Dragon Age III: Inquisition will make the leap from BioWare's Eclipse engine to using the Frostbite 2 engine. Frostbite 2 powers games such as Battlefield 3 and Need for Speed: The Run. Neil Thompson of BioWare's really digging the change in the engine and hopes to bring something different to the table.
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talks with OXM about how the artists were disappointed with how Eclipse was, but are really happy with how Frostbite 2 delivers on their vision. They are going with a different color palette than the darker colors and browns that seem prominent in a lot of RPGs. BioWare's sounds like it's hoping to really deliver a unique visual experience and they have a pretty good engine to do so in Frostbite 2.