What If Dragon Age Origins was a Real Time RPG

I think it would make the game so much better and would have recieved higher scores and much more hype. It would have made me like the game a lot more.

If you played this game without pausing you'd probably die in about 10 seconds unless you play easy on consoles.

I think Dragon Age's combat was excellent. It was a nice change of pace from the real time combat found in most games nowaday.

If you played this game without pausing you'd probably die in about 10 seconds unless you play easy on consoles.

Vaasman

i actually played the 360 version this way as a warrior on normal, it was a **** to play, didn't help that i had no idea how to use my mates properly, and yes i managed to beat the game

got the game on PC and played as a mage and always paused battle, makes the game so much easier and more fun

What does real time combat in a RPG like Dragon Age mean?

Like God of War or Darksiders or something? Where i press A and B in different combos? If thats what you mean i'm not sure, would remove alot of tactical depth but i don't know how else you mean real time, its not a shooter so you can't do it like ME.

If you played this game without pausing you'd probably die in about 10 seconds unless you play easy on consoles.

Vaasman

This. I would micro-manage like it was candy... I don't know if that saying fits, but I did play it very much like an old school game.

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If you played this game without pausing you'd probably die in about 10 seconds unless you play easy on consoles.

88mphSlayer

i actually played the 360 version this way as a warrior on normal, it was a **** to play, didn't help that i had no idea how to use my mates properly, and yes i managed to beat the game

got the game on PC and played as a mage and always paused battle, makes the game so much easier and more fun

play it on easy on the consoles and it is all real time. I think i had to pause it a few times on normal, and that was during [spoiler] the prison break sequence, the underground level, and the end game [/spoiler] so im sure easy wouldve been cake :P

If You play as a mage you need to be able to stop the action to choose your next spell. there is just too much that you need to manage. The game would also need to be dumbed way down for it to be a real time rpg

I think it would make the game so much better and would have recieved higher scores and much more hype. It would have made me like the game a lot more.

MetalGearSolidZ

I just got the PC version and I like it a lot (about 30 minutes into the game) but feel the game had more potential as a real time RPGMetalGearSolidZ

To answer your question: No, Dragon Age would not be better with direct player control. Why? Because there are a billion other action RPGs out there to choose from. The appeal of Dragon Age is that it plays like an old school RPG mechanics.

If DA:O was something at likes of demon souls, i'd be screwed if i had to rely on the A.I to heal me :?

You could play real time if you want, but it would be hell for you. On the higher difficulty settings, the game requires you to be extremely tactical, so planning your attacks during pause is a must.

Pair that with only having to manage one character and I would've bought it.

Pair that with only having to manage one character and I would've bought it.

windsquid9000

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Pair that with only having to manage one character and I would've bought it.

surrealnumber5

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Pair that with only having to manage one character and I would've bought it.

windsquid9000

Then this game is not for you.

[QUOTE="windsquid9000"][QUOTE="surrealnumber5"] tactics lets your party do the work and you will only have to micro your main manheysharpshooter

Then this game is not for you.

Dragon Age is the best RPG since The Witcher, and no I dont agree.

NEEDING to plan ahead every single action and advancement in battle is what I loved about that game. I hear the console versions are sad imitations due to no AOE friendly fire and the like but play the game on PC, Isometric, on the hardest difficulty, and its the best damn game youve played in a very long time.

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Pair that with only having to manage one character and I would've bought it.

windsquid9000

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[QUOTE="windsquid9000"]I'm only interested if I can kill everyone on the screen.windsquid9000

Then this game is not for you.

Diablo III... When it comes out? :P

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Then this game is not for you.

longtonguecat

Diablo III... When it comes out? :P

Doesn't make sense. DA is all about tactical combat, which action rpgs don't really do. Plus ME2 is out..two months after DA, so this way both tactical and action fans get their share of fun

I think it would make the game so much better and would have recieved higher scores and much more hype. It would have made me like the game a lot more.

MetalGearSolidZ

Doesn't make sense. DA is all about tactical combat, which action rpgs don't really do. Plus ME2 is out..two months after DA, so this way both tactical and action fans get their share of fun

AdrianWerner

It would be like Demon's Souls but easier and with a better story.

[QUOTE="MetalGearSolidZ"] I just got the PC version and I like it a lot (about 30 minutes into the game) but feel the game had more potential as a real time RPGblaaah

To answer your question: No, Dragon Age would not be better with direct player control. Why? Because there are a billion other action RPGs out there to choose from. The appeal of Dragon Age is that it plays like an old school RPG mechanics.

This. Definitely this.

No. The combat was perfect the way it was. And it was actually nice and challenging.

You can tell the difference between the people who played on their consoles and the people who played on the PC in this thread.blue_hazy_basic

[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"]You can tell the difference between the people who played on their consoles and the people who played on the PC in this thread.xsubtownerx

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Doesn't make sense. DA is all about tactical combat, which action rpgs don't really do. Plus ME2 is out..two months after DA, so this way both tactical and action fans get their share of fun

Shielder7

If Dragon Age had guns it would have scored higher and I would have enjoyed it more.

[QUOTE="xsubtownerx"][QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"]You can tell the difference between the people who played on their consoles and the people who played on the PC in this thread.blue_hazy_basic

no no no no

turn-based Baldur's Gate-style FTW

dont fix something that's not broken.

maybe it sucked on the consoles with pausing, I don't know, because the only version worth playing is PC and its fine there.

Are you suggesting it woulda been better as a hack'n'slash? that's crazy man, I want to test my brain not my button combos :lol:

The combat (on the PC) is what makes Dragon Age amazing. The characters are cool, and the story is alright, but the combat makes killing so thrilling :P

Fighting the high dragon was one of the most memorable gaming moments this gen for me.