Anti-Dragon Age 2?

[Hurlshort]

Well it does look like you put a lot of effort into it, good job.

[Nepenthe]

You... talked about DA2 for over a hundred minutes?

 

Yes. Yes I did. It was cathartic.

 

There's a reason why I will not be talking about it ever again.

You just did. :3

[PK htiw klaw eriF]

2 hours? Dude I hated the game too but 20 minutes should have been enough. Although I guess I'm a bit of a hypocrite, seeing as I've spent hours dissing ASM 700 and the premise behind SSM.

Edited January 4, 2013 by KaineParker

[AGX-17]

I'm surprised IGN hasn't run with this story yet. Maybe they are waiting for Jessica Chobot to lick a horse first.

 

They're busy re-scanning her face with next-gen technology so she can be in DA3 and ME4. This time she's mandatory in exchange for a guaranteed 9.5/10 or better review score.

[PK htiw klaw eriF]

I'm surprised IGN hasn't run with this story yet. Maybe they are waiting for Jessica Chobot to lick a horse first.

 

They're busy re-scanning her face with next-gen technology so she can be in DA3 and ME4. This time she's mandatory in exchange for a guaranteed 9.5/10 or better review score.

 

I dunno, I think IGN just likes to suck corporate balls. Makes sense, they are part of the parent company that FOX News.

[GhostofAnakin]

They're busy re-scanning her face with next-gen technology so she can be in DA3 and ME4. This time she's mandatory in exchange for a guaranteed 9.5/10 or better review score.

 

The Chobot thing boggles my mind more so because she didn't even seem to want to be in the game, at least based on that performance. BioWare seems to cater to Felicia Day, but at least Day seems to genuinely want to take part in the DA universe. Debates about her actual acting ability aside, Day at least seemed like she actually was invested in the role. Chobot literally sounded like someone who was thrust a script and forced to read the lines, in a monotone, against her will.

 

What a useless character that was, especially since the actual premise (war reporter tagging along) could have actually been somewhat interesting if it was Emily Wong or the chick with the really long name instead.

[alanschu]

Or just a voice actress that wanted to do the role... :\

[Moirnelithe]

I'm surprised IGN hasn't run with this story yet. Maybe they are waiting for Jessica Chobot to lick a horse first.

 

They're busy re-scanning her face with next-gen technology so she can be in DA3 and ME4. This time she's mandatory in exchange for a guaranteed 9.5/10 or better review score.

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[HoonDing]

Dragon Age 2, despite being horrible, was pretty decent.

[ClutchR5]

_{My god this is all... so confusing.}

Edited January 7, 2013 by ClutchR5

[cyberarmy]

Dragon Age 2, despite being horrible, was pretty decent.

 

If it was called something like Kirkwall Chronicles or something like "A New Path" or "Hawke and his/her merry band" maybe people (myself included) enjoyed it more. But its a bit too late.

I just want them to take their time with DA3...

[Guest Slinky]

Dragon Age 2, despite being horrible, was pretty decent.

 

Location: Absurdistan

[Gorth]

_{My god this is all... so confusing.}

 

Not to worry, I've heard they are working on DA3 to streamline it and make it less confusing

[cyberarmy]

DA2 in a (or two ) nutshell;

 

 

 

 

[Nepenthe]

RPG's now and then type blatant strawmanning just convince me more that there's nothing wrong with the game.

[alanschu]

You mean there was more than just one RPG back then?

[Nonek]

Strange how I can still remember the Nameless Ones voice and many of his lines, yet i've forgotten what Hawke even sounded like. Was he a brit or north american? Mind you I stopped listening about 20 hours in and just kept pressing his personality type, can't remember if it was upper right, middle right or lower right though.

[Serrano]

Well you really ought to remember because upper right, middle right and lower right are what changes the nature of a man.

[NOK222]

You mean there was more than just one RPG back then?

 

Lol...just lol

[GhostofAnakin]

Did BioWare learn their lesson with the title? Is the newest DA called DA3: Inquisition, or just DA: Inquisition?

