Dragon Age

I am loving the game i only wish i could understand how to play, so i could rack up the diffculty to 'normal' :D

I will do my best to l2p today

I'm starting my Dragon Age marathon after a nice nap, which I think will be one of the longest since Baldur's Gate II was new. =D

The game is amazing

[QUOTE="SteelAttack"]Damn you PC gamers! I want that and not the watered down console port. The way the game is described sounds like the perfect RPG experience. Entering a gameworld with a detailed history of its own, that feels as if it has lived, and keeps on living even if you're not playing the game. kfjl

The console version is watered down because its a console version :P

PC version is always the real thing

Wow, this game is awesome. This is a no brainer for RPG of the Year. What suprised me is that this game is nothing like its marketing campaign, which was atrocious. While the overall plot was kind of cliche, it is still excellent. But it is about the characters, maybe Bioware's best cast. While Morrigan, Allister, Zervan. Wynne, and Oghren are all excellent, its Leliana that steals the show. She combines the humanity of a Dawn Star and the toughness of Ashley Williams. And the romance with her is brilliantly executed. I like how Wynne commits on the players relationship with her, warning about the dangers of the relationship with the task at hand, but realizes later how special the bond is. Lelina also sings a song later, which is pretty poignant scene in the game. This is the best executed romance in a Bioware game. Next playthrough is Morrigan's turn, then Allister's.

Well I have some minor complaints.

Why does it seem like just about all 3D WRPGs have horrible frame-rate, fugly looking animations, and clunky controls? I haven't really played Mass Effect, so I can't say all 3D WRPGs are like this (Mass Effect looked smooth from videos, but who knows how the actual game is?), but in general that's my view towards entire genre. At least from my personal experiance.

It's really minor thing, so I can't complain about it too much, but it's a minor thing that's ALWAYS there. Throughout the entire game, it just ruins it for me.

and dress in the game look really weird. It has really odd skin tight skirt thing that just looks so wrong.

Well other than that, I'm having a good time. No plans to get DLC though. If Dragon Age makes complete version 2 years later that includes all DLC, I might get that but I just don't like the idea of DLC so I'll pass on that.

Well I have some minor complaints.

Why does it seem like just about all 3D WRPGs have horrible frame-rate, fugly looking animations, and clunky controls? I haven't really played Mass Effect, so I can't say all 3D WRPGs are like this (Mass Effect looked smooth from videos, but who knows how the actual game is?), but in general that's my view towards entire genre. At least from my personal experiance.

It's really minor thing, so I can't complain about it too much, but it's a minor thing that's ALWAYS there. Throughout the entire game, it just ruins it for me.

and dress in the game look really weird. It has really odd skin tight skirt thing that just looks so wrong.

Well other than that, I'm having a good time. No plans to get DLC though. If Dragon Age makes complete version 2 years later that includes all DLC, I might get that but I just don't like the idea of DLC so I'll pass on that.

I'm about 14 hours in, and am loving this game. I sorta caved and bought the Warden's Keep DLC. I needed the storage.:P I also did the other DLC quest where you get Shale. He is a powerful bastard, I just wish they made his footsteps quieter. The incessant pounding gets a little obnoxious. This game really recaptures a lot of the fun that I had the first time I played Knights of the Old Republic.

[QUOTE="smerlus"][QUOTE="TriangleHard"]

Well I have some minor complaints.

Why does it seem like just about all 3D WRPGs have horrible frame-rate, fugly looking animations, and clunky controls? I haven't really played Mass Effect, so I can't say all 3D WRPGs are like this (Mass Effect looked smooth from videos, but who knows how the actual game is?), but in general that's my view towards entire genre. At least from my personal experiance.

It's really minor thing, so I can't complain about it too much, but it's a minor thing that's ALWAYS there. Throughout the entire game, it just ruins it for me.

and dress in the game look really weird. It has really odd skin tight skirt thing that just looks so wrong.

