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[Ulicus]

Sky Stryke468 wrote...

Actually Gaider said they had intended to have horses featured in the game such as at ostagar but they were cut for time and because they offered to little benefit. But yes if you read the book I am pretty sure they are used extensively in stolen throne and therefore do exist.

This. We just didn't see them. Which was a pity. I'm cool with not riding them, but having them hanging around stables would have helped.

[Leonia]

My theory is that horses are "allergic" to Blights or the darkspawn taint acts like some sort of equine flu virus and poisoned all of Ferelden's horses. That may or may not mean they will show up in DA 2, I suppose it depends on if any survived the Blight to breed more horses (and probably depends on the programmers' willingness to include them).

[Anarya]

Saibh wrote...

Anarya wrote...

Oh yes, that and totally platonic massages. And piggyback rides.

Duh, it's canon you didn't have sex. Maker didn't strike you with lightning.

Oooh hey I didn't think of that. Lol!

Doesn't the Maker have better things to do? What a perv.

[Gaxhung]

3rd time i'm posting this

Art director Matthew Goldman's take on horses
--
But for some reason, horses are not a main part of the Dragon Age
experience. You would think that horses would be everywhere in a
medieval style game. “Well we keep trying to do horses and it never
seems to take off. One day we’ll figure out how to make this fun with
multiple party members. We almost got it this time,” says Goldman,
smiling.
--
from:
http://features.cgso...p?story_id=5769
The rest of the interview is about the graphics and stuff, not that interesting tbh.

[Suron]

they exist in thedas of course. mentioned several times in books. Maric had an affinity for falling off them.



they were NOT in DA:O however, because they added nothing to the game and would have taken more time and effort to do right then it was worth....paraphrased Gaider Quote.



will they be in DA2? I doubt it unless they're just in the background like cats, rats, ravens, dogs, etc.

[Marixus99.9]

Shifty horse?



Hawke: "Did I just lose some silvers?"

[Iscaredeath]

Riordan said when you meet him that he had 12 divisions of Orlesian Cavalry when they were turned away at the border. So my guess is that when we go to Orlais we will see lots of horses or whatever it is that there Cavalry rides.

[angj57]

Ah yes... "horses"... we have dismissed that claim.

Putting in horses would be a heavy risk... but the priiiize!





Ok, I'll stop.

[Captain Crash]

Hay! stop horsing around!



We herd this idea before and said nay to it

[Thresh the Qunari]

I like my feet on the ground

[Tantum Dic Verbo]

Why? Oh why? Tell me: why do girls love...horses?



/Stewart Goddard

[JergenKajaton]

Ulicus wrote...

Andrastee wrote...

Horses are actually mentioned on a few occasions - for example, when you're dealing with the halla in the Dalish camp, there's a dialogue option to liken them to horses. Oghren also lists hitting horses as one of the proper uses of a pike. (As opposed to, uh, twirling them.) And yet we never see any pole arms or any equines in the whole game, DLC and expansion!

The merchant in Sulcher's Pass tantalisingly mentions that he has a mule, but it's run off so we never actually witness this fabulous beast. They're more mythical than griffons.

My only theory is that the Darkspawn ate every horse, donkey and mule in Ferelden.

Maybe that's why they didn't speak....

THEY ATE THEMSELVES HOARSE!

Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all week.

You'll probably be here all year. Your odds of landing a better gig are slim.

[L33TDAWG]

horses are mentioned in the dalish camp you visit

[ShadyKat]

Darkspawn ate all of the horses.

[Voldecuri]

I hope they don't add in rideable horses. That would just destroy immersion for me.

[Saraphial]

It's simply because only REAL men walk everywhere (*ahem* the warden). It's just the wussy foo foo boys that ride horses.



...even though I'm a woman...



There you go. Problem solved.

[Skilled Seeker]

La_liotta wrote...

I hope they don't add in rideable horses. That would just destroy immersion for me.

