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Former Dragon Age writer praises Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 as "beautiful," saying it's "kind of to JRPGs what Baldur's Gate 3 was to CRPGs"

BioWare veteran David Gaider is enjoying the new turn-based RPG

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Dragon Age creator says Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is 'kind of to JRPGs what Baldur's Gate 3 was to CRPGs'

David Gaider's among the spellbound for Sandfall's latest hit.

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One of the best RPG narratives ever told could have gotten a sequel from Dragon Age's creator if a single publisher had the good taste to throw money at it

Someone put me in charge of videogames. I'll sort this right out.

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'EA always preferred Mass Effect, straight up': Dragon Age creator reveals that his and Mass Effect's team 'didn't get along' at BioWare, as EA played favourites with its children

Two households, both alike in development (in fair BioWare, where we lay our scene).

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Former Dragon Age writer claims "EA always preferred Mass Effect" when he was at BioWare, and the RPG series "was always just shy of the axe since DA Origins"

"They never quite knew what to do with DA"

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Former Dragon Age developers are not happy with EA CEO's suggestion that The Veilguard should have live service features: 'I'd probably quit'

Live service isn't the answer to everything.

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Legendary Dragon Age writer looks to Baldur's Gate 3 devs while giving EA advice after The Veilguard: "Follow Larian's lead and double down on that"

"The audience is still there"

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BioWare veterans confirm they were laid off by EA, including senior Dragon Age and Mass Effect devs

EA refused to acknowledge layoffs in yesterday's announcement about BioWare's downsizing, but they're happening.

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Dragon Age lead writer shares the heartfelt process of creating Inquisition's Dorian, says his 'story is not MY story, but it's also not far off'

"It allowed me to SAY something. That felt good. It felt right."

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The best Dragon Age Origins character was nearly cut content before a writer’s pigeon trauma saved her: "The pigeons used the HVAC like some kind of sex den. Angry, ugly pigeon sex"

What did pigeons ever do to you?

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Dragon Age: Origins lead writer says Shale was saved partly by his real-life burning hatred for pigeon poop: 'I wrote like the angry, angry wind'

"I hated those pigeons SO SO MUCH".

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Dragon Age 2 lead writer says fan-favorite Fenris "probably deserved some re-examining," even if he "turned out better than he had any right to" following the RPG's tight turnaround

David Gaider says he "struggled, at first" to write Fenris

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Dragon Age creator admits "honouring previous game choices" is "a sucker's game" because "you will never be able to deliver divergent plot"

"It's a question of resources, and there's never enough to go around"

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Dragon Age: Inquisition was supposed to see your Origins character return for what would have been the most excruciating choice BioWare ever concocted

I don't know if I could have made the call.

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Dragon Age creator reveals that one of the RPG series' most iconic characters was originally cast thanks to a rendition of Baby Got Back

Morrigan likes big butts and she cannot lie

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Akon's 'Smack That' and Morrigan from Dragon Age: Origins have a shared history, according to her writer, who cast her off a 'beat poet rendition' of the song

Get on the floor. Gimmie some more.

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard was being imagined by BioWare's art director before Inquisition was even out, but this 10-year-old concept art makes it look like a very different RPG

The art director was quick to create ideas of what "cool things might come next"

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The messy queer representation of Dragon Age: Origins was commendable for 2009—and I even miss some of its thorns

The Antivan Crows and CIA have more in common than one might think.

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Dragon Age has a secret 'uber-plot' that BioWare still seems to be following, and it all builds up 'the final thing you could do in this world that would break it'

Rocks fall, everyone dies.

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Dragon Age: Origins writer says the RPG series has a secret "overarching plan," but won't reveal the "very last plot" in case BioWare actually makes it

The super secret document is still influencing the series, even in Dragon Age: The Veilguard

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard's Baldur's Gate 3-style romance has "limits," says series' former lead writer, but "if they unapologetically lean into it as BG3 did it should be fine"

You can romance all of Veilguard's companions

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Dragon Age co-creator David Gaider responds to The Veilguard getting Baldur's Gate 3 comparisons, says Larian's true impact on RPGs won't be felt for "a few more years"

The reason? Ballooning development cycles

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Former Dragon Age lead says the gameplay teaser is a "better introduction" to the RPG than the divisive reveal trailer: "I'm just eager to see where this goes"

The king himself speaks

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As Dragon Age: The Veilguard's bold new tone gets bashed by fans, the RPG's original co-creator explains trailers are always mismatched, "so that doesn't mean much"

Veilguard is seemingly ditching the bloodier, dark fantasy stylings of Origins

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Former Dragon Age lead thinks The Veilguard being more similar to Mass Effect was "inevitable," but it "likely means good things for gameplay"

We're seeing 15 minutes of gameplay next week

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