Well other than that, I'm having a good time. No plans to get DLC though. If Dragon Age makes complete version 2 years later that includes all DLC, I might get that but I just don't like the idea of DLC so I'll pass on that.

TriangleHard

yes yes let me bow down to you oh great PC gamer.

Its like a poor person begging for change and when someone hands him over a few quarters the homeless guy says "Oh thanks for your pity you rich bugger."

There's no helping some people

And by the way. Way to generalize the wholeWRPG genre based on two games made by the same developer. Oblivion, and most versions of Fallout 3 dont lag, either does Fable 2, MUA 2 and Borderlands (unless you have a crap load of action going on the screen at once.)

I'm about 14 hours in, and am loving this game. I sorta caved and bought the Warden's Keep DLC. I needed the storage.:P I also did the other DLC quest where you get Shale. He is a powerful bastard, I just wish they made his footsteps quieter. The incessant pounding gets a little obnoxious. This game really recaptures a lot of the fun that I had the first time I played Knights of the Old Republic.

rragnaar

[QUOTE="rragnaar"]

I'm about 14 hours in, and am loving this game. I sorta caved and bought the Warden's Keep DLC. I needed the storage.:P I also did the other DLC quest where you get Shale. He is a powerful bastard, I just wish they made his footsteps quieter. The incessant pounding gets a little obnoxious. This game really recaptures a lot of the fun that I had the first time I played Knights of the Old Republic.

juradai

I'm about 14 hours in, and am loving this game. I sorta caved and bought the Warden's Keep DLC. I needed the storage.:P I also did the other DLC quest where you get Shale. He is a powerful bastard, I just wish they made his footsteps quieter. The incessant pounding gets a little obnoxious. This game really recaptures a lot of the fun that I had the first time I played Knights of the Old Republic.

[QUOTE="smerlus"]well that's quite ignorant. You complain about something, someone offers a fix and than you accuse them of being bias. Its like a poor person begging for change and when someone hands him over a few quarters the homeless guy says "Oh thanks for your pity you rich bugger." There's no helping some peopleTriangleHard

Oh am I being ignorant?

Everyone knows that high end PC often solves the frame-rate problems.

I played KOTOR 1 and 2 on PC. It was quite above the requirements, but frame-rate problem was still there, so no PC doesn't automatically and magically fix everything.

But besides that, you managed to ignore the other 2 problems and focused on single problem. Will getting it on PC version magical transform some fugly looking animations? NO Will getting PC version fix the clunky character movement? NO (Yes I understand mouse and keyboard controls are better suited for this game, but character movement will still feel loose due to the programming)

and will it fix the weird looking skirt design? NO

So who's the ignorant one now? By focusing strictly on frame-rate which all gamers should know about, and ignore all the other issues, and speak as if PC version would fix all those issues. To me, that sounds like someone who is ignorant.

[QUOTE="juradai"][QUOTE="smerlus"] I bought the DLC for Warden's Keep as well. It took me a couple of minutes to decide if I really wanted to condone this soft/viral sale of content but then I figured that there is already so much in this game already that it was worth a shot. I'm not really sure if it was completely worth it or not but I really wanted to know what happened to the Keep so I finally caved in. I need to look into getting Shale. I think it came with my Collector's edition so hopefully I won't have to pay for it.juradai

I'm about 14 hours in, and am loving this game. I sorta caved and bought the Warden's Keep DLC. I needed the storage.:P I also did the other DLC quest where you get Shale. He is a powerful bastard, I just wish they made his footsteps quieter. The incessant pounding gets a little obnoxious. This game really recaptures a lot of the fun that I had the first time I played Knights of the Old Republic.

rragnaar

Yeah, Shale's footsteps are annoying but at least they are not as bad as Teddie's in Persona 4. Besides that the conversations with him more than make up for it. I almost fell out of my chair laughing in regards to what he did when leaving the village where you wake him up.

