Comments on: Paper Crafty: Dragon Age Journeys

By: Andytizer

Andytizer — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:47:39 +0000

I also preordered straight away right after I read your review. It’s funny because I had so much skepticism about it with the rubbish trailer so was going to wait until it went on sale, but now I can’t wait!

By: Railick

Railick — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:37:46 +0000

@Digit what does WoT stand for in this case?

By: Psychopomp

Psychopomp — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:55:10 +0000

“THE SKY IS FALLING!”

By: Psychopomp

Psychopomp — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:51:53 +0000

*Nothing* is original

By: JKjoker

JKjoker — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:05:34 +0000

soo, being unoriginal is very important when writing fantasy ? hmm, that explains things

By: JKjoker

JKjoker — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:03:02 +0000

the way this goes every subplot and submissions in RPG will have to be bought, hell, just finish the engine, cram in 1 hour of “main story” , sit back and release the real content by DLC, less time and investment in development, more money in your pocket!, score!

what, it didn’t sell that well ? what about our announced 87 DLC submissions (that totally have nothing to do with the main story but were supposed to be 80% of the game) you ask ? bah, drop support, lets focus on Halo 74, screw those that paid full price for an incomplete game, they had their 30 minutes of Tutorial SP campaign, nah that totally couldn’t happen.

By: Psychopomp

Psychopomp — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:50:38 +0000

Deriding fantasy for being unoriginal is like deriding soda for being fizzy.

By: JKjoker

JKjoker — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:39:17 +0000

what are you talking about ? Dragon Age is one of a kind, sooooo unique, you never played anything like it, their dwarves, they like have beards, you know ? and their elves, they have like .. pointy ears… yes

as proof of imagination and infinite wisdom they are doing a “me too!” and releasing a paid DLC on launch day, awesome!, how is it called ? Waterdeep… no wait … it was Warden’s Keep, yeah that extremely not generic name, that certainly doesnt sound like anything i’ve ever heard before, really …

By: PsyW

PsyW — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:11:41 +0000

Damn it. Now it seems like I’ll need to buy this, and it wasn’t an investment of time and money I was really planning on. Also, a copy of PC Gamer. It’s been aaaaages since I’ve picked up one of those!

Blast you, Bioware! And don’t think you’re off the hook either, Mr. Walker!

By: Digit

Digit — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:01:17 +0000

Whilst I like the look of their animation and quirky combat in this little 2D game, it’s not remotely endearing me to the main offering as likely the only thing in common is an abundance of animated gore. DA:O Has had an interesting marketing campaign, with almost every new offering having a negative effect on those watching it apart from the fan-people on their forums and things that are specifically not to do with the game. I hope those who get it actually do enjoy it, as I know it sucks buying something that’s a total flop, but I simply cannot muster up any enthusiasm for this terrible WoT ripoff, especially when they are adamant it’s not a WoT ripoff, and that it has all the things that made BG great. After talking to them on their forums, I… I just don’t think they -know- what made BG great, all this spiritual successor to BG etc etc, is just marketing spin. :x

By: Heliocentric

Heliocentric — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:00:01 +0000

I say that female dwarf beards should be a toggle option. They can have pretty braids in them or whatever, but to me dwarven chicks need to be busting some zee zee top facial growth to be legit.

By: jsutcliffe

jsutcliffe — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:49:09 +0000

Especially on launch day before it unlocks on Steam, when the game is sitting on a store shelf somewhere taunting you.