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Saving Dragon Age 3: A Simple Solution

Stew Shearer from gamrFeed: "A few months before Dragon Age 2 was released I had the opportunity to interview Mike Laidlaw for an article I was writing at the time. It was an amicable chat and while I'm certain that at least some of his responses were colored by PR speak, I still walked away with the impression of a man enthusiastic about his work."

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jsslifelike5401d ago (Edited 5401d ago )

It'd be no surprise if someone slipped and said that EA's harsh timetables clipped DA2, thus sterilizing it a bit. What's on the disc is forever; make sure it's great BEFORE it gets pressed.

NewMonday5401d ago

1-have more than one guy design the maps
2-full party customization
3-choices should change major events , many times encounters end in a fight no matter the choice(and the thing with the mother is another example), the game just felt very liner

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Theo11305401d ago

Jesslifelike, my thoughts exactly.

despair5401d ago (Edited 5401d ago )

In all fairness, the thing with the mother was intentionally done as it was by the devs. They said too often people play these game types with the mindset that they can solve everything with a good ending/proper ending, so they threw that one in there to show the other side, and threaten the safety players feel in these games.

They also got many messages and inquiries on how to complete it with a good ending from many people(like myself) who reloaded and tried something different hoping for an alternative, showing exactly how we think when playing these games.

I thought it was something of a highlight in contrast to the mostly disappointing game.

EDIT: To emphasize what is also said above...definitely play Witcher 2.

evrfighter15401d ago

"the thing with the mother was intentionally done as it was by the devs. They said too often people play these game types with the mindset that they can solve everything with a good ending/proper ending,"

the problem is their customers are saying it was a rushed game.

who's right?

reznik_zerosum5401d ago

just let CD Project Red to do DA3 ;) and pay them like gazillionnn $

jeseth5401d ago

While I respect everypne's opinions and was skeptical in the early stages of the game. . . I wound up really loving DA2.

It takes place in a completely different area from the first game and I had no problem with the game mostly taking place within the confines of one giant city. The story and side stories were really good, andsome of the choices you made had far more severe consequences than they originally appeared to present (my sister died my first playthrough and I was pissed. Magical and Melee powers were more impressive and exciting. Etc.

The bottom line is that by itself DA2 is a great game, I also ike origins more but after letting it set in I really liked the different locale and the way the viewed the blight, etc. It just give you, the player, more perspective and a different take on Origins while being immersed in a different atmosphere.

I think this gen has created too many critics and that sometimes people forget game are meant to be entertainment. DA2 was really good and . . . sorry for the rant.

Happy Memorial Day and thanks to all our Veterans and Troops for the hard work they are doing and have done!

dc15401d ago

One aspect of improvement and self evaluation is measurement.

And there is no better bar to measure yourself against (As an RPG developer) than CDP RED's 'The Withcer 2'

To put it short. I would spoil myself if Bioware turn out a ‘DA3’ title on the level of Witcher 2. For now.. I'm closing in on 100hr on the Wither2, looking forward to Skyrim and have my fingers crossed for DA3.

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Kee5401d ago

Yeah, they need more time.

NYC_Gamer5401d ago

i have no plans to support this franchise part 2 just ruined everything for me

Falaut5401d ago

exactly, words are meaningless, its when your wallet decides, that's when they take notice.

As much as I hate to say it, my opinion is that Bioware is to blame for this, much less the publisher EA.

Like I said in one of my previous posts, Bioware of old is gone, replaced with a "publisher" minded dev.

Xof5401d ago

To be fair, the biggest problem was the short development time. Had DA2 had larger, more varied environments (re: the time to build those environments) it would have been a much, much better game.

If you remove the monotonous level design, the biggest problem with DA2 was the... slackshod storytelling (re: mages are always, ALWAYS, evil monsters).

jsslifelike5401d ago

I don't think we should NOT support BioWare(as they pretty much craft the best WRPGs on the market), but that doesn't mean we should be silent on the matter either. IF it can be made known on a widespread basis that the game did indeed have it's shortcomings, then maybe that makes it into the next design doc, if not the final product.

And, let's not kid ourselves- BioWare knew full well what the product was when it left the facility; they were probably just helpless to stop it.

Xof5401d ago

...The simple fact of the matter is that the WRPG is a dying genre. Bioware is pretty much the ~only~ developer making playable WRPGs these days. If we don't buy their games, we don't buy WRPG period.

It's either that, or suffer through awful Oblivion-type games.

shadowknight2035401d ago

regardless I'd rather support an RPG franchise then support more FPS franchises. Especially being that DA is a non japanese RPG brand, something kinda few and far between now a days. I'm not saying JRPG's are bad, simply, they are more fairly common.

NYC_Gamer5401d ago

i'm not going to spend my cash on half finished rushed products regardless of the amount of wrpgs available

HacSawJimThugin5401d ago

I agree...they need to take some time off of Dragon Age and give us a new Jade Empire. That was a dope game.

