Dragon Age

Published 22 July, 2008

BioWare RPG at E3.

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  • vx-chemical #1 4 years ago

    That looks like sweet old school RPG.

  • orakio #2 4 years ago

    I have high expectations for this... Don't let me down, Bioware!

  • Thamuhacha #3 4 years ago

    It even looks like BD2!!!

    Happyhappyjoyjoy

  • space_ace #4 4 years ago

    ok this lot is a far better promo than the trailer imo.

  • Killdare #5 4 years ago

    Return to Baldur's Gate? I certainly hope so. This looks lovely.

  • koji_m #6 4 years ago

    NWN in a new skin?

    doesn't matter tho cause I loved NWN

    good old aurora

  • Tomnd #7 4 years ago

    first screen shots..since the ones in PC gamer last year you mean.

  • mkreku #8 4 years ago

    I don't understand the screenshots. Is it third person view when you're walking around in the world and top-down when in combat..?

  • koji_m #9 4 years ago

    @ mkreku
    "I don't understand the screenshots. Is it third person view when you're walking around in the world and top-down when in combat..?"


    that 3rd person view you are talking about is probably a zoomed in version of that top-down view

    as in, the ability to zoom in and out from top down to behind your character/party

  • Inigo #10 4 years ago

    The images that IGN had where terrible, but these are much improved. I really like the idea of being in above view for combat and a then a more third-person over the shoulder for walking around.

    I'm starting to get excited again :)

  • hoster #11 4 years ago

    "good old aurora"

    So is Aurora the engine used for KotOR and Mass Effect? does this mean it;'s going to have the textures load in a few seconds after the geometry? :P

  • UncleLou #12 4 years ago

    So is Aurora the engine used for KotOR and Mass Effect? does this mean it;'s going to have the textures load in a few seconds after the geometry? :P


    Mass Effect uses the Unreal Engine.

    What's a bit bitter is that The Witcher, which uses the old Aurora engine (albeit enhanced) looks significantly better than DA. But then it also had some art direction, which DA seems to lack.

    Still, the interface and isometric view look promising.

  • karstux #13 4 years ago

    It looks lovely, I really like the art direction and "vibes" of these shots. Really better than the trailer.

    Too bad they're not going with a fixed-angle camera though. I thought camera management was a bit of a pain in NWN 1+2. A fixed camera is better for the designers and playability, see: Infinity Engine games, Diablo, Titan Quest...

  • sirtacos #14 4 years ago

    Well it definitely looks miles better than the previous screenshots!

    And the (one and only) over-the-shoulder perspective screenshot makes me excited. I'm not one for the isometric perspective, really. Give me a third-person camera any time.

  • UncleLou #15 4 years ago

    Too bad they're not going with a fixed-angle camera though. I thought camera management was a bit of a pain in NWN 1+2. A fixed camera is better for the designers and playability, see: Infinity Engine games, Diablo, Titan Quest...


    I could not possibly agree more.

  • pauleyc #16 4 years ago

    The in-game screens look a bit bland although they are much better than the disappointingly mediocre cinematic trailer from a few days ago.

    edit: Camera management in The Witcher is a pain, thankfully the rest of the game more than makes up for it.
    Edited by 1 at 16/07/08 @ 10:41

  • UncleLou #17 4 years ago

    Got to say I found camera managament in NWN2 (even after the patches) much more problematic than in The Witcher. I played The Witcher with the over-the-shoulder cam though, and NWN2 more from an isometric perspective.

  • ZuluHero #18 4 years ago

    although some people rave about the witcher's art direction i was very dissappointed with its genericness-er-ness (:P) to say the least.

    At least bioware know how to give a solid gameplay experience, which cdprojekt could learn from with their click, clickety, click click click combat...

  • pauleyc #19 4 years ago

    I use the isometric view, it's the constant movement that irritates me the most. Also, the automatic rotation is much slower than holding for instance the middle mouse button and rotating manually. And since I'm already complaining, no vsync option in-game is a serious omission (easily fixed by nHancer, thankfully) and I won't even mention the voice acting! Still, an excellent game. Sorry for the small rant. ;-)

    So, Dragon Age...hopefully better than just "meh".

  • Snidesworth #20 4 years ago

    I'm with space ace here. The trailer was utterly uninspiring, but these screens do alot to restore my confidence.

  • Azazel #21 4 years ago

    BG2 had a brilliant isometric system going, why the fuck would you break it in the name of 3D?

    The more I think about it the more I realise that Blizzard actually have the spot on right idea with Diablo 3.

  • TitusCrow #22 4 years ago

    wee! *high fives all old school BG fans* the future for this type of game just got a bit brighter :)

  • Turambar #23 4 years ago

    *hopes for engine optimisations*

    I have a fairly high-end pc and NWN2 still runs like a dog.

  • UncleLou #24 4 years ago

    "I have a fairly high-end pc and NWN2 still runs like a dog."

    I've found that the numerous patches have improved the performance significantly, but I'd agree that it's still far from ideal, esepcially for what's on show - not that NWN2 looks bad, but it's not exactly Crysis, either.

  • Wyrm #25 4 years ago

    The sight of those rings round the characters feet and the little gold icons made me happy :D

  • Sar #26 4 years ago

    These group combat shots definitely have a strong flavour of old-skool Faerun about em.

    Oh for a proper BG3 (and no, I don't count BG as a trilogy - ToB was an expansion to SoA, not a sequel thank you very much Bioware!).

    But this is definitely looking better as time goes on.