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Dragon Age: Inquisition | E3 2014 Coverage
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Cullen and Cassandra confirmed as straight romances:
Little surprised, I pegged Cassandra as the Bi-female. Guess that will go to Scribe Girl, or possibly no one.
shinobi602
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Hah, it was the opposite for me, my gut always told me she'd be the straight choice. Is there anyone left to reveal besides the scribe?
They said basically they aren't planning on it, since they crafted significant post-game content instead.
Duh, didn't pay attention. Thought Bioware was the one doing that.Just a dumb joke. Nobody would cancel their pre-order based on the lack of griffins.
They are allegedly extinct, but bet they are leaving that for a future DA, when we inevitably visit the Anderfels (where the main Warden order resides, and originated). Furthermore, having a way to fly, would have huge implications on everything, from combat to story, including level design.
They would have hyped that up since day 1.
BTW, pretty sure Cadash (the surname for the dwarf MC) is Shale's house. So a link there already.
Can we set up traps as a rogue and plan ambushes (ie: no only in the middle of combat)?
BioWareDAI You can, in fact! Positioning, traps and other preparatory abilities (and potions) are a very good idea against some of the harder fights. --Laidlaw
Anyone still doubt they took the DA2 criticism to heart?
BioWareDAI You can, in fact! Positioning, traps and other preparatory abilities (and potions) are a very good idea against some of the harder fights. --Laidlaw
Anyone still doubt they took the DA2 criticism to heart?
Principate
Saint Titanfall
Yes they're extinct, the purpose of their existence in the lore was what exactly. Also supposed extinction hasn't stopped Bioware before.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Nobody else in the Inquisition. It's possible they'll expand the scope to hit significant figures in the setting, though.
They've confirmed scribe-girl as the bi option
Where is the suspense, where is the mystery!?
Also, has anyone asked about Engage mode? From what little we heard of it it sounds like automatic turn by turn pause and play, ala BG2 pause after combat turn mode.
Lost somewhere back in the dial-up era.
Allan Schumaker answered this for me on the BW forums: Engage mode is holding down a button while in Tactical Cam to let time progress while in the free-cam of Tactical Cam mode (which is paused by default). Once you release the button is will pause again for you to issue orders. He also said though that feedback about the whole "holding down a button thing" is something that could possibly be incorporated by the time it's released (in other words, they may make it so you don't need to have a button held down).
It's unclear but possibly suggested that there is a separate "mode" for PC that is tactical view (which is different from Engage mode) since devs have talked about preferring to play the whole game in tactical mode on PC.
My gut tells me this all won't be cleared up until we get a PC-focused reveal day sometime in the future.
Edit: Sorry about double post.
Weird, but actually OK. I never really like BGIIs auto pause after combat turns, and while holding a button kind of sounds annoying it does give you much more control over when to pause and when not to. Also yeah PC is like 99% of the time in tactical mode.
I hope this video that's out Friday on Destructoid is worth it and not some shitty teaser. I know it won't likely be a real gameplay demo, but I hope it has some meat to it.
The Smoking Bun
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Can Qunari wear cowboy hats? That's all I need
tringworldso
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I thought Leliana would be the bi-option (as it was in DA:O).They've confirmed scribe-girl as the bi option
She's not a romance option.
tringworldso
Member
How suspicious. Maybe she's going to die in DA:I.
For everyone wanting to peruse all the questions and answers, here is a big ol' list of them, PrincessStabbity has compiled the entire list and is adding them as they come and then will organize them by category.
The Last Wizard
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She might be tied to a warden.
tringworldso
Member
Good, thanks for posting.
Of course.... otherwise a certain subset of the fanbase would throw a fit.
Lmao @ Gavin's gif :-D
wolfhowwl
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shinobi602
Member
Q: Will we be able to have the tactical camera on during normal run-around game-play rather than having to hold a key only during combat to enable it? (I know this was suggested earlier so wanted to see if you had made any headway on that)
BW: It will pull you out for cutscenes but you can spend most of the game like that - Mark
Good news for PC fans.
BW: It will pull you out for cutscenes but you can spend most of the game like that - Mark
Good news for PC fans.
Expect those perfectly normal moles to be 'shopped out by "fans" by the time I've finished typing up this post.
shinobi602
Member
Did they confirm Josephine as a romance as well?
wolfhowwl
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shinobi602
Member
Awesome.
BrassDragon
Member
Haha! This and the Cullen one certainly deserves to be in the first post in the OT!
The Smoking Bun
Banned
The two fake ones...?
Deified Data
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I really hate that we have to know everyone's sexual preference going into the game to appease everyone who's worried that their favorite character might play for the wrong team. Whatever happened to just playing the game and finding out for yourself?
I know it wasn't a popular decision (for reasons) but it would have been better to give everyone what they wanted and make everyone poly amorous like in DA2.
There's only one m/m option, and it's 1800s porn'stache Dorian.
There's only one strictly gay romance announced so far, but I'm dubious there's only one m/m romance, especially considering they just announced today that there are 8 romances total.
Deified Data
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That doesn't really address my problem, either. I thought in an effort to make the game more inclusive they made every character a little less interesting by slapping a cookie-cutter "I'll sleep with anyone named Hawke" designation on them. I like that some of these characters are going to be unavailable to you. But I would have liked to find that out on my own.
That was the beauty of Aveline in DA2. I spent the whole game flirting with her and in the end she's attracted to someone else. Made her feel like a real person that wasn't beholden to whatever I, the player, wanted her to do. Make more characters like Aveline.
shinobi602
Member
There's two so far, Dorian and Sera.
mmm she will be my inquisitor waifu
I may have lost Cassandra but I can work with this as long as she's not another quirky chick.
Oh, I see. You didn't want to get "spoiled" in a way.
shinobi602
Member
Ehh, that was what I strongly disliked about her character lol. I don't need it to feel 'real', in the end it's just a game to me, I'd like it to cater to my wants. That's my feeling at least.
My mistake, left out the "male" gay part and was just distinguishing between gay and bisexual, both of which would be m/m options.
Reluctant-Hero
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This, so much. I loved Aveline's character because of this.
anexanhume
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Two of which have race restrictions/preferences.
https://twitter.com/Cameron__Lee/status/486634528224456704