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[SphereofSilence]

GreenSoda wrote...

You know...just because they're writing on a sequel doesn't necessarily mean that they will go on and create one. I mean those writes will have to work on *something*, do they not ?

They most likely just want to have the option to swiftly go ahead with work on the sequel *if* they should get the green light from EA.

...of course I hope we will get a DA2 too, but sales are not exactly stellar so far (though not bad, at least).

I'm interested to know how sales are doing for DAO. Have any links that could enlighten us with sales facts and numbers?

[Valaryyn]

I heard a rumour that much like Lord of the Rings, the wisdom of the designers was so great that they actually finished all three parts of the trilogy all at once but are planning on releasing two years apart just to spite the users.

[adam_nox]

eisberg77 wrote...

I know I read somewhere that the Dragon Age lore writing started several years before development started, I thought I read it was being written for 5 years prior to the development of Dragon Age. In that 10 years, Bioware has made how many games?

That's sad.  I could write this game in a month of full time work, and it would have been better.  No offense, game is great, but I'm a decent writer and there's not THAT much to this game.

Only bioware games I know of are kotor, nwn, jade empire, and ME.  It's just kind of silly to think that dragon age was even a thought before kotor.

[T1l]

adam_nox wrote...

That's sad.  I could write this game in a month of full time work, and it would have been better.  No offense, game is great, but I'm a decent writer and there's not THAT much to this game.

I hope Gaider reads that, he'll be in hysterics.

Modifié par T1l, 05 décembre 2009 - 07:17 .

[MerinTB]

Raint wrote...

then again this is not Blizzard

Ha!



I want my Starcraft 2.

[Raint]

same

[Deathstyk85]

imukka wrote...

Raint wrote...

remember 2 years of DLC, there is still room for an Expansion

 if the squel will be as quick as it we see there is in no point of expansion




oh wait there is ,cash m:Paking ...

they are starting it, do yoou know how long it takes to make a game? more than it takes to make some dlc. and they have already said they plan on two years of dlc content for dragon age. and yes, they can multitask as a company. they were working on  da, me2, and tor all at the same time, as well as some smaller projects. they have different teams assigned to each project(to sum it up it is more complex than that, but you get the idea) they have a team thats just there for dlc, and they have different teams for each game so its not like everyone has stopped to work on da2. even if they did, it would be an insane amount of time until we see da2, im guessing two years at the very least, wich is coincidentally how long they plan on doing dlc for da:o

[robertthebard]

adam_nox wrote...

eisberg77 wrote...

I know I read somewhere that the Dragon Age lore writing started several years before development started, I thought I read it was being written for 5 years prior to the development of Dragon Age. In that 10 years, Bioware has made how many games?

That's sad.  I could write this game in a month of full time work, and it would have been better.  No offense, game is great, but I'm a decent writer and there's not THAT much to this game.

Only bioware games I know of are kotor, nwn, jade empire, and ME.  It's just kind of silly to think that dragon age was even a thought before kotor.

Ahahahahahahahha.  Sorry, were you serious?  So, point us to all your published works then, if you would be so kind, I'd like to see what kind of work you can do.  It's pretty easy to say you could write this in a month, but I suspect the reality of the situation is that you are posturing on the internet.  There are stories within this game that even with 2 complete playthroughs, and a third well on the way that I haven't even hit.  There are subplots that I have deliberately ignored on all the play throughs that can affect the end game as well.

This isn't a "Cat in the Hat" book with a linear story, and only one ending.  There are dialogs that need to be written for every possible option taken in every playthrough, and options for any of the combinations of options.  So, while your posturing looks good on the internet, let's all just sit back and chuckle at the fallacy your post represents.

[Deathstyk85]

adam_nox wrote...

eisberg77 wrote...

I know I read somewhere that the Dragon Age lore writing started several years before development started, I thought I read it was being written for 5 years prior to the development of Dragon Age. In that 10 years, Bioware has made how many games?

That's sad.  I could write this game in a month of full time work, and it would have been better.  No offense, game is great, but I'm a decent writer and there's not THAT much to this game.

Only bioware games I know of are kotor, nwn, jade empire, and ME.  It's just kind of silly to think that dragon age was even a thought before kotor.

there is more than writing to a game, and also, they were starting from scratch, its very easy to read a book that took someone 5 years and then go, yeah i could have written that in a few weeks why did it take him so long? because they had to test different story ideas, make up everything, and try to pretty much make a cohesive world with its own history. so yes, looking at it after its done, of course you would think you could do it faster, then again ideas dont just come streaming out of the fade and falling onto your pages when your writing.

[Morwill]

Making a game takes a very long time, why are people acting like it's being released tomorrow?

[VanDraegon]

Skellimancer wrote...

So will we need to make new characters or will it be using our current saves?

Just a hunch but probably a tad early to worry about such game play mechanics just yet.

adam_nox wrote...
That's sad.  I could write this game in a month of full time work, and it would have been better. 

rofl

uh huh. Sure....

Modifié par VanDraegon, 05 décembre 2009 - 07:17 .

[Deathstyk85]

Morwill wrote...

