IwubCheeze: Let's see
"Good" option
"Evil" option
"Rudely end dialog" option
Yup, you're all set!!! Though to be fair BG and other older RPGs had no shortage of this kind of dialog either.
Oh, and those graphics suck, shit game, 0/10.
The older games had 5-15 options. Different variations of good, bad + many others.
DA2 is so stripped of anything RPG that it just became a complete joke.
IwubCheeze: Because the cost to make wRPGs to the mass market without cutting costs somewhere would be too high.
Why bother with...
Multiple paths to deal with a problem
Intricate settlings and lore
Meaningful dialog where choices actually have effects
A story with moral grey areas
Choices where the consequences aren't always apparent
...when the mass market cares more about...
Full voice acting cos they're illiterate retards
Polygon counts and texture detail
Lots of ways to kill stuff, preferably with nifty looking gore
Lots of stuff to blow up and looks awesome while blowing up
Big Boobs that that jiggle
...and you can cut corners and save money developing the former by...
Giving the illusion of choice by making all choices bad except one
Centering the game around a "chosen one" who is the only one in the world you can kill the big bad with some magic doodad with a cool name (ie The Can Opener of the Ancients)
Use prophecies so you don't actually have to explain anything in the game
Making "evil" = "Loud mouthed, rude and stupid"
...which saves more money for more important things like...
Explosions
Graphics
Boobs
And there you have it, the reasons why there will never be an AAA RPG.
Spot on.
