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Posted: Nov 7th 2011 12:19PM Doctalen said

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Mad max?

Posted: Nov 7th 2011 7:51PM This Little Man Says His Name Is said

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@Doctalen

What I would give for an Open World Mad Max.
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Posted: Nov 7th 2011 12:23PM Crimsic said

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Bioware Presents
Lost: The Game

Posted: Nov 7th 2011 12:56PM liquidsoap89 said

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@Crimsic

Oh god yes please!
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Posted: Nov 7th 2011 12:57PM Diet Kane said

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@Crimsic I'd rather bioware not get their filthy hands on L O S T
Nobody wants to make Hurley their space waifu.
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Posted: Nov 7th 2011 1:49PM Jennacide said

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@Crimsic
Looks more like Sierra Leone: The Game.
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Posted: Nov 7th 2011 2:07PM SpaceGhostFlyer said

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@Diet Kane
Imagining Hurley in zero gravity just made my day.
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Posted: Nov 7th 2011 12:24PM Lone Starr said

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As cool as this looks, I will always desire more Jade Empire.

Posted: Nov 7th 2011 1:00PM Baron Samedi said

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@Lone Starr I'm with you on that. Whatever Bioware puts out is gold but I would really appreciate if they came back to the Jade Empire franchise.
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Posted: Nov 7th 2011 1:26PM Mechazawa Prime said

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@Baron Samedi

"Whatever Bioware puts out is gold"

This is what people actually believe. Ridiculous, when you consider their last game was a complete travesty in almost every regard and half their games this generation have wish fulfillment style storytelling on par with a Stephine Meyer novel. The Bioware I knew died shortly after they signed with EA, who is like a virus perpetuating their corpse trying to hide that fact from us. They better not touch the Jade Empire IP unless they get rid of that virus and purge most of their writers who are more suited to poorly written fan fiction. I'm prepared for down votes from oblivious Bioware fans and people in general who still conform to the elementary school of, "If you don't have something nice to say don't say anything."
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Posted: Nov 7th 2011 1:39PM henchybaby said

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@Mechazawa Prime

Why thank you. Thank you for opening my eyes and showing me I'm oblivious. I also had no idea opinions could be wrong before I saw this. Truly this post has changed my life.

OT: I really can't make a judgment off of one single image. I'll have to wait for the trailer before I can sum up my thoughts completely.
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Posted: Nov 7th 2011 1:53PM Jennacide said

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@That One Guy
While calling DA2 a travesty is a overly dramatic, I can't help but agree with Mecha. It did have way to much fan service just for the sake of doing so, and a lot of it at the expense of being a good game. I'd be interested in another Jade Empire, but I do have my reservations about Bioware after DA2 and the fiasco that is becoming ME3.
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Posted: Nov 7th 2011 2:07PM Mechazawa Prime said

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@henchybaby

I never said anything about someones opinion being "wrong". Opinions aren't right or wrong, they're just good or bad, educated or uneducated, ect. "Whatever Bioware puts out is gold", is more than a terrible opinion, it borders on near delusion (i.e. fanboyism). Furthermore, I don't think it's fair for you to use sarcasm and your try-hard display of wit to counter my comments unless you actually want to argue that DA2 wasn't a terribly rushed hack job and that ME2 didn't pander to unacceptable levels and cut corners in general. Albeit nowhere near to the same extent as DA2, but still.
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Posted: Nov 7th 2011 2:12PM Mechazawa Prime said

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@Jennacide

Well l look at it like this...DA2 by itself is not a travesty, it's just a bad game. DA2 being the sequel to Dragon Age which was a fantastic game (one EA didn't have their mitts on much) IS indeed a travesty for video games.
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Posted: Nov 7th 2011 2:15PM henchybaby said

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@Mechazawa Prime

I personally loved both ME1 and ME2. Both had advantages over the other in different ways I still feel like BioWare is really trying to figure out how to make the ideal hybrid of the two genres. Hopefully with 3, they'll finally hit the right note.

