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After several comments before about Dragon age 2 and the Origin's characters in the game and changes in their looks, as well as a due consideration when DA3 comes out hoping that Morrigan will be back and her appearence...I found this image: 

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by: HalUet

To be honest, I wouldn't mind seeing Morrigan dressed like that in DA3, from her armor to her hair, I do hope that her face morph doesn't change much if not at all but seeing her stepping out from the Eluvian because her time (and the Warden's hopefully) have arrived to face destiny in that outfit doesn't seems like a bad idea.  B)

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I can live with whatever outfit changes they decide to come up with so long as they keep her face mostly the same (I mean, I expect it to have a little change - at least seven to ten years will have passed by the time she makes a reappearance).

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Mmm... birthin' hips.

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Lord_Anthonior wrote...

After several comments before about Dragon age 2 and the Origin's characters in the game and changes in their looks, as well as a due consideration when DA3 comes out hoping that Morrigan will be back and her appearence...I found this image: 

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by: HalUet

To be honest, I wouldn't mind seeing Morrigan dressed like that in DA3, from her armor to her hair, I do hope that her face morph doesn't change much if not at all but seeing her stepping out from the Eluvian because her time (and the Warden's hopefully) have arrived to face destiny in that outfit doesn't seems like a bad idea.  B)



that is a smart outfit for Morri.  Don't mind if they change her outfit somewhat - though purple and black is very much her colours.

They managed to make Leliana look even better in DA 2 so here's hoping...

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Makes me sad that LA and Bioware jumped so far into the future with SW:TOR that you have no chance of seeing any of the KOTOR characters except for droids.


Yeah...although I think one of the characters is supposed to be a descendent of Revan and Bastila, considering Lucasarts canonized Revan as male. And I think they're coming out with a book regarding what happened to Revan. I don't know how I feel about that...

Lord_Anthonior wrote...

After several comments before  about Dragon age 2 and the Origin's characters in the game and changes  in their looks, as well as a due consideration when DA3 comes out hoping that Morrigan will be back and her appearence...I found this image: 
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Tobe honest, I wouldn't mind seeing Morrigan dressed like that in DA3,  from her armor to her hair, I do hope that her face morph doesn't change much if not at all but seeing her stepping out from the Eluvian because her time (and the Warden's hopefully) have arrived to face destiny in  that outfit doesn't seems like a bad idea.  [smilie]../../../images/forum/emoticons/cool.png[/smilie]


Yeah, the big thing would be not butchering her face. Sadly, so long as they're using the DA2 face morph system I have little to no confidence Morrigan will look anything close to how she looked in Origins. Especially considering how badly they mangled the likes of Alistair, Teagan and Zevran. Leliana looked ok, but it still had all the problems of the DA2 facemorph system with the overly rounded facial features and so forth.

As far as clothing as such though, I wouldn't mind seeing Morrigan in some armor, but I'm thinking they'll keep her dressed in little clothing. After all, it would seem each DA game has at least one scantily clad companion, with Morrigan and then Isabela. 

But considering DA2, I dread what Morrigan 2.0 might look like. I don't have much faith in BioWare at this point in time.

Some more Morrigan art:
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Even more Morrigan art!

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If that's all the cooking you can do Morrigan, then we're screwed in mirror land.

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Hot...

@ the Morrigan vs Flemeth art. It's really neat, and I wouldn't mind a change in her outfit. Just her face. I think I am literally allergic to Morrigan face mods. I always end up having this weird disgusted facial expression.

And the pic seems to make crows / ravens Morrigan's symbol (as ooposed to Flemeth's dragon)?

Eh, I've always felt Morrigan was like a cat personally

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KnightofPhoenix wrote...

@ the Morrigan vs Flemeth art. It's really neat, and I wouldn't mind a change in her outfit. Just her face. I think I am literally allergic to Morrigan face mods. I always end up having this weird disgusted facial expression.

And the pic seems to make crows / ravens Morrigan's symbol (as ooposed to Flemeth's dragon)?

Eh, I've always felt Morrigan was like a cat personally

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It's probably a reference to her namesake - the goddess was supposed to be able to turn into a raven and fly around the battlefield or something (go go Wikipedia?).

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TheBlackBaron wrote..
It's probably a reference to her namesake - the goddess was supposed to be able to turn into a raven and fly around the battlefield or something (go go Wikipedia?).


Yeah, the whole crow/raven thing with Morrigan is tied to the Irish goddess of the same name who was supposed to be the goddess of battle, strife and fertility. Coincidentally the Irish version is very much a shapeshifter, changing forms like a raven, wolf and old woman. I'd imagine its furthered by how Morrigan has the feather pauldron on her shoulder too.

But, as I recall, Gaider simply got Morrigan's name from a friend's D&D campaign or something of the sort, so supposedly there isn't any deeper meaning than its a nice sounding name.

