Dragon Age: Inquisition Pre-Release Thread

[Kem0sabe]

Probably. Remember that they are part of EA and they have access to all their tech and support. The technical problems and limitations related to previous games mostly had to do with their continued use of the NWN engine.

So we can expect something like a heavily modded frostbite engine, hmm.

Would be nice to have a mage destroying a building with a fireball without it being scripted, but then again i don´t think Bioware is that ambitious in terms of design.

Also another thing that bothers me with trying to emulate Skyrim´s open world design, the amount of resources and the cost of developing that many assets without having the world feel like a random generated piece of crap will probably eat up on Bioware´s already week world design, writing and characters.

 

[Commissar Draco]

Art style like Twicher? Biowhore please. We will get same disney land pseudo medieval/LOTR shit moar like Oblivion art style.

 

[Rhalle]

Does Bioware even have the technical chops to pull off something like an open world rpg?

If everything they've ever produced is an indication, the answer is no. My guess is, at best, we'll get a larger but still zoned sort of thing; a scaled-up version of what they always do. And they'll hype that as "open-world."

I will be very surprised if they produce a truly open-world game like FO3 or Skyrim.

 

[tuluse]

Does Bioware even have the technical chops to pull off something like an open world rpg?

Probably. Remember that they are part of EA and they have access to all their tech and support. The technical problems and limitations related to previous games mostly had to do with their continued use of the NWN engine.

We all know how smoothly TOR went.

 

[Andyman Messiah]

The newfag speaks the truth: DA2 and ME3 were outright shit.

Indeed, but which one is shittier?

In my experience it's definitely ME3, because at least you can have fun with DA2's shittiness. ME3 takes itself a little bit too serious (a'la ME1) so you're just flabbergasted all the time it does something retarded, which is pretty much all the time.

 

[mediocrepoet]

I have high hopes for this AAAA+ game.

Open world like Skyrim

Art-style like The Witcher 2

Romance by BioWare

oh yeah, real high hopes...

This sounds like the best game ever! And I can play with my friends!?

Can you pre-order yet? I need to know.

 

[Necroscope]

The newfag speaks the truth: DA2 and ME3 were outright shit.

Indeed, but which one is shittier?

It's like comparing flu to hangover. Shitty in their own ways I'd say.

 

[~RAGING BONER~]

Open world like Skyrim

Art-style like The Witcher 2

Some people just refuse to listen to me which is so strange since I'm right more often than not, being informed and all.

look at it this way: the higher i set my hopes, the sweeter the codexian sustaining tears taste on the way down from those celestial heights. The rest of you can just stand beneath the blood mist clouds with buckets to collect them and grins from ear to ear.

This sounds like the best game ever! And I can play with my friends!?

Can you pre-order yet? I need to know.

let's be honest now...most of us are such borderline aspies (if not full blown) that we can't really maneuver the intricacies of anything resembling a meaningful human relationship. This is why we rage against multi-player under the guise that it "takes away resources" from what could be a "great game" turning it into a mediocre one. Enter: the BioWare romance! to placate and lull us into a world of lustful fantasy that gives us a few brief moments of respite from an otherwise dreary existence.

 

[Kem0sabe]

let's be honest now...most of us are such borderline aspies (if not full blown) that we can't really maneuver the intricacies of anything resembling a meaningful human relationship. This is why we rage against multi-player under the guise that it "takes away resources" from what could be a "great game" turning it into a mediocre one. Enter: the BioWare romance! to placate and lull us into a world of lustful fantasy that gives us a few brief moments of respite from an otherwise dreary existence.

Not me, i have "loads" of meaningful sex. I only need rpg romances for the emotional attachment.

 

[Roguey]

Also another thing that bothers me with trying to emulate Skyrim´s open world design, the amount of resources and the cost of developing that many assets without having the world feel like a random generated piece of crap will probably eat up on Bioware´s already week world design, writing and characters.

They're not actually trying to emulate Skyrim so this is a nonissue.

 

[Delterius]

Also another thing that bothers me with trying to emulate Skyrim´s open world design, the amount of resources and the cost of developing that many assets without having the world feel like a random generated piece of crap will probably eat up on Bioware´s already week world design, writing and characters.

They're not actually trying to emulate Skyrim so this is a nonissue.

I imagine that, if they were trying to emulate Skyrim, then it would be much more than a issue. But things as they are and BioWare's recent environments, any ambition can be problematic.

 

[aris]

"Uhm, I simply stated my observation; if it's enough reason to hope for Bio's painful death is a different matter. Personally I don't give a fuck what happens to them. If DA3 gonna be shit, and it's gonna be shit, I simply won't buy it and carry on with my life, not necessarily awaitng the great mighty doom."

If you don't give a fuck than why waste time spamming about it? FFS If you truly don't care back it up. When I don't care about soemthing I avoid it in all ways possible. Typical internetz. They prove they don't care by talking about it just like they prove how much a game sucks by playing it 7 times. LMFAO

That's what's the codex is about. Whining about AAA-games you allegedly don't give a shit about. Why do you think the threads on bioware (and that one on diablo 3) are always the most popular ones?

 

[Kem0sabe]

They're not actually trying to emulate Skyrim so this is a nonissue.

They could do worse than inspire themselves on Skyrim´s world building. As long as DAII is kept locked away and out of the designers minds, then i can still hope they produce something that´s at least bearable to play.

