Slow James
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Game of the Year, bro.
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The Dragon Age: Inquisition Thread
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Game of the Year, bro.
DragoFireheart
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I have YET to see, experience, or play through a good Bioware romance. This has been an issue since BG2.
They all all shit, end of story.
They all all shit, end of story.
purpleblob
Augur
I liked Anomen romance, not that you guys will care much. I did try all female NPC romances as well to satisfy my curiosity and I do agree both Aerie and Jaheira romance was absolutely disturbing. I was actually really disappointed with Jaheira... I saw her as my Bhaalspawn's mentor when I was playing female PC... then I experienced the horror when I rolled male PC.
Awesome. If they can't win console gamers back after Origins then this series is dead.
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http://www.reddit.com/r/dragonage/comments/2oz0re/game_of_the_year_is_obvious_dai_is_leading_atm_at/
Maybe that's why EA is pushing hard for GoTYs all over the place.
Stinger
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How the fuck is AC: Unity still selling when nobody can actually play it?
Slow James
Savant
Nah. Five platforms, tons of marketing, shiny graphics... this will be Bioware's best selling game of all time. Expect many more sequels just like it.
If that reduces your faith in humanity, trust me - you aren't alone.
Don't instantly assume this because it has a lot of marketing. Games like this DO fail. Dragon Age 2 sold pretty poorly for that kind of game. This one not even showing on the US charts (and entering the UK charts pretty low) is a big red flag. The original game supposedly played like shit on console so people could have definitely been scared off the series. Lots of competition right now on new consoles too. Nothing is a guaranteed success.
pippin
Guest
People are gullible enough to have faith. It's the battered wife syndrome, they think Ubi will fix every bug and say "hey, aren't they cool for doing that?".
Am I the only person who thinks Corypheus looks utterly ridiculous? Just that combination of long, gaunt body and comically oversized head makes him look cartoonish.
Does 'Game of the Year' even mean anything anymore? I mean, how many games last year were given that title? Off the top of my head I remember GTAV, The Last of Us, and Bioshock Infinite all got that title. Unless we're measuring the pedigree of the person who awarded it, in which case we're talking about the fucking Dorito Pope, the guy who's become a laughing stock for being a burnt out husk of a man who has to wear a adult diaper now because his ass is so thoroughly ruined from getting pounded repeatedly by AAA devs.
Does 'Game of the Year' even mean anything anymore? I mean, how many games last year were given that title? Off the top of my head I remember GTAV, The Last of Us, and Bioshock Infinite all got that title. Unless we're measuring the pedigree of the person who awarded it, in which case we're talking about the fucking Dorito Pope, the guy who's become a laughing stock for being a burnt out husk of a man who has to wear a adult diaper now because his ass is so thoroughly ruined from getting pounded repeatedly by AAA devs.
SarcasticUndertones
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Wasn't it Jaheira who had the dead husband? I don't remember the drow having one.
..and I always considered the Jaheira romance to be the most involving, the most resonant.. and I thought the music for it was superb.
Clockwork Knight
Arcane
Jaheira is the widow. Viconia comes from an underground (literally) femdom society. The fact it's the most normal romance in the game speaks volumes.
This would make romances a lot easier to stomach. The Hollywood-style instant chemistry thing is dumb enough without having to "fix" them first as well. I'm sure that an audience who'd rather fuck tentaclehead babe, birdmen and frogmen instead of Jacob and Miranda doesn't want completely "normal" romances, but there's no need to go balls deep with the inanity.
This would make romances a lot easier to stomach. The Hollywood-style instant chemistry thing is dumb enough without having to "fix" them first as well. I'm sure that an audience who'd rather fuck tentaclehead babe, birdmen and frogmen instead of Jacob and Miranda doesn't want completely "normal" romances, but there's no need to go balls deep with the inanity.
Avellion
Erudite
It shouldn't make me happy that DA:I isn't selling as well as BioWare and EA probably hoped, but it does.
CoD sells as usual, at the very least this CoD game tried to be less shit than the previous ones. So not too bothered by it.
I wonder why Pokemon: AS and OR are counted seperately though. In any case, having your big budget action game outsold by a turn based game now, BioWare?
2 Ubisoft games on there. I guess Ubisoft has 2 cash cows to milk now. This buggy open world game with terrible content trend seems to be going well for them.
It is there for the same reason Halo: MCC is there. Hype can carry through a million bugs.
Volourn
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"Games like this DO fail. Dragon Age 2 sold pretty poorly for that kind of game."
No, it didn't. It also wans't super hyped. It was pushed out for a quick cash grab which worked. It sold more than the BGs FFS.
Anyone who thinks Viconia wa s a'normal' romance is so lolligagz.
No, it didn't. It also wans't super hyped. It was pushed out for a quick cash grab which worked. It sold more than the BGs FFS.
Anyone who thinks Viconia wa s a'normal' romance is so lolligagz.
