Dragon Age News Thread

General thoughts and feelings about the game & its development

Comment: "Well this is a relief. Glad to have a DA veteran looking at this project."

MD: "There are lots of veterans on the team"

MD: "I'm helping. The team is very strong" / "There is a strong team there." / "There are lots of strong devs on the team" / "I have great faith in the team" / "I have confidence in the team" / "I have confidence in this team"

MD: "Excited to see how things are progressing" / "Excited to see what the team has been up to." / "Excited to see what the team has cooked up." / "Excited to see how it is coming along" / "Excited to see how things are going"

Comment: "please save DA"

MD: "I don't think it needs saving" / "I’m an amplifier not a saviour" / "I'm not worried about Dreadwolf" / "I have every confidence in the state of the game." / "I have high hopes"

Comment: "Please fix that game"

MD: "I wouldn't say that its broken..."

Comment: "Can’t wait to see what this game becomes."

MD: "You and me both!"

Comment: "This is an interesting development, can't wait to see the final product."

MD: "You and me both"

Comment: "Is this a good of bad news? "

MD: "Good I hope"

Comment: "It must've felt good when they approached you for help! It's definitely a positive sign as well."

MD: "I think so too!"


More details on his role, what it will entail and where the game is currently at

MD: "As I mentioned in a previous video, I do consulting now. I did reach out to BioWare first" / "I reached out a while ago to offer my services. I don't expect I will ever be a 'face' for Dragon Age: Dreadwolf."

Comment: "Does this mean that the current bioware lead execs can overlook your advice as consultant?"

MD: "Anyone can ignore anyone's advice. See:



MD: "Game can be played start to back. Still lots to do."

Comment: "Wishing you the best of luck in steering the ship on the game."

MD: "My hands aren't directly on the wheel."

Comment: "Hope you will or are happy about what you see that the team has worked on."

MD: "I'll see a lot pretty soon."

Comment: "Isn’t it a little too late for that? I mean, if the conclusion is that the game isn’t respectful, will BioWare change huge chunks of the story?"

MD: "They are very focused on quality"

Comment: "From your words it seems like Dreadwolf somehow doesn't quite feel like a Dragon Age game and you're coming in to make it feel like one. It should be a great game in it's alpha state, with new ideas etc but somehow people who played it feel like it's at least slightly disconnected from the franchise as a whole. Am I correct? I understand if you don't want to reply since confirmation of that could open the door to negative rumours about the game."

MD: "That would be overstating... But its been a long time so it both needs to change and stay the same"

Comment: "I'd love to know what specifically you can do at this point in development, since I assume the game is largely content locked at this point (this might make a good video?)."

MD: "Not content lock yet. Firm not locked"

Comment: "Not sure if you can answer this but considering how far along the development of Dreadwolf supposedly is, assumably there isn't going be like major changes to the game's systems and such. So are you consulting them more about lore aspects and whatnot?"

MD: "Lore and landing"

Comment: "Has the dragon age team ever done something like this in the past?

MD: "We have brought back people late stage before"

Comment: "so essentially.. they had no idea what they were doing and where like 'should we call mark? lets just call mark' 'urgh.. yeah lets. might as well' XD"

MD: "Nothing so dramatic as that"

Comment: "I honestly assumed that you were already censoring yourself in regards to Dreadwolf out of respect for your former coworkers."

MD: "To some degree I expect this is true."

Comment: "So glad that some deal about collaboration between you and BW has been struck. And I hope the game will benefit from your input, though I do admit I am on the fence about what the leaks have shown, did not look much like any RPG people liking BW content are used to (I hope I am wrong about that)"

MD: "Hopefully they can convince you"


Soon™ and after

Comment: "I have real concerns of what is being shared about the gameplay style. Hopefully we get some clarification in upcoming bioware show and tells for expos and trailers"

MD: "I expect more to be shared soonish"

Comment: "I hope to see some decent trailers this year. We haven't seen those since 2020!"

MD: "We shall see"

Comment: "Can't wait to see more (when you are allowed to talk about it!)"

MD: "I'll share what I can"

Comment: "You're still going to be careful about what you tell us, for a while. Totally understandable"

MD: "Definitely won't become the all "Dragon Age: Dreadwolf" channel"

Comment: "I realize there's always going to be some things you can't speak about, but I hope that after the game is out and your involvement is completed, you can speak about some of your experiences coming back to work as a consultant vs. executive producer and how/if it shapes your thought and approach towards your contributions to the game and team."

MD: "i hope to do this. after"


Questions, feedback and things to pass on to the team

Comment: "I know a lot of the fandom is wondering if there will be more BIPOC and body-type representation in character generation. It would ease a lot of concern if there was an indication that the game does indeed include that representation."

MD: "I'll pass this along"

Comment: "Will Dragon Age Keep be supported going forward? Also will we get any recaps of important events from previous games at the start of this one? Also will this be more actioney or more strategic than Inquisition? Dragon Age: Origins is still my favourite for combat and general gameplay, but I appreciate if y'all are going more actioney these days like Final Fantasy, if it's the actioney route though I wonder if you guys could do some gameplay like the old THIEF games for some Rogue quests, that would be hella cool."

