It won't be. They've specifically said things like that won't be in the game unless players import a world state that brings it in. And since the canon and most people didn't go through with the Dark Ritual, they aren't going to be making it a central plot point of the game.
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Dragon Age Inquisition Launch Trailer (hot) and Release Date (October 7th)
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It won't be. They've specifically said things like that won't be in the game unless players import a world state that brings it in. And since the canon and most people didn't go through with the Dark Ritual, they aren't going to be making it a central plot point of the game.
Interesting, Thanks for the info.
I'm kind of glad I can choose the PS4 if it turns out to be a head and a tail above the X1.
BriareosGAF
Member
Blech, this is a bummer. Although I suppose the real question is, does the ARPG focus imply linearity? That's something the DA games have suffered from in my opinion, a rails feeling, and it's not clear whether that's improved or not in this new one.
Ugh, I just realized this is probably going to be Origin-only, too? In which case definitely not going to be getting.
Uhm...neither Dragon Age: Origins nor Baldur's Gate were ever turn-based.
Glad I stopped when I did then lol.
Minsc
Gold Member
Is it really a Steam game if it runs through Origin?
It runs through Origin? I uninstalled it like a few days after it came out, well before they removed it from Steam and made it Origin only.
When I bought it from Steam at launch it ran through Steam and Steam only.
RPGCrazied
Member
I don't have a PS4 right now, so I guess I'll wait and see what the PS3/360 versions look like. I'm interested in the game though.
Minsc
Gold Member
Oh, I misunderstood you and thought you were talking about Inquisition, not DA2.
They weren't necessarily turn-based, but they were round-based. Everyone just took their turn simultaneously in those rounds.
BG's rounds were 6 seconds, for instance. Not sure how long DA:O's rounds were.
Jon Armdog
Member
I believe I read somewhere DA:I was going to have controller support on PC. I can't remember where though. Man, if they could give us controller support and Steam activation, I'd preorder the damn thing for PC right now.
If I had to choose from those 3, so far I'd go with Shadow of Mordor. All 3 look pretty interesting though.
Sounds more like Mass Effect's approach to combat.
Even with rounds (and they did allow for non-simultaneous action depending on things like weapon speed), Baldur's Gate was still a far cry from being turn-based. And I don't think DA:O had rounds.
Oh, haha, I thought you were trying to say the Steam version of DA2 opened up Origin like it was UPlay or something.
If it's like the previous trailer it's exclusive to their youtube channel for 2-3 days.
ScriptedReality
Member
Vivienne =)
The fact that the DA:O combat is not coming back really affects my decision on whether to conitnue with this franchise or not.
I guess I'll be waiting for more gameplay videos/reviews, since I'm not clear on exaclty what the differences are going to be.
DA:O wasn't turn based. It was full on real time, but pause and play was how you arranged your party, directed attacks and spells, and managed special abilities. If that's in, I'm in.
I guess I'll be waiting for more gameplay videos/reviews, since I'm not clear on exaclty what the differences are going to be.
DA:O wasn't turn based. It was full on real time, but pause and play was how you arranged your party, directed attacks and spells, and managed special abilities. If that's in, I'm in.
N7Commander95
Member
They have already confirmed it
The combat will be very similar (and situationaly more tactical if you use the wheel) to the game from your avatar.
Deified Data
Banned
Awesome design, still waiting on that personality. I have a strong suspicion they're going to take the "snooty court mage" avenue with her.
Alas, no dwarf or qunari waifus...
Complistic
Member
I want to like this, but I hate hack and slash games.
Admiral Woofington
Member
You have any evidence to back up that claim? It'd be interesting but unless time passes by faster where she is vs the real world, it wouldn't make sense.
Did they say this claim is untrue? Also most people didn't go through with it? I find that hard to believe considering that the ritual was basically "bone me if you want to live" which in any way you think about it as a guy, is a win-win.
I hope not, combat is the worst part of The Witcher games. Especially before they inevitably try to fix it with patches.
The Witcher 2's combat was "Roll around like a dumbass until you get a chance to strike".
I love me some Witcher, but not because of the combat.
Not exactly a good news...
Rygar 8 Bit
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looks like rolling with verric (was the only saving grace of 2 he was pretty cool) and vivienne as healing/support and me as a tank not sure on my fourth yet
dark environments looks so good when they still have diverse color pallets.
this game man, it's looking good
I was using that as a marker for the pace, not for the style.
The environments come into play, and with the wheel you can tactically pause and setup a series of events
I'm not quite sure you can say a "setup a series of events." I don't believe it has queuing of actions, so you can only assign a single action to each team member, and they'll execute immediately after unpausing.
fastballspecial
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My most anticipated game of this year. Day 0. Bring it.
ScepticMatt
Member
Thanks. While I wait, here are the real gameplay parts of the video:
http://a.pomf.se/evhnqo.webm
http://a.pomf.se/srxbnb.webm
http://a.pomf.se/chpxen.webm
Series of events does not mean que. You can set your mage to freeze and then your thief to backstab and so on and so forth. A series of events.
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Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Well that sounds kind of dumb ..
say I'm gonna play this on PS3 or PC, I could easily have the saves from DA1 and 2 ... why not allow to import straight up ?
This specific idea of the protag being the Dark Ritual baby, to my knowledge no, but it would run in complete contrast to all their other claims about how they would be dealing with major choices from past games. Not only that, but seeing as we can be anything from a Human to a Qunari it is kind of unrealistic to think that any of those would be the offspring of Morrigan and another human, even with "magic." And the fact that only like 10 or so years have passed since DAO, so not only would the baby need to magically transform into a variety of races, but they would have to fully develop in to a 20-30 year old person with in the span of 10 years and develop that amount of time's memories and background to go along with it.
So we are talking about several giant leaps in logic and a total contradiction to a large number of people's choices to not go through with the Dark Ritual.
It's an issue of save integrity with the DA Keep. They said they are working to see if it's possible but they aren't making any promises. Their saves from DAO and DA2 are really complicated and can be easily broken depending on what quests you started, which you finished, which you didn't finish, where you are in the main story, if it's complete or if it's not. Which is all a lot to take into account and could easily mess up things. So for all intents and purposes there won't be any save importing until they say so, which is again unlikely.