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[horsefather]

Some interesting thoughts I've had about potential Dragon Age sequels.

I get the feeling that Dragon Age 2 is NOT going to involve another Blight, and possibly not even Ferelden. One of multiple things could be the main storyline for the potential sequel (Heck, it could be ALL of these).

1. A war between  Ferelden and Orlais - the Empress of Orlais was NOT happy with Ferelden at the end of Origins, and I could easily see diplomatic relations going sour, even with Alistair/Anora on the throne.

2. A Qunari invasion - Sten was sent here on a fact-finding mission. He was supposed to learn more about the Blight. What reason would the Qunari have for wanting to know about Blights, unless they were planning to rule Ferelden someday?

3. Weishauppt - People keep talking about how the Grey Wardens are basically ruling in the Anderfells. I can see a potential conflict there with the King of the Anders dying, and being replaced by a far less complacent ruler. It would be like Soldier's Peak, except with THOUSANDS of Wardens in the fortress.

4. Griffons - Who else things that at some point, your character is going to discover that the griffons are NOT actually extinct?

5. A Blight! - It's worth noting that I don't think Dragon Age as a series will ever progress out of the Ninth Age. They still have 70 years or so to play with. But Dragon age 2 COULD take place 200-300 years in the future, during the time of the next Blight.

6. Another Blight - Or, Thedas could experience multiple Blights in a row. The next Blight doesn't neccisarily have to be in Ferelden. It could be in Orlais or the Free Marches or the Anderfells.

7. Two Blights - This is my favorite theory. Basically, I think that the last two Archdemons are going to wake up at the same time. Either because of pure chance, or because some sinister Architect-esque intelligent Darkspawn found one, then said "Let's wait until we find a second to wake 'em up." Could you imagine the devestation caused by two simultaneous Blights? They wouldn't even have to be in the same place. One assault upon Weishhaupt while the second strikes into Ferelden would be the most optimum strategy. Keep the largest number of Grey Wardens pinned down while the second force sweeps through the continent from the south.

[k9medusa]

A lot of those ideas (which are very good,m BTW) can also be in an expansion pack(s) or DLC(s).

Modifié par k9medusa, 26 mars 2010 - 06:05 .

[The Real Fletch Fletcher]

horsefather wrote...
2. A Qunari invasion - Sten was sent here on a fact-finding mission. He was supposed to learn more about the Blight. What reason would the Qunari have for wanting to know about Blights, unless they were planning to rule Ferelden someday?

Sten actually says at one point that it is inevitable that the Qunari will invade Ferelden, but he hopes he doesn't run into The Warden on the battlefield.

[RevengeofNewton]

I'm pretty sure DA 2 won't take place in Ferelden. Bioware will have wanted to flesh out the world of Thedas, and I can easily see it taking place in Orlais or Tevinter.

[empetus]

My hope for Dragon Age 2 is they don't further  "streamline"(read dumb down) the mechanics any more than they already have for the first one. I felt the 3 base classes were very limiting. Maybe they could have more variety in classes for Dragon Age 2.

But I think that it may be further streamlined and simplified with more rpg elements removed and made more of an action game, because they are bound to sell more games that way to appeal to the broadest masses they can. I heard that Awakenings was extremely easy compared to Origins so I'm afraid the difficulty will be vastly reduced for Dragon Age 2 to make it much easier than Origins because a lot of players apparently don't like hard games in todays climate.

Modifié par empetus, 26 mars 2010 - 06:50 .

[TUHD]

/facepalm

Eli, you don't understand the principle of RPGs do you? Count the amount of available classes in Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, (dunno about this one for sure, but though) The Witcher, Sacred 2, etc...

[GuderynAdelmar]

Two blights sounds sweet, but your architect theory is way off, one some of us killed him, and two hes trying to kill the old gods and stop the blights, why would he set two free?

[Gill Kaiser]

I don't expect there to be another Blight within the Dragon Age, so that's out as far as I'm concerned. I hope the sequel focuses on the Fade and spirits/demons, as we still have little understanding of what they actually are, where they come from, why they exist, etc.

Also, I feel the perfect setting for finding this stuff out would be Tevinter, the magocratic empire.

[lisakover]

I would like if they end the whole Darkspawn saga at least for now with expansions and add-ons for origins, which they kind of do with one of the endings in Awakenings.



Dragon Age 2 should be something completely different storyline and location wise.

[k9medusa]

Eli-da-Mage wrote...

TUHD wrote...

/facepalm
Eli, you don't understand the principle of RPGs do you? Count the amount of available classes in Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, (dunno about this one for sure, but though) The Witcher, Sacred 2, etc...

