ME2 was a pretty different experience than ME1, all points considered, from switching to "bullets" and the deep streamlining of skill trees to the intense focus on personal loyalty missions.
Assuming they see it as a mistake...
The 8 ability limit doesn't bother me as mush as the "tactics" screen does. But yeah, assuming they choose to do so, likely an easy fix.
I'm one of the few weirdos that actually liked the streamlining of tactics. I am torn though because I recognize the old way is superior to the new but I like the new because I felt the old was so complicated I rarely used it and felt the companions often did not do what they were supposed to. In this system is very straight forward, you can set it up easily, and the companions (usually) do it.
I don't think anyone expects DA4 to be a copy and paste of Inquisition. What would be nice is iteration, rather than another complete overhaul. I've never played Mass Effect, but from what I've seen, they were largely similar in gameplay with tweaks here and there and incremental graphical improvements. This should have been the mantra from Origins onward, rather than the complete change we've had from one major release to the next.
Even though Origins is one of my favourite games of all time, I never expected (or wanted) future games to be carbon copies with plo and character changes. Just don't change everything.
Familiarity can breed contentment.
Dammit. Ninja'd.
You know to me the only bad guys in Witcher 3 that were done well at all were the Crones of Crookback bog. So creepy. So awesome.
https://www.youtube....h?v=J8J9HXcOxrs
It's possible they were listening to the wrong people...I think it would have seemed less like a complete overhaul with DA2 if it hadn't been rushed out the door. A lot of what Bioware did do was actually tweaking: the color palette, speeding up combat, making the world feel less generic (I saw a lot of discussion way back when about the armors and weapons looking boring for example). The problem is, as I see it, it's hard to get a real good view of what would have worked and what wouldn't have because it all got lost in the screaming and accusations when the game got rushed out the door. This place was toxic. Between those attitudes and the actual fact it was rushed, and it's hard to see where they were going with the improvements.But you're right about DAI's attempt to course correct. It always amuses me that people claim that Bioware doesn't listen to fans.
Modifié par DragonKingReborn, 31 octobre 2015 - 01:59 .
Wouldn't know; FO4 ain't out yet....
Bias, prejudice, and opinion =/= fact.
It's possible they were listening to the wrong people...
They should just listen to you and I. Everyone would be good with that....right?
Modifié par Ariella, 31 octobre 2015 - 02:00 .
I'm one of the few weirdos that actually liked the streamlining of tactics. I am torn though because I recognize the old way is superior to the new but I like the new because I felt the old was so complicated I rarely used it and felt the companions often did not do what they were supposed to. In this system is very straight forward, you can set it up easily, and the companions (usually) do it.
Given the feedback of both DAI and Trespasser, expect DA4 to be more along the lines of Trespasser, which is a more tighter narrative that is heavy on cinematics and light on exploration. Now just imagine if DAI vanilla was more like Trespasser, even in the sidequest.....
At minimum, if DAI had more cinematics then I believe I probably could have enjoyed the game more. I guess this is why TW3 initially appealed to me cause even the most minuscule sidequest was fully cinematic and visually immersive.
Fair enough. For me, I loved the old tactics, and it was one of the few ways - for me- that 2 surpassed Origins. Although the absence of some many 'buff' and aggro management abilities, combined with e 8 slot thing, the old way wouldn't really have added a great deal in Inquisition, anyway.
Yeah, you know it took me till Jaws of Hakkon, in my second playthrough, roughly 200 hours into the game to realize that the 8 slot limit also prevented them from using those abilities even when it was active in the tactics screen. I was all like 'Vishante Kaffas!'
Yeah, you know it took me till Jaws of Hakkon, in my second playthrough, roughly 200 hours into the game to realize that the 8 slot limit also prevented them from using those abilities even when it was active in the tactics screen. I was all like 'Vishante Kaffas!'
Trespasser is a DLC focused on a main issue (ie; an epilogue); not an entire game itself. As with DAI, cut-scenes and cinematics are used for Main quests and Companions. Still expect to see this again. As for placing zots and those for secondary and minor side content, hope those days are gone.
