Dragon Age

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Yeah, although I haven't read anything yet, I sure like the idea of BG-view. A pity for the lack of D&D-rules, but hey, what are we gonna do about that? Conversion, anyone? Just kidding.

 

Totally.

But don't misunderstand me. Buy however much ale and whores that it takes to get the development team to get it out on deadline. If you have to form your own trucking company to haul the kegs of Corona and girls from Mustang Ranch, then get cracking. Time's a wastin'...

 

I speculate that this title won't be released until holiday season '05.

Somewhere I read that it was three years between NWN's first demo at E3 and it's release. So a year and a half would be a big improvement for Bioware.

 

I have a feeling it will be a more fanbase Modular style of game, like NWN rather than an exceptional single player OC like BG. Just my thoughts.

 

No matter what excellent OC it might have, the potential of fan made mods is far greater. Multiplayer of course, is another step further.

What i'm hoping is a more "usable" surroundings. Not objects that can be assigned as "usable". All objects should be usable, have their hit points, hardness,...
That way you wont get stuck by a patch of stones on the ground, while there's a direwolf chasing you. Might take a while, but you could remove it or destroy it with a nasty spell, if you have one. Or picking up improvised weapons and smacking drunkards with a stool, instead of drawing a blade they aint worth of.
This cant be changed easily by modders/builders so i really hope they'll include it in the first place.

 

I know I am probably going to smack myself in the head when I read the answer...but what does IP mean? The developers use it in the context of "campaign setting". I have been thinking "imaginary place" but that sounds a little non-corporate.

 

IP = Intellectual Property (As far as I know, anyhow). Basically - they own it. They made it up themselves.

And The developers are saying that they're more interested in the single player than multiplayer, which IMO, is a great and wonderful thing.

(Edit: Dammit Tal! I just realised I'd spelt that wrong, only to find you'd already editted it )

[ May 22, 2004, 16:50: Message edited by: Aikanaro ]

 

Of course we should have a Dragon Age forum.

(I still think we need a KOTOR forum too! )

 

I just hope that on a scale NWN to BG, it is parking it's butt on top off BG, I want a bloody good OC or I won't buy the game, I want to be able to fill the hole in my soul which was there since I was done with BG2, and where PST, IWD2 and NWN have all failed, I want Dragon Age to succeed.
I want a game that I play for five more minutes at 10 PM only to notice that it is 3 AM when I look up again, and YES gimme that banter/romance etc.
I just NEED a good single player campaign without having to bother a gazillion of confusion downloads --> I NEED MORE BG.
Thank you for your attention

/Goes off to down some Ritalin

 

What i'm hoping is that the games needlessly good graphics aren't bioware's selling point for a cheap souless cash-in with the "rpg elements" of dark messiah. If this is another super linear adventure rpg with ultra graphics i'll go crazy. If this is just Biowares rendition of oblivion i'll be sick, ISOMETRIC viewpoint is the only way, its not because its retro its just because it works... But i'll wait for this game to come out before i start criticising it

 

Amen, so say I.

 

I think that this one is bioware's last chance for a good pc game. I do not care what they do on the consoles. I can understand that it is good for the money side to develop for the console, but a good (90/100) pc game will sell longer and more. nwn1 still sells, as does BG and Icewind. Well we all know about BG2.

What I dislike most is the date of announcment. Far to early. My guess is mid 2008 before it lies on the shelves. No, Bioware's credit is low with me. After the short Jade Empire, my opinion is that they went console.

 

They announced it so early to try and dispell the myth that they went console. That, and to get input from gamers early in the development. From everything I've seen and heard, I think it will be well worth the wait. I wouldn't be supprized to see it out by Christmass '07, but I wouldn't hold my breath for that, either.

 

If its not d&d 3.5 rules I think it might be good. Will probbly buy it if I like the demo.

 

But a big danger lurks. Electronic Arts is taking over Bioware's mothercorperation so it will be done when the holiday season needs it for sales and not when it is done. And that is killing the pc-games market.

 

I'm not entirely sure about that. They don't seem to have touched ME's release date, and that's close enough to holidays that they could probably get away with it. All things considered, I'm guessing EA isn't going to mess with BioWare all that much. I'm betting they decided to tro expanding into the RPG realm and, instead of competing with everybody at once, decided to take BioWare as an already-working company and not mess with it.

 

And that will pay off on the long run. Dragon age is going to be a Q1 2008 game whitout delays so It will be save. Whit Bioware we know that games are not perfect, but fairly playable whitout pachtes, and get patched soon and long.


Straying furhter off topic: Are Atari and EA not competitors? Do you see someone else than Bioware or Obsidian making D&D games? My fear is not a lack of RPG but more: Bye bye rulsets, hello skilltree.

 

A misprint in a gamemagazine. It says q1 2008, but whit delays it will be later. But if they do, than it will be released in the same time as Fallout 3 which is scheduled, again according to a specialist magazine, in q4 2008.

A lot of speculation, but in a interview on gamespot i get the impression that the game is nearly done.

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/dragonage/news.html?sid=6180866&om_act=convert&om_clk=newsfeatures&tag=newsfeatures;title;1

 

The Bioware message boards on DA have recently had several hints from Devs and others that the game is much closer to completion than many have guessed. They're already hiring local voice acting talent, and a slip from some higher-ups in the company said that, when trying out an updated version, they had intended to just play a few hours, but ended up playing all weekend. I'm guessing some time 08 is guaranteed, so long as no one messes with it. When 08 is another issue.

I wouldn't worry too much. Bioware has a good bit of experience here and I don't think they'll let it drop. Also, skilltrees as a definition of the ruleset really seems to be an MMO phenomenon, I don't think it would translate well into standard CRPG. Anyway, the few aspects of the combat system that have been revieled so far hint at a system heavily grounded in rules, with skills as special bonuses, not the focus.