I hated Neverwinter Nights, Sacred 2 was boring, never heard of the Witcher and never played Baldurs Gate. I didnt mean it'd literally become WoW i was joking.

I feel sorry for you, my son, may the marker be kind to your soul. NWN 1 is my second favorite game (after DAO). I don't play action games anymore, I didn't find them fun any more. If they make DAO an action game, they will lost a lot of people like me and a lot of people are even more hard core RPGers  then I am.

[sonlockdon]

i think if anything you will start off in ferelden for a short period of the game than you head into a different area.

[Gill Kaiser]

I think it more likely that you begin elsewhere but gain the ability at some point to travel to Ferelden and back. It'd let Bioware come up with a whole bunch of new Origins for the country you begin in, and it would also let them reuse locations and assets from DA:O (for example, Denerim) and maybe provide some updates on the situations of characters from DA:O.

[Sarkus]

TUHD wrote...

/facepalm
Eli, you don't understand the principle of RPGs do you? Count the amount of available classes in Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, (dunno about this one for sure, but though) The Witcher, Sacred 2, etc...

The Witcher doesn't have classes.  D&D has a lot of classes, but most are just variations on the main core used in Dragon Age, which are warrior, rogue, and magic user.  And between different ways you can customize your character and the specializations, you can effectively create just about every major class that D&D offers if you are so inclined. 

Don't get me wrong, I don't think DA needs to be simplified further (though there are a few minor things they should tweak from a gameplay perspecitive.) But it doesn't need to be made more complicated either.  There's plenty of room for you to min/max and micromanage if that's your thing while still making the game accessible to those who are more interested in the story and relationship aspects of roleplaying.

Modifié par Sarkus, 26 mars 2010 - 11:45 .

[wonderworld]

Personaly I think that you'll at least travel to the Tevinter, that is where everything went down so its only right that you go there to end it all. I kinda feel like the Magi and the Chantry are gonna go to war with each other, which would be very interesting, if your character is a mage, a devout follower of the Chantry or for that matter the king or Queen juding by your choices from the first game. Another thing that could happenin the game is going ot the Black city or meeting Andreasta's spirit. One other thing that I think would be cool in the next game is finding the old kingdom of the Dale's or finding out what really happened and if your playing an Elf find out if your family did durning that war and same with the humans.



(sorry for my bad writting skills ^^; )

[xiutwo]

no one thinks the sequel will have anything to do with morrigan? i can't shake the feeling that there's more than we know going on there.

[CybAnt1]

And between different ways you can customize your character and the specializations, you can effectively create just about every major class that D&D offers if you are so inclined. 

There are many people who say that. Frankly, I disagree. Not with so shallow a specialization system. 

Not that I mind, per se, DA bards or DA rangers, but they are nothing like bards or rangers in D & D, or many other game systems. 

[staldore13]

i just hope it doesnt take place more than thirty years after the first game i want to continue on with my warden before he dies from the taint



like riordan and duncan were about to

[hexaligned]

I'm hoping it's not another blight, besides the whole repetitive thing, the last one came across as largely underwhelming. Yeah a few hamlets got eaten up, but they were mostly evacuated anyways. If anything it seems beneficial to get the darkspawn out of their holes and out in the open where they can be slaughtered en mass. As far as the Archdemon? *shrugs* I don't know about you but I tore him apart in a matter of seconds. Maybe that's due more to implementation flaws, rather than intention, regardless, thats the way it was pushed out the door.  He (she?) didn't come across as particularly dangerous.

Modifié par relhart, 09 avril 2010 - 01:09 .

[PhoneofClouds]

horsefather, your theories just got me really excited for DA2. !_!

[Arius23]

It would be interesting if in the sequel or later expansions if you could age progress your character, a la Fable.



I don't mind if the first game destroyed the darkspawn threat and we moved onto another foe in the sequel. We still have blood mages, dark spirits of the fade and plenty of corrupt kings to contend with before Thedas is made peaceful.



Although, without the darkspawn, the Grey Wardens are pointless. Hmm....

[Swordfishtrombone]

I'd like to see a sequel that concentrated on turmoil in the Chantry - perhaps a more radical group muscling it's way to control the Chantry and begin violent crusades, templars struggling internally, some splitting away, and perhaps a group of mages opportunistically breaking out from under the thumb and scrutiny of the system....

That's got the makings of a royal mess and a really interesting game in it, methinks, one I'd love to play.

[-Spartan]

I would like to see three or four big x-packs released before serious talk of a "II" starts to be considered. There are still many issues with the title to be resolved yet. I think it would be best to perfect the engine and associated mechanics prior to engaging in developing a completely new core story or in theory adding in more features and functionality.