Dragon Age anime due in 2011

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I'll coin a term. You say it's Canadian? How about 'Canime' or, bear with me, 'Canim, Eh'

Sorry.

Given that "anime" is simply the Japanese (loan)word for animation, regardless of its source, it's applicable.

I think you can just go with a Anim-eh and everyone would get the drift.

Considering the entire industry, especially visual style, is an extension of 1940s American cartoons, calling it anime is just fine.

Anime is bullshit.

@Anti
Watch Cowboy Bebop

or any Miyazaki Moive

Most things that come on Adult Swim, really. They have good taste. Fullmetal Alchemist, Deathnote, Code Geass, so on.

(I'm actually not a huge fan of Miyazaki. He tends to get a little too trippy for me.)

You got your peanut butter in my libretarianism!

Peanut butter works so well at Tea Parties...

T^T

you're an idiot

I hate WRPGs. There's too much to do without meaningful direction, and they rely too much on your own imagination to make mundane actions seem cool. Stat-crunching may be cool with some people, but without a compelling narrative (i.e., does not get stuck in a rut because you're expected to do a shitton of sidequests to grind for story missions) and possibly pretty visuals and animations...

Anyway, if this gets me into the game's story and world, my opinion of it may change.

I never had to grind when playing Dragon Age.

Well...except when I saw Alistair. umf umf.

whoa whoa whoa, you're saying you don't like WRPGs, and grinding and non compelling plots are your criticisms? Are you sure you have the right genre?

Well, I can see his point. When I think of most WRPGs, the plot is... well, not exactly a strong point. For all it's spiky hair and improbable weapons, JRPGs (usually) know how to tell a story. It can get a little repetitive in the gameplay mechanics, though. (CoughLostOdysseycough) Still, you can just kill a few monsters, gain a few levels, and be able to plow through the main storyline.

On the other hand, Diablo, Borderlands, and yes, Dragon Age, all focus on loot, proper stat placement, and generally speaking are more about the gameplay than the story. It requires much more skill and effort to create a character due to the wealth of potential equipment combinations. They usually, and I'm not trying to flame here, don't have much in story. Bioware does exceptionally well, but they're nowhere near Final Fantasy X, Xenosaga, or Lost Odyssey.

I'd be hard pressed to really consider Borderlands an RPG anymore than say, Marvel Ultimate Alliance is. As much as I loved, loved, loved Dragon Age, the combat, at least on the console versions was really not the focus, at least not in my opinion since I thought Dragon Age had an exceptional plot, or at least exceptional writing and voice acting.

But anyway, in my opinion, the gameplay SHOULD be the focus or at least be entertaining like in Mass Effect 2, whereas with damn near every JRPG i've ever played there might be a delicious chewy story center, instead of a candy coating, it's usually buried under layers of awful combat and awkward voice acting and dialogue.

But all those points aside, I've flat out never ever ever had to grind to continue with the main story of a WRPG, certainly not with Dragon Age. They're sidequests because they're (imagine italics on this next one) on the side! Even if i was pressed into doing them to get buy, at least they provide a bigger morsel of story and interaction than walking in circles waiting for "A CHALLENGER APPROACHES!" sorta deal

Halo Legions wasn't that bad... But I guess it depends if you like Anime or not... If you don't your generally going to hate it and Vice Verse

I love anime more the the next guy, and even I think this is a bad idea.

I don't know if the "anime" will be drawn/animated in the US or in Japan. The press release doesn't really make it clear. So the style of the character art is really up in the air.
But I'm guessing it won't be very "cutesy" considering DAO's M-rated nature.