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[Russalka]

But it would not make any sense, she is a Fereldan with an Orlesian heritage.

[Ninotchka]

stickmanhenry wrote...

The way she says 'eye' sounds quite Australian to me (I'm from Australia).
I actually liked Miranda's accent in me2 so here's to hoping Aveline has one as well

I hear what you mean.....I don't know Miranda (I don't have ME2) but yeah Aveline's accent is a little tricky to pinpoint, it's so neutral it would be the cleanest sounding Australian ever. Still  putting my money on neutral Pommy though and eyem in Australia too!

[namedforthemoon]

I keep hoping to hear Lady Hawke by the end of the day...



And yes, I AM on pins and needles. Been there for a while.

[Eternal Dust]

This is frustrating, not to mention, extremely annoying. I hope they don't actually think that this info drip is actually going to help market their game. There's absolutely no hype for DA2 whatsoever and we are inching to a month from release.

[namedforthemoon]

I'm trying to remember when I saw the first Dragon Age commercial on television (which is what got me interested in the game to start with, I wasn't a follower of Bioware back then.) I think it was two or three months before the game came out. So... Why so slow with DA2?

But you know, if Lady Hawke gets her own television spot, her own commercial... I'll stop ****ing. Not that it really matters to them if I stop ****ing or not, but still.

I could see it. Lady Hawke could be sitting somewhere, in her armored glory, with Varric at her side... Maybe in a tavern. And she's complaining, reality-tv style to the camera, about how Garrett gets all the attention. And she's sick of it. And then some raiders or whatever come crashing into the tavern, and she's all "Excuse me" to the camera, and proceed's to whoop their asses. Then she comes back and is like, "What was I saying? Oh, yeah. Garrett. That attention ****."

Modifié par namedforthemoon, 29 janvier 2011 - 12:31 .

[Maria Caliban]

Atakuma wrote...

You guys should return to your lives, it's not going to happen anytime soon, if at all.

You are grumpy.

*sends you a mint footscrub*

[Atakuma]

Me want Lady Hawke voice or Atakuma smash bioware!

Modifié par Atakuma, 29 janvier 2011 - 12:46 .

[Revan312]

octoberfire wrote...

This is frustrating, not to mention, extremely annoying. I hope they don't actually think that this info drip is actually going to help market their game. There's absolutely no hype for DA2 whatsoever and we are inching to a month from release.

The hype is there somewhat.. IGN has been running articles and the popularity is the second highest game on their PC subsite atm.. Though it is surprising it's not a bit higher, I'm also surprised Shogun 2 isn't at the top of hype lists either.

And about the voice, I've always believed Bioware hasn't done the greatest job marketing the optional gender aspect of their games as I don't know how many people I've talked to either online or in RL that never knew Shepard could be a female.. So I agree, a vid hilighting that fact along with some small sound clips would most likely help the sales as more female gamers would be inclined to buy with such an option being presented blatently, though that is just my assumption...

Modifié par Revan312, 29 janvier 2011 - 01:11 .

[Apollo Starflare]

I can understand the thinking behind the marketing for Shepard (for example) being primarily the male version, but I must admit I'd have thought DA2 would be an excellent chance for the marketing team to experiement a little, take a chance or two with the pre-release material, give somewhat more equal billing between the genders and promote the fact their games cater to both genders in regards to character creation and other choices. I can't see such an experiment backfiring so badly that they would lose much money, and they would stand to gain a lot if the experiment was a sucess and it drew new people to the game (female gamers who thought it was aimed at guys for example).



At least we get the odd pic of Lady Hawke with DA2, poor FemShep.

[Tiax Rules All]

 
*Looks in to see if there is any new Lady Hawke stuff...*



*Is totally dissapointed again*

[RosaAquafire]

Addai67 wrote...
Or maybe no one outside this board is interested. 

I'm actually not super worried about this, it seems as if a LOT of previewers have picked up Lady Hawke and have written about her in their previews, right down to screenshots. People ARE interested, I just think Bioware doesn't THINK that they are ...

[ErichHartmann]

I give up. BioWare is not going to reverse their severe lack of marketing for Marian Hawke.        

Modifié par ErichHartmann, 29 janvier 2011 - 02:57 .

[slimgrin]

Sorry, but I have to reinforce the notion that if Bioware is sellng a brand, they need to stick to a recognizable face. All companies do it.

My solution? Market Lady Hawke's epic cleavage. That can be the face for DA2.

