“The lesson was: get back to what you do well.”
Right, let’s get all the negative stuff out the way first.
Now we’ve got all those negatives out of the way, on to the positive.
The combat looks like a blast.
The character creator is vast.
There are dialogue wheels and skill trees and waves of “we hear you” responses to fan requests.
Deep breath now though, and into the specifics.
No worries about that," Busche joked, somewhat pointedly.
It’s not a massive departure.
When everything is dark, nothing really feels dark.
For this one, we really wanted to build that contrast again."
Into combat then, which in the simplest of terms looks brilliant.
Abilities themselves meanwhile can chain together, Busche said, with some apparently elaborate results.
As for the game’s seven companions, those include the fan favourite Scout Harding and new Neve Gallus.
The returning Varric, meanwhile, is more of a special case.
“Varric is a major character,” Epler says.
“Part of the franchise sinceDragon Age 2, Varric obviously has a history with Solas.
Well, they may end up romancing each other.
Still, Epler says BioWare has learned lessons there.
BioWare has always been built around single-player RPGs.
It was simply an uninterrupted hour of one big, grand, thoroughly triple-A video game.
