ScepticMatt
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What the new character portraits remind me of:
Other than that, I like the poses
Other than that, I like the poses
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Dragon Age Inquisition - New Companion images
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I guess I'll be sticking to Sera. A little more options would be nice though. I'm hoping for them to mention the Leliana x Grey Warden relationship in cases where it happened.
Not to start a gender debate but, why are there so many male companions as compared to female? I know the romance options are pretty balanced so that's fine...
And I... need to stop coming in to DA:I threads. It makes the wait that much more unbearable. It really sucks that EA decided to make the deluxe edition exclusive to origin in my country but I have it pre-ordered and ready to go. Seeing as I downloaded Sims 4 in, as I recall, under 5 mins, DA:I should be pretty speedy too. Praise fibre.
Not to start a gender debate but, why are there so many male companions as compared to female? I know the romance options are pretty balanced so that's fine...
And I... need to stop coming in to DA:I threads. It makes the wait that much more unbearable. It really sucks that EA decided to make the deluxe edition exclusive to origin in my country but I have it pre-ordered and ready to go. Seeing as I downloaded Sims 4 in, as I recall, under 5 mins, DA:I should be pretty speedy too. Praise fibre.
Lord Phol
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This is just going by design/images but the female cast looks a bit tame compared to Leliana and Morrigan. I guess Cassandra might be the romance option for my inquisitor. The guys look pretty good though, Blackwell has the awesome beard and Cole seems interesting (from what I've read on the wiki).
Seems this will be similar to DA2 in terms of cast..didn't much like the female cast of the previous game and stuck with an all male party through the majority of the game and didn't give a damn about any of them as romance options (friend said I should've like Merril as I was a Talimancer in ME, but I couldn't stand her).
Blackwall, Varric and Dorian looks the way to go for me, though this is all pending personalities.
Blackwall, Varric and Dorian looks the way to go for me, though this is all pending personalities.
Blackwall/Iron Bull/Varric/Cole will be in the party.
I hope we can kill off all the other characters so we don't see them in cutscenes.
Edit: I just saw Cole without his hat, he can join the other group. So...we can romance non-companion NPC right because I only have 3 cast members left.
I hope we can kill off all the other characters so we don't see them in cutscenes.
Edit: I just saw Cole without his hat, he can join the other group. So...we can romance non-companion NPC right because I only have 3 cast members left.
EventHorizon
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Allow me to bring my knuckle dragging self into this thread to say:
Me Sad. Need Mo Pretty Woman.
Me Sad. Need Mo Pretty Woman.
Yeah pretty hard to shoot straight with that design.
I think that particular quote was from their Facebook, although maybe it was their forums.
Edit: found it, it's Facebook
There's also race restricted options in addition to gender this go around
8 have been
Writer's block maybe, they just couldn't think of more interesting female characters.
Doctoglethorpe
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Cole? Rugged Charm? Hah. Read Asunder.
To nobody in particular: I still just laugh at Iron Bull, even when its just a picture. His favoritism makes no sense to me. He looks like the derpiest Qunari ever born (is he literally half bull? I've never seen another Qunari with horns like that) which just makes it all the worse since his voice is literally Freddy Prince Jr doing a terrible Sean Connery impersonation.
Release is supposed to be a month from Inquisition's launch. No specific date yet.
Love some of the graphic touches this game has brought, but these kind of errors are really something. It's also not nitpicking really, it's pretty awfully obvious that whomever draw this made 0 research, and lacks common sense.
Edit: Wasn't aware that Vivienne was not romanceable. A bummer, but she will still be a permanent part of my team, along with Varic, and my Qunari female Rift mage. The remaining place will be used to cycle the rest of the members, for story background reasons.
shinobi602
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I don't see what's generic about them is what I'm saying. I'm not trying to pester you lol.
Ivory Samoan
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I am so hype for this game... Iron Bull will ALWAYS be in my party, such a great character.
Stone Ocean
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The character designs are so damn good this time around.
cm osi
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They look amazing, especially when I see the amount of Cole-support in this thread. I mean, when we first saw this:
... the reception was much less warm, around here.
cole the hedgehog.jpg
I was trying to warm up to this game. Tacti al view and character creation had me hesitantly interested.
These lazy paint ny numbers archetypical companions completely destroyed any chance of me wanting to play this game. You couldn't design more generic companions...even so far as to -tell- people what those archetypes are in the descriptions.
I shouldn't be surprised but there's no way I can go from a re-read of Malazan to playing this tripe. Just gotta hold out till Pillars.
These lazy paint ny numbers archetypical companions completely destroyed any chance of me wanting to play this game. You couldn't design more generic companions...even so far as to -tell- people what those archetypes are in the descriptions.
I shouldn't be surprised but there's no way I can go from a re-read of Malazan to playing this tripe. Just gotta hold out till Pillars.
The Elite
BOSS
Y must U always outsource your ideas for art Bioware?
EDIT: Maybe a bit exaggerated, but I find them to be way too similar looking, even if guy on Bloodborne cover is not wearing two daggers.
The back to the viewer is a standard video game poster image.
We could spend a day posting similar pics.
Y must U always outsource your ideas for art Bioware?
