Dragon age sex

With about a year to go until Dragon Age: Inquisition, Bioware is clearly determined not to make the same mistakes as they did with Dragon Age II. In fact, they are on a fact-finding mission to determine why people liked Dragon Age to begin with.

Jessica Merizan, Bioware’s Community manager, sent out a tweet looking for feedback:

 

The link will take you to a survey about Community Gameplay Styles and Preferences. These include questions about platform ownership and use, as well as preferred party compositions. It seems rather unbalanced as a survey. After asking players to rate the level of importance of elements such as puzzle solving, relationships and romance, storyline, combat and creature design, the entire second half of the survey is about combat. What tactics did you use in previous games, how did you customize the AI, etc.

That said, at least they are showing a commitment to getting things right this time. I like that they’re looking at party combinations and what aspects people enjoyed the most. So go complete the survey like good little monkeys – we have to do our part to ensure that we get the games that we want.

Last Updated: October 17, 2013

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was reviewed on PC

46 Comments

  1. Umar ZoMg Reiner

    October 17, 2013 at 09:17

    Combat that requires REAL intelligence and more strategy options would be wonderful. DA 1 had such brilliant combat

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    • Rock789

      October 17, 2013 at 09:31

      Agreed! In DA:O, and especially the final boss / dragon, you couldn’t just wade into battle – you had to take stock of the situation and use your team accordingly.

      DAII was pretty much ‘point-and-slash’… Never felt challenging. Enjoyable to a degree… But not challenging.

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      • Umar ZoMg Reiner

        October 17, 2013 at 09:37

        Gaad dayum DAT final boss….splitting your team effectively was imperative to your success…Multi-tasking like a boss and you felt great having finally killed it…Not to mention freaking Gaxkang , my god!

        I agree DA 2 felt very dumbed down………..

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      • NecroRince

        October 17, 2013 at 10:04

        Totally. You had to you know, THINK. Would seem these days people are terrified of that!

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        • Eric

          October 17, 2013 at 11:38

          And the bitch left the party right before the end! Made it so much harder

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          • NecroRince

            October 17, 2013 at 11:42

            Ohhhh k?

          • SargonTheGreatPandaOfAkkad

            October 17, 2013 at 12:08

            He is saying that a ton of players relied heavily on Morrigan in their party in their first (and probably many subsequent) playthrough. However, right at the end of DA: O(before the final battle) she leaves. Now there is a pretty large gap in your otherwise AWESOME dream team. Which only a Mabari Hound could fill. Awh. Hound. EAT DRAGON! Anyway. The battle was a lot tougher for it.

            Can you say PLOT TACTICAL TWIST.

            Edit: Add EXPLOSIONS.

          • NecroRince

            October 17, 2013 at 12:25

            Ahh, I get it. Sorry, busy day. I finished it with her, decided to give her what she wanted. I mean, let her deal with the damn kid!

          • NecroRince

            October 17, 2013 at 12:25

            Ahh 🙂 You can keep her you know!

          • Eric

            October 17, 2013 at 12:46

            I just wanted her for her magic!

      • Weerwolf

        October 17, 2013 at 12:30

        Agree that DA:O had better combat, but DA2’s cobat “fealt” better. Like hitting something actually felt like driving your blade into it.

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  2. Hammersteyn

    October 17, 2013 at 09:21

    That’s easy, look at DA2 and do the opposite.

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    • Admiral Chief Ninja

      October 17, 2013 at 09:27

      Well, never have played DAO kinda went well for me for DA2 (since no basis for comparison)

      Although the CoD caves (copypaste) was quite annoying

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      • Umar ZoMg Reiner

        October 17, 2013 at 09:28

        Have you played it since completing DA 2?

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        • Admiral Chief Ninja

          October 17, 2013 at 09:29

          Nope, although I’d like to, I’ve just got so bloody many games to get through

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          • Umar ZoMg Reiner

            October 17, 2013 at 09:30

            Yeah I know the feel, you will see the huge difference. DA 1 has much more depth

      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        October 17, 2013 at 09:59

        The two things that stuck out to me were that damn cave (so bad), and the fact that every time a new chapter rolled around & you returned to the city, at night you’d find 3 gangs again in exactly the same place as before – just with different names. Almost like those respawning checkpoints in Far Cry 2.

