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Posted: Aug 17th 2010 11:46AM commonperson said
Hmmm... well we'll see how this shapes up. The trailer looks impressive but it's a real shift from the original design concept. I just am curious if they are going to integrate any of the decision making elements from the previous game in to the new game (like with Mass Effect 2.) One can only hope, I've poured hundreds of hours in to that game, I'd like some of the decisions I made to have an impact.
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Posted: Aug 17th 2010 11:48AM donalbane said
@commonperson
They said there will be carryover, and this time you can play the first and second games on two differnt platforms and still experience the changes. I wonder how that will work. (A survey at the beginning, e.g. "So what's the king's name again?" ?)
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They said there will be carryover, and this time you can play the first and second games on two differnt platforms and still experience the changes. I wonder how that will work. (A survey at the beginning, e.g. "So what's the king's name again?" ?)
Posted: Aug 17th 2010 12:44PM commonperson said
@Deschain True, but some of it added a really neat layer. In the case of some instances it changes entire sections of game play. For example, the Krogan home world, I was able to save Rex, my friend wasn't so we had a quite different experience there. Any how, fingers crossed they are able to carry it forward well. :-)
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Posted: Aug 17th 2010 11:53AM Petebot330 said
@Sam406 Thats one of the changes they made...part of the reason you can't be a dwarf or an elf.
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Posted: Aug 17th 2010 11:58AM Bubbameister33 said
@Petebot330
They could have had different voice actors for each race. What I'm really saying is why can't I be a dwarf mage in DAO?
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They could have had different voice actors for each race. What I'm really saying is why can't I be a dwarf mage in DAO?
Posted: Aug 17th 2010 1:08PM Bubbameister33 said
@Dirty
If elves can be dentists then dwarfs can be mages. A guy can dream.
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If elves can be dentists then dwarfs can be mages. A guy can dream.
Posted: Aug 17th 2010 11:48AM LaughingTarget said
Bioware has done an amazing job keeping this franchise on my mind since launch. Continued support, new add ons, and now this. I'm looking forward to wasting a hundred or two hours on DA2.
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Posted: Aug 17th 2010 11:56AM Petebot330 said
These cinematic trailers are cool and all, but it would be nice to see some gameplay. I mean I already knew I'd be a white, brown-haired hero fighting the Darkspawn. Thanks, EA.
*Actualy I'm kind of screwed. I was a red-haired Dwarf named Stanislav and then I was a black-haired hot Elf woman.
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*Actualy I'm kind of screwed. I was a red-haired Dwarf named Stanislav and then I was a black-haired hot Elf woman.
Posted: Aug 17th 2010 11:58AM donalbane said
Here's hoping they give you better character creating tools for your avatar. Every character I tried to make in the first game had these chiseled cheek-bones and pointy noses with obnoxious flared nostrils. If not, at least the stock character looks good... well, better than the stock Commander Shepard, anyhow. ("Hi I'm Bobby Baldo, from the planet Baldar, and I approve of this haircut.")
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Posted: Aug 17th 2010 5:21PM DataShade said
@donalbane
Except that "Real Commander Shepard's" name is Mark Vanderloo, from planet ... Netherlands.
http://ui23.gamespot.com/2166/ewwwtf_2.jpg
http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q=mark+vanderloo&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=f_xqTMH-KsP88Abv6JzyAg&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQsAQwAA
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Except that "Real Commander Shepard's" name is Mark Vanderloo, from planet ... Netherlands.
http://ui23.gamespot.com/2166/ewwwtf_2.jpg
http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q=mark+vanderloo&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=f_xqTMH-KsP88Abv6JzyAg&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQsAQwAA
Posted: Aug 17th 2010 12:02PM anexanhume said
Here's hoping there's a proper battlemage class, judging by the video. I should be able to wield a sword and use magic as well if I want to.
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Posted: Aug 17th 2010 12:02PM Rocket Raccoon said
I think that Bioware (all the studios) are making some of the best computer animation out there. Between this, the Mass Effect 2 trailer and the Star Wars: TOR trailers it's better than most action blockbusters.
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Posted: Aug 17th 2010 1:36PM Rocket Raccoon said
@DevilSei
I had no idea! Thank you for the infoz!
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I had no idea! Thank you for the infoz!
Posted: Aug 18th 2010 4:38PM TheDarkWayne said
@Rocket Raccoon Not sure about this or the others, but all the TOR trailers have been done by Blur Studios
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Posted: Aug 17th 2010 12:45PM commonperson said
@shimrra74 you should be good to play it on your PC. It's a far better experience on the PC. The console version is practically broken.
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Posted: Aug 17th 2010 1:03PM Fearmonkey said
@commonperson
As someone who has spent many many hours playing through the 360 version, as well as most of the DLC and the expansion, I highly disagree that it's "broken".
The PC game is more like the older PC games that Bioware made, the console versions has a typical third person camera view, and it works just fine..
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As someone who has spent many many hours playing through the 360 version, as well as most of the DLC and the expansion, I highly disagree that it's "broken".
The PC game is more like the older PC games that Bioware made, the console versions has a typical third person camera view, and it works just fine..
Posted: Aug 17th 2010 12:03PM Evil Pikachu said
Pretty awesome looks like an very intense story
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Posted: Aug 17th 2010 12:17PM BrokenCage said
...I wonder if he's related to Morrigan. That would really make my day if he turned out to be a son of a witch.
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Posted: Aug 17th 2010 12:51PM Drew Daddi said
@BrokenCage That is the only relevance this could have to the 1st 1. Without it I don't see the correlation they could make a whole new franchise.
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Posted: Aug 17th 2010 1:18PM StryCross said
@BrokenCage and @Drew Daddi
No, he wont be the son of Morrigan. This game literally has nothing to do with the DAO/Morrigan Arc. They clearly stated that this game happens while the Warden Commander (Hero from DAO) was rallying troops against Logain and the Darkspawn. The Hero of this new game; Hawkes, is a survivor of Lothering (remember the village that gets consumed and burned by the Darkspawn, where you meet Leliana) When the Darkspawn invaded it he managed to escaped and headed to the Free Marches, in where this new game's story will develop. Grab the July Issue i believe of Game Informer where they explain all of this xD
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No, he wont be the son of Morrigan. This game literally has nothing to do with the DAO/Morrigan Arc. They clearly stated that this game happens while the Warden Commander (Hero from DAO) was rallying troops against Logain and the Darkspawn. The Hero of this new game; Hawkes, is a survivor of Lothering (remember the village that gets consumed and burned by the Darkspawn, where you meet Leliana) When the Darkspawn invaded it he managed to escaped and headed to the Free Marches, in where this new game's story will develop. Grab the July Issue i believe of Game Informer where they explain all of this xD
Posted: Aug 17th 2010 12:49PM Come on Chang said
Did they just do away with different classes or have they merged them. If i can summon the hands of the devil to snatch people apart i may love this game.
and side note if i get head butted by a dude with ram horns he won the fight..
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and side note if i get head butted by a dude with ram horns he won the fight..
Posted: Aug 17th 2010 3:06PM 2late2die said
It's an impressive trailer but I still have my doubts about gameplay - all that MassEffectification has me worried. Having said that, it would be a huge plus for the game if, based on the trailer, they implement some cool spear combat. Not a lot of spears in RPGs and the ones that do have them usually relegate them to "poking" actions - I'd love to see spear as part of the weapons arsenal in DA2 and with some cool combat animations to boot, a la the trailer.
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