ShinMaruku
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I want to be hyped it loks good it sounds good but I need to play it. Because Bioware has spent the past few years on their knees. not quite ready to forgive them.
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New Dragon Age Inquisition progress update and screenshots [Up: Additional Screens]
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Script_Flipper
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I wonder which will hit first?
my guess would be the witcher 3 because those guys do not seem to be on any set large corporate pr schedule. When it is done it will be released where as bioware is def on EAs " best time to launch it" list.
I know. What they've shown has mostly been positive, but there are several aspects I still have reservations about, mostly the combat, which seems like it might still be too hack and slashy, and the voiced protagonist, which I don't feel that Bioware has pulled off successfully yet. And even if everything they've shown was 100% positive, Bioware's history still suggests a wait and see approach. In my opinion, anyway.
I wouldn't say so
Hyping me for The Witcher 3
Just wanting to mention, this is NOT DA3. This is DAI. When I was at pax prime enforcing, the developers were really trying to push that hard. In my opinion, it's more like Asscreed Brotherhood than Asscreed 3.
Clarkus Darkus
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I'll still not delve right into another Bioware game straight away, Im no longer a must buy customer of there games, I'll get as much fan feedback as possible before I think of getting DAI....After DA2/ME3/TOR being mediocre im not sure Bioware have the wow factor for me anymore like I had with KOTOR/Jade Empire/ME1/DAO etc....
Fimbulvetr
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The assertion that increasing VA costs may cause them to reduce the number of spoken lines/permutations in dialogue is doom mongering now?
This isn't a DA2 exclusive thing, tho.
Mr. Smiley
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Yeah. That's what it seemed liked to me too. If they're really attempting to improve the DA2 formula, I'm fine with that.
None of their previous games looked especially pretty. This will definitely be their prettiest game to date relative to competition.
Weirdly enough, I had not heard that. I thought Inquisition was 3.
Makes me wonder if it's like the Awakenings expansion, but, of course, stand alone.
TheUnsunghero26
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Wasn't DA2 the opposite? Thought I heard it was originally gonna be a spinoff, ratger than a complete sequel.
Knowing EA and modern Bioware it could still be screwed up, but I'm cautiously optimistic for now. If nothing else it doesn't look to be a half hearted effort anyway.
How does that comparison work out though? This seems basically the exact opposite of AC Brotherhood if anything; the 3rd game that took longer to release than shorter, new engine, new setting, significantly altered gameplay... Though I guess there's an argument to be made that this is the real sequel to Dragon Age and that DAII was just mislabeled.
Dictator93
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It so they can sequel the crap out of this game without feeliling remorse. It is just an excuse.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
It's their out, if what they're doing here bombs like DA2. I think DA2 would have been less ill received if they had made it clear it was a sidequest like Brotherhood. "Oh, just wait until Dragon Age 3. DA: Hawkes Follies was just for the fans."
Actually a pretty smart move.
Yeah, that makes sense after how badly they screwed up with DAII. If it weren't for that this'd probably be DAIII (or DAII with the actually released DAII simply never existing.)
And now that I actually look at gameplay footage I see it looks like they kept down that action RPG path. Disappointing but not surprising, at least Kickstarters are allowing turn based and even real time with pause combat systems to make a comeback while big companies increasingly think anything that isn't all action all the time can't be sold.
Oh my word. Can the actual game look like that in actual gameplay?
gamerforever
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Looks absolutely fantastic - hope that's the PS4 version in that video, however the combat really does look pretty poor and simplistic!
It really does make you appreciate how brilliant Dark Souls' combat is!
It really does make you appreciate how brilliant Dark Souls' combat is!
I am honestly more hyped for DAI than The Witcher 3. I am hugely looking forward to both games, but TW's continued, almost painful focus on how all of humanity is unrelentingly evil and cruel, and the 'generic' (if stunningly beautiful) fantasy landscape is starting to bore me.
DAI looks to have real variety (deserts, jungles, swamps, cities etc..) but also the companion characters which I like.
I would love to see Dandelion developed further in TW3 because he was kind of like that game's version of Varric, and he seemed like a friend. Additionally, I'd like to see Geralt's relationship with Triss explored more, because I think there was a real missed opportunity to show an actual relationship in a game in the second one. You never really got whether they loved each other or saw a future together or whatnot.
