Comments on: Dragon Age 3 on its Way?

By: kennygk

kennygk — Fri, 20 May 2011 22:25:22 +0000

I’m from edmonton so its cool to know that their making the next dragon age game right in my backyard

By: Pedro

Pedro — Fri, 20 May 2011 21:12:26 +0000

Imo opinion of all those games Dragon Age is closest to being a “true RPG” than any other.

If you think about the real deal paper and dice RPG it shares more elements with DA:O because it takes a lot of strategy, placing and you actually have hit chance, damage value and that sort of stuff. (Basically, if you’re playing as a warrior you will get hit no matter what, because of turns)

The other games are action RPG games. The best way to look at it is in both you have active block and dodge, meaning: if you’re skilled enough you can get by without taking any damage at all.

By: premiersoupir

premiersoupir — Fri, 20 May 2011 21:01:28 +0000

Why don’t you think that DA:O is a true RPG? Or what constitutes a true RPG?

By: Oly

Oly — Fri, 20 May 2011 20:52:04 +0000

I never really considered Dragon Age a true RPG..
Two Worlds 2, Oblivion.. those are RPGs

By: Pedro

Pedro — Fri, 20 May 2011 19:22:45 +0000

I’ve read something interesting about how RPGs are changing and how it reflects on Dragon Age 2. Nowadays many games have some kind of RPG elements, even FPS games or something that and that’s a trend.

However, true RPGs are less and less common each day, failing to succeed commercially.

I agree with it to some extent, I do think hardcore RPG is a niche, that might be to small when compared to amount of work and money necessary to develop a extremely well polished experience.