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Dragon Age: Origins coming to consoles News

PC Xbox 360 PlayStation 3 News by Robert Purchese

18 August, 2008

BioWare has told Eurogamer that Dragon Age: Origins will definitely be heading to consoles, following a bit of confusion about the whole thing.

"Yes. Dragon Age: Origins will be coming to consoles in the near future, yes," Dan Tudge, director and executive producer for the game, told Eurogamer.

Tudge hinted that console versions of Origins will arrive in late 2009, after the PC release - which BioWare is confident will be early next year.

When pushed on dates and details, a BioWare PR stepped in to say "plans for consoles haven't been finalised yet".

Dragon Age will also definitely be a series, as you may have guessed.

"'Dragon Age: Origins' really represents three real key elements," said Tudge. "One is obviously the origins stories. The other is the return to BioWare's roots. And the other one is the origins of the franchise, of the series.

"We've built the universe from the ground-up to be something we can base a lot of entertainment product in, and Dragon Age: Origins is really just the beginning."

Dragon Age: Origins is a dark fantasy role-playing game self-described as a spiritual successor to Baldur's Gate.

Head over to our E3 impressions of Dragon Age: Origins to find out more.

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OnlyMe
18/08/08 @ 11:22
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In before the "oh noes, dumbing down confirmed!".
Pike
18/08/08 @ 11:37
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Oh no! Dumbing down confirmed!
Coughthulu
18/08/08 @ 11:46
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Oh doh! Numbing clown deferred!

I for one welcome our new Dragon Age overlords, and hope the conversion's good, cause I didn't want to have to beef the PC up. :)
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18/08/08 @ 11:46
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Quint2020
18/08/08 @ 11:51
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One less reason to upgrade my flagging PC, now if only they'd put Diablo III on to consoles as well.
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18/08/08 @ 11:51
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Of fucking course it is, never doubted that you would fuck this game up for a second....
Razorus
18/08/08 @ 12:02
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So is "Origins" a prequel to regular Dragon Age or did they add the subtitle when I wasn't looking?
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18/08/08 @ 12:03
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They announced the new name at E3. Apparently the 'Origins' will make sense when you start playing the game.

But again having announced this for consoles as well I am quite concerned to the level of tactical gameplay this will allow. Even just seeing those screens of the camera being behind the shoulder of the main guy was enough to make me concerned.
mkreku
18/08/08 @ 12:24
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Oh great. Now we can look forward to "one button combat" in this game too. I mean, a console gamer wouldn't want to have to use TWO buttons in the same game! It might cause stress!
OnlyMe
18/08/08 @ 12:25
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The name somehow tells me that this will be an "how it all began" affair.
JediMasterMalik
18/08/08 @ 12:31
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I don't think they'll fuck the game up or dumb it down. They will for consoles of course, but the PC version will be the definitive one, and hopefully will remain as good as it could be for PC.
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18/08/08 @ 12:39
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Game is using UE3 so this was expected.
It will run great on PC...
Orange
18/08/08 @ 12:44
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The trailer, UI and gameplay footage have me worried, this is even worse news. Seems very bland and simplistic. I had such high hopes but looks like it could take a giant shit on the Baldur's Gate legacy.
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18/08/08 @ 12:47
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I don't know, this might be good news. If we assume for a moment that it will be a decent port to the 360, and people on the 360 will like it, it could mean a bit of a return of the more tactical stuff to PCs and consoles, as opposed to only the more action-based stuff like Mass Effect (as good as it is).
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18/08/08 @ 12:54
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Well, we all knew that it would be coming for consoles at some point in time, but I had expected it would be more of an afterthought than it appears to be.

This probably means that they have been taking what's possible to do with a controller only into consideration when designing what is supposed to be an old-school PC sort of game.

I'm hoping to God that it won't be, but I'm fully expecting generic, simplified console hybrid-RPG-trash now. Calling it a spiritual successor to Baldur's Gate sets expectations very high and very specific - good luck with that!
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18/08/08 @ 13:35
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I don't see this as dumbing down. If it were a simultaneous release then maybe, but if the PC is getting it first, it's clearly being designed for the PC. The subsequent months before console release can then be used to remove all the stats and add a HUGE interface.
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18/08/08 @ 13:36
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Unclelou: The biggest problem is the designers and any potential user testing they may do. I think they'll want to keep the mechanics simplified, maybe even removing direct control of your party putting you in control of only one guy.
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18/08/08 @ 14:04
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"One less reason to upgrade my flagging PC, now if only they'd put Diablo III on to consoles as well."

Amen to that! This is great news. The PC snobs can moan all they want...this game is going to be great.
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18/08/08 @ 14:55
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I really don't see anything that makes me think they'll remove features that have already added in order to "dumb down" the game for consoles. Especially not control of multiple characters (not if they want us to consider it any sort of successor to Baldur's Gate).

As for simplifying the mechanics; they are already simple, you have 4 characters with a quick slot bar per character. How hard would that be to replicate with a console controller (where your quick slot bar becomes a radial menu)?
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Mr_Dodger
18/08/08 @ 15:20
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Will be getting the PC version for the toolset anyway.
Ryuken
18/08/08 @ 20:33
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Aye, the toolset looks just as deep as the NWN one, I can't imagine someone trudging through that with a meager game pad. NWN pretty much got most of its appeal because of all the free fan modules (gonna be funny to see these not show up on Xbox Live knowing MS's stance on mods), too bad DA:O isn't going to provide multiplayer.

"Game is using UE3 so this was expected."

Nope, it's using Bio's own Eclipse engine, DA:O does use some of the same facial animation/dialogue techniques of Mass Effect but without the dumbed down "only express your feeling instead of making some more intelligent choices when choosing a reply"-kind of dialogue.
hiddenranbir
18/08/08 @ 21:01
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Woo Generic Age franchise!
dryden555
19/08/08 @ 12:43
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The gameplay movie is interesting though. It appears like in KOTOR one can pause the game and make combat decisions.
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