Dragon Age: Inquisition Pre-Release Thread

[meanwhileInPoland]

http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/lyi1ka/dragon-age--inquisition-e3-2014--eyes-on

 

[Shadenuat]

http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/lyi1ka/dragon-age--inquisition-e3-2014--eyes-on

It's just painful to listen to. Impossible to.

indeed

 

[Xu Fugui]

http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/lyi1ka/dragon-age--inquisition-e3-2014--eyes-on

I couldn't stomach watching this for more than a couple of seconds so tell me, do they mention what sort of heresy the inquisition is supposed to fight? I've seen the shitty E3 trailer and briefly scanned their webzone but I'm still none the wiser in this regard.

 

[Morality Games]

http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/lyi1ka/dragon-age--inquisition-e3-2014--eyes-on

I couldn't stomach watching this for more than a couple of seconds so tell me, do they mention what sort of heresy the inquisition is supposed to fight? I've seen the shitty E3 trailer and briefly scanned their webzone but I'm still none the wiser in this regard.

They are an organization of inquisitive individuals meant to hound out the heretic, the mutant, and unsanctioned psykers.

 

[Martius]

Since when first Dragon Age have anything to do with turns? After hearing them it looks like Bioware is working hard on glorious awesome button.

 

[Tytus]

Jesus the guy has the eloquency of a 12 year old.


Also he thinks that riping off one liners from the movie version of Lord of the Rings (about bigger person throwing the smaller one into battle) is quality writing.

 

[DragoFireheart]

Your god baby is non-canon now. Bioware made Dalish Elf who sacrificed his life slaying the Archdemon the canon Origin. So, even if you did have a child with her in your playthrough there will be only some throwaway dialogue to adress it. Meaning Bioware threw out the window one of the more interesting aspects of Origins, because they didn't know what to do with it. Bioware = Shit.

 

[muds_animal_friend]

http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/lyi1ka/dragon-age--inquisition-e3-2014--eyes-on

"[Dragon Age: Inquisition is] a game where I just want to do things because they look cool, and I think [sic] that's a really high compliment ..."

A voice of a generation.

 

[Tytus]

http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/lyi1ka/dragon-age--inquisition-e3-2014--eyes-on

"[Dragon Age: Inquisition is] a game where I just want to do things because they look cool, and I think [sic] that's a really high compliment ..."

A voice of a generation.

The guy is a target audience for this:
(it returns)

 

[Roguey]

So you can't claim there is no "canon" when Bioware states there is.

There is no canon. Books and comics have to choose something because of their nature, but that doesn't elevate them above other outcomes they themselves continue to support within the games. This is something David Gaider has actually said.

Bioware obviously has its finger on the cultural pulse of the average CRPG gamer.

That's a fan gif from tumblr.

 

[DalekFlay]

There is no canon. Books and comics have to choose something because of their nature, but that doesn't elevate them above other outcomes they themselves continue to support within the games. This is something David Gaider has actually said.

I'm pretty sure choosing what choices count for future stories is exactly what "picking a canon" means.

 

[Roguey]

There is no canon. Books and comics have to choose something because of their nature, but that doesn't elevate them above other outcomes they themselves continue to support within the games. This is something David Gaider has actually said.

I'm pretty sure choosing what choices count for future stories is exactly what "picking a canon" means.

Book canon isn't game canon, and the stuff that happens in the books isn't going to override what happens in the games.

Similar to the Star Wars expanded universe deal, before Disney decreed to hell with all that and decided everything they approve from now on is their canon.

 

[Xeon]

I think Dalek means the default choices they chose if you don't import a save is what counts as cannon.

Might be wrong.

 

[Tytus]

There is no canon. Books and comics have to choose something because of their nature, but that doesn't elevate them above other outcomes they themselves continue to support within the games. This is something David Gaider has actually said.

I'm pretty sure choosing what choices count for future stories is exactly what "picking a canon" means.

Book canon isn't game canon, and the stuff that happens in the books isn't going to override what happens in the games.

Similar to the Star Wars expanded universe deal, before Disney decreed to hell with all that and decided everything they approve from now on is their canon.

Gaider can claim whatever he fucking wants, but the issue is does his claims have impact on the game.

And it's just like Xeon said Dalish Female elf is the default choice for DA2 and DA3 and Expanded Universe reinforces that choice. So players who didn't import saves to DA3 will have this as a default setting. Thus making Morrigan's baby non existent. And if it the case they can't suddenly make a different plot for people who did have a child with her in DAO. Roguey stop treating Gaider like some oracle and focus on the facts.

 

[Roguey]

And if it the case they can't suddenly make a different plot for people who did have a child with her in DAO.

This is where you're wrong, unless Gaider is blatantly lying (I doubt it). As I mentioned earlier in the thread, he said it's not going to be a world-changing event, but it's not going to be brushed aside either.

