Poll: So does anyone still care about Dragon Age?

[Joccaren]

Meh.

It depends on what DA3 ends up like.

If it has DA2 combat: No. That had some ok ideas behind it, but was terribly executed.
If it has DA2 Copy Paste areas: No. I expect some actual level content in the game.
If it has a dialogue wheel: Possible, but less likely. I hate those damn things with a passion.
If it has DA2 Inventory: Nothing wrong there.
If it has DA2 equipment system: Hell no.
If you can defer to your sidekicks to say something in a convo ala DA2: Bonus. That was a good move.

Honestly I'd want DA3 to be really something amazing for me to buy it. I've got things to save up for, and other games to play otherwise.

 

[DSK-]

I very much like DA:O, but the expansion to it and DA2 were utter disappointments.

 

[Goofguy]

I am interested in seeing where the franchise goes from DA2. Will I be buying DA3? The jury is still out until I see some gameplay videos and read some reviews upon release. I will call my view on DA3 "skeptically optimistic".

 

[johnnnny guitar]

Definatley not the series died with dragon age 2 and Bioware as usual is being stubborn and stuck up their ass saying no no no you are wrong these things are features not just lazy design choices.
I will love to see Bioware and the fanboys try and convince us that the series is not a bloated festering corpse when DA3 comes out though.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

Dragon Age 3 still might be good - it hasn't even been announced yet, aren't we jum-

ahahahaha no. The Dragon Age team is, what, Bioware's C-team now? And considering what amazingly glorious products the A- and B-teams created...

But but but, they have Jennifer Hepler and David Gaider! How can you hate them when they have such brilliant characters?

When I play Bioware games, I usually put up with the awful gameplay for the sake of the story. But the story in Dragon Age 2 is just horrendous. In some places, I was outright insulted.

For example, the Anders mission where you need to stop a Templar from making all mages Tranquil. Here's a bit of dialogue that Sebastian says if you bring him along.

"Looks like your "tranquil solution" wasn't the "holocaust" you were hoping for."

Wow. I mean really, making a holocaust reference? Because, as we all know, the Jews could just as easily be swapped with incredibly dangerous mages who have a disturbing tendency to turn into giant hellspawn.

That just left me with my jaw floored. Not only is that tasteless, it was used as a fucking throwaway one liner.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

I care about Dragon Age - Origins and still care enough to try getting through Dragon Age - Awakening. I don't care about the Dragon Age expanded series (the books or...I think there was an anime movie) because...well, the first game and its spin-offs are enough for me. They tell me all I need and are quite detailed enough that I don't feel I need any more explanation (also I like my own character more than others I can only read about). As for the future of the franchise no. I don't care and the blame rests squarely on the shoulders of Dragon Age 2. Even after I adjusted my expectations and beat into my mind that DA2 is a hack-n-slash with RPG elements, I just couldn't enjoy the game and it seems all future games will be latching onto that model (it happened with Mass Effect anyway).

In my defense though, I don't think Bioware care too much for Dragon Age either. They go from giving spin-offs their own sub-titles (Darkspawn Chronicles, Awakening, Lilliana's Song) to...Dragon Age 2. Sure, they also eventually had Exalted March, Legacy and, Mark of the Assassin but they dropped the ball in not sub-titling the main freaking game.

...I care enough to let out some impassioned nerd rage...dammit, I already chose 'No'

 

[Emiscary]

Dragon Age 3 still might be good - it hasn't even been announced yet, aren't we jum-

ahahahaha no. The Dragon Age team is, what, Bioware's C-team now? And considering what amazingly glorious products the A- and B-teams created...

Me: You're DA3...
DA3: Yes.
Me: You're a sequel to DA2.
DA3: Yes.
Me: I played DA2.
DA3: So?
Me: Well are you worse than it was?
DA3: Well I haven't been released yet, but... yes.

 

[GundamSentinel]

Didn't much like DA:O, never will play DA2, don't care about any future releases. It's just not my type of game, it seems.

 

[wurrble182]

just finished sinking 70 hours into another playthrough of Dragon Age 2, and can safely say i enjoyed it more than ever with origins i was utterly comatose by the time i reached orzammar, the "watching paint dry" mechanic, sorry, i mean the combat, was vastly improved in DA2 - at least as soon as the latter patches arrived to remove all the major exploits. the characters are better in 2, the story is far more personal, and hawke himself is just a mighty-bearded man-god. all i miss from origins is the location hopping, and after all the backlash about repeating areas it's all but guaranteed to come back for DA3.

so yeah, i sort of care, but 1 great game out of 2 doesnt exactly make it my favourite series.

 

[RedLister]

I come back and replay DA:0 now and then. The creative modders being me back. Mods like them optional campaigns you select at the main menu and locations and quest lines which add to the main game too.

