Just like gods in tons of other non-Abrahamic religions.

Like the Norse gods are just very powerful beings, who can even die, but they're still gods.

I'm pretty sure BioWare hasn't decided if he exists or not.

But so far they're leaning towards "every god is real, except the Maker".

But mostly anime.

I'd like some Asian style civilizations in DA, but more along the lines of more diversity than "katanas and ninjas, so rad."

I like Medieval Asia (or Post-Classical Asia, whatever), it's a cool region and cool part of history, and I'm always sad that it gets little representation in fantasy beyond ninjas, samurais and kung-fu monks.

Especially India, I've never seen Fantasy India in any major fantasy RPG, even though that would be pretty cool.

I hope not, Shepard became a mess and became more and more of a set character the farther ME went.

I'd love an expansion like Awakening to continue the story, but nothing beyond that.

Let's get a new character, preferably from the north (or some non-English Free Marcher city) and have the game set in Tevinter or some other place we haven't been before.

Because we need a break from Ferelden.

I like Corypheus, he's pretty over the top and hammy, something I like in a villain.

His voice actor especially is pretty good too, which helps the whole thousand year old evil sorcerer vibe.

Tall slender elves are always better than short scrawny elves.

I'll show them gratitude with my wallet when they make a good game.

Until then I don't care if they allow my dirty peasant self to spend money so I can see their universe, if it's crap I'll take my peasant money elsewhere.

BioWare ain't the second coming, I'm not going to fawn over them for making a fantasy CRPG; even if it's a good one, they make a good game (which is what DAI looks like it will be) they deserve my money, not my love.

There will be a season pass.

EA wouldn't pass up the chance to have people pre-order DLC.

Nothing can be as bad as that hideous Champion armor from DA2, so it's an improvement as far as default armor goes.

Laidlaw is pretty adamant about it not being any PC from Origins.

Which is good; Hawke was more or less a preset character, like Sheploo, the Warden wasn't.

Try to sell a bunch of t-shirts with "your" hawke and see how that works out for you.

Who would buy a t-shirt with Hawke on it in the first place?

So it's just Hawke?

That's fine then, I don't really care what they do to Hawke; he was basically a set protagonist to begin with.

So they actually went through with that terrible idea?

I can't see it being much beyond a horde mode copy or some kind of basic storymode co-op.

Because if it was great they would have shown it by now.

Screw spears, is that guy riding a scorpion?

Thedas is kinda Europe flipped upside down.

If you squint at it and concede that the countries are all over the place.

God forbid a video game be video game-y.

If the environment is nice enough and I want to stroll in an open world, sure.

Usually when I first start a playthrough I roleplay a lot and walk slowly, and use mounts.

But after like; a couple hours, I start fast traveling and running everywhere.

Everyone in Oblivion looked like a potato.

Nah, it'll just have an Artifact Title.

As others have said the TES are supposed to be strange and alien, like the Bosmer eat each other because they wont eat plants and the Altmer are basically if Tolkien-esque elves were Nazis.

DA elves aren't supposed to be alien, they are humans with pointy ears, and should stay like that.

The fact that Elminster himself turns Edwin into a woman (after Edwin provokes an argument) would seem to disprove your thesis

Sure, but if you were to look at it from Edwin's point of view (the only view that matters) Edwin is the greatest most genius wizard in existence.

Elminster would beg to differ

Elminster's a punk, Edwin is the mightiest of all wizards, he conquered Thay for an entire day.

Probably an evil mage.

Because every time I play a spellcaster I have to be evil, because all the best spellcasters are evil.