More proof that Dragon Age 2 will be awesome.

"I've seen a lot of people voice concerns about the combat being "dumbed down" to be more like an action game. In truth, combat works largely the same – actions are mapped to the face buttons and by pulling on the right trigger or R2 you can switch to a different set of moves. There have been some modifications to the action wheel that you can pull up with the left trigger or L2, but for the most part it's similar too."

"Dragon Age 2 addresses this problem by incorporating a more "Mass Effect like" hero that actually emotes in cinematic cut-scenes. Although the idea is the same and the dialogue wheel is present, this is clearly not Mass Effect."

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This game couldn't look any less interesting if it tried. KHAndAnime

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Ugly graphics + Linear paths am comfirmed.

i think that this game will be good. couldnt disagree more with KHandAnime.kramernic

Ugly graphics + Linear paths am comfirmed.

GeneralShowzer

Funny how after I disproved your previous statements you grasp at straws.

1. That pic is not ugly. It's just aliased.

2. It's the console version.

3. It's only linear in the sense that you have to do A & B, but you can do it in any sequence you like. The game spans 10 years and it's broken down in chapters, I think... just like the Witcher is.

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[QUOTE="kramernic"]i think that this game will be good. couldnt disagree more with KHandAnime.KHAndAnime

i was really worried you would haha

1. It's very very ugly, especially for a big budget game 2. PC version won't look THAT different 3. That makes no sense 4. My eyes :o 5. This game doesn't look impressive.GeneralShowzer

yeah i do agree the game could look a lot better, but i would think most people are buying this game for the story and rpg elements.

This game couldn't look any less interesting if it tried. KHAndAnime

[QUOTE="KHAndAnime"]This game couldn't look any less interesting if it tried. DanielDust

[QUOTE="SkyWard20"][QUOTE="GeneralShowzer"]1. It's very very ugly, especially for a big budget game 2. PC version won't look THAT different 3. That makes no sense 4. My eyes :o 5. This game doesn't look impressive.GeneralShowzer

Good old internet mentality : i dont care , but im still hating .

[QUOTE="GeneralShowzer"][QUOTE="SkyWard20"] Read the article?kazakauskas

Good old internet mentality : i dont care , but im still hating .

[QUOTE="kazakauskas"]

[QUOTE="GeneralShowzer"] But i don't really care.SkyWard20

Good old internet mentality : i dont care , but im still hating .

[QUOTE="DanielDust"][QUOTE="KHAndAnime"]This game couldn't look any less interesting if it tried. SkyWard20

[QUOTE="SkyWard20"][QUOTE="DanielDust"] This You need "some" signs that it'll be awesome before having "more". Also the screenshot you posted still looks worse than DA:O. If you're really a fan you should have known that.DanielDust

ThatsBecause your to busy bashing every bioware game in exisistence.

[QUOTE="SkyWard20"][QUOTE="kazakauskas"]

Good old internet mentality : i dont care , but im still hating .

GeneralShowzer

ThatsBecause your to busy bashing every bioware game in exisistence.

Cdog993

I don't see the proof. This game looks bad. It will get buried and forgotten by all the better RPG's and better games coming out in 2011. That's all.

[QUOTE="GeneralShowzer"][QUOTE="SkyWard20"] This boy could cure terminal cancer by just leaving a hospital.SkyWard20

I must agree with skyward I think every thread about DA2, or basically any bioware game you've been posting on the that thread bashing it so please dont pretend to be innocent

[QUOTE="GeneralShowzer"]

Ugly graphics + Linear paths am comfirmed.

SkyWard20

Funny how after I disproved your previous statements you grasp at straws.

1. That pic is not ugly. It's just aliased.

2. It's the console version.

3. It's only linear in the sense that you have to do A & B, but you can do it in any sequence you like. The game spans 10 years and it's broken down in chapters, I think... just like the Witcher is.

4.

sexy female character models: Confirmed ;) played DA:O as a female city elf with firery red hair ;)

What's this damn obsession with graphics?! Are you too dumbed down that you can't play a game unless there is something shiny on the screen? I bet you guys never played a snes or worse a sega master system 2.?

