Game News Next Dragon Age Will Draw From Skyrim

[Excidium]

I remember back in the late 90's, after Baldur's Gate's release, Bioware was honestly hesitant to add dragons to Baldur's Gate sequels! They believed that they couldn't do them justice. That they were too big for the engine. (think of the ginormous dragon skeleton underneath Durlag's Tower)

And were completely right.

 

[waywardOne]

More confirmation that their production heirarchy is fucking backwards and goes from accounting/marketing to design/development instead of the other way around.

 

[toro]

EA's 2012:

NFL Blitz (PlayStation Network, Xbox Live Arcade)
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows) – Developed by 38 Studios
Grand Slam Tennis 2 (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
SSX (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
Syndicate (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows) – Developed by Starbreeze Studios
FIFA Football (PlayStation Vita)
Mass Effect 3 (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows)
FIFA Street (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
The Secret World (Xbox 360, Windows)
Overstrike (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
Shank 2 (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
Warp (PlayStation Network, Xbox Live Arcade, Windows)

 

[Brother None]

You missed the best bit VoD: BioWare said the opposite just a day earlier.

 

[POOPERSCOOPER]

The end is nigh. Poop wants to be like poop.

 

[Jaesun]

It makes me wonder, what would BioWare Edmonton do if they also had 5 years to do a fully explorable world engine and what type of game they would create...

 

[shihonage]

That's good news. They should steal some game mechanics while they are at it. Maybe they can learn.

 

[sea]

It makes me wonder, what would BioWare Edmonton do if they also had 5 years to do a fully explorable world engine and what type of game they would create...

The way BioWare make games is typically that they have a core team of writers and designers which do the main plot stuff, and then get a bunch of newbies/interns/etc. to do all the side quests separate from everything else. It's why so many BioWare games have such inconsistent and generally awful side content - it's not created with any attempt to integrate it into the main game itself. Corporate structure is very fixed within most developers, and from what I have heard, BioWare's is pretty hierarchical and rigid, probably more so since they were bought by EA.

So I guess what I'm trying to say is that the key selling points would probably be dictated by marketing, then they'd spend those 5 years making the game 3 times over as trends change, and it'd probably be full of filler content in a desperate attempt to pad the game out to its required 40-60 hours, then upon release, the reception would dictate whether they are "champions of interactive narrative" or "bold, experimental and misunderstood."

 

[deuxhero]

First person Derp'n Age game incoming.

NO STATS.
NO INVENTORY.
TWO AWESOME BUTTONS.

But how will the CoD audience know which awesome button to use?

 

[shihonage]

First person Derp'n Age game incoming.

NO STATS.
NO INVENTORY.
TWO AWESOME BUTTONS.

But how will the CoD audience know which awesome button to use?

It doesn't matter - they'll perform the same action.

 

[deuxhero]

But that's even more confusing!

 

[shihonage]

Bioware fans are used to it.

 

[Stinger]

So I guess what I'm trying to say is that the key selling points would probably be dictated by marketing, then they'd spend those 5 years making the game 3 times over as trends change, and it'd probably be full of filler content in a desperate attempt to pad the game out to its required 40-60 hours, then upon release, the reception would dictate whether they are "champions of interactive narrative" or "bold, experimental and misunderstood."

So....Dragon Age Origins.

Also I didn't know the main devs don't bother with the side content- now it's all so clear.

 

[Wunderpurps]

Dragon Age 3: The Bucket-wearing dragron riders of Norseland.

 

[Infinitron]

As we speak, the Anderfels are being rewritten as a majestic, Scandinavia type land, teeming with nature and life. Anders was a gay outcast Viking. The plot is being altered so we spend most of the game there.

 

[Morgoth]

Even Zeschuk's now gone full retard.

I suppose if you work too long in the video game industry, your IQ starts developing backwards again. No wonder Bioware gets more and more shitty.

 

[kris]

As we speak, the Anderfels are being rewritten as a majestic, Scandinavia type land, teeming with nature and life. Anders was a gay outcast Viking. The plot is being altered so we spend most of the game there.

So Anders comes from a country called Anderfels in which the people are called Anders?

 

[Infinitron]

As we speak, the Anderfels are being rewritten as a majestic, Scandinavia type land, teeming with nature and life. Anders was a gay outcast Viking. The plot is being altered so we spend most of the game there.

So Anders comes from a country called Anderfels in which the people are called Anders?

Word of Gaider says it's a nickname, not his real name.

 

[Andyman Messiah]

As we speak, the Anderfels are being rewritten as a majestic, Scandinavia type land, teeming with nature and life. Anders was a gay outcast Viking. The plot is being altered so we spend most of the game there.

So Anders comes from a country called Anderfels in which the people are called Anders?

.....really? I never read the lore, so... but... really?

I'm Anders, an Anders of the Anderfels.

Jesus. Not that it's not plausible, but... jesus... I hope everyone there is named Anders, like, it's the only name they have so they name everything "Ander" one way or another. That'd be perfect.

edit: What is it with nicknames in Dragon Age? God's sake Maker's breath, Anders! I fucked you in the ass! I think I'm privy to know your real name, dammit. Same for you, Fenris. "Little wolf", my ass.

 

[villain of the story]

It makes me wonder, what would BioWare Edmonton do if they also had 5 years to do a fully explorable world engine and what type of game they would create...

Mass Effect planet exploration x 100. It's like multiplying something with zero.

 

[janjetina]

All praise the dialogue wheel!

 

[villain of the story]

Wheel? So passe. A product of the technological limitations of its time. We're so past that. They should stop clinging to obsolete concepts out of nostalgia. They should stop living in the past and move on with times.



Suggestions?

 

[VentilatorOfDoom]

Suggestions?

Make dialogues button-mashable.

 

[shihonage]

Dialogue is overrated. QTE wheel is the true step forward.

 

[janjetina]

QTE wheel with icons for options, text is obsolete. But icons must not be too complicated, that may confuse new players. Accessibility has to be prioritized, we need to tap a great segment of the market: non-nerd population. That is why the dialogue wheel interface has to be streamlined, with big, accessible icons.