2010-07-21, 22:08 | Link #5 |
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Oh great, another sequel.
I was really happy when Bioware decided to do the first Dragon Age, bringing an excellent fantasy CRPG with a new and fresh IP, instead of Yet Another Forgotten Realms D&D Title. Shit practically every game at E3 2010 had a number in the title.
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2010-07-21, 22:08 | Link #6 |
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I'm in a similar position as well, although what I've heard about a portion of the game taking place concurrently alongside Origins and Awakening (which from my estimates is about 2-3 years overall... traveling back and forth across Ferelden on foot sucks) is intriguing. I'll feel some small token of condolence and amusement to hear a rumor (ingame playing as Hawke) from an NPC or something about my Warden defiling the Ashes of Andraste or something. This is where I hope the importing filesaves comes into play.
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2010-07-21, 22:32 | Link #7 | |
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I enjoyed Dragon Age, but honestly, and I think I speak for most classic isometric RPG fans, I would give my left arm for Baldur's Gate 3. (prefer my right arm for clicking) |
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2010-07-22, 01:08 | Link #8 | |
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It was supposed to be a more story-based, low level campaign... totally different. |
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2010-07-22, 09:52 | Link #9 | |
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Unfortunately that may never happen because Bioware doesn't have the license to Baldur's Gate anymore. (Atari does) |
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2010-07-22, 10:55 | Link #11 | |
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Oh, who am I kidding, I'll probably buy this the day it's released, like I have all of the DLC's for the first one, already...
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2010-07-22, 18:04 | Link #12 |
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For anyone who's interested in history and setting of games, here's DA's timeline, right from the Ancient Times to the events of the games.
http://gameinformer.com/b/news/archi...of-thedas.aspx Will try and look for a Game Informer at Gamestop tomorrow. |
2010-07-23, 03:09 | Link #13 | |
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I always consider Black Isle/Obsidian to usually have more compelling ideas or stories compared to Bioware—Plansecape: Torment, Mask of the Betrayer, Fallout and so on—but Bioware puts out a more well-built product. Anyway, with DA2 focusing on this so-called Champion of Kirkwall, it'll be interesting to play as a hero who isn't a Grey Warden. It's like breaking the current Bioware RPG pattern of eventually joining some secretive, elite group in order to save the day (Jedi/Spectre/Grey Warden). |
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2010-07-23, 06:49 | Link #15 | |
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2010-07-23, 09:34 | Link #16 | ||
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Naturally I'm totally looking forward to this game. That said, while Origins was a magnificent RPG by any standards, I think Bioware is taking their own universe a bit too seriously. Art direction more austere than Origins? They make it sound like Ferelden was a magical fairyland of floating cities and glittering dreamscapes, and not the filthy backwater of wet dogs and grimdark men that it was! The DA universe was already a more austere version of the Forgotten Realms anyway, what's with mages being demon-bait, elves oppressed by xenophobia, and the darkspawn borrowing heavily from Tolkien's original orcs before everybody else decided to humanize the lot culminating in a certain green dude named Thrall. Eh, I guess that's one thing JRPGs will always get one over the West. They don't feel the need to blush and act tough when they want their fantasy worlds to sparkle. |
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2010-07-23, 10:01 | Link #17 |
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I still dissapointed with the ending to Dragon age, I havent really considered getting the expansion nor Dragon age 2 :/
I am amazed at the work they did in Dragon age, but the ending was just poor :/. So its not like I really encouraged to continue the story.
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2010-07-23, 10:29 | Link #18 |
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What was so poor about those endings, if I may ask? The conclusion itself, or the text panels?
In my own opinion, the first game had some of the most satisfying endings this side of Heavy Rain and similar story-heavy offerings.
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2010-07-23, 14:52 | Link #20 |
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I hope that next game, they skip 100+ years instead of just 10. I don't have a problem with it, I just think it'd make for easier story telling. (Bioware tends to carry baggage in my opinion.)
Hopefully they do add polearms. I'd really like my halberd right about now~ I wonder if the Green Blade will be seen again? (You know, just throwing that out as a possible outcome of a choice. Would be pretty cool.) |
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