For all you Dragon Age fans here, have you viewed this take based on recently released DA4 information?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsHkG-Y-kZsAs a huge fan of that franchise, I would be very interested in the thoughts of other fellow DA diehards.
Dragon Age Origins is my favorite game of all time. But I think fans are just grasping at straws at the moment (or gathering clicks/views). Bioware has released nothing but some concept art . . . which could mean anything or nothing . . . I find it silly to read too much information into it. DA 4 is still at least 2 years away. I'd rather spend my time playing other games and I'll get excited about DA4 closer to the release.
Have you even seen the video? Or any of the multiple similar videos including a great series of them from Jackdaw? There is way more than just concept art. There are in-game shots and other materials. There is also plenty of commentary from the game's developers and additional bits from subsequent social media posts.
Anyway, perhaps I should word my question differently. As someone who is very excited about DA4, I would be interested in the thoughts of any others who are similarly excited about DA4.
I'll be very interested in how DA4 continues the storylines, as I do quite like the world-building, and enjoyed how the DAI story played out.
It's unfortunate that EA forced Bioware to use the Frostbite engine from DA2 onward; it was obviously more capable of building interesting environments, but it derived from shooter heritage, and has somewhat moved the DA series away from its RPG heritage as a result; not to mention the complete loss of user-content tools that resulted.
My personal preference is that companies don't keep trying to stuff SP and MP into the same package; I feel that the modes often compromise each other, and would much prefer more focused games. It didn't necessarily work out too well at Bethesda ( FO4/FO76 ), but I will be interested to see how well CDPR manages their SP and MP Cyberpunk titles.
In general, I think I'll always cut Bioware some slack, because they have produced some of the games I have most enjoyed; I'm also glad to hear that Mass Effect isn't completely dead, as I actually enjoyed ME:A once I finally played it, well after the launch prolems. The only recent game of theirs I haven't bothered with is Anthem, because it really isn't a SP game or an RPG in any way. They probably could have made an interesting Bioware-DNA game from the World-IP ( or even a Bethesda-Style open-world SP game ), but they chose to make a MP-shooter, which is just not my thing.
