Omegasquash
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I was for sure a fan of DA:O. To a fault, actually, but that's another story for another time (fuck if I'm not on a roll with that today). I think I'll hold off, and thanks for the input, gents.
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EA Announces Dragon Age III: Inquisition (Frostbite 2, Late 2013, DA Series = 8+ mil)
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I was for sure a fan of DA:O. To a fault, actually, but that's another story for another time (fuck if I'm not on a roll with that today). I think I'll hold off, and thanks for the input, gents.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Yeah, I don't understand either. We already knew it was coming. Show us something.
SquiddyCracker
Banned
Warrior_Keoni
Member
Did you mainly enjoy the combat?
I normally pre-order exciting games such as DA:O but this time I'll wait a few weeks to gauge the response from GAF.
I would say two main benefits:
1.) It's vastly faster to create content in Frostbite 2, so you can in theory have a lot more of it.
2.) It handles memory vastly better than their own engine, so they can fit a lot more in any given scene/thing, ranging from graphics to more enemies to more variety among classes and enemies.
Whether they actually do that is of course to be determined.
That's what I hoped for, thanks.
diffusionx
Gold Member
DA1 is a really good game, and the PC version is not affected by the console games at all (the game was ported by a different studio after the PC version was finished). DA2 is a clown show, but that doesn't affect the quality of the first. You should try the first game.
I still haven't played DA:O or DA2, but from what I hear DA2 is a joke.
I used to be a big fan of Bioware games, but lately I kind of just washed my hands of them so to speak. DA:O was produced slightly before their downfall though, so I should give it a try.
They haven't been officially working on DAIII for 2 years. Only recently when they were working on DAII DLC did they decide to cancel it and just start work on DAIII.
I used to be a big fan of Bioware games, but lately I kind of just washed my hands of them so to speak. DA:O was produced slightly before their downfall though, so I should give it a try.
They haven't been officially working on DAIII for 2 years. Only recently when they were working on DAII DLC did they decide to cancel it and just start work on DAIII.
2 years to polish the plot. :O
Castor Krieg
Banned
Got to beef up that street cred before the game will become a mangled monstrosity developed by focus groups.
What plot ?
Confidence Man
Member
They aren't willing to forget DA2 happened, I'm not willing to give DA3 a chance. I hope Obsidian's game outsells it and has a better metacritic score.
Shit Mountain rises from the as(s)hes - it's your turn for revenge
Origins is a game worthy of Bioware and the games that dominated my childhood. It was especially amazing considering how much Mass Effect disappointed me. I just assumed that Dragon Age was going to be their traditional RPG series and Mass Effect was going to be their boring 3rd Person Action series.
I was right about one of those things.
Not when that teaser is for a next-gen console.
We've seen teasers for next-gen games already, so I wouldn't see the problem there.
They said that the during the past 18 months they were really focused on developing this game.
Sadly, even that won't help. (I'll still buy the game, mind you)
Yeah, I did laugh a little at how they kept name dropping their old PC RPGs and talking about how most of the team goes back to Origins.
Thanks for that.
If DAIII looks in any way similar to Shit Mountain, then I will be giving another 50 dollars to Obsidian.
Cause fuck Bioware if they mess it up again.
Alligatorjandro
Banned
Cool.Hopefully its like DA:O.
I don't know why you would believe that.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Time was, a game announced by BioWare lead to much celebration. Now, look at this.
Don't get your hopes up. DA:O got a huge follow on console because it was pretty much "babies first real wrpg", a lot of people who played it didn't even know what BG2 or Planescape were. It's not really a good game.
Well that won't happen. The western media hates Obsidian and loves their favorite casual RPG makers Bioware and Bethesda.
Interfectum
Member
I like that they are using the FB2 engine. They can focus more on content and less on tech. That being said I don't trust Bioware for shit and the game will most likely be RPG-lite garbage with an embarrassing plot and a shitty ending.
EA needs to do gamers a favor and just put Bioware to sleep at this point. The old dog needs to be put down.
EA needs to do gamers a favor and just put Bioware to sleep at this point. The old dog needs to be put down.
haha, wow.
It's easily as good as Icewind Dale on PC. I never played DA:O on console, but on PC it was pretty much an Infinity Engine style RPG that you could make 3rd Person.
The combat was tough as nails too, I don't know where you're getting the 'first real WRPG' thing from.
Mix of the both apparently. I'm down, from the leaked news the game looks interesting a new engine is even better.
I'm not expecting them to repeat all of the mistakes they made with DAII, but I find it kinda hard to get excited for the simple fact that the Dragon Age universe is so uninteresting. Bioware never quite delivered on the promise of Mass Effect, but at least it had a compelling universe to pull me in despite the many flaws of the games. Either way, it should be fun to follow the development on GAF.
I am cautiously optimistic. Late 2013 means at least 2.5 years from the release of DA2, which is a lot better than the 16 months between the first two games. Hopefully that extra time is being used to make a more worthy sequel. GAF can hate Bioware as much as it likes, but I really enjoyed DA:O on PC. DA2 didn't retroactively change that experience.
What? DA:O actually got most of its praise from the PC community. The console versions were subpar.
AndrewDean84xX
Banned
I hope it's fun to play like DA II and not boring like DA I.
I will, I'll try to buy it this year.
You read the sentence wrong. It was one of the first big, BG2-style wrpg to be released on consoles, hence the huge popularity.
Except it's not really Frostbite 2, they used it as a "foundation" to build their all new engine. Still a good news I guess.
Guerrillas in the Mist
Member
Frostbite 2? Shit Mountain will look better than ever.
In all seriousness, let's hope they took DA2's well deserved criticism to heart. Judging by the time they've spent on this so far, it's already a good sign.
In all seriousness, let's hope they took DA2's well deserved criticism to heart. Judging by the time they've spent on this so far, it's already a good sign.
Ah, I see.
It was also dumbed down on Consoles. The only version of DA:O worth playing is the PC version.