Comments on: Dragon Age: Bioware striving for same experience for PC and consoles http://www.vg247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/ This is the news Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:49:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Arubiano http://www.vg247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/comment-page-1/#comment-34861 Arubiano Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:02:43 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/#comment-34861 Developers dumb down games for the mass market. The easier it is to play, the more people can play it right? Developers dumb down games for the mass market. The easier it is to play, the more people can play it right?

]]> By: Smartypants http://www.vg247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/comment-page-1/#comment-34857 Smartypants Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:45:43 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/#comment-34857 :) I'm crossing every appendage I have just to make sure :)

I’m crossing every appendage I have just to make sure

]]> By: MesserWolf http://www.vg247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/comment-page-1/#comment-34853 MesserWolf Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:32:05 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/#comment-34853 as I said before .... *fingers crossed* :D as I said before …. *fingers crossed*

:D

]]> By: Smartypants http://www.vg247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/comment-page-1/#comment-34852 Smartypants Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:30:39 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/#comment-34852 Vampire and Torment are my two most favourite rpgs EVER :) What I meant was: the sales figures for the xbox version of Morrowind prove that there is no need to dumb PC rpgs down for consoles. Developers need to stop assuming that there is ANY need to dumb down for consoles in the first place. I really hope that DA won't be dumbed down, because Morrowind proves that console gamers ALSO like hardcore PC rpgs. Just make it as good as possible and then bring out a console version that's basically the same but with joypad controls. Vampire and Torment are my two most favourite rpgs EVER :)

What I meant was: the sales figures for the xbox version of Morrowind prove that there is no need to dumb PC rpgs down for consoles. Developers need to stop assuming that there is ANY need to dumb down for consoles in the first place.

I really hope that DA won’t be dumbed down, because Morrowind proves that console gamers ALSO like hardcore PC rpgs. Just make it as good as possible and then bring out a console version that’s basically the same but with joypad controls.

]]> By: MesserWolf http://www.vg247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/comment-page-1/#comment-34849 MesserWolf Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:19:12 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/#comment-34849 Smartypants this was meant to be the successor of BG . Of course people have expectation ! The story of gaming so far has taught that PC -> console means to simplify the game. Morrowind was still a game made for pc maily , Oblivion the opposite and look what has happened ... Pc gamers have played RPG that are still masterpiece with no equal in the console gaming (bg , bg2 , torment, vampire bloodlines ...) Games like Mass Effect are great games , but when you compare them to the old-school-rpg it is clear that they lack in complexity and strategy . You have fewer abilities , fewer classes , fewer member of the party , fewer itmes ... Smartypants this was meant to be the successor of BG . Of course people have expectation !
The story of gaming so far has taught that PC -> console means to simplify the game. Morrowind was still a game made for pc maily , Oblivion the opposite and look what has happened …

Pc gamers have played RPG that are still masterpiece with no equal in the console gaming (bg , bg2 , torment, vampire bloodlines …)

Games like Mass Effect are great games , but when you compare them to the old-school-rpg it is clear that they lack in complexity and strategy . You have fewer abilities , fewer classes , fewer member of the party , fewer itmes …

]]> By: Smartypants http://www.vg247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/comment-page-1/#comment-34845 Smartypants Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:30:21 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/#comment-34845 Aw god the hardcore PC nerds are coming out of the woodwork. Of course it's possible to get a working console version without dumbing it down, it's just that developers often assume that to have succes on consoles games have to be as dumb as possible. That's bullshit of course. Morrowind on the xbox for example, was basically the same as the PC version, and yet it sold far more on the xbox. I can only assume that PC gamers were far too busy with some dumb FPS or other to take the time to figure out how to play a proper rpg. Aw god the hardcore PC nerds are coming out of the woodwork. Of course it’s possible to get a working console version without dumbing it down, it’s just that developers often assume that to have succes on consoles games have to be as dumb as possible. That’s bullshit of course.
Morrowind on the xbox for example, was basically the same as the PC version, and yet it sold far more on the xbox. I can only assume that PC gamers were far too busy with some dumb FPS or other to take the time to figure out how to play a proper rpg.

]]> By: Blerk http://www.vg247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/comment-page-1/#comment-34839 Blerk Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:22:22 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/#comment-34839 I never quite understood the whole "if it doesn't use every key on the keyboard then it's dumbed down" thing. Why does ridiculous amounts of complexity automatically equal good? I never quite understood the whole “if it doesn’t use every key on the keyboard then it’s dumbed down” thing. Why does ridiculous amounts of complexity automatically equal good?

