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Dragon Age Spell combos: grease + fireball = grease fire. TOOLSET confirmed.
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JasonUresti
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disappeared said:
No, the Tolkien style fantasy tale has been done to death. Too many think that fantasy means "Elves and goblins and Dark Lords and magic spells tee hee", when fantasy encompasses such a broad array of authors and stories as to be nearly limitless.
I don't think anyone was expecting a truly inspired and original take on fantastic fiction, but after all the years of talk, its disappointing to see Bioware dipping deeply once more into the LotR well, and letting the influence soak into every aspect the games visual style.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
It's better, but that's still not saying much. Pretty much the exact same thing as the first trailer just with a few different battle scenes...
Chris Remo
Member
Dragon Age has been in the works for a while, so it's definitely a separate team.Zzoram said:
Edit: Why was there even a second trailer? I don't understand what was better about it, even slightly. The substance was pretty much exactly the same, just recut with more shots of LOTR-esque waves of things rushing at one another.
rollingstart
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Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
Is it too much to hope that bioware is just shitting with us and the real trailer is going to be shown for E3?
Jason's Ultimatum
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dude said:
I can see Geoff entering this thread:
"Glad you liked the second trailer!"
Opus Angelorum
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Jason's Ultimatum said:
:lol
godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
So yesterday I played a little bit of The Witcher and it looks better than what was shown in this trailer. Anybody finds similarities between The Witcher and this game?
Death_Born
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Linkzg said:
Lord-of-the-Rings Age am confirmed!
Chairman Yang
if he talks about books, you better damn well listen
Yeah, the real trailer will be at E3. It will be a recut version of the second trailer.Count of Monte Sawed-Off said:
Joseph Merrick
Member
fuuuuck
damn, I remember one of the first things I saw of nwn1 was a narrated gameplay thing where they showed the interface and a couple of quests. really sold me on the game ..... although when I finally got the game long long after I didn't really care for it ....... but still. what up, do one of those as soon as possible. damnit
damn, I remember one of the first things I saw of nwn1 was a narrated gameplay thing where they showed the interface and a couple of quests. really sold me on the game ..... although when I finally got the game long long after I didn't really care for it ....... but still. what up, do one of those as soon as possible. damnit
Opus Angelorum
Member
Considering the talent of Bioware and productions values of EA I'm underwhelmed.
Blah.
*watches Diablo 3 gameplay*
THIS is how a new game should be announced. Have your flashy trailer then have a good gameplay demo trailer showing it off. Come on Bioware, I had more faith in you than this. Console development has made you weak </goading shit talk> :lol
*watches Diablo 3 gameplay*
THIS is how a new game should be announced. Have your flashy trailer then have a good gameplay demo trailer showing it off. Come on Bioware, I had more faith in you than this. Console development has made you weak </goading shit talk> :lol
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
Chairman Yang said:
Sweet, hopefully with more rain and random fighting that don't mean shit to anyone. And hopefully they can cut the length down to a more manageable 25 seconds. I'm sick of these long ass trailers that give away anything.
Chris Remo
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StormyTheRabbit
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The first trailer was horrible. The second wasn't that bad, if the game's engine can actually handle that many creatures on screen and allow for that epic of battles, this game has my attention.
WHOAguitarninja
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:lolChris Remo said:
godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
Holy shit. Supposedly this trailer depicts how the battles will play out in the game. I am sold. I still need a HUD for confirmation, but if I am going to be playing in the middle of a massive battle then fuck it, BioWare has my dough once again.Linkzg said:
That's it? I was more excited when Neverwinter Nights had been pimped and Mass Effect made waiting for Fall all that much harder.Linkzg said:
You and me both.Opus Angelorum said:
godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
I dont get whats so wrong with it. The game looks awesome, what's generic about it? All fantasy looks the same, how do you expect it to be different.Egg Shen said:
Woo-Fu
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godhandiscen said:
What game? All I see is a cutscene that can't even hold a candle to the opening scene in Dawn of War from 4 years ago, much less recent stuff like MGS4.
Just seems like a really poor way to show the game. Maybe they're trying reverse-hype. Underwhelm us with lackluster prerelease media and later on release a fabulous demo so that nobody will end up disappointed/underwhelmed?
Flakster99
Member
Another derivative trailer. /shrug
Prime crotch
Banned
Fuck you Bioware, either this was a shit idea from your PR department or you just killed any hype I've ever had for this game right now.
PhlegmMaster
Banned
*yawn*
Laughterjones
Banned
Having EA next to Bioware in the credits makes me cry.
Anyway, nothing more to see really. Teaser I guess does describe it. Go figure.
*Looks forward to E3*
Anyway, nothing more to see really. Teaser I guess does describe it. Go figure.
*Looks forward to E3*
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
For a game that was announced at the same time as Jade Empire (if I recall correctly) and having next to nothing shown from it in all those years, you'd really think they could do a bit better.
The productions values are definitely there... but other than that it's certainly underwhelming. I never expected a Bioware game to have such uninspired trailers, not after incredibly awesome trailer for Mass Effect.Opus Angelorum said:
Thankfully Mass Effect 2 is coming as well.
szaromir said:
The problem with the trailer is that there's no hook. A good trailer presents you with an idea or story that makes you hungry and excited for the full game. All those two trailers offered were generic, cookycutter fantasy images. It could well be that the full story of Dragon Age is really up there with Tolkien and GRRM, but without context it looks more like a bad Dragon Lance novel.
The NWN trailer talked up Bioware, their experience, and how NWN was going to change the world. Mass Effect's came across like a Hollywood preview, touching on the story, the conflict in the game, while leaving you wanting for more. For an original IP that is supposed to be one of Bioware's most passionate projects, it's incredibly underwhelming.godhandiscen said:
It's a good thing my expectations aren't based on this trailer, but I'm surprised that after waiting for anything on the project, this is what they decide to release.
Chris Remo
Member
That says a lot to me.godhandiscen said:
It's just that there's nothing to this. What am I supposed to get excited about? A bunch of generic fantasy guys fighting a generic fantasy battle? I've seen that four million times at this point. There's not even some unique stylistic aspect of it that differentiates it from whatever other similar thing.