So far I am really digging this game. My only complaint is the PS3 version has a LOT of pop ups.....either that or plant life grows at such an alarming rate that the real threat to the land should be the vegetation. Would've gotten the PC version, but my comp doesn't have the oomph to handle it and I have no desire to upgrade my pc.

[QUOTE="rragnaar"]

I'm about 14 hours in, and am loving this game. I sorta caved and bought the Warden's Keep DLC. I needed the storage.:P I also did the other DLC quest where you get Shale. He is a powerful bastard, I just wish they made his footsteps quieter. The incessant pounding gets a little obnoxious. This game really recaptures a lot of the fun that I had the first time I played Knights of the Old Republic.

Gemini_Red

Yeah, Shale's footsteps are annoying but at least they are not as bad as Teddie's in Persona 4. Besides that the conversations with him more than make up for it. I almost fell out of my chair laughing in regards to what he did when leaving the village where you wake him up.

So far I am really digging this game. My only complaint is the PS3 version has a LOT of pop ups.....either that or plant life grows at such an alarming rate that the real threat to the land should be the vegetation. Would've gotten the PC version, but my comp doesn't have the oomph to handle it and I have no desire to upgrade my pc.

I shudder to think what it must be like playing with a controller. UpInFlames

The controller doesn't feel clunky at all. It's kind of like holding a mouse that has all the buttons on it and you just hold the left trigger down and navigate with the right analog stick to choose your battle options.

I'm playing a rogue right now and using the analog stick to maneuver and flank enemies feels natural to me.

I shudder to think what it must be like playing with a controller.UpInFlames

Yeah this game is faaaaaaantastic indeed. I also think that it plays very well with a controller. Shale is hilarious, I love the banter that goes back and forth with various members in your party. The writing and voice-acting in the game is awesome and there's tons of dialog. Right now I'm about 40 hours into the game with my level 15 human warrior and I still have 40% of the game world left to explore and lots of sidequests left to do so there's plenty of game here. I'm definitely going to get the DLC that is out right now, Shale's DLC and the Blood Dragon Armor come with every copy of Dragon Age so those are free anyway. I sure hope they bring out some more DLC in the future. Kudos to Bioware for once again crafting an amazing game.

My pre-ordered copy of DA:O for the 360 showed up today.

However, after reading reviews and impressions of the 360 version I'm just going to return it and buy the Steam version, I'm not going to waste my time with what seems to be a clearly inferior version.

After playing the pc and 360 versions, I cant believe how much better the pc version is! way better interface and it looks a lot better! My only downside is now I'll prolly never finish the 360 version.Allicrombie

Same here except substitute PS3 for 360. I enjoyed what I played of the PS3 version but the console combat is a chaotic mess compared to the precision of the p and p combat on the PC. (I turned the tactics off and am micro-managing the fighting.) Not to mention the graphics. As many people have already said - if one has the option of getting the PC version over a console- do that.

A few screens from the very beginning (click on image for full view):

Are those the auto screen shots or ones you took with Xfire?smerlus

I am considering buying this game but I am looking for some information before I commit to buying it. Is this game anything like Never Winter Nights 2 with a lot of cut scenes where you cannot do anything until the cut scene is over? I am not talking about a couple of scenes but ones such as in Never Winter Nights 2 where to me there are too many that removes any control by the player. I guess something more in line with Fall Out 3 or Oblivion, as I came to really dislike Never Winter Nights 2 just because of the cut scenes. Any comments would be welcomed. skatar01887

I'm about 10 hours in and I'm enjoying the game a lot. I would go so far as to say that this is the best combat I've ever witnessed in an RPG. It's nothing particularly mindblowing or new, but it's just so refined and subtly nuanced. I turned off the AI and I'm micromanaging all the party actions myself. It's the only way to go, in my opinion.

