Bioware General (Mass Effect/Dragon Age/Other)

Postby **Mazder** » May 19th, 2022, 5:16 am

Vol wrote:
Sinekein wrote:I might be mistaken - I am a bit completionist so I tend to have high morality scores from various sidequests - but I think in LE a few morality checks have been made easier. I recall that some were quite tough if you did not play full Paragon or full Renegade - Zaeed or Morinth come to mind. This time I played 60/40 Paragon/Renegade and I managed to Paragon Zaeed. I couldn't Renegade him or Morinth though so I think in some cases only the highest gauge is authorized.

I'm a completionist too, and I'm struggling to think of any check I wasn't able to make. ME1, I think the non-lethal option for the colonists is fairly high? Otherwise always made Morinth/Zaeeds despite doing mixed. Morality was always wonky, first option in the games is to sooth a mentally ill man in a high stress situation or brutalize him for no reason.

Still annoyed we couldn't get rid of Aria. The Omega DLC was like it was out of a different story, with the way we're helping her out, but like Sloann, we're compelled to think she's too cool for school or something.

Literally did this last night so I can tell you that without full paragon/renegade (which is impossible to get unless you do Noveria first like some sort of madman) you can not do the non-lethal options, or at least the speech check for Jeong on Feros.
I literally spent time going through finding out the requirements and you not only need full bar but you also need full Charm/Intimidate.
This is in the LE.

Postby **magnuskn** » May 19th, 2022, 10:37 am

Yeah, in my experience Yeong needs full Paragon stats to talk him down. And, yes, that was a ridiculous argument Shepard made, but given how many con men manage to finagle people for their money in the real world, I suspect real life comparisons would be way more absurd than what happened in that scene.

Postby **Vol** » May 22nd, 2022, 11:36 pm

Mazder wrote:Literally did this last night so I can tell you that without full paragon/renegade (which is impossible to get unless you do Noveria first like some sort of madman) you can not do the non-lethal options, or at least the speech check for Jeong on Feros.
I literally spent time going through finding out the requirements and you not only need full bar but you also need full Charm/Intimidate.
This is in the LE.

Oh yeah, _that_ one. I remember doing the peaceful outcome multiple times, so I must be a madman who did it that way then. I generally max out Speech skills in RPGs as soon as I get the chance.

And yes, I generally did Noveria right after picking up Liara, because that is how I roll.

magnuskn wrote:Yeah, in my experience Yeong needs full Paragon stats to talk him down. And, yes, that was a ridiculous argument Shepard made, but given how many con men manage to finagle people for their money in the real world, I suspect real life comparisons would be way more absurd than what happened in that scene.

What's the argument? Only remember him being this obtuse company man who's willing to get everyone killed for some reason.

Postby **magnuskn** » May 23rd, 2022, 6:36 am

Basically "we can bring tourists to your bombed out colony and what good PR that would be for your company! We can make movies!". It was pretty out there. ^^

Postby **Vol** » May 23rd, 2022, 10:45 pm

Huh. Sure there isn't a second chance option with a lower requirement? Because I've done the knock out grenades thing (forgotten to equip them a few times) more times than I ever recall hearing that line.

Noveria, the labs, was like a different game. More like Dead Space, but without the gravitas.

Postby **magnuskn** » May 24th, 2022, 1:24 am

Vol wrote:Huh. Sure there isn't a second chance option with a lower requirement? Because I've done the knock out grenades thing (forgotten to equip them a few times) more times than I ever recall hearing that line.

Noveria, the labs, was like a different game. More like Dead Space, but without the gravitas.

No, Yeong is the one paragon persuade check with the highest requirements I've found. So I always do Noveria first, because after that I'm all up in the paragon and can actually make that check when I get to Feros.

Postby **Dragaros** » May 25th, 2022, 12:16 am

magnuskn wrote:No, Yeong is the one paragon persuade check with the highest requirements I've found. So I always do Noveria first, because after that I'm all up in the paragon and can actually make that check when I get to Feros.

