While I have no doubt that EA and BioWare are working on Dragon Age 3, could the game's plot and other details have been outed prematurely by BioWare's own survey?
According to a post on BioWare's social forums (via NeoGAF), the studio has been sending random users survey on what they'd like to see in the upcoming sequel to BioWare's medieval RPG franchise.
So, without further ado, let's get down to the nitty-gritty.
Plot:
A portal between the worlds unleashes hords of demons in the land, civil wars rip apart nations and the corruption is limitless. Someone is behind the shadows, drawing the threads which destroy the world. Time has come for the Inquisition.
Take the Inquisitor's cloak and lead the only force able of bringing light into the darkness. Choose the direct method and gather your armies, send spies into the shadows or engage in a political war, make friends and use your connections indirectly: it is up to you how you lead the inquisition. But you'll have to take lead of it from the beginning. Make your player a rogue, warrior or mage and set up your crew from up to ten (!) complex companions to lead them against those who attack you by systematically spying on, revealing and destroying them.
Keep in mind that the plot details and a few gameplay-related ones were derived from German and the user tried his best to translate it.
Also, a few things I remembered from the questions (the ones about what possible elements of DA3 you would prefer):
– online/coop modus (really Bioware? Because that worked so well with ME3? :/ )
– special finishing moves
– a lot of crucial decisions
– drama and suspense
– player-controlled day/night modus
– better party management
– 4 companions at a time
to make this clear, it wasn't outright saying that those things were in the game, it was just hinting at it.
In addition to those meaty details, the survey also showed concept art for a few characters and asked the people who participated what they thought of 'em.
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Lastly, the survey is supposedly asking takers to grade the game's possible subtitles. You can read the choices below.
Now, keep in mind that these are all rumors until confirmed by EA or BioWare — though chances are, that won't happen. Come to think of it, I'm quite curious as to why the survey results and whatnot are still on BioWare's forums after all this time. Perhaps BioWare is now poring throughout the internet to see what gamers want and don't want?
Which Dragon Age game did you like best? If these leaks are true, are you optimistic with what you've seen now or is this another mixed reaction like what Dragon Age 2 was?
Now that I think about it, seeing as they're still asking for customer feedback, does this mean Dragon Age 3 is set for next-gen consoles or is it still slated for current-gen platforms?
