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Most of the DLC for Origins is to set up some sweet overpowered armors and weapons for your crew. I think it's worth it, but then again I bought the Ultimate Edition off steam for 8 bucks  On the other hand, DA2 DLC is supreme trash by far.
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RagnarokAngel posted:Yeah I realized that after I said it there may be another engine called infinity Yeah, the joke is that for some reason they decided to also call the animation system in the new Madden game the Infinity Engine even though that was already a known and much beloved thing. So rather than an old good Bioware or Obsidian product, Madden 13 is the best selling Infinity Engine game of all time. 
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| # ? Sep 18, 2012 10:52 |
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Man, I hope the build up to the release of this game will be an even bigger train wreck than DA2's. I had more enjoyment out of the hilarious developer quotes, marketing slogans and people tossing sludge at bioware, than I actually had with the game. I can't wait for Bioware's hilariously awful marketing division to start with this one. I wonder what it'll be this time around; we already had "This is the new poo poo!" and "Button = awesome", so what will we get this time around? So yeah,  time.
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| # ? Sep 18, 2012 11:40 |
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Milky Moor posted:If anyone purchases Dragon Age 3, after seeing Dragon Age 2 and Mass Effect 3 then, really, they deserve exactly what they get. I wasn't looking forward to DA3 after the incredible mess that was DA2 and, after ME3, my interest in anything Bioware produces is practically zero. This. Also I love the Bioware RPG marketing cliches, they managed to fit them all into such a small statement there! player feedback connecting directly with our fans great story choices that matter massive world tactical combat proprietary engine It's like whenever a new FPS comes out and they say "we wanted to emphasize gun-on-gun gameplay". Sure, sure. THIS time it will be different. (gently caress you)
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| # ? Sep 18, 2012 12:03 |
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precision posted:For what it's worth, the DA2 demo was actually much worse than the game itself. The game is certainly of questionable quality, but hot poo poo that demo was garbage. The best part of DA2's horrible demo is that once people started making GBS threads on it they tried to claim it was from an "earlier build" of the game and that it wasn't completely representative of the final product. The gameplay included in the demo ended up being exactly the same as the retail version of the game.
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| # ? Sep 18, 2012 12:38 |
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Remember the auto attack toggle for consoles? Bioware on the day before release: Oh don't worry guys, with the console version, you can toggle auto-attack on in the options menu. Bioware on the day after release: Guys, we totally forgot to put in the toggle option for both consoles. 
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The funny thing is that for all the flak ME3 gets for its ending, I've had more fun playing its little throwaway multiplayer than I ever had snoring through BG2. Bring on more MP, Bioware!
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| # ? Sep 18, 2012 12:50 |
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When Dragon Age 3 is terrible, Obsidian's silly kickstarter game should be coming out eventually to be everything DA:O wanted to be and more.
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| # ? Sep 18, 2012 12:52 |
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Giggily posted:When Dragon Age 3 is terrible, Obsidian's silly kickstarter game should be coming out eventually to be everything DA:O wanted to be and more. I felt very inspired by Obsidian's preview world map, which looks exactly like Thedas except reversed and inverted. Progress!
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| # ? Sep 18, 2012 12:56 |
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Realistically, I think this game will probably be totally fine. Just the fact that it has a longer dev cycle than DA 2 should at least put it above that. Now whether Bioware can get over themselves and make a great game that actually displays some humility and legitimate craft remains to be seen. I don't think any other developer has ever pissed away so much good will so quickly before.
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| # ? Sep 18, 2012 12:58 |
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Hakkesshu posted:Realistically, I think this game will probably be totally fine. Just the fact that it has a longer dev cycle than DA 2 should at least put it above that. Perhaps you should lower your expectations. Category Fun! posted:So are they trying to spin that DA3 has been in the works since before DA2? I'm having a hard time making sense of this timeline. Scorchy posted:Well they started DA2 before DA1 shipped. That was after they said the changes in DA2 were based on fan feedback from DA1.
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| # ? Sep 18, 2012 13:03 |
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Well, unless they're literally just starting to work on it now, it's still going to be a longer dev cycle than DA2, isn't it?
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| # ? Sep 18, 2012 13:09 |
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Hakkesshu posted:Well, unless they're literally just starting to work on it now, it's still going to be a longer dev cycle than DA2, isn't it? Maybe? Merry Magpie posted:From IGN: I would not count on it though.
