your character in those games. Simplified combat could be taken either way in terms of comparisons to the Baldur's Gate games, which were mainly just turn-based hack-n-slash for the warrior party members and some limited spellcasting (limited number of spells per day) for the mages.
Dragon Age is a tactical game through and through, especially on the PC, and I'm not sure that Baldur's Gate had it to the same extent. Of course it might be because of the relatively limited faculties of a game that was made nine years ago, but I think this might be a step in the right direction for the series.
The moral choice alignment scale a la Mass Effect. It's the modern version of the nine alignments that you had to choose from when you created your character in those games. Simplified combat could be taken either way in terms of comparisons to the Baldur's Gate games, which were mainly just turn-based hack-n-slash for the warrior party members and some limited spellcasting (limited number of spells per day) for the mages.
Dragon Age is a tactical game through and through, especially on the PC, and I'm not sure that Baldur's Gate had it to the same extent. Of course it might be because of the relatively limited faculties of a game that was made nine years ago, but I think this might be a step in the right direction for the series.
People forget that bioware is owned by a a larger, evil company, one who has NEVER been afraid to...pressure...their studios into certain..paths of development...to further their own larger agenda.
Why couldn't it be crap? really...all dragon age 1 needed was a little less int stat and a little more button mashing and it would have gone from "boiled steak with nice seasoning" to plain gray meat.
Why couldn't it be crap? really...all dragon age 1 needed was a little less int stat and a little more button mashing and it would have gone from "boiled steak with nice seasoning" to plain gray meat.
Wow, so people criticized ME2 for having few RPG elements, but for DA2 we don't even get to customize our character? What's next, no looting or inventory?
Although, better combat would be great; DA:O's was terrible.
Although, better combat would be great; DA:O's was terrible.