BioWare says Dragon Age 2 to look 'super hot'

by James Ransom-Wiley on Jan 29th 2010 4:40PM

Dragon Age: Origins presents strong evidence that great games can overcome gawd-awful graphics, but BioWare isn't about to test that theory -- and the limits of our forgiveness -- again in the sequel. "I think one of the key things we're working on in Dragon Age 2 is the technology," BioWare VP Greg Zeschuk recently told Joystiq. "I can confirm that we're doing a lot of work on the Dragon Age engine, and doing a lot of stuff to pump it -- to make it visually super hot."

Now, to clarify, frisky rogue foursomes and lesbian alien sex are measured on different "super hot" scales, as Zeschuk conceded, "Dragon Age is, in the structural sense, a fundamentally different game than Mass Effect ... You have to make different technical considerations." Certainly, with Dragon Age: Origins, those considerations were designed to benefit the superior PC version.

Still, there's hope for a console sequel makeover, since, in Zeschuk's words, the process of iteration allows a developer to "get to a much higher level." "I think the overall visual style we're going to continue to evolve in Dragon Age," Zeschuk added. "People are going to see some cool ... I can't really say too much, but I think Dragon Age as a world is interesting. It's a timeline, and you can go anywhere." Go anywhere, huh? So, like the future Ferelden, where a race of sexy blue aliens has been possessed by horny desire demons? Super hot.

Tags: bioware, dragon-age, Dragon-Age-2, dragon-age-origins, ea, Electronic-Arts, greg-zeschuk, interview, Microsoft, Xbox-360

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I played DA:O on my PS3, and honestly did not find that the graphics were bad. I thought they were pretty good, truly. But I suppose I put more weight on the amazing character development, complex plot choices, and overall awesomeness. Hmm. I guess games really have to be PERFECT nowadays, don't they? Anyhow, I am looking forward to Dragon Age 2. Hopefully it will meet (or exceed) expectations.

Look it is like said, it is not just the graphics / ART STYLE which are abysmal. People who say this is the best rpg they ever played just have only other bioware games to compare it with. I understand if you're heavily into the whole Lotr / WoW setting you might find the story very appealing. However even besides it's baby-vommit evirements and milked out storyline there is something inherently bad about this game. lemme give you a summary,

*brown-red-yellow bland coloring
*not being able to cross 2 feet ledges, my god!
*lifeless face expressions
*invisible wall everywhere
*nothing happens in envirement ( no leafs falling, puddles of water forming cirkles when you step on them, common this is the basic stuff to draw a player into the envirement!!! )
*horrible english accent on every character ( i played as human noble once and the guy kept saying: "do you need a ladder to get off my back" :S i started biting my hand to not scream about it.
*Loading time
*having to travel through lifeless envirements again and again after killing the enemies
* you'll spend a lot of time in menu's and or dialoque

sorry but the list can go on. I just don't understand why fanboys can't see these FACTS ?!? like i said they only have other bioware game to compare with.

Interesting opinion. Given the silly, knit-picking content of your post I'm honestly having a hard time determining if you're serious or not.

Oh well. I've been playing games on various platforms for over 20 years...hundreds of them...with a good percentage of those being RPGs. There's no way in a zillion years anyone could call me a fanboy, and I enjoyed DA:O quite a bit.

Dragon Age is a specific type of game. It's a stat-based RPG with tactical combat and a compartmentalized environment. If you don't like either of those things, or if you can't enjoy a game if it has graphical issues (like Oblivion didn't have graphical issues...lol), then Dragon Age isn't for you. The view that a game must "suck" if it doesn't happen to fall into your narrow field if interest is a very immature one.

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