Rumor: Survey Spills Details on Dragon Age 3
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Eh, ME2 had twelve potential squadmates and you could have very powerful relationships with each of them. It's not the amount of NPCs, it's how well they're written.toomuchnothing said:
This sounds amazing. Bioware can't possibly screw this up. Right?[small]right?[/small]
is so much better). The would pretty much take DA:O add DA2 combat and rip out the waves of enemies. Since the waves thing was bullshit and took any amount of tactics there was from that game.
yeah. Although the only good thing about da2 was it's combat(da2 is decent but daJ. Mazarin said:
is so much better). The would pretty much take DA:O add DA2 combat and rip out the waves of enemies. Since the waves thing was bullshit and took any amount of tactics there was from that game.
I'm not talking about ME2 I'm talking about ME3. They said they were purposely shrinking the roster for deeper and more personal stories. ME3 had only 8 characters to date, 1 of which you couldn't have if you had the other (Kaiden/Ashley who are completely interchangeable considering they both do the exact same things and just brood on different subjects) and another who is DLC.Diana Kingston-Gabai said:Eh, ME2 had twelve potential squadmates and you could have very powerful relationships with each of them. It's not the amount of NPCs, it's how well they're written.toomuchnothing said:
Having high hopes leads only to greater dissapointment. That said, I hope to God that what they do... Having not played DA2 yet, if the difference really is like the difference from ME1 and ME2, than I say it again, I hope to God they do that.J. Mazarin said:
Yeah screw it.
I wont be able to play an elf or dwarf anymore.
I wont be able to play as my own character
I HAVE to use Origin
I have to give Bioware money and suffer through Day One DLC, and bad MP most likely
End of the day I just dont care anymore.
An RPG is where you make your own character.
Not suffer the angst of Hack Walters and Clueless Hudson as they weep over Liara feeling blue (ha) and badly written Pedo dreams passed off as PTSD.
I will eat my words if its a good game.
However I dont feel the need to pack a bib for release if you get my meaning.
I wont be able to play an elf or dwarf anymore.
I wont be able to play as my own character
I HAVE to use Origin
I have to give Bioware money and suffer through Day One DLC, and bad MP most likely
End of the day I just dont care anymore.
An RPG is where you make your own character.
Not suffer the angst of Hack Walters and Clueless Hudson as they weep over Liara feeling blue (ha) and badly written Pedo dreams passed off as PTSD.
I will eat my words if its a good game.
However I dont feel the need to pack a bib for release if you get my meaning.
You know I was actually thinking about mentioning that after I posted it. And since you brought it up, yes they made that change in Dragon Age 2, BUT I think HONEST TO GOD that the story was far better in DA2 then DA:O. There are valid complaints to be had about DA2 but weak story to me wasn't one of them, I'm with Greg Tito from the site when he said that being a part of the city rather then just passing through it on your way to save the world made for a much more engaging experience, then being a Grey Warden solely killing the Darkspawn menace. And personally the characters were more interesting in DA2.(Not to say that DA:O had bad characters, but after playing both I remember DA2's characters more vividly and the choices I made regarding them.)NinjaDeathSlap said:
The plot idea is not bad (not as good as origins but better than DA2) but biowares execution of late has been left wanting. Heres hoping EA decides ruining their investment is foolish and letting Bioware get back to their old ways but not expecting them too.
Act Three and the ending hurt DA 2's story, a lot of people were passing the idiot ball to make it work, and correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't much of the ranting focused on the combat, maps, carbon-copy companions, DLC, and ending as opposed to the story not being Bioware's cookie cutter save the world story that has been in pretty much every game they've made?NinjaDeathSlap said:
For the record I did like most of DA 2's story and the story that was in it's dlc, but feel that the third act's need to make the game suddenly have world changing effects hurt the overall story.
Edit: Also doubting the rumor, though they're definitely working on DA3, as I can't see Bioware actually pulling off a Game of Thrones style of politics/war. Bioware circa 2000 yes, present Bioware no.
Why does co-op equal a horde mode? It could be that you know that a friend might control one of your party members in the story and ironically enough that for all those bitching that Bioware has moved away from traditional RPGs that this is actually returning to what RPGs were ( and still are for many people) played with a group of friends each playing a character albeit with dice.
Because that sort of thing is best done as couch co-op and EA is of the opinion all co-op should be online only. Plus there's no way for them to milk that style of co-op like they can with a DA style firefight mode.Grumpy Ginger said:
Except the art featured in this very article is from a convention panel from several months back, where parts of the Dragon Age team showed us what they're working on for... Dragon Age 3.Andy Chalk said:
It also included some promises about better maps and loot, and a confirmation that it's taking place in a region where people speak with funny accents.
EDIT: Also, David Gaider has been talking about it on Twitter for months now. Most recently there's been a lot about voice recording sessions.
World in chaos, build armies, crucial decisions and the introduction of online co-op play in the third installment of a RPG series that has so far been single player only? Mass Effect 3 DejaVu anybody?