The story of DAO may continue in expansions and DLC but I believe the Dragon Age-series will move on to tell of other heroes in other times during the Dragon Age.
Modifié par Lord_Darkmoon, 05 février 2010 - 05:30 .
A Dragon Age 2 may not be a direct sequel
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Posté 05 février 2010 - 05:28
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After reading some interviews with Bioware I'm getting the impression that a Dragon Age 2 may not be a direct sequel to DAO. Statements like "Dragon Age is a timeline" makes me think that Bioware will create games telling of major events in Thedas during the "Dragon Age". In DAO we had the Blight, in a Dragon Age 2 maybe the story will tell of another major event hundreds of years in the future or even the past.
The story of DAO may continue in expansions and DLC but I believe the Dragon Age-series will move on to tell of other heroes in other times during the Dragon Age.
The story of DAO may continue in expansions and DLC but I believe the Dragon Age-series will move on to tell of other heroes in other times during the Dragon Age.
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Posté 05 février 2010 - 05:47
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Sounds fine to me as well. I'd actually like to see a sequel deal with other areas in the Dragon Age world. Not only other countries/cultures, but maybe even a completely different continent. That would be cool.
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Posté 05 février 2010 - 05:47
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Direct sequels tend to suck either way.
Direct sequels tend to suck either way.
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Posté 05 février 2010 - 05:52
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That may not be such a bad thing. The whole Grey Wardens fighting the blight concept is bound to get old at some point.
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Posté 05 février 2010 - 05:52
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chili pepper's right, i think taking the game in a different direction would be interesting depending on how they went about it
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Posté 05 février 2010 - 05:54
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If the setting was "hundreds of years in the future or past", then it wouldn't be set in the "Dragon Age".
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Posté 05 février 2010 - 05:54
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I'd love to see more events from the Dragon Age.
Anytime I read a story, see a movie or play a game, I always wonder what the story was like before the events I'm witnessing. DA:O has done a great job of providing background for the Dragon Age and I love that I actually get to play the back story for my character. Having said all that, being able to play future events, like 200 years after DA:O, would be amazing because any reference to the Blight in the beginning of the Dragon Age would not only be a story that I know well but would also be a story that I helped mold -- maybe "mold" is too liberal considering BioWare wrote the story, but they still provided me the option to shape it personally (just within their story).
Anytime I read a story, see a movie or play a game, I always wonder what the story was like before the events I'm witnessing. DA:O has done a great job of providing background for the Dragon Age and I love that I actually get to play the back story for my character. Having said all that, being able to play future events, like 200 years after DA:O, would be amazing because any reference to the Blight in the beginning of the Dragon Age would not only be a story that I know well but would also be a story that I helped mold -- maybe "mold" is too liberal considering BioWare wrote the story, but they still provided me the option to shape it personally (just within their story).
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Posté 05 février 2010 - 05:57
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I really wouldn't care either way, so long as all the quality of this game is there, and hopefully more.
However, as one poster has already said, if it takes place anywhere outside the next 70 years, it will no longer be a Dragon Age game, really, since the name is taken from the time period in which the game occurs. That alone might hint at it being at least somewhat related time period-wise to the current game, even if events take us to different parts of Thedas or beyond. Concurrent Blights in other parts of the world? Who knows!
However, as one poster has already said, if it takes place anywhere outside the next 70 years, it will no longer be a Dragon Age game, really, since the name is taken from the time period in which the game occurs. That alone might hint at it being at least somewhat related time period-wise to the current game, even if events take us to different parts of Thedas or beyond. Concurrent Blights in other parts of the world? Who knows!
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Posté 05 février 2010 - 06:10
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T1l wrote...
If the setting was "hundreds of years in the future or past", then it wouldn't be set in the "Dragon Age".
Why not? The Bronze Age was about 1000 years long.
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Posté 05 février 2010 - 06:12
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Each age in the Dragon Age setting lasts 100 years.
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Posté 05 février 2010 - 06:14
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Eurypterid wrote...
Each age in the Dragon Age setting lasts 100 years.
Oh, ok. Wasn't aware of that.
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Posté 05 février 2010 - 06:20
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DA:O is set in the 30th year of the Dragon Age, leaving 70 years of the future for the Dragon Age. However, I would love to see Kethra's (my main character) and Leliana's further adventures...
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Posté 05 février 2010 - 06:22
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Not that it matters. David Gaider has pointed out that they could eventually make a Dragon Age game that wasn't set during the Dragon Age.Lord_Darkmoon wrote...
Oh, ok. Wasn't aware of that.Eurypterid wrote...
Each age in the Dragon Age setting lasts 100 years.
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Posté 05 février 2010 - 06:24
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I wouldn't mind DA2 not being a direct sequel. We could have DA2 tell a different story with different people, while future expansions to DA:O tell us more about what happens with our main characters from the first game. Actually, that sounds pretty good to me.
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Posté 05 février 2010 - 06:37
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I wouldn't mind this at all, mainly because I felt that Dragon age origins except for a few lose ends, told a complete story.
Like what has already been said though, it would have to be of the same or even better quality, after all its what DAO fans would expect.