Yeong's is so high its easier to get Saren to kill himself than it is to appeal to his better nature, if you can even call it that, since its basically just convincing him that ExoGeni can make more money pretending to care about the colonists rather than actually getting him to realize how monstrous he's acting, on top of agreeing to keep all their dirty secrets so they can make buck on the tourism and movie rights and colony business PR & marketing. Yeong is like Burke from Aliens, just with less experience on the job and lower on the proverbial totem pole, but still just as much of a "rat-fuck-son-of-a-bitch" as Hudson says. :lol:

I always shoot him, even on Paragon routes. (He's the one who forces the conflict and chooses to attack someone who's an Alliance soldier and Council Spectre; what a colossal dumbass! And I'm not burying the truth of what's been going on besides.) Not to mention, when you do so, your squamates scare off the guards from attacking, and while most flare up their biotics or raise a gun to do so, Tali just activates her omni-tool and waves ominously. Love it.

Postby **Dragaros** » May 25th, 2022, 12:16 am

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"Mark Darrah on Summer Game Fest 2022: he isn’t currently expecting to see anything from Dragon Age, but he has specifically not asked anyone at BioWare about that so perhaps we will all be surprised. On DA4′s release date, he said that late next year (2023) seems possible and that they may be targeting November 2023, or maybe not. He continued, “I’m a big fan (in theory) of Q1 which would mean April-June. But if they were targeting that likely 2024. TL;DR I have no idea!” Furthermore holding off showing any significant gameplay until closer to launch (roughly 6 months out) would be in line with EA strategy, but they do sometimes worry about press conferences being light in terms of content “and then…” He also said that the rumors which say that the full production of the Next Mass Effect can’t or won’t start until after DA4 is released are almost definitely true/reasonable, as for both games to be in production simultaneously it would require EA to let BioWare hire a bunch of new people, which is unlikely to say the least."

Postby **Dragaros** » May 25th, 2022, 12:17 am

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Remember Dragon Age: Flight of the Wardens, that weird DA-themed amusement park ride that came out in Dubai years ago? Or are you reading about it for the first time just now and going “wat”? GhilDirthalen on YouTube did a heroic research effort into the ride trying to find out more beyond the few scraps that were posted online back then, and has put together a video explaining and documenting the ride in detail. It’s a great, interesting piece of investigative and archival work about a really obscure part of Dragon Age (the ride experience and cinematic had a lil plot and basic characters and stuff) that understandably wasn’t accessible to 99% of the fandom due to location, and so if you’re curious about wtf the ride entailed, I absolutely recommend to check it out."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYqFzdoOsF0

Postby **Dragaros** » May 25th, 2022, 12:17 am

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Postby **Vol** » May 28th, 2022, 1:12 am

Dragaros wrote:Yeong's is so high its easier to get Saren to kill himself than it is to appeal to his better nature, if you can even call it that, since its basically just convincing him that ExoGeni can make more money pretending to care about the colonists rather than actually getting him to realize how monstrous he's acting, on top of agreeing to keep all their dirty secrets so they can make buck on the tourism and movie rights and colony business PR & marketing. Yeong is like Burke from Aliens, just with less experience on the job and lower on the proverbial totem pole, but still just as much of a "rat-fuck-son-of-a-bitch" as Hudson says.

That might even be intentional. The indoctrinated, insane husk of a once decorated Spectre is more rational than a corporate man. Seems like something old Bioware might've done on purpose. Heh.

Postby **Dragaros** » June 2nd, 2022, 5:23 pm

https://blog.bioware.com/2022/06/02/our ... dreadwolf/

[[ "Our Next Adventure — Dragon Age: Dreadwolf

Our next game now has an official name. We know you’ve anxiously awaited new details, and today we’re excited to reveal the official title of the next adventure across the lands of Thedas—Dragon Age: Dreadwolf™.

Who is the Dread Wolf?

