draythefingerless said:
mjc0961 said:
If working with Microsoft has been working well for them, then cool. I can see why they would want to keep doing so. But Microsoft should really try getting more exclusives that are solidly exclusive. If only because I hate it when a previously exclusive title goes multiplatform and the fanboys on both sides go ballistic with flaming each other (see when Mass Effect 2 was announced for PS3; holy shit those were huge flame wars).
Didnt hear much flame wars over that. The irony of it all is that ME is from BioWare, and BioWare is first and foremost, a PC developer. Then they go and dumb down games for the console versions(see: Dragon Age 2)
There's a difference between 'dumbed down' and 'streamlined'. I've played the PC demo and was pleasantly surprised with the tactical level still required by the game, while speeding up the combat and steamlining the whole experience. I'm still reserving judgement until the game actual ships next week. But if they implement the same style of improvements with DAII that they did to Mass Effect 2, I'll be happy. Eliminating item micromanagement and implementing shorter global cool-down for powers was a step in the right direction for ME2 (it made biotic users actually fun to play). So if DA2 want to speed up and improve combat, adopt ME's dialogue system, and allow you to focus on what you want to do and let you go about doing it; I think DAII will be better for it.
Bioware has caught flack every time it appears that they're making things simpler in their next game. Remember Jade Empire? That game had all of 3 stats to monitor, and a maximum of 7 slots to equip gems. That was it. 7 slots and 3 stats, covering all of the character building and equipment; and Jade Empire was awesome. Mass Effect was great, Mass Effect 2 was better. Good money says that if Dragon Age: Origins was good (and it was), that Dragon Age II will be better. Given their history, and being a Bioware fan since their work on the original 'Baulder's Gate' in 1998, I'm more than willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. It's a shame that so many others aren't.
