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[Draugoth]

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A 4chan leaker with doubtable veracity has claimed that a remake of 2009’s Dragon Age: Origins is in the works at BioWare. The leaker, who claims they are an alpha tester for the game, says the remake will be titled “Dragon Age: Reorigins”. They also shared a screenshot of some artwork which contained the title. They claim it will be a 1:1 remake akin to last year’s Dead Space remake, with changes focussing on gameplay design rather than the game’s story. They say that the main aim of the remake is to have “insane branching paths for player choices” that existed in the original game.

Spoiler: DA:O

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[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Dragon Age: Reorigins? lol
The actual source is 4chan, btw.

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

1. Get Dreadwolf fucking done already
2. No way it's named as stupidly as Reorigin

 

[adamsapple]

How's about releasing the new one that was announced in 2018, first?

 

[Mephisto40]

Seems like a waste of time now Balders Gate 3 exists

 

[a multicultural team of v]

After playing Andromeda I don't know why I should care about another Mass Effect game, let alone any Bioware game.

 

[Mowcno]

"-Game production is very advanced, mostly missing are textures.-Currently scheduled for Q2 2025.
-Bioware needs the game to sell "dozens" of millions which is why it's taking so long."

Both of these statements make me wary of this information. The game is mostly finished apart from textures? Pretty sure it's not often textures are the last thing to be done. Also the reason development is taking a long time wouldn't be because they need to sell "dozens of millions" if anything it'd be the exact opposite. Because development is taking so long they need to sell "dozens of millions" to recoup the costs would be a statement that makes more sense.

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

Seems like a waste of time now Balders Gate 3 exists

DAO is a better RPG than BG3.

 

[Ar¢tos]

Bioware still makes games?
I thought they were downgraded to asset creation sweatshop after Anthem...

 

[Draugoth]

Bioware still makes games?
I thought they were downgraded to asset creation sweatshop after Anthem...

At a slow snail's pace but yes.

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

Don't trust modern bioware

 

[Rentahamster]

When they fuck up all their new shit, remake old shit and hope they don't fuck that up too.

 

[gaming_again]

If they reworked the combat and got rid of that awful dream section I'd be all over this.

 

[violence]

Maybe they can train a new generation of developers by remaking their old stuff.

 

[stn]

Origins is one of my favorite games ever, I am sooooooo down for this. Please be true! That promo art looks legitimate.

 

[ahtlas7]

4chan?

 

[analog_future]

The visuals in this game were really dated even when it released. A remake would be amazing.

 

[Skifi28]

"reorigins" sounds so bad I actually believe it.

 

[splattered]

I would happily take a DAO remake if it was done well.

The ending was frustrating in that it locked to your party once you got to the final battle and you couldnt change it if you couldnt beat the ending... i beat it but my wife didnt know she wouldnt be able to change up her party so she never beat it.

If they make the overall game better and fix crap like the above i would buy it for sure.

 

[Hugare]

I normally would go "4chan, lol", but that "leaked" image looks good enough ("reorigins", tho ...)

 

[Gudji]

The end of bioware is almost here.

 

[balls of snow]

Juicy DA Dreadwolf details.
Good luck on that dozens of millions EA execs expecting the game to sell. Ending the series is about time because once it underperforms the ip will be capital Dormant.

 

[violence]

The end of bioware is almost here.

Na, they’ve been done since the doctors left.

 

[Sentenza]

DAO is a better RPG than BG3.

Hahaha, not even remotely.
The game had tons of issues even back then, starting from a garbage amateurish ruleset and a depressing lack of variety in its core mechanics (you could deal with pretty much ANY enemy in the game using the same exact strategies).

And I say this as someone who had a lot to criticize across three years of EA for BG3 and who's far from deluding himself into thinking that the Larian game is perfect.

The visuals in this game were really dated even when it released. A remake would be amazing.

Well, assumking the visuals would be subject to a significant revamp, which is not necessarily a given.
It could be the usual pseudo-remaster with just better textures and a bunch of minor touches.

 

[SirKicksalot]

Now Dragon Age really is the new shit.

Dragon Age Is "The Old Shit And The New Shit"

Bioware has released some controversial trailers in the past few months for the upcoming RPGs, Dragon Age and Mass Effect 2. I asked Bioware co-founder Dr Greg Zeschuk to explain himself. First there was the /”New Shit” trailer for Dragon Age, wherein the spiritual successor to Baldur’s Gate...

www.kotaku.com.au

 

[The Cockatrice]

Doubt it. Origins doesnt really have much of a connection with Dread Wolf other than a few characters prolly showing up like Leliana.

 

[-Zelda-]

1. Get Dreadwolf fucking done already
2. No way it's named as stupidly as Reorigin

Kingdoms of Amalur: ReReckoning.

 

[StereoVsn]

Origins is one of my favorite games ever, I am sooooooo down for this. Please be true! That promo art looks legitimate.

You just know they will apply the ugly filter to Morrington. And insert various modern social messages.

 

[analog_future]

Well, assumking the visuals would be subject to a significant revamp, which is not necessarily a given.
It could be the usual pseudo-remaster with just better textures and a bunch of minor touches.