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Brockololly wrote...

TheBlackBaron wrote..
It's probably a reference to her namesake - the goddess was supposed to be able to turn into a raven and fly around the battlefield or something (go go Wikipedia?).


Yeah, the whole crow/raven thing with Morrigan is tied to the Irish goddess of the same name who was supposed to be the goddess of battle, strife and fertility. Coincidentally the Irish version is very much a shapeshifter, changing forms like a raven, wolf and old woman. I'd imagine its furthered by how Morrigan has the feather pauldron on her shoulder too.

But, as I recall, Gaider simply got Morrigan's name from a friend's D&D campaign or something of the sort, so supposedly there isn't any deeper meaning than its a nice sounding name.


Yeah, I recall him saying that, but I imagine a lot of people will read more into the name than is really there, as fans are wont to do when engaging in wild mass guessing. There was a pretty sizeable thread back before DA2 came out speculating whether Cassandra's character had any similarities to the Cassandra of the Trojan War Cycle. 

Hence the ravens and crows. But I do think it's a pretty apt symbol for Morrigan regardless. 

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KnightofPhoenix wrote...

@ the Morrigan vs Flemeth art. It's really neat, and I wouldn't mind a change in her outfit. Just her face. I think I am literally allergic to Morrigan face mods. I always end up having this weird disgusted facial expression.

 


I think an outfit change is almost a given (unless they really love her original robes).

And is your expression something like this?

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Zjarcal wrote...
I think an outfit change is almost a given (unless they really love her original robes).


Its BioWare. They think people will get confused and shamble off into oncoming traffic if characters change their clothing at all. I'd bet those robes are superglued to Morrigan from now to the rest of time;)

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Brockololly wrote...

Zjarcal wrote...
I think an outfit change is almost a given (unless they really love her original robes).


Its BioWare. They think people will get confused and shamble off into oncoming traffic if characters change their clothing at all. I'd bet those robes are superglued to Morrigan from now to the rest of time;)


But then how does the Warden get them off when it's time for...never mind. :innocent:

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TheBlackBaron wrote...

Brockololly wrote...

Zjarcal wrote...
I think an outfit change is almost a given (unless they really love her original robes).


Its BioWare. They think people will get confused and shamble off into oncoming traffic if characters change their clothing at all. I'd bet those robes are superglued to Morrigan from now to the rest of time;)


But then how does the Warden get them off when it's time for...never mind. :innocent:


It explains why Morrigan magically wears more clothes during the sex scene than just normally in her robes:
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Brockololly wrote...
Its BioWare. They think people will get confused and shamble off into oncoming traffic if characters change their clothing at all. I'd bet those robes are superglued to Morrigan from now to the rest of time;)


Hehe, well, if Morrigan traded outfits with Isabela that would surely cause people to crash into oncoming traffic. :D

But they still changed Flemeth's outfit for DA2 (although one could argue her rags weren't really iconic). Still, part of me really thinks Morri will get an outfit change.

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Zjarcal wrote...
But they still changed Flemeth's outfit for DA2 (although one could argue her rags weren't really iconic). Still, part of me really thinks Morri will get an outfit change.


Yeah, and they also changed just about everything about Flemeth for DA2 though too. ANd like you said, her old woman look wasn't exactly "iconic" although that was kind of the point at least story wise.

Eh, they probably will change Morrigan all up not only clothes but face wise- got to reach that larger market opportunity.<_<

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Mr Plow wrote...

Lord_Anthonior wrote...

After several comments before about Dragon age 2 and the Origin's characters in the game and changes in their looks, as well as a due consideration when DA3 comes out hoping that Morrigan will be back and her appearence...I found this image: 

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by: HalUet

To be honest, I wouldn't mind seeing Morrigan dressed like that in DA3, from her armor to her hair, I do hope that her face morph doesn't change much if not at all but seeing her stepping out from the Eluvian because her time (and the Warden's hopefully) have arrived to face destiny in that outfit doesn't seems like a bad idea.  B)



that is a smart outfit for Morri.  Don't mind if they change her outfit somewhat - though purple and black is very much her colours.

They managed to make Leliana look even better in DA 2 so here's hoping...


I could live with such a Morrigan. Still, would miss the side boobs. Second best thing after her face and hairstyle.

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Lord_Anthonior wrote...

After several comments before about Dragon age 2 and the Origin's characters in the game and changes in their looks, as well as a due consideration when DA3 comes out hoping that Morrigan will be back and her appearence...I found this image: 

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by: HalUet

To be honest, I wouldn't mind seeing Morrigan dressed like that in DA3, from her armor to her hair, I do hope that her face morph doesn't change much if not at all but seeing her stepping out from the Eluvian because her time (and the Warden's hopefully) have arrived to face destiny in that outfit doesn't seems like a bad idea.  B)


I can't tell... are those long feathered extensions on Morrigan or is it her hair? It would be... interesting to see a feathered plume on her hair, but I hope thats the artist's version of her hair, as it doesn't look TOO bad there and its kinda long, too.

