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[JeffZero]

 

the german writer is a big fanboy of DA:O and hates DA2

because of that Varric and Cassandra are "shallow"

 

 

This is a hot tip if ever there were one.

[Fowl]

Did they state why they think the characters are shallow?

 

Clarification on the "shallow" part: The story says that up until now, we, as editors, haven't yet seen a character that's up there with the likes of Morrigan, Alistair, Minsc, Garrus, HK 47 (the Bioware All-Star cast, so to speak). It also says that this impression is, of course, subject to change, once Bioware reveals more about the companions in Inquisition.

 

We're not saying the characters are "shallow". Actually, the German term "blass" doesn't translate to "shallow" at all. I genuinely appreciate the interest in our story, but please be aware that meaning and context may get lost in translation. Unless you're a native German speaker, take translations with a grain of salt, please.

[efd731]

While it isn't my real name, I have been calling myself Andraste on the internet since the year 2000, and there are people call me that IRL. So it was a bit disconcerting when I first played DAO.

It's just as well I'm into the games, or I'd have spent the past five years being confused by all the people on other parts of the internet who assume I named myself after that Andraste.

What prompted you to nickname yourself after a British war goddess?

[The Elder King]

Clarification on the "shallow" part: The story says that up until now, we, as editors, haven't yet seen a character that's up there with the likes of Morrigan, Alistair, Minsc, Garrus, HK 47 (the Bioware All-Star cast, so to speak). It also says that this impression is, of course, subject to change, once Bioware reveals more about the companions in Inquisition.
 
We're not saying the characters are "shallow". Actually, the German term "blass" doesn't translate to "shallow" at all. I genuinely appreciate the interest in our story, but please be aware that meaning and context may get lost in translation. Unless you're a native German speaker, take translations with a grain of salt, please.

Thanks for the clarification .

[JeffZero]

Clarification on the "shallow" part: The story says that up until now, we, as editors, haven't yet seen a character that's up there with the likes of Morrigan, Alistair, Minsc, Garrus, HK 47 (the Bioware All-Star cast, so to speak). It also says that this impression is, of course, subject to change, once Bioware reveals more about the companions in Inquisition.

 

We're not saying the characters are "shallow". Actually, the German term "blass" doesn't translate to "shallow" at all. I genuinely appreciate the interest in our story, but please be aware that meaning and context may get lost in translation. Unless you're a native German speaker, take translations with a grain of salt, please.

 

I'm incredibly grateful you spun back here to post insight on this. It's extremely helpful.

[Andraste_Reborn]

What prompted you to nickname yourself after a British war goddess?

 

I needed a handle in a hurry and there was a book of Celtic mythology on the bookshelf next to my laptop. I started flipping through from the beginning for something that looked appropriate and I've always though Boudica was cool  . (For people who don't have books of Celtic mythology next to them right now, Andraste is the goddess Boudica invoked before she went and fought the Romans.) It just sort of stuck after that.

 

Sometimes I wonder if it was fate, given how I ended up feeling about Dragon Age. I'm probably never going to stop finding it weird when people curse things by Andraste's blood. Or her knicker-weasles ...

[Damien-III]

Clarification on the "shallow" part: The story says that up until now, we, as editors, haven't yet seen a character that's up there with the likes of Morrigan, Alistair, Minsc, Garrus, HK 47 (the Bioware All-Star cast, so to speak). It also says that this impression is, of course, subject to change, once Bioware reveals more about the companions in Inquisition.

 

We're not saying the characters are "shallow". Actually, the German term "blass" doesn't translate to "shallow" at all. I genuinely appreciate the interest in our story, but please be aware that meaning and context may get lost in translation. Unless you're a native German speaker, take translations with a grain of salt, please.

 

Maybe I should have translated it as "nondescript".

[Thalion]

As a native german speaker I'd like to add that "blass" means that the characters don't seem particularly striking yet, not that they are shallow. 

[Blankeflos]

(This is where I sort-of regret taking French instead German during my High School years  )

 

I just chose French as my language to learn for the remainder of my anthropology undergrad. Reasons involved lots of travel plans to Europe for fieldwork. 

 

Should have chosen German. If I'd known they were such big Dragon Age nuts surely I would have.

 

I learned English by osmosis due to extreme exposure, studied German during college and Japanese for 6 months in high school. I can be a nerd in 4-5 different languages. 

 

Er, not saying Google translate is not my best friend though.

