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Not very hard, at two points you're trying to stop the outbreak of a world war. Kirkwall may not be as big as Ferelden, but two-thirds of the subplots were about saving the city. The only personal subplot is the first one they drop.
I've nothing against personal quests, but once you start saying things like every race gets its own story you've lost me. I don't think you know what you're really asking for.
Medieval psychologist game by Telltale? I NEED THIS!
I guess I have the GoT game, but that's not really the same thing.
It would be nice, wouldn't it? Maybe be the court healer and have people try to make you turn traitor... So much potential...
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I doubt it'll happen again, all they'd get is "this game isn't epic enough" just like DA2, if the PC isn't some larger then life power fantasy who solves everything by themselves it gets hate
I know exactly what I'm asking for. I don't think you understand.
I get what you ask for just not sure BioWare could pull it off unless as an expansion set in this particular point in DA history. I think an indie company given license to do the job would handle it better at this stage.
While I understand that "save the world" seems overdone, I do like the conflict to be on a grand scale. "Save the kingdom" is fine, but "save the farm"... eh I just don't know.
I know exactly what I'm asking for. I don't think you understand.
Then help me to understand. Because it looks like you're asking for 3 or 4 completely different plots without regard to how much that would cost to design. The consequence of that is a plot about the size of one act of DA2.
It would be nice, wouldn't it? Maybe be the court healer and have people try to make you turn traitor... So much potential...
The more I think about it, the more I like the idea of a Telltale game with the DA setting. It'll never happen, but a girl can dream! And it would provide an opportunity to explore other stories than the super powerful hero who saves Thedas.
Dragon Age 4 ultimate Gardening simulator.
now you can pick Elf root whith out all that other boreing stuff.
I might name one very sucesful campaign which was exciting and want not completely about saving the world - Mask of Betrayer
The more I think about it, the more I like the idea of a Telltale game with the DA setting. It'll never happen, but a girl can dream! And it would provide an opportunity to explore other stories than the super powerful hero who saves Thedas.
If we keep getting heroes who save the world each time then at some point we'll get the marvel movie effect.
Like, why couldn't hero number 3 save the world? Why couldn't 1 and 2 work together? We never needed hero number 5 when when 4 was nearby.
If we keep getting heroes who save the world each time then at some point we'll get the marvel movie effect.
Like, why couldn't hero number 3 save the world? Why couldn't 1 and 2 work together? We never needed hero number 5 when when 4 was nearby.
But think of the awesomeness that we get every 5-7 games when they do meet up! 
You should play Fable: The Lost Chapters, if you haven't already. Its a decent game, and follows that plot of "Rescue your sibling while growing as a hero." You start doing world-saving heroic stuff eventually though.
If not that, play Skyrim. Skyrim gives you as much freedom as you want, especially once the game is modded: You don't even have to be the Dragonborn. Unmodded, just don't do the main quest (or Civil War quests) and spend your time hunting, exploring and adventuring. Its surprisingly fun... I'm feeling really nostalgic about both those games now xD
But think of the awesomeness that we get every 5-7 games when they do meet up!
HoF, Hawke and the Inquisitor should have founded the Justice League of Thedas.
And the whole game is 1 big pub crawl.
If we keep getting heroes who save the world each time then at some point we'll get the marvel movie effect.
Like, why couldn't hero number 3 save the world? Why couldn't 1 and 2 work together? We never needed hero number 5 when when 4 was nearby.
I kinda liked how DA:I had Hawke in the position of "person who screwed everything up." Honestly, I kinda wish Warden Commander Clarel's position had been the HoF instead, now completely misguided and working for the big bad. That would have been interesting, and I think fits the narrative better than "Oh they are off somewhere far away and can't help."
A game where you reform the Wardens could be political. You don't save the world because no blight is currently going on, but believing that only you can save the world in the future gives you a broad mandate for how you preserve the organization. What are you willing to do? Crush all your enemies? Make disgusting deals? Or try to build up trust and cooperation?
Not a fan of the idea. The only way i see it working and actually making good money is if it was turned into an MMO, SWTOR style. Each class/race could have different class or race stories and they could be a lot less "hero who saves the world" style.
For the single player games though it doesn't work well imo. I think origins was a good mix. You didn't necessarily save the entire world, you saved Fereldan in record time. A hero for sure but not the Inquisitor style jesus hero.
Another game that takes place in a specific country such as Tevinter or Neverra where the story stays there and your heroic actions are mostly for that country i think would be the best balance.
I want a Dragon Age game about exploring. Maybe you play an escaped Tevinter Slave, or a castaway from a shipwreck. Then you get your own ship and you and your friends explore islands and locations on the Northern Coast.
There'd be a plot, and even may be bad guy like the guy you enslaved you or wrecked your ship, but no huge, world-destroying enemy, no rallying armies to Save The World. Just you and your awesome friends exploring the Dragon Age world.
That'd be cool.
A game where you reform the Wardens could be political. You don't save the world because no blight is currently going on, but believing that only you can save the world in the future gives you a broad mandate for how you preserve the organization. What are you willing to do? Crush all your enemies? Make disgusting deals? Or try to build up trust and cooperation?
Isn't that sort of what we did with the Inquisition? Yes we save the world from Cory, but the bulk of my game was about building and shaping the organization.
While I understand that "save the world" seems overdone, I do like the conflict to be on a grand scale. "Save the kingdom" is fine, but "save the farm"... eh I just don't know.
There are lots of grand scale conflicts, but some of them can be tricky to pull off. 'Kill the monster who wants to rule/destroy the world' is a standard formula. It's the hero VS the villain.
A good example of a game that did the 'small hero, small quest' idea was Red Dead Redemption. The guy wants to save his family and return to his peaceful life and the big bad is the government. It still made for a very poignant story.
Heck, playing as one of the people the Inquisitor judges could make for a whole game on its own.
The more I think about it, the more I like the idea of a Telltale game with the DA setting. It'll never happen, but a girl can dream! And it would provide an opportunity to explore other stories than the super powerful hero who saves Thedas.
Shall we start a petition?
Shall we start a petition?
It would be so worth it!
If we keep getting heroes who save the world each time then at some point we'll get the marvel movie effect.
Like, why couldn't hero number 3 save the world? Why couldn't 1 and 2 work together? We never needed hero number 5 when when 4 was nearby.
Heh, that's true.
You can easily have grand plots while still keeping things smaller. If da4 is tevinter vs the Qun. Then that would be a good set-up for a great deal of intrigue and politics as well as keeping the main plot somewhere lower in terms of epicness to "SAVING THE WORLD" while still at the same time being grand and epic in its own right.
Isn't that sort of what we did with the Inquisition? Yes we save the world from Cory, but the bulk of my game was about building and shaping the organization.
Inquisition is a model for what I hope they do next. People love strongholds, don't you know.
Like, why couldn't hero number 3 save the world? Why couldn't 1 and 2 work together? We never needed hero number 5 when when 4 was nearby.
Simple solution, don't make them "nearby." My Warden doesn't exactly have the time to go rushing off to Tevinter the second rumors start up of yet another dragon cult.
And my Inquisitor doesn't have the mandate.
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