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[ElitePinecone]

BasilKarlo wrote...

"For a series that supposedly owes such a creative debt to A Song Of Ice And Fire, the Dragon Age series..."

What? That's not even remotely true.

Actually, David Gaider said Martin was one of his primary influences, at least in terms of the type of fantasy he wanted to write, and the tone of the storyteling. 

I can't find the exact quote(s), but there's a mention of it here.

[Missy_MI]

DomRod95 wrote...
Man! I was hoping it'd be sooner. Hopefully well see some more vague pictures from Darrah this time so maybe it will be worth waiting.

Do you have a link to these vague pictures by any chance? Also, could someone please explain what a Sprint Review Day is?

[Steppenwolf]

ElitePinecone wrote...

BasilKarlo wrote...

"For a series that supposedly owes such a creative debt to A Song Of Ice And Fire, the Dragon Age series..."

What? That's not even remotely true.

Actually, David Gaider said Martin was one of his primary influences, at least in terms of the type of fantasy he wanted to write, and the tone of the storyteling. 

I can't find the exact quote(s), but there's a mention of it here.

That's pretty thin and doesn't go anywhere near justifying the quote in that half-assed article. Does it seem at all likely that a man who was too lazy to google the villain of the game dug through articles from 5-6 years ago to find the head writer's influences?

[ElitePinecone]

The George Martin influences are quite widely mentioned in all sorts of articles over the years.

I mean, I'd guess if someone was half paying attention to the development of Origins all those years ago, the GRRM invocation would've been something they'd have heard of - even if it was only being used as a marketing line or hype tool.

Certainly, Ray Muzayka and Mike seem to have talked that creative influence up as a guide to DA's style of fantasy - and David even said it influenced his writing of Origins.

[Steppenwolf]

ElitePinecone wrote...

The George Martin influences are quite widely mentioned in all sorts of articles over the years.

I mean, I'd guess if someone was half paying attention to the development of Origins all those years ago, the GRRM invocation would've been something they'd have heard of - even if it was only being used as a marketing line or hype tool.

Certainly, Ray Muzayka and Mike seem to have talked that creative influence up as a guide to DA's style of fantasy - and David even said it influenced his writing of Origins.

But did you actually read the articles? They're not touting A Song of Ice and Fire as their influence, but merely something that gave them inspiration. Gaider doesn't even sound like he actually loved the substance of the books.
I think it's a pretty safe assumption that the writer of this new article knows next to nothing about Dragon Age and just looked at reviews and maybe forum comments to write the thing. I'd be willing to bet he saw a picture of Duncan next to a mention of Loghain and assumed Duncan was Loghain.

[DragonMage95]

Missy_MI wrote...

DomRod95 wrote...
Man! I was hoping it'd be sooner. Hopefully well see some more vague pictures from Darrah this time so maybe it will be worth waiting.

Do you have a link to these vague pictures by any chance? Also, could someone please explain what a Sprint Review Day is?

http://twitter.com/B...6295168/photo/1  there's one to get you started, the rest you can find on this thread. Also go a couple of pages back to find out what sprint review day is because right now I'm having a brain fart on how to explain it

[Commander Kurt]

Blair, he's also asking for a silent protagonist.  But you guys are proving constantly that you can take a little crazy mixed in with otherwise sound feedback, so I guess I'll just say "thank you, sir" and move on.

Jos Hendriks wrote...

Commander Kurt wrote...
We get it, it's the co-workers right? You ask for a stapler and they respond by sending you cryptic clues on twitter. You wonder where the loo is and they refer to their "show, don't tell" policy (and allude to a date in march when they might show you)...

Yeah I still haven't found that stapler, despite all the twitter clues.

Ha! Just take comfort in knowing that that stapler is shaping up to possibly, maybe be something really amazing.  Glad you're on the team.

[karushna5]

BasilKarlo wrote...

But did you actually read the articles? They're not touting A Song of Ice and Fire as their influence, but merely something that gave them inspiration. Gaider doesn't even sound like he actually loved the substance of the books.
I think it's a pretty safe assumption that the writer of this new article knows next to nothing about Dragon Age and just looked at reviews and maybe forum comments to write the thing. I'd be willing to bet he saw a picture of Duncan next to a mention of Loghain and assumed Duncan was Loghain.

