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Post by Link"Guess"ski on Apr 28, 2017 2:03:48 GMT
I don't assume Flynn takes every responsibility that Greg and Ray used to have but still... 3, maybe 4, studios to keep in check, and a grumbling userbase for a controversial game release. Whew!
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Mike Laidlaw @mike_Laidlaw Driving through Seattle and thinking “Man, these folks are big Blackwall fans.” #obscurespoilermountainjoke Does he mean beards? Didn't Blackall steal all the beards and all the power held within? There can be only one!
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Post by Awkward Octopus on Apr 28, 2017 16:06:24 GMT
Blair Brown @thefiddzzNeed some Environment Artists here in Edmonton! Come work with me! #gamedev #gamejobs #yeg BioWare @biowareBuild incredible worlds with us. We're hiring: bit.ly/1T1SzRipbs.twimg.com/media/C-WjvoyV0AAoxMi.jpg- Sounds like it's for DA... If you've got talent - get on that! Give me a couple months to get my woefully outdated portfolio up to par and... ...And I still won't qualify. "Lead." "Senior." Bah. Ah, well.
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Post by thats1evildude on Apr 28, 2017 17:02:18 GMT
Mike Laidlaw @mike_Laidlaw Driving through Seattle and thinking “Man, these folks are big Blackwall fans.” #obscurespoilermountainjoke Does he mean beards? Didn't Blackall steal all the beards and all the power held within? There can be only one! It's Seattle, so I suspect he's referring to the teeming hordes of bearded hipsters.
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Blair Brown @thefiddzz Had a meeting discussing cool things in other games.. I now need to go check out those things at work.. it's research right @biomarkdarrah ?
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adri @ calgary expo felandaris some guy, skeptically: have you actually played dragon age? me, with my full sleeve tattoo dedicated to dragon age: a bit Patrick Weekes @patrickweekesI'm sure you got yourself an actual Elfroot tattoo just to impress boys. Elfroot Spindleweed @elfiestrootHey, don't hate the playa, hate the game. Patrick Weekes @patrickweekesJust so you know, I can retcon your codex entry to make you cause itchy rashes. That is actually within my power.
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Post by AlleluiaElizabeth on Apr 29, 2017 1:24:07 GMT
adri @ calgary expo felandaris some guy, skeptically: have you actually played dragon age? me, with my full sleeve tattoo dedicated to dragon age: a bit Patrick Weekes @patrickweekesI'm sure you got yourself an actual Elfroot tattoo just to impress boys. Elfroot Spindleweed @elfiestrootHey, don't hate the playa, hate the game. Patrick Weekes @patrickweekesJust so you know, I can retcon your codex entry to make you cause itchy rashes. That is actually within my power. Pretty sure its already canon that Spindleweed gives the runs, so he's halfway there.
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Cassandra, the hard-nosed detective who must take in the streetwise Sera to protect her while using her leads to crack the case. She's not used to company, you see. Or people. And young Sera is...a handful. They make an unlikely duo. "So we're partners!" Sera exclaims...or something similar, barely decipherable. Cassandra looks horrified. "God, no. No, no." And yet. One night, Sera is gone for hours. Cass fears the worst, but suddenly the scamp returns...with giggling ladyfriend in tow. "Wat?" Sera rolls her eyes. "I didn't think YOU'D mind." Cass is apoplectic. "Why would you think that?" "Um, hello? Yer a giant lezbo?" Cass could only stare, grinding her jaws and calculating whether strangling this wretch was worth losing all hope of justice. LITTLE DID SHE KNOW this "wretch" would not only save her life, but this "Varric" contact was, in fact, the exact break she needed...
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David Gaider @davidgaider
Cassandra, the hard-nosed detective who must take in the streetwise Sera to protect her while using her leads to crack the case. She's not used to company, you see. Or people. And young Sera is...a handful. They make an unlikely duo. "So we're partners!" Sera exclaims...or something similar, barely decipherable. Cassandra looks horrified. "God, no. No, no." And yet. One night, Sera is gone for hours. Cass fears the worst, but suddenly the scamp returns...with giggling ladyfriend in tow. "Wat?" Sera rolls her eyes. "I didn't think YOU'D mind." Cass is apoplectic. "Why would you think that?" "Um, hello? Yer a giant lezbo?" Cass could only stare, grinding her jaws and calculating whether strangling this wretch was worth losing all hope of justice. LITTLE DID SHE KNOW this "wretch" would not only save her life, but this "Varric" contact was, in fact, the exact break she needed... ... Damn. Now I need this fanfic, too.