Ruin immersion? That has got to be the strangest argument I've heard against horses. How would adding horses RUIN immersion? Don't you mean it would IMPROVE immersion as they should be common animals.

[Voldecuri]

Skilled Seeker wrote...

La_liotta wrote...

I hope they don't add in rideable horses. That would just destroy immersion for me.

Ruin immersion? That has got to be the strangest argument I've heard against horses. How would adding horses RUIN immersion? Don't you mean it would IMPROVE immersion as they should be common animals.

If they were just hanging around, yes, it would improve immersion. But for me, not if they could be ridden. Riding takes a lot more skill and endurance than most people realize, especially when they're being used as transportation. I figure if Hawke is riding a horse then everyone else needs to be riding one to keep up, regardless of whether they have those skills or not; but a character like a dwarf or something that's probably never even seen a horse wouldn't be able to ride well enough for it to be practical.

That's not even bringing size into the equation, though personally I think it would be funny to see a dwarf on some big horse, or a qunari trying to fit on some pony.

[Dave of Canada]

Horses were left in the bowstring warehouse.

[Kileyan]

Here is the deal. Horses exist, Calvary exists, Bioware just makes believe they don't exist.

They have a reason, and have responded to these questions numerous times.

If they do mounted stuff, they want to do it right, not just add a cosmetic change to your character.........a horse.

If I recall, a Bioware dev touted Mount and Blade as an example of a game with horses and mounts. They don't create those kind of games, and aren't going to spend a years dev time on mounted combat, when the focus of their game is not at all about mounted combat.

Other than travel(which you don't really do) or cool looks, when is the last time in DA that you though you should be on a warhorse?

Now, I do want to whine and complain, at some point my Warden should have been on a Griffon:) FU Bioware!

Modifié par Kileyan, 30 juillet 2010 - 04:11 .

[Dave of Canada]

Kileyan wrote...
Other than travel(which you don't really do) or cool looks, when is the last time in DA that you though you should be on a warhorse?

Charge to Denerim.
Defense of Redcliffe. (although that's more because of the cool factor)
Fight for Redcliffe.

And having your character simply standing on a horse in the middle of the landsmeet would've been badass, Loghain would go "O'rly?" and then you'd have a jousting competition.

[Kileyan]

Dave of Canada wrote...

Kileyan wrote...
Other than travel(which you don't really do) or cool looks, when is the last time in DA that you though you should be on a warhorse?

Charge to Denerim.
Defense of Redcliffe. (although that's more because of the cool factor)
Fight for Redcliffe.

And having your character simply standing on a horse in the middle of the landsmeet would've been badass, Loghain would go "O'rly?" and then you'd have a jousting competition.

Dave, I'm on your side. I once posted that fans of every fantasy rgp want one thing, they want hroses or mounts. I posted that devs act as if it is a total surprise that fans want horses.

I was put in my place, the devs called me out said they just can't do it, they don't create maps or adventures with mounted combat, and can't justify the dev time to do it, even though they know from the alpha stage that people want it, it just isn't their game.

But yeh, I'd have loved to shove a lance throught Loghains head, another bonus for mounted combat.

[joriandrake]

angj57 wrote...

Ah yes... "horses"... we have dismissed that claim.

Putting in horses would be a heavy risk... but the priiiize!





Ok, I'll stop.

It worked in that NWN1 expansion, I don't see  why they couldn't use that animation/concept to make horses work

[Dave of Canada]

joriandrake wrote...

It worked in that NWN1 expansion, I don't see  why they couldn't use that animation/concept to make horses work

Well it depends entirely on how it's made, it could be a gimmick and make players go around saying "Wow, horses are pointless" (example: Two Worlds) or it might simply drain funding that could be used for something else. As much as I'd like to be riding on a horse in the middle of the Landsmeet, calling out Loghain and such.. I do believe the game as a whole fits more without it.

And if it's like the fish of Mass Effect 2, our horses would die.

A lot.