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[The Elite Elite]

Kalgaleth wrote...

Again:

The game does NOT take place "10 years after Origins." It SPANS a 10-year period. When it starts hasn't been revealed." [David Gaider]

That quote of David you link to does not say "when it starts hasn't been revealed." He just says it spans a ten year period and that it doesn't take place ten years after Origins. When the game starts has been revealed in the GameInformer mag. Right from the magazine in my hands: "Dragon Age II begins as the events in Origins are still taking place, so you may see events from a different angle."

[dyingdrake]

Altima Darkspells wrote...

Come now, we all know BioWare is holding the child in reserve for what all of us want.

And that's a complete remake of the Baldur's Gate series.

LOL
If only...

[Bobad]

Maybe it's a Benjamin Button baby?

[MrBurgundy]

basically its just going to become tainted by the darkspawn, because technically its an old god

[errant_knight]

epoch_ wrote...

errant_knight wrote...

kansadoom wrote...

Well the god baby might grow quicker than a normal one

It's a human child with the soul of an old god, not the other way around. This kid could only be eight to nine by the end of DA2

Admit it though, an old god with the soul of a human child would be pretty awesome.

Actually, that would be downright terrifying.

[The Edge]

So how much time passes between Loethring and the end of DA:O?



And do we know yet how old Hawke is at the beginning of the DA2?

[SirOccam]

distinguetraces wrote...

Kalgaleth wrote...

Again:

The game does NOT take place "10 years after Origins." It SPANS a 10-year period. When it starts hasn't been revealed." [David Gaider]

Huh? He must have said that before the Game Informer article. It's now been confirmed that the beginning of Hawke's story overlaps the Lothering sequence of Origins -- or am I wrong?

You are right, that was added to the list before the GI article came out--or at least before I saw it.

But just for the record, the items in that list are not intended to be direct quotes unless they actually have quotation marks around them. And even then, such as in this example, it's quoting the phrase that people were sometimes assuming as fact, rather than the dev/writer. That's why I provided links, so people can see the exact wording themselves.

The list has been updated. I still need to go through the article and see what facts I can glean.

[errant_knight]

The Edge wrote...

So how much time passes between Loethring and the end of DA:O?

And do we know yet how old Hawke is at the beginning of the DA2?

 It can be calculated differently, depending on what dialogue you get when, but it's a minimum of a year. Some people take it as being as much as two and a half. I go for a medium of about a year and a half to two years.

We don't know how old Hawke is at the beginning. My instinct is that he will likely be a child, to explain why he doesn't join the army, but that would require an immediate time jump after the origin, and I'm not sure they'd want to go there. Hard to say, really....

[Bryy_Miller]

errant_knight wrote...

epoch_ wrote...

errant_knight wrote...

kansadoom wrote...

Well the god baby might grow quicker than a normal one

It's a human child with the soul of an old god, not the other way around. This kid could only be eight to nine by the end of DA2

Admit it though, an old god with the soul of a human child would be pretty awesome.

Actually, that would be downright terrifying.

This is basically what I was expecting to happen in Lost: we figure out that these "rules" we keep hearing about are exactly what they sound like. Jacob's Brother is just a baby at heart.

[JohnF1986]

epoch_ wrote...

ENTIRE TEAM IS BABY

Dragon Age - the M Shyamalaman Epic!

[C9316]

This should've been obvious for everyone.

[Bobad]

C9316 wrote...

This should've been obvious for everyone.

Obvious obvious is obvious.

[DIrishB]

The Elite Elite wrote...

Kalgaleth wrote...

Again:

The game does NOT take place "10 years after Origins." It SPANS a 10-year period. When it starts hasn't been revealed." [David Gaider]

That quote of David you link to does not say "when it starts hasn't been revealed." He just says it spans a ten year period and that it doesn't take place ten years after Origins. When the game starts has been revealed in the GameInformer mag. Right from the magazine in my hands: "Dragon Age II begins as the events in Origins are still taking place, so you may see events from a different angle."

Which pretty firmly places Dragon Age II as occurring from 9:30 - 9:40...9:30 being the year the Blight started and when the events of Origins take place.  Its been said Awakening occurs anywhere from a few months to six months after Origins conclusion, most likely also in 9:30 or the early part of 9:31.

