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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Liberator on June 24, 2004, 12:48:46 am

Title: New RPG in the works
Post by: Liberator on June 24, 2004, 12:48:46 am

And The Works is exactly what it sounds like, more like The Kitchen Sink!

Bioware has begun to separate itself from D&D and as such has created some of it's own IP to work from.  One of their projects is Jade Empire, an Oriental themed RPG that looks okay.  

The project I want to highlight is Bioware's other more hush-hush project Dragon Age.  They are hailing as the "spiritual successor" to their other games KOTOR, NWN and BG1,2, and their expansions.

There are various articles around and it has already won several awards from it's late alpha(maybe early beta) demo at E3.

Here's the Official Page (http://www.bioware.com/games/dragon_age/).

4 things stood out at me as I was reading the Vault article.

1. We get full parties again.  No more of this half assed henchman crap.

2. Bioware has hired a PHd level linguist to develop languages so there is actual meaning behind it when character uses a different language.

Here's the cool part:

3.  All the characters have been/will be MoCaped.

4.  Character models will have up to 2,000,000 polies!

All in all Dragon Age looks to shaping up to become the HL2 of the RPG world.

Title: New RPG in the works
Post by: Grey Wolf on June 26, 2004, 05:46:06 pm

Rather nice program, from what I've seen. There were a few pretty good previews out about E3 time.

Title: New RPG in the works
Post by: TrashMan on June 27, 2004, 05:11:49 am

Wow...I'm impressed....
Especialy the big battle screenshot...there's got to be at least a 1000 fighters there
And hte models look so detailed...you're gonna need a hell of a machine to run that

Title: New RPG in the works
Post by: 01010 on June 27, 2004, 07:07:03 am

Bioware turned me into an RPG hungry mother****er.

I will burn them, burn them into ashes for what they have done. I'm all official geek now. I play computerised D&D.

::sobs::

Title: New RPG in the works
Post by: TrashMan on June 27, 2004, 08:29:48 am

WEll...I just spent several minutes posting in their forums...Later I'm gonna spend hours...
Gotta burry those DEVs with suggestions.

Title: New RPG in the works
Post by: Fury on June 27, 2004, 08:35:57 am

Ever since I discovered Jade Empire is x-box only title (consoles :ick: ) I searched for other titles and found Dragon Age, also being developed by Bioware. And it seems to be so much better than Jade Empire. :)

Can't wait.

Title: New RPG in the works
Post by: Gloriano on June 27, 2004, 08:38:35 am

damn Dragon empire looks awesome


OT: btw Jade Empire is only for XBOX

Title: New RPG in the works
Post by: Taristin on June 27, 2004, 08:41:51 am

Interesting.

Title: New RPG in the works
Post by: Grey Wolf on June 27, 2004, 12:00:22 pm

That reminds me, I haven't spent much time in the Bioware Forums since HotU came out....