Comments on: E3: The Trailers – Dragon Age. In-game!

By: Man Raised By Puffins

Man Raised By Puffins — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:50:59 +0000

Release the hounds! Them Fereldens like their dogs, apparently.

By: droid

droid — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:45:21 +0000

At 0:37, there is a voice of “Release the ham!”

Huh?

By: Winterborn

Winterborn — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 06:14:58 +0000

I think the saying is ‘do want’.

By: Psychopomp

Psychopomp — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:14:18 +0000

Listen to Stick, this man speaks the truth.

By: KingMob

KingMob — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:57:22 +0000

This looks very good.

I really hope this has the well-designed scripting for party members that BG2 had (and I don’t really know if anything else had after that). I remember being able to set up a group so they played intelligently and rarely needed to be micromanaged… I miss that.

By: James T

James T — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:33:22 +0000

Tch, this is just going to be Mass Effect with guns!

By: Fumarole

Fumarole — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:29:25 +0000

That video makes me feel kinda funny, like when we used to climb the rope in gym class.

By: Deadcatt

Deadcatt — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:56:16 +0000

With no time for MMORPG’s ( and yes I will try to squeeze WAR under the GF radar ), I’m glad there are still a few good CRPG’s to play out there. This one looks great.

By: TheApologist

TheApologist — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:58:31 +0000

I literally just installed BG2 a few days ago after I saw the pre-rendered trailer, convinced that they weren’t making them like this any more.

But they are!

I will deffo be having at them when this comes out.

By: caesarbear

caesarbear — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:17:41 +0000

And with the emphasis clearly on combat and not at all on story, choice, or dialogue…

How in the hell can you tell that? I’m not going to bet that it isn’t, given BioWare recent consoley products, but where in the trailer did you see the outline of the entire game’s character and complexity as to dialogue? Might as well assume that the player has absolutely no dialogue choices at all.

I can sympathize with the fervent cRPG defending, as I think most game producers are too lazy or too jaded to make complex RPGs these days, but the NMA-style of attacking before any facts get out is very tiring.

By: Stick

Stick — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:55:47 +0000

@Petrushka:

You may have jumped to conclusions. :)

There is no resurrection magic. There’s no instant heal magic. Characters who are downed in combat suffer lasting, debilitating wounds.

Automagical end-of-combat revival… works. In the context.

As for “focus on combat over story/choice/dialogue”… I got a different picture from reading dev posts on the BioWare foums.

@MetalCircus et al:

Hey, not at all opposed to other RPG genres. I’m just happy enough seeing BW do their own fantasy without being limited by the ~~Marvel Universe~~ Forgotten Realms…

By: sigma83

sigma83 — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:26:08 +0000

I want Mass Effect 2! Sci fi > fantasy any day of the week and twice on Tuesdays!*

*cause Tuesdays is when the WoW servers get taken offline…? Get it? nvm.