This was touched upon very briefly in another topic, so I figured I'd create another thread where we could focus on it!
How do you all feel about a possibility of seeing pregnancy in BioWare RPGs? Would you be indifferent about it? Would you like to be able to get your female LIs pregnant if you're playing a male (and having blue children as FemShep in ME I guess)? How about FemHawke and FemShep getting pregnant?
Discuss =)
(note: in case somebody thinks pregnancy has been confirmed in DA2 due to this thread, it hasn't, I'm merely curious to see people's feelings on the matter whether it's in the game or not)
Pregnancy?
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Kidd
, janv. 12 2011 11:19
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Posté 12 janvier 2011 - 05:38
David Gaider
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Okay, to make this short:
Could we do player pregnancy? Sure.
Did we? No. Child-rearing is not one of the adventures you will embark upon.
Could we do player pregnancy? Sure.
Did we? No. Child-rearing is not one of the adventures you will embark upon.
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Posté 12 janvier 2011 - 05:47
David Gaider
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DarthCaine wrote...
Figured as much. They don't wanna spend budget for something optional so they can rush the game for release.
Riiiight. Couldn't possibly be any other reason.
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Posté 12 janvier 2011 - 06:04
David Gaider
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DarthCaine wrote...
At the end of the day, it's the budget that matters the most. IF you had a lot of budget, you could do many variations for your choices. (here) A child would be optional and a lot of people wouldn't do it, while you'd have a make a major NPC with lots of dialogue, several different apperiances etc.
But with DA2 being released so quickly and with so many things cut (you said it yourself in an interview about why no multiple origins), it's pretty obvious DA2 is done quick and cheap (unlike DAO)
Actually, even if I had the budget I'm not sure I would include players with young children.
Why? Because I don't want to potentially force the player into the position of being a bad parent. The only way to do it justice would be to make it a major plot element-- not to make it a throwaway item in Aerie's backpack. I'm not really interested in that.
You can cynically dismiss everything as being ruled by budgets and timetables if you wish, but just because something could be an option and players might have a theoretical desire for that option doesn't necessarily make it a good idea.
