I found it dissappointing that Dragon Age only had two types of dragons shown in the game that we could fight (not counting the drakes or the male dragons). There was the Archdemon (whom many dont consider to be a true dragon) and there was the High Dragon. The problem was that the high dragon only had one character model for it, even in awakening. Can't dragons have more than appearance. Flemeth was the only one who shapeshifted into a new dragon type in the sequel. I know it was a limitation toward the technical side of the game but I hope this gets remedied.
Not every dragon is like copy-pasted and has the same body type, proportions and overall look. Dawn of the seeker had a slightly altered version but it just felt like a bigger version of the same old "High Dragon". There have to be several breeds or something, otherwise all dragons will feel like clones of each other. For those that say they are wild animals or beast's in this case, animals have breeds or call it species if you will. There isn't just one type of reptile on this earth, or one type of bird, cat or dog. Plus there is a lot about Dragons that we dont know off.
Dragons are tied to the story and lore of the game so can we please see a little bit more variety and have more types of dragons in terms of general appearence, breed and maybe even have different elemental types(more on this later).
It would make combat more exciting as different dragons would require different strategies. A heavy bone plated tank like dragon could have an extremely high armor rating and be highly resistant to physical attacks yet could be very weak against spirit damage and/or Ice. A dragon with corrosive fire and glutinous spit could impose penalties on armour and weapons and reduce movement speed meaning a powerful support mage could make the job a whole lot easier or a dragon with acidic poison pores and a sooty breath would make it very hard to get close and you would have to improvise with what ranged weapons you have.
For elemental the possibilities are endless. A frost dragon soaring in the high icy mountains near weisshaupt, an undead 7 headed hydra animated by a powerful blood mage, a magma dragon living inside an active volcano near Navarra, a demonic dragon in the fade, A sea serpent in the volca sea or Rialto bay. Some might think elemental dragons might be cliched but who knows, Bioware could pull it off. A possible explaination could be that because they are on the brink of extinction and as it is survival of the fittest, perhaps they have undergone a mutation or have evolved to adapt and survive to the environments they inhabit. Magic or other "unknown forces" could trigger this change. It is a fantasy game after all, anything could happen. Im expecting a lot of backlash for this part of the topic.
If elemental dragons are against the lore of the series or dont exist in Thedas than that's fine. Disregard everything I just said. Still the high dragons only had one 3d render, not only were the environments repetitive but so were the dragons. They looked the same, fought the same and could defeated with pretty much the same strategies. If the lore states there is only one generic purple tinted High Dragon in Thedas, scrap everything I have said and forget about this thread.
TL:DR
For a game that has the name Dragon Age it sure as hell didn't have a lot of them in it and we only fought two, a basic generic dragon and the archdemon. All high dragons looked the same and appearance wise one or two other dragon character models would have broken up the monotony. Also different breeds would mean different strategies for each type of dragon and elemental dragons though cliched could really help the game become more exciting if done correctly.
Let me know what you think. Do you think DA should improve on this or it's fine the way it is?
Modifié par Azraelatrix, 05 mars 2013 - 12:41 .
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