Now, allow us to direct you to the smattering of new screens from the game just below. If you actually checked out the whole new trailer you see above, you're likely just as excited we are about the upcoming BioWare joint. If only they could hold off on the hint of crazy industrial music that tinges the trailer, we'd feel all the more joyous for the game's early November release.
Learn all about Dragon Age: Origins' origins in this new trailer
by Ben Gilbert 
on Aug 19th 2009 9:00PM
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Now, allow us to direct you to the smattering of new screens from the game just below. If you actually checked out the whole new trailer you see above, you're likely just as excited we are about the upcoming BioWare joint. If only they could hold off on the hint of crazy industrial music that tinges the trailer, we'd feel all the more joyous for the game's early November release.
Reader Comments (60)
Posted: Aug 19th 2009 9:11PM TheDarkWayne said
2:00-2:01 nearly naked lady in front of a fire.
OH SNAP!
OH SNAP!
Posted: Aug 19th 2009 9:12PM TheDarkWayne said
seriously what's the deal with that lady? Im really excited for this game but is that the best they can do to entice us?
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Posted: Aug 19th 2009 10:36PM The Wicker Man said
I don't know Wayne, it is starting to look like that and the blood is all it has to offer. I love the hell out of Bioware, but this game just doesn't feel like something they would make yet. My guess is its just bad marketing and a poor attempt at being "edgy". I hope it will be good, though I would prefer a new Jade Empire...
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Posted: Aug 19th 2009 11:19PM Telprydain said
What part of spiritual successor to Baldur’s Gate was hard to grasp?
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Posted: Aug 20th 2009 12:34AM TheDarkWayne said
im really excited for it actually prime, im glad to see bioware go back to their classic style. I really loved Mass Effect, but it felt really lacking on the exploration and party member interaction. I bet the scene with the nearly naked lady takes a lot longer to achieve and develop a much deeper relationship with her than talking with Ashley about being racist and her dead father and grandfather, hopefully more like the Bastilla romance in KOTOR, although I wish this game was able to do it with voice acting for the player
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Posted: Aug 20th 2009 6:36AM (Unverified) said
Surely the fact that there's a character who sounds like Katherine Janeway from Star Trek Voyager is more than enough to entice you to buy this game... that and the prospect of seeing a small person drink from a giant goblet and a lump of metal with a tiny head, it's like they forgot how to do proportions or something, I'm surprised the scantly clad lady isn't more Japanesey.
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Posted: Aug 20th 2009 8:34PM PropagandaPanda said
Actually 1:46 is where there is nudity. Its a quick flash. Looks like a succubus. You see her clearly, but without the nudity just afterwards.
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Posted: Aug 19th 2009 9:21PM (Unverified) said
Hey finally a good lord of the rings game!
Seriously, what's the combat like in this game? I've heard different things. Some say it's like the old PC wrpgs, where you click an enemy and watch your guy slash until he's dead. I hate that so much, I actually prefer turn based jrpg combat over it.
But I've also heard it plays like an action rpg where you actually have control over your character and use X or whatever to attack. Hopefully the game uses this.
Seriously, what's the combat like in this game? I've heard different things. Some say it's like the old PC wrpgs, where you click an enemy and watch your guy slash until he's dead. I hate that so much, I actually prefer turn based jrpg combat over it.
But I've also heard it plays like an action rpg where you actually have control over your character and use X or whatever to attack. Hopefully the game uses this.
Posted: Aug 19th 2009 9:26PM (Unverified) said
That's great news then! I'll probably preorder it so I get that $15 DLC for free :D
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Posted: Aug 19th 2009 10:16PM Jerk Face said
Tmac, go to Giantbomb and watch the gameplay video. It sure as Hell looks like shitty, shitty point at a dude and watch your dude hit the other dude combat to me. I am so damned skeptical of this game now, after watching that video.
Bioware makes such good stuff, but after playing the cinematic masterpiece that is Mass Effect, I can't help but feel that this silent protagonist-having, old ass combat style-rocking game is just not going to be as good. Lord of the Rings plot or otherwise.
I sincerely hope they prove me wrong.
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Bioware makes such good stuff, but after playing the cinematic masterpiece that is Mass Effect, I can't help but feel that this silent protagonist-having, old ass combat style-rocking game is just not going to be as good. Lord of the Rings plot or otherwise.
I sincerely hope they prove me wrong.
Posted: Aug 19th 2009 10:19PM Jerk Face said
Link: http://www.giantbomb.com/dragon-age-origins-battle-gameplay/17-998/
Every time I watch it, a little bit of me dies inside. Yuck, yuck, yuck.
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Every time I watch it, a little bit of me dies inside. Yuck, yuck, yuck.
Posted: Aug 19th 2009 10:33PM (Unverified) said
Wow that looked really really bad. There's a reason why wrpgs didn't become popular until they ditched that horrible combat system, why the hell would Bioware go back?
Now I don't know about this game, we need some serious hands on previews for this to set the record straight so I know if this will be a rent or a buy.
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Now I don't know about this game, we need some serious hands on previews for this to set the record straight so I know if this will be a rent or a buy.