The wording is “remake”, not “remaster” though.

 

[StereoVsn]

If they reworked the combat and got rid of that awful dream section I'd be all over this.

Fade want bad per se and it made sense lore wise , but it needs some cleanup.

 

[Ogbert]

‘A grain of salt’ would be quite a good name for an RPG.

You could have a sequel called ‘A pound of shit’.

 

[stn]

The more I think about it, I'm calling real on this rumor. I mentioned it earlier but that promo art for the remake looks real (if its a fake, I give kudos for the effort and time spent). Logically, I just can't see why an anonymous leaker would put the effort into making a fake photo just for the sake of a rumor.

Let's see what happens.

EDIT: Also, I'm not more skeptical of the rumor because its a 4chan post. As an example, Mortal Kombat 1 had everything leaked on 4chan a long time before it launched, and people called fake until we found it was all real.

 

[Draugoth]

The more I think about it, I'm calling real on this rumor. I mentioned it earlier but that promo art for the remake looks real (if its a fake, I give kudos for the effort and time spent). Logically, I just can't see why an anonymous leaker would put the effort into making a fake photo just for the sake of a rumor.

Let's see what happens.

EDIT: Also, I'm not more skeptical of the rumor because its a 4chan post. As an example, Mortal Kombat 1 had everything leaked on 4chan a long time before it launched, and people called fake until we found it was all real.

The Roadmap from Lords of The Fallen was leaked on 4chan

 

[CamHostage]

1. Get Dreadwolf fucking done already

Rumor feels bogus, but if "ReOrgins" is happening, I would assume an external studio is heavily involved if not handling the redo under Bioware supervision while gets done the project it's future actually depends on. Even if they have A/B studio structure going, they have both new Dragon Age and Mass Effect titles in some stage of development.

 

[xVodevil]

Weirdly enough I'm already on my DAO playtrough for some days now as I've decided it shall be fitting as my first game for the year (of the dragon)
Never got to finish, on my first time abandoned for some reason like halfway some 10 years ago..

 

[Last Hearth]

I would be much more likely to buy a remake of Origins than Dreadwolf. Inquisition killed any remaining interest I had in the universe.

 

[Complistic]

Smells extremely fake. I'd buy an origins remake though if anyone's listening.

 

[DaciaJC]

"Plays like Inquisition with improved combat/UI" is interesting, because that sounds totally unlike rumors from before. I really hope that Bioware are in fact not removing party control, but time will tell.

 

[simpatico]

Easier than making a new one I guess. Problem is, the old ones holds up just fine. You don't need to add more detail to that kind of CRPG.

 

[Sentenza]

"Plays like Inquisition with improved combat/UI" is interesting, because that sounds totally unlike rumors from before. I really hope that Bioware are in fact not removing party control, but time will tell.

It's also somewhat jarring because I fucking despise the combat system used in Inquisition.

 

[Mister Wolf]

DAO is a better RPG than BG3.

Nobody likes or wants real-time with pause anymore. Even Owlcat and Obsidian finally took the hint. In their respective games WOTR and POA2 they opted to include both turn based and RTWP. Guaranteed in their next isometric RPGs they won't even bother including RTWP.

 

[Stuart360]

I'd actually love this. The orig game doesnt have controller support on PC, and i loved the game on 360.

 

[Stuart360]

Nobody likes or wants real-time with pause anymore. Even Owlcat and Obsidian finally took the hint. In their respective games WOTR and POA2 they opted to include both turn based and RTWP. Guaranteed in their next isometric RPGs they won't even bother including RTWP.

Wolf i'd be all over BG3 if it real time combat. I cant stand turn based combat, and i'll never play BG3 because of it.

 

[ByWatterson]

Don't trust modern bioware

This is like saying don't trust modern Yugoslavia.

Doesn't exist.

 

[Mister Wolf]

Wolf i'd be all over BG3 if it real toime combat. I cant stand turn based combat, and i'll never play BG3 because of it.

We can be friends, but we're on opposite sides of the picket line with the one haha. I despise RTWP. Just looks like chaos going on, on the screen. The last one I enjoyed was Dragon Age Inquisition. I've always wanted to play Pillars Of Eternity 1 but they foolishly opted not to add a turn based mode. They fixed that with 2, but 2 is a direct sequel to 1, picking up right after it. Poor decision making by Obsidian.

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

Wolf i'd be all over BG3 if it real time combat. I cant stand turn based combat, and i'll never play BG3 because of it.

I can't stand it either.

 

[Soltype]

DAO is a better RPG than BG3.

Tough call, I like DAO gameplay, but BG3 has it beat in ways to approach the game.BG3 has most RPGs beat in how open it is.

 

[Sushi_Combo]

Can't wait to see the bioware magic again

 

[Meicyn]

I can't stand it either.

Message boards are turn-based. I recommend Discord for real time discussions.

 

[EDMIX]

Seems like a waste of time now Balders Gate 3 exists

Yea, now is the wrong time to remake this as people would not want more games /s

1. Get Dreadwolf fucking done already
2. No way it's named as stupidly as Reorigin

lol


That team likely won't even have anything to do with this remake so.....ok.