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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Apr 28, 2024 20:49:48 GMT
There are various options. If you romanced him in DAI, he seems to confirm he breakup saying that he will never forget you. Then you can either say you will never give up on him or you can come to your senses and take one of the other options. If you were friendly with him, you get his prolonged monologue about how terrible he feels about his past acts but how he doesn't intend stopping now. Then you can either say you will prove him wrong (redeem him) - how exactly is beyond me because what exactly are you going to prove? Presumably that he doesn't need to destroy the world but how does that redeem him? Well, I suppose he could finally admit he doesn't know everything and agree to abort his plan. Then in the final scene you say that we are going to save our friend from himself. Alternatively, you can just vow to stop him, in which case in the final scene you say you will do this no matter what it takes, so presumably kill him if you have to. That, of course, would also put a stop to his plan, unless it can't be stopped with him dead. Anyway, that option is also open to those who were never friends with him or hated his guts. The latter group don't even have to listen to his endless monologue. He basically says he foiled the Qun's plans because they "offend him" (fully mask off god there) and now he is going to destroy the world and he is only sparing the Quizzy because their death will cause needless chaos (which will also likely interfere with his plans), so enjoy what time you have left. Bye! I know you're approaching this from the view of someone who doesn't like Solas (judging from your phrasing), but I don't think the redeem vs kill choices are going to be meaningless. Re: "proving him wrong," I interpret that as finding another way to save the world from the Blight and/or the Evanuris other than ripping off the Veil like the bandaid it is. Of course, it will be difficult because (1) the Inquisition doesn't have Solas' lore knowledge, which he won't share other than hints through stuff like how alarmed he is that the Archdemons are being killed and (2) Solas thinks he knows everything (even though he obviously doesn't). But the Inquisition actually finding a way to break his determination (which a romanced Lavellan almost did already just by being herself when she knew nothing about his plans, per word of god) and/or mitigate the damage to the world would be a very interesting story to see. I think some big change in the Veil is going to happen either way, it just may be a question of whether Solas is ultimately the one to do it. As for redemption, I'd see Solas not going through with it as the start of a potential redemption arc, in the vein of sparing Loghain. You’re making a lot of assumptions about why Silas is doing this, trying to paint him as being more noble. What we do know is he wants to revert the world back to the world of the ancient elves when the physical realm and the Fade were one. And we know this act will result in the genocide of all the modern races. He states this. Can’t really redeem yourself from attempting to commit genocide.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Apr 28, 2024 19:02:00 GMT
One thing with the combat I hope is that unlike Valhalla they’ll have non-lethal combat be a viable way to play like the other AC games.
Also curious if we’ll be forced to play as both and if so what will the split be. Would hate is Naoe is only like 20% of the game since I want to be a ninja far more than a samurai.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Apr 21, 2024 17:24:22 GMT
Finally was able to start watching the show. Got so hooked ended up binging the whole season. I love this show. Definitely captured the Fallout feel, and can’t wait for Season 2.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Apr 18, 2024 11:23:21 GMT
Qwidyion is the best. Second best character in the show and I really enjoyed the show. Who is best in your opinion?
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Apr 18, 2024 9:35:47 GMT
Again, going to take Word of God over you. Especially since you’ve got some facts wrong and by your logic, there has never been a pacifist in our world either so it’s a word that has no meaning. But fine, I don’t want her to no longer be pro-peace/anti-violence. Is that better?
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Apr 18, 2024 4:48:30 GMT
I can't accept that Qunari female buffoon in that animation movie....
Lighten up LOL ... I loved that buffoon Yeah. She is easily the best part of that show.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Apr 18, 2024 4:00:00 GMT
1) Will you be judging the final product of Dragon Age Dreadwolf against the time that specific version of the game has had for development? Or the entirety of the time between the release of Trespasser and the release of Dreadwolf? And 2) Assuming Dreadwolf is the most action oriented entry in the series, is that automatically "points deducted"?1. Yes. Any version of the game has been in development longer than any other in the series so if it is inferior it will be judged for it. 2. Yes. If it goes full action combat like the examples you gave instead of having some form of the tactical gameplay the others had, that would be points off.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Apr 18, 2024 3:53:41 GMT
Josephine, a pacifist? I guess perhaps in ideals, but she's a leader of an organization that is focused on (temporary) war and violence. And she believes these are required parts of politics in the scope of her job and life. She's even the one that makes *others* commit violence, even if you can easily argue she turns to it as a later or last resort compared to other people, at least the threat of violence is commonly used as a tool and I'm certain its implicit or explicit in many of her missives. She's no peacenik, that's for sure. She is a relatively non-violent character compared to most we meet in Dragon Age though, and if somehow they take her on a darker turn, I'd at least hope AT THE VERY LEAST that there's roleplaying to allow us to bring back more than just glimmers of the DAI self. Like be the push for her to reach back into her old mental toolkit and achieve a political miracle! I absolutely expect her to cut a b whenever the time comes, and believe its the right thing to do though. No crying over spilled blood. She knows the Game, she accepts it, and it'd be a character turn for her to instead utterly reject it in the name of a real pacifism. However, she's the first major character that really focuses on diplomacy, after a DAO of us fumbling around with it as Wardens and a DA2 where various efforts at it eventually led to cascading failure. She instead was able to make it work and that's cool. I feel her as a character who keeps the knife ready, but not in hand, as she's much preferring to shake on it. I’ll trust what she says and does in the game and those who worked on her more than your viewpoint, and she is a pacifist. Most tools she uses is diplomatic and economic favors, or the ruining of those. By all means, find examples where she threatens inflicting physical violence. Dont want another Leliana situation with her where she starts as a murder hobo but we can talk her out of it. Hated it in DAI and it would be worse here. Plus boring, where seeing her stay true to herself, holding onto that light in the darkness, would be far more interesting. As for the underlined, what you propose she explicitly goes against in DAI. She killed one person on accident while defending herself from him and it still disgusted herself so much she swore to always find nonviolent solutions to problems.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Apr 17, 2024 21:44:46 GMT
At this point it’s more I don’t want Josephine killed off or have her character bastardized which I see either happening. Also don’t want her relationship with the Inquisitor ruined since apparently they just left her and her family in hostile territory if romanced since I doubt the Inquisitor will be in Antiva with her. I don´t think that Bioware has the guts to kill Josie but i kinda fear that they make her into a resistance figure who also use violence if she has to. Its stupid i know but for some reason returning characters who aren´t small cameos have to change quite extreme.
