Ovek
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Nah I bet the keep is just a bunch of yes no answers disguised with a pretty storyboard overlay. I bet the default story for the warden is the he dies in the final battle just so they don't have to worry about it.
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Nah I bet the keep is just a bunch of yes no answers disguised with a pretty storyboard overlay. I bet the default story for the warden is the he dies in the final battle just so they don't have to worry about it.
Doctoglethorpe
Member
But they didn't make the game for a web browser, so its not that simple. Plus its a completely new engine, so the characters can't look the same anyways.
Oh yeah DICE did they say that and thinking people are dumb and cannot understand complex stuff like a engine. And behold how good they really are with mods with every single engine and game on the market.
I would think they would keep the default "canon" warden alive to explain / justify all the events in Awakenings and the DLC (e.g. seeing Morrigan afterwards in Witch Hunt). I don't know, I really doubt it's possible to recreate your warden's appearance in an app (since it involves importing the entire character creator, e.g. selecting little details like nose width and chin height).
Also, it defeats the purpose if you're "recreating" your warden, since how are you going to remember little things like how high you made his/her eyebrows? Any new warden you create is going to end up looking slightly different from the one you originally played. I think if they were trying to have some way of having your original warden make an actual appearance, it'd have to be for people who import saves from DA1; otherwise the game would just give you a generic-looking default warden (maybe one whose gender and background you selected from the app).
I mean, I'm not expecting detailed mods that re-do the battle system like in DA:O, but even for DA2 (which they didn't release a toolset for and which was harder to mod), people still ended up making a whole lot of re-textures and graphics mods, and a few gameplay tweaks as well.
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
Do we know if there is a Day night cycle? Or will it just be day maps and night maps?
Manmademan
Member
I'm beginning to agree with you. I think DA3 is going to take GAF's Game of the year over destiny, personally.
Some Nobody
Junior Member
It'll be some Nintendo game.
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
Yeah, it's looking pretty glorious.
I honestly think some people are going to be shocked at how good it ends up being.
Yeah. Too big to quite call it a sleeper hit, but I think this game will be a lot better than most are expecting.
And as the first big, beautiful, meaty RPG on current gen, it will make a big statement.
Salz01
Member
Forgot where I saw it, but I remember reading there won't be. Something about trying to establish the right mood for each zone.
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
Hm. Somewhat disappointing given how open the world is now. But I can deal with it as long as the rest is good.
Doctoglethorpe
Member
Yes there is a day/night cycle. I suspect though it will be a noon/night swap function rather then a real sun cycle, probably from the camps or upon entering an area.
I'm more than okay with that because everything is so drool-worthy gorgeous.
EDIT: Oh, there is one? Even better.
Hi guys. I recently played through DA:O and DA2 and now I look forward to this game. One question, will PC players also use the Keep or will they have a direct character/file import?
In DA2 I managed to (mild companion spoilers)
. I'm always of two minds about those sorts of outcomes in Bioware games. It feels like a direct consequence for my actions so it's enjoyable to see those sorts of negative results, but then you wonder if anything in Inquisition will be locked out requiring a different status on those things.
Well, I guess you can always just tweak in the keep to get the background you want, right? That's the whole point?
In DA2 I managed to (mild companion spoilers)
lose Isabela since I wasn't friendly enough with her and also I had to kill Fenris since I sided with mages and wasn't super chummy with him either,
Well, I guess you can always just tweak in the keep to get the background you want, right? That's the whole point?
PC players can also use the Keep. I'm not 100% on whether PC players can import saves but my guess is no, since the Keep is going to be pretty robust and also eliminate the import glitches that were something of a problem for certain DA2 imports.
As for Inquisition, some things may be locked out. For example, if you killed Loghain in Origins he's obviously not showing up for Inquisition.
But as you said, a big advantage of the Keep is the ability to tinker with results you may find interesting and then upload it to your cloud.
I think GAF and Reddit will nitpick it to death and overblow its flaws, liberally using words like "horrible" and "atrocious" as if describing Superman 64.
shinobi602
Member
This sounds accurate.
The company isn't heavily focused on romance. The community focuses heavily on it. The romances are a small portion of a character's content. If you don't romance Dorian then the gay part will likely be barely mentioned at all, except perhaps to explain part of the reason he thinks Tevinter is teh stupid and needs change.
As for the cynical part, read Gaider's interview about Dorian. It's clear that writing a gay character (not player/bisexual, but gay) was personally important to him.
LOL, probably. But I still think that BioWare is about to prove that they more than still have what it takes. I personally think that it will blow the first two away combined based on everything I'm seeing. It looks incredible.
Perhaps. I'd like GAF to surprise me, though. After all the consensus for Assassin's Creed 3 on here was that it sucked, but the opinion of Black Flag is pretty darn positive.
