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[patrickgilln7]

Now before I start this topic I have to admit I have never played DA games but after seeing Inquisition I desperately want to play them all now (yes even the much hated DA2!). I was thinking however about how long a game series can last before it becomes stale and frankly unwanted by the gamer community.

 

For example, I've played all of the Mass Effect games and bought all of the dlc yet despite this I really don't want a sequel, prequel or whatever ME4 is going to be. This is simply because I would rather have BioWare leave the series to bed as it is and concentrate on creating something new, exciting and unique to play. I mean the fact that they're bringing back the mako is really just the developers playing with the fans' nostalgic value of the first game and not really innovating or experimenting with new gameplay mechanics.

 

This is probably way too soon to say but I don't think they should create DA4 simply because what they have shown of Inquisition (which is basically complete) looks so good, and may even surpass the fan-favourite DA: Origins, that it would do the series and the fans an injustice to even consider making a fourth one. The developers keep saying that "this is the Dragon Age game that we have always wanted to make"; if that's true then they should just end the series on a high note and move onto something else.

 

After all, who would want DA to turn into Call of Duty and churning out disappointments like DA2?

[Icy Magebane]

Maybe you should play the first two games before drawing a conclusion.  The idea behind the series is that it tells the ongoing story of the continent of Thedas.  It's not meant to be a trilogy that follows a single plot.

[Ynqve]

Unless they have been lying the whole time and the real game looks like Road to Hell: Retribution, there should be a fourth installment.

[Nocte ad Mortem]

You haven't played any DA games and Inquisition isn't even out yet, but you already think it's time to end the series? Calm down, man. They haven't even gotten to explore most of the setting yet.   

[KC_Prototype]

Of course and they already have a DA4 and a DA5 planned. 

[KaiserShep]

The DA universe is far too rich in content to abandon after Inquisition. There's plenty of conflicts and factions out there that we only got bits and pieces of, if that, in the previous games so far.

[TheKomandorShepard]

Maybe you should play the first two games before drawing a conclusion.  The idea behind the series is that it tells the ongoing story of the continent of Thedas.  It's not meant to be a trilogy that follows a single plot.

To be honest i could argue about that of course that what devs say but practically dragon age could be mass effect only difference that we get new protagonist.Pretty much stories in dragon age heavily connected same as in mass effect for example in first game we have blight then in second game because of blight hawke escape to kirkwall and here we go previous characters also get role for example anders  and many other character for example leliana.

[Maria Caliban]

Should there be a Dragon Age 4?

Yes.
 

I was thinking however about how long a game series can last before it becomes stale and frankly unwanted by the gamer community.

There are over 15 Legend of Zelda games. The last one was popular and had a 90% rating on metacritic.

[Han Shot First]

So long as DA:I is a good game....yes.

[Icy Magebane]

To be honest i could argue about that of course that what devs say but practically dragon age could be mass effect only difference that we get new protagonist.Pretty much stories in dragon age heavily connected same as in mass effect for example in first game we have blight then in second game because of blight hawke escape to kirkwall and here we go previous characters also get role for example anders  and many other character for example leliana.

The primary focus in the ME series was the Reapers.  In the DA series, we have the Blight, Qunari, Mage vs. Templar conflict, and the internal struggles between political leaders, among other threats.  While there is a connection between the games, it's mostly superficial... what we see is a cause and effect chain that connects the games, but the overall storylines do not have a central antagonist or overarching theme.

 

The return of various supporting cast members simply reinforces our connection to Thedas itself, as many of them represent high profile groups like the Chantry or Templars.

[javeart]

I totally disagree with the "this was too good, let's not make any more" mentality. And if it was up to me, I'd be playing Shepard till she retires, when she's about 110 years old or so 

[patrickgilln7]

To be honest i could argue about that of course that what devs say but practically dragon age could be mass effect only difference that we get new protagonist.Pretty much stories in dragon age heavily connected same as in mass effect for example in first game we have blight then in second game because of blight hawke escape to kirkwall and here we go previous characters also get role for example anders  and many other character for example leliana.

I'm probably comparing Dragon Age a bit too much to Mass Effect where it's meant to be a trilogy. I get what you're saying though where there's a main story that arcs over a series with different branching stories, kind of like the "A Song of Ice and Fire books" where it seems to get more interesting with each installment.

[katerinafm]

I don't understand why you are talking about a game that's not even been hinted at yet when you apparently haven't played any of the Dragon Age games?? Hahah I suggest you go play them first before discussing this in length.

[AresKeith]

I'm probably comparing Dragon Age a bit too much to Mass Effect where it's meant to be a trilogy. I get what you're saying though where there's a main story that arcs over a series with different branching stories, kind of like the "A Song of Ice and Fire books" where it seems to get more interesting with each installment.

 

There isn't a main story that arcs over the series though

[Lillian]

Let's finish THIS candy bar before moving on to the next. Which, in your case, means finishing two candy bars and then suffering until November.

[Master Warder Z_]

Yup.

 

 

[patrickgilln7]

I don't understand why you are talking about a game that's not even been hinted at yet when you apparently haven't played any of the Dragon Age games?? Hahah I suggest you go play them first before discussing this in length.

Yeah, I know sound like I'm getting way ahead of myself here when I haven't played them yet! My point was though was that they could make other, perhaps more interesting game worlds to experience and enjoy instead of focusing on an IP that is similar to other fantasy games out there such as The Witcher, The Elder Scrolls and World of Warcraft.

[Maria Caliban]

BioWare has two IPs in development.

[Pateu]

Sure. As long as they can keep dishing out good stuff.

[Xandurpein]

I think Both Mass Effect and DA Orgins point to the same problem with role-playing games. The better and more epic they are, the harder it is to make sequels. By this I mean that a good RPG gives us, the player, a sense of affecting the world around us, instead of just following the railcar of the games writer. Yet, the more choices we can make, the more variables has to be accounted for in a sequel.

For example. Orgins give as a wealth of different optios to influence and shape the whole of Ferelden. This makes it almost impossible to Ferelden the setting of another DA game, since it would have to account for a unknown variable in the form of a possible Cousland consort, among orher things.

DA3 seems to focus on Orlais. I can definitely see a DA4 in Anderfels, as it is not used in any games, and it also has the possibility of Gray Wardens cast as bad guys in politics, which is interesting, but at some point we'll run out of places in Thedas. The only real alternative is to go the route of DA2, where the players choices ultimately had virtually no impact on history, which is one of the reasons why the end of that game was so unsatisfying.

[Char]

Yeah, I know sound like I'm getting way ahead of myself here when I haven't played them yet! My point was though was that they could make other, perhaps more interesting game worlds to experience and enjoy instead of focusing on an IP that is similar to other fantasy games out there such as The Witcher, The Elder Scrolls and World of Warcraft.

 

Bioware are working on a new IP alongside ME4 already

 

A new IP might enter less-explored territory but so far for me all the DA games have been incredibly interesting I do recommend you play them and then see how you feel about it

[Gorguz]

Of course and they already have a DA4 and a DA5 planned. 

The fifth game won't be a dragon age. My prediction is that in the fourth one we'll see the end of the age. The fifth game is going to be FA: Fiona's Age.