That's one of my biggest fears, especially since her being a pacifist in this violent world made her so unique. To turn her into someone who’s totally fine killing would be such a betrayal to what makes Josie Josie. So I’d prefer she isn’t in the game at all over something like that.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Apr 17, 2024 20:39:24 GMT
Not necessarily. The part of Antiva it seems we’re going to is a different part of Antiva than she’d be in. Plus with how much they’re pushing the Crows most likely they’ll be our guide through it. Meanwhile they could simply have Josephine and her family evacuated to the south or something. True but you can´t really have Antiva as location (it even looks like the capital aka Antiva city) without that the two most known Antivans won´t show up. But to be honest its no secret that we both don´t want even Antiva in DAD which should have been its own game with Rivain. At this point it’s more I don’t want Josephine killed off or have her character bastardized which I see either happening. Also don’t want her relationship with the Inquisitor ruined since apparently they just left her and her family in hostile territory if romanced since I doubt the Inquisitor will be in Antiva with her.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Apr 17, 2024 19:34:54 GMT
ARGHHHHH NEW VAEA COMIC PLEASE No, her story is done. Better to use a new character now.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Apr 17, 2024 19:33:47 GMT
I say give Varric the Emily Wong treatment that way Bioware doesn't have to waste any resources for him being in the game. What is wrong with you?!? No character even the worse Bioware character deserves to be killed off on Twitter / now X. No character.
To Varric: why its always Varric, Varric and Varric? I am even a huge Varric fan but come on?
There is the love for Dorian or Josephine?!? (Sorry but she have to appear if Antiva is that important as it looks like)
Not necessarily. The part of Antiva it seems we’re going to is a different part of Antiva than she’d be in. Plus with how much they’re pushing the Crows most likely they’ll be our guide through it. Meanwhile they could simply have Josephine and her family evacuated to the south or something.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Apr 16, 2024 21:54:51 GMT
I've been delaying advancing the main story in order buff V a bit - both stats and bank balance - but a question if anyone is reading... Have the cyber-psycho's been massively boosted in the couple of years since I last played against them? I remember EMP grenade plus Gorilla arms being a reasonably safe and effective "I win" strategy, but the three I've tried have just curb-stomped me every time. I've basically given up until I can get some higher tier chrome. I believe they were buffed during the same patch that reworked a lot of the boss fights.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Apr 15, 2024 16:05:17 GMT
Ryder Sr's death was unfortunately very similar to the sibling's death in the DA2 prologue. Both times we were given barely any time to get to know those characters ("here's your family! care about them! NOW!") and then they die for a stupid reason that made me facepalm instead being emotionally invested. One goes "Raah I hate darkspawn", charges in alone and ends with a *SPLAT*, the other just hands over his oxygen supply instead of taking turns until help arrives. It felt like both of them *wanted* to die with about as much emotional impact as watching a stranger pulling a paper bag over his head and cheerfully hopping into a nearby highway's oncoming traffic. I'm no Varric fan in any way but no character deserves that fate. True. Nihlus' death was far more tragic than Alec's Completely disagree. Alec at least was a tragic parent sacrificing themselves to save their child. Nihlus was an absolute idiot who let his guard down when all his alarms should have been going off.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Apr 14, 2024 16:54:57 GMT
You're really illustrating the reason for why Varric is a tempting target for death via plotpoint. He is familiar and well-liked by returning players. He has a home and a life waiting for him. He is actually skipping out on it in order to do this one last mission. Therefore, the emotional effect of his death will be more effective than if it were a newly introduced NPC. It´s super lame and cliche death. There is no reason to bring Varric back for rounding up this story in Trespasser.
If i had to kill off some known character i wouldn´t chose Cullen first (he doesn´t deserve to die because his english voice actor is acting crazy), Leliana, Morrigan or Merrill.