 

[Volourn]

"That's what's the codex is about. Whining about AAA-games you allegedly don't give a shit about. Why do you think the threads on bioware (and that one on diablo 3) are always the most popular ones?"

Next, youa re gonna inform me that we are posting on the internet and that we both live on Earth. Thanks for the important info!

 

[Necroscope]

"Uhm, I simply stated my observation; if it's enough reason to hope for Bio's painful death is a different matter. Personally I don't give a fuck what happens to them. If DA3 gonna be shit, and it's gonna be shit, I simply won't buy it and carry on with my life, not necessarily awaitng the great mighty doom."

If you don't give a fuck than why waste time spamming about it? FFS If you truly don't care back it up. When I don't care about soemthing I avoid it in all ways possible. Typical internetz. They prove they don't care by talking about it just like they prove how much a game sucks by playing it 7 times. LMFAO

That's what's the codex is about. Whining about AAA-games you allegedly don't give a shit about. Why do you think the threads on bioware (and that one on diablo 3) are always the most popular ones?

Because ppl like to rant and laugh their asses off? If a game is good then it's more likely that you gonna find yourself playing than complaining. And it's obvious that AAA titles produce more comments; bigger shit, more flies.

So yeah, if you throw shit at Uwe Boll or Justin Bieber then it means you care...

 

[Jick Magger]

Which is why the same people come to the same threads and complain about the same games still being shit and the same developers pulling the same mistakes and the same fans eating up the same shit.
There's some level of emotional investment here, otherwise most would just shrug their shoulders every time Bioware makes another blunder and say "Ehh, it's Bioware" and move on. Same with Justin Bieber and Uwe Boll. If you truly didn't care about them then you wouldn't bother bitching about them whenever they're brought up or spam the comments sections of their youtube videos with shit-slinging.

 

[Ulminati]

Which is why the same people come to the same threads and complain about the same games still being shit and the same developers pulling the same mistakes and the same fans eating up the same shit.
There's some level of emotional investment here, otherwise most would just shrug their shoulders every time Bioware makes another blunder and say "Ehh, it's Bioware" and move on. Same with Justin Bieber and Uwe Boll. If you truly didn't care about them then you wouldn't bother bitching about them whenever they're brought up or spam the comments sections of their youtube videos with shit-slinging.

People who didn't need people needed people around to know that they were the kind of people who didn't need people.
-- (Terry Pratchett, Maskerade)

 

[aris]

Which is why the same people come to the same threads and complain about the same games still being shit and the same developers pulling the same mistakes and the same fans eating up the same shit.
There's some level of emotional investment here, otherwise most would just shrug their shoulders every time Bioware makes another blunder and say "Ehh, it's Bioware" and move on. Same with Justin Bieber and Uwe Boll. If you truly didn't care about them then you wouldn't bother bitching about them whenever they're brought up or spam the comments sections of their youtube videos with shit-slinging.

Yep. I truly don't have much of an emotional investment with bioware anymore, which is also the reason why I spend pretty much zero time talking about bioware games and so called "romance-simulators".

"That's what's the codex is about. Whining about AAA-games you allegedly don't give a shit about. Why do you think the threads on bioware (and that one on diablo 3) are always the most popular ones?"

Next, youa re gonna inform me that we are posting on the internet and that we both live on Earth. Thanks for the important info!

Then why do you complain about the nature of this forum, when you already knew it was so? Why are you lying volourn?

 

[Data4]

I have high hopes for this AAAA+ game.

Open world like Skyrim

Art-style like The Witcher 2

Romance by BioWare

oh yeah, real high hopes...

This sounds like the best game ever! And I can play with my friends!?

Can you pre-order yet? I need to know.

I think the real question is whether Bio will let players romance their friends. I mean, because nothing says satisfying human interaction like trading scripted lines with another human being, culminating in a cutscene of underwear rubbin'.

 

[Telengard]

Since all EA games must now be multiplayer, and since the only thing Bioware's got going for it are the romances, you won't just be able to romance your online friends, it will be a necessity to do so. You will have to suck off a certain number of your friends in order to unlock the best ending.

 

[Commissar Draco]

culminating in a cutscene of underwear rubbin'.

Modders will fix it.

 

[Dragula]

Day 1 dlc probably.

 

[Corporate_Jew_Master]

Day 1 dlc probably.

On-disk-dlc you mean.

And multiplayer. Any sexist jokes on multiplayer gets you ip-banned on Origin and you can only run the game through it.

Serves you right, cis goyim scum.

 

[Sul]

Day 1 dlc probably.

Serves you right, cis goyim scum.

 

[Roguey]

Some people just refuse to listen to me which is so strange since I'm right more often than not, being informed and all.

http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/61839-anti-dragon-age-2/page__st__440#entry1297469

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they announced DA3 would be an open world game

We did no such thing.

http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/61839-anti-dragon-age-2/page__st__440#entry1297479

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Sure they did. Based on an unreliable 'report' a while back.

Ah, well if people are going to believe any old random comment then.

We're not making an open world game.

We're making a game with much larger levels (in large part thanks to Frostbite), as well as spending more time on areas that are less connected to the crit path of the plot.

Look how fucking right I am. Imagine all the mis- and disinfo that would go unchecked on this forum if not for my informed posts.