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tgill
11-03-2009, 09:02 AM
game of the year, surpasses anything I've played this year (Borderlands, Batman, Forza, Torchlight, Uncharted 2 to name a few..)
http://dragonage.bioware.com/
the cRPG is back :thumbsup:
if any one picks it up I'll warn u normal is hard as fuck.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n3wmFB1Wlc
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kchan
11-03-2009, 09:35 AM
online play? or single player only
tgill
11-03-2009, 09:40 AM
online play? or single player only
single player only like mass effect
unlike mass effect each play through is atleast 50 hours, and there are multiple very different origin stories.
http://dragonage.bioware.com/
q0192837465
11-03-2009, 03:55 PM
I'm getting this. Good way to spend time while waiting for MW2
Should I get this for PC or console ... anyone have any insight on which is the better play ...
No idea, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say 360 ... It seems developers have no idea how to program for PC anymore ...
If, by some miracle, it's programmed well, I'd go w/ PC ...
SkinnyPupp
11-03-2009, 06:29 PM
Ths game is hard fucking core.
Definitely get it for PC though, if you can.
After reading some reviews on this game, sounds like its coming from BG fame so I'm going with PC on this game ... can't wait to get it ...
Cman333
11-03-2009, 10:28 PM
Hope this isn't as hard as Demon's Souls for PS3. That shit drove me nuts after 1 hour.
Also hated that ragdoll effect from corpses.
SkinnyPupp
11-03-2009, 10:38 PM
Hope this isn't as hard as Demon's Souls for PS3. That shit drove me nuts after 1 hour.
Also hated that ragdoll effect from corpses.
It's hard, not stupid. So don't worry ;)
hoodrunners
11-03-2009, 10:46 PM
just curious to why you guys say to get it for PC instead of console?
SkinnyPupp
11-03-2009, 11:00 PM
just curious to why you guys say to get it for PC instead of console?
Because it's a PC game
From the 1Up review (http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3176746):
Console versus PC
Playing on the PS3 after finishing the PC version, I felt hamstrung by the console interface. In combat, it replaces the expandable ability bar and hotkeys by mapping spells and abilities to the face buttons. You get two sets of commands and can alternate between them with R2 (or right bumper for the 360).
To assign these skills and access other commands, players may use L2 (or the left bumper) to call up a radial menu (first seen in BioWare's PC RPG Neverwinter Nights). The console interface compensates for the fewer options by adding a quick heal button -- you can adjust it to automatically pick the most appropriate healing poultice for your character's HP situation.
Tactical combat is sadly stripped down for the consoles. In the PC version, you may use a handy top-down viewpoint of the battlefield. You can maneuver the camera above the characters on the console, but it doesn't scroll in and out. It's also more difficult to command characters to take specific positions on the battlefield, and I couldn't cast spells while paused. This really takes away from the combat -- it's a shame that console players again don't get the options that PC players enjoy. Console players aren't second-class citizens; they deserve the bells and whistles, too -- especially since they're paying $10 more for the game.
tgill
11-04-2009, 09:32 AM
just curious to why you guys say to get it for PC instead of console?
because its was designed for a pc and then ported to the consoles...
hotbar vs action wheeel (like in mass effect or ratchet on ps3)
pc looks better and has better controls.
VR6GTI
11-04-2009, 10:45 AM
getting for 360. Dont play PC games anymore.
SlySi
11-04-2009, 11:27 AM
getting for 360. Dont play PC games anymore.
Yeah.. same.
I will play the new Diablo on PC.
Other than that game.. Gonna have to suck it up and get the dumb down version for 360
Jsunu
11-04-2009, 11:45 AM
My PC is a POS, so im going to bite the bullet and buy the ps3 ver. hopefully it is 80% of what the PC game is.
SkinnyPupp
11-04-2009, 07:44 PM
Yeah if your PC sucks, might as well get the console version I guess.
Man this game is hard, I had to set it to easy, and I still died once! Mostly because
the stupid AI always walks into traps, including ones set by yourself! If you have done the Redcliffe battle, you know what I mean
Jsunu
11-05-2009, 08:15 AM
Dam the ps3 version is so laggy, dam might as well tried the pc instead. Oh well its a awesome expansive game regardless
Great game!
I feel like there's more dialogue and cut scenes then actual gameplay hah! It's basically a medieval version of mass effect and I loved mass effect
SkinnyPupp
11-05-2009, 10:43 AM
Actually, Mass Effect is a sci-fi version of Dragon Age/Baldur's Gate ;)
hal0g0dv2
11-05-2009, 11:14 AM
Ths game is hard fucking core.
Definitely get it for PC though, if you can.
word
pc got 9.5
console got like 8 or some shit
hotong
11-05-2009, 07:25 PM
installing the game right now can;t wait to play!
