To shepard_lives:
Could you please anwer these simple questions? Maybe we can prove each other right, right?[/quote]
I'm not shepard_lives, but I'll have a go.
[quote]1, Why did one of the devs mention earlier this year that DA2 "is being developed with consoles in mind"? (he was supposed to express himself that way in a French games magazine).[/quote]Do you have a link by chance? My efforts at searching for the article in question have proved fruitless. In any case, I suspect you may be misinterpreting. As Datenshi92 said, the console versions had a lot more flaws than the PC did, and therefore required more of a focus. That's not the same as developing on the consoles then porting to PC though.
[quote]2, Why was the original PC tactical view scrapped in favour of "harmonisation" with the console view?[/quote]That's not why it was scrapped. They've stated on multiple occasions that technical limitations were the biggest reason. And it hasn't been entirely scrapped anyway, again as Datenshi92 mentioned. There will be something there on PC, even if it doesn't look exactly like it did in DAO.
[quote]3,Why is DA2 going to be much shorter than the first DA, more of ME2' length?[/quote]Because not every story can or needs to be longer than the story that came before it? DAO was a really long game. To expect that each subsequent game be longer (or even as long) isn't really sustainable.
[quote]4, Why is DA2 being showcased mainly on the console versions?[/quote]Because consoles are much easier to ship and set up at conventions than PCs. They've mentioned this multiple times. But they've shown PCs occasionally, even despite this.
[quote]5, Why is DA2 planned to be released so early? Why are EA in such a rush to release the next DA game early at all?[/quote]This is all relative. Why do you think it's early? What are you comparing it to...DAO? Remember that they didn't have to build a game engine from scratch this time, and that they started working on it before DAO was released. It will have been about 2 years when the game is released...that sounds plenty long to me.
[quote]6, Why does Bioware show combat in their presentations in the first place? Remember ME2?[/quote]Because combat is exciting? Because combat is a big part of the game (just as it was in DAO)? Why should they avoid showing combat? There is no less combat on the PC version than there is in the console version.
[quote]7, Why has an official gameplay trailer not been demonstrated yet?[/quote]You'd have to ask BioWare about this, but I'd expect they'd say "because." I don't see how this helps (or in fact has anything at all to do with) your point.
[quote]8, Do you think that DA:O has sold the most units across all platforms?[/quote]Compared to what?
[quote]9, Do you think Bioware listen rather to their fanbase or their EA executive board?[/quote]Both, but neither controls them utterly.
[quote]10, Do you think DA:O's shortcomings (e.g. the cumbersome inventory) will be fixed in the next DA game?[/quote]I hope so, but as they haven't revealed anything about the inventory (except the fact that there will be one), I can't really say. I will say, though, that they have gotten a lot of feedback, not only on DAO but also the ME games, and they're not going to ignore it out of hand.
If they don't change something you think should be changed, or do change something you think shouldn't have been changed, it's not very reasonable to always chalk it up to bending to pressure from execs, or pandering to console players, or whatever else. They are professional game designers, and quite capable of making their own decisions. Some of them may not be the decisions you or I'd have made, but they're the ones who are qualified to be making them in the first place. Maybe our views don't actually reflect the vast majority of the playerbase, as we sometimes want to think. Maybe our great ideas aren't so great in practice. Maybe we don't have to deal with the harsh cruelties of reality when we're imagining these things, but they do.
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