EDIT: Maybe a bit exaggerated, but I find them to be way too similar looking, even if guy on Bloodborne cover is not wearing two daggers.
You know how standard the "back exposed, weapons out" pose is?
Y must U always outsource your ideas for art Bioware?
EDIT: Maybe a bit exaggerated, but I find them to be way too similar looking, even if guy on Bloodborne cover is not wearing two daggers.
lol, DA: I must have the most hyperbolic and ridiculous nitpicking I've ever seen.
TetraGenesis
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Wait wait wait--So you can't romance Sera as a male Inquisitor or Viv at all? So if you're playing straight male, your only choice is the ice queen Cassandra?
Fuuuuuuuck that.
Fuuuuuuuck that.
hemtae
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There's also one of the advisors. I forgot her name.
shinobi602
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TetraGenesis
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She was the worst in Dragon Age 2, Shinobi, you know it.
And I remembered after I wrote that about Josephine. Although this is her current model correct? With the red hair and paler skin.
From what I've seen of her in the Gamescom demo (E3?), I have no interest in forming a relationship with that character. Seems like they're trying to make her the Isabela of DA:I too, which, ugh.
I play as women in a good amount of games (Destiny and Diablo 3 most recently) but for my first playthrough in a character driven RPG I like to play as a cypher I can relate to a little more so I can experience the story from a perspective that mirrors my own. But now I'm considering starting as a woman Inquisitor just because I'd rather romance Sera and that will be the only real difference in the story my sex would determine.
To be clear, I am totally fine with Bioware giving their characters specific sexual preferences (and not just "straight or bi"), I'm just disappointed with how it shook out in regards to how I'd hoped to play the game.
shinobi602
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That's Leliana actually. I would give Cassandra a chance, you didn't see much of her in DA2 and what you did see was a very small sliver of her personality. I would suggest (if you care enough to) watching "Dawn of the Seeker" as it's all about her and her backstory when she was younger. She's a hothead and with good reason (She was the worst in Dragon Age 2, Shinobi, you know it.
And I remembered after I wrote that about Josephine. Although this is her current model correct? With the red hair and paler skin.
From what I've seen of her in the Gamescom demo (E3?), I have no interest in forming a relationship with that character. Seems like they're trying to make her the Isabela of DA:I too, which, ugh.
I play as women in a good amount of games (Destiny and Diablo 3 most recently) but for my first playthrough in a character driven RPG I like to play as a cypher I can relate to a little more so I can experience the story from a perspective that mirrors my own. But now I'm considering starting as a woman Inquisitor just because I'd rather romance Sera and that will be the only real difference in the story my sex would determine.
To be clear, I am totally fine with Bioware giving their characters specific sexual preferences (and not just "straight or bi"), I'm just disappointed with how it shook out in regards to how I'd hoped to play the game.
her brother was murdered by blood mages in front of her
She's basically the Miranda Lawson of Dragon Age. Tough outer shell, soft core when you care enough to get to know her.
TastyOreoFriend
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So the wests version of the tsundere then? :x
She's the best though. I'd take her over Sera any day.
YesNOnoNOYes
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hahaha this was what i was thinking toooo
shinobi602
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YesNOnoNOYes
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Lol, don't know who that is
tsundere is a 'type' not a 'who'
its for characters who seem tough on the outside and soft once you break through their barriers.
ThoseDeafMutes
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Lol, don't know who that is
Tsundere is a Japanese character archetype.
shinobi602
Member
They are also almost invariably terrible characters because the tsundere is their entire character. Especially since tough usually means loud and abusive.
TetraGenesis
Member
Say hi to a sad majority of anime.
TastyOreoFriend
Member
My mind just went directly there the moment he said that. Proof positive that I watch way too much anime lol
It'll be interesting to see the wests versions of this kind of character.
Fimbulvetr
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They already got at the moe demographic with ME1 Liara(and Tali to a lesser extent in the sequels), may as well go all the way.
YesNOnoNOYes
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I hope they wont overuse/abuse it
Animu has been rekt by tsuntsun and moe :<
THIS SO MUCH
( i love your nick btw. HK was my fav char *____* )
shinobi602
Member
I don't think that's the case with Western versions of it...at least in the RPGs I've played. Miranda for example in ME isn't loud or abusive, just somewhat rigid and reserved at first. I think it's a great dynamic and really pushes me to get to know them better.
She was the worst in Dragon Age 2, Shinobi, you know it.
And I remembered after I wrote that about Josephine. Although this is her current model correct? With the red hair and paler skin.
From what I've seen of her in the Gamescom demo (E3?), I have no interest in forming a relationship with that character. Seems like they're trying to make her the Isabela of DA:I too, which, ugh.
I play as women in a good amount of games (Destiny and Diablo 3 most recently) but for my first playthrough in a character driven RPG I like to play as a cypher I can relate to a little more so I can experience the story from a perspective that mirrors my own. But now I'm considering starting as a woman Inquisitor just because I'd rather romance Sera and that will be the only real difference in the story my sex would determine.
To be clear, I am totally fine with Bioware giving their characters specific sexual preferences (and not just "straight or bi"), I'm just disappointed with how it shook out in regards to how I'd hoped to play the game.
LMAO