Master Shiori wrote...
Also, jumping forward a few centuries wouldn't make any sense.
From my experience such a thing is generaly done if the setting is so well documented and thoroughly explored that writers find it difficult to make new stories.
This is my exact thinking whenever someone brings up jumping way ahead in time. Why would BioWare do that when we've only just started exploring the world of DA? Originsreally only gave us a rough overview of Thedas and even then, just really Ferelden's view of things. If the lore and main events of DA werealready well established like is the case for alot of D&D or Star Wars, then jumping around in the timeline makes sense to make room for new stories. Yet at this point everything is still a new story with DA.
WhatI'd really prefer would be that maybe they the Warden stick around for another game and some expansions then skip ahead some more time once theWarden has some closure. I just worry they'lldo something crazy like jump around thinking its all clever. Or they'llgo the Fable route where the time jumps ahead game to game so that a bunch has changed and you're playing as the kid of the original character or something.
I've said it before but I'll say it again- my ideal DA2 would start with new "Origin stories" that would be based on your ending to Origins/Awakening. Have maybe 6 or so- basically one for each LI then one for a new character.Then just have them all boil down to one common point like Ostagar in Origins and go from there. Really the only major decisions as I see them from Origins are the ruler of Ferelden and the DR. Everything else can be glossed over, especially if its set in Orlais or some other place.
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Coupleother random thoughts:
Thoughts on the Leliana DLC? Who plans on getting it? I'm kind of torn, I'll likely wait a bit to see what other think of it first. I'm mainly disappointed that patch 1.04 won't be ready before the DLC comes out which means I'd have to put 1.03 back on my PC. And that would equal crashes galore in Origins. I'll probably get it Tuesday though anyway- I really want to see some of the lore tidbits they've supposedly got in it.
When will we get DA2 news!? Its now officially July and BioWare has about 7 months until the 2/1/2011 date. I'm hard pressed to think of a major game release in recent history from a major publisher like EA thatdidn't have at least a 6 month marketing campaign. So either the 2/1/2011 game will get a really short marketing campaign, or the 2/1/2011 thing isn't a game at all (another "epic" announcement...) or whatever the 2/1/2011 thing will be delayed.
Anyway, here are some events/things I'm keeping an eye out for in the hope for DA2 news. Of course maybe BioWare will just announce it on its own some time but whatever:
- The Leliana DLC- maybe, just maybe they'll tease the 2/1/2011 thing in the Leliana DLC somehow? Its a reach but nobody saw the 2/1/2011 card in Awakening coming either.
- Game Informer? Game Informer almost always has big reveals as their covers. Last month (their July issue) they had Infamous 2 revealed, with GoW3, Bulletstorm, Dead Space 2 before that and more. Could DA2 be revealed on their next cover? In this story where EA said ME3 & DA2 wouldn't be at E3, the editor in chief Andy McNamara commented (cryptically?) "We should put these games on our cover or something." GI gets alot of inside info and early looks on games, so combine that with some of the stuff McNamara said on this episode of the Bonus Round on GTTV (about the 42:50 mark) how many games coming out January through April next year wouldn't be showcased at E3 but rather get reveals later at events like Gamescom. My point is, the new Game Informer cover for their August issue will likely be revealed sometime this week (they usually do it the first week of the month or so.)
- EA's next quarterly financial report- I'm not 100% sure when they'll be reporting their results for Q1 2011, but I think its not until early August. If we haven't heard anything by then, I'd just be looking to see if the "Dragon Age Title TBA" hasn't been delayed at all or moved off from it's Q4 2011 window.
- Gamescom- August 18-22nd. Its really the biggest video game convention in the world and EA usually shows up there. Like I mentioned above, it seems people like Game Informer's Andy McNamara, who has inside info, thinks more games shceduled for early 2011 releases will get their time to shine there.
So yeah, if we don't have any info or hints from BioWare by the end of August, thats only about 5 months then until February 2011. That would be one crazy short marketing campaign if the 2/1/2011 title is to be DA2. On the other hand if its an expansion, then it might make more sense marketing wise. But would BIoWare expect decent sales from an expack that comes out so late after Origins? Unless maybe its a standalone ex-pack or a spin off game? Who knows... All I know is that if Gamescom comes and goes and we haven't heard any DA2 news or anything about what 2/1/2011 means, I give up.
Argh- edited for readability.
And here is another Morri pic I posted a while back, but dammit its awesome!
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