If that information is accurate, then there is a lot to look forward to in the new DA. However, Bioware does have a newly gained reputation for over promising and under-delivering (Tons of totally different endings for Mass Effect 3!)
Keeping my fingers crossed!
Oh yeah better cover my ass:
Over Promising and Under Delivering is a registered trademark of Peter Molyneux and everything he has ever made.
When will they restore the online multiplayer and customization functionality that Neverwinter Nights had?
I highly doubt you'll see anything like NWN had. You'll be lucky to see a toolset.
looking forward to it, but I was also in the minority that didn't hate DA2 (granted, I also played it on a console, which I felt it was probably more designed for than PC gaming)... didn't love it, but I didn't feel like I wasted money on it.
still, Bioware's definitely lost that trust where I would have preordered a new Bioware game based purely on the developers... I'll read reviews with an open mind and hope to be convinced to buy it.
Exactly. If they are going to include that kind of functionality, they will try to make a MMO out of it and milk you for either a monthly fee or micro-transactions. Look what Bioware/EA did to the KOTOR franchise.
Why should they? It's a great tool but it's high maintenance and appeals to a pretty minimal amount of users. NWN still is an outstanding game with a small community kept alive [in part] by the toolset, but ultimately it did nothing but slightly delay the demise of the playerbase and created no return for the developer really.
Personally I'd rather DA3 have NWN's character building than NWN's toolset if I had to choose.
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2013/08/16/combat-of-dragon-age-inquisition.aspx
Dear god they gave the first preview of combat today. They spend most of the video talking about how strategy and tactics with full parties are going to be their niche and how they are going to mesh the strength of Origins and DA2.
Then they show some gameplay and it seems DAO + DA2 = A Dragon's Dogma/Kingdom of Amalur/ME3 hybrid. Complete with Warriors having a dodge button rolling around in heavy armor, and throwing chains to rip away shields. Its an ARPG through and through.
I guess it will be strategic because you can swap to your pawns....I mean companions.
Can someone help me out and post a facepalm image?
they are going to mesh the strength of Origins and DA2.
What strengths of DA2?
Came in here to say exactly that.
Seems like development for DA3 should be fairly simple, don't do anything you did in DA2.
Edit - If EA drops the ball again with DA3, CDP and Witcher 3 will eat them for breakfast and shit out the remains.
What strengths of DA2?
Seems like development for DA3 should be fairly simple, don't do anything you did in DA2.
...the devs should pretend DA2 never happened and make something similar to DA: Origins with updated graphics....
What the hell? It looks even more action-based, and poorly done too (I know it is still alpha).
Why the hell does Bioware think they can do ARPG correctly when the genre's current offerings are so beyond what they can put out?
-EA wants to have their cake and eat it too. ARPG for consoles (note the video has everyone using an Xbox controller) and traditional RPG for PCs. They tried to do this with DA2 and IMO really failed on the PC side due to design decisions more than anything else.
Meh, I completely believe Bioware would have gone in the same direction if they got picked up by EA or not. It's just the way the entire industry headed.Fixed that for you.