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Jacks_Medulla5401d ago

Hire CD Projekt Red(The Witcher).

outwar60105401d ago

forget dragon age happened or count it as an extension of the game universe and do another dragon age but mass effect peoples choices etc let people find out what happened to morrigans baby etc

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Dragon Age Lead Says Including World State Reactivity Felt Like It Was "Irrelevant Or Not Enough"

Dragon Age 2 set the precedent that the series would always carry our choices over, but was it worth it?

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TheColbertinator1d 19h ago

If the choices won't matter, why bother? Bioware works so hard at giving meaningful choices but rarely if ever carrying out the impact of such choices to the end.

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EA Turned Down BioWare's Pitch For A Dragon Age Origins Remake Or A Remastered Trilogy

EA turned down BioWare's pitch to work on a remake of Dragon Age Origins or a remastered Dragon Age Trilogy, according to a new report.

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Terry_B214d ago

Thats a pity. A remaster Trilogy would sell a lot better than the game they released last year.

TheEroica213d ago

Speak for yourself... Some of us are tired of remastered/remakes. Maybe this industry could show a little originality or progress a thought forward. Pass on dragon age remastered. Make a competent dragon age game or fold up shop.

FullmetalRoyale213d ago

They did speak for themselves.

jambola213d ago

At what point did they indicate they were speaking for anyone else?

Lionsguard212d ago

No, they would have just ruined it by retconning things with their agenda.

Ristul212d ago

Exactly, while I love the orginal game (origins) they would have censured the hell out of it and replaced it with wokeness.

-Foxtrot214d ago

I would have rather seen a remake of Origins which added onto it with more content than Dragon Age 4

If successful they could have continued on from it ignoring the other DA games.

Christopher214d ago

Lore dump in Veilguard was very good and I enjoyed the game for that.

I would not at all be opposed to more of a 'remake' of the first game, though. Not sure a 'remaster' with better graphics and whatnot would really pull me in if it didn't include more updated controls and gameplay.

Armaggedon213d ago

Yeah, your right about the lore, and thats the reason I like dragon age in the first place. I think thats why theres such a divide with veilguard. Those that fell in love with dragon age for the rpg mechanics were gravely disappointed.

pwnmaster3000214d ago (Edited 214d ago )

Honestly I tried getting into dragon age 4 but just couldn’t man and it wasn’t that political BS, annoying yes, but not game killing. It just wasn’t it for me.
I would rather they just remake the original and stay true to the original

anast213d ago

It's not a good game. But if a few trans and gay people upset you, then you have some issues with stuff beyond politics.

pwnmaster3000213d ago

Didn’t care for it.
Annoying yes, because it’s dragon age.
That whole trans and binary just didnt fit in and felt force.

But like I said it wasn’t game killing. I just found it boring.

andy85213d ago

Ill always have the argument you only see it if you go looking for it. Im not gay or trans, it was a 2 minute scene you can literally skip and then you dont see any more of it in the game. Didn't bother me at all.

pwnmaster3000213d ago (Edited 213d ago )

@andy
It really wasn’t 2 min and it was pretty much one characters identity lol.
Like I said it wasn’t game killing.

But to pretend it wasn’t stupid the way they went about it.
Sounded like something from our world would say.
Like wtf, i want fantasy to run away from our world.
I think it’s dumb asf to use real world terminology for real world problems in a game that isn’t set in ours world/altworld

Armaggedon213d ago

Understandable, it is a very different game in many ways.

@anast
I think it was a good game. Who is actually right here?

anast212d ago

It's not a good game. People people liking something is not always a good metric. People like sh%& games, I even like a few sh&% games myself.

Armaggedon211d ago (Edited 211d ago )

Thats the understanding people lack.

People set standards of what is “good”. Interestingly, it is a strange form of confirmation bias, in which people look for evidence to support what they deem “good or bad” about a title. That is why we have so many people that say that starfield does nothing new…when that is literally what it does..something new…for Bethesda at least.

I have had people call me trash before, moments before I obliterate them in whatever it is we are playing. Broaden your awareness, and you will know of what I speak.

isarai214d ago

That's ok, they probably would've sullied it somehow anyways

LucasRuinedChildhood214d ago

What was wrong with Mass Effect Legendary Edition?

Terry_B213d ago

Miranda Lawson..and a bit more.

franwex213d ago

Right? I’m actually glad they left it alone.

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Next Year, I Promise I Will Play A Different Character In Dragon Age: Origins

I've played the exact same Warden in Dragon Age: Origins for years. In 2025, I will finally make a different one. Maybe.

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CoNn3rB436d ago

Tried it before, doesn't work. I tried to to play a Dalish archer but ended up being a Dwarf Noble warrior again, must be a bug

OtterX436d ago

Next year is tomorrow, so you'll start a new character tomorrow, right? 🤔

OtterX436d ago

It's not now, at least where I live. It's 2025 as of 2 hours ago. :P

Bercilak436d ago

Seriously? I play every playable character there is: a male human noble.

TheColbertinator436d ago

My preferred origin is Dalish Elf Archer that recruits the Templars, Baelen's Dwarves with Golems and Dalish Elves. Took me 3 playthroughs to lock down a "true" file for me. What a game.

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