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November 19, 2009

Dragon Age Origins has turned into one of the most critically acclaimed games of the year. Its music, which was brought to life by veteran game composer Inon Zur, has garnered praise as well. Talking to Zur, it's easy to see why – "The score is an undivided part of the game, so whatever the game is the score is supporting," he says. "You can expect a very dark tone, partly orchestral, partly vocal, partly primitive drumming and a lot of combinations of those elements.

Inon Zur: I think a successful game is about drawing attention to all of its components, and music is one of them. I put a lot of myself into the score for Dragon Age and I'm very proud of [it], but it is not [necessarily] surpassing some other scores I have written; it's just the magnitude of the attention is much bigger.

"The score is telling the emotional tale of the game; it is full of haunting melodies, heroism, love and passion, betrayal and all the other human behaviors and characteristics. I tried hard to stay neutral and didn’t let the music take any side and convince the player what to do and where to go. I just wanted the music to react to his or her decisions and follow the story like an emotional mirror."

Dragon Age Origins Composer Inon Zur Talks Creativity, Live Performances, Dreams, and More
By Louis Bedigian

Did you know you were going to be working on Dragon Age Origins right away? If not, how soon were you approached after the game was unveiled?

“I had to use my imagination. That makes your job as composer more challenging, but sometimes when you let your imagination fly rather then being fed with specifics the outcome is very interesting and compelling.”

The Dragon Age Origins OST hits iTunes and Amazon.com on December 8.
 

IZ: I was commissioned to write a musical piece for Dragon Age in the middle of 2007. With me were commissioned other composers to do the same thing, and this was kind of a competition. I was notified that I got the game sometime during the summer of 2007, and from then on started composing music for the game directly. At this time the game was already in development for a few years already, but still was far away from completion, so I was able to accompany the much of the development of the game with my music, which was a great process.

Dragon Age Origins has received a lot of attention from the day it was announced. What effect (if any) did all this hype and awareness have on your music for the game?

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Расы: 16 отличающихся друг от друга как внешним видом, так и игровой механикой рас
Классы: 24 штуки. Но вторая половина классов является слегка измененным зеркалом первой половины. Так что фактически 12.
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История
У игрoвoгo мира Everquest II богатая и запутанная история. Ее в рамках отдельной статьи-то вряд ли выложить получится. Если коротенечко, то во всем виноваты драконы. Они там после создания мира что-то с богами не поделили. Сами на фракции раскололись и устроили войну глобального характера. Потом была куча всяких важных событий, войн, исходов и прочего. На момент игры у нас типа две сильные личности - эльфийко с сиьсками, которая добром руководит, и мужик с шрамом поперек харизмы, который злом управляет.
Самая прелесть в том, что изучение истории мира встроено в геймплей. То есть вы будете изучать ее в процессе игры. Вам будут открываться тайны различных рас и областей, вы будете читать

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