What's this damn obsession with graphics?! Are you too dumbed down that you can't play a game unless there is something shiny on the screen? I bet you guys never played a snes or worse a sega master system 2.?

frankopanklaric

What's this damn obsession with graphics?! Are you too dumbed down that you can't play a game unless there is something shiny on the screen? I bet you guys never played a snes or worse a sega master system 2.?

frankopanklaric

You know what, it's time we had a DA2 support thread on the GS forums. There have been WAY too many hate threads lately, so this is a welcome change.

The article is really good. Don't be hating on the aliased pictures, the UI screams console version.

"I've seen a lot of people voice concerns about the combat being "dumbed down" to be more like an action game. In truth, combat works largely the same – actions are mapped to the face buttons and by pulling on the right trigger or R2 you can switch to a different set of moves. There have been some modifications to the action wheel that you can pull up with the left trigger or L2, but for the most part it's similar too."

"Dragon Age 2 addresses this problem by incorporating a more "Mass Effect like" hero that actually emotes in cinematic cut-scenes. Although the idea is the same and the dialogue wheel is present, this is clearly not Mass Effect."

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SkyWard20

What's this damn obsession with graphics?! Are you too dumbed down that you can't play a game unless there is something shiny on the screen? I bet you guys never played a snes or worse a sega master system 2.?

frankopanklaric

It's not that mate, it's just that it looks like they have gone BACKWARDS in graphics from Dragon Age 1. No one is saying that it should look like Crysis, just that better than the first....FelipeInside

Actually, it's pretty much the same. The were looking for a better, more colorful art style this time around. Animations look better too. Take a look at the new dev diary to see the difference.

[QUOTE="frankopanklaric"]

What's this damn obsession with graphics?! Are you too dumbed down that you can't play a game unless there is something shiny on the screen? I bet you guys never played a snes or worse a sega master system 2.?

FelipeInside

Skyward20 your trying so hard to convince people like this game, and won't accept others opinions on it. I love BioWare and liked DA:O but the simple truth is the DA2 does look a lot worse than the original. All that I have seen is a dumbed down version of the first game.

And I honestly feel that the reviews for the game won't be what you are expecting and the game will score between 7.5 and 8.

Skyward20 your trying so hard to convince people like this game, and won't accept others opinions on it. I love BioWare and liked DA:O but the simple truth is the DA2 does look a lot worse than the original. All that I have seen is a dumbed down version of the first game.

And I honestly feel that the reviews for the game won't be what you are expecting and the game will score between 7.5 and 8.

Raxzor

Wish some of these people here have played ultima in the day..Man they wouldve been like i cant play this game its a dot lol..Remember that some of the old timers here like myself..We had a square an it moved an it hit another square or triangle..The sword was a stick..Yet that game still lives in my mind as better than some of the graphical games of todays era..Why do you ask because it had heart an soul..Ultima had a ton of things to do..Regents wich was mixing of spells was tedious at best and took hours to make..Man i remember one day just sitting home to mix spells for the entire week of gaming..My brother did the same the week later...It took us months to beat ultima because the world was so huge..Id wonder what some of these younger players would do with a game like that..Maybe not play it..Id still go back today an play any ultima game...Wish they still made games like this with heart an soul..

Dao 2s graphics are not bad..Shame some people say they wont play it because it doesnt look like some other games..Its not meant ot be..Id rather have great game-play an heart and soul rather than graphics..Dao 2 looks like it will be fun ill be playing this day one..Torchlight doesnt have the best graphics either yet every one loves the heck out of the game...As do i..Think some of the younger crowd need to look at game-play first and graphics second..Im sure there will be the same amount of game time also with dao2...

And I honestly feel that the reviews for the game won't be what you are expecting and the game will score between 7.5 and 8.

Raxzor

That would be the lowest score ever for a Bioware game. It won't happen; most reviewers will judge it based on it's own merit, not in comparison to Origins.

For the people ripping the graphics based on those screens, those are for the xbox 360 version.

I doubt the game will be as good as Origins but it's not like it's going to suck.

Skyward20 your trying so hard to convince people like this game, and won't accept others opinions on it. I love BioWare and liked DA:O but the simple truth is the DA2 does look a lot worse than the original. All that I have seen is a dumbed down version of the first game.