 

[Tytus]

And if it the case they can't suddenly make a different plot for people who did have a child with her in DAO.

This is where you're wrong, unless Gaider is blatantly lying (I doubt it). As I mentioned earlier in the thread, he said it's not going to be a world-changing event, but it's not going to be brushed aside either.

Birth of a God not a world-changing event - That's Bioware for you.

 

[Roguey]

Birth of a God not a world-changing event - That's Bioware for you.

There's a deliberate amount of ambiguity surrounding the whole thing.

 

[Tytus]

Birth of a God not a world-changing event - That's Bioware for you.

There's a deliberate amount of ambiguity surrounding the whole thing.

Morrigan during that scene said that the child will be infused with a soul of an Old God, but "It will be free of the taint, a chance to be reborn". You can claim ambiguity but a Human as a vessel of Reborn Deity not being a world changing event - I don't even.

It wouldn't be this bad if they didn't make so much fuss about it in DAO. If you refuse, Morrigan leaves the party - in terms of gameplay that's a severe punishment for the player.
Now to just spin around on their heel and say the default setting doesn't have. but for those who have we will make a pointless side quest that doesn't effect the world at large, because we can't do two seperate storylines (it would cost them too much) is just stupid.

 

[SuicideBunny]

This is where you're wrong, unless Gaider is blatantly lying (I doubt it).

it's not like gaider and the entirety of bioware have a track record of greatly exaggerating their fake choices with trivial at best consequences.

 

[muds_animal_friend]

Bioware obviously has its finger on the cultural pulse of the average CRPG gamer.

That's a fan gif from tumblr.

Then this fan's finger is obviously on the political pulse of Bioware designers in general and social justice jihadists like Manveer Heir in particular. I salute his or her insightful coupling of imagery and lyrics.

 

[Somberlain]

FUCK OFF

 

[Decado]

The crazy thing about shit like that is how insufferable is makes progressives. Like, of course I think women should be able to play games and be represented and all that, but people who trip over themselves to prove how "with it" they are are basically the fucking worst. It makes me hate their cause. Liberals make me fucking hate liberalism, even though I'm progressive and liberal. I wish they would just shut the fuck up about it and

1) Do shit that actually matters, instead of hashtag activism
2) Shut the fuck up while they're doing it.

I can't make it any easier for them. Do something that actually matters, and shut the fuck up. Shut the fuck up. SHUT. THE FUCK. UP.

 

[dryan]

The crazy thing about shit like that is how insufferable is makes progressives. Like, of course I think women should be able to play games and be represented and all that, but people who trip over themselves to prove how "with it" they are are basically the fucking worst. It makes me hate their cause. Liberals make me fucking hate liberalism, even though I'm progressive and liberal. I wish they would just shut the fuck up about it and

1) Do shit that actually matters, instead of hashtag activism
2) Shut the fuck up while they're doing it.

I can't make it any easier for them. Do something that actually matters, and shut the fuck up. Shut the fuck up. SHUT. THE FUCK. UP.

Bioware/EA, as a business, does the right thing exploiting these trends to maximize exposure and, hopefully, profits.

 

[Space Satan]

The crazy thing about shit like that is how insufferable is makes progressives. Like, of course I think women should be able to play games and be represented and all that, but people who trip over themselves to prove how "with it" they are are basically the fucking worst. It makes me hate their cause. Liberals make me fucking hate liberalism, even though I'm progressive and liberal. I wish they would just shut the fuck up about it and

1) Do shit that actually matters, instead of hashtag activism
2) Shut the fuck up while they're doing it.

I can't make it any easier for them. Do something that actually matters, and shut the fuck up. Shut the fuck up. SHUT. THE FUCK. UP.

You seem to be forgetting that in Bioware proving how "with it" they are is almost mandatory. They reached pinnacle of it with their participation in that unspeakably retarded and worthless event.

On September 10th, BioWare’s “Gamers with Gams” strutted their stuff for YWCA Edmonton’s fourth annual Walk A Mile in Her Shoes event, the international men’s march to stop rape, sexual assault, and gender violence.

Our men stuffed themselves into high heels and wobbled down to Churchill Square in downtown Edmonton to raise eyebrows, funds, and, most importantly, awareness. Participants who raised more than $150 followed through on the promise that they would shave their legs for the event, and waxing was in order for those who were lucky enough to raise over $300. Let the evidence below show that fundraising efforts were a success!

 

[Space Satan]

Bioware/EA, as a business, does the right thing exploiting these trends to maximize exposure and, hopefully, profits.

There were an interview with Gabe Nawell, who said that is is much much more profitable to stick with your core audience, rather than trying to appeal to wider audiences. I tend to trust him, rather than a company in decline who failed their three latest projects.