Posted: Aug 19th 2009 10:55PM iHavePants said
You guys are bad people and you should feel bad. I take it you havn't played the Baldur's Gate games?
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Posted: Aug 19th 2009 11:00PM (Unverified) said
That's the thing, I can't play those games for very long. Baldur's Gate 2, Planescape, Fallout 1 and 2, and neverwinter knights all have horrendous combat because they use that system I described. Those games are all remembered for their story and script too, not for their gameplay.
Even kotor had pretty bad combat, but they had finally moved in a great direction with Mass Effect (and even that was sub par combat wise compared to other third person shooting games). Why they're going backwards now....I have no idea.
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Even kotor had pretty bad combat, but they had finally moved in a great direction with Mass Effect (and even that was sub par combat wise compared to other third person shooting games). Why they're going backwards now....I have no idea.
Posted: Aug 19th 2009 11:26PM iHavePants said
I think you are in the vast minority when it comes to the opinion of those games. Many people have been asking for them to bring back this style, and the KOTOR game's combat system was a very simplified and restricted version of the Infinity Engine games.
http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/pc/baldersgate2shadowsofamn
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http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/pc/baldersgate2shadowsofamn
Posted: Aug 19th 2009 11:32PM (Unverified) said
The only people I've ever seen demand that archaic battle system are irrational PC fanboys. You know, the ones who think Fallout 3 was a bad game because a different developer made it (and also because this developer "betrayed" the PC and focused on consoles).
Then again, I'm on the opposite side. I can't fathom why someone would want that battle system back. It was literally right click on an enemy and watch your guy run up to him and slash mindlessly until the enemy died. To make things worse, everything was decided by a dice roll. It's much better to actually control your character like in Mass Effect or Oblivion/Fallout 3, where your skill determines if you hit an enemy...not a magic die.
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Then again, I'm on the opposite side. I can't fathom why someone would want that battle system back. It was literally right click on an enemy and watch your guy run up to him and slash mindlessly until the enemy died. To make things worse, everything was decided by a dice roll. It's much better to actually control your character like in Mass Effect or Oblivion/Fallout 3, where your skill determines if you hit an enemy...not a magic die.
Posted: Aug 20th 2009 12:50AM iHavePants said
Oh I'm sorry yes, they were shitty games and that's exactly why they're constantly praised and placed highly in "Top-X" games lists, every single publication and reader that liked them is an idiot fanboy.
How could I have been so wrong!
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How could I have been so wrong!
Posted: Aug 20th 2009 12:55AM (Unverified) said
They're not shitty per se, only their combat is. So I guess you could say, they're half shitty.
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Posted: Aug 20th 2009 12:56AM iHavePants said
Gamer*, not reader.
Also, JRPG's suck oloolololol
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Also, JRPG's suck oloolololol
Posted: Aug 20th 2009 1:01AM clay said
Eh, the battle system looks more like an MMO battle system. Better than the old Diablo click-fest but not as fun as my favorite JRPG menu based systems.
I have not played KOTOR or Mass Effect (gasp) so I can't comment on whether those are an improvement over this or not.
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I have not played KOTOR or Mass Effect (gasp) so I can't comment on whether those are an improvement over this or not.
Posted: Aug 20th 2009 10:08AM (Unverified) said
Tmac has a point, I'm not sure why people are getting up in arms about his comment. Certain combat systems work better for certain games. Neverwinter Nights (Nights, not Knights, haha) works well with the d20 system of combat (I've found it works a bit better if you play a caster on the player's end), as there's not nearly as much action as this game looks to have. I agree though, frankly, the combat system here looks fairly terrible, just from that trailer jerkface posted. Looks like MMO combat, with 24 healthy doses of knock back.
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Posted: Aug 19th 2009 9:22PM (Unverified) said
first: nearly naked? god, you need to get laid soon...you see women wearing less on a beach...in siberia...during winter
second: your first comment proves, that it works
second: your first comment proves, that it works
Posted: Aug 19th 2009 9:54PM TheDarkWayne said
I read the article i was just pointing that 1:58 was a 3 silver wearing guys running at a giant purple guy
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Posted: Aug 20th 2009 12:33AM Benjamin Gilbert said
A.) Lady's wearing a bra and underwear! Where I'm from, that's nearly naked. I'm sorry if you were raised in The Titty Twister.
B.) The first line was a joke. Honestly, the game looks good and it's disheartening when BioWare throws in unnecessary sexuality for either controvery's sake or cliché's sake or, well, I don't know why. But it looks cheesy and forced.
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B.) The first line was a joke. Honestly, the game looks good and it's disheartening when BioWare throws in unnecessary sexuality for either controvery's sake or cliché's sake or, well, I don't know why. But it looks cheesy and forced.
Posted: Aug 20th 2009 12:39AM (Unverified) said
there is definitely a flash of a topless woman at 1:47, nipples and all.
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Posted: Aug 19th 2009 9:23PM (Unverified) said
FROM THIS MOMENT ON..YOU ARE A SPECT-....GREY WARDEN.
I aint complaining though. This game is gonna be BADASS. They should just call it Dragon Age: BADASS.