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        • Admiral Chief Ninja

          October 17, 2013 at 10:01

          The FC2 respawns were just really, really terrible

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    • Bob the Zealot

      October 17, 2013 at 09:28

      I’ve recently started playing DA2 just to fill the gap. I went in knowing it wasn’t as good as DA:O but I don’t think it’s as terrible as everyone always makes it out to be. Could it be better, yes but then we can say that about many games. I would have liked more freedom and less linearity. It’s not a bad game but its not an epic game either.

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      • Admiral Chief Ninja

        October 17, 2013 at 09:29

        Agreed

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      • Umar ZoMg Reiner

        October 17, 2013 at 09:30

        Yup not a bad game at all, but in comparison it’s horrible lol

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      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        October 17, 2013 at 09:37

        Yay! Another one.

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      • Hammersteyn

        October 17, 2013 at 09:51

        I just found it bored me to tears.

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    • Weerwolf

      October 17, 2013 at 12:31

      Aside from the copy+paste environments, I still struggle to understand the deep seeded hatred for DA2

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  3. Bob the Zealot

    October 17, 2013 at 09:24

    Not a bad survey actually. It will be interesting to see what they do with the info they get (if anything).

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  4. Admiral Chief Ninja

    October 17, 2013 at 09:27

    Awesome. Survey done and done!

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  5. Rock789

    October 17, 2013 at 09:38

    Survey complete. Character level up! “Make-it-more-like-DA:O” ability unlocked.

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  6. Alien Emperor Trevor

    October 17, 2013 at 09:39

    Can I be cynical & ask if the only reason they’re asking this, so far into development, is because they’re running behind & want to cut back on a few items?

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    • Bob the Zealot

      October 17, 2013 at 09:42

      Let’s hope not. Maybe, just maybe, they want to make a game that will rekindle the epicness that was once Bioware and give the fans a game worthy of their expectations.

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    • SargonTheGreatPandaOfAkkad

      October 17, 2013 at 12:11

      Hahahaha. You have no faith.

      They are just researching what DLC packages to put together.

      “What? We didn’t give you multiple classes in the original DA3? Well.. here is a DLC package.”

      “What? Want an origin story? Sure. Buy this DLC package.”

      “Hey.. want to craft your own potions? Guess what? Yep! DLC baby!”

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      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        October 17, 2013 at 12:41

        Good old EA.

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  7. John's digital rights

    October 17, 2013 at 09:41

    Zoe, I am curious to know as to where you are finding these animated sex pictures.

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    • Her Highness the Hipster

      October 17, 2013 at 09:51

      raiding Darryn’s collection 😛

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      • John's digital rights

        October 17, 2013 at 09:53

        Haha. Should’ve known!

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      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        October 17, 2013 at 09:54

        That sounds dangerous. Hope you used the intern.

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        • John's digital rights

          October 17, 2013 at 09:57

          And rubber gloves

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          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            October 17, 2013 at 10:01

            I’d imagine that would be disconcerting. “Intern! Come here, I have a job for you.” *pull on rubber glove…SNAP*

          • John's digital rights

            October 17, 2013 at 10:02

            Hahaha.

      • Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew

        October 17, 2013 at 10:09

        You are brave. Very very brave

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  8. Kensei Seraph

    October 17, 2013 at 09:43

    I’d be interested in seeing the final results of the surveys, but I doubt they’ll release that info.

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  9. oVg

    October 17, 2013 at 09:43

    Feedback, BUY THE WITCHER 3. sorted.

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    • Admiral Chief Ninja

      October 17, 2013 at 10:00

      WINNER

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    • Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew

      October 17, 2013 at 10:08

      Hahahahaha

      Reply

  10. SaintsRowNigri

    October 17, 2013 at 10:53

    Feedback? Leather bras. It always amazes me in fantasy games people can raise the dead, craft armour from the very pillars of hell and summon demons from seven dimensions over but the average “something lacy” still eludes them.

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  11. ToshZA

    October 17, 2013 at 13:12

    Am I the only one who didn’t enjoy either of the DA games? Which in turn means I couldn’t give 2 hoots about this one.

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  12. Aussious

    October 17, 2013 at 15:26

    That’s why I love Bioware so much, they are one of the few devs that listen to their audience.

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