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[Setiweb]

 It's like we can't exist together unless there is some conflict.

[Darth Vader voice]  There is no conflict.

[Examurai]

The only 'war' that exists between DA:I and TW3 is in the imaginary minds of us internet species.

[Jester]

Despite being a shameless Witcher fanboy, I love most of Bioware games (some I only like) and I don't understand the competition and sometimes a straightforward antagonism between fans of both series (it exists on both sides). Those are very different games, starting from story (political and personal vs. heroic) through combat system (action RPG vs. tactical party based combat) ending on protagonist (predefined vs. manually created). Differences are so abundant, that those are almost two different genres. 

The one true similarity is that both companies focus on telling a story.

 

As to competition on the market level, DA: I is set to October (or was it delayed?) and Witcher 3 is set to late February. That's 4 months separating those two titles. I don't think there's room for any competition here. I think that Far Cry 4 is the closest competitor to DA: I, while for The Witcher 3 it'll probably be... Batman: Arkham Knight. 

[Majestic Jazz]

Keep looks like it's going to get bumped as well... From Twitter:

 

User

has the release of DAKeep been delayed as well or will we still get access to it in approximately September 2014

 

Fernando Melo ‏@DiscoBabaloo

Still looking, but likely it will bump out as well.

 

Which could mean this delay was more because of the Keep and not the game. 

[pdusen]

Which could mean this delay was more because of the Keep and not the game. 

 

Or it could just mean that they're going to take advantage of the extra time to do extra testing...

[Majestic Jazz]

Or it could just mean that they're going to take advantage of the extra time to do extra testing...

 

You are so naive. I bet you still believe in the tooth fairy.

[Allan Schumacher]

You are so naive. I bet you still believe in the tooth fairy.

 

This type of posting is unnecessary.  You know as much as him what relevance the Keep has to the delay.

[Maria Caliban]

DA:I was always going to compete with Witcher 3. This delay doesn't change that. They're the two most sought-after RPG's of the coming year (I know DA:I comes out this year, but very late). 
 
For all we know, Witcher 3 might also get delayed. Nothing is finite with game development.

Other than MMOs, games only really compete with one another if they're released in the same time frame. When an RPG is popular, it tends to help sales of RPGs that come after it, as people seek out something like what they enjoyed.

[Battlebloodmage]

Witcher comparison makes me want to punch a puppy. One is a game with set protagonist and we're experiencing his personal story, the other is a game about customize your character and immerse yourself into the world. Even though they're both RPG and set in the medieval age, their objectives are totally different. Some people need to get laid. 

[Rosey]

Every time someone puts The Witcher next to my DA I do this:

 

 

I love Dragon Age and I've played The Witcher games. TW are good games! BUT THEY'RE NOT THE SAME KIND OF RPG. Please, please stop trying to force a comparison between them

[dutch_gamer]

Which could mean this delay was more because of the Keep and not the game. 

I am not sure how you got that out of the tweet you posted. The tweet mentions that the Keep's release may be at later a date now as well, now that they have more time thanks to the delay. In other words, no, the game wasn't delayed because of the Keep at all but clearly the other way around.

[godModeAlpha]

IMHO, All AAA games will impact one another to a certain degree regardless of the genre.

What I find interesting is that 2 EA games were delayed (DAI and Battlefield hardline). The delay for hardline being almost 6 months while DAI is 5 weeks, aint that long.

The month of Jul - Dec is packed with many AAA games: Last of Us, Destiny, Modor, Lord Of The Fallen, DAI, CoD, Assasins Creed ... list goes on.

I dont know if the delay was a business one by EA, or if it's to fine tune DAI but there is always a business justification for delays, given it will always impact financial year results.

Bottom line is any dev would appreciate any extra time, more time to test is alway great. New EA CEO is doing a great job and the market is loving it.

[godModeAlpha]

 

Witcher comparison makes me want to punch a puppy. One is a game with set protagonist and we're experiencing his personal story, the other is a game about customize your character and immerse yourself into the world. Even though they're both RPG and set in the medieval age, their objectives are totally different. Some people need to get laid.

No need to punch a puppy, bottle your agro. TW3 comes out next year, and even CDPR have been open about the reason they delayed TW3. Both great games, I'm quite happy they will not be out at the same time.

