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[CoS Sarah Jinstar]

Oh hey another interview that paints the game as pew pew action Origins was too slow Michael Bay Explosions! meh.

[Onyx Jaguar]

DRAGON AGE

[JrayM16]

CoS Sarah Jinstar wrote...

Oh hey another interview that paints the game as pew pew action Origins was too slow Michael Bay Explosions more action focused than Origins! meh.

Fixed. 

Death to meangingless buzzwords.

[CoS Sarah Jinstar]

We understand that Origins is actually BioWare’s best selling game to date. Does it annoy you then that many still refer to it as a ‘niche’ game?

Not really, since I think that Origins was a bit niche in its overall presentation. You were hit pretty early on with a lot of statistics, and I think there were number of people who were a little turned off by that element of the game. Trying to figure out if you need a high dexterity or not is a little daunting when you’ve seen nothing of the game so far.



This just cracks me up, best selling title to date, yet hey lets completely and totally change the game for the sequel. FIGHT IN ONLY 15 SECONDS PEW PEW! /facepalm

[Tsuga C]

CoS Sarah Jinstar wrote...

Oh hey another interview that paints the game as pew pew action Origins was too slow Michael Bay Explosions! meh.

I cannot say that I'm at all surprised by or pleased at this.  

[Brockololly]

JrayM16 wrote...

Death to meangingless buzzwords.

Tell that to BioWare's marketing department then too.

[Dave of Canada]

Brockololly wrote...

but then you have stuff like Fable 3 where in trying to fix the menu, they go overboard and make a much more annoying and tedious system in many respects.

It's almost like they went on an anti-menu crusade. As I said in my rant-blog entry, they simplified it too much that I was confused.

[Onyx Jaguar]

Fable 2's menu was a pain in the ass in its own right however, plus its save system was obnoxious. Heard they didn't even try to fix that aspect.

[JrayM16]

Brockololly wrote...

JrayM16 wrote...

Death to meangingless buzzwords.

Tell that to BioWare's marketing department then too.

I tried, they didn't listen. 

I was hoping that forumites might be more open to cutting out buzzwords.

[JrayM16]

CoS Sarah Jinstar wrote...

We understand that Origins is actually BioWare’s best selling game to date. Does it annoy you then that many still refer to it as a ‘niche’ game?
Not really, since I think that Origins was a bit niche in its overall presentation. You were hit pretty early on with a lot of statistics, and I think there were number of people who were a little turned off by that element of the game. Trying to figure out if you need a high dexterity or not is a little daunting when you’ve seen nothing of the game so far.

This just cracks me up, best selling title to date, yet hey lets completely and totally change the game for the sequel. FIGHT IN ONLY 15 SECONDS PEW PEW! /facepalm

Fixed again.

[Onyx Jaguar]

Rather than Michael Bay's movies I hope that Dragon Age 2 emulates the last 10 minutes of Taxi Driver the entire time

[slimgrin]

Laidlaw: 

" You can literally start fighting within 15 seconds of pressing the start button, and then the complexity slowly unfolds, easing you into the experience over the first bits of the game."

If this is true, I think its a great idea, as long as the challenge and complexity is still there.

Despite getting my ass handed to me in my first play through, I'm ready to have another go at it and use what I learned.

Assigning stats in the beginning without knowing their effects is a staple of rpg's that could use some modification.

[crimzontearz]

Upsettingshorts wrote...

I imagine it might go something like this:

Cass: "Tell me about Hawke."
Varric: "Okay."
(15 seconds have passed)
(You control default Male Hawke as he kills things)
(Sound of record scratching to a halt)
Cass: "Wait a second..."
(Character creation window opens)
Cass: "Even I know that the Champion was a woman!"

I have no good reason to think so, but hey, given the narrative structure it's definitely possible. 

i SERIOUSLY doubt that's what he meant


although he said you CAN start fighting in 15 seconds.......he never said you HAD to. For all we know in order to do that you have to skip ALL initial cinematics and character creation and customization.

ALSO

there is a review of the demo floating around and those who played are saying the customization of skills and talents is there (albeit less redundant)

[Brockololly]

Dave of Canada wrote...
It's almost like they went on an anti-menu crusade. As I said in my rant-blog entry, they simplified it too much that I was confused.

Yup- surely some stuff can be trimmed down or streamlined to be made better. But in Fable 3 they just went overboard and seemingly tried to just have things different for the sake of being different because clearly the status quo isn't any good any we need radical change.... MENUS HAVE BEEN AROUND FOREVER BECAUSE THEY WORK MOLYNEUX!

*Phew*

Modifié par Brockololly, 01 novembre 2010 - 11:50 .

[CoS Sarah Jinstar]

JrayM16 wrote...

Brockololly wrote...

JrayM16 wrote...

Death to meangingless buzzwords.

Tell that to BioWare's marketing department then too.

I tried, they didn't listen. 

I was hoping that forumites might be more open to cutting out buzzwords.

Eh I'm calling it how I see it, every interview/preview etc so far screams out this is Dragon Age, over the top action edition. Kinda hard to deny it when its repetedly tossed out there over and over.

[Onyx Jaguar]

slimgrin wrote...

