Next Dragon Age taking cues from Skyrim : V

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 12:54 am

http://au.gamespot.com/news/6347939.html?tag=nl.e579

Interesting.

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:57 pm

it is

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:22 am

That's good stuff. Competition is always good

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 1:40 am

I'm getting my popcorn and soda ready in anticipation for watching the trainwreck that Dragon Fail 3 will be.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 12:02 am

And my unrealistic hopes that they'd make another throwback game are officially dashed.
God dammit...

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 1:33 am

When all else fails ride coat tails

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:09 am

I get the feeling BioWare likes the amount of money Beth made more then the gameplay itself. What is happening, BioWare? Dragon Age: Origins made plenty of money!

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 1:48 am

I get the feeling BioWare likes the amount of money Beth made more then the gameplay itself. What is happening, BioWare? Dragon Age: Origins made plenty of money!

EA happened. Well RayBallsack wanting a new ferarri plus EA offering said ferarri happened.

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:03 pm

Biggest gripe with DA 2 amongst fanbase was all the shortcuts Bioware/EA took. The main quest storyline all took place within that starter keep. Numerous dungeon instances were mirror images of one another.

What Dragon Age succeeds over Bethesda line is their party management system. Far easier to instruct your party where to go. Also their built in Party AI script which is customizable by the player is awesome. Bioware Dragon Age series weakness has always been world building, gonna be interesting to see if they can pull it off.

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:35 pm

I'm getting my popcorn and soda ready in anticipation for watching the trainwreck that Dragon Fail 3 will be.

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:46 pm

Dragon Age svcked. Too much talking.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:07 am

In other news: Risen 2

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 12:56 am

In other news: Risen 2

That should be awesome.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 3:56 am

Saw this yesterday, kinda confused on what Bioware said. I'll believe it when I see it.

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:21 pm

Poor Bioware

They're like Guns 'N' Roses, they were awesome and then the best staff left

now they svck

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:23 am

When all else fails ride coat tails

And? Fantasy gaming in general has always, ALWAYS ridden the coat talis of what came before, back all the way to the big daddy of them all, LOTR. There's very little that's actually new in fantasy RPGs. Never has been.

If DA3 gives us a game that's half as playable as Skyrim, I'm all for it.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 12:12 am

Open world with 0-day DLC will be awesome I'm sure...

[Purchase the *Riften* DLC, includes over 20 hours of new content for only $9.99. Launch EAOrigins?] Y/N

:facepalm:

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 2:12 am

In other news: Risen 2

Looking forward to it.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 12:02 am

When all else fails ride coat tails

Gaming companies implementing successful ideas from other gaming companies? Preposterous!

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 12:32 am

I see Bioware as the polar opposite of Bethesda.

Bioware excels at writing and dialogue (although they're a shade of what they used to be), party development and management. But they make lousy game engines leading to lousy level design.

Bethesda has a superior game engine (when it works) and amazing level design. But they have gawd awful quest writers and don't get me started on the mobile knapsacks they call followers.

If the two studios can learn from each other, gamers win.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:43 am

So SKyrim will become for rpgs, what call of duty is for fps....

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:36 am

So SKyrim will become for rpgs, what call of duty is for fps....

Where are you even getting this from?

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 6:52 pm

Where are you even getting this from?

Thats what I think will happen. Skyrim will become the template that all rpgs will use...

Kind of like why all the fps games look pretty much the same ...

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 5:11 am

Thats what I think will happen. Skyrim will become the template that all rpgs will use...

Oh, I see.

No, I still don't think so. Bethesda games take a long time to make; more time than a lot of gaming companies are willing to spend on a game, methinks.

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:21 pm

Oh, I see.

No, I still don't think so. Bethesda games take a long time to make; more time than a lot of gaming companies are willing to spend on a game, methinks.

That is true. But other companies will see the succes of SKyrim and try to imitate a lot of it and its mechanics. Sadly thats how the buiness works...