Anyway, here's a few sweet screens I took yesterday (click on image for full view):

I'm about 10 hours in and I'm enjoying the game a lot. I would go so far as to say that this is the best combat I've ever witnessed in an RPG. It's nothing particularly mindblowing or new, but it's just so refined and subtly nuanced. I turned off the AI and I'm micromanaging all the party actions myself. It's the only way to go, in my opinion.

UpInFlames

What I've done is figured out the combat tactics and programmed the characters to do what I do would do if I controlled them in the first place. Unfortunately, there's no way of programming Rogues to go for backstabs, so that's the most micro I have to do.

[QUOTE="UpInFlames"]

I'm about 10 hours in and I'm enjoying the game a lot. I would go so far as to say that this is the best combat I've ever witnessed in an RPG. It's nothing particularly mindblowing or new, but it's just so refined and subtly nuanced. I turned off the AI and I'm micromanaging all the party actions myself. It's the only way to go, in my opinion.

PunishedOne

What I've done is figured out the combat tactics and programmed the characters to do what I do would do if I controlled them in the first place. Unfortunately, there's no way of programming Rogues to go for backstabs, so that's the most micro I have to do.

Did someone say...backstab?

@ UpinFlames: LOL I was spamming the printscreen button during that battle last night as well!

Whole party died the first time. Not so much the second time around!

Leliana's song, amazing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Dfe7xPaw_E

She reminds me of Dawn Star of Jade Empire, a warm caring person who gives the game its humanity. But you can also darken her like Dawn Star as well (not turn her evil though).

UpinFlames: LOL I was spamming the printscreen button during that battle last night as well! Whole party died the first time. Not so much the second time around!Magnol49

Leliana's song, amazing. She reminds me of Dawn Star of Jade Empire, a warm caring person who gives the game its humanity. But you can also darken her like Dawn Star as well (not turn her evil though).texasgoldrush

You have to talk to her to understand more about her background, which would put things into perspective. Her background makes a good amount of sense when it's all revealed, but I'm not going to say any of it here.Skylock00

Wow im not as enamoured with the game as the rest of you thats for sure. This is like Shadows Of Amn lite, the glory days of rpgs are over. First of all they casualized the whole experience. Health and Mana regenerate on their own after every battle... playing a mage on the console version sucks as there are only 6 quick slots for spells (really?) .... the characters being drenched in blood thing all the time is lame I look like I came from an all you can eat satanic baby buffett....... english voiceovers are annoying ...... game is incredibly easy ..... the graphics are hideous, it looks like a ps2 game. Im incredibly dissapointed but im only 10 hours in so im gonna see it through. After coming from Demons Souls this game feels sloppy and unfinished.GodModeEnabled

As for the ease, I've heard and seen that about the console version. Heck, on the console version friendly fire doesn't come on till hard mode, and even then its only half damage. That is the Normal setting for the PC version. DAO really seems like a PC RPG made easier for the console audience.

I just recently finished this game and I loved it. It's a beast of a game as I clocked in nearly 80 hours for my first playthrough and still had a number of sidequests left unfinished. I'll certainly be playing it again and with the different characters to play as along with the numerous different choices you can make in your interactions with others in the game really makes this a monster of a game. I must say that this game has the longest list of credits I have ever seen. There's also a pretty long list of voice actors in here which doesn't really surprise me given the amount of spoken dialog in the game. Great job Bioware, kudos to you.

Wow im not as enamoured with the game as the rest of you thats for sure. This is like Shadows Of Amn lite, the glory days of rpgs are over. First of all they casualized the whole experience. Health and Mana regenerate on their own after every battle... playing a mage on the console version sucks as there are only 6 quick slots for spells (really?) .... the characters being drenched in blood thing all the time is lame I look like I came from an all you can eat satanic baby buffett....... english voiceovers are annoying ...... game is incredibly easy ..... the graphics are hideous, it looks like a ps2 game. Im incredibly dissapointed but im only 10 hours in so im gonna see it through. After coming from Demons Souls this game feels sloppy and unfinished.GodModeEnabled