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Post by Gileadan on Dec 18, 2022 21:39:30 GMT
One of the big dissonances of MEA was the protagonist talking like a young inexperienced person in the dialogues and then killing things like battle hardened veteran during actual combat gameplay. If they play like soldiers make them talk like soldiers. If you don't want them to be soldiers don't make them play like soldiers. Just pick what you want the protagonist to be and then frigging stick to it. Oh please. I’ve seen so many soldiers who talk and act in ways that make Ryder look like an old sage in comparison. Yes maybe, but that wasn't my point. At the core of MEA's story was the fact that the Ryders were inexperienced and were put into their father's footsteps suddenly and without much preparation. They weren't some elite soldiers masquerading as junior pathfinders. They were truly new to the job, but they still played like a bunch of bad ass N7s when the shooting started. That's the dissonance I was referring to.
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Post by Gileadan on Dec 18, 2022 11:16:45 GMT
One of the big dissonances of MEA was the protagonist talking like a young inexperienced person in the dialogues and then killing things like battle hardened veteran during actual combat gameplay. If they play like soldiers make them talk like soldiers. If you don't want them to be soldiers don't make them play like soldiers. Just pick what you want the protagonist to be and then frigging stick to it.
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Post by Gileadan on Dec 10, 2022 9:38:23 GMT
Randomly sacrifices a bunch of people as a distraction in the first minutes. How likeable. I hated that too, but to be fair they do say those three survive since the boss says they were arrested. Yeah, it was still a *** move since there was no guarantee that they would not at least be severely injured. And given the accuracy of her... perfect, of course... aim with arrows, she could have just mail-slotted those two templars at the gate. The actual enemies.
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Post by Gileadan on Dec 10, 2022 9:27:56 GMT
Watched the first episode. Bloody hell. The over the top stop-motion combat scenes really aren't my thing. If this was a game running on my PC I'd change the settings to "low" in a panic.
And the protagonist. Jeez. So very tormented by her past but also so perfect, you can't even hit her with a dagger thrown from behind. Wish my Inquisitor or any of my game characters could do that. Randomly sacrifices a bunch of people as a distraction in the first minutes. How likeable.
What was the tavern brawl even about? No one should see these plans but they look over them in a public tavern?
Oh well, I'm probably not the target audience.
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Post by Gileadan on Dec 9, 2022 12:29:28 GMT
Wait, was this the year they were "excited to share more information" about Dragon Age? I tend to lose track of corporate marketing hot air being blown at me after a while.
I suppose it's another year of cryptic tweets by certain Bio employees about having really productive thoughts about the game while sitting on the john or some such.
Their constant reliance on established characters like Varric and Solas gives me the feeling that they don't have much confidence in whatever they're cooking up right now. This only appeals to the most hardcore fans, those that are still hanging onto the franchise over eight years later.
Oh well. Here's to next year. This time. This time they will do it right.
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Post by Gileadan on Dec 6, 2022 15:32:37 GMT
It would be interesting to see the replica outside its box, if it can be removed at all. Like the weapons in the actual game, this replica looks oddly two-dimensional, like an almost flat image of a gun glued to several layers of thick cardboard.
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Post by Gileadan on Dec 6, 2022 8:56:52 GMT
Odd story. I always thought the special thing about the Qunari was an entirely different mind set, a tendency to act as part of a collective instead of a bunch of individuals, but in this story they act just like your run of the mill brutal invaders with a commander who rules his soldiers through fear instead of his unit being a cohesive collective. While the protagonists, of course, banter cheerfully while their city is being occupied.
I hope it's not a sign of things to come.
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Post by Gileadan on Nov 27, 2022 10:36:36 GMT
Do people really think 3 had clunky gameplay? Andromeda's gameplay allows more freedom in a sense, sure, but it lacked focus. One of the clunkiest I ever played. It feels like trying to steer a freight truck in a world where every landscape feature is magnetic.
