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Super excited for this.
Started playing DA2 on the weekend. It's not bad story wise but it's really linear. And what's with the skipping time?
Just keep playing, it gets worse
Probably because that's not an honorific. If you were Doctor, they'd be calling you doctor. If you were a colonel, they'd be calling you colonel.
So your love interest in your most personal and intimate moments together calls you by your last name?
@AarynFlynn Thanks everyone. Because you're the best fans, here's a new pre-alpha PC screenshot of Dragon Age: Inquisition
i am excited by the prospect of not having to wear that hatSuper excited for this.
Ah, I always thought that people meant the tutorial. I liked the first level of KotOR 2 as well, then. It's kinda like the one of KotOR1, but with Kreia. Everything is better with Kreia.
It may be the alpha thing but this new screenshot does nothing for me. DAI still looks like a PS360 game coming out a year after the launch of PS4/XBO.
It may be the alpha thing but this new screenshot does nothing for me. DAI still looks like a PS360 game coming out a year after the launch of PS4/XBO.
Still hoping that the game will be good though.
Hope de wont hear any talks about lady developers on this title then.
Elaborate.
He's talking about the Jennifer Helper controversy. The below image sums up the initial attacks which resulted in a media war. But in essence the Bioware community and Reddit attacked one of the writers on DA:II because she admitted to not liking gameplay sections in games, at which point she was subsequently ridiculed, called names, made fun of for being fat and unattractive, etc. It culminated at one point with Aaryn Flyyn GM of BioWare telling someone to "Fuck off" on twitter.
She has since quit I believe.
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Oh I know what he was referring to, I'm just wondering why he brought it up.
Oh I know what he was referring to, I'm just wondering why he brought it up.
I don't condone the abuse that she suffered, but if this is actually what she said then I can see why people got fired up - her statement is fucking ridiculous!He's talking about the Jennifer Helper controversy. The below image sums up the initial attacks which resulted in a media war. But in essence the Bioware community and Reddit attacked one of the writers on DA:II because she admitted to not liking gameplay sections in games, at which point she was subsequently ridiculed, called names, made fun of for being fat and unattractive, etc. It culminated at one point with Aaryn Flyyn GM of BioWare telling someone to "Fuck off" on twitter.
She has since quit I believe.
That's like the standard PR stance about multiplatforms right now.Good to hear each platform's getting special treatment.
It may be the alpha thing but this new screenshot does nothing for me. DAI still looks like a PS360 game coming out a year after the launch of PS4/XBO.
Still hoping that the game will be good though.
How is it ridiculous? Does it affect you in any way at all? By allowing it, you allow your game to be enjoyed by a much wider audience (people who love the story but aren't good at playing games).I don't condone the abuse that she suffered, but if this is actually what she said then I can see why people got fired up - her statement is fucking ridiculous!
Yarr. Doesn't seem to hold a candle to Witcher 3. Or even Kingdom Come, for that matter.
Well, I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt and assume he's a normal human being that's not straight up lying lol.That's like the standard PR stance about multiplatforms right now.
Can't say I find it particularly "good to hear" (as "reassuring") considering that's what they were going to say regardless of the truth.
How do those pictures indicate linearity at all? The game's running in Frostbite, always has.Besides indicating the linearity of the area design, there's something weird about the geometry in these pictures.
Based on these pictures, it seems like they are still working with the same engine restrictions. But, if I remember correctly, the gameplay demo wasn't like that at all, and made it seem like it was made on a different engine. Was that gameplay preview made on a different engine just for showing off what the game might look like, or something like that? Or did the gameplay preview actually look like the pictures?
And I'm going to weight this as an equivalent of "We are putting the same care on all platforms": something everyone says to not piss off any fanbase, regardless of the results often proving otherwise.Well, I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt and assume he's a normal human being that's not straight up lying lol.
Good to hear each platform's getting special treatment.
I don't condone the abuse that she suffered, but if this is actually what she said then I can see why people got fired up - her statement is fucking ridiculous!
Kinda. Completely skipping every fight would indeed be ridiculous, but a super easy mode that makes you basically invincible, like they had in Mass Effect 3, is perfectly fine by me.
Some people really don't care about the challenge but they might enjoy the story and character interactions. There's no good reason to exclude them completely.
Games just need to have cheat codes brought back. Problem solved.
Well you could direct them to fanfiction.net considering their standards. I wish I was joking, some stuff on there is probably genuinely better.How is it ridiculous? Does it affect you in any way at all? By allowing it, you allow your game to be enjoyed by a much wider audience (people who love the story but aren't good at playing games).
Nah, there's nothing wrong with enjoying DA2. Even though it's a sup bar game, it's still has it's moments (mostly the Qunari stuff). Just don't try to convince me it was a quality experience.I'm a bad person, I actually liked Dragon Age 2 and am excited for the third game...
Well you have the adventure and visual novel genre to cater to your needs. Wanting no combat in a game with abysmal writing for the most part, just seems disingenuous.I see nothing wrong with that and it would actually be a great idea. I'm so sick of mandatory combat.
Well you have the adventure and visual novel genre to cater to your needs.
I don't care about the graphics I care about the gameplay and story, neither DA:O or DA:II were striking visually the same goes for the majority of ME games. I can honestly say right now I'm more hyped for Inquisition that TW3. I know this may sound like batshit retardness to GAF but I enjoyed DA2 way more than TW2.
Yes, DAII has tons of problems and is nowhere near as ambitious and massive as Origins but I still found it more enjoyable to play than TW2. The main storyline may be crap but all the characters (for the most part, I'm looking at you Anders) are written exceptionally well and the witty banter between party members is a delight. Meanwhile I found The Witcher often a chore to play, I practically forced myself to finish it a second time to see the different locations and endings. The main story is pretty fresh and original offering a breadth of choice with often immediate consequences, and the main arc subverts the hero's journey in replace of a more GoT style tale. However, I often found the characters bland and uninteresting, especially Geralt who almost seems to have zero personality at times, and I often thought the game tried to make itself seem to serious at times. You know like a teenager who feels that something is mature if it has lots of cursing, sex, and violence.
I'm still very much interested in TW3 but I'm actually genuinely hyped for Inquisition based on what I've seen and read and the game will essentially gauge whether or not BioWare can redeem itself after the missteps of DA2 and the abysmal ending of ME3.
But why have cheat codes in your game when you can sell booster packs for 1.99?
/sarcasm
They're not the only games with a story.
Sure, but the other games tend to not have good story by themselves. Or the narrative experience is connected to the gameplay. Things like story pacing and such take into account the gameplay pacing as well.They're not the only games with a story.
They're not the only games with a story.
I see nothing wrong with that and it would actually be a great idea. I'm so sick of mandatory combat.
I see nothing wrong with that and it would actually be a great idea. I'm so sick of mandatory combat.
I completely agree, it makes a lot of sense, and would indeed make games more approachable as she is suggesting.
That, plus it would also remove the need to grind in order to beat a specific fight. It would make the game flow much better.
No it's not. Someone might like the story in Bioware's games, but (rightfully) hate going through boring gunfights in, say, Mass Effect and would just rather get to the interactions with characters & cutscenes (or at least have the game give some options how to handle situations, let players go through the game without firing a single shot through dialogue options or stealth).I don't condone the abuse that she suffered, but if this is actually what she said then I can see why people got fired up - her statement is fucking ridiculous!
No one said they need to take the game out of the game. Non-combat gameplay is still gameplay. Someone might not give a shit about Mass Effects mediocre shooter gameplay and would rather just explore the environments and go through the story.If you strip the game out of the game, of course it's more approachable.