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Take a Tour of Dragon Age's Denerim

One of the many locations you'll role-play through in BioWare's latest.

Oct. 1 2009

Posted by: Brad

In This Episode:

Dragon Age: Origins

Denerim

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Edited By Aeterna

Give me it nooooooow!

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SICK ROCK MUSIC AT THE END I LOVE THESE TRAILERS.

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Cool a new LOTR RPG oh wait...............
(Just to clarify i love Dragon Age just every RPG reminds of Lord Of The Rings in one way or another)

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if you look up 'generic uninspired fantasy RPG'
 
this game will be cited as an example

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@Ivanetc said:
" if you look up 'generic uninspired fantasy RPG'  this game will be cited as an example "
There's a lot more to the game than you'd think. It's not just a standard fantasy RPG.
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I WANT to like this so bad, it's Bioware doing what Bioware can do really well...
 
Too bad EVERY SINGLE video they release looks just BAD to me
 
The only positive thing I've seen about this game is the fact that it seems to have somewhat of a coherent story.

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Edited By mustachioeugene

At the 33second mark.
 
I hate when people say 'whatnot', even when it might make sense in a time period setting such as this.

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+1 for not using their sex scenes in the trailer, -1 for that damned song at the end.

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Game looks great, graphics aren't amazing, but who cares. It looks like there's going to be a lot of guys on screen at a time. Also, the game already takes 20 Gigs of space, 
 
However, That music at the end makes me cringe every time. Nice Marketing there, EA. At least this trailer isn't "Look at all the blood and sex, kiddies!"
 
And people saying it looks generic: Bioware has said it's a spiritual successor to Baldur's Gate, so of course it's set in a Tolkien-esque fantasy world.

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Can't wait to get my paws on this!

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Edited By Kazona

That really didn't show me much at all. Kind of a pointless trailer if you ask me.

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What an ugly looking game

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Stop hyping the game with pointless trailers and release it already.

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This looks like a RPG from five years ago.
 
Someone at Bioware might want to take a peek at The Witcher and Oblivion.

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The more I watch the trailers the less excited I get about this game.  The animations are all stiff, no facial emotion at all, just blank stares everywhere.  There is nothing in here that makes me care about the game.  Guess Ill wait unitl the reviews hit before deciding...

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The voicework is just freakin awesome.
& seriously they should cut that song @ the end, it ruins the whole trailer.

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This looks like Gamecube, but I'll be checking it out, Bioware usually doesn't disappoint. 

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@PlasmaBeam44: 
 
well clearly! 

i mean you've played it so obviously......
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@FunExplosions said:

" SICK ROCK MUSIC AT THE END I LOVE THESE TRAILERS. "

I sincerely hope that was sarcasm..
 
On another note though, was that Michael Bell's voice?
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@Ivanetc: No I haven't but I have read a lot of previews. This game isn't just another generic ass RPG.
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The trailers are not doing their job. I haven't seen much in them to convince me, however I have faith in Bioware and I do not doubt for a second that they can make a game that is anything less than amazingly great (That Sonic RPG on DS excluded, but that cannot be compared to a game they have been working on for 5 years like DA:O)

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Needs more kick ass rock music

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I don't understand this game quite yet. It's all fantasy and medieval, then they randomly throw in what sounds like NIN. Is that how the music will be in the game or is this purely for advertising purposes? Hmm...

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I can deal with the not so great graphics if the game is fun enough to play.

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Bioware loves me.
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Edited By Hoshnasi

Who was the knight giving the speech to the people?  Please tell me you don't play as him, he looked and sounds kinda crappy.

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@darkjester74 said:

" The more I watch the trailers the less excited I get about this game.  The animations are all stiff, no facial emotion at all, just blank stares everywhere.  There is nothing in here that makes me care about the game. "

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Edited By Shabs

I was more likely to buy this before I saw any media about it.
 
All these trailers show is how bad the graphics look.
 
I still don't understand what the game is or how you'd play it.  Maybe that means I'm not their market.  (I'm just on a BioWare high after loving Mass Effect.)