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David Gaider @davidgaider
Cassandra, the hard-nosed detective who must take in the streetwise Sera to protect her while using her leads to crack the case. She's not used to company, you see. Or people. And young Sera is...a handful. They make an unlikely duo. "So we're partners!" Sera exclaims...or something similar, barely decipherable. Cassandra looks horrified. "God, no. No, no." And yet. One night, Sera is gone for hours. Cass fears the worst, but suddenly the scamp returns...with giggling ladyfriend in tow. "Wat?" Sera rolls her eyes. "I didn't think YOU'D mind." Cass is apoplectic. "Why would you think that?" "Um, hello? Yer a giant lezbo?" Cass could only stare, grinding her jaws and calculating whether strangling this wretch was worth losing all hope of justice. LITTLE DID SHE KNOW this "wretch" would not only save her life, but this "Varric" contact was, in fact, the exact break she needed... And now I need more Cassandra in my game...because I don't really read fanfics.
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Post by Hrungr on Apr 29, 2017 18:54:24 GMT
Mike Laidlaw @mike_Laidlaw Realllllly hoping that scratch in my throat is alleries and not travel crud catching up with me. Patrick Weekes @patrickweekesAs someone who spent an hour in a breakout room with you yesterday, I share your hope. Thomas Busby @redundant_ukYou guys have really got to stop licking each other in the breakout room. Patrick Weekes @patrickweekesDon't judge the artistic process, man. seb hanlon 🔵🗣 @hanlsp Tsaheylu is an important part of team building.
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Post by rapscallioness on Apr 30, 2017 6:52:37 GMT
Excellent read, 10/10 would read again! Some highlights: I find the bolded just too astonishing to believe. I mean, I believe what he;s saying. It's pretty obvious gaming industry kinda gives story a haughty sniff in its general direction, I just actually cannot comprehend that line of thinking. Story is everything. Story is the Heart and Soul, without it you have nothing. Even MP wants good story. The Destiny people, Battlefield 1 people loved the vignette's and only complained that they were too short. Human beings love Story, always have regardless of the medium. When you hear players talking about, "oh, idk..something's missing. it has no Soul..it's feels soulless..boring..meh" they're talking about a weak story. You know, I never felt interested in picking up WatchDogs 2. Mind you, I didn't follow the game and know every trailer, etc. But I ran into quite a bit about it. However, all I remember is them going on about the cool open world; the cool things you could do with your cell phone...and stuff like that. But I never saw much about the actual story or the main character. Perhaps, I missed it. Idk. I know they were hacking hackers and all that, but I never got a real sense of the story or main character from the marketing I saw. It was always about that damn phone and the open world. So, I thought, "eh, why should I care? I don't care." WatchDogs 2 looks like it could be a good game. Maybe it does have a good story and characters in there. I still have not tried it. All I remember is that it looked...boring. Even though it actually looks cool, but without a sense of story and character it didn't connect with me. Not enough for me to spend my money on it. So, mechanics, gameplay and combat are very important, but so is Story. For me, story is the thing that holds it all together, or should. Tbh, it's the thing that makes me spend my money. The deciding factor is if the story and characters of a game seem intriguing, and make me want to know more.
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Post by Nightscrawl on Apr 30, 2017 14:37:09 GMT
I think it's more like, for many games, the loose threads of story are essentially only grudgingly there so you have a reason for the game to exist. Look at Overwatch. That is a multiplayer PVP game where 95% of the story and character development is done outside of the game, through vids and comics, and not directly in the game itself. A person can play and enjoy Overwatch exactly as it is, without bothering with story at all. This is different from games like Dragon Age or Witcher, or even Bioshock, where the game IS the story, and combat is basically a means to an end.
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Post by Hrungr on Apr 30, 2017 16:36:33 GMT
Mike Laidlaw @mike_LaidlawJust watched a Twitch stream of the end of Trespasser. It still makes me so happy to see people enjoy it. Scott Stone @stonescott1399Iron Bull though, still can't believe it to this day Mike Laidlaw @mike_LaidlawWhen all y’all want consequence to your choices, the monkey’s paw on @patrickweekes ‘s desk curls a finger. MrOdomino @mrodomino Does he do an evil laugh whenever he sees one of the fingers curl up? Mike Laidlaw @mike_LaidlawNah, he more like Solas. “I regret what it is that I must now do…but I will do it.” And then he drinks chocolate milk. Patrick Weekes @patrickweekesAccurate MrOdomino @mrodominoHe's really not using his supervillain potential to its fullest. Mike Laidlaw @mike_Laidlaw Let’s just all be REALLY grateful Patrick doesn’t drink coffee.