Making a game takes a very long time, why are people acting like it's being released tomorrow?

because they heard on the interwebs that its already in the works! that has to mean its being beta tested by now right?!?!?! lol

i mean, how long did we know about mass effect 2 and 3 before we actually saw anything about it? quite some time.

also, with dragon age, youd be dumb to think there wasnt going to be a sequel, or atleast more games taking place in the same world that they have created (not necesarily the same characters and story etc)

[Deathstyk85]

VanDraegon wrote...

Skellimancer wrote...

So will we need to make new characters or will it be using our current saves?

Just a hunch but probably a tad early to worry about such game play mechanics just yet.

unlike mass effect, in this game, survival is not gauranteed, so it would seem unlikely you will be playing the same character. (or the game would be very boring for people who died )

[agentjake4]

bug fixes first

[Neil Decurio]

Although, without people really knowing if I lie or not, I will say it anyways; Without having read a single post in this topic, I will make an assumption that the following things has been brought up:



- This means no expansion. (How that is possibly known, I don't know--I just know this statement has been made.)

- DLC and costs must have been mentioned, it pops up in nearly every single topic. Probably with the statement "nickle and dime", wich seems to be a favorite amongst some posters.

- Probably someone will ask questions that I guess nobody can really answer, it always happens.

- For some reason, I am getting used to seeing Blizzard brought up here and there, so I'll take a shot at saying they've been brought up here too. Perhaps Diablo III/Starcraft 2?

- Tolkien and/or Lord of the Rings.

- Someone will be on high horses and give some negative remark about the current DA:O and how they can do it better. That's getting fairly standard now.

- There will be positive remarks (as well as negative of course (but not the high on the horse type)--and that is fairly obvious anyways).

- I guarantee someone will say something like "Fix the current bugs first *bleep*".



I wonder how right I am.. this community has gotten fairly predictable when I read through topics once in a while. (It's like a broken record, so I am getting bored visiting the SocialNetwork.)

[StrangeCat Productions]

Game world is created already, Lore is created already, Game engine is already created, that means....New Second DAO game would be about a year to two years off.

[LunSei Sleidee]

Is this news for real? They're really already starting to plan the sequel?? Because it would be GREAT news!!

[SphereofSilence]

LunSei Sleidee wrote...

Is this news for real? They're really already starting to plan the sequel?? Because it would be GREAT news!!

I'm sure they were planning something besides the 2-year DLC plan.

However, asking writers to start work for DA2 at this stage doesn't necessarily mean DA2 is already in production. It could be BW is doing preparation and pre-production stuffs, or maybe it's an expansion. Whether or not DA2 gets the green light is another matter. 

I wouldn't jump to conclusions without the dev making an official announcement. 

[Bryy_Miller]

Valaryyn wrote...

I heard a rumour that much like Lord of the Rings, the wisdom of the designers was so great that they actually finished all three parts of the trilogy all at once but are planning on releasing two years apart just to spite the users.

Troll fail.

[Apache-Cobra]

LunSei Sleidee wrote...

Is this news for real? They're really already starting to plan the sequel?? Because it would be GREAT news!!

BioWare likely started a while ago. On franchises like this, companies will typically almost immediately begin working on the next title once releasing the current one. Sometimes they might even begin work on a sequel before the initial release.

I would expect the sequel to DA:O to be at least 1.5-2 years away, giving plenty of time for expansion packs a la NWN, which are likely already underway as well.

[Silensfurtim]

wow... Bioware is doing a Valve.

[xguild]

SphereofSilence wrote...

GreenSoda wrote...

You know...just because they're writing on a sequel doesn't necessarily mean that they will go on and create one. I mean those writes will have to work on *something*, do they not ?

They most likely just want to have the option to swiftly go ahead with work on the sequel *if* they should get the green light from EA.

...of course I hope we will get a DA2 too, but sales are not exactly stellar so far (though not bad, at least).

I'm interested to know how sales are doing for DAO. Have any links that could enlighten us with sales facts and numbers?

The DLC's are doing really well for Dragon Age raking in 1 million US within days of the release (http://www.joystiq.c...over-1-million/) considerably better then anything NeverWinter Nights ever pulled off, although I wasn't able to find numbers on NeverWinter Nights 2 or Mass Effect, but my understanding is that Mass Effect grossed about 17 million all together which considering that just the DLC for Dragons Age scored a million is quite impressive.

I think (and hope) what we will see with Dragons Age is a trilogy in which we play the same characters across all three games, hence they would be using the same game engine for all three games, so we should see the games released in considerably less time then its original (since most of the programming work is done and its just about putting it all together).

[Nwalya42]

But considering some of the endings of the DA:O it would make carrying a character across a bit difficult, don't you agree? I would also like to point out my past topic, which hints at an expansion of some form : http://social.biowar.../9/index/381027 - nothing but a title yet though.

[Gecon]

Developing a game requires ca 5 years of work, so unless you want to wait half a decade between game releases, you have to have started working on the successor already when you release a game.

[BFBHLC]

Gecon wrote...

Developing a game requires ca 5 years of work, so unless you want to wait half a decade between game releases, you have to have started working on the successor already when you release a game.

Tell that to EA - who own the rights to L4D - then look at L4D2.