Solas, the Dread Wolf. Some say he might be an ancient elven god, but some say not. Others say a betrayer of his people…or a savior who now seeks to rescue them at the cost of your world. His motives are inscrutable and his methods sometimes questionable, earning him a reputation as something of a trickster deity—a player of dark and dangerous games.

Whether you’re new to Dragon Age™ stories or you’ve experienced them all, using Solas’s namesake no doubt suggests a spectrum of endless possibilities on where things may go. But at the core of this, like every past game, is you. If you’re new to Dragon Age, you have no need to worry about not having met our antagonist just yet. He’ll properly introduce himself when the time is right, but we did hint at his return when we announced #TheDreadWolfRises back in 2018.

More Dragon Age: Dreadwolf later this year

We suspect you have questions and they’ll be answered in time. While the game won’t be releasing this year, we’re growing closer to that next adventure. Rest assured, Solas is placing his pieces on the board as we speak. That’s all we have for now, but we hope knowing the official title has sparked some intrigue, as we’ll be talking more about the game later this year!

What do you think #Dreadwolf could mean? —The Dragon Age Team." ]]

Postby **Dragaros** » June 2nd, 2022, 5:29 pm

Postby **Dragaros** » June 2nd, 2022, 5:33 pm

"EA announces the removal of digital content from all these games"

https://www.ea.com/ea-pc-game-extras-change

[[ "If you have a lot of extra content from Electronic Arts, you’ll be interested to know that as of June 13, many of them will disappear from the company’s servers. As of June 13, 2022 you will not be able to access game extras from Origin or the EA app. Game extras are content that you cannot use in the game, such as wallpapers, soundtracks, or art books. These extras were offered with many of the PC titles available through EA and downloadable through Origin.

Download your EA bonus content before June 13

- If you’ve purchased a non-EA game through Origin that includes extras, you’ll need to download them directly to your computer before June 13, 2022 in order to save them.

- For EA games, you can download content directly from ea.com if you have not downloaded them before June 13, 2022.

The following games are affected, among others:

- Anthem
- Dragon Age: Origins
- Dragon Age II
- Dragon Age: Inquisition
- Jade Empire Special Edition
- Mass Effect 2
- Mass Effect 3
- Mass Effect Andromeda

Starting on June 13, 2022, game extras won’t be accessible from Origin or the EA app.

For non-EA games, you can download the content directly to your computer before June 13, 2022. After June 13, 2022, contact us for help.

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Postby **Dragaros** » June 3rd, 2022, 9:20 pm

Postby **Dragaros** » June 3rd, 2022, 9:20 pm

Postby **Vol** » June 4th, 2022, 12:23 am

Dragaros wrote:Solas, the Dread Wolf. Some say he might be an ancient elven god, but some say not. Others say a betrayer of his people…or a savior who now seeks to rescue them at the cost of your world. His motives are inscrutable and his methods sometimes questionable, earning him a reputation as something of a trickster deity—a player of dark and dangerous games.

Wait, he is or he isn't? I thought the (base) game made it explicitly clear he was.

Otherwise, bit surprised it isn't call DA: Tevinter or something. Maybe they're not going that route, since those guys have nothing to do with the current state of elves.

Postby **Mazder** » June 4th, 2022, 3:28 am

Dragaros wrote:

I choose to take that literally.
So;
Mass Effect: Mass Extinction (for the dark energy theory)
Mass Effect: Migrant Expansion
Mass Effect: Mission: Exploration
Mass Effect: Mission: Exodus
Mass Effect: Mission: Extraction

Also in semi-related: I am currently reading the Andromeda book we got instead of the Quarian Ark DLC. I am about half way through and so far it's MEH.

Postby **Vol** » June 4th, 2022, 11:09 pm

Mass Effect: Mommy EDI
Mass Effect: Mass Effect
Mass Effect: Masseuses' Eccentric
Mass Effect: Mammaries Enveloping

(Yours are probably more closer)

So it's better than the first ME:A book? Meh is better than bleeeeh.

