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[Master Warder Z_]

War is a interesting enough narrative on its own I think.

[ThePhoenixKing]

It is. They're just not good at it. 

 

Yeah, Bioware needs to read some Bernard Cornwell or Dan Abnett, because they totally dropped the ball on the Mage-Templar War and Orlesian Civil War. Hell, the campaign against Corypheus didn't make all that much sense either. Or that against Adamant...

 

Getting back to the original topic, I'd definitely be interested to see more of Nevarra. It's a very interesting culture that we haven't yet explored in much detail, and if nothing else, maybe we'll get some proper necromancers in the bargain.

[JadeDragon]

Everything was just to rushed and i think its unfair that in order to get the full scope of the war you had to read the books. Not saying I have a problem with using the books as additional storytelling but to introduce a plot at the end of a game(DA2) then to wrap it up so quickly makes it not seem like such a big deal. This wasn't a civil war it was a war that effected multiple countries and to have one area basically have the meat of that in game conflict was disappointing. Then the civil war was even worse i was like well maybe they will expand on the other war never happened. Hopefully if DA4 is the qunari war it is done right that has had 3 games of teasing

[TK514]

I don't think Nevarra is being 'unjustly neglected', but it would have been a nice substitute to Ferelden in DA:I, and allowed for a smoother seque into Tevinter should that prove to be the locale for DA4.

 

It also would have made a little more sense for the Venatori to have the presence they do, like showing up in force to save the Mages, if they only had to cross the Tevinter/Nevarra border instead of the entire south of Thedas.

[nightscrawl]

Everything was just to rushed and i think its unfair that in order to get the full scope of the war you had to read the books. Not saying I have a problem with using the books as additional storytelling but to introduce a plot at the end of a game(DA2) then to wrap it up so quickly makes it not seem like such a big deal. This wasn't a civil war it was a war that effected multiple countries and to have one area basically have the meat of that in game conflict was disappointing. Then the civil war was even worse i was like well maybe they will expand on the other war never happened. Hopefully if DA4 is the qunari war it is done right that has had 3 games of teasing

 

As someone who has read all of the DA novels, I don't really think it's that bad. Yes, the reading of ancillary materials tends to enrich the gameplay, but I don't feel it's required. If someone has been playing since DAO they should have enough grasp of the mage-templar issue to not need to read Asunder. The Masked Empire is a bit more significant for the Orlesian civil war because until that point we haven't had much to do with the place, but it was primarily about Celene, Briala, Michele, and various political struggles and presented a more narrow view than we actually see in the game.

[JadeDragon]

As someone who has read all of the DA novels, I don't really think it's that bad. Yes, the reading of ancillary materials tends to enrich the gameplay, but I don't feel it's required. If someone has been playing since DAO they should have enough grasp of the mage-templar issue to not need to read Asunder. The Masked Empire is a bit more significant for the Orlesian civil war because until that point we haven't had much to do with the place, but it was primarily about Celene, Briala, Michele, and various political struggles and presented a more narrow view than we actually see in the game.

Im not saying thanks to the books its hard to grasp the mage-templar war I am saying from a content stand point we werent given enough of it in game. The fact they came out with Asunder and Masked Empire I assumed those two wars would be expanded this game but we actually concluded both very quickly. I understand the past games had the build of the mage-templar war but this game could have used a proper build up to its conclusion. Now the Orlesian civil war was handled far worse if there was content dealing with it I would care more about who I put on the throne, that decision I felt was unevenly in favor of book readers who got to know more about the 3 vs the game covering a few things but not the meat of the story.