]]> By: Arubiano http://www.vg247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/comment-page-1/#comment-34837 Arubiano Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:18:59 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/#comment-34837 “I even sometimes play the PC build with the Xbox 360 controller" so yeah, its been dumbed down “I even sometimes play the PC build with the Xbox 360 controller”
so yeah, its been dumbed down

]]> By: jigglybean http://www.vg247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/comment-page-1/#comment-34836 jigglybean Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:15:18 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/#comment-34836 A console isnt a PC, so I expect the PC version to be fully 'dumbed down' to suit the consoles. And as for PC games being too difficult..oh please! A console isnt a PC, so I expect the PC version to be fully ‘dumbed down’ to suit the consoles. And as for PC games being too difficult..oh please!

]]> By: Smartypants http://www.vg247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/comment-page-1/#comment-34833 Smartypants Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:49:42 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/#comment-34833 :D :D

]]> By: morriss http://www.vg247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/comment-page-1/#comment-34830 morriss Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:46:11 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/#comment-34830 I want it dumbed down. PC games are too difficult for me these days after all the years of playing console games. ;) I want it dumbed down. PC games are too difficult for me these days after all the years of playing console games.

;)

]]> By: Smartypants http://www.vg247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/comment-page-1/#comment-34829 Smartypants Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:44:14 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/#comment-34829 Just don't dumb it down plz :) Releasing a console version is a good thing imo, and not dumbing it down but simply making the same game work as well as possible with a joypad is the way to go. Sounds like Bioware is a developer that finally gets it. Just don’t dumb it down plz :)

Releasing a console version is a good thing imo, and not dumbing it down but simply making the same game work as well as possible with a joypad is the way to go. Sounds like Bioware is a developer that finally gets it.

]]> By: morriss http://www.vg247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/comment-page-1/#comment-34817 morriss Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:16:53 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/#comment-34817 Well the way he spoke about it was like they were trying to elevate the consoles to the PC, and not the other way round. Well the way he spoke about it was like they were trying to elevate the consoles to the PC, and not the other way round.

]]> By: MesserWolf http://www.vg247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/comment-page-1/#comment-34815 MesserWolf Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:08:50 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/#comment-34815 Hopefully they won't cripple the Pc version to guarantee the same experience on consoles .... *fingers crossed* Hopefully they won’t cripple the Pc version to guarantee the same experience on consoles …. *fingers crossed*

]]> By: morriss http://www.vg247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/comment-page-1/#comment-34814 morriss Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:08:36 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/#comment-34814 :D :D

]]> By: Doomsayer http://www.vg247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/comment-page-1/#comment-34813 Doomsayer Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:06:55 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/#comment-34813 Mein Deutsch ist aber sowas von up to it :) Mein Deutsch ist aber sowas von up to it :)

]]> By: Shatner http://www.vg247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/comment-page-1/#comment-34809 Shatner Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:49:05 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/#comment-34809 Same experience on consoles? So that's multi-disc on 360 and an install on PS3. Same experience on consoles?

So that’s multi-disc on 360 and an install on PS3.

]]> By: Blerk http://www.vg247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/comment-page-1/#comment-34808 Blerk Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:47:57 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/#comment-34808 Ah, must've missed that in my weekend downtime. Ah, must’ve missed that in my weekend downtime.

]]> By: morriss http://www.vg247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/comment-page-1/#comment-34806 morriss Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:45:32 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/#comment-34806 http://ps3.ign.com/articles/920/920673p1.html http://ps3.ign.com/articles/920/920673p1.html

]]> By: morriss http://www.vg247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/comment-page-1/#comment-34805 morriss Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:44:31 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/#comment-34805 it was confirmed for consoles about 5 days ago. it was confirmed for consoles about 5 days ago.

]]> By: Blerk http://www.vg247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/comment-page-1/#comment-34803 Blerk Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:43:04 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/#comment-34803 Well, that's the 360 version confirmed, then. Well, that’s the 360 version confirmed, then.

]]> By: huntersblades http://www.vg247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/comment-page-1/#comment-34799 huntersblades Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:38:01 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/10/21/dragon-age-bioware-striving-for-same-experience-for-pc-and-consoles/#comment-34799 Can't wait. Never doubted this would make it to consoles. Can’t wait. Never doubted this would make it to consoles.

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