[JeffZero]

Ha, way to go, Blanke. One day I hope to speak 4-5 languages.

[Clockwork_Wings]

So they're not shallow, they just haven't "wowed" anyone yet?  Of course not, telling all the secrets before the game's out would just be silly!

[Eleinehmm]

I learned English by osmosis due to extreme exposure, studied German during college and Japanese for 6 months in high school. I can be a nerd in 4-5 different languages. 

 

Er, not saying Google translate is not my best friend though.

 

 

Clarification on the "shallow" part: The story says that up until now, we, as editors, haven't yet seen a character that's up there with the likes of Morrigan, Alistair, Minsc, Garrus, HK 47 (the Bioware All-Star cast, so to speak). It also says that this impression is, of course, subject to change, once Bioware reveals more about the companions in Inquisition.

 

We're not saying the characters are "shallow". Actually, the German term "blass" doesn't translate to "shallow" at all. I genuinely appreciate the interest in our story, but please be aware that meaning and context may get lost in translation. Unless you're a native German speaker, take translations with a grain of salt, please.

 

You don't have to be a NS just a  C1 or C2 user. But yes, as a person  who worked in MT for a while,  MT is horrible

[GuitarShredUK]

http://captaincodebr...uff.tumblr.com/

 

More soon https://www.facebook.com/CudaThedas

 

EDIT: dodgy German skills. Felsbroken = rocks or boulders, deadly giant skills. Giants or trolls though? Lots of great images by the way, thanks for posting those. 

[Sir Edric]

Clarification on the "shallow" part: The story says that up until now, we, as editors, haven't yet seen a character that's up there with the likes of Morrigan, Alistair, Minsc, Garrus, HK 47 (the Bioware All-Star cast, so to speak). It also says that this impression is, of course, subject to change, once Bioware reveals more about the companions in Inquisition.

 

We're not saying the characters are "shallow". Actually, the German term "blass" doesn't translate to "shallow" at all. I genuinely appreciate the interest in our story, but please be aware that meaning and context may get lost in translation. Unless you're a native German speaker, take translations with a grain of salt, please.

 

And I have to say, it is not an easy thing to do. But I have faith in BW.

[ElitePinecone]

Felsbrocken is 'boulder', not Frostbacks...

[Caligula]

"Giants move far in the Frostbacks - can be deadly". Ah, so that's where those trolls/giants like in the "Discover" trailer come from. Lots of interesting reading, whether its "confirmed" or not.

 

My German is a bit rusty, but I believe that description actually translates into "these giants like to throw boulders from a distance - deadly."

[Kallimachus]

If the journalists went to BioWare as far back as ElitePinecone says, they might not have been exposed to party banter at all. It is only in the last few weeks that we've been getting tweets about banter from the writers, and I doubt any of them would have been voiced and incorporated into the game at the time.

[CannotCompute]

There's talk about some of the tactics in the article as well: an enemy archer positioned himself higher up and is hard to reach. the mage can cast a wall of ice to hinder the archer from shooting at the party, so he'll have to move and find a new spot.

 

It's also mentioned that the Inquisitor can tear open a fade rift and make demons pour out and that a dragon's weak spot is it's head.

[ElitePinecone]

If the journalists went to BioWare as far back as ElitePinecone says, they might not have been exposed to party banter at all. It is only in the last few weeks that we've been getting tweets about banter from the writers, and I doubt any of them would have been voiced and incorporated into the game at the time.

 

Not to mention that if they only showed combat and not exploration (or even conversations), it's not as though you'd get many memorable impressions of the companions anyway.

[Hrungr]

The one day I pick to move and we get and explosion of information! 

 

I still haven't caught up!

[JeffZero]

The one day I pick to move and we get and explosion of information!

I still haven't caught up!

I actually thought about you as this all rolled out since I saw you were moving, heheh.

[Hrungr]

I actually thought about you as this all rolled out since I saw you were moving, heheh.

 

 

Gonna ease back into it slowly while I try and sort out the issues with my main computer...

[Fowl]

If the journalists went to BioWare as far back as ElitePinecone says, they might not have been exposed to party banter at all.

 

We were. Actually, one of my favorite new features in Inquisition is that you can actually take part in party banter.

 

Curious that no one has translated that part yet.

[Eleinehmm]

We were. Actually, one of my favorite new features in Inquisition is that you can actually take part in party banter.

 

Curious that no one has translated that part yet.

 

It was actually mentioned long before the article came out. So I assume people just don’t see it as new info.