Dungeon Siege 3,Square's Answer To Dragon Age: Origins

TGH Writes:

"The recent announcement of Dungeon Siege III by Square-Enix and Obsidian Entertainment has left many questioning, why? Some however are more open to the fact. Our question is, haven’t we seen this before? Granted not much information has been released regarding the story and gameplay. What has been released is the concept art, and logo, both of which look very similar to BioWare’s Dragon Age Origins. Look very carefully at these screenshots. Let us know what you think."

[Chris399]

Very different games altogether. Dragon Age was going for this whole Wheel of Time meets Lord of the Rings thing. Dungeon Siege is like a high-fantasy Diablo.

That said, I enjoy the DS series immensely (even Throne of Agony was brilliant) and will be checking this out.

Problem with multi-plat games is I never know which platform to get it on. Likely PC as I have a home-theatre setup now.

[Bobbykotickrulesz]

what a terrible comparison lol.

Tacos, Square's answer to apple pie.

[Christopher]

Mmmm... apple filled tacos...

But, yeah, you gotta wonder how hard some of these sights are trying to make controversial titles and comparisons when they're stepping this far into left field.

[Anon7349]

Wait, so you have a PC were you can play the games with better online/controls/graphics/perfo rmance but you can't decide which platform to play it on???

The superior controls are enough for me to play it on PC instead of consoles even if the graphics were somehow worse than it's inferior console counter-part.

Playing dragon age: origins on a console is cringe worthy and it also makes it somewhat unplayable, Bioware even had the "normal" mode on PC be the equivalent to the hardest difficulty on consoles.

Although most of squenix's games don't get on PC or they used consoles as the main platform when they developing the game so they had their controls in mind from the start so it doesn't make a huge difference.

[Chris399]

It boots up without an issue, there are no settings to fiddle with, a game optimized for console controls is just more comfortable than a mouse/ keyboard setup for the couch (though I did get a nice trackball media board the other day - but a controller still FEELS better).

And these days, with a lot of games being made with consoles in mind, the graphics disparities aren't really all that great. I still play Oblivion on a console, simply because I like the controller and ease of use. I enjoy having less buttons to press and gestures to make - perhaps why I don't like the Wii as much as my other devices :)

[ShadyDevil]

They seem to happen the same realm though. Both fantasy dragon esque games. That look to be aiming for the same demographic/market. It is square chance to capitalize on the fact by doing so.

[MightyMark427]

Meh, i'll go for Dragon Age

[PS360_37]

lol....what?

Completely different games.

The names sound the same...is that why this "article" was written?

[thehitman]

dumb website trying to get hits with dumb comparison.

[Timesplitter14]

What's up with Square Enix publishing a shitload of western games lately?

Kane and Lynch 2, Deus Ex 3, Supreme Commander 2, Just Cause 2, Dungeon Siege 3, etc...

Seeing their name attached to these games kinda puts me off, but oh well... They're just publishers. Deus Ex 3 looks fantastic

[kratos123]

they bought eidos
damn there so lucky they bought them
all of eidos new games are crazy good
were SE is almost sheit
here you have nier or invinite undiscoverd , and here is just cause 2 deus ex SE is loosing there magic touch and eidos is saving there buts

[Gestalt]

Well, they also have Gas Powered Games under their belt, so that's the primary reason why SE is publishing it. Obsidian itself has no connection whatsoever to SE, but Chris Taylor from GPG is pulling overwatch on the project, so I guess that was why.

[ClownBelt]

Ok. They're trying to match a shitty game...

[ad4mb]

if only that last bubble could be popped....

[BillOreilly]

im exited i love obsidian almost as much as bioware they have so much potential but unfortunately their games are usually rushed and buggy but i still love kotor 2 and acually really enjoying alpha protocol

[TheColbertinator]

I enjoy Obsidian's games as much as most RPG gamers but this is a stupid comparison.

[SOAD]

I don't enjoy Obsidian's constant involvement with other people's franchises.

Does anyone else notice that when Obsidian works on sequels to other developers' franchises they usually end up being received poorly?

Kotor 2

Neverwinter Nights 2

and now they are working on Fallout New Vegas and Dungeon Siege III, both of which are franchises that belong to other studios.

And the only game they have made that is their own is Alpha Protocol which is a mediocre RPG that copies elements from Mass Effect.

Obsidian is a plague upon my favorite RPGs, but for some reason other developers keep trusting them with their franchises. Their track record is poor to average.

It's just not fair. Why did Bethesda decide to let Obsidian develop Fallout New Vegas? I understand the franchise was created by people who now work at Obsidian, but Bethesda truly took Fallout and made it awesome. Obsidian will either make New Vegas a mediocre game or they will make it the same with only slight mechanic improvements like better real-time shooting, but other than that, everyone can see that Obsidian has no intention of updating the visuals or the animations or anything else. I've seen Fallout 3 mods that improve upon the visuals and the gameplay and truly add more stuff to the universe, but Obsidian isn't going to do shit with it.

end rant.

[Nihilism]

Kotor 2 was lucasarts fault, they called *cut* before they were finished the game, hence the non existent ending, but gameplay wise, it was far better than kotor 1, kotor 1 had a better story, but unless i'm mistaken, lucasarts pretty much write the story for all star wars games as they have their "extended universe" writers on call and such

[Raider69]

Kotor 2 pooly received?!By you i guess!Kotor 2 was one hell of a game,much better than the first,all you need to do is apply all the patchs that came out after the release!Just like Alfa protocol is a good game,all it needs its correct some bugs!

[SOAD]

Kotor 2 was given a good score because it was a lot like Kotor 1. It's poor reviews came from those who were upset that Obsidian hadn't improved upon Kotor at all in any department. I agree that Kotor 2 was a good game, but I cannot credit Obsidian for that because they were basically handed all the materials necessary to make a good game. Had they added some of their own additions and creativity to it, the game would have probably failed. Obsidian just aren't good original developers.

[Tony P]

Obsidian has a lot of great ideas incorporated into these games. They are not just poor imitations.

The biggest problem with Obsidian is their apparent inability to put out both a brilliant AND polished game. But they are most definitely brilliant quite independently of what BioWare or Bethesda have created.

KoTOR 2 is not KoTOR with new skin. The writing is better. The classes and power sets are much improved and even integrated into the dialogue system. The RPG elements are generally deeper. If they had had the time to finish, I would want to say Obsidian perfected the KoTOR formula. Hell, you can train your own people in the Force and it's totally optional. I don't understand how people credit BioWare for any of that. You can see those kind of differences between both devs as far back as the Black Isle days.

As far as the Fallout stuff goes, chill. It runs on the same engine, probably as mandated by the IP owner. I'm sure if Obsidian could build it from the ground up, they'd make those kinds of visual improvements. They certainly did with NWN2.

The way I look at it, BioWare makes very polished, but often less than audacious games. Lately, ME1 and maybe DAO have been the exceptions. But lo and behold, ME1 suffers some technical issues (kinda like an Obsidian game) and ME2 is stripped down to it's component parts. If people like that, fine. But I will take flawed depth over shallow perfection any day.

[kevnb]

lmao

[Tdmd]

Unfortunately, I've missed DS2, but the first one was an blast to play, so yes, I'm very eager to get this one! And I can't see this great similarity with DA:O either, sorry. Don't know what the autor is talking about.