Dragon Age II Interview

Dragon Age writer David Gaider is not only on hand at this weekend’s Penny Arcade Expo, but he even participated in a Q&A with the community via BioWare’s Ustream page. Lucky for us, the guys at Bitmob have put together a full transcript:

P: Is this Mass Effect 2 with melee weapons?

DG: Dragon Age: Origins wasn’t very responsive.

We’re not trying to make the action frenetic, but we want the ability for when you press something, it happens. People get nervous by the phrase action RPG.they go right to Diablo. There are many variations to that. We still have the same concept that still makes Dragon Age, Dragon Age. It’s about hard choices and characters playing important roles. It’s a dark heroic fantasy; we’re not changing that.

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P: How long is DA2?

DG: Longer than Awakening, shorter than DA:O.