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Post by Lazarillo on Dec 10, 2018 20:23:58 GMT
Except, that the misunderstood revolutionary is also evil. Eh, I feel like he still gets a lot of support from people just because he made a frowny face.
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Post by vertigomez on Dec 10, 2018 20:24:47 GMT
People still want open world? I prefer a little bit more linear,helps with storytelling and choices/consequences, maybe restricting some areas until X point in the story progress. I prefer things to be a bit more linear, too. Helps with story pacing.
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Post by phoray on Dec 10, 2018 20:41:41 GMT
Eh, I feel like he still gets a lot of support from people just because he made a frowny kissy face. Fixed it.
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Post by phoray on Dec 10, 2018 20:45:16 GMT
People still want open world? I prefer a little bit more linear,helps with storytelling and choices/consequences, maybe restricting some areas until X point in the story progress. I prefer things to be a bit more linear, too. Helps with story pacing. I feel like the Fallow Mire was good for having a goal to keep you moving while also having some interesting bits in side crevices. it needed some LIVING people to go with it's undead, but I liked the balance there. People go on about Crestwood, but that map was way bigger than the Main quest it housed.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2018 20:48:24 GMT
People still want open world? I prefer a little bit more linear,helps with storytelling and choices/consequences, maybe restricting some areas until X point in the story progress. I prefer things to be a bit more linear, too. Helps with story pacing.
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Post by colfoley on Dec 10, 2018 20:48:46 GMT
Except, that the misunderstood revolutionary is also evil. Eh, I feel like he still gets a lot of support from people just because he made a frowny face. Well that is true, I'm sympathetic to him and he certainly has tremendous bad guy potential...but that doesent change the fact that he IS evil.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2018 21:12:37 GMT
I'd really like to see DA4 be more like the start of DAO in relation to our starting race origins but instead of them converging so early in the game (becoming the Warden) they don't converge until the very end. I'd like each race to play out somewhat differently and more aligned their racial values.
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Post by Lazarillo on Dec 10, 2018 21:18:06 GMT
I'd really like to see DA4 be more like the start of DAO in relation to our starting race origins but instead of them converging so early in the game (becoming the Warden) they don't converge until the very end. I'd like each race to play out somewhat differently and more aligned their racial values. As long as they have the budget for it, sure. ...but if a wide range of origins/customization just means those don't get acknowledged in most of the game (like more poor Qunari Inquisitor, who coulda just been a big human for all but like two or three lines), then, well, I think they'd be better off having a singular protagonist (ala Hawke), or at least reducing everyone to the same background. A half-assed background system is worse than none at all, essentially.
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Post by vertigomez on Dec 10, 2018 21:23:42 GMT
(like more poor Qunari Inquisitor, who coulda just been a big human for all but like two or three lines) I think I was spoiled by the Sera romance, tbh. Almost every conversation with her varies slightly according to your race, her journal entries change, she references your race AND your class in different banters... I'd like to see similar reactivity from other NPCs, because as it is, I never felt like I was just playing a big human.
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Post by Walter Black on Dec 10, 2018 21:43:22 GMT
I want shit to get fucked up, lol. I want the veil to come down in the opening cutscene, without any possibility of it being repaired. I want to have to navigate a broken world that will never be the same. So... fantasy Fallout?
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Post by colfoley on Dec 10, 2018 21:47:08 GMT
I'd really like to see DA4 be more like the start of DAO in relation to our starting race origins but instead of them converging so early in the game (becoming the Warden) they don't converge until the very end. I'd like each race to play out somewhat differently and more aligned their racial values. So I think the most logical thing for them to do is just do the opposite and if they do do Origins at all make them all even pretty similar (like the DAO Origins) that they all can have a common theme to work at and then lead into the events of the game.
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Post by pessimistpanda on Dec 10, 2018 22:04:15 GMT
I want shit to get fucked up, lol. I want the veil to come down in the opening cutscene, without any possibility of it being repaired. I want to have to navigate a broken world that will never be the same. So... fantasy Fallout? Hmmm. More like World of Ruin in Final Fantasy 6?
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Post by Walter Black on Dec 10, 2018 22:23:46 GMT
Hmmm. More like World of Ruin in Final Fantasy 6? While that does sound like a game I would like to play, we will have to agree to disagree on it happening to Dragon Age right now. There are still too many Theadosian cultures (Tevinter, Kal-Sharok, Seheron and Par Vollen, Antiva, Rivain, and so on...) I would like to see as they are before such radical change. In hindsight however, given the damage magic, spirits and demons from Veil tearings, and Blights are supposed to cause, I agree that modern Thedas is much more civilized and intact than it logically should be.
