Dragon Age Let's help BioWare

[gooseman]

From a design perspective, I think it's probably Bioware's most competent game

I'd give the game 6.7/10

Most competent = best? Is 6.7 with nostalgia factor/10 peak bioware? Or do they have a better game?
I'm trying to be open-minded. Bioware is a company I see praise for, but their games just... repulse me for some reason and strike me as overrated, but I'm not nearly familiar enough with them to judge.

Grease

Survival of the greasest. I may have been conflating the spells with neverwinter, I don't know. Im certain one of those had spells with a miss chance.
I'll see about playing it.

 

[Silvanus]

It offered greater choices with more consequences than previous Bioware games and although the RTWP combat system wasn't particularly inspired (the combat mechanics felt a bit like how a single-player MMO might play (mostly based around an aggro system with little in the way of tactical positioning)) it offered occasionally decent enemy design, some fun encounters (along with plenty of dull trash fights), and some decent areas to explore. It was possible to break combat in numerous entertaining ways if you knew what you were up to (stacking dodge items to make yourself immune to most physical attacks, unkillable arcane warrior and bloodmage builds, etc) none of this 'every build should be balanced and equal' tripe.

Agreed on all counts. In retrospect, has all the pieces of something great. Passable combat, good build diversity, an interesting world with some solid stories, some reactivity. The issue, it seems, is that Bioware took all of the wrong lessons from this. When Mark Darrah says that Veilguard is the first Dragon Age game with fun combat he's telling on himself and his tastes. Origins has combat that becomes tedious because much of the game is too heavily padded with repetitive trash mob encounters, not because of some intrinsic fault of the systems or a lack of "press a button and something awesome happens" design.

 

[Mark.L.Joy]

The only hope for Bioware is to change its name into Biohazard and turn into a porno studio(gay).

 

[Storyfag]

The only hope for Bioware is to change its name into Biohazard and turn into a porno studio(gay).

Idk, mang. Nano would you do any of the "male" characters from Veilguard?

 

[Silvanus]

It's been a long time. Maybe even more than 15 years. What I remember...
Boring plot hook. Obnoxious companions forced into the party (or sort of forced, since, even if they suck and their alignment doesn't match yours, its still a party rpg, so... you need someone in it and the only people I found were some evil guys in a tavern). Bad combat, such as wizards who can only cast a shitty spell that does 1d0 damage with a chance to miss, once per day, and then have to take a nap or be unwizardly and poorly utilize ranged weapons (I know it's dnd and late game they are the strongest characters, but this shit fucking sucks). The rest is rng and if it goes bad then you just kite the retarded ai. And then you have to rest, but the game spawns an identical horde of enemies to fight. Maybe it gets better later, but I only got to the redditor who threatened to kill me over his hamster. Or the mine/cave around the same location, dont remember which came first.
If people think the game is actually good I'm open to giving it an honest replay.

I love Baldur's Gate for the sense of beginnings and progress it provides. You start out helpless and inexperienced. Each level takes a good while to get and provides a noticeable spike in your power level, and by the end you're unrecognisable. The leveling experience is perfectly complemented by an easily understandable itemisation system that gives you a genuine sense of reward whenever you find a longsword +1 or a new scroll or whatever. If you don't find that kind of slow, punctuated progression rewarding then you probably won't enjoy BG1.

 

[gooseman]

the sense of beginnings and progress it provides

Might and magic games do this. In Mandate of Heaven your murderhobo party can barely kill a goblin, but by the end you fly all over the place casting armageddon, and your foes are now titans and dragons. The early game doesn't bust my balls nearly as bad.

 

[Storyfag]

the sense of beginnings and progress it provides

Might and magic games do this. In Mandate of Heaven your murderhobo party can barely kill a goblin, but by the end you fly all over the place casting armageddon, and your foes are now titans and dragons. The early game doesn't bust my balls nearly as bad.

Indeed, that dynamic is done in a much more enjoayble manner in MM6, 7 and 8.

 

[Reinhardt]

help BioWare

зашквар

 

[onemananadhisdroid]

There's no help for a studio that has built its entire legacy on its writers.


And then pissed them off. One by one by one.