MD: "I'll pass these along"

Comment: "If you’ll be passing along something to BioWare, I’d be interested to know if the Orlesian Warden-Commander exists as a character in the world. We hear about the The HoF, but nothing from the Warden-Commander. And not being able to port your save into DA: Awakening with a dead HoF, makes me question how canon they actually are. Along with not being able to define them in the Keep."

MD: "I'll pass along the question"

Comment: "Now that you have the ear of the project leads I have a small suggestion: It would be great if in DA:D when you hover over a dialogue choice the game would tell you what you are about to say (at least the first sentence) in form of a "subtitle". Deus Ex: Mankind Divided does this for example. Other than that I wish you and the team the best!"

MD: "Nice idea"

Comment: "Is Mike Laidlaw going throw two cents as well"

MD: "He's too busy"

Comment: "I hope Gaider will come back too."

MD: "That seems unlikely"

Comment: "It's a BIOWARE game. Characters and story comes first.""

MD: "CHARACTERS CHARACTERS CHARACTERS"


Anthem

Comment: "I hope it's not the same situation as Anthem. :/"

MD: "Definitely not"

Comment: "Game has been in the oven for what?, a decade now. I hope it turns out great, but I feel like it will be kinda a mesh with all the iterations and people involved."

MD: "Depends on how you count the reboot to pull people to Anthem"


On a possible/requested DA:O remaster

Comment: "you should suggest that it would be a smart move to remaster Dragon Age trilogy like ME Legendary edition"

MD: "I don’t think the people that would green light a remaster are listening to be"

Comment: "Get them to remaster DAO ....please. "

MD: "I'll try"

Comment: " Please consider making a DA remake. I literally pray for this everyday. I hope this reaches you Bioware."

MD: "Here's hoping"


Other

Comment: "I don't know how much you can answer this, but I've always been curious: How did you guys manage to come up with the Solas plot twist when making Inquisition? Heck, how'd you guys come up with the character of Solas, period? Whose idea was it, how did you develop it into the absolute masterpiece that culminated in Trespasser?"

MD: "I don't actually KNOW the answer to that"

Comment: "It's not about DA:D per se, but please let the team know we still love Dragon Age: The Last Court and hope it can live on in some way

MD: "err. I think there are some legal issues in Europe with that..."

Comment: "release date?"
MD: "Not something I can talk about."

Comment: "So another reboot"
MD: "Certainly not a reboot"

MD: "I'm very hopeful"

Comment: "Good news for a game that needs good news"
MD: "More to come"

Comment: "Question, and it could be seen as an odd one but one I don't think is asking for a major spoiler. I'm a trans woman and always play as a female character but I've noticed that in terms of options of genders to play there has only been one game to give players the option to play as Non-Binary which I think was a recent Call of Duty game. Will Dreadwolf give players the option to play as a Non-Binary and will a Non-Binary actor voice the character?

P.S. As before my other question remains the same, will we continue to have as much control over our player-character with little to no auto-dialogue with a Dialogue Wheel with three options (Paragon, Renegade and Humorous) along with the emotional options from Inquisition. Again I ask because replaying Mass Effect 3 and Andromeda frustrates me due to how little control I have over Shepard and Ryder in those games and since you're helping Dreadwolf again I was hoping that you'd be able to tell me.

Looking forward to Dreadwolf and if these are two things that are going to happen I'll be even happier. "
MD: "I'll pass these along..."

MD: "there is good leadership in place"

Comment: "Please tell me you will keep your arse-kicking boots at the ready for the first hint of 'that Bioware magic'."
MD: "indeed.
Culture seems much improved"

Comment: "I suppose my only question is since the Mass Effect team is stepping over to help with polish, is that going to knee cap that project in anyway?"
MD: "I believe they have a plan"

MD: "I have great faith in the team"

Comment: "If the rumours are true (2 companions not 3, can only control 1 character and no tactical map) then I won’t be happy as these are part of the fabric of Dragon Age"
MD: "I don't consider any of those core DNA of the franchise"

Comment: "Can you consult Bioware to bring back David Gaider? I think a lot of pubs/devs miss the mark trying to get the "original" feel is because the human factor/soul has changed."
MD: "David has his own stuff at this point."

Comment: "Is it possible for you to make 2 videos in the future: One where you talk about what you do as a consultant in general (consultant in the game dev industry isn't something I'm familiar with), and one WAY later where you talk about exactly what you did for Dreadwolf?"
MD: "Yes I'll likely do these ay some point"

Comment: "If you're willing to pass anything on to the team I just have one request. There are folks who physically can't use controllers and need to use Keyboard and mouse as their primary way to play.

I'm not asking you to confirm or deny the leaks, but I know some folks like this who are really worried that the direction of the game will make it difficult/impossible for them to play. If you could just relay these fears to the team so that folks are aware of the concern I would greatly appreciate it."
MD: "I'll pass this along"