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[falconlord5]

Personally, I'm hoping for a cliffie, just to watch the forums explode.

[DTKT]

Expansion as we know them are dead.

Chunk of DLC is probably what is coming after DAII.

[BloodyMangus]

falconlord5 wrote...

Personally, I'm hoping for a cliffie, just to watch the forums explode.

EA wants our money. Bioware just wants our tears

[Demo-Mike]

DTKT wrote...

Expansion as we know them are dead.

Chunk of DLC is probably what is coming after DAII.

Starcraft II, Diablo III, Dawn of War II, Theater of War, beg to differ.

[I.leary]

Saibh wrote...

I.leary wrote...

As cool as it was, DA:O's last battle was rather clichè. That ending cutscene when Teagan looks to the tower and the Darkspawn retreat made me think "wait, I saw this before". I don't mind a different resolution for the story, as long as it doesn't contain a very forced cliffhanger. (NWN2 made me kind of pissed off, even though there was an expansion)

Also, why is it always Teagan? I never get that.

Was it someone else? I could swear it was Teagan fighting with the Redcliffe soldiers there at the end.

[falconlord5]

BloodyMangus wrote...

falconlord5 wrote...

Personally, I'm hoping for a cliffie, just to watch the forums explode.

EA wants our money. Bioware just wants our tears

And I'm totally with BioWare on this one.

[Jiggasaurus]

Does seem as though the views on the ending between reviewers has been met with a common theme of disappointment. I’m now slightly hoping it will have more relevance to those who are maybe more in tune with the Lore surrounding Dragon Age so maybe it’s going over the heads of the reviewers slightly.

[Overban]

I think  they may have future plans to expand on the ending. Bioware has always had outstanding stories so I would not worry about it.

[Darkhour]

My Avatar is Batman wrote...

 It's not that bad

Just no where near as epic as Origins. 

Yeah, kinda like ME2's ending being nowhere near as epic as ME1's ending. But it was an OK ending.  Not horrifically bad.

And Iike ME2 the game builds up to something that everyone is expecting to be epic.  The suicide mission was so not a suicide mission (horizon was tougher and longer (heck, some recruitment missions were tougher and longer)) it disappointed many. Bioware says "world changing event that shapes the course of Thedas history", but it probably falls short of that.  If you lower your hopes to a "Eh, some politic stuff but hardly a return to barbarism" you should be at the least, content with it.

Same could be said for Witch Hunt, although that was a horrible ending.  Bioware does alot of false hyping these days so I assume the opposite of what they say and lower my expectations accordingly.

Modifié par Darkhour, 27 février 2011 - 10:44 .

[Kappa Neko]

I was quite disappointed by the DAO ending. The cut scene was way too short. Not epic at all. The victory talk before the epilogue was not satisfying, either. Some of the lines got me rather mad. Poor writing (especially nobody giving a crap if Alistair sacrifice himself), too. The whole thing felt so rushed, as if the devs just wanted to get the game done.
The epilogue didn't make things any better. I'd have preferred everything to be a long cut scene.
So unless we get news that DA2 actually ends before the final battle, which is the only scenario I can think of right now that would feel even more rushed and anti climatic, I won't worry.
I don't mind cliffhangers when they deliver a real jaw dropper. And that will be followed by a satisfying conclusion in a future game. No DLC rip off!

[Johnson45]

I don't care if its a cliffhanger as long as its a good one... what I do hate is tons of DLC, and endings which are done with the intention of making you buy DLC to pursue it.

[Kingthlayer]

I love DLC, provides a reason to go back and play the game in another couple months. Then again I have no problems not eating my weekly happy meal so I can afford the DLC when it comes out lol.

[Siven80]

All what, 3 reviews?

[Loc'n'lol]

Rakia_Time wrote...
Origins had a epic ending? 

It ends with an explosion.
Therefore we can deduce that DA2 doesn't end with an explosion, since it's less epic.

Modifié par _Loc_N_lol_, 27 février 2011 - 11:36 .

