Dragon Age: Inquisition Community Q&A

The folks at Kotaku hosted a Q&A with BioWare’s Aaryn Flynn, Mike Laidlaw, and Mark Darrah yesterday, with members of their community asking a range of different questions about Dragon Age: Inquisition, its success, and their future plans for the game and series. A couple of samples:

Mr Dioneo: I’m not the only one, but I will also ask about the timed exclusive DLC.

Since gamers who get the short end of the stick are justifiably annoyed about timed exclusive DLC, what would you say to those who are thinking about boycotting purchasing the DLC completely? That’s really the only legitimate form of protest they have available to them.

Aaron Flynn: Great question – I was expecting it 🙂

Jaws of Hakkon is a timed exclusive for the Xbox One and PC (through Origin). This approach allowed for a lot of support from Microsoft and Origin in launching the DLC, so did have that benefit for the team, and we appreciate the partnership. However, as a timed exclusive, it is definitely coming to the game’s other platforms, and based on our internal discussions I expect we’ll be announcing more details next week.

I hope no one boycotts the purchase, as it’s a pretty fun adventure that WILL be available on all platforms. That said, everyone is free to vote / message / communicate how they feel, so if that happens it happens. We’re definitely paying attention.

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soulless-swede: Q: It’s not uncommon for me to replay my favourite RPGs 10-20 years after they were released. What are the chances that Dragon Age Keep will still be around that long from now? Are you not concerned that you’re limiting your games lifespan by relying on webservices for things like save game transfers?

Mark Darrah: Interesting question. The DA Keep allows us to do things that we couldn’t do with a standard save transfer system. We try to remove any required online stuff late in a title’s lifespan. You don’t NEED the keep but its lack would prevent save transfer.

The plan is for the Keep to be a permanent solution.