I think and a lot of people would hate for i even bringing this idea up well Isabela. She has been all 4 games and their death would really be surprising and shocking. Edit: Dorian or Josephine? Jeez i don´t know i really want them both to survive DAD but man this would be hard and therefore so much better as emotional & gutpunching moment than losing Varric which death is pretty much expected from the community. It would be like killing of Han Solo because Harrison Ford really wants to kill Han.
Doubt they’ll kill off a LI. Or at least not without a way to save them. The only LI who can’t be saved in BioWare history is Thane, but you go in knowing he is dying.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Apr 14, 2024 16:52:21 GMT
If they do use Varric to be the impactful character death, they better give us options for how our character feels about the loss of him. I’d hate it if our PC is forced to be devastated by him getting killed.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Apr 12, 2024 1:14:35 GMT
I agree with this though I did enjoy hearing Morrigan talking smack to Alistair. Then you have dumb and dumber. The abomination calling itself Anders and the nutjob Solas. You know what all three have in common? All three are mandatory. I like that to change in the next game. Instead of being required, they're optional. At least with Anders we can get rid of him in Act 2. Sure he still does his thing but for half the game and three years he’s gone. But yeah, optional would be great.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Apr 11, 2024 21:15:48 GMT
You know whom we're forgetting? The mandatory romanceable apostate with a hidden plan who'll leave you heartbroken. I wonder who it'll be this time.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Apr 11, 2024 6:59:50 GMT
As for the sexual orientations of the love interests, I expect they’ll have at least 2 straight, 2 bi or pan, and 2 gay.
Maybe a couple others that will be outside that, like a trans LI or someone explicitly on the Ace spectrum.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Apr 11, 2024 6:56:52 GMT
Talking romance options, I only want some justice for male romances. I found Cassandra and Josephine really, really bland in terms of romance. The best male romance was Morrigan, and I want someone at least close to that. I would love another romance like Josephine’s. Easily the best romance in their history.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Apr 9, 2024 17:16:51 GMT
This is my theory:May 7th 2024: EA FY25 Annual Earnings Call; they'll mention DA:D and this will be a soft announcement that the game is coming out Soon TM ; within the fiscal year - This is, incidentally, less than a month away. 29 days. 21 business days. 4 weeks.
[insert a month of increased dev chatter] June 7th 2024: Summer Games Fest; kicks off the official "Full Reveal" but they stagger their reveal over the course of June [Insert furious promotional period; 4-5 months] November 2024: Game release; anniversary of DAI, DAO, and franchise at large; just in time for the holidays; just in time for The Game Awards Okay the real question for me is, are we going to hit 2,000 pages on this thread before the full reveal? Depends how excited we get before the reveal. I remember the Josephine thread on old BSN getting over 100 pages of posts within a day waiting for her to be the last to be revealed.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Apr 8, 2024 21:13:34 GMT
What I want to know is the origins of the angara. I find it interesting that an AI race would create a race or organic beings that is filled with so many questions it's mindboggling. Do we know the Jardaan are synthetic? The Remnant are, but it’s clear those are just a drone force like what the Quarians wanted the Geth to be.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Apr 6, 2024 19:22:53 GMT
For future reference, take note that Patrick goes by "they" over "he". As far as them working at Bioware: yes, they still are, and they are still the DA lead writer.
PW is, imo, high on drugs if he said "I prefer to be called they". And, I will continue to use proper English grammar as I was taught decades ago. My grammar teacher would give you a zero for that last sentence. LOL....
So, he's working at No-News_bio. This explains his reluctance to answer a question. I suppose to avoid spoilers. Thanks for that confirmation.
PS: I have no desire to make this a pissing contest issue. I write the way I was taught and know. You can write any way you want.
First, this is blatant transphobia. The mods have also said to use someone’s proper pronouns. Can’t handle that, leave. Second, using they as a singular pronoun is proper English. Example, “Oh, someone lost their wallet. I hope they come back and get it.”
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Mar 29, 2024 6:21:12 GMT
For a game this size, VAs for major characters will have dozens of sessions. They aren’t the last thing done, since the characters need to be animated to fit the performance, but as mentioned this could be one of the final sessions. Would retakes also take place during this time, or do you think those are handled on the onset of the lines being spoken? I ask because we know they've been doing full playthroughs of the game, and I'm wondering if the voice acting being described here is them bringing someone back in to voice new lines for additional context, or to restate them because they don't accurately capture what the Writer/Director were going for. Retakes can take place either later during the session or during a different session, including being called in for one just to do the retakes. And wouldn’t necessarily say it’s because it wasn’t properly captured. That’s why they do multiple takes for most lines after all, either to have options or to get it just right. Could be any number of reasons, like how earlier one of the devs said some lines they wrote didn’t fit the scene they were written for but they found other places to put them. Or simply after recording the writer had a “Wait, I just had an idea for that line/scene that would be so much better!”
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Mar 28, 2024 8:01:26 GMT
For a game this size, VAs for major characters will have dozens of sessions. They aren’t the last thing done, since the characters need to be animated to fit the performance, but as mentioned this could be one of the final sessions.
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