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Post by Nightscrawl on Apr 30, 2017 17:09:22 GMT
I guess I'm one of the few that found it depressing as hell. I played Trespasser once on release and haven't touched it since, even though there are some scenes I want to see over again to view the different dialogue options.
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Post by PapaCharlie9 on Apr 30, 2017 17:14:05 GMT
Excellent read, 10/10 would read again! Some highlights: So, mechanics, gameplay and combat are very important, but so is Story. For me, story is the thing that holds it all together, or should. Tbh, it's the thing that makes me spend my money. The deciding factor is if the story and characters of a game seem intriguing, and make me want to know more. We're admittedly biased, as Bioware fans. When I dip into other fandoms, story ranks maybe 4th or 5th on the scale of importance, if it makes the cut at all. You know what two things tie for first place? Stable 60 fps or better throughout and "gameplay." The latter, in many fandoms, devolves to, "you has to git gud, like Soulsbourne." And that's not even counting the games that never have or don't want any narrative at all, like most eSports games. Relevant EC episode:
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Post by Fen'Harel Faceman on May 1, 2017 0:23:43 GMT
I guess I'm one of the few that found it depressing as hell. I played Trespasser once on release and haven't touched it since, even though there are some scenes I want to see over again to view the different dialogue options. I'm curious as to why Trespasser would depress you. For me, it finally made the story really interesting.
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Post by Nightscrawl on May 1, 2017 0:38:50 GMT
I guess I'm one of the few that found it depressing as hell. I played Trespasser once on release and haven't touched it since, even though there are some scenes I want to see over again to view the different dialogue options. I'm curious as to why Trespasser would depress you. For me, it finally made the story really interesting. I didn't care for the more linearly focused narrative in Trespasser, as others did. But that is neither here nor there in what depressed me. I really like Dragon Age: Inquisition. Really. It's my favorite game of all time. It has my favorite character and romance in the entire series, quite possibly my favorite game character. My Inquisitor is the first PC in the series that I felt really attached to and was able to fully roleplay. Quite simply, I found Trespasser depressing because it was The End. I know there will (likely) be another game. My Inquisitor may even be in it to some degree or other. But DAI as a game and my Inquisitor's time as the main character is over. With the ending to the base game, I could imagine my Inquisitor continuing to BE the Inquisitor and settling into a more stable role, now that the threat of Corypheus ended. At the end of Trespasser, he had disbanded the Inquisition, he only has one arm, his partner has left (they are still a couple, which I'm fine with). Aside from the nebulous goal of stopping/redeeming Solas, and heading northward, it's not really an ending for my character because it seems open-ended. I will have to wait years to discover what happened after he stabbed the map with that dagger.
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Post by Fen'Harel Faceman on May 1, 2017 1:09:21 GMT
I'm curious as to why Trespasser would depress you. For me, it finally made the story really interesting. I didn't care for the more linearly focused narrative in Trespasser, as others did. But that is neither here nor there in what depressed me. I really like Dragon Age: Inquisition. Really. It's my favorite game of all time. It has my favorite character and romance in the entire series, quite possibly my favorite game character. My Inquisitor is the first PC in the series that I felt really attached to and was able to fully roleplay. Quite simply, I found Trespasser depressing because it was The End. I know there will (likely) be another game. My Inquisitor may even be in it to some degree or other. But DAI as a game and my Inquisitor's time as the main character is over. With the ending to the base game, I could imagine my Inquisitor continuing to BE the Inquisitor and settling into a more stable role, now that the threat of Corypheus ended. At the end of Trespasser, he had disbanded the Inquisition, he only has one arm, his partner has left (they are still a couple, which I'm fine with). Aside from the nebulous goal of stopping/redeeming Solas, and heading northward, it's not really an ending for my character because it seems open-ended. I will have to wait years to discover what happened after he stabbed the map with that dagger. Oh, well i can understand that. Some stories have done that to me as well.
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