Hated Witcher - should I try DragonAge?

GOOD LORD - just triedThe Witcher (played through the prologue) and it is ATROCIOUS relative to what I'd hoped for.

Terribly wooden voice performances, with bad timing/inflection (almost like the voice actors don't speak English as their first language, or the editing butchered it), and super generic voices.

The 'collector's cards' for sexual conquests are depressingly juvenile.

The combat is fundamentally clicketty clicketty.

The plot, so far, is just dime-a-dozen bad-TV-show boringness ("There's nothing more pathetic than a crying sorceress!"...voice acted like a high-school drama student reading a children's book aloud...egads...)

Wow - and I was really in the mood to enjoy it - and love the genre.

I'm so shocked that obviously SO MUCH time and effort is going into RPGs now, but yet the plot/story/acting are still throwbacks to RPGs of the 90's, which ruins it all. Witcher has beautiful graphics, and I'm sure a well fleshed out world, but I'll never see it because I CAN'T STAND plodding through the grating story and acting. Silly stuff - like it's thought up by 20-30y.o. male computer programmers who don't have any real Life experience.

What a let down...

Are my sights just set too high, or might I instead enjoy DragonAge...? Does it have that same shake-n-bake vibe with themes geared toward 14y.o. boys?

I haven't bought it yet, and don't want to waste the money if it'll just be a bunch of eye candy with recycled story/characters/acting for teenagers.

No, you won't enjoy Dragon Age if you couldn't find anything much good about an outstanding PC game that is The Witcher. Try a different genre cause these don't seem to be your thing.

Wow - and I was really in the mood to enjoy it - and love the genre.

CMChotmail

what's the game you consider good and enjoyable from this genre you love?

we'll have a better idea if you would like DA:O if we we know what kind of RPG you like.

I don't think so. If you don't like The Witcher then I don't see you liking Dragon Age.

I don't understand how you can call The Witcher immature and geared towards teeneagers. The plot and characters are some of the best I have ever seen in a game.

i too didnt like the witcher,after the first stage i just left it in my computer and never played it again,but dragon age on the other hand, i played through it three times and still have alot of fun with it...

I played Witcher and uninstalled it after half and hour, but i have been playing Dragon age for 20 hours and planning on buying the expansion...

I thought the prologue to the Witcher was pretty bad as well. Yet I kept playing it and it got MUCH better. I still have yet to finish it though cuz Dragon Age and Mass Effect are taking up most of my time. Personally I recommend Dragon Age but if you found the wither thaaaaaat bad, I'm not so sure you will like Dragon Age.

Dragon Age does have a completely different battle system. More like some of the old school rpgs. You can pause the game, choose what you want to do, unpause.

Maybe you dont like RPG's?

I've played both Dragon Age and Witcher at same time (reinstalled Witcher just because Dragon Age combat reminded me it) and I must say Dragon Age is epic, Witcher is great RPG for it's time :)

I would honestly say stick with the Witcher for a little bit more....I did not like the first Act at all, but the second was really good...and I ended up finishing and loving the game. It does not give a good impression, the game starts off with to many MMO like mechanics, and its not until the second act where the story really kicks in.

The two games are very different, but Dragon Age does rip-off a few story elements from the Witcher (*cough*LadyoftheLake*cough*LadyoftheForest*cough*) - although its plot is vastly less interesting.

Dragon Age has many good qualities including terrific voice acting, very well written dialogues and very funny conversations between your companions, which seem very important to you as that was mostly what you talked about :). It also has a decent storyline and can easily last you 40+ hours. The gameplay is also fun although character customisation could use some work.I think you will enjoy Dragon Age and you should DEFINITELY give it a try.

I love The Witcher, and disliked Dragon Age. Not a fan of Bioware.. KotOR, Mass Effect (1) and Dragon Age really bored me. Maybe you're the opposite of me?

If you don't like The Witcher's slow start and 'generic' plot, you'll probably dislike Dragon Age, which is slow the whole way through and has an even more dull dialogue. I'd give The Witcher another shot. Aside from the sex cards, it's one of the most mature RPGs around.Planeforger

GOOD LORD - just triedThe Witcher (played through the prologue) and it is ATROCIOUS relative to what I'd hoped for.

Terribly wooden voice performances, with bad timing/inflection (almost like the voice actors don't speak English as their first language, or the editing butchered it), and super generic voices.

The 'collector's cards' for sexual conquests are depressingly juvenile.

The combat is fundamentally clicketty clicketty.

The plot, so far, is just dime-a-dozen bad-TV-show boringness ("There's nothing more pathetic than a crying sorceress!"...voice acted like a high-school drama student reading a children's book aloud...egads...)

Wow - and I was really in the mood to enjoy it - and love the genre.

