Just out of curiousity, is the isometric view in Origins available for console players? I don't want to play like that, but just for my nostalgic memories of Baldur's Gate, I really want to see it.

No, I believe it only zoomed out so far, but always staying third-person

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be3kKQCWi5o with some PC gameplay showing it.


Ah, yes. Hurray for that...

Why don't consoles have that, exactly? I think I might have actually used it. but now they're scrapping the PC's ability to do it, as well? Why take away options that are already very easily possible to implement?

$$$

How much money could zooming out be related to?

How much money could zooming out be related to?

if i recall correctly, the xbox was actually a port since this game was designed for the PC making it have some gameplay mess ups like the graphics for one. now, they want to focus on the console and the PC at the same time but with identical gameplay.

Hey folks,

Victor managed to hunt me down, and I wanted to clear up a few things with regards to what I'm seeing as the two major concerns on this thread.

First off, let's talk about the toolset issue. Obviously in this community there's going to be some concern that we wouldn't release a toolset, so let me clear the air a little: The tools we're using to make Dragon Age 2 are very, very close to the tools you guys have used to make your mods for DA:O. They're not identical, as we've made a few in-house improvements, but they're almost identical. As such, there isn't a new toolset to release, per se.

While we won't be releasing a toolset update in tandem with Dragon Age 2, we ARE investigating what it would take to update the community toolset to match ours, along with providing DA2 content in the future.

As to the subject of tactical view, I can confirm that we will not be doing a tactical view on consoles, though we are looking into some expanded party control that I think will make console players quite happy.

On the PC, however, we are still working with the camera to keep the key elements of the tactical experience there. I was actually playtesting some new camera code when Victor found me, in fact, so I can give you the latest news on that front.

While we likely won't pull as far up as we did in DA:O, I have always felt that the key to tactical play was actually freeing your camera from the character you're controlling to issue precise orders, which is what we're tuning now. So, this means you can still maneuver the camera around the battlefield and issue orders from a remote location, just as you could in Origins.

As you can probably tell from my phrasing, all of this is a bit in-flux right now, so things may change between now and ship, but I wanted to update you guys on the current direction of things.

Mike..

Okay BioWare, you saved your ass for now.

Really, guys? Really? REALLY?!? You're going to believe that BS? Keep in mind that that was the most vague "we're looking into it" style reply ever. They'll be looking into until they game is released and they've sold millions of copies. Ugh. Anyway, that's a whole another rant that I don't care to talk about right now.

What I want to talk about is EA. Yes, EA. Stop [censored] blaming them for all of Bioware's failures and shortcomings. Sure they're the "big bad publisher" and are probably responsible for a lot of failures, but not everything can be blamed on them- I'd go as far as to say that most things cannot be blamed on them. And remember, without their money, all those fancy graphics and voice overs you love wouldn't exist. I'm not defending anyone, I'm just saying that you shouldn't automatically deflect all blame from your favourite developer onto the publisher.

Anyway, I've been playing Baldur's Gate as of late (see what I did there?) and have come to the conclusion that Dragon Age is indeed the spiritual successor to it. In fact, it succeeds it far too well. I see now that the filler combat I've been complaining about was present since Bioware's humble beginnings. Now I'm not too far into it, so I shouldn't judge the storyline or characters just yet. Suffice it to say the game really reminds me of DAO.

Looks like they'e not getting rid of iso view for PC's entirely, just changing it around a bit. Still...at least the claim they're looking to update the toolset gives me a slight bit of hope...

Compare quality before and after EA got them, look at what EA dose, DAO was pre EA, awakening and DA2 after. I will blame EA, because its strange how after EA joins quality drops.
EA is bad, and just greedy, trying to get money anyway possible.

Hey guys, quick question, I've heard a lot that the PC version has an isometric camera view. Would anyone on the PC care to share with me a screenshot of what that looks like? In combat and just running around? Because if it's "too" isometric that may be a problem for me and my disliking of isometric games.

Kinda like this. http://www.landofwhimsy.com/funbag/dragonage-1.jpg

Isometric view is completely optional though, and you can do everything from "Kotor view" if you want to.

Ouch. Thank god it's optional. Thanks for the link.

Ouch. Thank god it's optional. Thanks for the link.

Edit: For the record, my not liking isometric games is no different than someone not liking to play first person games. I just can't stand the camera angle. Believe me, I know that this has made me miss 99% of the best RPGs out there, but it can't be helped.

Compare quality before and after EA got them, look at what EA dose, DAO was pre EA, awakening and DA2 after. I will blame EA, because its strange how after EA joins quality drops.
EA is bad, and just greedy, trying to get money anyway possible.

Ouch. Thank god it's optional. Thanks for the link.

Edit: For the record, my not liking isometric games is no different than someone not liking to play first person games. I just can't stand the camera angle. Believe me, I know that this has made me miss 99% of the best RPGs out there, but it can't be helped.

Ouch. Thank god it's optional. Thanks for the link.

Edit: For the record, my not liking isometric games is no different than someone not liking to play first person games. I just can't stand the camera angle. Believe me, I know that this has made me miss 99% of the best RPGs out there, but it can't be helped.