I have a feeling in Dragon Age II, we'll get a nice prequel level where Hawke struggles to escape Lothering as its destroyed by the Darkspawn...which will be a nice intro and chance to learn/re-learn controls, gameplay tutorial, etc.  Its after this that the game probably jumps forward a few years, or maybe even more. 

I assume we'll get three major sections of that 10 year span, the first being right around Hawke's escape from Lothering and the events which follow (maybe his escape to the Free Marches), a second occupying the middle portion of the 10 year span and showing Hawke's rise to fame and power, and the final portion near the end of the 10 year span, showing whatever happens at the end (rise to King?  Sacrifice himself for the greater good? etc).

I'm excited for the 10 year span the game takes place over.  I think it'll give the decisions made in the game much more weight since you'll be able to see the long-term effects of those decisions (instead of the immediate), and it'll offer more chance for character growth (both for the PCs and NPCs).

[Fishy]

10 years? More like 6-7 years at the end of Hawke story..

Pregnancy take 10 month or 40 week + Origin span over 2-3 years

[C9316]

Bobad wrote...

C9316 wrote...

This should've been obvious for everyone.

Obvious obvious is obvious.

Very obvious indeed.

[UberDuber]

Fingers crossed for DA3 then ... hopefully we dont have to play as Hawke!

[Gill Kaiser]

C9316 wrote...

This should've been obvious for everyone.

I agree. I felt like facepalming when I read it.

[The Edge]

Ok, by the end of DA2, the god-baby (if he/she is even in the game) would be a kid right? What if Hawke is given the choice at the end of the game to kill the kid or let it live? That would be a pretty epic decision that certainly questions morality. If you were to let it live, you could endanger the world because it's a god-child. If you kill it, you kill a kid, which is messed up but may protect the bigger picture.



This is merely speculation, and the appearance of the god-child at all is still undetermined...

[UberDuber]

The Edge wrote...

Ok, by the end of DA2, the god-baby (if he/she is even in the game) would be a kid right? What if Hawke is given the choice at the end of the game to kill the kid or let it live? That would be a pretty epic decision that certainly questions morality. If you were to let it live, you could endanger the world because it's a god-child. If you kill it, you kill a kid, which is messed up but may protect the bigger picture.

This is merely speculation, and the appearance of the god-child at all is still undetermined...

The kid could be apart of DA2 we have had child interaction before in Dragon age such as connor, bevin and even that little girl with the kitty.

Its been confirmed that Flemeth is in DA2 and I really cant see her sitting quietly on the side while Morrigan has a god baby hiding away somehwhere.

[Feraele]

distinguetraces wrote...

This just all of a sudden hit me. There's been lots of back-and-forth over whether or not the fruit of Morrigan's dark ritual will play a role in the sequel, whether that story should be made canon, etc....

Well, that's as may be.

But Rise to Power begins during the Lothering sequence of Origins -- and it ends only ten years later. Whether or not Morrigan's pregnancy and baby are made canon or not, the kid would be an infant for most of DA2, and only nine years old by the end of the story.

Bioware may be holding Morrigan's baby in reserve as a character for DA3, but he or she is unlikely to play any major role in DA2. A brief glimpse as a babe in arms, perhaps, or as a scowling urchin in the shadows at the back of Morrigan's hut, but I don't see how a toddler -- even one with the soul of a god -- could rise to the level of major adversary.

Common sense would say that this "child"  (if we ever get to see it..which I doubt)  will be a child when and if we encounter it.    Unless they plan to hijack the time line and fast forward to adulthood, perhaps.    Even so, I don't see this as a "scowling entity"  ..far as I remember it was not Morrigan's intention to make the child evil.     Of course, there is artistic license that could be taken with that too,  I suppose.  

All depends what they want to sell us.  (and if we wish to purchase............)

[svenus97]

How old was Connor ? He was possesed by a demon and look what he did. I would prefer if the baby was left for DA3, but I'm just saying.

[AlanC9]

 Yeah, they could just go with an evil and powerful 9-year-old. Didn't Buffy do something like that in Season 1? but since they already did something like that in DAO, probably not.

I'm betting something like the Young Ben dilemma from Lost.

Modifié par AlanC9, 20 juillet 2010 - 02:56 .