The next DRAGON AGE™: Behind the scenes at BioWare

I thought Ferelden/Alamaari was based off Anglo Saxon England, since the Landsmeet has been around for a lot longer than the actual state of Ferelden. The Avvar might well be more Viking though, particularly as the split from the Alamaari occurred way back in ancient times and they do have a habit of raiding the lowlands periodically, as the Vikings did for many years before deciding to settle in the northern part of England.

Honestly never felt like either of those things was in doubt, but yay for optimism.

And I think Tevinter was based at least in part on the Byzantine EMpire.

Over the years, the list of inspiration ended up being:

Antiva: Venician Italy
Rivain: Moor-occupied Spain
Tevinter: Byzantine Empire
Par Vollen: Ottoman Empire
Anderfels: Germany
Orlais: France
Ferelden: England
Free Marches: Scotland
Nevarra: Prussia (this one seems to be the trickiest)

Oh yeah, the devs have stated they are very loose inspirations.

I wouldn’t have gone that far, but the Scheier report on BioWare did mention two different opinions from the anonymous developers, one where the next DA would be a fantasy version of Anthem, and one where BioWare would leave the ME and DA series as more single player focused.

Considering how EA did affect BioWare, and other companies, with their preference and focus on multiplayer and microtransations, I do get what some people were, or are, worried about a MP-focus on the next DA. It’s fair to say, however, that everything that the devs said since the GA ‘teaser’ did hint or imply on the game being similar to how they handled the others in the IP.

In the article, he didn't say he believed that DA would become Anthem, he just mentioned, if I recall correctly, two different opinions on the situation. 
Again though, what Bioware said so far, at least to me, does support the fact that the game isn't going to be focused on MP. Considering the posts of Luke Barrett here, I'd say a major change will the combat system, more so then the focus on MP.

The posts that gave me this idea are some like this:




I think that, unlike DAI, they'd mostly stick on one type of gameplay, and don't try to work on a hybrid system to try and satisfy both crowd of people. I also think classes, based on the second post, will have an overhaul, which is something I'm really wishing for. 

How both will work, I have no idea, since, as you said, he remains vague, which is quite fair and fine. I just got the impression that there'll be some big changes in combat and the class system.

As someone who was looking forward to more tactical combat, I can say I was sorely disappointed with DA:I. The controls were horrible and especially that "momentum" buildup in the walking animations, in addition to the jumping and climbing ... Inquisition was a hellish KB+M experience. They can go all action, as I thoroughly expect them to and as Luke pretty much already told me in an earlier post, I won't follow. For the third time.

Hey man, happy for you. Looks like you're getting it.

I’m fine either way in regards of the type of combat they want to pursue, tactical or action, as I like them both (as I do like turn based combat. I’m pretty happy BG3 is doing, but I do think it’s better in JRPGs and RPGs based on DnD and similar).

I do wander how they’ll handle companions. The most action-based combat of the three games is DA2, and it had a really good tactic system for companions, so I hope to see a return of that, in any case.