Game News Dragon Age II: Timeline of Thedas

[kris]

What's the closest historical analogue to Dragon Age? e.g. how Dark Sun is the Sumerian city states or Tamriel is the Roman empire.

Country that breaks free from another country occupying it and then is invaded and repels a raging horde of enemy warriors?

I actually can't come up with any that follows that exact formula.

 

[Angthoron]

What's the closest historical analogue to Dragon Age? e.g. how Dark Sun is the Sumerian city states or Tamriel is the Roman empire.

Country that breaks free from another country occupying it and then is invaded and repels a raging horde of enemy warriors?

I actually can't come up with any that follows that exact formula.

Internet fantasy fanfics. Dragging Ache is closely modelled on this historical phenomenon.

Also, Volourn's comment is pretty spot-on here. Codex should do donation drives for an LP + Review of every Bio game and just have it at that.

 

[ScottishMartialArts]

Country that breaks free from another country occupying it and then is invaded and repels a raging horde of enemy warriors?

I actually can't come up with any that follows that exact formula.

Lebanon maybe? Invaded by Syria and Israel during the 80s. Finally breaks free of the Syrian influence in the mid '00s only to have Israel invade again in '06. Second Israeli invasion is stopped by a plucky band of freedom fighters, i.e. Hizbollah, armed with outdated weaponry but a sincere desire never to give up. Finally, the Israelis realize they can't achieve their objectives without unacceptable loss of life and withdraw.

 

[circ]

Gaider just needs to choke on a hamburger and die so that his shitty writing can't ruin any more computer games.

You just gave me a hard-on.

 

[circ]

I was hoping the sequel would be more planescapy and focus on the Golden city and such and such.

Ya, that was about the only thing I liked other than my dwarf thug origin. Or Leske rather. But I don't think Gaiderman could do shit with that, and the only reason it was even remotely interesting was because it was shrouded in semi-mystery.

 

[Jora]

The Golden Sity is probably just something they took from Silmarillion because they thought they needed a fall of man kind of mythical event. I don't think it was ever meant to be explored further.

 

[Volourn]

"all the rage for my lost friend"

Except BIO was never you are fuckin' friend. theya re a game developer. They make games. You like the games or you don't like their games. Either way they are not your friend. FFS

 

[Konjad]

"all the rage for my lost friend"

Except BIO was never you are fuckin' friend. theya re a game developer. They make games. You like the games or you don't like their games. Either way they are not your friend. FFS

BUT CAN THEY BE UR BROS?

 

[dragonfk]

"all the rage for my lost friend"

Except BIO was never you are fuckin' friend. theya re a game developer. They make games. You like the games or you don't like their games. Either way they are not your friend. FFS

Listen to pretty princess, for once she knows what she's talking about.

 

[Brotherman Bill]

Gaider just needs to choke on a hamburger and die so that his shitty writing can't ruin any more computer games.

Jebus SMA, did Gaider also rape and kill your entire family like he did to Warden?

No, I just see Gaider as the symbol of all that's wrong with Bioware, a developer which, prior to the release of NWN 1, I had absolutely loved. Hence, all the rage for my lost friend gets focused into berating our favorite hotel night manager turned video game writer.

Other than BG2, which DGaider was also responsible for, what had Bio released prior to NWN 1 that were worth playing?
Honest question here, no edginess

 

[VentilatorOfDoom]

I don't get the Gaider hate. The most notable thing he did for BG2 was creating the Ascension mod, in his spare time. For free.

 

[Elhoim]

These men called themselves “qunari”, and invaded the mainland in a great wave that took humanity by surprise. They forced all they conquered to convert to the Qun, their oppressive religion that heralded all as equals but scorned all individual freedom.

So the qunari are communists?

 

[Ruprekt]

Qun = Chin (Qin) ?

 

[ScottishMartialArts]

Other than BG2, which DGaider was also responsible for, what had Bio released prior to NWN 1 that were worth playing?
Honest question here, no edginess

Baldur's Gate 1. I also enjoyed MDK2 quite a bit, but I haven't played that in a decade, so who knows if it held up.