[quote]Master Shiori wrote...
We also know the story won't feature darkspawn again and will most likely be set outside Ferelden (my money is on Orlais). Such changes would make it easier to continue playing as the Warden since they make most of the choices from Origins redundant. My greatest hope is to see Morrigan again.
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I'm not so sure it wouldn't feature darkspawn again. Especially if we're still the Warden as the PC, then throw in the Old Gods, and the darkspawn figure quite easily into that. Obviously not Blight level darkspawn stuff, but I could see BioWare building more off of the whole Awakened darkspawn thing- maybe a darkspawn companion? Shades of Legion in ME2?
[quote]Terra_Ex wrote...
Still have yet to play Overlord, though I did like Kasumi's mission and wouldlike to see more missions of that style in ME3. That reminds me Barbarossa, if you've never played it you should pick up Deus Ex (the original one) for PC. If you enjoy shooters, Fallout 3 & ME2 I'm pretty certain you'll enjoy that.[/quote]
As much as I love ME2, I haven't felt compelled to try out any of the DLC (Kasumi or Overlord). In part its that the gameplay while good, gets old after a while, I think. ME1 was far from perfect but it had a unique feel and I think ME2 while maybe playing more like a shooter, ultimately feels more generic gameplay wise. I just watched the Youtube vids of the playthroughs for Kasumi and Overlord.
And I'd second the Deus Ex suggestion- it may be a little rough around the edges visually and presentation wise but its good stuff.
[quote]Terra_Ex wrote...
Swoo's highly enjoyable rant and adneate's Wolf Age comments pretty much coverthe case for not making huge jumps in the timeline. I'm not so concerned about that as I am the possibility of them ditching the majority of the existing cast. iirc Gaider said that at some point it may be feasible for DA to move out of the Dragon Age (can't remember hisexact wording, you're the quotes guy Brock) but it was seemed to imply that it wasn't happening anytime soon. [/quote]
I doubt they'll make a huge time jump. Nothing like 100 years or anything. But would they jump ahead 20-30 years? I don't know. At that time frame the world would still be relatively the same but they could brush aside old characters to make way for new ones if thats their plan. And they could still have some characters around just much older or in the case of the OGB, all grown up.
As for that Gaider quote you're thinking of.....wow, that might be one I've never read before! I do recall him possibly mentioning how they might still name future games "Dragon Age" even if it doesn't actually take place in the Dragon Age- much like BG2 is titled BG2, even though Baldur's Gate has nothing to do with the game itself.
[quote]Terra_Ex wrote...
I'd have to say no to more origins though, while I can see your point for simplifying and acknowledging past decisions it's really not necessary since they can just pull the relevant data from plot flags, as you say though if we move out of Ferelden there's not a whole lot of relevant stuff that needs to be carried forward. My ideal would obviously be a straight import into DA2 (with the proviso that DA2 actually reads the correct flags.)[/quote]
I mean I'd mainly like the new Origins to sort of acknowledge what happened in Origins and to kind of show you how the world has changed since Origins based on your actions there. Its something that would be nice but definitely not necessary. I'm just curious if the Origins is something BioWare wants to keep doing or if it was a one time deal? It was a pretty innovative idea but no doubt a lot of work. I guess I'd only like the Origins stories as a safeguard against having more generic scenes like the DR, especially given the state of the plot flags.
[quote]Terra_Ex wrote...
On a side note, have Bioware ever actually allowed you to continue a romance or have significantly changed dialogue in a full fledged sequel, to my knowledge they have not - it was neatly sidestepped in ME2 via a pseudo acknowledgement but I'm assuming they're planning to resolve them in ME3. It would be interesting to see how it was implemented if we retain our current warden, would they choose to retain some of the current LI companions or ditch them all in favour of new candidates... [/quote]
Well, the only "true" sequels BioWare has made were BG2 and ME2. And really the transition to BG1 to BG2 just canonized most things and romances weren't an issue. For most purposes though Throne of Bhaal really was BG3 and of course there the romances were all continued and the story picked up right where it left off in BG2.
I really didn't care for how the ME1 romances were handled in ME2- with Liara it was practically non existent, and with Ash/Kaiden its a cookie cutter scene. I'll give them a bit of a pass to wait and see how ME3 unfolds but for DA2, please no cookie cutter scenes. I'll be curious to know how they'll handle the Origins companions too. They could really come up with reasons for them all to be gone but conversely most could have stuck around with your Warden too. Then again if Awakening is anything to go off of, they'll ditch everyone including your dog with no explanation given all for the sake of new and shiny companions.