The outfit isn't too bad, either. If it went this direction I wouldn't be too offended.

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I'm not a fan of the random pieces of oversized metal armor, as seems to be in fashion these days (lookin' at you, Isabela and Flemeth), but the other bits are a rather nice evolution of her Sacred Ashes look.

I mean, all in all that's actually a really sensible outfit.

Modifié par TheBlackBaron, 10 mai 2011 - 03:49 .


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I actually dislike the side boob. When I first saw Morrigan in the trailer and the way she was dressed, I was like "great, another one of those female characters who have no personality and have to compensate by showing skin. I've had enough of that bs".

Fortunately, I was 174175017% wrong.

But I still dress her up in the Sacred Ashes robe mod.

Modifié par KnightofPhoenix, 10 mai 2011 - 02:32 .


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KnightofPhoenix wrote...

I actually dislike the side boob. When I first saw Morrigan in the trailer and the way she was dressed, I was like "great, another one of those female characters who have no personality and have to compensate by showing skin. I've had enough of that bs".

Fortunately, I was 174175017% wrong.

But I still dress her up in the Sacred Ashes robe mod.

You're dead to me UndeadKnight of Phoenix. WHICH IS NOW YOUR NAME!

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Brockololly wrote...

Yeah...although I think one of the characters is supposed to be a descendent of Revan and Bastila, considering Lucasarts canonized Revan as male. And I think they're coming out with a book regarding what happened to Revan. I don't know how I feel about that...


Yes, Satele Shan, Grand Master of the Jedi Order. 

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Personally, I don't mind Revan being canonized as a LS male Jedi who romanced Bastila, since that's what my Revan was anyway. I'm not happy with the fact that they had him disappear when they could have just as easily move the story into the future without that nonsense.
Bah, whatever. I've long since made my peace with the fact that Lucasarts is doing whatever they want with Revan and Bastila. 
Makes me glad Bioware moved away from licended properties..


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Yeah, the big thing would be not butchering her face. Sadly, so long as they're using the DA2 face morph system I have little to no confidence Morrigan will look anything close to how she looked in Origins. Especially considering how badly they mangled the likes of Alistair, Teagan and Zevran. Leliana looked ok, but it still had all the problems of the DA2 facemorph system with the overly rounded facial features and so forth.


Most faces came out pretty close to how they looked in DA:O.

Cullen was a spot on match, Leliana looks better than before, Anders is almost the same. Zevran and Alistair could have used some more work. Teagan was also a very close match.

I think they could do a very good job of recreating Morrigan's face as long as they take their time to do it properly which, with her supposedly being important to overall story of DA, is quite likely.

If you're going to spend a lot of time looking at a character than you need to make sure everything is in order. 


As for her clothes, I'd wagger she'll get a new robe, to simbolize her increased power and importance.

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Master Shiori wrote...


Most faces came out pretty close to how they looked in DA:O.

Cullen was a spot on match, Leliana looks better than before, Anders is almost the same. Zevran and Alistair could have used some more work. Teagan was also a very close match.

I think they could do a very good job of recreating Morrigan's face as long as they take their time to do it properly which, with her supposedly being important to overall story of DA, is quite likely.

If you're going to spend a lot of time looking at a character than you need to make sure everything is in order. 


As for her clothes, I'd wagger she'll get a new robe, to simbolize her increased power and importance.




It would make sense for Morri to have a wardrobe update. She is undergoing her own "rise to power" wherever the Eluvian took her (and my Warden, her man and OGB's daddy)

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Master Shiori wrote...
Most faces came out pretty close to how they looked in DA:O.

Cullen was a spot on match, Leliana looks better than before, Anders is almost the same. Zevran and Alistair could have used some more work. Teagan was also a very close match.

I think they could do a very good job of recreating Morrigan's face as long as they take their time to do it properly which, with her supposedly being important to overall story of DA, is quite likely.

If you're going to spend a lot of time looking at a character than you need to make sure everything is in order. 


As for her clothes, I'd wagger she'll get a new robe, to simbolize her increased power and importance.


I'll give you that Cullen turned out pretty good/similar to DAO.

Leliana looks ok- my issues there stem from the fact that her features all have the same trademark similarities that every face hsa in the DA2 system, namely the rounded /bloated jaw, overly rounded nose and identical sized mouth/lips. She looks ok, but I don't know that I'd say its an improvement.

Teagan looked pretty terrible, as did Alistair, as did eyebrow-less Zevran. And Anders looked ok, but again, sort of the same deal as Leliana in that he gets stuck with the sameness issues of the DA2 facemorphs.

