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[Jos Hendriks]

Alien molar removal mini-game, omni-tool cavity detection mini-game, omni-crown customization and creation mini-game.

 

EDIT: You fly a dental space ship called the Bicuspid. You fly across the galaxy to fulfill your dream as a male/female dentist looking to collect one of each tooth in existence. But then you find out about the Dark Tooth disease that threatens all of dentistry, and you and your crew of dental assistants, fellow dentists, and office receptionists set out on a quest to prevent Dark Tooth from taking over the galaxy.

 

EDIT EDIT: This is obviously a joke post and should not be taken seriously. Adding that in for those who think we would actually make such an amazing dentistry game.

[Barrett Rodych]

Jos is telling you guys the tooth.

[JamesLeung]

Jos is telling you guys the tooth.

Yeah, it's molar less accurate.

[Jos Hendriks]

Everyone who made/makes word jokes are people I like.

[Barrett Rodych]

This thread's becoming so pun heavy I need to bring out the big gums.

[Jos Hendriks]

It'll be interesting seeing what the new ship will look like.

 

Early concept.

[Jo Berry]

It's so funny, but the first time I played Knights of the Old Republic, I got hopelessly lost aboard the Ebon Hawk. I kept missing the cargo ramp that led outside and ran around in circles, until I figured out the interior. Between replays of that and KOTOR 2, I could probably run around it blindfolded now. Good times indeed.

[Barrett Rodych]

I did a quick Shep name poll in our QA chat earlier today. Our common names were pretty gender agnostic:
Jan5 Shepard
BVT3652 Shepard
Hash26 Shepard
and variations of Fsdafadafds Shepard

[Barrett Rodych]

Shepard's parents were insane.

Shepard's parents were robots.

secret geth lore

[Barrett Rodych]

1. Most recently: Bravely Default. Overall: probably Super Mario RPG. Potentially obscure fav: Quest 64

2. Whatever kinda system it'll be is still being worked out.

[Jos Hendriks]

A question for the bioware employees on the forums or maybe two.

 

1. What is your favorite RPG that isn't a bioware title?

 

2. What kind of leveling system will ME4 have? Just like the previous entries or more like a DND style system?

 

/\This probably won't get answered.

 

1. Difficult to answer, I love a good amount of RPGs. I really enjoyed Fallout 3/New Vegas, Oblivion and Skyrim, Secret of Mana, Secret of Evermore, Final Fantasy (6 is my favourite), Super Mario RPG, Tales of Vesperia, Lost Odyssey, Diablo, Titan Quest. There are probably more that I'm forgetting about right now.

 

2. I can't answer this!

[Jos Hendriks]

But Barrett could answer it? Or was he sick on the day of the NDA-signing party?

 

Barrett's answer isn't an answer, either.

[Jo Berry]

A question for the bioware employees on the forums or maybe two.

 

1. What is your favorite RPG that isn't a bioware title?

 

2. What kind of leveling system will ME4 have? Just like the previous entries or more like a DND style system?

 

/\This probably won't get answered.

 

1. I can't pick just one, but I loved Dragon Quest VIII (need to finish that someday!), really enjoyed Final Fantasy X and XII, and I thought Shadow Hearts: Covenant did a lot of cool things. I finished Ni No Kuni recently and had a blast with that, though the crafting system needs some work. I also play quite a bit of the browser game Fallen London, which is basically an RPG.

 

2. Can't answer, alas.

[Jo Berry]

Does KoTOR 2 count as a non-Bioware RPG? If so, I'm surprised no one has mentioned it. hahaha

 

Ahhh, KOTOR 2. I love the first level: I had so much fun running around Peragus figuring out the mystery of what happened there. And having Atton Rand around to snark didn't hurt.

