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[ViSeiRa]

Gerudan wrote...

raziel3080 wrote...

I tend to believe that is why they are holding her back...which means that particular event must be HUGELY important to the plot of the story...

Well, she at least seems to be tied to the mainstory. But they could at least publish a bit of material with her. I mean the release is just two weeks away, we already have a demo and all, but we still haven't learned anything about Merrill (I finally learned to write her name with a double R )  apart from four or five screenshots and the little short story, that did tell us not half as much about the her, than the others did about their specific companion. 

LOL, you know what? I just want to see her in gameplay, when the party selection screen came in the latest NowPlaying on Gamespot, I thought "Hell Yeah", they're gonna show us some Fenris and Merrill, but they went with the norm Avelin + Varric, we've seen every other companion in gameplay except Merrill, maybe she's too shy to join the party? 

Modifié par ViSeirA, 24 février 2011 - 06:50 .

[Shepard Lives]

lastpatriot wrote...

Is is just me or from what we've seen so far, does Merrill look a bit "choppy?"

I have absolutely no idea how to answer this.

[ViSeiRa]

lastpatriot wrote...

Is is just me or from what we've seen so far, does Merrill look a bit "choppy?"

How can a character be "choppy"? :innocent:

[Taleroth]

Shepard Lives wrote...

lastpatriot wrote...

Is is just me or from what we've seen so far, does Merrill look a bit "choppy?"

I have absolutely no idea how to answer this.

"No, I do not think Merrill knows karate."

[Gerudan]

Taleroth wrote...

Shepard Lives wrote...

lastpatriot wrote...

Is is just me or from what we've seen so far, does Merrill look a bit "choppy?"

I have absolutely no idea how to answer this.

"No, I do not think Merrill knows karate."

"No, Merrill doesn't have Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder."

[lastpatriot]

What I mean is that the artistic rendering of her character, when compared to Isabella, doesn't look as if the same quality of effort was given to her animations.

[ViSeiRa]

lastpatriot wrote...

What I mean is that the artistic rendering of her character, when compared to Isabella, doesn't look as if the same quality of effort was given to her animations.

You mean the concept art? Isabela is the poster girl for DA2, Hawke is the poster boy... if it's true and Merrill is an integral part of the main plot, then the marketing is using the opposite of what they did with Morrigan.

Modifié par ViSeirA, 24 février 2011 - 06:58 .

[MasterSamson88]

ViSeirA wrote...

OR it could be she isn't that important. 

Dev1:  "We need another mage in the party"
Dev2: "mmm, remember that b*i*t*c*h*y dalish mage from Origins? how about we bring her back?"
Mary: "Sweet, I'll write her..."
Mary (2 hours later): "I'm done".

LOL, I'm gonna assume the worst, at least this way I'm not gonna be disappointed in-game if her role is smaller than we assumed 

Maybe Mary Kirby is like Sten in real life. People walk into her office and need to persuade her to write cause she's that awesome?

"Hey Mary?"

"...What...?"

"I'd like to ask you about something..."

"*sigh* I am not surprised."

Though I'm just talking about random crap 

Annnnnnnnnyway. SINCE she has Eve freaking Myles as a voice actor, who in my opinion is one of the bigger actors on the cast of DAII I'd presume they wouldn't just waste her. You really have to take advantage of the situation when you get an actor like that.

[Shepard Lives]

lastpatriot wrote...

What I mean is that the artistic rendering of her character, when compared to Isabella, doesn't look as if the same quality of effort was given to her animations.

Animations? We've never seen her animated except for those two seconds in the dev diary!
If you mean her model looks lackluster, personally I think it's fine. Suits her.

[lastpatriot]

Here is a comparison:


Don't get me wrong, I'm not a fan of Isabella by any means but from frist glance, it just doesn't appear that Merrill was given the same level of development

Modifié par lastpatriot, 24 février 2011 - 07:01 .

[ViSeiRa]

MasterSamson88 wrote...

ViSeirA wrote...

OR it could be she isn't that important. 

Dev1:  "We need another mage in the party"
Dev2: "mmm, remember that b*i*t*c*h*y dalish mage from Origins? how about we bring her back?"
Mary: "Sweet, I'll write her..."
Mary (2 hours later): "I'm done".

LOL, I'm gonna assume the worst, at least this way I'm not gonna be disappointed in-game if her role is smaller than we assumed 

Maybe Mary Kirby is like Sten in real life. People walk into her office and need to persuade her to write cause she's that awesome?

"Hey Mary?"

"...What...?"

"I'd like to ask you about something..."

"*sigh* I am not surprised."

Though I'm just talking about random crap 

Annnnnnnnnyway. SINCE she has Eve freaking Myles as a voice actor, who in my opinion is one of the bigger actors on the cast of DAII I'd presume they wouldn't just waste her. You really have to take advantage of the situation when you get an actor like that.

LOL, maybe she's Loghain.