I'm so shocked that obviously SO MUCH time and effort is going into RPGs now, but yet the plot/story/acting are still throwbacks to RPGs of the 90's, which ruins it all. Witcher has beautiful graphics, and I'm sure a well fleshed out world, but I'll never see it because I CAN'T STAND plodding through the grating story and acting. Silly stuff - like it's thought up by 20-30y.o. male computer programmers who don't have any real Life experience.

What a let down...

Are my sights just set too high, or might I instead enjoy DragonAge...? Does it have that same shake-n-bake vibe with themes geared toward 14y.o. boys?

I haven't bought it yet, and don't want to waste the money if it'll just be a bunch of eye candy with recycled story/characters/acting for teenagers.

CMChotmail

You will probably hate Dragon Age even more...it's like a soap opera for gamers.

Lol. Nah.

I took me awhile to get used to the witcher and when I beat I never had a feeling to replay it

The only thing better in Dragon Age is the combat.

The combat is fundamentally clicketty clicketty.

CMChotmail

I don't think so. If you don't like The Witcher then I don't see you liking Dragon Age.

I don't understand how you can call The Witcher immature and geared towards teeneagers. The plot and characters are some of the best I have ever seen in a game.

JangoWuzHere

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I don't think so. If you don't like The Witcher then I don't see you liking Dragon Age.

I don't understand how you can call The Witcher immature and geared towards teeneagers. The plot and characters are some of the best I have ever seen in a game.

CMChotmail

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Wow - and I was really in the mood to enjoy it - and love the genre.

teardropmina

what's the game you consider good and enjoyable from this genre you love?

we'll have a better idea if you would like DA:O if we we know what kind of RPG you like.

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I don't think so. If you don't like The Witcher then I don't see you liking Dragon Age.

I don't understand how you can call The Witcher immature and geared towards teeneagers. The plot and characters are some of the best I have ever seen in a game.

ChiliDragon

Seriously, though - address those 2 examples that I cited. How are those not 100% unforgivably atrocious? How do they not completely kill the mood for anyone hoping to actually immerse themselves in another world and take it 'seriously'. CMChotmail

No, you won't enjoy Dragon Age if you couldn't find anything much good about an outstanding PC game that is The Witcher. Try a different genre cause these don't seem to be your thing.

VeryBumpy

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No, you won't enjoy Dragon Age if you couldn't find anything much good about an outstanding PC game that is The Witcher. Try a different genre cause these don't seem to be your thing.

jwsoul

Our culture really loves harder more mature stuff - even out teenagers. CMChotmail

I don't know where you're from, and have no intent to say anything about your culture. it'll take too much time and energy to write an essay or even a thesis to discuss the things you throw around (AC is more mature than BG2 and such), which is a waste of time for me online.

so...my advice would be...become a modder, mod the game to your liking or find a way for your serious/mature people to make games.

Same here. I hated the Witcher and its clicky click fighting system. I tried to finish the game twice. Farthest I could get was chapter 3 before the painfully slow and boring story combine with the terrible combat tortured me into submission. It was just painful to play. I don't think I can even stand playing it for another 5 minutes without going into a coma.

DAO on the other hand was pure awesome. I love that game and consider it one of the best games I ever played.

[QUOTE="CMChotmail"] Our culture really loves harder more mature stuff - even out teenagers. teardropmina

I don't know where you're from, and have no intent to say anything about your culture. it'll take too much time and energy to write an essay or even a thesis to discuss the things you throw around (AC is more mature than BG2 and such), which is a waste of time for me online.

so...my advice would be...become a modder, mod the game to your liking or find a way for your serious/mature people to make games.

NWN1 was OK.CMChotmail

You "hate" The Witcher..yet you enjoyed NWN1..? Do you just love bad/bland storytelling and characters or something?

NWN1 was abysmal campaign-wise. The entire appeal of the game and its central aspect of acclaim was its multiplayer.

Dragon Age is a good game, but I'd recommend sticking with The Witcher for a little longer, and you trying to enjoy the game for what it is, rather than nitpicking over ridiculous things. The Witcher is absolutely the better game of the two, in my opinion.

If you decide to try Dragon Age and end up liking it, do try coming back to The Witcher later and see if your tastes have changed.

[QUOTE="CMChotmail"]Seriously, though - address those 2 examples that I cited. How are those not 100% unforgivably atrocious? How do they not completely kill the mood for anyone hoping to actually immerse themselves in another world and take it 'seriously'. ChiliDragon

Dragon Age is nothing like the Witcher.

It is fundamentally better.

I did not care for the Witcher in the least, but I loved Dragon Age. The differences between the two are tremendous.

I couldnt stand the Whitcher and enjoyed Dragon age so give it a shot.

Thanks for the cool feedback. Yours, and several other's on here, have swayed me to give Witcher a 2nd try, another time. Maybe I was rash, and am missing the real quality of it if I bail now, right off the bat.CMChotmail