Postby **Mazder** » June 6th, 2022, 3:31 am

Vol wrote:Mass Effect: Mommy EDI
Mass Effect: Mass Effect
Mass Effect: Masseuses' Eccentric
Mass Effect: Mammaries Enveloping

(Yours are probably more closer)

So it's better than the first ME:A book? Meh is better than bleeeeh.

Mass Effect: Masser Effecter!

Well I am halfway in and the only really interesting stuff has been the insight into Blink society.
Everything else has been kinda by the numbers. It's okay, not bad, just...kinda dull.
And there is A LOT of Elcor talking.

Postby **Mazder** » June 10th, 2022, 6:39 am

Okay so I have read Mass Effect Andromeda: Annihilation.

I will be spoilering the whole thing.

► Show Spoiler

Okay so first thoughts are;
The characters are good. The female Batarian and the female Drell make a great duo, both on the same side of the law but both with differing views. One an investigator, the other a pirate queen. The have great banter and by the end of it I believe they have a blossoming friendship and even a potential for romance. It's vague but the implication is there.
The Elcor physician who loved Hamlet so much he named himself Yorrik was fun, a staunch fan of Shakespeare until the very end, even dying on "good night sweet prince".
The Volus tailor was kinda annoying and ultimately didn't do too much for the story, most she did was give the Drell a suit near the beginning of the story and then kinda faded into the background. I think she died, I can't remember, lol.
The Hanar were stupidly religious as always, furthering the plague due to their "Day of Extinguishment" religious tenets. They ultimately get implied to be the scapegoat at the end but seeing as that plot point is not resolved we don't know who actually gets the blame in the public eye if/when the Kelah Si'Yah reaches the Nexus.

Now if anyone has read up on what the book is about, or knows that this was either a prelude to the Quarian Ark DLC we never got or the DLC rewritten, then you know it's basically a plague mystery and the ultimate perpetrators were a pair of Quarians who were trying to make it so the minor races were on top in Andromeda. And their plan goes bad because the Quarian guy fucks up his coding, letting the virus be in slightly warmer conditions and has about 150-300 years to mutate in various races, leading to this massive pandemic.
Oh and Quarians have microtears in their suits because they wore them in cryo.
So basically even in the best case scenario after this book all the Quarians will need new suits.

On the one hand the story is okay, knowing the synopsis beforehand kinda spoiled me for it but for the most part it plays out how you expect it to for a mystery, everything revealed at the end, an investigator following the path, good characters.
Even with my emetophobia I could read it well enough when everyone starts puking.
I am not sure how I feel abut the end, especially if this was to be a DLC for MEA. I imagine that the events of the book would be a prelude and the actual DLC would be you finding the Qaurian Ark, finding them still frozen, finding evidence of the virus due to SAM being able to help, piecing together the events and then finding a cure for everyone.

Oh and the ending is a Quarian distributing the cure via retrovirus while walking through the ship nude all Cersei's shame walk in Game of Thrones, singing a Quarian lullaby, only to end her journey in the Volus section choking to death on ammonia.

So the only time we'd see a Quarian out of their suit in-game would be the villain, and she'd die.
Man they keep doing Quarian's dirty.

Postby **Dragaros** » June 10th, 2022, 3:20 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A1PSiPSs_k

"It’s official: Dragon Age is coming to Netflix. Dragon Age: Absolution - a six episode Netflix animated series - debuts December 2022.

About Dragon Age: Absolution:

- Set in Tevinter, an empire within the Dragon Age universe

- Created in collaboration with BioWare, creators of the Dragon Age video game franchise (winner of over 130+ Game of the Year awards)

- Features an ensemble of new characters inspired by, and authentic to, Dragon Age lore; including elves, mages, knights, Qunari, Red Templars, demons, and other special surprises

Created by show-runner Mairghread Scott. Produced by Red Dog Culture House. Cast not yet revealed."

