Dragon Age III Will Surprise Both Old and New Fans

Dragon Age II has been a pretty divisive video game and actually managed to split the player base, with some long-term players coming from Origins hating the changes that BioWare brought while others were attracted to the experience exactly because of them.

It seems that BioWare has been keeping a close eye on how various groups of people reacted to Dragon Age and plans to use what it has learned in the third game in the series.

Ray Muzyka, who is the leader of BioWare and one of the co-founders, has told PC Gamer that, “The team is going to have some things that are going to surprise both sets of fans, both core fans and new fans with a marriage of the best from both games.”

He added, “One of the core values of Bioware is that we take feedback really seriously, and we know that the core fans who were expecting more Dragon Age Origins – we have to respond to that – we’re not willing to ignore that, we’re going to take that head on. We also have an obligation to our new fans, the ones who were surprised and delighted with some new approaches and accessibility in terms of action and combat.”

During the development process for Dragon Age II, BioWare talked about how it had learned from player feedback to Origins and planned to incorporate the lessons in the new experience.

At the moment, Dragon Age III has not been officially announced and Muzyka was also careful not to make any definitive pronouncements about the game, saying that BioWare will talk more about it in the coming months.

The company is currently working hard to finish the MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic, which should be launched before the end of the year, and on Mass Effect 3, the science fiction mix of action and role playing that will arrive in the initial months of 2012.