Schmooples' Den! The DA News Discussion Thread

I'm going to watch it again tonight.

So I guess I'll take this as a sign that DA4 is already playable in some form?

As long as they take their sweet, sweet time refining it, I'm cool with it.

Google says “Terrible Wolf”, but from your reaction does it sound more like “Big Bad Wolf”? :/

That reminded me that Dread Wolf is called "Schreckenswolf" in german. I mean, it's not bad, but now that you point it out, it does sound like from a children story. 

Same here. Playing DAI before I figured out how to bypass localization... It was hard, especially after previous two games in English and spending a lot of time on BSN (I was soooo happy when it turned out to be easier in MEA).

Now that I think about it, it's kinda hard to find right words in Polish for Dread Wolf to not make it sound like something from a children story. Doesn't change the fact it's baaaaaad.

If you'd translate Dread Wolf literal, you'd get "Grauenswolf" which, idk sounds worse then Schreckenswolf. xD

austin walker @austin_walker
hey mods, why is it that when I lose hold of something important I "dropped it like a clumsy idiot," but when elite footballer Arjen Robben does he's "been dispossed of the orb"???

Patrick Weekes @patrickweekes
Solas is an elite footballer.

Patrick Weekes @patrickweekes
You know it’s a good pun when it makes the entire writing room make what @eplerjc called “the lemon face”.

Well, >I< know, anyway.

Such news are good to hear after so many negative voices from the fandom, such as DA4 would never release, or not before 2022.

I could bet they have been working secretly on something, or they wouldn't have shown the teaser in December. It could be a strategic mistake to show a teaser for a game that only appears in 3-4 years, as it increases expectations to a company which has been under constant criticism from both fans and media. This is different from the TES6 teaser which served imho mostly as a bait for ongoing releases of Elder Scrolls related games and merchandise. I suppose Bioware is currently only releasing information sparsely and only when they're sure it concerns something that won't get "rebooted" again, meaning it is already quite far in development.

There have also been rumours of a voiceover going on after Gareth David-Lloyd tweets. Which would be too early probably, but would at least indicate some touchable work may have already been performed.

Well, and I am probably the only one who doesn't mind Bioware releasing an unfinished product   I love DA2 to pieces due to the companions and the story, and would prefer releases of smaller but more dynamic games. And I trust Bioware would get those game parts I love done right anyway.

Surely in a language which allows you to make "Lower Danube Steamship Company Employees Sport Club" into one word there must be some way of creating an appropriate expression. Of course, it doesn't help that "Fade" is not being used in the normal sense here.