Like what has already been said though, it would have to be of the same or even better quality, after all its what DAO fans would expect.
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Posté 05 février 2010 - 06:39
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I would totally love a full on Mass Effect 2 style sequel that directly continues all of the threads started in DA:O... but I just can't see that happening. There are just way too many ways for things to go depending on how you played your game, some of which don't just have minor impacts on your character but major impacts on the world (or at least Ferelden) as a whole.
I do hope that DA2, however, does at least pick up on some of the major changes we made. If it's set far enough in the future, or perhaps near the same time but in a different place, then we would simply be seeing the echoes of what we did and the smaller details may or may not really be too important.
I do, however, want any future visitors to Orzammar to see a Paragon statue of Lexalea, my recently ascended Dwarven Noblelady. hehe
I do hope that DA2, however, does at least pick up on some of the major changes we made. If it's set far enough in the future, or perhaps near the same time but in a different place, then we would simply be seeing the echoes of what we did and the smaller details may or may not really be too important.
I do, however, want any future visitors to Orzammar to see a Paragon statue of Lexalea, my recently ascended Dwarven Noblelady. hehe
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Posté 05 février 2010 - 06:42
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I'd be fine either way. Doesn't much matter if it isn't set in the age. Might just pull a Baldurs Gate 2: Shadows of Amn and entitle it "Dragon Age 2: Shadows of Orlais!"
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Posté 05 février 2010 - 06:51
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i think a game that takes place 25 years later or so would be nice. by that time, it would be about time for your pc and alistair to leave for the deep roads for their calling. the other npcs except shale are now a lot older and would not be part of the story really except for cameos or something. you could create a new pc and have new npcs, but it's the next generation of heroes, either grey warden or not.queen anora is running things since whether you had alistair and anora marry or not alistair's calling is upon him. i think it would be nice since you could stay within the dragon age for one more game and get away from most if not all the npcs(maybe shale makes a return?). this would allow for a game not so attached to the first, but with enough of a link to give some continuity.
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Posté 05 février 2010 - 06:56
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Heh. I'm personally hoping for a direct sequel (perhaps akin to what was done w/ ME2...put the PC in practical stasis in the time between the 2 games, but you still end up playing as the same PC from DA:O. 
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Posté 05 février 2010 - 07:13
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A direct sequel sounds like a bit of a nightmare from a continuity point-of-view. There are so many possible choices that could have an effect on the future.
However, if the sequel is set a generation or two in the future, then there are several interesting advantages, from a story perspective - the characters from the first game take on a more mythical aspect, and there may be some uncertainty about exactly what happened, who died where and so on (competing tales of what different characters did).
However, if the sequel is set a generation or two in the future, then there are several interesting advantages, from a story perspective - the characters from the first game take on a more mythical aspect, and there may be some uncertainty about exactly what happened, who died where and so on (competing tales of what different characters did).
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Posté 05 février 2010 - 07:22
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Mabey the next game will be set at the end of the Dragon Age where you go through the events that are involved in naming the next Age.
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Posté 05 février 2010 - 07:35
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I wouldn't mind that at all, as long as they wrap up all the loose ends, even if it has to be from the viewpoint of a new main character.
Morrigan's Dark Promise, Flemmeth's new body (if she got one), the state of the Circle of Magi (or Templars), the further involvement (or isolation) of the dwarves. These are just a few. If these story elements are not planned as a part of a DAO2, then hopefully some of them will be resolved in the Awakenings xpac.
@ DJ, et al.
Or, they could go back even farther, stick the player immediately into the midst of the last Blight and have the main character be responsible for founding the Grey Wardens. That's an immense undertaking right there, though it would certainly be a much darker game atmosphere.
Morrigan's Dark Promise, Flemmeth's new body (if she got one), the state of the Circle of Magi (or Templars), the further involvement (or isolation) of the dwarves. These are just a few. If these story elements are not planned as a part of a DAO2, then hopefully some of them will be resolved in the Awakenings xpac.
@ DJ, et al.
Or, they could go back even farther, stick the player immediately into the midst of the last Blight and have the main character be responsible for founding the Grey Wardens. That's an immense undertaking right there, though it would certainly be a much darker game atmosphere.
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Posté 05 février 2010 - 09:01
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Seeing the hint you get in-game about what they intend for a sequel. I've never thought it was going to be a direct sequel. Rather I've always thought it was going to follow the Dark Promise's consequences. So yes, I figured it would be 20yrs or so down the line.
I imagine the expansion(s) will wrap up the story of the Grey Warden and/or the Wardens in Ferelden. And then they'll be free to pursue the other story for DA2 in Orlais.
I imagine the expansion(s) will wrap up the story of the Grey Warden and/or the Wardens in Ferelden. And then they'll be free to pursue the other story for DA2 in Orlais.
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Posté 05 février 2010 - 09:05
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You could actually wrap everything up from this game, Dark Promise and what not, in future DLCs and expansions for DA:O itself, so I don't think that whatever the next game is will have to deal with it at all. Something that takes place in the next age, with the last DLC for Dragon Age having to do with the naming of the next, would be really cool, actually.