I aint complaining though. This game is gonna be BADASS. They should just call it Dragon Age: BADASS.
Posted: Aug 19th 2009 9:30PM Bubbameister33 said
Was that Kate Mulgrew I heard? How about some Avery Brooks love in anything?
Posted: Aug 19th 2009 9:30PM Nobledevil Gaming Optimist said
Was that Captain Janeway I heard up in there? The nerd in me was already happy to be getting a Bioware game with some apparently kick-ass modding capabilities, but now he's actually giddy.
Posted: Aug 20th 2009 10:40AM Atreides Knight said
I'm pretty sure it was. Forget the naked lady. Captain Janeway kicks ass!
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Posted: Aug 19th 2009 9:39PM Pure Black World Tendency said
Blood, intense violence, language, partial nudity, sexual content... Zzzzzzzz
You have to do better than this, Bioware. At the very least i was expecting some dwarf tossing, chicken decapitation, wench spanking and gnome kicking in that rating.
You have to do better than this, Bioware. At the very least i was expecting some dwarf tossing, chicken decapitation, wench spanking and gnome kicking in that rating.
Posted: Aug 19th 2009 9:40PM freaparn said
So is it just me, or do the cannon-fodder looking humanoid monsters (good shot at 1:19) look an awful lot like the goombas from the Mario Bros movie?
http://cardboardmonocle.com/blog/fxsuits/goomba.jpg
http://cardboardmonocle.com/blog/fxsuits/goomba.jpg
Posted: Aug 19th 2009 9:43PM BoBsS said
game looks jizz
Posted: Aug 19th 2009 10:24PM PepeSilvia said
Bioware just showed the people that make the LotR movies how to make a video game. I can't wait for this.
Posted: Aug 19th 2009 10:24PM BoBsS said
it is indeed a good thing
Posted: Aug 19th 2009 11:01PM TheBrainninja said
"If only they could hold off on the hint of crazy industrial music"
Yeah, why can't EVERY fantasy game have a sweeping, orchestral soundtrack? This genre ain't big enough for the two of us, you crazy industrial music, you.
If it were LotR, or some other classic license, I'd feel more upset. But since it's their original IP, I won't knock their stylistic choices. Especially since I kind of like it.
Yeah, why can't EVERY fantasy game have a sweeping, orchestral soundtrack? This genre ain't big enough for the two of us, you crazy industrial music, you.
If it were LotR, or some other classic license, I'd feel more upset. But since it's their original IP, I won't knock their stylistic choices. Especially since I kind of like it.
Posted: Aug 20th 2009 12:36AM Benjamin Gilbert said
I really, really like industrial music. And I agree that too many games of this genre have the same type of music. At no point did I imply this should have that music as well. That being said, the industrial bit stinks of the ridiculous "bigger, better and more badass" marketing that came with Gears of War 2. The game looks to be deep and interesting -- why cheapen it with out of place (literally, anachronistically out of place) music in the trailer? But it's a personal thang. If you disagree, you do. C'est la vie.
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Posted: Aug 20th 2009 1:15AM TheBrainninja said
I agree on the point of anachronism, though I would argue that similar uses have been effective--and awesome (e.g. NIN in trailers for 300). I think it comes down to the tone the developers wish to set, and they appear to be going for a very "summer blockbuster" feel, as evidenced by their cinematic cuts as much as the industrial music present in (nearly) every trailer.
To be fair, though, I haven't played it. I can't comment on whether or not the trailers are misleading viewers about the game's overall tone, so it could very well be that the game itself would be better represented by a more era-appropriate soundtrack.
It is my hope that Bioware picks a tone and runs with it, rather than toeing the line too much. Well, I say that as if the game were not nearing completion. So I hope that, whatever their tone, Bioware has chosen wisely.
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To be fair, though, I haven't played it. I can't comment on whether or not the trailers are misleading viewers about the game's overall tone, so it could very well be that the game itself would be better represented by a more era-appropriate soundtrack.
It is my hope that Bioware picks a tone and runs with it, rather than toeing the line too much. Well, I say that as if the game were not nearing completion. So I hope that, whatever their tone, Bioware has chosen wisely.
Posted: Aug 19th 2009 11:04PM teknomusik said
Why all the focus on the near-naked lady at 1:58 when there are naked boobs at 1:47??
Posted: Aug 20th 2009 12:36AM TheDarkWayne said
that is an eagle eye you have for boobies my man
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Posted: Aug 19th 2009 11:20PM Telprydain said
Whoops! That was a reply to the next comment down?
Posted: Aug 19th 2009 11:47PM (Unverified) said
wow, looks really good.. i haven't heard too much about this game lately but im glad to see that its coming along in true bioware form.
Posted: Aug 20th 2009 12:01AM Cafecito said
These guys should've been the ones making LOTR games. Now that would be truly epic. Not that this game isn't, of course... it's looking real good.
Posted: Aug 20th 2009 12:37AM Benjamin Gilbert said
They've already got Star Wars! Why don't you empty ANOTHER truck full of money at their offices? HMMMM? :P
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