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Dragon Age Details Arrive Wednesday

by Chris Faylor, Jul 07, 2008 7:46am PDT

Related Topics – Dragon Age: Origins, Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers, Blur, PC

Dragon Age, developer BioWare's long-awaited return to the realm of hardcore RPGs, will be unveiled this Wednesday, July 9, according to a new teaser site.

The game's classes and rules are said to resemble those of a Dungeons & Dragons effort, such as BioWare's Baldur's Gate series, with the title sporting a real-time conversation system similar to that of the studio's recent sci-fi RPG Mass Effect.

Little else is known of the game, which was announced for the PC way back in 2004 and is currently slated for release between January and March of 2009.

Thanks to Green Lantern and Kentor for the heads up.

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I hope it's more like the 2nd Ed ruleset as opposed to the 3rd edition. It took me a while to figure out why I never liked the combat in any other DnD title since Infinity engine games. I hate wasting skill points in worthless talents in game. What's the point of putting points in crafting useless items when you can pick up trivial stuff off of a kobold in a dungeon. Some of the skills are just flat out worthless as well. You dump points into it only to find out that pretty much every monster resists it.

Nees to get back to most fun and less simulation.

Jul 07, 2008 7:07pm PDT

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I hope it's more like the 2nd Ed ruleset as opposed to the 3rd edition. It took me a while to figure out ... : Pettytheft
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- Crafting was useful in both NWN games... could make better equipment than you could find on monsters. : w0lf
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  It is not based on DnD at ALL, so no luck for you guys. : Fredericichard
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    While it probably doesn't have the same d20 base of D&D, I am sure lots of the contest is based on typica... : w0lf
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      What contest? The game is specificly being designed away from the limitations and stereotypes of D&D. ... : Fredericichard
      
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      content... Its called DRAGON age... a Fantasy world based on a world that has dragons and you think ... : w0lf
      
      "The game's classes and rules are said to resemble those of a Dungeons & Dragons effort" from above... : w0lf

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Dragons and Bioware. How could this not rock?

Jul 07, 2008 7:59am PDT

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Dragons and Bioware. How could this not rock? : guyver-za
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I teach one of the programmers of this game at a summer camp.

I keep on trying to pry him for information, but he always tells me: "If I tell you...I'll have to kill you."

It's awesome. :D

Jul 07, 2008 6:58pm PDT

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  One of the kids of the programmers. : Rice-Rocketeer
  - lol that's more like it : ReiMomo

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While this was announced in 2004, things have changed, large (PC gaming) companies cant get away wtihout releasing their games on multiple platforms (ie: PC and Consoles). Bioware's past two games KOTOR and Mass Effect felt they were primarily designed for the consoles, which only re-assures that Dragon Age will most likely come out on console as well (but not necessarily before the PC, could be simultaneous release).

So with that being said, how will this affect Dragon Age? If they truly want to make it a sucessor to Buldar's Gate, then they should do a PC release first, then do a completly different console version, much like with what they did with Buldar's Gate (dark alliance for the ps2 i think?).

Jul 07, 2008 9:32am PDT

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NEWS FLASH: WE WILL HAVE NEWS FLASH TWO DAYS LATER AFTER THIS CURRENT NEWS FLASH ABOUT THE UPCOMING NEWS FLASH

Jul 07, 2008 10:55am PDT

NEWS FLASH: WE WILL HAVE NEWS FLASH TWO DAYS LATER AFTER THIS CURRENT NEWS FLASH ABOUT THE UPCOMING NEWS ... : spiderfill

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i'm getting a little tired of this teaser shit. show me the goods!

Jul 07, 2008 7:57am PDT

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i'm getting a little tired of this teaser shit. show me the goods! : captain hampton
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- A huge RPG coming in about 6 months? It has to be almost finished so I'd expect lots of details. : Geoffrois

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The worst thing about teasing is the lack of enough games in production to keep a constant stream of interesting teases for these game dry patches..

Jul 07, 2008 8:41am PDT

The worst thing about teasing is the lack of enough games in production to keep a constant stream of inte... : ZaldronGG

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oh wow i forgot about this

Jul 07, 2008 8:40am PDT

oh wow i forgot about this : feek

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I see that developers are taking cues from Blizzard and Josh Abrams these days, cockteases one and all.

Jul 07, 2008 8:15am PDT

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I see that developers are taking cues from Blizzard and Josh Abrams these days, cockteases one and all. : lightly inclined
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- JJ Abrams I mean...damn it. : lightly inclined

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