SkinnyPupp
11-05-2009, 11:03 PM
This game literally owns me
q0192837465
11-06-2009, 03:23 PM
wow, just started playing. I'm loving it.
striderblade
11-06-2009, 05:07 PM
some part are really hard. I'm on the top of the tower and that big demon like thing is owning my ass. But this game is indeed beautiful if your system is capable of running it in high mode.
tgill
11-06-2009, 05:15 PM
http://www.fileshack.com/file.x/15651/Dragon+Age:+Origins+Patch+1.01a
The first update for BioWare's fantasy RPG Dragon Age: Origins, tweaking the difficulty and fixing several bugs including a case of potential character corruption.
Patch details:
* Fixed potential corruption of character statistics
* Fixed portrait appearance sliders when importing a character from the downloadable Character Creator
* Fixed import for preset face settings from the downloadable Character Creator
* Made Easy difficulty easier
* Slightly increased attack, defense, and damage scores for all party members at Normal difficulty
* Fixed video issues when running on a very wide screen display, including ATI Eyefinity displays
SkinnyPupp
11-06-2009, 05:26 PM
I think easy is just the right difficulty.. I won't be installing that patch! :lol
LsquareD
11-09-2009, 01:16 AM
I started playing this 2 days ago. So addicting! Someone help me with the Alatar and fountain water part.. Its pissing me off, haha.
SkinnyPupp
11-09-2009, 08:01 AM
I am just about at the 50% mark, 40 hours into the game. Holy shit!
Jsunu
11-09-2009, 09:09 AM
I am just about at the 50% mark, 40 hours into the game. Holy shit!
20hrs in 38% of the world explored!
I started playing this 2 days ago. So addicting! Someone help me with the Alatar and fountain water part.. Its pissing me off, haha.
I completely skipped that part and went straight to the Wolves.
I ended up siding with the wolves after talking to the lady of the forest. Besides, werewolves + Witherfang > Elves during a battle ;) Sucks cause I couldn't turn in some quests since we ended up killing the quest givers hahaha
I'm @ Denerim now and I just met up with the Arl Eamon to do that meeting.
laureate
11-09-2009, 03:41 PM
I started playing this 2 days ago. So addicting! Someone help me with the Alatar and fountain water part.. Its pissing me off, haha.
lol i had to google this.
1. take cup, fill it with water from the well
2. put cup on altar
3. pray on altar
4. take a sip from cup
5. pour the rest of the water back into the well
you get a piece of nice armor inside
tgill
11-09-2009, 08:37 PM
imo one of the best RPGs this decade.. :thumbsup:
http://i37.tinypic.com/2m69993.jpg
SkinnyPupp
11-09-2009, 09:00 PM
So how did everyone's meeting with Loghain go? Use spoiler tags, and don't go past that event please:
For me, I was able to get the nobles on my side, including letting the Elf slave traders go (which I didn't even have to do as it turns out). I won a duel against him, and was going to kill him but turned him into a Grey Warden instead. Alastair got pissed, and ditched me and I haven't seen him since :lol So now I have loghain instead of Alastair, which kinda sucks because I built Alastair to my liking :(
tgill
11-09-2009, 09:10 PM
So how did everyone's meeting with Loghain go? Use spoiler tags, and don't go past that event please:
For me, I was able to get the nobles on my side, including letting the Elf slave traders go (which I didn't even have to do as it turns out). I won a duel against him, and was going to kill him but turned him into a Grey Warden instead. Alastair got pissed, and ditched me and I haven't seen him since :lol So now I have loghain instead of Alastair, which kinda sucks because I built Alastair to my liking :(
I tried to make Loghain out as a mad man, I had the queen make an appearance and Loghain tried to make like I was controlling her. Most of the nobles went with loghain, the whole room broke out in battle. Some women (I dunno who she is tbh) yelled out stop, and said Alastair and Loghain must duel. I chose my self to fight for Alastair (I won) and the other warden tried to make Loghain a warden. Alastair refused to take the crown unless I stopped Loghain from being a warden, so I chose Alastair and allowed him to execute Loghain. I tried to force Alastair in to keeping his promise and marrying the queen, however he refused and forced her to give up her royalty, however I was able to spare the Queens life.
VooDood
11-09-2009, 10:19 PM
imo one of the best RPGs this decade.. :thumbsup:
in a few months ff13 will be out =)
tgill
11-10-2009, 01:01 AM
in a few months ff13 will be out =)
not a fan of the JRPG genre tbh
btw wrong thread. :thumbsup:
SkinnyPupp
11-10-2009, 03:16 AM
I am just about at the 50% mark, 40 hours into the game. Holy shit!
Weird, suddenly the game was 98% complete, and then it was over.
I guess expecting an 80 hour game is a bit much :lol
SkinnyPupp
11-10-2009, 08:18 AM
I started playing again immediately after beating it. This time I'll be an evil human Reaver :D
q0192837465
11-10-2009, 03:23 PM
shit, there r so many options, i dunno wut to do. I need a strategy guide
hoking
11-10-2009, 03:40 PM
shit, there r so many options, i dunno wut to do. I need a strategy guide
^^^ same,..