Dev1: "Mary, we have a new character we'd like you to write."
Mary: "Is he a grey warden? "
Dev1: "No"
Mary: "Good, if he was I'd have sent assassins after him." 

Also I think apart from Kate Mulgrew, Eve Myles might be the most famous in the original cast, just having her do anything in DA2 made me more psyched for the game.

Modifié par ViSeirA, 24 février 2011 - 07:03 .

[MasterSamson88]

Shepard Lives wrote...

lastpatriot wrote...

What I mean is that the artistic rendering of her character, when compared to Isabella, doesn't look as if the same quality of effort was given to her animations.

Animations? We've never seen her animated except for those two seconds in the dev diary!
If you mean her model looks lackluster, personally I think it's fine. Suits her.

The Dalish arent really known for having ostentatious wardrobe either.

[Shepard Lives]

MasterSamson88 wrote...

Annnnnnnnnyway. SINCE she has Eve freaking Myles as a voice actor, who in my opinion is one of the bigger actors on the cast of DAII I'd presume they wouldn't just waste her. You really have to take advantage of the situation when you get an actor like that.

Gao the Lesser would like to have a word with you.

Just sayin'.

[Shepard Lives]

lastpatriot wrote...

Here is a comparison:

Not every character needs bells and whistles on their design.

[MasterSamson88]

Shepard Lives wrote...

MasterSamson88 wrote...

Annnnnnnnnyway. SINCE she has Eve freaking Myles as a voice actor, who in my opinion is one of the bigger actors on the cast of DAII I'd presume they wouldn't just waste her. You really have to take advantage of the situation when you get an actor like that.

Gao the Lesser would like to have a word with you.

Just sayin'.

Well Merrill IS part of the party

[ViSeiRa]

Shepard Lives wrote...

MasterSamson88 wrote...

Annnnnnnnnyway. SINCE she has Eve freaking Myles as a voice actor, who in my opinion is one of the bigger actors on the cast of DAII I'd presume they wouldn't just waste her. You really have to take advantage of the situation when you get an actor like that.

Gao the Lesser would like to have a word with you.

Just sayin'.

Yeah, Nathan's talent was wasted with this character.

[lastpatriot]

Shepard Lives wrote...

lastpatriot wrote...

Here is a comparison:

Not every character needs bells and whistles on their design.

I agree.  Just subtle things like the hair resolution/skin tone don't appear to have the same level of detail.

[Blastback]

Tsyele wrote...


OMG I'm so psyched about DAII! 
Can´t wait to see and hear Merrill in-game

Daaaww.

[The Elder King]

lastpatriot wrote...

Here is a comparison:


Don't get me wrong, I'm not a fan of Isabella by any means but from frist glance, it just doesn't appear that Merrill was given the same level of development
"snip images"

To be honest, I prefer the scarf (not that I don't like the necklace). I love this scarf
Overall, they seem to me to have the same level of detail. Both the screenshots are old though, so we have to wait the full game.

Modifié par hhh89, 24 février 2011 - 07:09 .

[MasterSamson88]

lastpatriot wrote...

Shepard Lives wrote...

lastpatriot wrote...

Here is a comparison:

Not every character needs bells and whistles on their design.

I agree.  Just subtle things like the hair resolution/skin tone don't appear to have the same level of detail.

However I would raise that one is a actual screen cap and the pic of Merrill there is just a screen ripped from a streaming video.

[_Somebody]

Tsyele wrote...


OMG I'm so psyched about DAII! 

Another great Merrill piece. 

[Gerudan]

lastpatriot wrote...

I agree.  Just subtle things like the hair resolution/skin tone don't appear to have the same level of detail.

Hard to tell, since there are hardly any shots of Merrill and the Isabella pic you posted above isn't from a normal ingame screen shot, I think.

[ViSeiRa]

lastpatriot wrote...

Shepard Lives wrote...

lastpatriot wrote...

Here is a comparison:

Not every character needs bells and whistles on their design.

I agree.  Just subtle things like the hair resolution/skin tone don't appear to have the same level of detail.

Which is why I think they've been reluctant to show screenshots of her, that particular one has a clipping issue, but the game has gone gold... we need more Merrill footage RAWR!

[Blastback]

Shepard Lives wrote...

MasterSamson88 wrote...

Annnnnnnnnyway. SINCE she has Eve freaking Myles as a voice actor, who in my opinion is one of the bigger actors on the cast of DAII I'd presume they wouldn't just waste her. You really have to take advantage of the situation when you get an actor like that.

Gao the Lesser would like to have a word with you.

Just sayin'.

Has Nolan North ever done any other work for Bioware?  Cause he's kinda awesome.

[lastpatriot]

MasterSamson88 wrote...


However I would raise that one is a actual screen cap and the pic of Merrill there is just a screen ripped from a streaming video.

Really?  See, I didn't know that.  That fact alone would make a huge difference in the detail level.  Still, like you all, it would be nice to see something more recent.  So far, the game is really impressive.