Postby **Dragaros** » June 26th, 2022, 11:03 pm

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https://www.vg247.com/amazon-is-handing ... -prime-day

"Amazon’s Prime Day is coming up, where it offers a bunch of deals specifically for its subscribing members. On the games side of things, that includes a few freebies. And this year the lineup is pretty good, as Prime members can get a copy of Mass Effect Legendary Edition and some Star Wars games for the low, low price of free. In an Amazon blog, the company reveals some of the games arriving as freebies for Prime Day. Mass Effect Legendary Edition is a big one, as that’s all three Mass Effect games and their single-player DLC, packing the whole trilogy into one launcher."

Postby **Dragaros** » June 26th, 2022, 11:04 pm

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Dragon Age II: Ultimate Edition is £6.24 (75% off)
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Postby **Dragaros** » June 26th, 2022, 11:04 pm

Postby **Dragaros** » June 26th, 2022, 11:04 pm

"Biotic Dashes for Biotic Shepards" (BDBS) does exactly what the name implies, by giving Adept, Vanguard and Sentinel characters the ability to perform a Biotic Dash -- the same one used by the Asari characters in Multiplayer!"

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Postby **Dragaros** » June 26th, 2022, 11:05 pm

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Postby **Dragaros** » June 26th, 2022, 11:05 pm

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Postby **Mazder** » June 27th, 2022, 2:22 pm

That Mordin Statue is already out of stock

Postby **Vol** » June 28th, 2022, 12:22 am

I would be furious if I paid full price for the statue.

That said, if it didn't immediately sold out, I would've bought 11.5 of them, so maybe I'm the real modern major general.

Postby **Mazder** » June 28th, 2022, 5:35 pm

Vol wrote:I would be furious if I paid full price for the statue.

That said, if it didn't immediately sold out, I would've bought 11.5 of them, so maybe I'm the real modern major general.

Okay, I've been wanting to write this for ages and I have no idea if anyone has actually tried so...fuck it, here I go;

I am the very model of a scientist Salarian,
I've studied species Turian, Asari and Batarian,
I'm quite good at genetics as a subset of biology,
Because I am an expert, which I know is a tautology.

I'm very well acquainted too, with science done
Within battle,
Leading mercs into a trap that would baffle and Space cattle,
With Neural Shock, and Cryo Blast, Incenerate is useful too,
Learnt all the ways to cut you down and fix you up in Medic School.

Learnt all the ways to cut you down and fix you up in Medic School.
Learnt all the ways to cut you down and fix you up in Medic School.
Learnt all the ways to cut you down and fix you up in Medic School.

I'm very good at integral and differential calculus,
I know the scientific names of beings animalculous,
My xenoscience studies range from Urban to Agrarian,
I am the very Model of a scientist Salarian.

His xenoscience studies range from Urban to Agrarian,
He is the very Model of a scientist Salarian.

I know Galactic History, The Protheans, The Rachni War,
My recollection of events will leave you with jaws on the floor,
I quote in Khellish all of the times the Council seems to make no sense,
And all the times SpecTRes cover up their illegal incidents.

I've heard Opera, in Aria, penned for Omega's Pirate Queen,
Sung by an Elcor, a more perplexing sight that you have ever seen,
Then I can hum a fugue of which I've heard the music's
Din afore
And whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense
Pinafore

And whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense
Pinafore
And whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense
Pinafore
And whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense
Pinafore

Then I can write Genetic code into Vorchiaic Cuneiform,
And tell you ev'ry detai of of Captain Kirrahe's uniform
My xenoscience studies range from Urban to Agrarian,
I am the very Model of a scientist Salarian.

His xenoscience studies range from Urban to Agrarian,
He is the very Model of a scientist Salarian.