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@Sharpfilly said:
" I don't understand this game quite yet. It's all fantasy and medieval, then they randomly throw in what sounds like NIN. Is that how the music will be in the game or is this purely for advertising purposes? Hmm... "
Its purely for advertising, and the song is a maralyn manson track they used in one of the trailers then decided to keep using again and again >_>
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Edited By Death_Unicorn
@dagas said:
" The trailers are not doing their job. I haven't seen much in them to convince me, however I have faith in Bioware and I do not doubt for a second that they can make a game that is anything less than amazingly great (That Sonic RPG on DS excluded, but that cannot be compared to a game they have been working on for 5 years like DA:O) "
Agreed.
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It's almost 2010 and still we have to deal with terrible lip-syncing?

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@Shuborno said:
" I was more likely to buy this before I saw any media about it.  All these trailers show is how bad the graphics look.  I still don't understand what the game is or how you'd play it.  Maybe that means I'm not their market.  (I'm just on a BioWare high after loving Mass Effect.) "
You said exactly what I've been feeling about this game too.  I'd like to see how the actual gameplay works, which I don't think has been shown in video form yet.  I am still hoping the finished game turns out to be good, even though I have to admit I am a bit worried about that now.
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Edited By Josef_Nastra

I like rock and metal but the industrial rock music they use in these trailers are crap and don't fit with a RPG.

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This game is going to be SOOO much better on PC!!!

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The lip syncing destroys this trailer.

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Wow, that city is the most uninspired location I have ever seen. And god, the facial animations. They're terrible. The guy yelling looks like he's whispering.

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if i have to listen to marilyn manson during the game or at the beginning when i turn this game on, i won't be playing it. that song is enough alone to call this one a pass.

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Why do all the characters look like they're straight from a 2003 game? The efforts put into all the voice-acting seems kinda wasted when the characters fail to even remotely convey any kind of emotion. I mean, look at them! Not to mention the awful lip-synching. Ugh.
 
All whining aside, I hope the game will be good.

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This game looks SOOO EPIC...

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This game has a "special" place in my heart for its unimpressive low quality trailers.
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@Tordah said:
" Why do all the characters look like they're straight from a 2003 game? The efforts put into all the voice-acting seems kinda wasted when the characters fail to even remotely convey any kind of emotion. I mean, look at them! Not to mention the awful lip-synching. Ugh. All whining aside, I hope the game will be good. "
Not just any 2003 game, but a *shitty* 2003 game.  Come on Bioware!  Make this game be good!
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@Hoshnasi:
That is Loghain. As far as the revealed NPCs go, that is not shown to be a controllable NPC.
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Oh sweet another Dragon Age trailer.

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German Marketing may also appeal more to some people. Here are some youtube links to view if you'd care to see more game-play/features of DA:O. Nothing ground-breaking... but I can promise at least no Marilyn Manson music.
 
  @DeviantJoker said:

The Germans had a few tutorials that I particularly enjoyed and featured some of the different things Dragon Age has in it. I definitely recommend checking out these 3 videos that a youtube username Kinthalis has posted, showing the German Tutorial's along with an English Translation.
 
Dragon Age: Tutorial #1 (Origin Stories) English-Sub
 
Dragon Age: Tutorial #2 (Combat and Tactics) English-Sub
 
Dragon Age: Tutorial #3 (The Journal) English-Sub
 
Dragon Age: Tutorial #4 No Sub "


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lip syncing was ok

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@GagnarTheUnruly said:
" @Tordah said:
" Why do all the characters look like they're straight from a 2003 game? The efforts put into all the voice-acting seems kinda wasted when the characters fail to even remotely convey any kind of emotion. I mean, look at them! Not to mention the awful lip-synching. Ugh. All whining aside, I hope the game will be good. "
Not just any 2003 game, but a *shitty* 2003 game.  Come on Bioware!  Make this game be good! "
I'm not one to put graphics over story, but all of you are right. What in the hell is up with these graphics.
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Edited By 88Fingers

Man, I need to cancel my pre-order.
This game looks like fuggly junk.
 
Graphics look like PS2ish.
 
no thanks.

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The song at the end is Marilyn Manson :D
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I like pie