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Post by Gileadan on Nov 26, 2022 9:52:41 GMT
You know it's strange. When I am playing an Elder Scrolls game, I can play an evil character no problem. I can be a cannibalizing, pro-murder, sacrificing-a-follower, racist, bigot who murders every elf I see. It doesn't matter if they are a bandit or a civilian. If they're an elf, they're dead. But with Dragon Age? Any time I try to play a deliberately 'evil' character, I always end up backing out or even restarting because of how untasteful the playthrough ends up becoming. I guess the story is just presented in a way that I actually end up caring about how my actions affect people. If you kill all the elves in Skyrim you're not playing an evil character, you're doing a public service. All my characters kill a group of elves as early as they can find any in the game as a rite of passage. Skyrim elves are buttcrumpets. I suppose I don't enjoy trying evil characters in Dragon Age because I'm getting too much of a "dumbass thug" vibe from it.
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Post by Gileadan on Nov 25, 2022 8:35:13 GMT
There's a few changes I'd like to make to ME's combat. - Please keep MEA's fluidity over ME3's clunkiness.
- Weapons and biotics should be completely separated from each other. Weapons alone should be able to win a battle without being reduced to mere primers for powers.
- Enemies should be able to sprint between covers instead of just walking around as if they know exactly what godawful bullet sponges they are. Enemies that can run and flank you are way more interesting than lumbering bricks.
- Enemy AI in general can do with a few iterations. It's just sad to see an enemy vault out of cover, take two steps to the right, shoot at you once and then walk back into the cover they just came out of.
- Special ammo types shouldn't be soldier "powers". Anyone can read the gun's manual and find the "incendiary" switch. Or load incendiary ammo. However that works in their messed up weapons lore.
- Enemies should be able to miss - depending on distance, visibility, veterancy and so on. The AI shouldn't be able to hit you with all pellets from their shotgun from the other side of the map.
That would be a start.
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Post by Gileadan on Nov 15, 2022 7:05:10 GMT
This is an oddly hard question I would like DAD to have a tone appropriate to the story it is trying to tell. If it's about doom and gloom and the possible end of the world, I want it to have the visuals and colours that support that atmosphere. If it's all about magic and the great things it can do I want it to look grand and flashy. What I don't want is story, visuals and writing sabotaging each other. Don't make it shiny and pretty while the game talks about doom and gloom without showing any of it. Don't make it look small, underwhelming and boring while the Codex tells me how grand this city I'm walking through is. Show, don't tell, not the other way around.
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Post by Gileadan on Nov 14, 2022 12:29:27 GMT
Hey, don't shoot the messenger! I just found it interesting to see the series' tonal shift discussed by a former developer. Aw sorry, I try very hard to never shoot the messenger. Good messengers are hard to find. Apologies if it came across like that, I really didn't mean it. In fact, I'm grateful you quoted it since I had no idea that this was a thing.
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Post by Gileadan on Nov 14, 2022 8:38:28 GMT
Making grimdark games is psychologically taxing? Maybe for some people. Owlcat Games always look like they're enjoying making their 40k Rogue Trader RPG and often mention how it's a dream project for them.
I'm not very interested in high magic stories. I think it's very hard to establish a set of rules for how very powerful magic works and what its limitations and counters are, and if that can't be done, how do you even judge what's at stake in any given story? You never know what will happen the next time "a wizard did it".
So some wizard named Thanoseus or some such just snapped half the population out of existence, is that bad? Who says that some other wizard can't just snap them back? Just look at MEA, where a entire irradiated planet practically gets cleansed and resurrected by pressing the right buttons on some space magic device. Something that under normal circumstance would be the doom of an entire world, reversed with barely any time or effort.
Maybe if they don't want to create a grimdark story they shouldn't make it about the possible destruction of the world all the time.
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Post by Gileadan on Nov 9, 2022 8:31:30 GMT
Why not.
I doubt that BioWare would do anything here without full control of administration and moderation, but it never hurts to ask and make a kind offer.
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Post by Gileadan on Nov 9, 2022 8:21:08 GMT
Wow, that bit on the tactical camera. They practically created a self fulfilling prophecy. They made it badly (no, not "not the best possible implementation"... it was outright bad) and few people used it because it was so bad. From that they conclude that no one wanted it and probably won't be doing it again?
If you're selling bad burgers people won't buy your burgers, but that doesn't mean that they don't want burgers. They just want good burgers and you don't have any.
Good riddance to the post credit scenes. Teasers can be fun if your sequel is out next year, not so much if it takes ten years.