I'll agree, DA2 was a huge disappointment. I actually liked it but at the same time was bummed about how much of a wasted opportunity it was due to how rushed it was.

Maybe I overreacted to the post and for that I apologize.
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Posted: Nov 7th 2011 2:35PM TheShaper said

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@Mechazawa Prime
You know, while I share your opinion, you probably were downvoted for being overly dramatic and even went meta about it (as in was dramatic about you being dramatic).

If people were so inclined to the opinion you countered, as your post implies to be your supposition, the guy would've gotten upvoted and, as of the time of this posting, it doesn't seem to be the case.
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Posted: Nov 7th 2011 3:20PM Hank Hill said

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@TheShaper I'm in agreement. I don't downvote people for their opinions, but for the way they get them across. Mechazawa, you came across as trying to sound overly-intellectual and dramatic. Especially the bit how you called people who disagreed with you delusional... really son?
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Posted: Nov 7th 2011 3:32PM dtrain1183 said

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@Lone Starr Amen! More jade empire please!
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Posted: Nov 7th 2011 3:35PM McDude said

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@Mechazawa Prime

"I'm prepared for down votes from oblivious Bioware fans and people in general who still conform to the elementary school of, 'If you don't have something nice to say don't say anything.'"

Whether I agree with your or not, gotta give you props for calling these people out. So annoying seeing people apologize for their opinions cuz they don't wanna get downvoted. Defeats the whole purpose of a comment box.
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Posted: Nov 7th 2011 3:51PM mezzb said

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@Mechazawa Prime

I completely respect your right to dislike things.

Offering a counter-opinion: DA2 is extremely enjoyable. I only hope that they will revisit that world again with DA3, combining the swifter engine and interface improvements with DA's bigger world.

And most (myself included) seem to feel that ME2 is one of the greatest games of all time. I revisited ME1 recently , and the framerate dips (especially in combat - a big no-no) really started to bum me out.
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Posted: Nov 7th 2011 5:39PM AceManUSC said

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@Mechazawa Prime
Glad you showed up. A post about Bioware wouldn't be complete without the requisite "Bioware Sux" or " I'm so intellectually enlightening and superior to others, only I can see how far Bioware has fallen and I pity all its inferior fans" posts.
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Posted: Nov 7th 2011 12:25PM NecroSen said

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Shattered Steel? A remake of the first game developed by BioWare in 1996?

Featured mechs and aliens and a desolate future landscape? Maybe? Possibly?

Probably not, though. Time to go for wishful thinking:
INTERSTATE 82!

Posted: Nov 7th 2011 12:27PM nerdydesi1 said

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Crash Effect?

Posted: Nov 7th 2011 12:32PM omgJOHN said

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Well we know one thing for sure, it has at least one car crash.

Kind hoping we don't get another post apocalyptic wasteland thing. While I'm sure BioWare can do it well, and make it a unique and interesting experience, I'd like to see 'em try something that hasn't been so prevalent the last few of years.

I can't really seem to get anything out of this image though, and I stared for a good long time. Maybe if the car wasn't completely destroyed we'd be able to figure something out about it.

Posted: Nov 7th 2011 12:33PM Mcmax3000 said

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I predict that this article will be filled with comments about how this means Bioware is selling out & dumbing down their games for the mainstream audience...

All based on one screenshot & zero other information.

Posted: Nov 7th 2011 1:08PM Korbie said

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@That One Guy

Nothing about that article says that their big, PC/360/PS3 games will be dumbed down or decrease in quality.

It does say that they're spreading out, making smaller games for other platforms, like Facebook and IOS, and that "It's relative to the genre or the platform that that product is being served on." Iwaniuk said that while sales or ratings might have been indicators of game quality in the past, these new platforms call for other "key performance indicators," like player engagement or just simple awareness.

