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BioWare's Official Dragon Age 2 Podcast Episode 1: Lead Designer Mike Laidlaw (July 20, 2010)


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LadyVaJedi

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WOW!! This is a wonderful pod cast! It helps that the guys voice is nice to listen to.

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Roland Aseph

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Now if we can just get a good game trailer with in-game footage, with it hopefully showing that I/we jumped the gun about the poor screenshot quality...all will be fine :)



Nice podcast though :)



BTW - anyone know what music/song was playing at the End of the interview?



Regards

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LadyVaJedi

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I believe it is from Lil's DLC my dear. I just want to say thanks y'all for the pod cast.

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^The song that was playing.

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Roland Aseph wrote...

BTW - anyone know what music/song was playing at the End of the interview?

Regards


It was a remix of "I Am The One" from the DAO soundtrack.  It's sounded like a porno 'bow chikka bow wow mix' to me kinda :P

EDIT: Beaten to the punch, still was right on it being the remix, just didn't know the name/track number,

Modifié par makenzieshepard, 21 juillet 2010 - 01:03 .


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Oh damn, I'm an idiot. I missed this. D'oh!

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Well if this podcast is anything to go by female Hawke is little but an after thought.

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WilliamShatner wrote...

Well if this podcast is anything to go by female Hawke is little but an after thought.


Or its just easier to refer to a character by one gender rather than repeatedly saying him or her.

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Official Podcast is very neat! I appreciate that this was done.

Edited to add:  I'm also glad that there was pronoun useage in this dialogue was better than it has been.  I hope the his or her/she or he phrases continue to be emphasized.

Modifié par Deviija, 21 juillet 2010 - 01:34 .


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Just adding my own appreciation for the podcast.



I really liked the idea of future games, beyond DA2, still referencing the player's decisions that happened long before.

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great podcast



i'm excited about combat and smarter enemies - that's what i really wanted to improve.

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The combat is better? I heard they've gotten rid of pause and play, this combination makes the possibility of 2 player action, or online action... hint hint.

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This podcast has made me even more psyched that I've already preordered da2.

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Todd23 wrote...

The combat is better? I heard they've gotten rid of pause and play, this combination makes the possibility of 2 player action, or online action... hint hint.

They specifically mention it in the pod cast the pause in combat is still there. Whatever you've heard, someone pulled your leg.

(there's also older thread in this forum with plain response from a dev, stating the game remains a single player experience)

Modifié par tmp7704, 21 juillet 2010 - 01:59 .


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WilliamShatner wrote...

Well if this podcast is anything to go by female Hawke is little but an after thought.

Posted ImagePosted ImageI think it's just easier to refer to Hawke as "him" as the iconic image we've seen so far is male. He does mention that Hawke can be a female too, but things like gender tend to be set in your mind very early on.  I plan on playing a female my first playthrough and I still think of Hawke as a "him" at this stage.

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andar91 wrote...

WilliamShatner wrote...

Well if this podcast is anything to go by female Hawke is little but an after thought.

Posted ImagePosted ImageI think it's just easier to refer to Hawke as "him" as the iconic image we've seen so far is male. He does mention that Hawke can be a female too, but things like gender tend to be set in your mind very early on.  I plan on playing a female my first playthrough and I still think of Hawke as a "him" at this stage.


Even as a guy, having a female PC that is referred to as "Hawke" sounds really cool...

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nice podcast. interesting snippets.

(i wasn't aware of the dev's-community updates) :X

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Todd23 wrote...

The combat is better? I heard they've gotten rid of pause and play, this combination makes the possibility of 2 player action, or online action... hint hint.


They aren't getting rid of pause.

And it's single player.

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Thanks for this it really did explain a lot for me.

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Roland Aseph

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Mel213 wrote...



^The song that was playing.


makenzieshepard wrote...

Roland Aseph wrote...

BTW - anyone know what music/song was playing at the End of the interview?

Regards


It was a remix of "I Am The One" from the DAO soundtrack.  It's sounded like a porno 'bow chikka bow wow mix' to me kinda :P

EDIT: Beaten to the punch, still was right on it being the remix, just didn't know the name/track number,

Thank you both very much :)

Modifié par Roland Aseph, 21 juillet 2010 - 03:53 .


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I enjoyed the podcast very much. Looking forward to the next! Also, is there a link for it to subscribe through iTunes?

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jackkel dragon wrote...

andar91 wrote...

WilliamShatner wrote...

Well if this podcast is anything to go by female Hawke is little but an after thought.

Posted ImagePosted ImageI think it's just easier to refer to Hawke as "him" as the iconic image we've seen so far is male. He does mention that Hawke can be a female too, but things like gender tend to be set in your mind very early on.  I plan on playing a female my first playthrough and I still think of Hawke as a "him" at this stage.


Even as a guy, having a female PC that is referred to as "Hawke" sounds really cool...


Especially if "lady" is inserted before Hawke. Posted Image

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Deviija wrote...
 I hope the his or her/she or he phrases continue to be emphasized.

While I understand your concern with this, you do realize that such word usage is technically grammatically incorrect? The correct grammar is to assume the gender of the speaker. Not that it really matters, but it is something that irks me just a bit, there being people deliberately calling for poorer grammar in the marketing.

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the_one_54321 wrote...

Deviija wrote...
 I hope the his or her/she or he phrases continue to be emphasized.

While I understand your concern with this, you do realize that such word usage is technically grammatically incorrect? The correct grammar is to assume the gender of the speaker. Not that it really matters, but it is something that irks me just a bit, there being people deliberately calling for poorer grammar in the marketing.


It's really just natural speaking. Mike and I talked about gender usage and agreed that it would be tough to keep tripping over "he or she" and "him or her" all the time. So he called out "she" once, but spoke naturally from that point on, and we defaulted to he.

Design knows that characters can and will be either sex, so the parts where that will influence the game are developed in unison, with no priority given to one or the other.

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Victor Wachter wrote...

the_one_54321 wrote...

Deviija wrote...
 I hope the his or her/she or he phrases continue to be emphasized.

While I understand your concern with this, you do realize that such word usage is technically grammatically incorrect? The correct grammar is to assume the gender of the speaker. Not that it really matters, but it is something that irks me just a bit, there being people deliberately calling for poorer grammar in the marketing.


It's really just natural speaking. Mike and I talked about gender usage and agreed that it would be tough to keep tripping over "he or she" and "him or her" all the time. So he called out "she" once, but spoke naturally from that point on, and we defaulted to he.

Design knows that characters can and will be either sex, so the parts where that will influence the game are developed in unison, with no priority given to one or the other.


By the way, thanks for the podcast. Rather than download it, I simply listened to it and it was pretty informative.

Can't wait for more. Keep up the exceptional work, and thank Mike for me.