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| # ? Sep 18, 2012 13:17 |
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Can't wait for the shoe horned multiplayer where we defend a cluster of waist high boxes in Darktown from bandits who appear out of thin air.
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| # ? Sep 18, 2012 13:24 |
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I can't wait to see the ethical struggles and grand story-shaping that will occur as the player works between the Blood Mages, the Templars, and the . Each faction more intriguing and morally ambiguous than the last.
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exquisite tea posted:The funny thing is that for all the flak ME3 gets for its ending, I've had more fun playing its little throwaway multiplayer than I ever had snoring through BG2. Bring on more MP, Bioware! I might actually get DA3 if it's the same MP team as Mass Effect 3. I've at least sunk 100 hours into the MP portion of ME3, while I haven't even touched the singleplayer since beating it. It's a different team that did it though, so it's going to be a wildcard whether DA3 MP will be good. drat, Bioware, why can't you just give me the Left4Dead, full-version squad based shooter that you've shown you can make. That would redeem you in my eyes.
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| # ? Sep 18, 2012 13:27 |
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I'm really interested to see how well the ME3 Leviathan DLC sold.
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| # ? Sep 18, 2012 13:32 |
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DA2's gameplay and writing were flawed on such a fundamental level that even with 20 years of dev time it would've been a turd. A slightly more polished turd with more and different looking bits sticking out of it but still a turd.
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| # ? Sep 18, 2012 13:34 |
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It's funny to me how quick DA2's price tanked (which is rare for a AAA rpg). You could get it for like, half off 4 months after it came out. Even Amalur is still normally $40 and it sold like poo poo. Now amazon practically gives it to you for free every month if you buy the Ultimate edition of DA 1 for $7 DrManiac fucked around with this message at Sep 18, 2012 around 13:46 |
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DrManiac posted:It's funny to me how quick DA2's price tanked (which is rare for a AAA rpg). You could get it for like, half off 4 months after it came out. Even Amalur is still normally $40 and it sold like poo poo. Amalur sold more than a million copies which would have been really good if the company hadn't been run in a possibly illegally bad manner. DA2, however, was just produced by a team in a possibly illegally bad manner.
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| # ? Sep 18, 2012 13:52 |
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If you don't like playing video games then I'm not sure who you are going to write a good story that is unique to the video game medium. The best video game would have a story that weaves the gameplay into it, and if you hate the gameplay and just want to skip over it how are you going to do that?
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| # ? Sep 18, 2012 14:00 |
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If there's anything I learned from TOR, it's that the development of DA3 will be much more entertaining than the game itself. So, personally, I'm pretty stoked for DA3!
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Barudak posted:Amalur sold more than a million copies which would have been really good if the company hadn't been run in a possibly illegally bad manner. DA2, however, was just produced by a team in a possibly illegally bad manner. Amalur sold a million copies on the back of the mighty EA marketing and distribution machine, it should have performed a lot better.
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The Gunslinger posted:Amalur sold a million copies on the back of the mighty EA marketing and distribution machine, it should have performed a lot better. A million units for a fantasy RPG designed by a baseball pitcher from a first time new hampshire studio is amazing. The fact that they basically stole funds and funneled it into their pockets blowing up the development cost to 3 times or so what it should have cost is not.
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Barudak posted:A million units for a fantasy RPG designed by a baseball pitcher from a first time new hampshire studio is amazing. The fact that they basically stole funds and funneled it into their pockets blowing up the development cost to 3 times or so what it should have cost is not. I doubt it would have sold anywhere near those figures without EAs industry muscle but we'll agree to disagree I guess.
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| # ? Sep 18, 2012 14:08 |
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Since I'm seeing a lot of confusion about this matter both in this thread and in various other online news sites and forums; the team that is creating Dragon Age 3 is the same team that created Dragon Age 2. The wording used tries to deflect that fact as much as possible by stating that the guys from DA:O are making DA3. However, minus the people that left after DA:O was finished, they are also the same guys that made DA2. I can understand why they're doing it; for a long time after DA2, the first comment on every announcement for every new RPG was basically "don't let this be like DA2". Hell, if I remember correctly, even during one of their Bioware panels at conventions some fans even asked "don't make it like DA2" during Q&A. DA2 is basically damaged goods and they're trying to distance themselves as much as possible from it. So don't be fooled, the team behind DA3 is the DA2 team.
