Rumor: Dragon Age Getting Multiplayer

[Soviet Heavy]

I can't wait to see how the fanboy's are going to justify this one.

Well don't you know? Anyone who says something bad about their games is obviously just a 4Chan troll.

 

[MammothBlade]

Bioware

Multiplayer

Dragon

Age

I must be on drugs or something.

Please tell me I'm really badly wasted or drunk or really crazy right now.

 

[octafish]

DA3: Strike at Kirkwall

Nice. Ooh it's December now (Australia at least) I wonder when the map-pack for BF3 is coming online. I'm jonesing for Wake Island.

So Dragon Age is dead to me now. I mean I hated the DA2 demo, so I didn't buy the game, but it sounds like I won't even download the demo for DA3. It just seems to be woving away from what I desire in a game. I may be giving up on Bioware altogether as I didn't like the T&A fan service in ME2 (nor the direction it took in gameplay, but the fan service bothered me the most), I'll still buy ME3 but it may well be my final Bioware purchase.

I wonder if DA3 in Frostbite 2 would be as PC centric in the graphic options as BF3? More PC friendly games using Frostbite 2 would be good, more crappy titles from Bioware is not. I kind of wish DICE could divorce itself from EA, I fear it is too late for Bioware.

 

[DRes82]

Hmm...Dragon Age seems so distant and pale in comparison to Skyrim. DA:O is like a fond memory of a dream. DA 2 is like a half remembered movie that I went to see with my little cousin because he wanted to see it and I had to go because I was babysitting him that day.

Also, I don't think Bioware will screw up DA whatever they decide to do with it. ME3's multiplayer supposedly won't have any effect on the main story, so I imagine that's how DA multiplayer will be.

 

[Thunderhorse31]

I literally just want to cry right now.

It's just a rumor.

OT:

Oh look, a rumor that seems to be pretty tailor made to piss people off.

Honestly, it's most likely false.

Just like the Mass Effect multiplayer was a rumor that was most likely false?

He shoots he scores!

 

[THEoriginalBRIEN]

That sounds like a horrible idea.
It might be fun to test my character out against other people's in an arena, but when I think about it we'd all have the same armor, weapons, spells, moves, etc. by the end of the game.
I thought BioWare was just going to go straight for the MMORPG with Dragon Age, which makes a hell of a lot more sense.

 

[MrBenSampson]

Origins was one of my favorite games. I didn't even bother playing 2, and this looks set to be even worse.

I'm in the same boat as you. I've played through Origins half a dozen times, along with all of the DLCs, and I never even considered buying DA2. After trying the demo, I got the impression that it was made for people who didn't like the original title. Mass Effect 2 felt the same way, but I didn't bother trying the demo before spending the $70.

Bioware has gone from being my favourite developer, to being one that I avoid like the plague. If I ever get news that EA purchased Bethesda, I might cry.

 

[UrieHusky]

Sigh.... why is it always multiplayer, not co-op.
Lack of co-op is what keeps me from buying so many games that it's not funny, yet game devs constantly feel the need to make multiplayer components rather than the far more fun option of co-op =/

 

[MrA]

Not even read the article, I just came to say my piece, in response to the title, all I have to say is: NOPENOPENOPE

 

[Micalas]

Ya im not buying it. Online co-op I could see but not a pvp arena.

THIS! I would kill for responsibly handled online Co-Op in Dragon Age. Same with Skyrim. I want to be able to explore this huge epic world with my friends beyond talking about our single player campaigns in Vent.

 

[Drago-Morph]

Well, I've adored the Dragon Age franchise so far, and it would be hypocritical of me to give ME3 a shot despite its multiplayer and not give this one the same chance. Admittedly, this is a much more effort-intensive sounding multiplayer system, but Dragon Age 2 was my favorite game ever, so I have some faith. As long as the campaign doesn't suffer, it'll be fine.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

Ya im not buying it. Online co-op I could see but not a pvp arena.

roughly this, if dragon age goes mmo i'm actually considering getting pissed off...

until then, i MIGHT consider some co op, like they are doing with mass effect.

 

[Worr Monger]

I'm no fan of multiplayer...

..but didn't Bioware have some multiplayer capabilities in both Baldur's Gate & Neverwinter Nights.... if so... why is everyone so damn surprised?

As long as multiplayer isn't required to enjoy the game, and I can still have a great single player experience... I don't care.

... if it comes to a Dragon Age MMO... I'll bow out of that. TOR will be my one and only MMO (maybe)... don't push it, please.

 

[Knight Templar]

I shouldn't be surpirsed to see people reacting the exact same way they did to Mass Effect, but I am since that turned out fine. This knee-jerk reaction to multiplayer is strange.

 

[MadCapMunchkin]

*beats head against the wall* No no no no no no no no no!!!

 

[GaltarDude1138]

Didn't Jim Sterling just say Skyrim was proving the games industry wrong? Seems like EA is going NYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! and ignoring the fact that they've been proven wrong.

 

[Rawne1980]

Welcome to Modern Dragonfare 3.

Along with Mass Effectfield 3.

Well the one good thing to come along with Mass Effect getting multiplayer is I get to save a bit of money by not buying it. Yes it's optional but it is also pointless for a series that hasn't needed it before and i'm not paying my money to support stupid decisions.

Dragon Age I gave up with anyway. DA2 was "okay" but nothing to jump up and down and shit smarties over.

If there is any truth to the rumours then it doesn;t look like decisions have gone in the right direction so that game would probably be worth missing as well.

 

[Tucker154]

When will they learn that people don't play RPGs for multiplayer? A less than par Dragon Age I can forgive, so can I with a co-op feature in ME3, but PvP? Really? No, just no. This better not be true.

 

[Clive Howlitzer]

Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame. I am glad at least Skyrim didn't cave in to the demand for multiplayer.

 

[Vault101]

Im not calling for blood untill this is actually proven

and even then, I HOPE Bioware hasnt gone off the rails...I liked ME2 so I have no reason to be worried about ME3 anyhow