DAI looks to have real variety (deserts, jungles, swamps, cities etc..) but also the companion characters which I like.
I would love to see Dandelion developed further in TW3 because he was kind of like that game's version of Varric, and he seemed like a friend. Additionally, I'd like to see Geralt's relationship with Triss explored more, because I think there was a real missed opportunity to show an actual relationship in a game in the second one. You never really got whether they loved each other or saw a future together or whatnot.
I haven't had a chance to watch the video and I am hearing conflicting reports. Some say it is tactical, party-based and others say realtime, actionny. To be honest I don't really mind either but I would really love a full, party-based RPG again just like we used to have.
Just don't make me play as some pre-set douche. I want to make my own character.
When the combat begins the xbox YXB buttons appear on the bottom right. So this is either a xbone or PC build.
gamerforever
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I'd rather have a few presets like Dark Souls, or just one character.
I really don't get these customisable characters - they just jar the experience and story imo.
gamerforever
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Oh, probably the PC as it does look pretty sharp.
The PS4 should handle that with ease imo.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
I really don't see how that's possible. I'm trying to figure it out. What is jarring about a customized character?
gamerforever
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You are supposed to be following the character they made, not some half baked up one we produced.
I find it annoying.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
That doesn't make any sense. I'm trying to understand though. Why do you think this?
But in the old school RPG sense you would always create your own avatar. The ones we produce are not half-baked to us. I prefer my own character.
gamerforever
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I don't really see it as an old school RPG, more a 3rd person version of Elder Scrolls and something like Fable.
Probably because more and more Bioware tries to define the character yet awkwardly compromises with the notion of payer freedom and role playing. Just look at ME3 and how it focuses on that boy.
Or so I'd hope anyway.
EDIT: Nope, games that tried harder at having you fill in a blank slate got name dropped as examples it was more like.
I suppose so in a way, but they were adamant it was not a sequel to DA2. They don't want to go down that road yet.
I'm guessing that they don't want people turned off by Dragon Age 2 to associate it with that game, which is why they were emphasizing that it's not a sequel to DA2. I wouldn't doubt that they have survey after focus group result showing that DA2 did major damage to the brand.
No, it dragged. The time in the Orzammar tunnels went on forever.
I love DA:O, but that's a fact.
Sure signs that I am clinically insane: I liked both the Orzammar tunnels and the Fade. The Fade in particular felt like a fun area with some interesting puzzle solving.
Final confirmation (unrelated to DA): I also really liked the opening area of KOTOR2.
But in Elder Scrolls you create your own character...
It would be a truly sad thing if they needed focus groups and surveys to know what the reception to Dragon Age 2 was.
Dragon Age: Origins was also not without it's flaws. On console the game was shockingly bad technically on console as well as having a super generic main plot.
This third game really has a lot of work to do to validate this series.
Freudian slip or maybe you are onto something.
Ok, sure, I understand liking the Deep Roads (after all, they have some great moments, like the Broodmother and Branka), but the Fade?
The Fade in DAA was much better for me, as it didn't seem like a useless area filled with predictable puzzles. The Fade in DA2 was short at least (and the first time I actually thought "yay, a new area"... only to be summoned there the following act).
And regarding KotOR 2: I played the game at least a dozen of times, but I only got through that tutorial once. Thank god it was skippable.
You are insane.
I'm not talking tutorial... I'm talking the opening mining station area, which also seems to be hated.
dr_rus
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That's a scripted cut scene, why couldn't it look like this?
And, yeah, this looks like nothing special technically.
I loved the Fade too. I didn't mind Orzammar either, to be honest. It may be that the difficulty mods I was running made it feel a bit like an endurance run.
I recently played DA:O for the first time, and thought the Fade was quite unique (except for the first minutes), if a bit disjointed from the rest of the game. Orzammar, on the other hand, overstayed its welcome and is easily the weakest portion of the whole game.
Thankfully, the game allows to choose the order to tackle it, so I save it for the last (since had already hear about it). Would have gone mental if I had done it immediately after The Fade.
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