Agiel Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 So finally got my Dragon's Keep invite in my email inbox and signed the NDA, unfortunately I visited their Twitter and saw this: New Keepers: wondering when you can access the whole site? We're off Monday (Canadian Thanksgiving) so it'll be Tuesday at the earliest. ... ...that is some bulls***... Quote “Political philosophers have often pointed out that in wartime, the citizen, the male citizen at least, loses one of his most basic rights, his right to life; and this has been true ever since the French Revolution and the invention of conscription, now an almost universally accepted principle. But these same philosophers have rarely noted that the citizen in question simultaneously loses another right, one just as basic and perhaps even more vital for his conception of himself as a civilized human being: the right not to kill.” -Jonathan Littell <<Les Bienveillantes>> Quote "The chancellor, the late chancellor, was only partly correct. He was obsolete. But so is the State, the entity he worshipped. Any state, entity, or ideology becomes obsolete when it stockpiles the wrong weapons: when it captures territories, but not minds; when it enslaves millions, but convinces nobody. When it is naked, yet puts on armor and calls it faith, while in the Eyes of God it has no faith at all. Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of Man...that state is obsolete." -Rod Serling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PK htiw klaw eriF Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 So finally got my Dragon's Keep invite in my email inbox and signed the NDA, unfortunately I visited their Twitter and saw this: New Keepers: wondering when you can access the whole site? We're off Monday (Canadian Thanksgiving) so it'll be Tuesday at the earliest. ... ...that is some bulls***... I know, we should invade those maple loving sons of bitches and make them celebrate real Thanksgiving. 5 "Akiva Goldsman and Alex Kurtzman run the 21st century version of MK ULTRA." - majestic "I'm gonna hunt you down so that I can slap you square in the mouth." - Bartimaeus "Without individual thinking you can't notice the plot holes." - InsaneCommander "Just feed off the suffering of gamers." - Malcador "You are calling my taste crap." -Hurlshort "thankfully it seems like the creators like Hungary less this time around." - Sarex "Don't forget the wakame, dumbass" -Keyrock "Are you trolling or just being inadvertently nonsensical?' -Pidesco "we have already been forced to admit you are at least human" - uuuhhii "I refuse to buy from non-woke businesses" - HoonDing "feral camels are now considered a pest" - Gorth "Melkathi is known to be an overly critical grumpy person" - Melkathi "Oddly enough Sanderson was a lot more direct despite being a Mormon" - Zoraptor "I found it greatly disturbing to scroll through my cartoon's halfing selection of genitalias." - Wormerine "Am I phrasing in the most negative light for them? Yes, but it's not untrue." - ShadySands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryy Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 So finally got my Dragon's Keep invite in my email inbox and signed the NDA, unfortunately I visited their Twitter and saw this: New Keepers: wondering when you can access the whole site? We're off Monday (Canadian Thanksgiving) so it'll be Tuesday at the earliest. ... ...that is some bulls***... I have an idea. You should work Christmas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManifestedISO Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Canadian Thanksgiving, in October ... why, what happened. Did the Native North Americans save them from the cold, and the French--no, that can only be half right. It has something do with ham being disguised as round, flat bacon, doesn't it. Is it hockey? Canadians give thanks every year for the start of hockey season, it must be. 1 All Stop. On Screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoraptor Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Canadian thanksgiving celebrates the time the US invaded Canada while Britain was fighting most of Napoleon's conquered Europe alone, then got the White House and Washington torched for their cheek. Still, at least you guys got the most hard to sing national anthem in the world out of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOK222 Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Hey I can get into the Keep Beta now. Too bad I can't log in till tuesday Ka-ka-ka-ka-Cocaine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryy Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Hey I can get into the Keep Beta now. Too bad I can't log in till tuesday Honestly, once you check everything out, there's nothing more to do until November 18th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nepenthe Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Hey I can get into the Keep Beta now. Too bad I can't log in till tuesday Honestly, once you check everything out, there's nothing more to do until November 18th.I'm not sure you seem to grasp the concepts of beta testing or ndas. Unfortunately I can't explain them in detail in this case without violating mine. You're a cheery wee bugger, Nep. Have I ever said that? Reapercussions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryy Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Hey I can get into the Keep Beta now. Too bad I can't log in till tuesday Honestly, once you check everything out, there's nothing more to do until November 18th.I'm not sure you seem to grasp the concepts of beta testing or ndas. Unfortunately I can't explain them in detail in this case without violating mine. I didn't give away any information, and most people just want in to "be in". