New BioWare interview for the Dragon Age Keep

[_citanul]

I came across this today, and thought this community would want to watch it too.

Interview with Fernando Melo - Director of Online Development for BW

He answers a lot of questions about the Keep, and confirms that we won't be able to input the Warden's or Hawke's appearance. :/

ETA: No spoilers for DA:I
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Comments

[sakuratea]

It seems like good news to me. I would prefer that everyone have to use Keep. The flags into DA2, heck even the flags into Awakenings and Witch Hunt, were pretty flaky. I think it makes more sense (to me at least) to enter it all manually so we get what we expect and *hopefully* everything will be easier for the system to read (no more bad Zev flags, I hope). I liked the ME save generator comic, but using it meant that you lost several cameos -- and some of the bonuses from loot as well -- which meant that it was an inferior experience to an actual saved game. My main concern was that an imported save would be treated differently than a created one and it sounds like it won't. As a console (primarily, at least) player, it also means I can switch to whatever platform I want for the next version without worrying. If they can't import looks, though, it makes me think we won't see the Warden or Hawke :)

[_citanul]

I completely agree!

It also sounds like the Keep is something sustainable that can be used for many future DA games. And anything that helps out with the patching is a huge bonus.

[ashfae]

Haven't been able to watch the video, but everything in this comment sounds good to me. The failing flags were pretty frustrating (*coughNathanielcough*).

I always doubted we'd see the Warden and/or Hawke. Hear about them, maybe. It does bother me; I really want to know what happened to them! I suppose leaving it ambiguous lets us write our own endings for them, but baaah...

[tov01]

It sounds like they're planning to even allow you to import unfinished saves and "finish" them in the keep, which is news to me.

[itches]

Well it sounds like that they have an automated system for that too, where you tell it "I only got to X, but I wanted A and B to happen" so it extrapolated C D and E off that.

One question I was wondering was if you could take a DAO save directly into DAI, and I guess this answers that.

[tov01]

The only question I have at this point is if it will let us import from Origins to Awakening or DA2. (To fix import bugs, mostly)

Edit: Ok, probably not Awakening, given that there is no face import. But it would be cool to play an Orleasian warden in the same universe as a warden who died, which is not possible right now.

[itches]

Oh yes, an Orleasian wardan in the same universe as a sacrificed warden. That's something I want to do.

I've always wondered what the games thinks if you import an Orleasian warden into DA2. What does it count as happened in DAO?