Dragon Age 2: Mass Effect
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, 10-31-2010 at 05:33 PM (3787 Views)
Not having the internet, its rare that I actually hear much news about games that I want. I'm sure this has been on the wire for a long time. But I've recently discovered the plans that BioWare is putting forth in the next Dragon Age
In Origins, you can choose what you want to be. Dwarf, Elf, Human. You name your character. And start a unique beginning. The beginning is a great novelty, but not a requirement. The Baldur's Gate games were just as good without unique beginnings, but still being able to have a unique character. One that you get to name and decide the race of
In Dragon Age 2 I have heard that you are a human. Your name is Hawke. You get to choose your class and your gender. That's it. Kinda like Commander Shepard. The human. I know a lot of people were disappointed to find that the Mass Effect series was focused a lot on the human involvement in the events. Being the main human in those events makes up for it a little. But everyone wonders what it would have been like to be another race
Dragon Age let you be the other races. It seems a little backwards to now narrow the options into some generic human
That's my main gripe. Correct me if I'm mistaken and they've changed their minds. But further, and a lot less critical, I also hear that they are changing the dialog interaction. They'll now use a dialog wheel. Not that I had a problem with the wheel in Mass Effect, but it seemed more like Mass Effect's "thing". I rather enjoyed it staying where it was, and kinda liked that Dragon Age played more like Baldur's Gate and Knights of the Old Republic, in that the choice of dialog you choose, is actually what's said. In Mass Effect, the wheel, being in the middle, limits the amount of text you can display on either side of the wheel. So a lot of dialog options were merely paraphrased in the wheel, and what was actually said was a lot different. Sometimes a completely different meaning than intended. Which means the wheel was supposed to indicate sarcasm or something and you might choose it taking it literally
I dunno
On another rant, I think BioWare needs to make a damn movie. I saw the trailer for this game recently and was really enticed by it. Much like I was with their Star Wars MMO game's trailer. They can animate and choreograph fights excellently. Their ability to weave a gripping story is almost unparalleled. And their voice actors are top notch. They'd definitely be able to make a better movie than any other gaming company out there (imho) [suck it Square]
Anyway. This game is slated for March 8th I believe
Any thoughts? Probably not :P My threads rarely go anywhere. Especially my long winded ones. I've no idea what to expect of a long winded blog lol
(Yey first blog..)