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[Darth Death]

Wulfram wrote...

How much of the game do I miss if I stick to pursuing clear objectives, rather than "going off the beaten track"?

A lot... As it should be. 

[lady_v23]

I got to say.. that horse animation was stiff as heck.

I really hope they will polish this.

[SphereofSilence]

Pity horses in DAI. They get stabbed by giant swords whenever mounted.

Modifié par SphereofSilence, 22 août 2013 - 03:02 .

[In Exile]

As long as exploration is the usual RPG equivalent of grave robbing, it won't be so bad.

[Parmida]

YES YES YES! I'm gonna search the crap out of the game!

[Stella-Arc]

hhh89 wrote...

Considering how large Orlais is, I doubt that Ferelden will be half of the map.
Plus, maybe there'll be some part of either Nevarra, Tevinter or the Marchers explorable. One of the concepts in the site shows some enemies similar to zombies, who should be possible to encounter o in Nevarra, since the rest of the Andrastian nations burn the bodies.

I also noticed how the Dales is between Orlais and Ferelden (which is part of the Empire) so there could be a good chance that the Elven Uprising would play a role as well so that's something. My only worry is that in the end of Asunder <SPOILER> the Capital of Orlais was descibed as burned down and littered with crumbled buildings so I wonder if we will see any beauty from that city.<SPOILER ENDS> While I enjoy exploring, I do enjoy visiting cities and villages.

[Bionuts]

Ooh exploration! Me like

[devSin]

SphereofSilence wrote...

Pity horses in DAI. They get stabbed by giant swords whenever mounted.

With luck, that's something they'll eventually address.

The clipping was bad enough just walking in DA2; it'd suck for them to go and look for ways to make it even worse.

Modifié par devSin, 22 août 2013 - 04:36 .

[SphereofSilence]

This is awesome.

However, for these explorative, off the beaten path, non-critical areas, it's one thing to create quality content, it's another to create consistently quality content for the whole game that doesn't feel repetitive and boring, but is instead unique, original and compelling.

From the past games, Bioware usually falls into the pattern of making their initial levels with real quality, created with much care and attention (possibly early in production to get the initial proof of concept right). This raises excitement for the game, but unfortunately the quality of the experience is not sustained throughout the rest of the game. It goes down, sometimes going up only slightly, but never reaching nor surpassing the initial heights. Hopefully this won't happen again.

Modifié par SphereofSilence, 22 août 2013 - 04:52 .

[ElitePinecone]

lady_v23 wrote...

I got to say.. that horse animation was stiff as heck.

I really hope they will polish this.

That would be why every piece of gameplay has a gigantic "Pre-alpha footage" stamped all over it.

[Vaeliorin]

I'm somewhat torn. I hate open world games such as Bethesda makes, but I didn't mind the "open world" of Kingdoms of Amalur (though I never finished it, but that was due to an utter lack of challenge even on the hardest difficulty) because the areas were self-contained enough that I felt comfortable that I'd explored every nook and cranny. The fact that there's apparently need for horses implies to me that the areas are going to be much larger, and as such are going to leave me feeling as though I can't be certain I've looked everywhere and found everything, and I hate that (hence my dislike of Bethesda games.)

So...if perhaps they could come up with a new map system that only got rid of fog of war within line of sight (instead of just a radius around the player) and marks points of interest on said map in case I don't notice them when I walk past (because I'm terrible at noticing things), then I'd probably be okay with however large they want to make the areas.

[Voldecuri]

lady_v23 wrote...

I got to say.. that horse animation was stiff as heck.

I really hope they will polish this.

Really?

I'm actually really impressed with the horses so far... most games do them so poorly they may as well not even have them. The tails look awful, but everything else looks pretty good, especially the riding animations.

[KDD-0063]

Open world, hmm.

I think it is always the debate of quantity versus quality. Skyrim is the ultimate example of a game which offers large quantity of content, while Witcher 2 is probably the ultimate example of quality.

Recently I have been playing FNV ... at first I thought FNV achieved a good balance but later I realized it is not true. FNV is rooted more in quality than quantity: most unrelated locations on the map are very simple shacks, camps and etc. In fact FNV probably does not have much more content than Dragon Age Origins except quests (I finished both at around 50 hours) in DAO are clustered into hubs unlike FNV, whose major questlines are a bit more scattered.

So I think that is where the balance holds. Bioware shouldn't try to design, in terms of quantity, more content than DAO. Otherwise the quality is probably going to take a dip. If they want to do a more open world, they can consider learning from FNV. Multiple, high quality, sort-of-scattered questlines might do wonders.

[Nerys]

Great video! I am one of those folks who loves to uncover every bit of the map. So, I could not be happier with the decision to open up the world for exploring! Hurray!

[puppy maclove]

....mmmm ... looking good & I like what I'm hearing..... I had serious doubts after ME3 & DA:2.... but I like what I see so far. I really respect BW for taking the extra time on this too.

I also like the more understated way the promo / marketing so far has been handled, as opposed to some of the hyperbole of DA:2 etc.

With regards to the map setup / open world types, Skyrim, TW2 and DA:O all had a different approach... all very enjoyable and each offered me something else. At the moment DA:I kinda strikes me as a mix of DA:O map with TW2 area exploration... and I think that's awesome!