Hell there is even a mod to make that ser gilmore bloke a fully controlable party member, voiced and everything and reacts to your actions and speaks with the other party members as well.

Never played 2 though so i can't comment about it. But what i have heard about 2 if there going to make 3 like that then i will most likely give 3 a skip like i did with 2 and just keep enjoying the 1st one.

 

[Padwolf]

I still care. I actually loved DA2, I know it had it's problems, but I loved it. I can't wait for the third.

 

[Jacco]

Dragon Age pissed me off. I got to the end level and for some stupid reason chose a shitty team to take with me. Well guess what? With that team, it is now impossible to complete the game and I can't go back and change it.

A game like DA NEEDS a failsafe feature to keep exactly that from happening. 70-some hours wasted because of one stupid decision. Fucking ridiculous.

 

[Chicago Ted]

Here's my pipeline dream that's barely related to this. Bioware should combine DA and ME. Give us all of the standard fantasy elements of dwarves, elves, dragons, and magic. Then set that shit in the future. IN SPACE. Suddenly you have dragon-slaying snipers and wizards shooting down spaceships. Fuck yeah.

... like Star Wars?

OT: Yeah, I care. I really enjoyed DA2 despite it's flaws, and will likely pre-order the limited super-duper edition of DA3 almost as soon as it's announced. I'm a fan, I enjoyed the story, and didn't mind the voice acting.

I don't see any elves or dragons in Star Wars. And The Force barely qualifies as magic now that we know it's caused by aliens.

Not to you, but to the comparison of Star Wars.

Now onto you. There already exists a series like that, and it's called Warhammer 40k. And this is what it looks like:

[HEADING=1]FOR THE EMPEROR![/HEADING]

No. Actually that's not what I was thinking at all. You don't want to know my opinion of Warhammer 40K.

Was meaning more to, "This is what a fantasy system looks like... IN SPACE!", since they do have magic and spaceships and everything and since wielding a massive axe or hammer into combat is still a viable strategy.

 

[Condiments]

Unless it has astounding gameplay I don't think I'll bother with a sequel. The dragon age universe is so banal in its execution and presentation, I can't be bothered to consider it story-wise.

 

[Reaper195]

Here's my pipeline dream that's barely related to this. Bioware should combine DA and ME. Give us all of the standard fantasy elements of dwarves, elves, dragons, and magic. Then set that shit in the future. IN SPACE. Suddenly you have dragon-slaying snipers and wizards shooting down spaceships. Fuck yeah.

All kinds of second this. I will forever keep waiting for the day a game like this is made. Space dragons versus Space Ships!

 

[Frozengale]

I can never seem to get through DA1, it has to many things that annoy me. Never played DA:O, and I'll probably pick up DA2 one of these days, most likely just so I can use it as a reference of "Things that piss off players."

 

[God's Clown]

I will pick DA3 up. I loved DA2, I mean, the being stuck in Kirkwall pretty much the whole game was shit, and the "ending" was marginally better then ME3's, but outside of that I enjoyed it. Plus it'll be in Orlais, so funny french(Belgian!) accents for all!

 

[The_Lost_King]

I loved Dragon Age: Origins and I'm currently playing through DA2. I very much care about the series and I hope for a third.

Don't get me wrong Dragon Age 2 has it's problems, it's rushed, it's buggy, but I still think it's pretty cool. Truth be told though, I really don't think it could be called Dragon Age 2...it's more like Dragon Age: The Hawke Adventures. Not a sequal, just a really big side quest.

No, It is more like God of War Effect: Dragon age edition. God why did they have to bring in waves? Anyone who says,"We are broadening our audience" deserves to be shot. I do agree with you that it is decent though.

just finished sinking 70 hours into another playthrough of Dragon Age 2, and can safely say i enjoyed it more than ever with origins i was utterly comatose by the time i reached orzammar, the "watching paint dry" mechanic, sorry, i mean the combat, was vastly improved in DA2 - at least as soon as the latter patches arrived to remove all the major exploits. the characters are better in 2, the story is far more personal, and hawke himself is just a mighty-bearded man-god. all i miss from origins is the location hopping, and after all the backlash about repeating areas it's all but guaranteed to come back for DA3.

so yeah, i sort of care, but 1 great game out of 2 doesnt exactly make it my favourite series.

Yes, because adding in waves improves everything /very sarcastic
Yes the gameplay was changed too actiony instead of the tactical combat which might have worked if it wasn't for the fucking waves. I hate waves unless it is horde mode.
Really they should have left dragon age as it was and made da2 a new IP

 

[Dendio]

Keep Isabella, Merril, The narrator dwarf and hawk. Outside of that I'd like them to go back to the drawing board and make dragon age 3 more like origins.