Well I think it is more likely they just exaggerated, the person writing it was obviously familiar withDA2 although I wouldn't agree with all his statements, he obviously played it at least. He also seems to understand some elements from DA:O so I think he played the game. He makes some valid points, I loved DA2 playing it now, but  there were some parts of it that was difficult to deal with, exploding bodies when a spell specifically does that is one thing... Having two handers explode people seems the sort of trying to be gritty because blood is gritty and gruesome and it just isn't, much like Witcher put sex scenes just to be realistic and gritty and it just came off a bit ridiculous, instead of gritty and mature. I think if you ever put things in just to be gritty it loses any maturity it may have had. I just hope there won't be any fridged women. Horrible things happen to women in games just to make the protagonist react, not a plot point in and of itself, but just how poor protagonist who dealt with it. My problems with Witcher is there is too often the woman is being raped plot line, Geralt springs into action XD not gritty distasteful...but I got on a tangent. I think the person played the game

[Ilidan_DA]

Alistair McNally ‏@Al_McNally

What a cracking week at #Bioware we're going to round it off by a mini-sesh down the boozer with some #DA3 and #DICE folks.

Modifié par Wiedzmin182009, 09 février 2013 - 08:32 .

[Steppenwolf]

Wiedzmin182009 wrote...

Alistair McNally ‏@Al_McNally

What a cracking week at #Bioware we're going to round it off by a mini-sesh down the boozer with some #DA3 and #DICE folks.

Why did I hear this as narrated by Nigel Thornberry in my head?

[Commander Kurt]

BasilKarlo wrote...

Wiedzmin182009 wrote...

Alistair McNally ‏@Al_McNally

What a cracking week at #Bioware we're going to round it off by a mini-sesh down the boozer with some #DA3 and #DICE folks.

Why did I hear this as narrated by Nigel Thornberry in my head?

Oh great, now I'm doing it to. 

[ElitePinecone]

BasilKarlo wrote...

Wiedzmin182009 wrote...

Alistair McNally ‏@Al_McNally

What a cracking week at #Bioware we're going to round it off by a mini-sesh down the boozer with some #DA3 and #DICE folks.

Why did I hear this as narrated by Nigel Thornberry in my head?

Absolutely smashing!

[LolaLei]

Commander Kurt wrote...

BasilKarlo wrote...

Wiedzmin182009 wrote...

Alistair McNally ‏@Al_McNally

What a cracking week at #Bioware we're going to round it off by a mini-sesh down the boozer with some #DA3 and #DICE folks.

Why did I hear this as narrated by Nigel Thornberry in my head?

Oh great, now I'm doing it to. 

Bwahaha! That makes the tweet sound even better! 

[andar91]

Missy_MI wrote...

DomRod95 wrote...
Man! I was hoping it'd be sooner. Hopefully well see some more vague pictures from Darrah this time so maybe it will be worth waiting.

Do you have a link to these vague pictures by any chance? Also, could someone please explain what a Sprint Review Day is?

As I understand it, the development team works in chunks of time called Sprints. Each of the teams (so Cinematic Design, Audio, Combat, Customization, etc...) has specific goals they have to achieve (or try to, I guess) by the Spring Review day, which is where all or most of the developers crowd into one big room and spend all day presenting on what they've accomplished. I imagine the purpose is to maintain morale and make sure everybody is seeing the big picture, which includes what other teams were working on. I remember a developer (I think it was David Gaider) saying a long time ago before DA2 was out that it can be easy to get caught in the bubble of what you're working on and lose sight of the big picture. So I think Spring Review Day would be nice for that. But anyway, that's what it is. 

Oh, and then a bunch of the developers start tweeting cryptic clues about DA3 to torture and delight us at the same time.

[Missy_MI]

Thanks for the responses about Sprint Review day guys! I actually googled it as well and it looks like it's part of the Agile development process. Hopefully cryptic tweets about DA:I keep coming.

DomRod95 wrote...
http://twitter.com/B...6295168/photo/1  there's one to get you started, the rest you can find on this thread.

Huh, I guess 'vague' was an appropriate term after all. Looks like something magical though, so I'll take it. Thanks again!

[serenai]

This one is rather disturbing..lol: 
PatrickWeekes:
From the Dragon Age Writing Room: "Oddly, nobody wants to know what VOLUS sweat tastes like."