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Post by copper on Dec 10, 2018 22:31:59 GMT
For me its more that I don't feel strongly for Solas one way or another. Replacing him with just about anyone would be an improvement for me, though I realize that's unlikely. Plus the Evanuris seem interesting, so I hope they show up in some capacity. Well, I get not feeling like he can carry the game as the villain. I just figure replacing one angry ancient Elf with seven angry ancient Elves just takes things even further in the wrong direction. Plus, I don't want the Evanuris as villains, ever, frankly. I want them to be mostly benevolent, because honestly, I feel like "the ancient gods who we thought were good were actually evil sorcerers, and the evil one was a misunderstood revolutionary!" is easily one of the top ten most trite RPG cliches at this point. Honestly, it would be a much more satisfying "twist" for it to turn out that the ancient one who's associated with lies and deception was actually lying the whole time. And really, the fact that that would be seen as a "twist" at this point is a big part of why the Solas story is so boring in the first place. I do see what you mean with this. Though that leaves me at square one of a possible scenario where we're not chasing Solas the whole game. Unless they just make him super prevalent the final act or something, but I don't know how I feel about that either.
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Post by phoray on Dec 10, 2018 23:45:04 GMT
All these debates about whether Mae or Calpernia or Harding or Vaea are going to be romance options ...
I would like to sign up for 8 options of stranger to get to know in game and decide if they're romance-able in the game.
I kinda feel like I already know the above people and I'm doomed to my entrenched opinion of them far before the game has even gotten a release date.
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Post by Lazarillo on Dec 11, 2018 0:02:22 GMT
I do see what you mean with this. Though that leaves me at square one of a possible scenario where we're not chasing Solas the whole game. Unless they just make him super prevalent the final act or something, but I don't know how I feel about that either. Well, the trailer has me pessimistic, but my ideal scenario would be more something like Fen'Harel being mostly incidental anyway. After all, the "crisis" he presents only really involves finding one maniac and beating him until his egg cracks. Wars with the Qunari, political intrigue in the Magisterium, even the remnants of the Inquisition once they don't have an omnicidal maniac to deal with, these are the things that shape the "real" world and drive it forward, and thus, much more interesting to someone who plays the DA games to experience the world of Thedas.
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Post by copper on Dec 11, 2018 1:11:14 GMT
I do see what you mean with this. Though that leaves me at square one of a possible scenario where we're not chasing Solas the whole game. Unless they just make him super prevalent the final act or something, but I don't know how I feel about that either. Well, the trailer has me pessimistic, but my ideal scenario would be more something like Fen'Harel being mostly incidental anyway. After all, the "crisis" he presents only really involves finding one maniac and beating him until his egg cracks. Wars with the Qunari, political intrigue in the Magisterium, even the remnants of the Inquisition once they don't have an omnicidal maniac to deal with, these are the things that shape the "real" world and drive it forward, and thus, much more interesting to someone who plays the DA games to experience the world of Thedas. Agreed! In Origins my favorite parts were the political bits in the Landsmeet and Orzammar. And likewise in DA2 Act 2 was the most interesting to me with Hawke trying to keep the peace between the Qunari and Kirkwall's populace. I also like the personal stories of our various heros in the origin stories and Hawke's family, so provided DA4 has a new protagonist I'd like to see some of those types of connections again.
