Dragon Age 3 Announced
 

Dragon Age 3 Announced: Dragon Age 3: Inquisition Coming In "Late 2013"

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Dragon Age 3: Inquisition, the third game in BioWare's Dragon Age franchise, will be released on late 2013. According to BioWare and EA, the game will combines "the storytelling legacy BioWare is known for" with "deep RPG gameplay." It will be built on a new RPG game engine "underpinned by EA’s critically-acclaimed Frostbite 2 technology."

“The Dragon Age team has been working on Dragon Age 3: Inquisition for almost two years now,” said Aaryn Flynn, General Manager of BioWare Edmonton and BioWare Montreal in a statement. “We’ve been poring over player feedback from past games and connecting directly with our fans. They haven’t held back, so we’re not either. With Dragon Age 3: Inquisition, we want to give fans what they’re asking for – a great story with choices that matter, a massive world to explore, deep customization and combat that is both tactical and visceral.”

I'd love to be able to tell you more -- show some pictures and maybe a video -- but there is no more to tell at the present. As soon as we get any more information, we'll let you know.

Until then, though, check out our review of the last Dragon Age game:

I don't care how bad the second game was.. The first title and its expansion were so good that I'll always support this franchise.
And please more male on male love scenes.... mmmm Zevran.

The first game was awesome - I still haven't played the second. From what I've heard I probably won't even touch it.

I'll give it a shot.

THANK THE MAKER!

meh, boring franchise.

Enchantment!

I loved the second one. :shrug: And it's damn sure better than any of the new crap I've played this year.

Game's the cover story in this month's Game Informer

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I didn't realize DA2 was considered a flop. I remember enjoying the game quite a bit.

I'll be playing DA3 for sure.

It was a flop in the same way that ME3 was a flop. There were some very vocal people (primarily on the game's forums) who hated it. Most people were fine with it.

I'm unsure about the direction. As I'm sure you've heard me say a million times on here, I don't like open world games. So the idea of removing some of the linear quest direction of the game is actually a major negative to me. But everything they've shown so far looks amazing. I'm sure I'll preorder it.

I never finished DA2 and I was really excited for it. It got too repetitive and boring.

I'll definitely get DA3 though.

There were some valid complaints about the game. The game was released very quickly, they did extensively reuse areas, there was a clear change in gameplay/combat, and a lot of people wondered why the Warden wasn't part of the game. Mainly what I was referring to were the people who called it (and then ME3) the worst BioWare games ever made, and a sign that EA had killed them.

Same with me, I got pretty far, but gave up on it. I was extremely stoked for it, pre-ordered, but it couldn't keep me.

I enjoyed DAO2 because I thought it succeeded as a roleplaying game, but the gameplay and combat were so dumbed down from the first one that I can understand why so many people were upset with it. And being that it was their first major release after EA purchased them, it was not a good sign.

As for ME3, I honestly don't think there's any question that the last 10 minutes of that was the worst thing BioWare's ever released. The only question is whether it overshadowed the rest of the game, which ranged from above average to excellent.

EA's purchase may not have killed BioWare, but there has been a definite drop-off in quality. Before the purchase, they gave us Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights and KOTOR and the first Mass Effect. Since the purchase, they've given us one amazing game in ME2 and big pile of above average.

I still enjoy their games, but they're not the genre defining games they used to be.

I didn't finish DA2 either. The main story was a big unmemorable pile of ass that suffered even further because of even worse side stories that completely destroyed any sense of pace.

The cut scenes were a good excuse to leave the room and take a piss.

New behind the scenes vid from gamescom this morning:

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I think the biggest fail in Dragon Age 2 was that it did not tie in enough to DAO.

Going with a different protagonist is fine, but they missed an opportunity to use some supporting characters to keep things going. All of the really interesting characters in DAO (The Hero, Morrigan, Alistair) just drop off the map.

Sounds like they are being aggressive with DA3. I just hope the "OPEN WORLD" concept doesn't make it incredibly difficult to get from one place to another (like in Skyrim).

I really loved the first game and the second was fine but should have been called something other then DA2

Dragon Age: The Adventures of Shit Mountain?

I own the first one, and started it, but I got spoiled by games like Sacred 2, Fable, Fable 2, And KOA.