Maybe they could make Morrigan look decent, but they really need to overhaul the face morph system such that they can actually have emotive faces beyond arching one's eyebrows. DA2's faces (IMO) are just as stiff as Origins and (IMO) look worse in that they have the texture of rubber dolls or something. You look at stuff like LA Noire or Deus Ex: Human Revolution where they make reading faces part of the gameplay and you wonder why isn't BioWare trying to have that sort of thing one of their calling cards, especially when they have so much dialogue in their games? They need to seriously upgrade their engine as it just doesn't hold up at all compared to their competitors and the whole cinematic approach they opted for now doesn't do it any favors by putting everything under greater scrutiny.

Anyway, between Game of Thrones on HBO, reading Song of Ice and Fire and The Witcher 2 coming out next week, I'm getting my quality fantasy fix where DA2 came up short.


But, on the topic of Morrigan and bugs (what else?) I wonder if anyone got the codex entry on the Study of the Fifth Blight Volume 2 to fully trigger in DA2? I saw in this thread that supposedly its supposed to make mention of the Morrigan/Warden romance but supposedly it doesn't trigger due to the messed up import?

Modifié par Brockololly, 12 mai 2011 - 05:48 .


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KnightofPhoenix wrote...

Even more Morrigan art!

[Snip]

If that's all the cooking you can do Morrigan, then we're screwed in mirror land.

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Hot...

@ the Morrigan vs Flemeth art. It's really neat, and I wouldn't mind a change in her outfit. Just her face. I think I am literally allergic to Morrigan face mods. I always end up having this weird disgusted facial expression.

And the pic seems to make crows / ravens Morrigan's symbol (as ooposed to Flemeth's dragon)?

Eh, I've always felt Morrigan was like a cat personally

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Image IPB That middle pic is awesome! Image IPB (the one I left unsnipped)

*stares at for half an hour*

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Brockololly wrote...

Master Shiori wrote...
Most faces came out pretty close to how they looked in DA:O.

Cullen was a spot on match, Leliana looks better than before, Anders is almost the same. Zevran and Alistair could have used some more work. Teagan was also a very close match.

I think they could do a very good job of recreating Morrigan's face as long as they take their time to do it properly which, with her supposedly being important to overall story of DA, is quite likely.

If you're going to spend a lot of time looking at a character than you need to make sure everything is in order. 


As for her clothes, I'd wagger she'll get a new robe, to simbolize her increased power and importance.


I'll give you that Cullen turned out pretty good/similar to DAO.

Leliana looks ok- my issues there stem from the fact that her features all have the same trademark similarities that every face hsa in the DA2 system, namely the rounded /bloated jaw, overly rounded nose and identical sized mouth/lips. She looks ok, but I don't know that I'd say its an improvement.

Teagan looked pretty terrible, as did Alistair, as did eyebrow-less Zevran. And Anders looked ok, but again, sort of the same deal as Leliana in that he gets stuck with the sameness issues of the DA2 facemorphs.

Maybe they could make Morrigan look decent, but they really need to overhaul the face morph system such that they can actually have emotive faces beyond arching one's eyebrows. DA2's faces (IMO) are just as stiff as Origins and (IMO) look worse in that they have the texture of rubber dolls or something. You look at stuff like LA Noire or Deus Ex: Human Revolution where they make reading faces part of the gameplay and you wonder why isn't BioWare trying to have that sort of thing one of their calling cards, especially when they have so much dialogue in their games? They need to seriously upgrade their engine as it just doesn't hold up at all compared to their competitors and the whole cinematic approach they opted for now doesn't do it any favors by putting everything under greater scrutiny.

Anyway, between Game of Thrones on HBO, reading Song of Ice and Fire and The Witcher 2 coming out next week, I'm getting my quality fantasy fix where DA2 came up short.


But, on the topic of Morrigan and bugs (what else?) I wonder if anyone got the codex entry on the Study of the Fifth Blight Volume 2 to fully trigger in DA2? I saw in this thread that supposedly its supposed to make mention of the Morrigan/Warden romance but supposedly it doesn't trigger due to the messed up import?




Err, faces in DA2 are a lot more emotive than those in Origins. Take the facial expressions of a character like Merrill and compare it to any character in Origins and you'll see a significant improvement.

As for the Study of Fifth Blight Volume 2, it describes how the Warden survived Ostagar and stopped the undead assaults on Redcliffe. I'm not sure if Morrigan is even mentioned in there at all.

I agree that Bioware could do with a better graphic engine for it's DA games, but I doubt they'll change it again for DA3 since that would eat a good deal of their development schedule.
But yeah, I would have loved at least one refference to a Morrigan/Warden romance in DA2. <_<

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