Laidlaw: 

" You can literally start fighting within 15 seconds of pressing the start button, and then the complexity slowly unfolds, easing you into the experience over the first bits of the game."

If this is true, I think its a great idea, as long as the challenge and complexity is still there.

Despite getting my ass handed to me in my first play through, I'm ready to have another go at it and use what I learned.

Assigning stats in the beginning without knowing their effects is a staple of rpg's that could use some modification.

Well that is pretty much how Awakening starts

[slimgrin]

Onyx Jaguar wrote...

Rather than Michael Bay's movies I hope that Dragon Age 2 emulates the last 10 minutes of Taxi Driver the entire time

The dwarf commoner origin reminds me of Jake Lamotta's home life in Raging bull.

[JrayM16]

CoS Sarah Jinstar wrote...

JrayM16 wrote...

Brockololly wrote...

JrayM16 wrote...

Death to meangingless buzzwords.

Tell that to BioWare's marketing department then too.

I tried, they didn't listen. 

I was hoping that forumites might be more open to cutting out buzzwords.

Eh I'm calling it how I see it, every interview/preview etc so far screams out this is Dragon Age, over the top action edition. Kinda hard to deny it when its repetedly tossed out there over and over.

Oh, I have no problem with you calling it out, I just really don't like the speciifc 'PEW PEW' buzzword.  It's annoying and it makes you post look less intelligent despite your points being reasonable.

[Ryzaki]

15 seconds? I hope that doesn't include character customization. D:
And honestly I'd rather know why I'm fighting rather than just start off fighting.

That +the needing to explain the inventory...I am not pleased.

Modifié par Ryzaki, 01 novembre 2010 - 11:52 .

[Dave of Canada]

Onyx Jaguar wrote...

Rather than Michael Bay's movies I hope that Dragon Age 2 emulates the last 10 minutes of Taxi Driver the entire time

The credits?

[Onyx Jaguar]

Dave of Canada wrote...

Onyx Jaguar wrote...

Rather than Michael Bay's movies I hope that Dragon Age 2 emulates the last 10 minutes of Taxi Driver the entire time

The credits?

No no, the ten minutes before the credits

Though the credits were pretty sweet to

[Brockololly]

Ryzaki wrote...

15 seconds? I hope that doesn't include character customization. D:

And honestly I'd rather know why I'm fighting rather than just start off fighting.

Bingo- action in an RPG without context is meaningless- fun maybe, but empty.

I'm almost wondering, if the actual game starts out like the demo does, if we have to play as BioWare's generic Hawke face during all of the "exaggerated"  portions? Its my impression from the demo at least that you only go into character creation after you've done the exaggerated bit. So perhaps BioWare's standard marketing material Hawke face is the default for all of Varric's sequences since thats the "idealized" Hawke of legend, not the one you can make in the character creator?

[Ryzaki]

Brockololly wrote...

Ryzaki wrote...

15 seconds? I hope that doesn't include character customization. D:

And honestly I'd rather know why I'm fighting rather than just start off fighting.

Bingo- action in an RPG without context is meaningless- fun maybe, but empty.

I'm almost wondering, if the actual game starts out like the demo does, if we have to play as BioWare's generic Hawke face during all of the "exaggerated"  portions? Its my impression from the demo at least that you only go into character creation after you've done the exaggerated bit. So perhaps BioWare's standard marketing material Hawke face is the default for all of Varric's sequences since thats the "idealized" Hawke of legend, not the one you can make in the character creator?

Oh good god no. I don't find Default Hawke all that good looking. I hate to be forced to constantly look at him. And Default FemHawke isn't to my tastes either.

Maybe they just cut out the CC. They cut out the CC in the demo and I'm not listening to anything else. *plugs fingers in ears and screams la la la loudly*

Modifié par Ryzaki, 01 novembre 2010 - 11:59 .

[Tsuga C]

CoS Sarah Jinstar wrote...
This just cracks me up, best selling title to date, yet hey lets completely and totally change the game for the sequel. FIGHT IN ONLY 15 SECONDS PEW PEW! /facepalm

*tsk, tsk tsk*

Don't you know that they already fried the nano-second attention spans and reasoning ability of the Mountain Dew swilling, Chee-Zee-Poof gobbling, New Sh*t-loving demographic with all those pointless statistics in DA:O, Sarah?

Sheesh, the gall of some people in expecting others to actually think a bit two games in a row!  Statistics?  What utter nonsense, woman!  

Modifié par Tsuga C, 01 novembre 2010 - 11:59 .

[JrayM16]

Brockololly wrote...

Ryzaki wrote...

15 seconds? I hope that doesn't include character customization. D:

And honestly I'd rather know why I'm fighting rather than just start off fighting.

Bingo- action in an RPG without context is meaningless- fun maybe, but empty.

I'm almost wondering, if the actual game starts out like the demo does, if we have to play as BioWare's generic Hawke face during all of the "exaggerated"  portions? Its my impression from the demo at least that you only go into character creation after you've done the exaggerated bit. So perhaps BioWare's standard marketing material Hawke face is the default for all of Varric's sequences since thats the "idealized" Hawke of legend, not the one you can make in the character creator?

I feel like, if at all, you will only be forced to play default Hawke in the opening.  Which still kinda sucks but I can live with it.