[quote]Terra_Ex wrote...
After the last two offerings, I'll hold off until we can verify it actually is an improvement on on the norm - I am definitely more interested in it than Feastday & DC though. If they are actually following through on whatthey hinted at (introducing new characters via DLC that you'll meet in alater game) that could be interesting and a shrewd way to retain interest in the franchise in the interim period. I too share your disappointment that a new patch won't accompany the dlc, and I'll note that the wait for a patch to address the issues that 1.03 introduced has been rather ridiculous imo.
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I'll likely get the DLC on Tuesday and bite the bullet and reinstall 1.03. But I'll try and wait long enough to see some reactions to the DLC first. The Leliana DLC looks good and sounds good, but then again so did Awakening.<_<
As for the patch, its crazy IMO. For me at least, 1.03 fixed the long loading times but as a trade-off introduced a host of other bugs and crashes far worse. Its been 4 months since Awakening came out. I'll put my PC fanboy hat on and blame the consoles here. First off, BioWare is slow with patches anyway. But DAO is really their first multiplatform game across PC, 360 and PS3. And of course they want simultaneous releases for all of the patches- which means while the PC ones could go out quick, the console versions need to go thourgh MS and Sony too. Then you had the PS3 update debacle which likely slowed down any patch progress by diverting resources.
[quote]Swoo wrote...
NO on playing the OGBI think the biggest resistence to the OGB right now is that it won't feel rightto a mgood sized chunk of the playerbase with how open-ended and unfinished 'what came before' has been handled. A solid 'end' to the
WardenxMorrigan story and the OGB can be taken in a better light and probably be looked forward too, as it stands now the idea just is totally unappealing .
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Exactly my feelings. Being the OGB would be very Oedipus/Freudian like Barbarossa mentioned....They need to give closure to the Warden (besides "vanishing!") before I'll be happy with any other new stories. No matter how awesome and amazing the new story might be, why should I bother getting emotionally engages when they'll probably yank the rug out from beneath the new PC just like the old one?
[quote]Swoo wrote...
I could be totally wrong about this, or plans may have changed, but they really seem to be slightly tipping their hand that this is the case. You don't keep current Origin/Awakening character's histories close to the vest unless you plan to reveal them later on, you don't talk about introducing future...I dunno, persons of interest?....in DLC that takes place a few years before Origins, and so on and so forth unless the gameplan isn't looking as far ahead as they want to drop from time to time to keep you guessing.[/quote]
At this point I 'm confident in thinking DA2 won't be too far in the future, but nothing I've read gives me any hope or faith that they'll bring the Warden back. There will be some sort of continuity or acknowledgement of the events from Origins (canon or not) but I'm not sold that they'll bring the Warden back as the PC in DA2.
[quote]Swoo wrote...
"Keep your Baldurs Gate II saves, your adventure will continue in Neverwinter Nights!". Makes me laugh when I see that ingame during BG2's loading, or going back and watching the "Shep's Dead" leadup to ME2. I trust nothing until it's in my hands.[/quote]
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I'd forgotten about that Baldur's Gate one. But BioWare certainly like to be tricky. Even if Gaider came on this thread tomorrow and said the Warden will be back as the PC in DA2 and have an awesome reunion with Morri and have the whole OGB plotline, I wouldn't believe it until I've got the game on my hard drive.
[quote]Swoo wrote...
They'd never do it, but I'd really like to see drunken, broken Alistair. It would be a great character arc to see him find his redemption plus have a logical reason to be a party companion in DA2.
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I've never had Alistair end up like that but it would be interesting. Even if Alistair is king they could always have him get deposed or go off on a Maric style adventure a la The Calling if they want to bring him back as a companion. I really liked Alistair overall- his banter with Morrigan is priceless.
[quote]Giggles_Manically wrote...
I dont know how people can think Morrigan truly loves the Warden. Its not over the DR or concealinghow a warden kills the Archdemon no. Its not telling him what is reallygoing on with the OGB, since it is obvious that there is more than one layer to this cake. If you wont tell someone you supposedly love the truth, then to me its not love.[/quote]
She might not love the Warden if you're a dick to her the whole game. But if you are in a relationship with Morrigan its painfully obvious she loves the Warden and she'll say as much. There are plenty of reasons, all speculation why she might not have told the Warden the whole story about the OGB. Just because she isn't giving the PC the whole story doesn't mean she is lying or doesn't love the Warden though. Its not that Morrigan isn't telling you the truth, she is just not willing (for reasons unknown) to tell you everything.There is an important difference there.
Modifié par Brockololly, 04 juillet 2010 - 03:50 .