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DA3 Speculation Time!
No, not too soon. The last couple days have had some interesting news for the franchise.
Bioware has announced that they are cancelling further DLC and a planned expansion for DA2, and moving right on to DA3. (edit to add, they have also said there won't be a DA2 collectors/legacy edition that includes the DLC, so if you were holding out for that....might as well pick it up next time you see a good deal).
DA3 will, apparently, be neither Warden nor Hawke related. And will draw from Skyrim. (Whatever that means...)
There are also hints it won't import previous games.
Let the speculation begin!
In a way.... I like the idea of not importing, since they have already said it won't be replaying your old characters. (please don't hurt me). I think it can work. There are SO MANY options now... it is almost impossible to do justice to all of the potential choices and still manage to string together a logical story. Now, the Skyrim thing gave me pause, since it stands out from previous Elder Scrolls games for one major reason: timing. Arena, Daggerfall, Morrowind, and Oblivion were basically set one after another. Different characters, but ultimately one cohesive timeline for the world. Skyrim is set several hundred years later.
A new game in the Thedas setting, a couple hundred years later, or earlier? No problem if there's no imports. If earlier, well... non-issue. If later... meh. You know the blight ended, you know about the Kirkwall Chantry. Those are constants. Anything more granular would likely be lost to time. For as much as we care about our characters, it is unlikely Random Future Adventurer will know or care who the Warden from the fourth blight was banging, or will have even heard of the Champion of Kirkwall other than a note in a history lesson, unless they're from Kirkwall. There's no reason to even mention any of them, except in the vaguest of codex entries.
I also like that they are going back to their history, as they said. I think the interest in the Baldurs Gate HD project has surprised them... and a return to that style storytelling would be nothing but good, IMO.
SO, what does everyone else think? Anyone see any good articles?
Bioware has announced that they are cancelling further DLC and a planned expansion for DA2, and moving right on to DA3. (edit to add, they have also said there won't be a DA2 collectors/legacy edition that includes the DLC, so if you were holding out for that....might as well pick it up next time you see a good deal).
DA3 will, apparently, be neither Warden nor Hawke related. And will draw from Skyrim. (Whatever that means...)
There are also hints it won't import previous games.
Let the speculation begin!
In a way.... I like the idea of not importing, since they have already said it won't be replaying your old characters. (please don't hurt me). I think it can work. There are SO MANY options now... it is almost impossible to do justice to all of the potential choices and still manage to string together a logical story. Now, the Skyrim thing gave me pause, since it stands out from previous Elder Scrolls games for one major reason: timing. Arena, Daggerfall, Morrowind, and Oblivion were basically set one after another. Different characters, but ultimately one cohesive timeline for the world. Skyrim is set several hundred years later.
A new game in the Thedas setting, a couple hundred years later, or earlier? No problem if there's no imports. If earlier, well... non-issue. If later... meh. You know the blight ended, you know about the Kirkwall Chantry. Those are constants. Anything more granular would likely be lost to time. For as much as we care about our characters, it is unlikely Random Future Adventurer will know or care who the Warden from the fourth blight was banging, or will have even heard of the Champion of Kirkwall other than a note in a history lesson, unless they're from Kirkwall. There's no reason to even mention any of them, except in the vaguest of codex entries.
I also like that they are going back to their history, as they said. I think the interest in the Baldurs Gate HD project has surprised them... and a return to that style storytelling would be nothing but good, IMO.
SO, what does everyone else think? Anyone see any good articles?
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Where can I find work around here?
Got anything for sale?
I'll do that job.
Almost every bit of player involved dialogue is about getting, refusing, or turning in quests. The few exceptions, like the long conversation with Paarthurnax, did feel strange and one sided because of the silent character. But for the most part it isn't like people are pouring their soul out at your feet while you stand mutely staring forward.
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This is such a polarizing issue I worry they won't ever hit on a happy medium that satisfies both sides.
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That would truly be the last straw for me if I brought DA:3 and found a straight up dungeon hack with a joke quest for a romance option. Seriously I'd swear off all bioware/ea for good including canceling my SWTOR sub. And that is saying something, because I absolutely love SWTOR. It is my last bastion of the awesome that was Bioware. *cries*
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I love Bioware. Fucking love them. Every game is installed on my system... going all the way back to BG. But right now? They are on some seriously thin ice with me. I want to hope DA3 is good because, if I feel like this, people who aren't as hardcore fans have got to be just writing them off completely. They have to know they're in trouble.