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volourn Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 "I'm not sure you seem to grasp the concepts of beta testing or ndas. Unfortunately I can't explain them in detail in this case without violating mine." L0L NDAs L0L DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nepenthe Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 (edited) Hey I can get into the Keep Beta now. Too bad I can't log in till tuesday Honestly, once you check everything out, there's nothing more to do until November 18th.I'm not sure you seem to grasp the concepts of beta testing or ndas. Unfortunately I can't explain them in detail in this case without violating mine. I didn't give away any information, and most people just want in to "be in". Well, they're breaking their beta test agreement then, aren't they? Besides, what you're saying isn't even true. Edited October 13, 2014 by Nepenthe You're a cheery wee bugger, Nep. Have I ever said that? Reapercussions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndiraLightfoot Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 (edited) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYAECehIuKY?fs=1& Here's a recent short vid about crafting, making potions, and such. I must say that the weapon and item presentation screens have taken a whole chapter from the book of Skyrim. It certainly looks nice enough, though. Edited October 13, 2014 by IndiraLightfoot *** "The words of someone who feels ever more the ent among saplings when playing CRPGs" *** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lychnidos Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYAECehIuKY?fs=1& Here's a recent short vid about crafting, making potions, and such. I must say that the weapon and item presentation screens have taken a whole chapter from the book of Skyrim. It certainly looks nice enough, though. That's some big ass horse at the beginning . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agiel Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYAECehIuKY?fs=1& Here's a recent short vid about crafting, making potions, and such. I must say that the weapon and item presentation screens have taken a whole chapter from the book of Skyrim. It certainly looks nice enough, though. That's some big ass horse at the beginning . It'd have to be in order to accommodate a Qunari PC 2 Quote “Political philosophers have often pointed out that in wartime, the citizen, the male citizen at least, loses one of his most basic rights, his right to life; and this has been true ever since the French Revolution and the invention of conscription, now an almost universally accepted principle. But these same philosophers have rarely noted that the citizen in question simultaneously loses another right, one just as basic and perhaps even more vital for his conception of himself as a civilized human being: the right not to kill.” -Jonathan Littell <<Les Bienveillantes>> Quote "The chancellor, the late chancellor, was only partly correct. He was obsolete. But so is the State, the entity he worshipped. Any state, entity, or ideology becomes obsolete when it stockpiles the wrong weapons: when it captures territories, but not minds; when it enslaves millions, but convinces nobody. When it is naked, yet puts on armor and calls it faith, while in the Eyes of God it has no faith at all. Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of Man...that state is obsolete." -Rod Serling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadySands Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 http://www.incgamers.com/2014/10/dragon-age-inquisition-pc-stream-reveals-graphics-options-ui-and-more 2 Free games updated 3/4/21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nepenthe Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Here's the pc gameplay stream from earlier today: http://www.twitch.tv/bioware/c/5289519 2 You're a cheery wee bugger, Nep. Have I ever said that? Reapercussions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndiraLightfoot Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 (edited) Ahh, a nice 1h vid, and they're playing with m/kb! The music at the start, where those two marching files are seen, actually gives me BG-vibes!! Overall, it seems like that they are aiming for appropriate class/race/whatever reactivity throughout the game, instead of just some deep origin-prologues and then a few convo hiccups now and then. I can already tell that the convos are far, far better than Skyrim's woody verbal exchanges. That quest hub/war table setup seems to be really nice, and they say that you'll never open up all of the 300+ quest points on that map in one playthrough. Also, you have Inquisition Perks and Powers that make the war-table overlay another level of xp - a bit like T:ToN Discovery Points, but then again, not at all. The replayability value of this game just soared, I reckon. EDIT: There are loads of different mounts, and one of them shown is like a weird moose, and when the dev mounted it, he called it Horny! EDIT 2: The UIs are overall great, especially for the PC - and I love that bara - I don't care if it's restricted to eight slots. I agree with the devs. I think it's all for the best. Also, thanks to hints in this vid, I'm getting more and more a feel for what kind of character I want to build. Edited October 14, 2014 by IndiraLightfoot 1 *** "The words of someone who feels ever more the ent among saplings when playing CRPGs" *** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nepenthe Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Yeah, I'm having platform envy. You're a cheery