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<blockquote data-quote="Cadfan" data-source="post: 4780376" data-attributes="member: 40961"><p>takyris- I don't think most people doubt that the game Dragon Age will be a good game. Even if it had absolutely nothing to recommend it except that it was an RPG with Bioware's general level of skill and production value, it would probably be a good game.</p><p> </p><p>But seriously, I spent a little time today trying to figure out what Dragon Age was <em>about.</em> Came up with almost nothing. I did everything except trawl the Bioware forums and/or read the preview novel, which I think is fair.</p><p> </p><p>And here's what I learned, not counting things I learned about game mechanics since they won't apply to the RPG.</p><p> </p><p>1. Backgrounds are important and affect how people treat you.</p><p>2. Its got villages, militias, blacksmiths, and marauding undead.</p><p>3. Also ogres.</p><p>4. You can be a fighter, rogue, or wizard.</p><p>5. Wizards can get to be a bit dark.</p><p>6. Bioware swears up and down that the gameworld has 5000 years of history, that the plot involves intrigue, politics, and mystery, and that the game world is really deep and interesting.</p><p> </p><p>That's about it.</p><p> </p><p>I mean, if I've got the money on hand when the game comes out (which means not only the money for the game, but also to upgrade my computer), I'll probably buy it on the strength of the developer's name. But I really have no idea what makes the game world a unique place, or in any way different from your typical generic european medieval fantasy world. And that's after actually trying to learn, from your site, and from reviews.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cadfan, post: 4780376, member: 40961"] takyris- I don't think most people doubt that the game Dragon Age will be a good game. Even if it had absolutely nothing to recommend it except that it was an RPG with Bioware's general level of skill and production value, it would probably be a good game. But seriously, I spent a little time today trying to figure out what Dragon Age was [I]about.[/I] Came up with almost nothing. I did everything except trawl the Bioware forums and/or read the preview novel, which I think is fair. And here's what I learned, not counting things I learned about game mechanics since they won't apply to the RPG. 1. Backgrounds are important and affect how people treat you. 2. Its got villages, militias, blacksmiths, and marauding undead. 3. Also ogres. 4. You can be a fighter, rogue, or wizard. 5. Wizards can get to be a bit dark. 6. Bioware swears up and down that the gameworld has 5000 years of history, that the plot involves intrigue, politics, and mystery, and that the game world is really deep and interesting. That's about it. I mean, if I've got the money on hand when the game comes out (which means not only the money for the game, but also to upgrade my computer), I'll probably buy it on the strength of the developer's name. But I really have no idea what makes the game world a unique place, or in any way different from your typical generic european medieval fantasy world. And that's after actually trying to learn, from your site, and from reviews. [/QUOTE]
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