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Dragon Age 3
henri bemis:
Yeah, the main plot of DA2 left much to be desired, but I did really enjoy it when
(click to show/hide) Hawke's sister (if you went that route) and mother die. Character deaths to move a plot along are nothing new, but I really thought there was going to be something I could do to save them, and it hurt when I lost them.
I also liked that when you pissed off people in your party, they became reluctant/antagonistic allies rather than just leaving. At least until the end.
I was more annoyed with the repetitive dungeons and how small the world was. Overall, it felt like more like a long DLC than a sequel.
satsugaikaze:
I'm pretty excited for DA3 because as however many reservations I have about Bioware and their efforts, they're making Cassandra a party follower.
Cassandra a party follower (read: squeeeee)
Also I'm one of those crazy cookies that liked Dragon Age 2's story simply because it was surprisingly lacking in grandeur and felt like a novel way of structuring the plot. Now that people aren't quite expecting DA3 to be a cookie-cutter fantasy quest like Origins was, it'll be interesting to see where Bioware takes it.
They really should ease up on the Mages vs. Templar diatribe though. I'm not actually against that theme being the main one for DA3 (since it'd be stupid if they dropped it after being so blatant about it in DA2), but I'd like some of the dialogue to be less... ham-fisted about it? I guess I didn't so much have a problem with the theme as much as it was implemented in Ander's ridiculous leaps of logic.
DA2 suffered mostly because of the time and resources constraint, I think. Seems like they won't be sparing any expense with 3.
Cutting out save data transfer would be ridiculous. That'd be ruining Bioware's schtick - that's their thing they do! :mrgreen:
Mass Effect 3's multiplayer is a fucking boss co-op mode. I have no problems with them implementing multiplayer in DA3 if they can make this work just as well. The obvious question is whether they can do the same for Dragon Age as they did for Mass Effect, being two completely different playstyles. Hopefully they'll limit microtransactions to multiplayer (like it is, very optionally for ME3).
also lol@ the remote possibility of EA dissolving Bioware. EA doesn't dump companies according to negative press coverage, they dump companies that don't sell a lot of winning product. SWTOR may have been a poor outcome all-around, but both DA2 and ME3 sold like hotcakes.
TheEvilDog:
This is EA we're talking about, the company voted the worst company to work for in the US in 2012.
The same company that would buy smaller companies, solely for their IP, dismantle and redistribute their assets and then run roughshod over the IP.
There's a lot they can do, as long as they keep making money. And SWTOR was a major cash-sink on both EA's and Bioware's accounts.
satsugaikaze:
I know all that, I simply don't think we're going to see EA dissolve the Bioware label because of a bungled MMO and a couple of high-sales titles that got bad press. There have been far worse companies under their wing.
And it'll likely hold true for Dragon Age 3 as well that most players will lap it up given the chance.
ackblom12:
I had a lot of issues with DA2's story, not because of Anders (I actually quite like the path of the madness due his and Justice's good intentions and I feel like that went in the most logical place possible) but because of all of the ridiculous plot holes. Such as, why have a goddamn Wizard's Circle at the weakest point of the Veil in the entire goddamn world? The Quanari were by far the best part of the story, especially the mission involving the Mage, but I would have loved for it to be a much larger portion of it.
I'm also not sure how you could possibly have the inevitable conflict between the Church and the Mage's not be a major plot point in the world without being set outside of Ferelden.
I'll keep an eye on DA3 and hope I'm pleasantly surprised. I was actually pretty happy with everything but the ending of ME3, so I harbor no real ill will there, but Bioware has stopped being on my list of companies to give a shit about.
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