 

I do agree that some of the backlash (about story continuity) would have been less if DA2 was simply DA: Kirkwall or DA: Champion of Kirkwall.

[Azure79]

It's DA3: Inquisition I believe.

[NOK222]

Did BioWare learn their lesson with the title? Is the newest DA called DA3: Inquisition, or just DA: Inquisition?

 

I do agree that some of the backlash (about story continuity) would have been less if DA2 was simply DA: Kirkwall or DA: Champion of Kirkwall.

 

Or have another year of development time, just saying.

[GhostofAnakin]

I'm talking specifically about the folks who were upset that DA2's story had very little to do with following up on DA:O's. Of course the game itself could have done with more development time, but giving it an extra year, two, or three of development wouldn't change the fact it wasn't really a follow up to DA:O, at least not in terms in finishing up any lingering storylines left over from DA:O or Awakenings, that some folks who saw the "2" in the title assumed would be the case.

Edited January 8, 2013 by GhostofAnakin

[anubite]

I don't know if BioWare has learned anything. I don't closely follow the forums, maybe they've posted something to suggest that they have, but because the dialogue wheel and voice-protag are confirmed for DA3, I highly doubt it.

 

The Doctors are gone, EA has renamed all its other studios, and SWTOR is F2P. I would hope somebody over there has said, "We need to change how we've been doing things." But I don't know. Maybe they're convinced Dragon Age 3 will be "right this time"? I can't help but shake my head, because I feel that way sometimes too. Like, Lambda Calculus? I took it this semester and I was so sure the second test would come out "right this time" but man, hubris is pretty painful to get excised. I can't help but feel that somebody at BioWare who's in charge of things thinks they know how to get the Skyrim/Call of Duty audience, but I'm not convinced at all. TES is a long-running series. Call of Duty is a long-running series. The fans know what to expect and they know what will be delivered when they purchase that product.

 

Instead of building up a fanbase, BioWare has been neglecting theirs. Or at least, it seems that way. Maybe they're actually doing a good job of communicating to everyone their intentions but I just keep seeing mixed messages.

 

As a consumer, I have no idea what to expect from Dragon Age 3. I mean, I hope it's going to be an RPG remniscient of KOTOR1, BG1, BG2, or even Jade Empire at this point. Gosh, I'd settle for that at this point, it's not like RPGs are a dime a dozen anymore. I'll take the mediocrity that was DA:O - DA:O has a lot of good points about it, the least they could do is stick to making that sort of game.

 

I think it's a really bad sign that I have no idea what to expect. What do you think the average, uninformed consumer is expecting from Dragon Age 3? Are they going to pay $60 USD after their experience with DA2? How are they going to invigorate people who haven't bought DA2 or DA:O to buy DA3? Is the tagline for the game going to be, "It's just like Skyrim!" Because I'm pretty sure that's not going to work. At the very least, I don't believe BioWare can deliver a TES-clone, not in the time frame they have at least, and if people do fall for such a tagline, they're going to be pretty angry when they don't get what they want, and the people who didn't like Skyrim (such as I), who don't buy DA3 as a result, are going to mean a lot of lost jobs for BioWare, most likely.

[Gorth]

I'm talking specifically about the folks who were upset that DA2's story had very little to do with following up on DA:O's. Of course the game itself could have done with more development time, but giving it an extra year, two, or three of development wouldn't change the fact it wasn't really a follow up to DA:O, at least not in terms in finishing up any lingering storylines left over from DA:O or Awakenings, that some folks who saw the "2" in the title assumed would be the case.

 

I actually found most of the story of DA2 "Ok" (and I liked a number of the characters, with a few exceptions). My only real problem with the story part was that the game should have ended after you taking sides and defeating one of the two antagonists and then left it at that.

 

My main beef with the game had more to do with tossing out the old game mechanics rather than building on them. Lack of variety in encounters and the dreadful paratrooper waves didn't help