Schmooples' Den! The DA News Discussion Thread

Actually, I think the next AC will drop late next year (so probably a cross-gen game). They've never gone more than 2 years between releases. If they follow the same pattern as Origins and Odyssey, we could see new AC games in late 2020 and 2021.

Remember, Ubi continually has 2 AC games in development, they just stagger the releases.

Yeah, they're not doing one this year. Like Origins, I expect a skip year before the next one. So again, AC: Vikings in late 2020 would be my guess.

And Ubi likes to officially announce their AC games at E3, then release in Oct. the same year. So we'll have to wait till then to find out for sure. 

Taylor ⚡ 🐍 @cyberpunknoire
Hi. I really hope his queerness is acknowledged in some way and that this isn't some weird hetero retcon or I'll be super disappointed

Christina Weir Christina Weir
This isn't a romance story for Fenris, so it doesn't impact much but since he was a romance option for both male and female Hawke, we write him as bi.

*salty* I had declared I wouldn't buy any more material until the game was declared as being real. But Fenris has my heart. So I will have to reconsider my stance and see if I give in. meh.

That all said, In spite of Alistair being a soft touch, I still found his hardened comic book version believable. I hope the writers consider various potential world states and try to bend without breaking the character. This would be the first time they'd have an old character "on screen" at length.

If Fenris is being set up to be brought back as a potential companion in DA4, it could be really interesting to see how this plays out. If they also go forward with the option to try to kill Solas or redeem Solas, maybe you'll be able to hire Fenris for the killing arc. I wonder what that fight would be like? And if you choose to redeem Solas, then maybe if Fenris is in your party, he'd leave?

Yeah, I guess if Solas goes all "Free the slaves!" like he did in the past, he and Fenris might end up as unlikely allies... At least until Solas starts tearing down the Veil... (If he gets that far.)

For those who have read the Dragon Age novels: What's been the overall quality of their stories?

I've read (and re-read) all of them. They've been easy, enjoyable reads. They're not like Tolkien or Jemisin, but they can give some extra perspective to things that happen in the games. If you're unsure whether you'll like them, can you borrow them from your local library?

Libraries might surprise you! The one in the town I grew up in had Neil Gaiman's Sandman series, for example.

ETA: Also for example, I just checked the Edmonton Public Library, and they have:

Novels:
The Stolen Throne by David Gaider;
The Calling by David Gaider;
Asunder by David Gaider;
Hard in Hightown by Varric Tethras and Mary Kirby;
The Masked Empire by Patrick Weekes;
Last Flight by Liane Merciel;

Graphic Novels:
Magekiller Issues 1-5;
The Silent Grove;
Those Who Speak;
Until We Sleep;
Knight Errant;

RPG Rulebooks:
Dragon Age Core Rulebook
Faces of Thedas: A Dragon Age RPG Rulebook

Coffee table books:
The World of Thedas Vols. 1 & 2;
The Art of Dragon Age Inquisition;

Videos:
Dragon Age Redemption streaming video;

Video Games:
DA2 for PS3;
DAI for Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, and PS4;    

In theory, I think I could borrow any of these from my small rural Alberta town library via interlibrary loan. So anyway, libraries carry a LOT of stuff these days. 

🐉 wii sports jock 🐉 @turbogandalf
Hi @patrickweekes I love the knight errant & deception comics and i'm really curious: how much of the narrative & character decisions come from the lead DA writers, and how much is up to the comic authors?

Patrick Weekes @patrickweekes
Tricky question! Short version:

- We at BW (me, Matt Goldman, Nick Thornborrow) give a high-level “Here’s what kind of story we’re interested in.”
- Comic writers (Christina and Nunzio currently) propose a story based on that.
- We at BW offer lore adjustments as needed.

So the great folks at Dark Horse, and Christina and Nunzio specifically, are telling a story they own, and we are making sure it fits with where we want to take the franchise.