Dragon Age Preview

Dragon Age is all about invention, in fact. BioWare are creating its world, its systems, its whole lore from scratch. Five people have spent four years fleshing out the details. Not programming or designing levels, just creating the world and writing its history. After working on what were effectively licensed games in the Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights and KotOR series, it's evident that BioWare are intently focused on creating a convincing setting. That's something Scott Greig, Project Director, was keen to stress.
"If you look at all the other great fantasy licences, like Dungeon and Dragons, or Lord of the Rings, there's a lot of work gone into building these up, and we wanted the world of Dragon Age to be worthy of gamers' time and effort. We want Dragon Age to feel like it has a history, rather than a few random fantasy elements thrown together. We realised that, if we owned our own IP, we could wield enormous control over the setting and story."