Modifié par slimgrin, 29 janvier 2011 - 02:59 .

[Eternal Dust]

Addai67 wrote...
Or maybe no one outside this board is interested. 

How can they be when hardly anyone knows about her except for us?

Slimgrin wrote...

My solution? Market Lady Hawke's epic cleavage. That can be the face for DA2.

That'll definitely boob--er...I mean boost--the sales.

Modifié par octoberfire, 29 janvier 2011 - 03:11 .

[Apollo Starflare]

slimgrin wrote...

Sorry, but I have to reinforce the notion that if Bioware is sellng a brand, they need to stick to a recognizable face. All companies do it.

My solution? Market Lady Hawke's epic cleavage. That can be the face for DA2.

That's fine for Mass Effect, but I've always thought the brand icon of Dragon Age is the blood dragon. They had both genders of protagonist on the cover of Jade Empire (don't know/can't remember much about the pre-release for that sadly) and there must be other examples where it has been done. Plus as I suggested above the DA series seems a much better choice for experimenting to see if there -is- a wider demand for it.

Marketing for big games does tend to air on the side of safe and formulaic though, probably due to the vast amount of behind the scenes factors ticking away.

[slimgrin]

In all seriousness, I would like to see them do it too. But it's not going to happen.

[Darkwingduck]

It would be nice to hear her voice or really get any marketing thrown her way...ah to hell with it i'm going to get my hopes up that I will hear her voice soon. Please don't crush my hopes and dreams bioware...er but if you do you can throw more DLC at me as compensation.

[Sjofn]

Erinpedz wrote...

as long as its not the "violent" version from DAO I'm happy.. i had to abort that playthrough just for the voice and comments when i pressed command buttons lol

Haha, me too. I don't think I made it out of the origin with her voice.

But yeah, that's why I would really like to hear Ms. Hawke. I'm mostly sure she'll be great, all the voice acting in DA:O was pretty great and I have no reason to think DA2 would be otherwise but ... I like to know for sure. 

[yoshibb]

octoberfire wrote...

Addai67 wrote...
Or maybe no one outside this board is interested. 

How can they be when hardly anyone knows about her except for us?

See this is my big problem. They constantly come up with these numbers that say no one ever plays the female characters and thus they market the male, but they never actually market the female choice. Therefore, how many females pass over this game because they don't know there's any other choice? 

I know I almost completely passed over Mass Effect cause I thought it was just big male space marine #19.

I still don't understand the argument that marketing both of them would somehow confuse people. Even if it does, I highly doubt it would outnumber the new female consumers. This isn't just a fighting game, it has romance, strategy, compelling characters. I don't see why women with any knowledge of gaming wouldn't pick this up if they knew what was going on in Bioware games.

That said, I'm not going to completely judge DA2. Even a few pictures is a heck of a lot more than I got to see of femshep.  

[QwibQwib]

You know, I don't want to offend Mike Meer, I tried to play male Shepard but it felt so wrong I feel like Jennifer Hale puts more into the character than Mike does, he only can do it better as renegade...he sounds really funny



And tbh rather than looking forward to Who is the femhawke VA we should be more excited about how many Qunari butt I'm going to kick! And What king of choices I make...I can't never pick mean choices

[Eternal Dust]

yoshibb wrote...

See this is my big problem. They constantly come up with these numbers that say no one ever plays the female characters and thus they market the male, but they never actually market the female choice. Therefore, how many females pass over this game because they don't know there's any other choice? 

It's a self-fulfilling prophecy. They expect more players will play as the male choice, thus they market only the male character. As a result, more players play the male character. They're just running themselves in a circle.

I'm going to try to give the DA2 team the benefit of the doubt though. FemHawke seems to receive more accolades this time around than FemShep ever did.

[ravenimage]

It doesn't really matter either way. I know of around at least a thousand female gamers (from fan clubs, groups, and things you can "like" on Facebook) who play both male and female protagonists, and not just in BioWare games. It's inevitable that box covers will advertise male protagonists, but it's nothing to get worked up about. I know not everyone's me, but I don't let gender stop me from playing a game - even the ones that don't look appealing at first and turn out to be.

[Uhh.. Jonah]

Wtf is all I gotta say right now.

[Uhh.. Jonah]

David Gaider wrote...

octoberfire wrote...
OMG just let us hear her already. I'm getting so frustrated here.

?

Are you seriously sitting on pins and needles waiting just to hear her voice? It's that vital?

It's all because of what Mike said.