Dragon Age News Thread

Meh, I think it's players who go to that extreme more than anything, using it as reasoning for whatever argument they're trying to make since it can't be countered by anything. For example, in discussions of whatever DA2 thing, players love to trot out that Varric is an unreliable narrator, but everything that we've seen after that bears out what we saw play out in DA2. I see no reason to discount the events of the game just because of that (other than the purposely exaggerated tutorial). Similarly, I think that is primarily a stylistic choice for WOT to make it more interesting to read, and not that they're going to use that device to go on some wild retcon spree.

Their use of the unreliable narrator is my most hated feature of DA2 and WOT. Not because of how it actually plays or reads in the work, but because of how the fandom treats it.

Eh, not sure that's possible since the whole idea (its seems) is that everything folks believe is true - isn't - and the layers are getting peeled away one game at a time. Which is fine with me, the world was kinda boring at first, now it's getting interesting. Just my humble opinion. 

... Not sure what "a twist written to be shocking to the audience" has with the concept of unreliable narrator? The things they're setting up, either in games or in books are not so flimsy to be waved away, or twisty for twist's sake. I mean, subjectivity has been part of the whole project since its origins and it's not just there to give them enough wiggle room in a non-linear, complicated franchise, but to play with the whole concept of different perspectives. The unreliable narrator isn't necessarily there for superfluous reasons - the point of view of person narrating/focused on can and often is a part of world-building and storytelling.

Yo, leave at least one for me

I rather enjoy spotting the consistencies between several different points of view in the DA lore. For example, we see the idea that "no one is alone" from Elvhen, Chantry, and Qunari sources. It may just be a feel-good mechanism used by religions/philosophies, or it may have some deeper, truer meaning - perhaps Koslun, Andraste, and some unknown elf are all referring to spirits?

Then there's the whole relationship of Dwarves with the Stone.The dwarves are a bit of an outlier, but lore revealed in DAI and The Descent DLC seems to hint that dwarves really are intrinsically different from the other races.

And relatable. As much as we have much better tools today to get to know the world, catalog knowledge and try and sever it from our biases, we are still quite subjective creatures, who also had to face many times the realization that the world is NOT what we thought it is.

My friend! This burden, this sacrifice, is to great for one person. I cannot let you do this alone. Please accept my help in this dire quest of yours!

Mark Darrah‏ @biomarkdarrah
Sure. Sure
But what about 10 woman?
And say 3 guys?
Can I get a baby in a month then?
That's like 50% more staff months!

Patrick Weekes @patrickweekes
Good, good, seems legit, spreadsheets going well.


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Um... CSI: BSN?

CSI: BSN is so on top of this, we answered it weeks in advance!

Given how off-base my Inquisition predictions were, I take some comfort in my apparent ability to foretell the contents of Darrah's Twitter feed.

Probably just referencing the project management saying: "You can't pay nine women to make a baby in one month."

Could mean that they're getting more staff working on Dragon Age and Mark is giddy about how much more work they can get done now.

I recall hearing Mike Laidlaw in one of his twitch streams that they're indeed on a hiring spree (as if that isn't obvious ) and that he hasn't been on one this big for a while. He seemed pretty excited about it too. I'd say this bodes well for DA4 in terms of project moving ahead at full or near-full speed. I mean... they're not even hiding the fact that they're working on next DA anymore.

And it's not like they began serious work yesterday, even if with a smaller team.