Fair enough. For me, I loved the old tactics, and it was one of the few ways - for me- that 2 surpassed Origins. Although the absence of some many 'buff' and aggro management abilities, combined with e 8 slot thing, the old way wouldn't really have added a great deal in Inquisition, anyway.
I feel like cheerfully strutting across the floor covered in smashed nostalgia goggles.
I really liked 2's tactics. They worked so much better than origins.A part of me has to wonder how much of the issue of eight slots and tactics was the fact they hadn't designed the engine from the ground up this time. I know ME used Unreal, but it did so through the entire cycle. There wasn't a radical engine change since Lyceum was a new iteration of the engine DAO used.
So you believe DA4 will have limited cinematics like DAI?
So you believe DA4 will have limited cinematics like DAI?
I'm delighted to see Witcher 3 get the creative acknowledgement it so deserves,the story,character design,choice mechanic and it's open world implementation have set new standards and created a new benchmark for story driven rpg's.
I'm one of the few weirdos that actually liked the streamlining of tactics. I am torn though because I recognize the old way is superior to the new but I like the new because I felt the old was so complicated I rarely used it and felt the companions often did not do what they were supposed to. In this system is very straight forward, you can set it up easily, and the companions (usually) do it.
They definitely worked better, and were more detailed.
Yeah, any number of theories could be applied to a handful of...shall we call them 'interesting'....design decisions. I really, really liked Inquisition, but a couple of design ideas left me scratching my head.
I'm delighted to see Witcher 3 get the creative acknowledgement it so deserves,the story,character design,choice mechanic and it's open world implementation have set new standards and created a new benchmark for story driven rpg's.
I don't think anyone expects DA4 to be a copy and paste of Inquisition. What would be nice is iteration, rather than another complete overhaul. I've never played Mass Effect, but from what I've seen, they were largely similar in gameplay with tweaks here and there and incremental graphical improvements. This should have been the mantra from Origins onward, rather than the complete change we've had from one major release to the next.
Even though Origins is one of my favourite games of all time, I never expected (or wanted) future games to be carbon copies with plo and character changes. Just don't change everything.
Familiarity can breed contentment.
Dammit. Ninja'd.
I'd disagree that ME2-3 was like ME1. The gameplay took a rather radical departure with thermal clips and an emphasis on cover, the Mako was abandoned, the levels became much smaller, and some RPG elements were cast aside such as mods.
What is true is that ME3 was ME2 in gameplay, but better. Better shooting, more powers, better mobility, more guns (FAR more), mods came back, bigger power selection, improved morality system. Inquisition certainly wasn't like that, it is true.
I do agree they should stop re-inventing the wheel. Take Inquisition as a baseline, and improve it (IMO with better side quests, tactics screen, slower more methodical combat, longer main story, additional RP choices, getting rid of the 8 ability slots, among other things).
I agree that i find some of the things clunky. I think DAI's close combat with warriors and rogues is probably the worst of the three, though it is faster than origins by a mile and the animation is better. I've actually played a mage all the way through though, which I could never do on either of them, though to be fair with DA2, it's as much I hate Carver, as anything.
And then don't get me started on character gen. I'd like to know what they were smoking when Bioware thought the appearance generator they gave us was a good thing. Ugh....
That's nice, but why are you posting this here in the DAI boards, rather than over in the TW3 boards CDPR has up. I mean they do have the funds to maintain a message board, right? Sometimes, I wonder.
Oh wait, it's because you're trolling. I give you point five stars. Not really creative, has no beat, and lacks a certain zing.
It's in response to what the OP posted,you know,the GOLDEN JOYSTICK AWARDS.......how is that being a troll.
......and yes,I am active and posted my gratz in the WITCHER forums.
Yeah, the CC was weird. Especially given Cameron Lee made a point - in one of the pre-release videos with Mike - of saying the lighting in it was deliberately chosen to represent all the lighting situations present in the game....
I am currently two from four with the CC ( in that I've created two characters that I stayed happy with, and two that I redid), but there is no way that the lighting in the Fade CC is in any way representative of the games lighting in general.
I'm 2/3. Well I kept all three but I am 2/3...actually no I take that back I really did have to redo Kara.
Retour en haut