In fact, when I know why a Krogan would like to wear my skin,
When I can tell at sight a Widow Rifle from a Javelin,
When such regrets like the Genophage weigh upon my mind a lot
And I know exactly how to survive if I'm on Aratoht

When I have learnt what progress has been made in
Modern Surgery
When I know more of viruses than all of Human History
In short, Unless you've been through the best Sur'kesh Academies
You're nothing more than a Neanderthal compared to me.

You're nothing more than a Neanderthal compared to me.
You're nothing more than a Neanderthal compared to me.
You're nothing more than a Neanderthal compared to me.

For my scientific knowledge, it is given, is the best of me,
And even if I won't make it until halfway through the century
My xenoscience studies range from Urban to Agrarian,
I am the very Model of a scientist Salarian.

His xenoscience studies range from Urban to Agrarian,
He is the very Model of a scientist Salarian.

EDIT: OH FOR FUCK'S SAKE!!!
I found one after all the work writing it and there HAS been one...and it's...better....
Source

► Show Spoiler

Postby **Vol** » June 28th, 2022, 10:19 pm

Well done. You have more of a claim to parody of a parody of a parody, being a proud Englishmen, ole' chap.

Postby **Dragaros** » July 1st, 2022, 9:51 pm

Postby **Dragaros** » July 1st, 2022, 9:53 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juO8IfZzMSA

[[ "Some snippets of insight and guesses from Mark Darrah in his recent Old Game Dev Advice Summer Game Fest 2022 opening live event co-stream video:

[prior to the show beginning] “I think the chance of us getting Dragon Age: Dreadwolf news is basically zero because it doesn’t make sense to me that you would announce the name so close to the event if you were gonna show something. I think there’s probably a 5% chance that we get BioWare news, but it probably won’t be Dreadwolf news if that happens. But, you know, 5% chance. And if it is something it would be, either, they finally managed to decide to do a Dragon Age remaster or something to do with SW:TOR or for some reason EA has decided they need to talk about Mass Effect. Hopefully not that third thing because it’s a loooot early to be talking about Mass Effect. But if we get something that would be my guess. But I honestly think we’re not gonna get BioWare news. So maybe we’ll all be surprised.” [nb this event has obviously now passed]

[answering various questions and comments from the sidechat] “I don’t mind ‘Dreadwolf’ - question about what do I think, what would I have called Dragon Age. I mean we were starting naming discussions before I left. I think Dreadwolf was on the list, it’s, there’s nothing wrong with it as a name. I think that the franchise should definitely put 'Dragon Age 2’ in the past and stick to subtitles. At one point I was actually pushing for calling it 'Dragon Age’ with no subtitle. I got talked out of that. I think probably that was the right call. But I think, yeah, Dreadwolf is fine. You want something that’s short and say-able, so things like 'Minrathous Nights’, it just gets too cumbersome and long, it becomes awkward. I do think there is something to be said for a made up word. ‘Skyrim’, or ‘Dreadwolf’, or that sort of thing, because it lets you dominate the search. Whereas if you are 'Inquisition’ or 'Oblivion’ or those sorts of things, you can kinda get lost in the Googles, at least at certain points in your campaign.”

“My bet is that we’ll see Dreadwolf at the The Game Awards [this is in December]. That was actually my assumption before they announced the name, now it’s even, now I’m even more confident in that.”

“Yeah I mean, you have a wolf and a dragon in the name, that’s a bit confusing, that’s fair”.

“I don’t have a problem with the font. I think that we’ll probably see some refinement on the word form before it launches. Yeah, we’ll see.”

“I don’t know if the Spider With Hands is gonna be in Dreadwolf or not. I mean, I would be, I would hope they wouldn’t just toss away an asset they have.”

"I mean because there’s more Tevinter stuff in Dreadwolf, I imagine that they’re gonna be able to turn the magic level up quite a bit, which lets them do a lot more experimentation with creature design.”