I just couldn't get into it. I tried. Maybe I will try again.

I played Sacred 2 and the first 2 Fables. None of them were half the game DA:O was.

loved DAO and all the DLC but never finished DAO2 either


i think i just got bored because it seems like i had done it all before

well, I guess I know what I can play to get me by then.....

Did you ever play Kingdoms of Amalur?

No, I never played KoA.

re: laz - DA2 is a very slow starting game, and once it gets going, you don't get to see anything but Kirkwall and the amazingly same-looking caves that surround the city. So it can be difficult to get into.

(I also don't think most of the problems with DA2 will be issues in DA3 - the game's gotten plenty of development time)

Fable is dogshit. I have never completed one of those games.

i'm replaying origins now after picking it up during steam's sale...still a blast, and i had never played the dlc

DA2 just felt 'less'....running around the same city and dungeons, it felt they just quit halfway through development

They basically did. EA forced it out the door less than 2 years after release of the original (that was supposedly because they original had been in development for so long that they wanted to recoup some by shaving development time on the sequel). That's why I'm so glad they're giving them until fall next year to finish this one.

I honestly didn't think it crap until I played KoA.

After playing that which has just an amazing combat system, and going back to trying to play Fable, no matter how much I enjoyed the story line, the graphics, and feel were just awful.

I love the story line from Fable, and Fable 2.

I liked the first two, but crapped out on the third one.

I never got the love for KoA. That game was 100% MMO grindfest without the actual MMO part. It also looked like a slightly better version of WoW (read: not very good). The story was complete dogshit, character building must have been dogshit because I don't even remember making any choices after I leveled up. That game was like a 4.5 out of 10 for me.

DA:O was like an 8.8, IMO.

Yep ... they changed the 3rd one big time


I played it through but didn't like it nearly as much


The power for each hand was a cool idea but the way it developed was annoying.

Wow, I loved it. I thought the coolest thing about it was the character building, because if you started getting bored with your character you could unbind all your selections and reassign them to completely different skills. Much better than just starting a new game from nothing. The crafting was cool, too. I really enjoyed the way you could add different components to your items to specifically enhance them. I wish Skyrim was more like that.

I agree that the graphics could have been better (and see the WoW comparison) but it didn't bother me.

I didn't care for the big wrench they threw into the story line in the second game, and when something similar happened in the third one, I just quit playing. Very annoying.

Yep.....I played the hell out of Fable 2. It was just awesome in my opinion.

3 was meh. very very meh.

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Video that I'm not able to find on youtube that deals with the way they're designing the world. Basically they say they're doing it like Baldur's Gate, so they'll have huge area maps you can explore, but it won't be open world in the sense that Elder Scrolls games are. Which makes me relax a bit.

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/featur...quisition.aspx

I honestly don't remember what the leveling system even entailed. Did it open up new skills/attacks?

/sorry for being so off-topic, keg

Standard two-set advancement, one side enhanced fighter/mage/rogue skills, the other set was general skills. But you could go to a fateweaver, and for a fee that got larger each time, reset everything. So if you're playing a straight rogue and get bored, you can reset and switch over to a fighter/mage, for example. You'd then need to re-outfit your character, since he wouldn't be able to use certain weapons/armor anymore. It was great - kept the game interesting much longer.

Doesn't bother me. Just so happens that Inquisition is the cover story for Game Informer for September, and they've been putting up a new video every week. Probably won't see anything new for months after next week.

Showing some really cool spell effects...

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Part 3 is especially good...

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Totally missed this vid when it came out a month or so ago...

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Looks great but I'm more concerned about the writing. Everything after Origins was complete and utter crap. More excited for Witcher 3.

I'm excited for both. Inquisition looks really good, I don't think the writing is going to be a problem since they have openly admitted that they realize the writing was crap after Origins.

I'm not sure it will ever compare to the Witcher though. They've set such a high bar.

I'm the rare guy who isn't a witcher fan and had no real issues with the da sequel. Thought the first witcher was overrated and lost interest in the second a couple of hours in on three or four different occasions. Thought I'd like it. Really wanted to like it. Didn't. Played da 2 for hundreds of hours. Didn't like the map repetition. Liked everything else. Think the combination of Dao and da2 elements could make for an amazing game if they pull it off.

:shrug:

The Inquisition part of it is what interests me most.

