timslin1
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 Posted: Tuesday, 11 December 2007 12:26PM |
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Alot of recent rpgs have had arenas(gothic 3, jade empire, oblivion). They have been one of my favorite part of these games. I was wondering if there was a possibility of an arena in dragon age. |
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DeathnightF1
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Posted: Tuesday, 11 December 2007 01:26PM |
While i think an arena is cool in certain games. Im hoping DA is not quite the sort of game where an Arena will fit in, unless it is heavily tied to the plot.
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Posted: Tuesday, 11 December 2007 03:52PM |
Maybe, or maybe not. While I agree it could be fun, I definitely wont be sad if they wouldnt add it.
Elder Scrolls games contains arenas because the very first ES game was named "Arena", and was originally planned as a pure Gladiator game.
I havent played the others, but Gothic is definitely an Action RPG, not a RPG, and Jade Empire, according to what I read about it, is actually an Action game, with only very few RPG elements left.
Anyway, if they add an editor to the game, which is quite likely, there will be surely an PvP arena module for it soon enough.
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David Gaider
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Posted: Tuesday, 11 December 2007 04:29PM |
The dwarves use arenas as a method of clan distinguishment and bloodsport entertainment -- they call them Provings (and the arena itself is a Proving Ground).
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Lightzy
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Posted: Tuesday, 11 December 2007 04:36PM |
Arenas are awsome 
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Dorateen
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Posted: Tuesday, 11 December 2007 04:57PM |
Quote: Posted 12/11/07 16:29 (GMT) by David Gaider
The dwarves use arenas as a method of clan distinguishment and bloodsport entertainment -- they call them Provings (and the arena itself is a Proving Ground).
Do I get to cut me own wrestling promo?
Harumph!
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Wrath of Dagon
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Posted: Tuesday, 11 December 2007 05:04PM |
Quote: Posted 12/11/07 15:52 (GMT) by Gecon
and Jade Empire, according to what I read about it, is actually an Action game, with only very few RPG elements left.
Not true, it has many good to excellent quests, it was just rushed at the end.
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Elof Valantor
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Posted: Tuesday, 11 December 2007 05:30PM |
Quote: Posted 12/11/07 16:36 (GMT) by Lightzy Arenas are awsome
You mean proving grounds, I assume?
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Posted: Tuesday, 11 December 2007 07:12PM |
JE is an Action RPG. It's an Avction RPG that has more (or at least as much) RPGness as many RPGs including and espicially the BG games.
As for the actual topic, areans are cool. JE's my favorite 'cause it wans't just about combat but had role-playing to it. It wa sbasiclaly a superior version of KOTOR's. G3's 'arena's were fun; but was all about the fighting.
The DA dwarf arenas (proving grounds) seem like they have potential.
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Posted: Tuesday, 11 December 2007 07:46PM |
Quote: Posted 12/11/07 16:29 (GMT) by David Gaider
The dwarves use arenas as a method of clan distinguishment and bloodsport entertainment -- they call them Provings (and the arena itself is a Proving Ground).
I fee, I foe, I fum, I smell the blood of a quest hint.
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DeathnightF1
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Posted: Wednesday, 12 December 2007 12:40PM |
Quote: Posted 12/11/07 16:29 (GMT) by David Gaider
The dwarves use arenas as a method of clan distinguishment and bloodsport entertainment -- they call them Provings (and the arena itself is a Proving Ground).
Bloodsport entertainment, so the combatant kill each other for clan recognition? Intresting. They also brand those who are "casteless" and treat them like lesser people.
Intresting insights into thier society
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Juhy
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Posted: Wednesday, 12 December 2007 06:33PM |
oh, just one more thing about arens. Please no cinematics/intros, etc.
In oblivion you have to wait for that voice to stop talking to go and kill those minotaurs.. it took me longer to wait for the gates to open than to kill the enemies..
in the Witcher you have the little finishing move at the end of a fistfight, which gets just plain annoying and time consuming after.. 3 times. those seconds spent on cinematics are lost on gameplay 
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Sheryl Chee
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Posted: Wednesday, 12 December 2007 08:16PM |
Quote: Posted 12/12/07 12:40 (GMT) by DeathnightF1
Bloodsport entertainment, so the combatant kill each other for clan recognition?
Not necessarily. There are different kinds of Provings. The rules of each match are decided before the match begins. It can be a duel to the death (and tends to be, if one is fighting for honor) or to first blood. Breaking these rules, for instance, killing someone during a fight to first blood, results in pretty serious consequences. And the Provings that serve as entertainment don't normally result in a death. They'd just run out of combatants that way, and the fans would be annoyed. |
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Posted: Wednesday, 12 December 2007 08:20PM |
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So does that imply that at times, we may have the choice to kill someone in the arena even though it is to first blood -- And deal with the consequences? |
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Sheryl Chee
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Posted: Wednesday, 12 December 2007 08:47PM |
Quote: Posted 12/12/07 20:20 (GMT) by leferd
So does that imply that at times, we may have the choice to kill someone in the arena even though it is to first blood -- And deal with the consequences?
When such things happen--and they happen very rarely--it's usually an accident. Someone got carried away and went too far. The Provings are almost sacred in dwarven culture, and choosing to disregard the rules of the Proving Grounds is like giving the ancestors the finger. It's not acceptable and you're pretty much bringing shame upon your entire house. Most dwarves wouldn't do it if they could help it.
Whether or not we give you the choice to do it... well, that's like asking if we're going to give you the choice to go on a mad killing spree and murder everyone in a town. No, you don't get that choice. Sure we could give you that choice, but what would it add to the story, really? |
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