“Definitely I feel like the Dragon Age team has heard the, 'please stop making us kill wolves, it’s making us sad’, so I don’t know/think there’s gonna be a lot of just, animals, as enemy factions in Dreadwolf. Except spiders.“

“I feel like the BioWare games have always been undermarketed. I remember when Mass 1 was coming out, that was around the first Assassin’s Creed. We were going out to dinner with Microsoft I think and I could see a television over someone’s shoulder and in the time we were at dinner I think I saw fifteen Assassin’s Creed TV ads and Mass Effect got zero. So I do think there’s always been, BioWare’s always been undermarketed, not just by EA but just in general, I think there has been a tendency to undermarket BioWare games. I think Cyberpunk put the money behind the game and it showed, from a marketing perspective.”

“I mean the writing team tends to shy away from going back to followers, especially ones that have a lot of quantum. Anyone that was a romance option inherently has a fair bit of quantum. They do re-occur, you’ve got Varric twice and you’ve got Isabela twice, like, you get people coming back, but Dragon Age tends to shy away from that just because it just puts a lot of extra work that nobody sees, because you just see what matches your quantum state, and all the other work is basically a waste. Quantum just means that there are a lot of different potential states for the character.”

“Everyone in Dragon Age 2 except for Varric and Aveline is very quantum.”

“Dragon Age 4 was marketed in 2018 because EA needed something - well, two reasons. One, EA wanted something at the The Game Awards and didn’t have anything else and two, by putting it there you also made it way less likely that the game was gonna get cancelled. So. There was some politics on both sides of that one.”

“I don’t think Obsidian would be the right partner for a Dragon Age remake even though, you know, they have a long track record. But I do think that, you know, someone that would be willing to spend the money, would probably do a better job than EA, who would [inaudible] remake”.

“Yes the progression in Inquisition multiplayer was bad unfortunately. I’ve been fighting for co-op campaign, campaign co-op in Dragon Age for a while. In Inquisition it was a huge fight with EA because they just didn’t understand why anyone would do it because they were all competitive sports game players and on Dragon Age 4, it was, one of the problems was getting the writers on board. But there was also the whole - we’ll get to it when we talk about Anthem [in an upcoming vid] - but there was the whole 'everything should be a live service’ stuff going on within EA at the same time as well. I do think campaign co-op, if you commit, could be amazing.”

“I suspect that multiplayer will be purged completely from Dragon Age 4. That’s my guess.”

“The next Mass Effect is really early [in production] so.”

“[quoting someone] ‘Mass 5 isn’t releasing next year according to Jeff Grubb’. No. No it’s not.”

"Yeah, I think he [Jeff] may be right about Dragon Age 4 next year. I think they’re probably aiming for Christmas next year.”

“There’s a reasonable chance that Starfield doesn’t come out in the same year as Dragon Age 4.”

“I don’t think there’s an EA day. I don’t think so. I think EA’s plans is to spread their stuff across the year, I think they realized that too much stuff was being pushed out, they didn’t have enough to show, so they’re not doing, so EA Play isn’t happening this year and they’re just gonna show things as it comes out. So I expect to get BioWare at The Game Awards. Probably just Dragon Age. Probably nothing for Mass Effect this year. That would be my guess.”

“Pretty sure they’ll be at The Game Awards. Pretty sure that Dreadwolf will be at The Game Awards because, that would fit, that would make sense with announce the name now in June, six months to get a trailer together, get some gameplay together and show. If they are on track for next Fall, like, November next year, that would also make sense. I mean, they could delay and wait for next summer, which would be more in line with the shorter marketing cycles that games have been moving towards. But I think because it got announced already in 2018, you kinda don’t get to play that game, you kind of have to show early because you’ve already started. Yeah, I mean, the devs care about DA Day. The problem with DA Day versus N7 day, you’ll get something on N7 Day but it probably won’t be anything related to Mass 5, because it’s just too early. You might get something else. The problem with DA Day is it’s too close to The Game Awards, they’re usually only a few days apart, so you either need two assets or it’s, it’s too bad, if The Game Awards were actually a little bit earlier, you’d be able to piggyback them a little bit better.”