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Post by Gileadan on Nov 8, 2022 10:45:57 GMT
Maybe we will be fighting the horrors of Synthesis, freeing one individual at a time and ship them all off to Andromeda in the end. Operation: Out of the frying pan….? 😂 Or, in memory of my favourite "sequel after the big conflict in the preceding trilogy ended": Mass Effect IV: The Price of Freedom
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Post by Gileadan on Nov 8, 2022 10:36:25 GMT
Hmm. While it could just be the transmission, Liara sounds very... robo... and sinister, the more I listen to this. Could everyone be indoctrinated/geth-indoctrinated and it's the plucky humans building a resistance and relays so they don't have to pass through controlled ones? Maybe we will be fighting the horrors of Synthesis, freeing one individual at a time and ship them all off to Andromeda in the end.
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Post by Gileadan on Nov 5, 2022 12:58:20 GMT
I'd find it rather awful if they trivialized the 2.5 million light year distance between the galaxies to a relay jump - space feels small enough in the ME franchise as it is. It's not like you could tell the difference from looking out of a spaceship's window, and the quality of story and characters is completely independent of its location. Both galaxies are almost completely unexplored with more than enough unknown space to serve as settings for new stories.
Given how many years later this is going to be released I'd prefer a new protagonist and a new story in the Milky Way - might as well go with the original if most of the people we met in Andromeda were imports from there anyway and there's no need to drag years old story baggage along.
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Post by Gileadan on Nov 3, 2022 20:32:33 GMT
I voted "mediocre".
It had adorable characters and great voice acting, but awful combat and terrible side content.
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Post by Gileadan on Nov 1, 2022 11:51:45 GMT
I don't have any fears or concerns. If it turns out to be a game I want to play, I'll buy and play it, otherwise I won't. To me, the ME franchise has pretty much run its course with the trilogy. I consider MEA a failed spin off attempt, and I have no idea what this next game is going to be. Could be good or might not be. We'll see.
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Post by Gileadan on Oct 30, 2022 14:22:01 GMT
Romances are minor optional side content for me, so I'm fine to discover any details in game.
That said, I don't mind a peek at the companions in general during the marketing phase, there might be a few that I would look forward to having in my party.
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Post by Gileadan on Oct 27, 2022 17:27:27 GMT
Don't want to presuppose their intent, but it might be that they don't want to show much off until they feel it's largely ready. While I won't say this is the main reason for why theyre not displaying much, one cause may be due to how them catching a notable degree of flak from the online gaming community for how deceptive parts of their Anthem trailer(s) were. While there's nothing to hype up, personally I like them going this route (even though I'm extremely skeptical of the final product). Setting expectations appropriately should be top priority for BioWare and this game, especially given how long the franchise has been out of the spotlight. Even moreso given BioWares recent flops as well. You're probably not wrong, and that's what I find so odd about their marketing. They've reached alpha status and there's nothing in their game they feel certain and confident enough about to it show off at this point even though the game can supposedly be played from start to end? But maybe they're saving it all so their reveal trailer comes out with a bang. That would be nice.
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Post by Gileadan on Oct 27, 2022 13:15:47 GMT
Well, I suppose their progress is now far enough that the project is hopefully safe from yet another reboot.
And yet it feels like a big bag of almost nothing. Minrathous will be an important location. Well yay, balloons fall from the ceiling and all that.
But what is there to be actually excited about unless you are a die hard fan of the franchise already?
For comparison, I also follow the marketing of Owlcat's upcoming Rogue Trader RPG. They only announced their game in early June '22 and they've already shared trailers, concept art, possible protagonist backgrounds and companions. They seem to be quite confident about their product. While DAD has reached alpha status... and yeah, it's got that city in it.
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Post by Gileadan on Oct 27, 2022 8:46:43 GMT
Preorder now and unlock the iconic beige Inquisitor pyjamas for DAD!
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Gileadan
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Games: Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, KOTOR, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Jade Empire, Mass Effect Andromeda
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Post by Gileadan on Oct 23, 2022 19:20:59 GMT
Erm, no thanks. I had my fill of Varric and not just him. I would prefer as few returning characters as possible.
I cringed when I saw "Tell me about the champion" in his DAI dialogue. I don't want him to show up in DAD and get that plus "Tell me about the Inquisitor" on top of that.
It would also feel odd that despite being the Viscount of Kirkwall off screen he'd just be a follower on screen. The eternal sidekick.
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