[Rawgrim]

Witcher comparison makes me want to punch a puppy. One is a game with set protagonist and we're experiencing his personal story, the other is a game about customize your character and immerse yourself into the world. Even though they're both RPG and set in the medieval age, their objectives are totally different. Some people need to get laid. 

 

You could customize how Hawke looked too... Might be our inquisitor ends up alot like him, despite us being able to pick a race etc.

[cronshaw]

If the Witcher 3 uses the same horrible voice actor for Geralt, then it will be no competition.

I literally could not play either of those games for more than an hour before that stilted emotionless delivery made me want to jam a meat thermometer in my ear. 

[ghostzodd]

If the Witcher 3 uses the same horrible voice actor for Geralt, then it will be no competition.

I literally could not play either of those games for more than an hour before that stilted emotionless delivery made me want to jam a meat thermometer in my ear. 

 

I guess someone has not read the books then considering the voice matches his personality/demeanor but what ever.

 

[Jester]

If the Witcher 3 uses the same horrible voice actor for Geralt, then it will be no competition.

I literally could not play either of those games for more than an hour before that stilted emotionless delivery made me want to jam a meat thermometer in my ear. 

English voiceactor was really bad in Witcher 1, but I think he got better in the sequel. He doesn't sound bad in the trailer for the third one as well.

My guess is, that they didn't want to change voice actor of the protagonist after the first game (which had quite low budget - they probably couldn't afford a really good voice actor). 

 

What I find interesting is that 2 EA games were delayed (DAI and Battlefield hardline). The delay for hardline being almost 6 months while DAI is 5 weeks, aint that long.

 

Ah, so it was delayed to November. Still, that's 3 months of time between launch dates of those two games. I think it's enough. On the other hand, Far Cry 4 and AC5 will now be lauched at roughly the same time as Inquisition. Though I guess it doesn't matter. The upcoming months are really cluttered with AAA titles anyway. 

[CronoDragoon]

I guess someone has not read the books then considering the voice matches his personality/demeanor but what ever.

 

 

Wouldn't his complaint simply expand to include Geralt in the books as well?

[ghostzodd]

Wouldn't his complaint simply expand to include Geralt in the books as well?

 

Naw in the books, it explains in depth how most Witchers are kinda emotionless because of  the experimental treatment they go through in order to become mutant warriors, Geralt's different though.

 

Been a while since I read the first few books but, the experiments done to him didn't cause his emotions to become as dead as most Witchers, I will admit though He is more witty/funny in the books.

[Heimdall]

Naw in the books, it explains in depth how most Witchers are kinda emotionless because of  the experimental treatment they go through in order to become mutant warriors, Geralt's different though.

 

Been a while since I read the first few books but, the experiments done to him didn't cause his emotions to become as dead as most Witchers, I will admit though He is more witty/funny in the books.

...I don't remember anything in the books about the experiments deadening Witcher emotions.

[ghostzodd]

...I don't remember anything in the books about the experiments deadening Witcher emotions.

 

I could of sworn  some of the experiments done to them as kids had some adverse side effects

[Heimdall]

I could of sworn  some of the experiments done to them that was done to them as kids had some adverse side effects

They did, though the only ones that come to mind are sterility and, in Geralt's case due to further experimentation, his hair turning white.

 

I don't think their emotions were affected though.

[Dragoonlordz]

They are already competing with each other even before either is released, each raises the bar on expectations of the consumer for the other in terms of quality and how far the boundaries of the platforms they are released on can be pushed and are capable of giving the player when done well. Each one looks at the other from development point of view keeping an eye on what the other is doing and whether something they did would improve their own. The release and subsequent sales are not the only form of competition going on. CDPR have and by the looks of it will continue to offer better service with prime example being their policy on DLC but in terms of quality of the product/game itself (despite Bioware dropping the ball big time on DA2 vs TW2), both DA:I and TW3 both seem to be doing a good enough job of pushing boundaries and offering a very high quality game from what I have seen so far but the proof will be in the pudding once all the propaganda and marketing is replaced by people playing actual released copies of both.

[BlackGrifon]

there emotions were affected to make them monster killing machines, no fear no emotion no nothing...Geralt is a bit different