“The Game Awards are usually early December, but usually the 8th or 9th as opposed to the 4th. Yeah, that sort’ve thing, the short stories, for DA Day, is more what I would expect to get just because it’s a more community-focused thing, maybe, I mean that would also be a place for something else if, you know, if they’re gonna have a TV show or a new novel or something that would be the place to announce it as well probably. There was a bunch of TV announcements at Summer Game Fest, so maybe do that at The Game Awards as well.” ]]

Postby **Dragaros** » July 1st, 2022, 10:06 pm

Mazder wrote:Okay, I've been wanting to write this for ages and I have no idea if anyone has actually tried so...fuck it, here I go;

Postby **Dragaros** » July 2nd, 2022, 6:08 pm

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/new ... d-bioware/

https://gamerant.com/guardians-of-the-g ... r-bioware/

"BioWare has hired the writer behind Eidos Montreal’s Deus Ex and Guardians of the Galaxy games. Mary DeMarle spent more than a decade at Eidos Montreal building the Deux Ex universe fans know today. DeMarle was in charge of the narrative and writing in all recent Deus Ex titles, including Mankind Divided, Human Revolution, and mobile spin-offs Deus Ex: Go and Deus Ex: The Fall. She also created the story and led the writing team for 2021’s Guardians of the Galaxy, which won the Game Award for Best Narrative."

"DeMarle confirmed her hiring to BioWare with a post on LinkedIn shared on Friday. DeMarle shared a short message with her followers, announcing that she's "happy to share" that she's joined BioWare in the role of Senior Narrative Director. Her LinkedIn confirms that DeMarle left Eidos Montreal at the start of July, so she's only freshly begun with BioWare and understandably has no further information to share about what's coming next. The transition to BioWare comes after a very impressive run of eight-and-a-half years at Eidos Montreal. Guardians of the Galaxy may stand out as DeMarle's major accomplishment given her role on the project, but she also served as a narrative designer and lead writer on Deus Ex: Human Revolution followed by a promotion to executive narrative director for Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. Even before her work at Eidos Montreal, DeMarle wrote for Myst 3, Myst 4, and Homeworld 3."

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The Geth before ME3: Does this unit have a soul?
The Geth after ME3: We never asked for this...
:lol:

Postby **magnuskn** » July 2nd, 2022, 6:57 pm

<Shepard enters a bar, finds a Geth who is getting electroshocked voluntarily as a sort of drug abuse to escape the existencial dread of being alone in the universe.> :mrgreen:

Postby **Dragaros** » July 8th, 2022, 10:12 pm

magnuskn wrote:<Shepard enters a bar, finds a Geth who is getting electroshocked voluntarily as a sort of drug abuse to escape the existencial dread of being alone in the universe.>

“Shepard-Commander, how do fully self-aware, sapient organics cope with the difficulties and traumas of life?”
“Driving large and expensive vehicles at dangerous velocities is a great way to relieve stress. Blowing things up with big guns also helps, I find. I watch a lot of Blasto movies, do some reading, took up swimming and gardening. Rigorous jogs along Rannoch’s northern steppes helps clear the mind in my experience. Oh, having a quarian girlfriend is a huuuuuuuge plus, believe you me! Can’t recommend it enough!"

Postby **Dragaros** » July 8th, 2022, 10:12 pm

https://www.reddit.com/r/masseffect/com ... y_july_12/

[[ Drew Karpyshyn AMA on Tuesday, July 12 NEWS
Hey, there. I'm Drew Karpyshyn, lead writer on the first two Mass Effect games and author of the Mass Effect novels Revelation, Ascension, and Retribution. (But ONLY those ME novels... just sayin'.)
I'm doing an AMA this Tuesday over at r/fantasy, so I figured I'd let y'all know in case you wanted to swing by and chat about Mass Effect... or whatever else you want!
My plan is to get the AMA rolling around 10am Central Time. Just remember - it's Ask Me Anything, not I Answer Anything. ]]