And I honestly feel that the reviews for the game won't be what you are expecting and the game will score between 7.5 and 8.

Raxzor

Some artists/creators consistently release good works that meet a certain standard of quality during their time. I'm not saying that BioWare can't make a bad game or that we should solely have expectations of a game based on previous accomplishments -- just that we shouldn't jump to conclusions when MANY previews actually said the combat will be very similar for Dragon Age 2, ignore all the evidence and be surprised if the game is actually decent.

It's very possible for humans to fail and it's quite possible for BioWare to release a 'bad game', but between Dragon Age, Mass Effect and the Old Republic, I don't expect BioWare to fail when it seems to be reaching the height of its career ( at least for me ).

I know not everyone may actually like BioWare and what it's doing now, but for everyone that liked BioWare's more recent works ( Kotor, Dragon Age, Mass Effect ), I don't expect them to be disappointed.

"I've seen a lot of people voice concerns about the combat being "dumbed down" to be more like an action game. In truth, combat works largely the same – actions are mapped to the face buttons and by pulling on the right trigger or R2 you can switch to a different set of moves. There have been some modifications to the action wheel that you can pull up with the left trigger or L2, but for the most part it's similar too."

"Dragon Age 2 addresses this problem by incorporating a more "Mass Effect like" hero that actually emotes in cinematic cut-scenes. Although the idea is the same and the dialogue wheel is present, this is clearly not Mass Effect."

Link

SkyWard20

u already started off by using a controller as an example of game play...u already killed ur argument for me...sry...but rpgs like this should have a mouse...im an old school rpg fan who still plays tabletop...but action wheels and move sets doesnt compare to 10 action bars for spells and abilities...

Dragon Age 1 wasn't awesome and it doesn't look like this game's trying to significantly improve on its predecessor.

What I'm hoping for is that the game will expand on the original by keeping all your origins options and actually turning them into things which significantly affected the game. It's irritating to me that Bioware's decided not to do that kind of work and just took out the racial backgrounds entirely. From a writing perspective - and that's the second most important part of an RPG - Dragon Age was nothing special, either. They didn't manage to make me interested or involved in the world that they spent so much time building, and that signifies to me a failure on the part of a developer which is reputed for supposedly having well-written games.

[QUOTE="SkyWard20"]

"I've seen a lot of people voice concerns about the combat being "dumbed down" to be more like an action game. In truth, combat works largely the same – actions are mapped to the face buttons and by pulling on the right trigger or R2 you can switch to a different set of moves. There have been some modifications to the action wheel that you can pull up with the left trigger or L2, but for the most part it's similar too."

"Dragon Age 2 addresses this problem by incorporating a more "Mass Effect like" hero that actually emotes in cinematic cut-scenes. Although the idea is the same and the dialogue wheel is present, this is clearly not Mass Effect."

Link

lpjazzman220

u already started off by using a controller as an example of game play...u already killed ur argument for me...sry...but rpgs like this should have a mouse...im an old school rpg fan who still plays tabletop...but action wheels and move sets doesnt compare to 10 action bars for spells and abilities...

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="frankopanklaric"]

What's this damn obsession with graphics?! Are you too dumbed down that you can't play a game unless there is something shiny on the screen? I bet you guys never played a snes or worse a sega master system 2.?

kieranb2000

Dragon Age 1 wasn't awesome and it doesn't look like this game's trying to significantly improve on its predecessor.

What I'm hoping for is that the game will expand on the original by keeping all your origins options and actually turning them into things which significantly affected the game. It's irritating to me that Bioware's decided not to do that kind of work and just took out the racial backgrounds entirely. From a writing perspective - and that's the second most important part of an RPG - Dragon Age was nothing special, either.

Barbariser

1. It's very very ugly, especially for a big budget game 2. PC version won't look THAT different 3. That makes no sense 4. My eyes :o 5. This game doesn't look impressive.GeneralShowzer

I still bet it will get 9.0 Editor's Choice on the PC.

[QUOTE="GeneralShowzer"]1. It's very very ugly, especially for a big budget game 2. PC version won't look THAT different 3. That makes no sense 4. My eyes :o 5. This game doesn't look impressive.topsemag55

I still bet it will get 9.0 Editor's Choice on the PC.