[DJ0000]

Why does everyone hate cliffhangers so much. I unerstand they aren't necessarily satisfying but they do leave an excitement for the next installment. I think it depends on how well the story is told, not all cliffhangers are bad but some do suck.

[Clonedzero]

DTKT wrote...

Expansion as we know them are dead.

Chunk of DLC is probably what is coming after DAII.

expansions arent dead. you can easily do well made expansions as a large DLC. awakening is a good example of that.  personally i'd rather have a large expansion DLC that i pay 20-30 bucks for than several bite sized ones every other month.

thats what happened to me after awakening, i didn't play any DLC after that because i had moved on to other games, i still absolutely loved DA:O but a small DLC isn't going to drag me back, its just going to annoy me that i wont get to see that because i dont want to replay the game just to see a bite sized piece of content.

i still don't know what golums and witch hunt are all about.

[AkiKishi]

DJ0000 wrote...

Why does everyone hate cliffhangers so much. I unerstand they aren't necessarily satisfying but they do leave an excitement for the next installment. I think it depends on how well the story is told, not all cliffhangers are bad but some do suck.

Because games should be self contained even if they are part of a trilogy or whatever. See Baldurs Gate for an example.

[Clonedzero]

DJ0000 wrote...

Why does everyone hate cliffhangers so much. I unerstand they aren't necessarily satisfying but they do leave an excitement for the next installment. I think it depends on how well the story is told, not all cliffhangers are bad but some do suck.

because they're a cheap way to draw out that excitement.

i dont watch TV shows on their normal scheduel because i hate that "having to wait a week to find out what happens next then wait another week because they did another cliffhanger episode LOST did that ALOT.

eventually i decided to start waiting till the season of the show is over (avoid spoilers like the plague) and just watch the entire season over the course of a week or two. thats how i watch TV now lol. plus its easier to apperciate and notice details that spread across multiple episodes that way too.

i still remember the month i watched all of BSG, that was glorious.

but back onto the subject, the mere fact games take a long time to develop means a cliff hanger would be sitting there for a long time unanswered which would bug me alot

[AkiKishi]

Clonedzero wrote...

DJ0000 wrote...

Why does everyone hate cliffhangers so much. I unerstand they aren't necessarily satisfying but they do leave an excitement for the next installment. I think it depends on how well the story is told, not all cliffhangers are bad but some do suck.

because they're a cheap way to draw out that excitement.

i dont watch TV shows on their normal scheduel because i hate that "having to wait a week to find out what happens next then wait another week because they did another cliffhanger episode LOST did that ALOT.

eventually i decided to start waiting till the season of the show is over (avoid spoilers like the plague) and just watch the entire season over the course of a week or two. thats how i watch TV now lol. plus its easier to apperciate and notice details that spread across multiple episodes that way too.

i still remember the month i watched all of BSG, that was glorious.

but back onto the subject, the mere fact games take a long time to develop means a cliff hanger would be sitting there for a long time unanswered which would bug me alot

I don't really mind it week to week but I find with games by the time they finally get around to resolving it I've ceased to care.

[DJ0000]

Fair enough. In my personal experiece I think the excitement can be good like in Assasin's Creed for example, but each to their own.

I know my sister and brother sometimes watch tv like that but I've never really minded the wait.

[bzombo]

DJ0000 wrote...

Fair enough. In my personal experiece I think the excitement can be good like in Assasin's Creed for example, but each to their own.

I know my sister and brother sometimes watch tv like that but I've never really minded the wait.

Speaking of Assassin's Creed, I need to get on that. Been a while since I played.....Dragon Age takes me away from all my other games.

[Elsariel]

Cliffhangers don't bother me. As long as it gets resolved eventually.

[MKDAWUSS]

Demo-Mike wrote...

Kerethos_ wrote...

I don't mind and ending that leaves things open for DLC, it worked fine in Origins... even if you died.

Origins tied everyhing up. 

It wasn't open. 

In the event it flopped. That's generally how these things are done. Start it off with a self-contained story, and if it's good, give it a sequel regardless if it needs one or not.