I'm a Dwarf Noble Warrior
RacePace
11-10-2009, 06:44 PM
Weird, suddenly the game was 98% complete, and then it was over.
I guess expecting an 80 hour game is a bit much :lol
like most RPG's, depends on how you go about it, directly through the story line or doing side stuff as well
striderblade
11-11-2009, 02:03 AM
k i've been playing for a while now.. just wanted to ask is it just me or is the combat system fucked up. I'm so choked whenever i'm in a fight my party just stood there waiting to get their ass nailed and do nothing. Espeically allistor. don't they do any auto attack? I mean as soon as i command them to kill off a dude and when he died, he just stood there and i'll have to click him again and refire another command.
SkinnyPupp
11-11-2009, 02:33 AM
Did you not set up each members tactics, and keep it updated as they level up?
BTW I am enjoying my 2nd playthrough even more as a bad ass Reaver. I got to fuck Morrigan on the first night camping, now I'm going for Leliana. Then I'll fuck all 6 whores at the Pearl. Who else can you fuck in the game, besides Zevran?
q0192837465
11-12-2009, 03:38 PM
Did you not set up each members tactics, and keep it updated as they level up?
BTW I am enjoying my 2nd playthrough even more as a bad ass Reaver. I got to fuck Morrigan on the first night camping, now I'm going for Leliana. Then I'll fuck all 6 whores at the Pearl. Who else can you fuck in the game, besides Zevran?
I know Darrien and Iowa from the human origin story r bedable
SkinnyPupp
11-12-2009, 06:21 PM
Too late for that :lol
StylinRed
11-24-2009, 10:35 PM
if any of you are playing the game
http://www.kongregate.com/games/EA2D/dragon-age-journeys << if you play the flash game it will unlock items for you in the ps3/pc/xbox game
tgill
11-24-2009, 11:29 PM
if any of you are playing the game
http://www.kongregate.com/games/EA2D/dragon-age-journeys << if you play the flash game it will unlock items for you in the ps3/pc/xbox game
official site http://www.dragonagejourneys.com/, its pretty good too :thumbsup:
StylinRed
11-25-2009, 04:08 AM
ah cool, yeah i enjoy it what sucks though is i cant link my PSN account to EA -_- (well its linked to EA i just dunno which email account its on
its not with the email that my psn uses -_-
VR6GTI
11-25-2009, 07:51 AM
This game blows for 360.
I bought it for $20 played for 8 hours and traded it in at futureshop for $28
q0192837465
11-25-2009, 03:05 PM
Is it worth playing thru a second or even a third round? I find myself exploring all the conversations and I am reloading the game time and time again just to see all the possible responses. And the outcome will be different at the end depending on who u choose to ally with. I can't imagine myself playing thru it again, it'll take years to finish.hahaha
SkinnyPupp
11-25-2009, 04:27 PM
Is it worth playing thru a second or even a third round? I find myself exploring all the conversations and I am reloading the game time and time again just to see all the possible responses. And the outcome will be different at the end depending on who u choose to ally with. I can't imagine myself playing thru it again, it'll take years to finish.hahaha
Yes, I played through a second time immediately after, and it was just as fun. A lot easier though, so you might want to increase the difficulty one level. By the end battle, pretty much all the non-elite monsters were 1-hit kills for me on medium. The only things killing me were the Circle Mages I had summoned, and their stupid fireball spell they kept spamming.
VR6GTI
11-26-2009, 09:55 AM
Cant really fail my post for saying that it sucks for 360. I would have played more of it, if it had better controls. Its absolute shit for the 360.
Cant really fail my post for saying that it sucks for 360. I would have played more of it, if it had better controls. Its absolute shit for the 360.
It's a PC game that was ported over to consoles. The PC version is rated much higher compared to the console versions because of the controls. Should have stuck with the PC version :p
VR6GTI
11-26-2009, 10:32 AM
It's a PC game that was ported over to consoles. The PC version is rated much higher compared to the console versions because of the controls. Should have stuck with the PC version :p
Exactly and thats what my post says. Just a warning for people that were thinking about buying for the 360. Dont it sucks. No need to Fail Post.
tgill
11-26-2009, 11:31 AM
Exactly and thats what my post says. Just a warning for people that were thinking about buying for the 360. Dont it sucks. No need to Fail Post.
i played through twice, once on the pc and once the 360. 360 version is fine, works like mass effect with radial menus, its works a little better on mass effect because its close to being a 3rd person shooter, but it works fine with Dragon Age. I agree keyboard and mouse is superior because the game is so tactical, but you should do your research before running out and buying something that you have no clue. The game is far from shit on the 360, 3 major differences: fixed over the shoulder camera, radial menus, and control scheme. 1 youtube video of the console versions would have told you if you would like it or not.
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