You know what's funny? Said magazine, GameStar, wrote on the "next issue" page that they're going to - world exclusively - reveal the biggest sequel of the year. Granted, they did not state which year, but if you'd say they meant 2010... Everything is wrong now. ^_^

You talking about the next issue? Maybe they're revealing TESV. :ahhh:

Limiting the player to character of one race (human) is idiotic, as it goes against the entire design philosophy of the first game.

This is my first and last time posting on this thread, to just get this out of my system: Limiting the player to character of one race (human) is idiotic, as it goes against the entire design philosophy of the first game. Still being a relatively new IP, it's hard to tell what Bioware was ever going for. However, it looks like they're settling on making DA a Mass Effect clone. I wouldn't be surprised if they make the combat live hack n' slash.

If this game is supposed to be telling the most important story in the DA universe, why is it being told through a videogame and not a book? If the story's so important, and the character is so central to the mythology of the world, how much freedom can the player really have?

That's my 5 cents. I can't imagine I'll be picking this one up, but I could always be surprised.

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btw. that girl behind Hawke is Bethany.

http://www.somethingawful.com/d/video-game-article/dragon-age-reaction.php ^_^

I still find it funny how people are already hating this game when little info has been out.

Oh, and, the combat will be the same as Origin's, at least on the PC. Good enough for me.

Of all the things people are complaining about, I think they're missing the big one. A sibling companion? Really Bioware? That's one less person that I can have six with romance option. And that's just blasphemy. :meh:

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In addition to leading a team of 5 other writers and (currently) four editors, Dave [Gaider] still finds time to put pen to...er...toolset.

He's a bit of a dynamo, as are the whole team. They have been running on afterburners for some time now, and have been doing a hell of a job.Be kind to them, they're kicking ass for you!

As to the question about whether characters are voiced, yes, quite a few are, but recording is always an on-going process. We're working with the same folks who cast, directed and recorded for DA:O, working in both LA and London simultaneously. As you might expect, the characters are coming to life as a result. There's no finer moment than hearing someone make the leap from the automatically generated "robo" VO to a full actor voicing them. It's night and day, if only because we don't have to hear awkward mispronunciations like "Os-TAY-ger" or "Darkspun."
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I'm sure there will be some samples, details and such later on, yes. For now, I will simply assure you that they're sounding really good. Casting the main character is always tricky, we have to make them strong, likeable, cool, smooth, sixy, demure, sly and demanding all at different times over the course of the game (largely based on player choice, of course), so you need to find actors with a lot of range.

If this game is supposed to be telling the most important story in the DA universe, why is it being told through a videogame and not a book?

Good thing it's been confirmed you can romance your right hand

Um...what?

I mean, it seems to me as though the fiction here needs to be pretty tight if Bioware is so heavily invested in it's telling. Telling this story in a video game is going to illegitimize alot of people's playthroughs since there's most likely going to be a single "canon" Hawke (i.e. he's probably not going to be a Blood Mage...).

I just think it would be easier to tell this singular tale in a book as opposed to something interactive like a videogame.

Read the description again. We will see the story of Hawke through the eyes of the character, whereas the myth around Hawke is already defined and independent from the narration in the game. Playing DA2 you will develop your real Hawke.
Everything else will likely build upon the myth if directly referred to and not dependant on a savegame, whereas the players in later games might see the real Hawke shine through somewhere.

By being Hawke, and only human, I can't become a racist elf anymore. Gone are the times I could spit into the human king's face and yell, "I BOW TO NO HUMAN LORD" when he greets me with respect :sadvaultboy:

By being Hawke, and only human, I can't become a racist elf anymore. Gone are the times I could spit into the human king's face and yell, "I BOW TO NO HUMAN LORD" when he greets me with respect :sadvaultboy:

By being Hawke, and only human, I can't become a racist elf anymore. Gone are the times I could spit into the human king's face and yell, "I BOW TO NO HUMAN LORD" when he greets me with respect :sadvaultboy:

Read the description again. We will see the story of Hawke through the eyes of the character, whereas the myth around Hawke is already defined and independent from the narration in the game. Playing DA2 you will develop your real Hawke.
Everything else will likely build upon the myth if directly referred to and not dependant on a savegame, whereas the players in later games might see the real Hawke shine through somewhere.

If he's not important, why must his/her name be Hawke?