[Jo Berry]

Wow, I love KOTOR2 but the intro is what I consider one of the biggest flaws of the game. It is cool that you like it though, I always thought it was too tedious and uneventful to draw players in and capture their attention. I have a number of friends who have given up on KOTOR2 because they couldn't bring themselves to finish the intro area. In comparison to KOTOR1 which the Endar Spire does a phenomenal job of being brief and interesting enough to grab the player's attention.

Anyway, not to be critical of your personal opinion, it is just the first time I've ever heard someone praise the intro of KOTOR2 and my mind is kinda boggled.

 

Personally, I love levels that are "deserted creepy environment with weird goings-on, figure out what happened here"; places like Charwood Village in Neverwinter Nights, the MSV Worthington, the monastery on Lesuss, etc. I thought Peragus did a good job of crafting the mystery, then ratcheting up the stakes: finding out who's alive and why everyone else is dead, the truth about what the miners planned to do with you, then the arrival and exploration of the Harbinger (sheesh, talk about spooky--the Harbinger is a creepshow).

 

For me, the slow burn of Peragus added tension and gave me time to get to know the characters, not to mention figure out the situation galactically after the end of KOTOR. There was a sense of dread about everything that I found very compelling, and that carried me through a lot of the first act of KOTOR 2.

 

An opening like that wouldn't work for every story. But for KOTOR 2, which is about figuring out your place in the galaxy again, realising not everything is as you imagined--even the Force itself--and discovering that people are rarely who they appear to be? Worked for me, anyway.

[Barrett Rodych]

Mass Effect: Mass Effect, where all the dialog is just "Mass Effect" repeated with various inflection. VO provided solely by Matt Damon ala Team America World Police.

[Barrett Rodych]

Upcoming playable kit/race: Keeper

Innovative and exciting gameplay of scuttling around slowly, sometimes using computer consoles.

Effective tactics: playing hide and seek

[Jo Berry]

The inclusion of space pie-eating race as a minigame semi-confirmed. Perhaps it will also involve a baking sim? It would sure explain the dire need of dentists.

 

Why do I have the sudden desire to write--heck, watch--an elcor cooking show?

[Jos Hendriks]

 

I am a fan of this picture. He looks so... sophisticated.

[Jos Hendriks]

We share what we can, but the nature of development is that a lot of things change constantly until they don't anymore, and it would not be very prudent or cool to talk about things that may not even exist by the time we're done.

[Jos Hendriks]

Honestly, the only "issue" I have with the BioWare tweets is that they tease us massively and don't reveal anything. That's the only thing they can do though, since the game hasn't even been formally announced yet. I'm just happy that there's any interaction at all; I'd rather be teased and reminded of the devs' enthusiasm than be given a stone wall of silence to wait with.

I'll try and tease you less with the things I do at work. Omitting details is the name of the game though, for now.

[Jos Hendriks]

I'm surprised the initial response wasn't "MASS EFFECT: OMITTING DETAILS CONFIRMED". (which it's obviously not)

I like communicating with people on what is going on, but I have obligations that I'm not about to shirk.

As for info, I don't have an answer for you on that, I'm afraid. I'm down in the trenches making cool things, and what info gets released when is really not something I know or concern myself with. Info will come in due time.

[Jos Hendriks]

Jos, 

 

If it's any consolation i understand 100%

 

I began my own video game company a few years back. And it's God awful not being able to show people the work you are doing, because in the end, it may be a prototype, or even something that will not be available in the end.

 

On the other hand I also understand ME fans, but i realize some of them don't understand whats going on on the other side.

 

Anyhow, Kudos, keep up the good work, you and all the team!

Thank you kindly, and the best of luck to you making games. It's not the walk in the park people would like it to be.

[Barrett Rodych]

I must join in on all the love and gratitude being spread around

[Jos Hendriks]

When ever there is a post from Jos in this thread, I can completely feel the love from him...

 

 

Yeeeeeeessss, let it stare into your soul. 

EDIT: Also, you're the one to blame for the thread title changes, aren't you?