wee bugger, Nep. Have I ever said that? Reapercussions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndiraLightfoot Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Interesting facts: DA:O - dev time over 6 years (nearly 7) - lots of that - 2 years - went into developing the new IP, the new systems, dev team at crunch time - 180 devs DA2 - Most of it was dev in 8 months (cf. IWD2!), dev team at crunch time - not even 100 DA:I - dev time around 4 years, dev team at crunch time - it's still going on, so I have no reliable number, but it must be huge. This certainly gives me hope that this game may be at least as good as DA:O. *** "The words of someone who feels ever more the ent among saplings when playing CRPGs" *** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agiel Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 (edited) I remember Laidlaw claiming that parts of DA2 were in development even before Origins' was complete. If there was truth to that claim then there probably was at least some pre-production stuff for Inquisition done before DA2 went gold. That said, given the, to put it lightly, mixed reaction to DA2 it's certainly within the realm of possibility that they scrapped a significant portion of that work when they realised the "slam dunk" * approach to cRPG design wasn't going to quite cut it for the fans. *Yeah, it's an article from the Codex. But hey, you gotta admit that amongst all the bigotry and narcissism they occasionally put out something absolutely brilliant. Edited October 14, 2014 by Agiel Quote “Political philosophers have often pointed out that in wartime, the citizen, the male citizen at least, loses one of his most basic rights, his right to life; and this has been true ever since the French Revolution and the invention of conscription, now an almost universally accepted principle. But these same philosophers have rarely noted that the citizen in question simultaneously loses another right, one just as basic and perhaps even more vital for his conception of himself as a civilized human being: the right not to kill.” -Jonathan Littell <<Les Bienveillantes>> Quote "The chancellor, the late chancellor, was only partly correct. He was obsolete. But so is the State, the entity he worshipped. Any state, entity, or ideology becomes obsolete when it stockpiles the wrong weapons: when it captures territories, but not minds; when it enslaves millions, but convinces nobody. When it is naked, yet puts on armor and calls it faith, while in the Eyes of God it has no faith at all. Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of Man...that state is obsolete." -Rod Serling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryy Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 I remember Laidlaw claiming that parts of DA2 were in development even before Origins' was complete. If there was truth to that claim then there probably was at least some pre-production stuff for Inquisition done before DA2 went gold. I'd gather there would have to be. They've been trying to make it their new flagship title since forever. It's their Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane. Or to be more obtuse... Spider-Girl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBrown Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 EDIT: There are loads of different mounts, and one of them shown is like a weird moose, and when the dev mounted it, he called it Horny! I think the moose is collector's edition only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nepenthe Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 I remember Laidlaw claiming that parts of DA2 were in development even before Origins' was complete. If there was truth to that claim then there probably was at least some pre-production stuff for Inquisition done before DA2 went gold. That said, given the, to put it lightly, mixed reaction to DA2 it's certainly within the realm of possibility that they scrapped a significant portion of that work when they realised the "slam dunk" * approach to cRPG design wasn't going to quite cut it for the fans. *Yeah, it's an article from the Codex. But hey, you gotta admit that amongst all the bigotry and narcissism they occasionally put out something absolutely brilliant. I recommend going back to Witch Hunt and the other later DLCs for DAO. They have numerous references... to DAI, not DA2. I CBA to put the sources together, but basically DA2 was supposed to be a smaller game, more like a standalone expansion, to prevent the Mass Effect and Dragon Age teams from having identical dev cycles. Then somebody* had the idea of labeling it "2" and driving the dev team to make it a full-price game... resulting in what I view as the sole critical failure of the game, the artificial stretch from reusing the same areas over and over. So, in a lot of ways, this is the DAO sequel that was originally supposed to be, with DA2 a slight excursion in the middle. *Most will say that this was evil overlord EA, I will assume it was the docs. 1 You're a cheery wee bugger, Nep. Have I ever said that? Reapercussions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 "I'm not sure you seem to grasp the concepts of beta testing or ndas. Unfortunately I can't explain them in detail in this case without violating mine." L0L NDAs L0L People take them seriously, even in PR betas Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorth Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Completely irrelevant, I know... but I keep reading the thread title as Dragon Age: Acquisition for some reason Maybe there is going to be a lot of DLC for it. 1 “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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