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[Saibh]

Zy-El wrote...

ell46 wrote...

Zy-El wrote...
For every companion who might be added, they have to re-hire the VA to voice lines that may or may not be used. This increases the size and ergo, the cost of the DLC. And cost does matter. Would you pay $20 for a DLC? Well, if it included the RIGHT companion, I would. How does Bioware know which is the RIGHT companion?

Why do they HAVE to add new companions?

I was responding to the previous post by errant who wanted one of the original companions added to the DLC.  My question was:  which companion do you add?  It might be a companion that the player never chose to hire.  Bioware would have to VA all the companions in order to cover all the possibilities.

I'm sorry if I snapped above, first of all. Second...

It's not like DLC was a new breakthrough by the time DAO came out. They knew that they would be releasing my DLC. They knew that people play BioWare for its story, its characters, its dialogue--some really like the combat, but, again, that's just not why you buy a BioWare game. And they knew that they had a multitude of companions. These are all things they should have accounted for. I'm not sure what you mean by they have to cover all the bases with character choices. Choices aren't mentioned in the vanilla game very often--and generally there might be one or two extra romantic lines, but that's it.

I mean, I see where you're coming from. The only thing I really want my companions there for is for the feeling that this is a game I've played, this is my Warden in her/his world. They probably don't contribute that much to the story (although I think they missed some cool opportunities with RtO and Alistair, Wynne, or the secret companion).

Honestly, I think the aloe to all of my poo' widdle me burned feelings is a romance DLC. Hell freaking yes. I know they spoke about it at one point, but Jeez Louise would I ever buy that in a heartbeat.

[Zy-El]

Saibh: a romance DLC . . . yeah, me too!! Kill a few Darkspawn then do some shoe-shopping with my fav Bard. Depose a minor despot then go for a skinny dip with my fav Elf. Yeah, I know what you mean!

[aleksey yudin]

я че то не понял ни слова.

[ell46]

Zy-El, sorry I wasn't sure, but yes I agree they couldn't be selective for such a small DLC.

Saibh - agree with that, I'm used to all the PCs and how to handle them in a fight, it's like having a old pair of slippers.

I'd love a good romance DLC, I think a lot of people would from what I've been reading.

Modifié par ell46, 29 juillet 2010 - 06:47 .

[Astatine]

Really happy to hear about this DLC. I was dreading reading the preview when I first saw the title, because I was expecting another standalone DLC that gives you a pregenerated character rather than letting you continue the Warden's story -- I haven't bought the last two DLCs because it just doesn't seem like Dragon Age (or proper roleplaying at all) if it has someone else's character rather than mine at the centre of it. And I've wanted more Dragon Age. Glad to see a return to more traditional RPG expansionising.



And a romance DLC would be kind of cool. But (just to stir the pot) I'd like it to include another gay option.

[Zy-El]

Astatine: actually, I'd like to see a Dwarf romance option since we already have an Elf one.

Qunari, anyone? "Do you want me to give you a ladder to . . ."

[DA_Joran]

Since you're fantasizing --- Mr. Qunari and a female dwarf "Noble Hunter"? How about a Darkspawn Emissary and Morrigan? Blasphemy, I know.

I stand with everyone who wants DLCs to continue the Warden's story or add to original campaign -- like Return to Ostagar, Stone Prisoner, and Warden's Keep. Anything that departs from that seems to be wasteful and useless. I see no point in taking on the role of a Darkspawn warrior -- unless you are an evil individual (Please, shoot the messenger). On the other hand, I'm not a huge fan of DLCs due to the cost and lack of content. As I mentioned before, I want value for my money. For $39.00, I want an expansion -- not some mini-quest DLC.


Curious, should I name a new human noble warrior Ser Fuxalot?

Modifié par DA_Joran, 29 juillet 2010 - 07:44 .

[Omen72]

Does anyone know how long the play-through for this expansion is going to be, I'm assuming only 2-4 hours at most.

[DA_Joran]

Four hours is probably asking for too much. You're lucky if a DLC adds two hours. I mean two hours of actual play time including dialouge options and cut scenes.

[Code2010]

Very good debate on this. As for DLC companions why must they follow all the rules and have hours of new conversations. Sure maybe a few lines, maybe they would have to rehire the VO actors just for a bit. But they don't have to make it very deep. I will throw out a wild example. Lets say they decided to add a Magical Chicken that comes from the fade world as a new companion. The creature could make a few clucks which they could easily get from PD sound effect tracks. Then have each character make one or two wild comments about fighting alongside A crazy chicken that rips dark spawn apart, then simply end it, this is a chicken.. I simply refuse to say anymore. It is a wild example But the point is that though it is more expensive I think cost can be managed enough to where it can be done. It has been done in the past even. Look at the M2 add on for Stolen Memories.

Modifié par Code2010, 30 juillet 2010 - 03:05 .

[Tonks32]

John Crichton wrote...

Here you go! *Possible spoilers*

Edit:
Here's the Kotaku preview, which is less spoilerish

Face The Golems of Amgarrak In The Next Dragon Age DLC

Thanks for this BTW LOVE YOUR ICON

[_John Crichton]

Tonks32 wrote...
Thanks for this BTW LOVE YOUR ICON

Thanks!

[Omen72]

DA_Joran wrote...

Four hours is probably asking for too much. You're lucky if a DLC adds two hours. I mean two hours of actual play time including dialouge options and cut scenes.

Yeah but it's supposed to be more challenging so I can see myself dying  as frequently as one of Oghren's chat up lines to Wyne

[MEBengal2008]

As a PS3 owner of DAO and DA Awakening I'm holding out on any DLCs until the latest patch is released. Depending how long that takes it will be at least 2 DLCs and maybe more by the time the patch is released, who knows.

[ell46]

MEBengal2008 wrote...

As a PS3 owner of DAO and DA Awakening I'm holding out on any DLCs until the latest patch is released. Depending how long that takes it will be at least 2 DLCs and maybe more by the time the patch is released, who knows.

Patch 1.4 has been released, I've been following the chat about it on Nexus, is that the one you mean?