Absolutely.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
I actually just made a big post about why Dragon Age is probably in the top 3 for media's GotY
If it doesn't suck ass like Dragon Age 2 and can grab that fabled 90+ metacritic
If it doesn't suck ass like Dragon Age 2 and can grab that fabled 90+ metacritic
shinobi602
Member
Embarrassing? Damn, this fall is absolutely stacked for me. To each his own I guess.
Nice one.
For the record, I actually enjoyed DAII for what it was, but am well aware of the glaring faults. Among them, my biggest gripes were the reused environments with the excuse of "framed narrative" being given, lol. It was pretty ridiculous. Thankfully, it looks like they are out to make a bold statement with Inquisition. It looks far and away above anything they have done to date.
Perhaps it will suck ass and grab that fabled 90+ in metacritic..
It looks seriously barren to me, this is about it actually. I was hyped for The Evil Within, but even that looked like trash at E3.
Having just finished DA2, the degree of roleplaying (Bioware style) especially in the second and third acts is actually pretty great. But the repetitive quests and locations bring the game down a lot. A LOT. It could have been great with more time in the oven. I actually liked the more grounded nature of the narrative. I think the combat and progression changes were okay but I really like to tweak all my characters armors and such so the new system there was a little lame (I see they are tweaking that again in DA:I). Also I didn't really like the crafting component in either of the previous titles. DA:O felt like a ton of item clutter,and DA2 seemed really....game-y? It was just very awkward.
I'm of the same mindset. The hype in the press seems to be real, but they're embargoed currently, so there's no big headlines to support that. I guess I feel like GAF will go the opposite route given some of the cynical comments in this and other threads, but I guess not everyone who'll play the game posts in these threads.
It's looking pretty stacked for me as well.
Sunset Overdrive
DA: Inquisition
Hyrule Warriors
Bayonetta 2
Forza Horizon 2
Lords of the Fallen
Shadow of Mordor
Far Cry 4
Captain Toad's Treasure Tracker
Super Smash Bros.
Destiny
I do hope the game is well received. It does seem like the game is going to be excellent.
Fall is looking amazing in my opinion. Dragon Age, Destiny, Persona Q, Pokemon, GTA 5 (which I skipped last year) and KH 2.5 (again, never played). In fact I've probably ordered more games this fall than ever.
Reddit is okay, there seems to be a good deal of positivity regarding what has been shown so far.
Fall is looking amazing in my opinion. Dragon Age, Destiny, Persona Q, Pokemon, GTA 5 (which I skipped last year) and KH 2.5 (again, never played). In fact I've probably ordered more games this fall than ever.
Reddit is okay, there seems to be a good deal of positivity regarding what has been shown so far.
BananasWithGuns
Member
Sunset Overdrive is October 28th if this wasn't a typo.
Damn, where the hell did I get August from, lol? Thanks for spotting that for me.
shinobi602
Member
Yep all that. Throw in The Evil Within, AC Unity, Alien Isolation...
All my monies
Whoops, I forgot The Evil Within and Alien Isolation. Broke time again for sure.
You can't really say that at this point. Sure they are being presented as such in a way as I imagine it helps with marketing. But on some occasions the characters in BioWare games tend to surprise me.
James Vega is a good example of being useful marketing material and seeming like a generic character, but in the end he defied a lot of tropes in my opinion.
On the other end of the spectrum we have Diana Allers though...
So who fits that description?
Her role is optional and so minimal it's not even worth bringing up as a counterpoint.
I have high hopes for DA III but I'm not convinced that Bioware can escape the mistakes of their past. DA III is looking excellent (graphically speaking) and will be a very pretty game and will likely have a great soundtrack and solid production values.
Even so, Bioware has a lot to prove to me if they want to win me back for DA III. I'm keeping my eye on how things develop and for now have DA III listed as a solid "maybe" for Oct.
Even so, Bioware has a lot to prove to me if they want to win me back for DA III. I'm keeping my eye on how things develop and for now have DA III listed as a solid "maybe" for Oct.
Salz01
Member
Hopefully I did this right. But this is the post here on neogaf that talks about day/night cycle. Somebody did a write up from a panel.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=108148533&postcount=600
I am looking forward to seeing all of the promised post-game content. They mentioned that the player will likely not see all of the world during the first play through, as it is just too big and there will be higher level challenges and surprises available after you finally do beat it. Pretty exciting.
sickvisionz
Banned
Have they stated whether or not the differences between last gen and current gen will be purely cosmetic or will there be gameplay feature and content that is only available on the current gen versions?
Yeah sure. I'm not agreeing with Fuz. I think BioWare characters tend to be pretty well written and far more memorable than 99% of characters in other video games.
Cosmetic, at most things like number of NPCs in an area.
Some Nobody
Junior Member
I'm going to try not to get my hopes up. Post-game content always disappoints me.
Manmademan
Member
nah. This is legitimately shaping up to look like a VERY good game, but expectations are so low thanks to the mess DA2 was, that I think the reaction could go the other way.