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| # ? Sep 18, 2012 14:34 |
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Alouicious posted:She's a fuckin writer, dude. She ain't got poo poo to do with the gameplay aspects of the game. Calm your spergy, grognard head. But seriously, calling her a writer is being very generous. She wrote the worst part of DA1 (Dwarfs), many of the main characters in DA2 (including Anders), DA2 DLC and several stories in TOR. Before that, she wrote a terrible comic and that was apparently enough to get her a job as senior writer at Bioware. So yeah, a lot of people rightfully loathe her. Then she goes on to disrespect the hobby she owes her well being to, as well as those who criticize her by calling them virgin losers. Calling her a stinkyhole and fat and whatnot isn't excusable, but don't let that trick you into thinking she's an innocent writer who just so happens to be hated because the internet found out she's overweight.
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rizuhbull posted:She wrote the worst part of DA1 (Dwarfs) I think you meant best part of DAI. The dwarven Origins and the main Orzammar questline were loving awesome.
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EightDeer posted:I think you meant best part of DAI. The dwarven Origins and the main Orzammar questline were loving awesome. I remember some dumbed-down political intrigue, the worst dungeon in the game and 'morally grey' choices achieved by tying the good ends to doing terrible things and bad ends to good things, which is I guess okay but wasn't very inspired. Now, the dwarves culture and character was awesome, but the actual game content was pretty weak.
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precision posted:Because Sonic Chronicles was a good game, drat it! Okay this I gotta hear.
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| # ? Sep 18, 2012 16:32 |
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rizuhbull posted:... she has both a vagina ... So yeah, a lot of people rightfully loathe her. Christ ever hear of self-awareness? She's a woman who holds a lot of skill-less nerds "dream job", and because of that people project their mommy issues onto her. There are dozens of terrible writers in video games. What has she ever done to deserve "loathing"?
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| # ? Sep 18, 2012 17:53 |
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Merry Magpie posted:Perhaps you should lower your expectations. Ugh quoting on my ipad is awful. It's not a stretch to say it was in development for 2 years now without having loads to show. Dragon age origins took somewhere around 7 years to make(or was it 9) and they didn't have much to show in the first couple years either. The beginning parts of a game are usually pretty ugly
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So you're the head of the Inquisition. Boy, I can't wait to see the cringeworthy ~ambiguous dark fantasy~ torture chamber where you make ~intense moral choices~ over whether to talk nicely or punch someone in the face.
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| # ? Sep 18, 2012 18:16 |
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The Monarch posted:There are dozens of terrible writers in video games. What has she ever done to deserve "loathing"? At least one or two of them didn't work on Dragon Age 2
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| # ? Sep 18, 2012 18:24 |
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God I fucking love Diablo 3 gold, it even paid for this shitty title
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MinionOfCthulhu posted:Okay this I gotta hear. It had dialog options, so you could make sonic be a dick to all his friends all the time. The battle system was pretty bad though.
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| # ? Sep 18, 2012 18:27 |
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I don't even remember the writing in DA2, all I remember is all of the missions taking place in the same three tiny environments, and feeling like I was playing a Dynasty Warriors game.
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| # ? Sep 18, 2012 18:29 |
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Samurai Sanders posted:I don't even remember the writing in DA2, all I remember is all of the missions taking place in the same three tiny environments, and feeling like I was playing a Dynasty Warriors game. Dynasty Warriors games have way more complex combat than Dragon Age II ever did.
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| # ? Sep 18, 2012 18:30 |
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Alouicious posted:Dynasty Warriors games have way more complex combat than Dragon Age II ever did.
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| # ? Sep 18, 2012 18:31 |
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The Monarch posted:Christ ever hear of self-awareness? Why'd you do the quote like that? In the first part he was clearly joking and it didn't relate to the second bit. Loathing might be a bit strong, but this is the internet, people use hyperbole. The fact is she sucks and her whole persona kinda sums up whats wrong with Bioware's writing. *Gigglesquees*
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for the record, Jennifer Hepler was not "the gigglesquee lady". That was Sheryl Chee.
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