I guess given that DA is the "spiritual successor" to Baldur's Gate, a BG2 reference is appropriate.
Yep - teaser basically, though it's all one sequence and not random cuts. Another similar one supposed to appear on the gametrailers site soon, and a different one later at E3. Also some journalists are going to play it at E3.
TehMac
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The trailer looks interesting; I'm tired of just randomly fighting off warbands of little spiders and randomly put together creatures that look like someone tried to use the spore creator about 2 years before the thing was released.
Here, the enemy actually looks humanoid, which is interesting, and even if they're a rehash of LotR Orcs, that's better than some retarded creature the lead designer thought up while sleeping off his trip on LSD.
From what I have read about this game, BioWare wants a real sort of Fantasy epic, something like Lord of the Rings in that its almost believable; it's fantasy, but not ridiculous fantasy like Dungeon Siege, or, in my opinion, Oblivion.
I also like how the armor is crafted. It's a bit extravagant, but at least it's not too excessive, it looks like something WETA would produce for a movie, so I think that's good.
I just wish someone would make some sort of game focusing on the Dark Age epics, and just have chain mail armor, scale armor, and lamellar, and various types of it. History provides some very creative types of armor, and that would help set an RPG apart from the crowd, because they're not trying to use their imaginations, they're using historical armor that probably most people haven't heard about.
So, most people would think the game in that respect, unique.
Dragon Age was announced in the first Games for Windows magazine in 2007.
Here, the enemy actually looks humanoid, which is interesting, and even if they're a rehash of LotR Orcs, that's better than some retarded creature the lead designer thought up while sleeping off his trip on LSD.
From what I have read about this game, BioWare wants a real sort of Fantasy epic, something like Lord of the Rings in that its almost believable; it's fantasy, but not ridiculous fantasy like Dungeon Siege, or, in my opinion, Oblivion.
I also like how the armor is crafted. It's a bit extravagant, but at least it's not too excessive, it looks like something WETA would produce for a movie, so I think that's good.
I just wish someone would make some sort of game focusing on the Dark Age epics, and just have chain mail armor, scale armor, and lamellar, and various types of it. History provides some very creative types of armor, and that would help set an RPG apart from the crowd, because they're not trying to use their imaginations, they're using historical armor that probably most people haven't heard about.
So, most people would think the game in that respect, unique.
Dragon Age was announced in the first Games for Windows magazine in 2007.
Ultralight
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I am underwhelmed; there is nothing new here that I haven't seen before in other RPG trailers. Then again I didn't expect much. It would have been nice if they could have actually shown us real game play.
I certainly can wait.
I certainly can wait.
GagHalfrunt
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Even worse the trailer was completely QuickTime. I'll wait until Bioware wants to show something in a better format.
elmer92413
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There is a wmv version which is actually in 720p. You might have to adjust the brightness of your media player though as it is much darker than the quicktime.
As per update, IGN has new screenshots, including this one showing the Baldur's Gate-style overhead combat view and GUI.
Yeah, as noted in the update, #1-5 are new. The rest are really, really old and actually predate engine development (they were proof of concept stuff done on a hacked version of NWN).
StinkyPinky
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I'm playing Mount and Blade right now. Very addictive game. Been playing it on and off for years.
The final version will probably be released this year sometime.
Ultralight
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Basing only what I have seen so far with the latest pics I am wondering what the hardware demands are going to be for this game. I sure hope they learned a lesson from Crytek.
Ultralight
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This is according to 1UP from the E3 Preview via RPGWatch:
Managing your party uses the classic BioWare pausable combat, where you stop action to queue up attacks. The party AI also allows for you to have multiple battles at once. We saw two party members in one room fighting off a beast while two others carried out another fight elsewhere. Parties will have a maximum of four players -- two fewer than the six possible in "Baldur's Gate II," which Zeschuk says is a compromise that enables them to achieve maximum "graphic fidelity" while also giving players enough "chess pieces" to move around the board. It's not, however, a result of the game design being dumbed down -- an understandable fear held by many PC enthusiasts, given BioWare's recent focus on console games. "It's a balance point," says Zeschuk. "You don't want to get overly detailed. In playtesting, we found that four was a nice number. You can mix it up with different characters but it's still easy enough to control, [yet] still detailed enough that people felt what they were doing was meaningful." Zeschuk also points out that by streamlining the number of characters players control, the team was able to focus on making other aspects of the game more epic: bigger enemies -- a room-filling ogre was shown during the demo -- as well as larger battles with dozens of combatants. "We're going to be mixing it up a little more," he says.
Conclusion:
But really, breaking new ground is not what Dragon Age is about -- and the tactical use of party-based combos, a hallmark of the Baldur's Gate series, looks amazingly fun. We saw a mage drop a grease spell across the floor of a room, which then was lit up by the group's flaming weapons, causing a stunning conflagration that engulfed the enemies. In another spot, one party member paralyzed the baddies while his cohorts picked them off one by one. It's these tactical opportunities and multitudes of different combat possibilities that gave classic RPGs such depth and replayability, and Dragon Age looks to be a truly worthy of the tradition.
Managing your party uses the classic BioWare pausable combat, where you stop action to queue up attacks. The party AI also allows for you to have multiple battles at once. We saw two party members in one room fighting off a beast while two others carried out another fight elsewhere. Parties will have a maximum of four players -- two fewer than the six possible in "Baldur's Gate II," which Zeschuk says is a compromise that enables them to achieve maximum "graphic fidelity" while also giving players enough "chess pieces" to move around the board. It's not, however, a result of the game design being dumbed down -- an understandable fear held by many PC enthusiasts, given BioWare's recent focus on console games. "It's a balance point," says Zeschuk. "You don't want to get overly detailed. In playtesting, we found that four was a nice number. You can mix it up with different characters but it's still easy enough to control, [yet] still detailed enough that people felt what they were doing was meaningful." Zeschuk also points out that by streamlining the number of characters players control, the team was able to focus on making other aspects of the game more epic: bigger enemies -- a room-filling ogre was shown during the demo -- as well as larger battles with dozens of combatants. "We're going to be mixing it up a little more," he says.
Conclusion:
But really, breaking new ground is not what Dragon Age is about -- and the tactical use of party-based combos, a hallmark of the Baldur's Gate series, looks amazingly fun. We saw a mage drop a grease spell across the floor of a room, which then was lit up by the group's flaming weapons, causing a stunning conflagration that engulfed the enemies. In another spot, one party member paralyzed the baddies while his cohorts picked them off one by one. It's these tactical opportunities and multitudes of different combat possibilities that gave classic RPGs such depth and replayability, and Dragon Age looks to be a truly worthy of the tradition.
Wow....they have the classic isometric view in that game while giving you the option to setup up other types of views as well. Nice!
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