That's like Mc Donald's getting rid of Big Mac and Burgers. Prime Barcelona alienating Messi, Iniesta and Xavi. Taylor Swift's management cancelling Taylor Swift. Disney shipping Mickey Mouse to Jeff Bezos. Nintendo selling Mario and Link on ebay to the highest bidder. Todd Howard firing Todd Howard. Or Metallica finally replacing Lars Ulr.... ok, joking.

 

[Nano]

Idk, mang. @Nano would you do any of the "male" characters from Veilguard?

Both of the white ones + Varric

 

[Storyfag]

Both of the white ones

What, the old guy?

+ Varric

A literal dwarf?

You might be the wrong KKKodex ghey to ask, it would appear you have low standards.

The only hope for Bioware is to change its name into Biohazard and turn into a porno studio(gay).

Jaesun IDtenT Lacrymas Gobblecock would any current BioWare games appeal to you goys as porn?

 

[anvi]

Aren't Bioware just one of EA's many tentacles? One does not simply defeat such a foe.

 

[gooseman]

Aren't Bioware just one of EA's many tentacles? One does not simply defeat such a foe.

EA has a reputation for defeating its own tentacles

 

[santino27]

the sense of beginnings and progress it provides

Might and magic games do this. In Mandate of Heaven your murderhobo party can barely kill a goblin, but by the end you fly all over the place casting armageddon, and your foes are now titans and dragons. The early game doesn't bust my balls nearly as bad.

TBH, it just sounds like you don't like 2nd edition AD&D. That's your choice/preference, but it's going to be hard to enjoy the game, especially the early game, if so.

 

[Nano]

What, the old guy?

I think you'd be surprised by how many gays go for the old guy. Daddy issues are rampant.

 

[Lacrymas]

Both of the white ones

What, the old guy?

+ Varric

A literal dwarf?

You might be the wrong KKKodex ghey to ask, it would appear you have low standards.

The only hope for Bioware is to change its name into Biohazard and turn into a porno studio(gay).

Jaesun IDtenT Lacrymas Gobblecock would any current BioWare games appeal to you goys as porn?

I kind of like real people more than imaginary ones. It's this zany quirk I have. But if I were to choose, I don't think I'd go for any of them. I'm not attracted to old guys, so budget John Waters isn't my type, the broody assassin would appeal mostly to women who read YA novels and the black guy is too milquetoast.

 

[Just Locus]

I love Baldur's Gate for the sense of beginnings and progress it provides.

Not only that but the sense of wonder and adventure it delivered. When playing BG1 & 2 I genuinely felt like I was going on a D&D adventure.

 

[Bibbimbop]

+ Varric

A literal dwarf?

You might be the wrong KKKodex ghey to ask, it would appear you have low standards.

The only hope for Bioware is to change its name into Biohazard and turn into a porno studio(gay).

Jaesun IDtenT Lacrymas Gobblecock would any current BioWare games appeal to you goys as porn?

Bro, I just love big cock. It got to be big enough to cause at least 1d6 bludgeoning damage. Other considerations don't even factor. Face, height, etc. completely irrelevant.

Varric definitely has a huge cock, so basically just insert a bathhouse full of Varric clones to run train on the protagonist. Yeah, and some of the Varrics should be black because black cock is best.

 

[Gahbreeil]

Let's Kickstart Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk to form their own Troika?

 

[Frozen]

Let's get this thread back on track.

How about a side quest where your character has to write a pansexual fanfic story about other game characters in game? It would be so meta!

 

[jf8350143]

From what they show in the DA 4, it almost feels conservative comparing to BG 3.

Bioware has fall behind even in the woke area.

 

[Lacrymas]

Lukewarm take - BG3 is also flirting with conservatism most of the time and DA4 looks to be as safe as humanly possible.

 

[Goldschmidt]

the sense of beginnings and progress it provides

Might and magic games do this. In Mandate of Heaven your murderhobo party can barely kill a goblin, but by the end you fly all over the place casting armageddon, and your foes are now titans and dragons. The early game doesn't bust my balls nearly as bad.

Yeah I loved Mandate of Heaven but the best rpg I played was F.E.A.R.

 

[thesecret1]

I'm waiting for Bioware to one-up the competition and really breach new grounds of wokeness. Maybe MC could be a troon, and become more and more feminine with each level? Upon hitting the level cap, MC would become a REAL WOMAN (with a feminine penis, naturally).

 

[onemananadhisdroid]

The only hope for Bioware is to change its name into Biohazard and turn into a porno studio(gay).

Punishment. For all their sins.