Dragon age 3 you will once again be playing as a human

[James Mann]

Well if you really want to know I'm an evolutionist/ Anti-theist and I don't debate Religious people very often for the same reason I don't debate people who think the moon is made out of cheese. Oh and Ha ha republicans you lost.

Urgh, you're just like a big bubble of bile aren't ya?

"Evolutionish/Anti-theist" ? Basically just another hop on the atheist to be better than everyone else train aren't you?

Regardless, to the actual content of my post:

Loved DA:O; enjoyed what i could play of DA:2 although i couldn't finish it, it got boring for me, it just seemed like there was no motivation to the story, no real push.

As for DA:3 from what i've seen im optimistic, and this isn't childish optimism since i wasn't looking forward to DA:2 when it was coming out, the third installment has me more excited for it though, and while it is in pre-production so nothing really set in stone, you can kinda tell whats coming from what they're planning, sure it might not all come out, but there's a good chance it will.

From the concept art, it looks to me like they're reaching back to a more DA:O style of visuals, which i greatly enjoyed, but with enough of their own unique look, I like that they're boasting better customization and am curious to see what it brings, even though i haven't been fond of the approach bioware has been taking with customization in companions, especially in regards to armour.

"Companion's armour can be changed and it's character sensitive, meaning the look of each piece of armour will be tailored to fit whichever companion you choose to equip it."

Has me both worried and excited, i'd like to see the variety of armour in DA:O but with each of the companions wearing each with their own unique flare (as this could help reinforce their personalities in a brilliant way)

I'm not too worried about being human, as a lot of people said i usually play human anyway; Mostly because when i roleplay i like to play as myself in that fantasy setting; So i usually end up human, although it's fun to mix it up and i would have liked to see the Qunari playable eventually, from the quote in the link i'm half expecting the other races to be released as DLC or in DA:4. I am hoping however that we get a true Qunari companion at least, Sten was fun but lets be honest, he's just a tall guy; not a giant horned beast like the Qunari in DA2. And I want one of those this time!

Also, owning my own castle? Yeah i'm cool with that. If it's being mentioned this early it's likely not just an extra; Likely it will be the hub of the game, i actually quite enjoyed having to do quests for the keep in awakening, made me feel incharge, and frankly i look forward to it being potentially more flushed out this time around.

I'm hoping, with keeping the main lead designer on, that Bioware have had a chance to learn fron DA:2, along with the extended pre-production time to ponder on it, I'm thinking this game has the chance to get right what they missed in DA:2, and expand on the parts that made the game good without the flaws that dragged it back down.

On a side note, Captcha: save yourself

 

[disgruntledgamer]

Urgh, you're just like a big bubble of bile aren't ya?

"Evolutionish/Anti-theist" ? Basically just another hop on the atheist to be better than everyone else train aren't you?

No I just find the concept of believing in a god without a shred of proof/evidence and despite the evidence ridiculous.

Not that my personal beliefs have anything to do with this post or topic, so why people thought to bring it up and attack me for it is beyond me. Ironic I got flamed for using the term fanboy but only fanboys would make baseless assumptions and derail a thread to attack someone this way.

From the concept art, it looks to me like they're reaching back to a more DA:O style of visuals, which i greatly enjoyed, but with enough of their own unique look,

I really don't understand how anyone could like the Dragon age art style, it looks like a Team America puppet movie with carved haircuts made out of wood. IMO the graphics need vast improving especially if they're on a next gen system and the art style needs redone.

 

[James Mann]

No I just find the concept of believing in a god without a shred of proof/evidence and despite the evidence ridiculous.

Not that my personal beliefs have anything to do with this post or topic, so why people thought to bring it up and attack me for it is beyond me. Ironic I got flamed for using the term fanboy but only fanboys would make baseless assumptions and derail a thread to attack someone this way.