An actual living, breathing war going on and the main character being a part of it sounds pretty awesome.

The novel AI concept in this game is every bit as exciting as in Shadows of Mordor.

I'm not that all up-to-date on it. Release is still so many months away that it hasn't hit my radar yet. Didn't even know there was a new bioware forum until I stumbled across it a couple of days ago, when I found the youtube vid. I figure they'll be one of the prominent games at E3, so that seems like a good time to ratchet up my attention.

I am pretty curious to see what their as-yet unannounced new IP will be, as well as the 4th completely unrelated to shepard ME game that they can apparently play internally but haven't yet shown any of the rest of us.

It was the cover story in the September issue of Game Informer. I'm not sure if that story is available online but you should read more about it.

It looks really cool.

I'll start stealing some stuff from the bioware forums.

First is a collection of info from a recent GamePro article, Apparently some of it's 'duh' and some of it's new:

Stuff from last month's OBX:

Box art revealed.

The game looks good so far -- much more like an iteration of the first one then the second one. I'm pretty optimistic about it.

And a new gameplay trailer.

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Release date is official: October 7!

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hopefully the other 5 or so companions they didn't show in that are more interesting because those were really lame ROFL

Varric is in it which is good.

About 10 minutes of demo starts at the 1:44:00 mark: http://www.twitch.tv/twitch/b/537207659

Think this is the same thing:

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I want this.

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Also, in case anybody missed it, the game's been delayed a few weeks. Coming out November 18th.

Looks pretty cool.

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pre-ordered this and ordered a GTX 780 in preparation :evil:

EDIT: apparently I could've gotten a 970 for about the same price.. woops

how do you get a 970 everywhere I look they are out of stock it seems

newegg has them, depends on what manufacturer yr going for I guess

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I don't play games nearly as much as I used too, but I'm hoping they did a ****ing good job for the XBO because it's going to be a day 1 purchase for me.

Pre-ordered the deluxe version today.

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From a gamespot reviewer:

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So maybe the stuff at e3 about this potentially being a 200 hour game wasn't all marketing bs after all.

Jesus

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Review embargo broke this morning, and I have to say I'm feeling pretty good about my preorder now (I'd put it off until last week...).

Game Spot - 9/10: http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/drag.../1900-6415949/
Game Informer - 9.5/10: http://www.gameinformer.com/games/dr...-informer.aspx
IGN - 8.8/10: http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/11/...isition-review
Polygon - 9.5/10: http://www.polygon.com/2014/11/11/71...aystation-4-pc
Time 4.5/5: http://time.com/3554352/dragon-age-inquisition-review/
PlayStation Lifestyle - 9/10: http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/...-ps4/#/slide/1
Joystiq - 5/5: http://www.joystiq.com/2014/11/11/dr...ng-the-scales/
Crave Online - 8.5/10: http://www.craveonline.com/gaming/re...world#/slide/1
MMORPG - 8.6/10: http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/g...RPG-Crown.html
PC Gamer - 87/100: http://www.pcgamer.com/dragon-age-inquisition-review/
Eurogamer - 8/10: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...isition-review
Gaming Trend - 95/100: http://gamingtrend.com/reviews/drago...-role-playing/
GamesRadar - 4/5: http://www.gamesradar.com/dragon-age...tion-review-2/
Hardcore Gamer - 5/5: http://www.hardcoregamer.com/2014/11...e-inquisition/
AusGamers - 9.2/10: http://www.ausgamers.com/games/drago...sition/review/

According to a post on reddit, 43 reviews currently, combined average score of 88/100.

Some random tidbits from reviews:Obviously I cherry picked the best of the lot, but even the negative reviews were along the lines of "may not be the best thing RPG ever but still the best in a while". Lowest scores I've seen so far were 3.2 out of five (still described as 'good' by the reviewer) and 7/10 (in Swedish, no clue what it says...).

OMFG. ROFL

So fyi, for anyone who isn't aware or who has forgotten, there are no save imports for DAI. You have to go through the Dragon Age Keep to set up everything. That bugged me initally, but as I went through it this morning I actually found it to be a nice refresher on everything that happened in the first two games (neither of which I've touched in 2+ years). Links is https://dragonagekeep.com/en_US/worldvault/#product/dao