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Unstop

They are keeping their lips sealed to product against copy cats like Blizzard. Good move.

Unstop

@Ashurahori:
Because after 4/5/6 years of working on the same project and you think its good? Of course you are excited.

wassermelone

@TearsandScreams: Agreed.

Witzbold

I say take all the time you want. Baldur's Gate was/is incredible and I would happily wait as long as it takes to make a game worthy of being it's spiritual successor. It might even convince me to upgrade my PC to a game worthy state (although the suggestion of it not being exclusive might mean I don't have to).

TearsandScreams

'Spiritual successor to the Baldur's Gate series' is enough to get me excited even if I have to wait several years

Icharius

@Zarian: 100X Gruuuuaaaghhh *brain melting*

The_nub_next_door

In some of the early interviews about the game, the BioWare folks said it would be much more adult in content than Baldur's Gate and that it was strongly influenced by George R. R. Martin...to which I can only say, bring it on!

Johnny_Clueless

Too bad it didn't come out this year. It would have been a hella year for PC RPGS with Witcher SE, a probable NWN2 expansion, Mass Effect, and this. Oh well, something to play next year instead.

Karlott

Pff. Have faith you heathens. This is Bioware, not 3DRealms or Silicon Knights.

ImmortalZ

Considering a lot of you are complaining about knowing nothing about this game yet, "before April 2009" is actually pretty soon - I'm "extremely excited" already! (although assuming it to be Baldur's Gate III is putting a lot of pressure on it). And you can be pretty sure that Bioware, and especially EA now, will not let this release with little to no fanfare.

Herc

@Mara:
Which is fair, considering DA has been in development for less than half the time.

Demaar

We've heard more about Duke Nukem Forever than Dragon Age.

Mara

Bioware: "Hey. Uhh .. yeah. We have this dragon thing on PC. Or something. I don't really know. OH BY THE WAY DID WE MENTION MASS EFFECT 2 COMING ON XBOX 360 OMG IT'S GOING TO BLOW YOUR BRAIN INTO PIECES."

Thanks for the vote of confidence. Please let Dragon Age dribble out into the marketplace with as little fanfare as possible and then blame poor sales on the death of PC gaming.

sgthalka

I'm really looking forward to this game. "Before April 2009", well...that's only 13 months I guess. I still play Baldur's Gate II the whole way through at least once a year, so the succussor to that (spiritual or otherwise) is eagerly anticipated.

BattleBee

Let them take all the time they need. Mass effect was great but deal feel rushed in some places, most likely the fact that it was being made for the 360.

Dragon age, as a PC RPG, I would expect it to be nice and polished. Don't disappoint us Biowre, I know you guys can make this 100X better then Baldur's Gate.

Zarian

Great expectations are an understatement. Every seasoned PC gamer that played Baldurs, Torment and Fallout is waiting for this. Considering the comments how much time has been invested in the intricate storylines, plots, politics and character interactions I'm willing to bet it will even surpass Torment.

My personal hype meter says 12 on a scale of 10 :)

bakakensai

This should be the Spirtual Successor to Baldur's Gate II. I have great expectations for this game.

Krackatoa

The title of the game 'dragon age' is really about what is says e.g. the age of dragons. IF you follow what the Biowarians developers say on the Bioware DA forums, it really is clear that DA will take place in what is to bew known as (or is known as) the Age of Dragons.

It is also clear that this age might just be starting and that the dragons in the DA game are nowhere near the dragons seen in say your typical D&D game. In fact, David Gaider, has said once or twice on the Bioware DA forums that the DA has spent several years of making up & establishing the lore & history in the
DA universe.

Bioware announced it in 2004 to make sure their PC fan had not been forgotten by Bioware. Normally, info on initial game development is released 18-24 months before the game is slated for release, not 4½-5½ years before.

Personally, I don't mind that DA probably will be ported the PS3 and the Xbox 360. I think it is a good thing that Bioware's games reach as many gamers as possible...

thurauh1

Spiritual succesor of Baldur's Gate is realy all thats need to be said. My most anticipated game since well... baldurs Gate II!

The_nub_next_door

EA wil whip then so it will be released .. for PC, Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii.

Oh and it will play like EA LotR games ...

Drakron

@Edge of Blade:

About as epic as Dungeon Hero...

Seriously, for shame Bioware! The only way to justify that title is if we get to play as DRAGONS!

Byakko

Dragon Age. Wow. Sounds like a REAL ground breaking title.

Edge of Blade

@Stormrider: Bioware's employees regularly post information on the game on their forums. You don't know anything about the game because you don't want to know anything about the game.

kuraitenshikun

@Stormrider: Baldur's Gate II.

Deviation59

@Inglix: Why? I mean, I love Bioware and all but we know nothing about this game.

Stormrider

Well, at least Dragon Age won't be a rushed mess like Mass Effect was.

Deviation59

@Ashurahori: idk lets ask konami...*eyes the sex jokes in metal gear solid games* hmm possibly lol.

Raziel3333

This is still my most anticipated game.

Inglix

...why do all game developers say they're "excited" about their game releases? Does game developing make a guy horny, or something?

Ashurahori

did you just say....Gooder?

lol but yes it'd be nice to hear.

Raziel3333

One of my prayers have been graciously bestowed +2Truth

[kotaku.com]

Fyren

Jesus's second coming is also "soon"

How soon are we talking about? ...lol

NeoXY

As the "spiritual successor to Baldur's Gate" I'm still very interested in this game. Anyone who isn't just doesn't like CRPGs. ;)

Or they're casual. Those guys are a plague.

kuraitenshikun

and long arched bridges, the influence of the Dragon Age can be seen in the Giant Fuzzy Monster Age during which Shadow of the Colossus takes place.

t0yrobo

Sorry for the broken post, my router disconnected halfway through submitting.

Candlejack

@etho: and the rain... there was a lot of rain back then

comedy

I see how franchises work now. No wonder they're so popular. Mention "Duke Nukem Forever" and everybody is like "Man, that's so ten years ago". Mention "Dragon Age" and everybody is like "What?".

I'm guessing they should just tack on the Dungeons and Dragons title if they want to attract any interest at all now.

NeoStarr

@etho:

In case anyone's interested, the Dragon Age was notable for it's long straight highways and it's excessively buttressed towers.

etho

Hm....I recently mentioned Dragon Age completely disappearing in that article about Mass Effect 2 "blowing us away".

Coincidence, or are you spying on me, Internets? Are you?
I'll stick with coincidence for now.

Anyway, "before April 2009" doesn't exactly get my hopes up. Try again BioWare.

Candlejack

Hm....I recently mentioned Dragon Age completely dis

Candlejack

@ManjiKengo:

It was the geological age between Unicorn Age and Toothfairy Age.

etho

Yeah, I stopped caring. Not even close to extremely excited. This will be a pass.

jonathan

what the hell is dragon age?

Never heard of it.
Supposed to be an rpg in the sense of neverwinter nights?

ManjiKengo

Glad to see Duke Nukem Forever has a follower.

TKev

I'd be content with some actual screenshots of it.

belo