Ha. the fanboy argument isn't a real argument that's why you get flamed for it; it's an attempt at dismissing and demeaning an argument without needing to support it, empty aggression.
(and fyi, my problem wasn't that you don't believe in a god, i don't myself, but that you would take the label "Anti-theist")

I really don't understand how anyone could like the Dragon age art style, it look like a Team America puppet art with carved haircuts made out of wood. IMO the graphics need vast improving especially if they're on a next gen system and the art style needs redone.

I think the reason you dont understand it is because you seem to be a bit confused on what the terms mean, art style is the aesthetics of the game, its not the same thing as the graphics the game has.

The graphics engine was fairly weak in origins i admit, but thats not a fault on the art style, the design team didn't sit around one day and decide that they really felt it was important to the game that the characters all had wooden hairstyles, it was a limitation of the engine they used. And the graphics are going to get a big overhaul, since they've upped to the frostbite 2 engine, the same engine games like battlefield 3 was built on, giving it a huge advantage in graphical capabilities, although that is entirely irrelevant to the point of art style. We have absolutely no idea how good the graphics are going to be in the game, because they haven't released any in-game screenshots yet, but from the concept art we can get an idea of the art style they are going for, and from what i see it reminds me a whole lot more of DA:O than it does of DA:2.

 

[disgruntledgamer]

Ha. the fanboy argument isn't a real argument that's why you get flamed for it; it's an attempt at dismissing and demeaning an argument without needing to support it, empty aggression.
(and fyi, my problem wasn't that you don't believe in a god, i don't myself, but that you would take the label "Anti-theist")

The difference is someone baselessly defending bioware and being a complete Biodrone given the topic at hand is completely plausible and on topic, my political and religious beliefs (or lack of them) have nothing to do with the topic at hand. And why are you so offended by the term "Anti-theist"? Many good people take the label Anti-theist like AronRa. There is nothing wrong with it.

I think the reason you dont understand it is because you seem to be a bit confused on what the terms mean, art style is the aesthetics of the game, its not the same thing as the graphics the game has.

No no I took the poor graphics of Dragon Age into consideration, may people have a problem with the art style and I'm one of them, I personally don't like. The Wood cut hair is from the art style more than graphical limitations, they had moving hair in NWN which was made how many years before DA?

 

[James Mann]

The difference is someone baselessly defending bioware and being a complete Biodrone given the topic at hand is completely plausible and on topic, my political and religious beliefs (or lack of them) have nothing to do with the topic at hand. And why are you so offended by the term "Anti-theist"? Many good people take the label Anti-theist like AronRa. There is nothing wrong with it.

Baselessly defending something is just as bad as baselessly attacking; most of you're posts here i've seen have far from posted a balanced argument, moreso they have only worked to finding fuel to throw on you're hate, with complete disregard for any positive factor of Biowares.
And "Ant-theist" implies, if not claims, not only holding a disbelief in a deity, but that you stand against others doing so; which is as bad as any other close minded member of another religion.

No no I took the poor graphics of Dragon Age into consideration, may people have a problem with the art style and I'm one of them, I personally don't like. The Wood cut hair is from the art style more than graphical limitations, they had moving hair in NWN which was made how many years before DA?

DA and NWN both run on different engines, and as i remember NWN's hair movement wasn't exactly a marvel to behold. Like i said, it wasn't an art style choice, its a graphics issue. Just because it was done elsewhere does not automatically make in an art style choice.. that's not how it works.

But regardless, thats a taste issue, it's not a problem with the game, many people also loved the art style of DA:O, people wouldn't put literally hundreds of hours into the game if they hated the art style.
Don't get me wrong, it's not like i completely hated the art style from 2, i liked the new look of the Qunari, i love the welsh and irish accents, so the new dalish elves i approve of, but a bunch of other choices i just couldn't get behind, the darkspawn in DA2 looked like complete ass to me, while the DAO looked like they were corrupted monsters, the ones in 2 just looked like dried up zombies. The choice to have the companions only have a limited option of armors also was quite annoying, an artistic choice most likely, but one that also messed with gameplay to an extent.