In an interview with Game Informer, the general manager from BioWare Edmonton and Montreal studios reveals some new details in regards to Dragon Age III: Inquisition.
According to Aaryn Flynn, the game will be influenced and borrowing several aspects from Bethesda's Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
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“You can’t look at a game like Skyrim and not think about how impressive what they’ve accomplished is—or [think] that’s an interesting new direction or that there was something that didn’t work well for them that we could take in a new direction,” Flynn says. “So, we’re always influenced by these games, especially in a relatively tight-knit genre like RPGs.”
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One of the things from Skyrim which was teased to be included for Dragon Age III was a larger focus on exploration to fit with the plans to expand the game's world in terms of both size and scope.
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“In terms of where I think RPGs are going, I think we have to get back to more exploration in our games,” Flynn notes. “I think that’s not just because of some of the shortcomings in Dragon Age 2, but because there’s a heritage there, something we used to a lot of in games like Baldur’s Gate and Neverwinter Nights, where exploration was one of the key themes. We’ve gotten away from that with Dragon Age and Mass Effect. We want to get back to those themes. Not only because they seem powerful, but they are things that fans want. They want to know more about these worlds we are crafting, and they want to chart their own course through it.”
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The game is still teased for a late 2013 release date although was rumored recently to be pushed back till 2014 for next gen consoles.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...e-exploration/
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