a broken sword reference in Dragon Age?

rayvio · 03-02-2011, 02:09 PM

I wasn't sure which section to put this in, the game it's found in is not an adventure game but the game it appears to be referencing is... ultimately I figured this would be the best section but a moderator can feel free to move it if you disagree

in the Silverite Mines section of the Dragon Age: Awakening expansion, there's a secret door disguised as a brick wall. behind the door is a small, child sized skeleton and a chess board. one chess piece is held by a skeletal hand... sound familiar?

in Broken Sword 1

Spoiler:
in Spain, you find an identical scene at the bottom of the well, where the children were hidden, along with the missing chess piece.

Weare6 · 03-02-2011, 03:12 PM

Cool.....nice find!

Isak · 03-03-2011, 06:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rayvio

I wasn't sure which section to put this in, the game it's found in is not an adventure game but the game it appears to be referencing is... ultimately I figured this would be the best section but a moderator can feel free to move it if you disagree

in the Silverite Mines section of the Dragon Age: Awakening expansion, there's a secret door disguised as a brick wall. behind the door is a small, child sized skeleton and a chess board. one chess piece is held by a skeletal hand... sound familiar?

in Broken Sword 1

Spoiler:
in Spain, you find an identical scene at the bottom of the well, where the children were hidden, along with the missing chess piece.

Cool!
Do you have the possibility to post a picture of the dragon age scene?

EDIT, I maybe found it?

harald · 03-04-2011, 02:35 AM

Um, that skeleton seems to have two heads. I don't remember anything like that from Broken Sword.

(I assume that ties in to the story of Dragon Age, and is unrelated to the potential Broken Sword reference? I've never played the former so I wouldn't know.)

Anyway, pretty neat if it really is an intentional reference.

*stepurhan* · 03-04-2011, 05:38 AM

If I recall correctly, in Broken Sword it is

Spoiler:
two children hidden in the well

so that could explain the two heads.

I'd expect it to be just a coincidence though. Unpleasant discoveries in hidden chambers are not an entirely uncommon theme.

rayvio · 03-04-2011, 06:58 AM

the two heads is odd, but when I first saw it I mistook it for two skeletons close together, when I took a closer look I noticed first that its just one skeleton and second that the chess piece in the hand reminded me an awful lot of Broken Sword

03-02-2011, 02:09 PM	#1
rayvio Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: UK (I miss Belgium!) Posts: 509	a broken sword reference in Dragon Age? I wasn't sure which section to put this in, the game it's found in is not an adventure game but the game it appears to be referencing is... ultimately I figured this would be the best section but a moderator can feel free to move it if you disagree in the Silverite Mines section of the Dragon Age: Awakening expansion, there's a secret door disguised as a brick wall. behind the door is a small, child sized skeleton and a chess board. one chess piece is held by a skeletal hand... sound familiar? in Broken Sword 1 Spoiler: in Spain, you find an identical scene at the bottom of the well, where the children were hidden, along with the missing chess piece. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Playing: Edna & Harvey: The Breakout non-adv: Oblivion (very heavily modded), Planescape Torment recently finished: Gray Matter, Alter-Ego, Whispered World non-adv: Dragon Age: Origins again and again... Melody Gloucester Pegasus

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Weare6 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Sydney, AUS Posts: 244	Cool.....nice find! Share Share this post on Twitter

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harald Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Lund, Sweden Posts: 301	Um, that skeleton seems to have two heads. I don't remember anything like that from Broken Sword. (I assume that ties in to the story of Dragon Age, and is unrelated to the potential Broken Sword reference? I've never played the former so I wouldn't know.) Anyway, pretty neat if it really is an intentional reference. Share Share this post on Twitter

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stepurhan Freeware Co-ordinator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: South East England. Posts: 7,309	If I recall correctly, in Broken Sword it is Spoiler: two children hidden in the well so that could explain the two heads. I'd expect it to be just a coincidence though. Unpleasant discoveries in hidden chambers are not an entirely uncommon theme. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ No Nonsense Nonsonnets #43 Cold Topic A thread most controversial, that’s what I want to start Full of impassioned arguments, of posting from the heart And for this stimulation all will be thankful to me On come on everybody it won’t work if you agree

03-04-2011, 06:58 AM	#6
rayvio Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: UK (I miss Belgium!) Posts: 509	the two heads is odd, but when I first saw it I mistook it for two skeletons close together, when I took a closer look I noticed first that its just one skeleton and second that the chess piece in the hand reminded me an awful lot of Broken Sword Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Playing: Edna & Harvey: The Breakout non-adv: Oblivion (very heavily modded), Planescape Torment recently finished: Gray Matter, Alter-Ego, Whispered World non-adv: Dragon Age: Origins again and again... Melody Gloucester Pegasus

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