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Post by Giant Ambush Beetle on Dec 11, 2018 2:53:31 GMT
Wishes? Ok wishes, its X-Mas time after all! Off the top of my head. * Its almost 2019, nano robots are becoming a thing, we will soon be able to grow artificial organs and military is building freaking powered armor. Bodysliders for our characters should be possible too now, right? Muscle AND curves please. People will appreciate this feature immensely, even if you have to cut back a little on the cutscenes. Too many cutscenes turns the game into a movie anyway, and we already have movies. But movies don't have bodysliders. Get my logic? * No weapon nor armor class restrictions unless very dedicated specific special armors and weapons. Restrictions are for the weak, the sky is the limit OHH YEAH! * Both sandbox AND linear gameplay. Sandboxy-maps for big side quests and farming resources, linear maps for main storyline purposes. Don't make me go full Odysseus on huge sandbox-y areas to complete the main story. This shit just DRAGS. DRAGS NO GUD * Mounts that are actually useful. Mounts already looked cool in Inquisition so you've got the artistic side covered. Now make them work. More speed, mounts that fight back, mounted combat, make mounts give us more inventory. That kinda stuff. * Races need to return. NEED. TO. RETURN. Don't give us a popsicle and then take it away. Only bad parents do that. And what happens to bad parents? They eventually get murdered by their angry children. But I digress. * Toned down realistic mode for people that prefer a little more classical approach to RPG's. What I mean is less flashy gameplay, characters being less airborne or making ridiculously crazy anime moves. Inquisition was a little Dragonball and Supermario-ish for many people. Give us both options to make all happy.* just do it-meme* * No or minimal level scaling. Inquisition was on the right track in this area. I don't want to ascend to near godhood, kill dragons and lichs only to get constantly shanked to death by a gang of bloodthirsty level 9000 street beggars. * For the love of the gods, make sidequests less grindy. Inquisition was a GRIIIIIIIINDFEST of a game. Collect 100000 elf root for this character, find shards that have been scattered like ashes in the wind. AHHH SHARDS! This gives me PTSD flashbacks. I know you can make clever sidequests Bioware, please go quality over quantity this time and make sidequests more fleshed out - and PLEASE I BEG YOU LESS GRIND. * Intelligent puzzles, or puzzles that take a little patience. I actually belong to the madmen that enjoyed the connect the dots, I mean stars, minigames. Include some REALLY hard ones this time, optional ones of course. But make them hard. * Oh, and last but not least LESS GRIND. With that I mean less enemies but more challenging encounters. Don't turn foes into damage sponges. Less but more meaningful resource gathering, less but more diverse side quests that go beyond fetch 1000pcs of item XX to complete. Real life is a terrible grind already, we play games to escape from that. Don't make me grind money in real life and grind elfroot in the Dragon Age universe. Biower stahp plz, no grind plz. Yeah thats all I could think of without hurting my brain too much.
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Post by pessimistpanda on Dec 11, 2018 3:13:10 GMT
A hidden platforming section where we play AS a purple, adolescent dragon, that involves gliding and gem collecting.
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Post by House Targaryen on Dec 11, 2018 5:30:54 GMT
I don't ask for much. Good main story. Plenty of side quests. Graphics that will test the limits of my RTX2080 card. Beautiful player character, elves especially.
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Post by The Loyal Nub on Dec 11, 2018 14:24:54 GMT
1) I want a TRUE open world. I am replaying DAI and laughing as I recall the debates on BSN about how 'open world' ruined it. DAI is large hubs but it is not open world. I want a big rich world like Assassin's Creed Odyssey is or Witcher 3. Turn me loose in it and let me explore! No loading screens! I shouldn't have to get a loading screen for entering a new area or opening a door! As much as I love AC: Origins & Odyssey (and their impressive OW vistas), I think the way DA:I handles it works well for that game.
All those diverse locations is something you wouldn't be able to do on a single-map game (deserts, swamps, forests, jungles, etc. across southern Thedas). In the next game, I'd think I'd still prefer to have a number of discrete regions in the north (eg. Tevinter, Seheron, Arlathan Forest, The White Spires, Kal Sharok, etc.), rather than just be locked into one relatively small region around Minrathous. I think you're underestimating what can be done on a very large map these days. If you played those two AC games you'll notice they had very discrete environments and were able to provide a unique flavor over a very vast map. I don't want to see a lot of loading screens is my main concern. It's a big drag. Trust me-they'll get hammered, by critics, if the game is too linear and too narrow and constricting and chock full of load screens. No one will want to see that in 2020/21.
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Post by aesir on Dec 11, 2018 15:18:50 GMT
More cinematics and conversations, less "filler" combat and quests.
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Post by Onecrazymonkey1 on Dec 11, 2018 22:11:58 GMT
I'm a simple woman, add in a mabari pet and I will be pleased. Inquisition was sorely lacking in that department!
EDIT: Also, maybe a baby dragon if that's possible. <.<
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Post by House Targaryen on Dec 11, 2018 23:13:29 GMT
I'm a simple woman, add in a mabari pet and I will be pleased. Inquisition was sorely lacking in that department! This. I missed having a dog
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Post by colfoley on Dec 12, 2018 1:09:06 GMT
I just want a wide variety of pets. I want a bird. Or a sentient cat.
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