Dragon Age Central

Quote: Posted 11/19/08 16:57 (GMT) by Tsuga C

Quote: Posted 11/19/08 16:45 (GMT) by Sylvius the Mad

Quote: Posted 11/19/08 06:19 (GMT) by Jose Ilitzky

I'm learning portuguese

If I might ask, why Portuguese?

Rio de Janeiro + Carnival + hot Brazillian chicks = incentive.

More the later than the former

Quote: Posted 11/19/08 23:55 (GMT) by Sheryl Chee

Because you're hoping she'll leak something about the game?

I thought it was because I have an Army of Purring Darkness at my beck and call. But you might be on to something there...

Quote: Posted 11/19/08 23:52 (GMT) by imported_beer

Quote: Posted 11/19/08 23:17 (GMT) by Mary Kirby

Also, it was published when I was six years old. .

Darn...why do I treat you so respectfully when you are YOUNGER than me.

Because you're hoping she'll leak something about the game?

Yep it is uv ajed in a way, isn't it.

Quote: Posted 11/19/08 17:28 (GMT) by imported_beer

Yes. Mary Kirby has written a guide on how to meet and impress men. I credit her with how I found the man of my dreams and got married.

/DISCLAIMER: There is a Mary Kirby's Guide to Meeting Men, but I am pretty sure OUR Mary Kirby didn't write it. I looked it up in the library much to my husband's chagrin, and it had no wit, no whimsy, no wisdom, no Zombie Kittens. Definately not OUR Ms. Kirby.

Also, it was published when I was six years old. So either that's not me, or I was one heck of a precocious child.

Quote: Posted 11/19/08 22:57 (GMT) by Sylvius the Mad

Doesn't Jennifer have a novel credit?

Jennifer worked on the Second Edition Shadowrun Sourcebook. And she's been a screenwriter.

You know, looking at the thread summary line from the root of the DA General Discussion forum, I read:

Give me Freedom, or give me -- imported_beer

I am cool with that.

We are currently focusing on the PC version of Dragon Age Origins. As shown here: http://dragonage.bioware.com/gameinfo.html the PC version is slated for Spring of 2009 with the console versions coming in the holiday season.

So for the time being, most of the information will focus on teh PC version. Any discussion for the console version will likely come later on. Stay tuned.

After seeing you guys ask, "Are they romanceable?" for every character who has so far been announced, hinted at, or even randomly name-dropped, including Shale and the dog, I am not even a little surprised that you would want to romance Cauthrien based on nothing but her name and four seconds of footage in a cutscene. That's volumes more than you've known about most of the characters you've done this to...

Quote: Posted 11/19/08 19:56 (GMT) by imported_beer

I was hoping to get her or Wynne hooked up with Duncan Will I get to play matchmaker?

Wow, has the shipping started already? Nifty. I'll have you know that I already have Wynne shipped with someone else so your ship is not canon.

Though I guess neither is mine...

(Edited to add a link to an explanation of "shipping", for the less dorky of us.)

Edited By Sheryl Chee on 11/19/08 20:22

Quote: Posted 11/19/08 18:52 (GMT) by imported_beer
300 years ago, Ferelden was taken over in some fashion? (Cailan was the first king to be born in a free ferelden in 300 years.)

Hmm... I'll have to get that fixed. It should read that he was the first king to be born in a free ferelden in 100 years, not 300. It was Cailan's great-grandfather King Darlan who lost the war against Orlais, causing (yes, you are correct) almost a century of Orlesian occupation.

Quote: Posted 11/18/08 12:31 (GMT) by OCSRPGamer
- Adding animations for a hit; Apart when knocked on their bums, enemies don't react when they're hit. 'Course, blood spatters, but they don't flinch or adjust their stances. It'll probably be hell to implement, but I'd be a lot more motivated to play a melee character if I could knock enemies off-balance with my fat mace. It doesn't even have to influence the dice, just nice animations.

We are doing some polish on the combat animations and this is one of the things that we are working on!

Quote: Posted 11/18/08 12:31 (GMT) by OCSRPGamer
- Aiming for body parts (e.g. Long Range combat). It'd be great if we could aim for specific body parts, e.g. legs for slowing enemies down, arms for decreasing attack value (or to get the ugly oger to drop your friend), head for extra damage etc. If there already exists a new rulebook for this game, put in more good stuff!

Hehe, I'm a fan of this as well. I wouldn't be surprised if you actually see it in the game

Quote: Posted 11/17/08 10:42 (GMT) by syrionus
...though I am curious on how the third person camera handles. I am wondering, does it allow for you to keep the camera locked to your back and then turn by holding the right mouse button and spinning the mouse itself? For example, in World of Warcraft, I can hold down my right mouse button and use my mouse to turn my character and of course the camera is locked to my back. If I want to see the front of me, I have to use the left click and turn the mouse.

This is supported although the specific mouse buttons that you mention vary from WoW to Dragon Age. The basics are the same.

Decided to translate for you guys... I'm learning portuguese so I might as well practice

"TEMA DE CAPA

DRAGON AGE: ORIGINS
A BGamer marcou presença na GC em Leipzig e na bagagem trouxe mais um grande exclusivo como tema de capa. Os nossos enviados especiais tiveram oportunidade de assistir a uma longa demonstração privada do jogo e revelam em detalhe tudo o que precisam de saber sobre o novo projecto da Bioware, criadores de KOTOR e Mass Effect. Dragon Age: Origins é um RPG que se assume como o sucessor espiritual de Baldur´s Gate e a expectativa é enorme."

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"COVER STORY

DRAGON AGE: ORIGINS
BGamer was present in the Leipzig Game Conference and brings you a great exclusive as our cover story. Our editors had the chance of assisting to a long private demonstration of the game and they reveal in detail everything that you need to know about Bioware's new project, makers of KOTOR and Mass Effect. Dragon Age: Origins is an RPG that is labeled as the spiritual successor to Baldur's Gate and the expectations are huge."

Hopefully I got it all right. As always, to get the full story, you'll have to get your hands on the magazine! Which might be tricky in this continent...

Quote: Posted 11/18/08 22:17 (GMT) by imported_beer

My three questions:

1. Will it be possible to play a morally upright person without being martyred in the end?

2. How many NPCs are there to choose from? We know Morrigan the mage and Wynne the spirit healer. What about the rest of them folks?

3. Is Shale in or out?

4. Is it possible to keep Rabbit alive through the epilogue?

5. What specialty classes are available to the fighter at higher levels? I can has stats?

Worst. Math. Skillz. EVAR.