Didn't see anyone post this one yet:
Allan Schumacher:
All I hear is giddy laughter from the room next door.... #DA3Shenanigans

Modifié par serenai, 09 février 2013 - 06:14 .

[serenai]

andar91 wrote...

Missy_MI wrote...

DomRod95 wrote...
Man! I was hoping it'd be sooner. Hopefully well see some more vague pictures from Darrah this time so maybe it will be worth waiting.

Do you have a link to these vague pictures by any chance? Also, could someone please explain what a Sprint Review Day is?

As I understand it, the development team works in chunks of time called Sprints. Each of the teams (so Cinematic Design, Audio, Combat, Customization, etc...) has specific goals they have to achieve (or try to, I guess) by the Spring Review day, which is where all or most of the developers crowd into one big room and spend all day presenting on what they've accomplished. I imagine the purpose is to maintain morale and make sure everybody is seeing the big picture, which includes what other teams were working on. I remember a developer (I think it was David Gaider) saying a long time ago before DA2 was out that it can be easy to get caught in the bubble of what you're working on and lose sight of the big picture. So I think Spring Review Day would be nice for that. But anyway, that's what it is. 

Oh, and then a bunch of the developers start tweeting cryptic clues about DA3 to torture and delight us at the same time.

Here's the longer explanation.

[Commander Kurt]

LolaLei wrote...

Commander Kurt wrote...

BasilKarlo wrote...

Wiedzmin182009 wrote...

Alistair McNally ‏@Al_McNally

What a cracking week at #Bioware we're going to round it off by a mini-sesh down the boozer with some #DA3 and #DICE folks.

Why did I hear this as narrated by Nigel Thornberry in my head?

Oh great, now I'm doing it to. 

Bwahaha! That makes the tweet sound even better! 

It rather does.. 

[Commander Kurt]

serenai wrote...

This one is rather disturbing..lol: 
PatrickWeekes:
From the Dragon Age Writing Room: "Oddly, nobody wants to know what VOLUS sweat tastes like."

Didn't see anyone post this one yet:
Allan Schumacher:
All I hear is giddy laughter from the room next door.... #DA3Shenanigans

I don't know why this feels like leaks from a slumber party, with Allan posing as the banned older brother..

[ReallyRue]

SilverMoonDragon wrote...

serenai wrote...

This one is rather disturbing..lol: 
PatrickWeekes:
From the Dragon Age Writing Room: "Oddly, nobody wants to know what VOLUS sweat tastes like."

Didn't see anyone post this one yet:
Allan Schumacher:
All I hear is giddy laughter from the room next door.... #DA3Shenanigans

Volus sweat? ...And it's capitalized...is there a type of sweat somebody wanted to know what it tasted like? 

Tali sweat, I think. 
Perhaps 'volus' is code for something...? Nugs! There will be romanceable nugs!

[Missy_MI]

Commander Kurt wrote...
I don't know why this feels like leaks from a slumber party, with Allan posing as the banned older brother..

Ha! Someone tell him to get a cup and listen at the door next time.

Though if all he has to come back with is 'volus sweat', maybe we don't want to know...

[rapscallioness]

SilverMoonDragon wrote...

serenai wrote...

This one is rather disturbing..lol: 
PatrickWeekes:
From the Dragon Age Writing Room: "Oddly, nobody wants to know what VOLUS sweat tastes like."

Didn't see anyone post this one yet:
Allan Schumacher:
All I hear is giddy laughter from the room next door.... #DA3Shenanigans

Volus sweat? ...And it's capitalized...is there a type of sweat somebody wanted to know what it tasted like? 

I believe it was speculation abt. Tali's sweat. I believe. The BSN was having a moment that day.....

[rapscallioness]

ReallyRue wrote...

Tali sweat, I think. 
Perhaps 'volus' is code for something...? Nugs! There will be romanceable nugs!

Oh! Yes, yes! Lemme try...uh, Val...uh. Lambert..Seekers. Oh, but the vowels. The vowels....

[Kaidan Fan]

rapscallioness wrote...

ReallyRue wrote...

Tali sweat, I think. 
Perhaps 'volus' is code for something...? Nugs! There will be romanceable nugs!

Oh! Yes, yes! Lemme try...uh, Val...uh. Lambert..Seekers. Oh, but the vowels. The vowels....

It's code for Tali was just a tall, skinny volus?