Drakron
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No because its a award given by magazines and websites ... its like NYT declaring a movie "movie of the year", its completely irrelevant and only matters when the site have credibility.
The gaming industry as a whole have none, same with the gaming press ... GOTY is nothing but something they can put on the game cover and their website to boost sales, as if what PC Gamer or IGN have any credibility, it have long been a marketing ploy.
Even the Oscars that are filled with studios applying pressure and have some heavy bias at least dont pull the shit that Spike Awards did be, their nomination list was closed on the 30 of September, the winners will only be announced in March.
EA gets a sticker for their website and their game boxes, thats it ... they know it, the editors knows ... and we know it, it might caught some clueless people unaware and I suppose DA:I will make some sales due to underage and parents but nobody takes then serious.
Norfleet
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Ahoy thar, Drakron! What Drakronity be you up to?
Has anyone else ever noticed that "game of the year" is typically given to games that come out in the later portions of the year, so that the hype hasn't faded by the time such things are to be handed out?
Has anyone else ever noticed that "game of the year" is typically given to games that come out in the later portions of the year, so that the hype hasn't faded by the time such things are to be handed out?
crawlkill
Kill all boxed game owners. Kill! Kill!
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I don't see why anyone gives a fuck about GotY designations any more than they do about reviews in the first place? it's the exact same concept. unless you respect the opinion of the person handing it out, you really shouldn't care, and you probably shouldn't care anyway. it's just a marketing gimmick that works for both sides of the equation. it works for media outlets because furious nerds hear superlatives and feel the need to masturbate to or fling shit at them, which means pageviews, and it works for game companies because they can then just stick "Game of the Year" on their product, which I don't think I've ever seen have attribution.
frankly I'm not sure why they bother waiting, they could stick Game of the Year on it in the first place
but there's nothing an RPS or a Kotaku or a Gamespot wants more than for you to care about what they put their stamps on. if you click on their links, you've validated them. if you talk about them, you've encouraged other people to click on their links, which validates them. it's to their advantage to pick polarizing titles. agree or disagree, if they make you come and put something in their comments section, they've successfully manipulated you with a completely meaningless "year wrap party" opinion.
in what way does it even make sense to evaluate products in terms of the calendar year of their release? in what cosmos do we worry about whether something came out in November or February? gah
it's so wrong to care
frankly I'm not sure why they bother waiting, they could stick Game of the Year on it in the first place
but there's nothing an RPS or a Kotaku or a Gamespot wants more than for you to care about what they put their stamps on. if you click on their links, you've validated them. if you talk about them, you've encouraged other people to click on their links, which validates them. it's to their advantage to pick polarizing titles. agree or disagree, if they make you come and put something in their comments section, they've successfully manipulated you with a completely meaningless "year wrap party" opinion.
in what way does it even make sense to evaluate products in terms of the calendar year of their release? in what cosmos do we worry about whether something came out in November or February? gah
it's so wrong to care
msxyz
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A reliable NeoGaf insider reported DAI sold less than 600K across all platforms (retail only - digital sales through Origins aren't counted). Either the PC digital version sold very, very well or DA:I is a bomb.
The good news is that the console crowd isn't interested in this 'Skyrim meets WoW meets LGBT dating sim' and this is a giant slap in the face of EA marketing driven strategy.
Also, PC piracy ruins sales
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One million or bust?
Johannes
Arcane
Yeah I don't get this either. It's a total weirdo telling their life story to you and you picking supportive replies, same as every other romance.
He's super lame, not only in look but also in the entire plot. And the way he zooms around like superman but with awkward animation. And the fact you defeat him like halfway through the story and the rest of the plot is him bitching about it and desperately trying to slap something else together (SPOILERZ!).
He's ultimate master plan was foiled at the very beginning. HE REALLY DROPPED THE BALL ON THAT ONE, HUH?
... Did RK make that joke in the LP? Probably, but whatever.
... Did RK make that joke in the LP? Probably, but whatever.
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That bestsellers list includes only games i would play if i was paid for my time, and im talking in the 500 euros / hour rates here. Also it seems these charts are not inclusive...and ignore a lot of sales sources. A bw rep said on the unmentionable forums that sales are well above projections whatever that may mean. I think we may see a 4th incarnation of DA. Or maybe DLC. Im curious as to how sales are divided among the several platforms.
By the way, I watched my new Guardians of the Galaxy blu ray tonight and it struck me that a random 10 minutes of that movie has more artistry, entertainment value and joy in it than all of Bioware's cutscene bullshit put together. I think these developers trying to make movies just fucking embarrass themselves.
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Yeah sticking to your trade is always good advice. It all started to go wrong with the FMV hype back in the stone age of the 486dx. If you want to see embarrasing check those out. These game makers actually thought themselves Scorcese when they filmed their friends and family "act" in the garden shed (in glorious 320 resolution). Some even tried to make the move to the big games in Hollywood. Add to that the laserdisc and its QTE like gameplay (not a section, no a complete game consisting of QTEs...) and you have the stuff of nightmares.
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