Dragon Age II Q&A, Part One

GameZone is offering up the first portion of a Q&A they recently conducted with Dragon Age II lead designer Mike Laidlaw. In it, they discuss potential DLC, the chances of Hawke being carried over to Dragon Age III, and more:

DG: Are you guys pursuing the same type of DLC where it was character-based, such as Leliana’s Song or Witch Hunt? Or are you focusing on an (Awakenings) type overarching expansion?

ML: I can’t tell you officially. I think the thing I can say with confidence is that I probably wouldn’t do another Leliana’s Song. I thought it was really cool, and a lot of other people really liked it, but I think Leliana could have been a stronger experience if it had been Leliana and your warden, right? The character you had invested so many hours into, simply because it helped tie things together. So Witch Hunt was a stronger experience in that respect. What I’d like to do is add into the story that you have, rather than adding on. It’s not like an adjunct, it’s more of an expansion of the experience. Regardless if whether that’s Awakening size or Leliana’s Song size, I would probably go a little bigger than a Leliana’s Song. Then, try to integrate something new. That’s part of telling a story that’s 10 years long is that there’s some dead space where it’s not as intriguing. We can say, (well, what was happening in year four,) and slot in anything that it was about. There was some stuff that was happening there that Varick just happened to leave out the first time.

If I had a nickel for every time “Awakening” has been mistakenly referred to as “Awakenings”, I’d be a rich man.