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[exorzist]

GreyWardens.com Interviews Fernando Melo



During last week’s Awakening promotion event in Germany we managed to grab an exclusive interview with Online Producer, Fernando Melo.

Moving onto Awakening, The Architect was first mentioned in David Gaider’s second Dragon Age prequel, The Calling. When were plans for Awakening first formed: were they tied with The Calling, or did The Calling come first?

That is probably the Dragon Age equivalent of the chicken and the egg question I think. Answering what started or finished actual development first is easy – at the time of writing this The Calling is out and Awakening is not – but that doesn’t actually answer your question.

As part of making Origins we spent several man-years developing the overall world and timeline that the universe of Dragon Age all plays out in. As big as Origins is, it only spans a very small fraction of time that the whole “age of dragons” covers, and is set across a portion of a single country called Ferelden. Awakening is set about 6 months after Origins, and covers another part of Ferelden – a region called Amaranthine. Similarly, both The Calling and The Stolen Throne before it are novels also set in that region but on slightly earlier (but still relatively close) time periods.

Given the common region and relative time, it makes sense that eventually you’ll run into more and more connections across the products – such as key figures like the Architect.

Read the whole interview on greywardens.com. (new window)

Very special thanks to Fernando Melo.

[k9medusa]

Is "The Calling" & "The Stolen Throne" will be next two expansions?

[exorzist]

k9medusa wrote...

Is "The Calling" & "The Stolen Throne" will be next two expansions?

No, they are novels by David Gaider.

[k9medusa]

I meant to ask is: Is Bioware planing make these novels into expansion packs someday?

[Eurypterid]

I doubt it. The novels are supplements to the game world and their stories are already told. I have a feeling we'll see more of Thedas and places we haven't visited. And by the sounds of Fernando's response with respect to the development of the game and its lore/history, I expect we're going to see a lot of new characters and situations.



Perhaps some DLC/expansions that take place during the events of one of the novels (so you get a different perspective of the story), but peripheral (or off-stage) but I still have my doubts.

[k9medusa]

This is just like of the rings -- the world is much much bigger then the books are

[Gebut]

The Tomes that allow you to Respec your characters are not cummulative.



Can anyone translate the above into common tongue.

[Cuthlan]

Gebut wrote...

The Tomes that allow you to Respec your characters are not cummulative.

Can anyone translate the above into common tongue.

I think Fernando misunderstood the question. I think he answered as if someone were asking if we could read a respec tome and then read another right away to get double the points back.

But the question was regarding points we'd learned from previous tomes, a question which Ferret has already answered: We keep those points. We also keep points gained from essences in certain parts of the game. They are all added to our pool of spendable attribute points.

[Gebut]

Cuthlan wrote...

I think Fernando misunderstood the question. I think he answered as if someone were asking if we could read a respec tome and then read another right away to get double the points back.

But the question was regarding points we'd learned from previous tomes, a question which Ferret has already answered: We keep those points. We also keep points gained from essences in certain parts of the game. They are all added to our pool of spendable attribute points.

Ahh, thanks

[Maverick23]

I'd love an expansion/DLC based on the Orlesian Occupation. I think it could be quite compelling even with the lack of darkspawn.

[Anyroad2]

I have a lot of mixed feelings about what may happen with DLC or other full installments in the title after Awakening.

I would really like to see other parts of Thedas, and be involved in events all over the place. On the other hand, I've really come to like the The Warden and want his/her story to continue with us at the helm.

So yeah, maybe a little bit of both would be great. =)

[Trefalen]

If BW follows the lead of other games they will make purchase of each expansion (Like Awakenings) mandatory to allow you to move on to the next exp. Lotro has it set up so you MUST buy Moria (paid exp), to get to Mirkwood (free with proper sub). Or be content to stay where you are.  It's a business afterall, and they need the revs.

Modifié par Trefalen, 11 mars 2010 - 09:32 .

[k9medusa]

Trefalen wrote...

If BW follows the lead of other games they will make purchase of each expansion (Like Awakenings) mandatory to allow you to move on to the next exp. Lotro has it set up so you MUST buy Moria (paid exp), to get to Mirkwood (free with proper sub). Or be content to stay where you are.  It's a business afterall, and they need the revs.

the sims series break that rule with their expansions (like all 13 of them:o), but true, it is not the norm...

[Kail Ashton]

Despite EPICLY enrage'n PS3 owners(myself included, despite my now dead ps3) i'd still buy all the expansions anyway (maybe off ebay to teach bioware a lesson >__>) as it's still my fav RPG of this generation and really last generation outside Atlus RPG's, so not a major issue

I would hope though that future expansions will merge both party casts, i don't buy the whole voice actors unavailible stuff, Morigahn's VA is a regular with bioware and does voice work in mass effect 2 along with Oghren's VA (whom i adore) i'll just assume they wanted this cast to take center stage & recycle some unused plots as there's no way Ander's isn't  recycled Jowan companion cut plot

I suppose we'll see the Justice person tomorrow then? the lst of the 5 new companions, i'd really hope at some point someone says "for great justice!" or it'll be tsk tsk for bioware

Modifié par Kail Ashton, 12 mars 2010 - 12:55 .

[Bryy_Miller]

Trefalen wrote...

If BW follows the lead of other games they will make purchase of each expansion (Like Awakenings) mandatory to allow you to move on to the next exp. Lotro has it set up so you MUST buy Moria (paid exp), to get to Mirkwood (free with proper sub). Or be content to stay where you are.  It's a business afterall, and they need the revs.

That's uber-lame.

[astrallite]

That's also an MMO.

[imran shah]

[kappus117]

Interesting read, thanks for the link.

[Misaki-Ki]

A bit interesting, thanks.

[Taiko Roshi]

No news on when they will fix the broken xbox game....

[Siarles]

Whats wrong with the Xbox game?

[Taiko Roshi]

Siarles wrote...

Whats wrong with the Xbox game?

Its broken and has been broken for five months. Go look at the tech forum for the list of bugs.

[Stalky24]

k9medusa wrote...

Is "The Calling" & "The Stolen Throne" will be next two expansions?

well youve got those already.

In Stolen Throne, Marics mum got killed, but he gathered party of friends, built army, killed bad guy freed country.
You do so in DA:O, Duncan is dead, Grey Wardens are outcasts, country is under attacks of blight, you build army, face the bad guy (Loghain) and free country from Blight.

And for The Calling, Architect was killable character in DA:A so...