So, logic fail.
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Posted: Nov 7th 2011 1:56PM Jennacide said

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@Korbie
No, history tells us that. They have repeatedly stated they, and I quote, "Want COD's audience." So they do shit like shoehorn multiplayer into ME3 and turn Dragon Age 2 into a messy fanfic. There is plenty to show just in how they've been outwardly handling ME3 to be really worried.
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Posted: Nov 7th 2011 2:10PM Korbie said

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@Jennacide

1. Of course they want that audience. They're a business. Admittedly that was a pretty dumb thing to say.
2. Too early to judge multiplayer, though if the singleplayer is just what we expect, then I don't see why multiplayer is such an issue. Just don't play it.
3. DAII was handled by a different team of writers. If you're worried about ME3, well, I wouldn't be.
4. What's wrong with their handling of ME3? The leak was Microsoft's fault, if that's what you're referencing.
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Posted: Nov 7th 2011 2:12PM Mcmax3000 said

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@Jennacide - "There is plenty to show just in how they've been outwardly handling ME3 to be really worried."

Have you played Mass Effect 3?

I have. There is NOTHING to be worried about.
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Posted: Nov 7th 2011 2:40PM TheShaper said

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@Jennacide
I haven't really played Dragon Age but I don't get how turning something into fanfic expands on its target audience. Following traditional logic, it does narrow it.
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Posted: Nov 7th 2011 12:41PM (Unverified) said

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What was that game that came out a years ago, on the original Xbox and PS2, the one where you would crash your car, and try and eject the driver into different obstacles? Maybe it's a remake of that?

Posted: Nov 7th 2011 12:48PM jynxycat said

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@(Unverified) Flatout!
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Posted: Nov 7th 2011 1:04PM (Unverified) said

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@jynxycat That's it!
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Posted: Nov 7th 2011 12:41PM PointlessPuppies said

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I bet $20 this is a shooter

Posted: Nov 7th 2011 3:35PM Duke said

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@PointlessPuppies
There is a gun on the truck right?
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Posted: Nov 7th 2011 12:45PM ReadingRambo said

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Somehow I feel that if its Bioware, its going to be good. If its anything less than decent I'll be shocked. No idea what the premise is though. This screen shot is very interesting.

Posted: Nov 7th 2011 12:50PM teamsammalone said

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@ReadingRambo

like the sonic rpg?
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Posted: Nov 7th 2011 1:02PM Korbie said

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@teamsammalone

We do not speak of the Sonic RPG.
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Posted: Nov 7th 2011 1:04PM ReadingRambo said

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@Korbie

Exactly! lol
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Posted: Nov 7th 2011 1:39PM ironneko said

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@teamsammalone

Dude, I love the Sonic RPG! I don't see why everyone thinks it was so awful.
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Posted: Nov 7th 2011 3:10PM omgJOHN said

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@ironneko Most of them probably never actually played it. I didn't but I hear from people who did that it was actually pretty good.
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Posted: Nov 7th 2011 12:46PM r0bster78 said

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Mako destruction derby.

Posted: Nov 7th 2011 12:47PM Darklink2009 said

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Mass Effect 4! That's totally the Mako!

Posted: Nov 7th 2011 12:50PM Dogtopia said

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Who owns the flatout licence nowadays? I really hope it is flatout 3 I loved the mini games

Posted: Nov 7th 2011 1:13PM BG GRZZ said

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@Dogtopia , even if the IP was up for grabs I highly doubt a company with BioWares stature wouldn't be interested... Flatout was awesome tho
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Posted: Nov 7th 2011 7:58PM This Little Man Says His Name Is said

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@Dogtopia

Definitely not BioWare.

Team 6 said they were making a Flatout game for the Wii, but that was years ago and there's been little information on it since announcement.
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Posted: Nov 7th 2011 1:01PM ObiBen8 said

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Looks like the guy is flipping more than the car.

Posted: Nov 7th 2011 1:03PM Korbie said

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Surprised that it's neither sci-fi or fantasy.

Posted: Nov 7th 2011 3:06PM eat it said

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@Korbie

what if that turret on the back of that truck is for shooting lasers at dragons?
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Posted: Nov 7th 2011 3:19PM Korbie said

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@eat it

Then it will be the greatest game ever made.
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