Witcher 2 dev calls out Dragon Age 2s graphics. Dragon Age 2 looks Horrible

Graphics are the least of Dragon Age's problems.

The first game was a ****ing waste of time; it was an endless combat slog, and a poorly designed one at that. The gameworld was tiny and shallow; the story was awful, besides being incredible generic. How anyone managed to squeeze one iota of enjoyment out of that trash is beyond me.

Now we have a DLC gutted sequel pumped out in no time at all that looks to be exactly the same sort of thing, only worse, and there's people (real BioWare fans, amirite?) actually defending this monstrosity?

Don't get me wrong, I'm not confused about that last bit; it does take all kinds gentlemen, and perhaps BioWare games simply must exist so that everyone else can have nice things (New Vegas, for instance).

The barrel does need a bottom, after all.

jethrovegas

Or maybe, just maybe, there are people out there who actually enjoyed DAO and are looking forward to DA2, such as myself?

Graphics are the least of Dragon Age's problems.

The first game was a ****ing waste of time; it was an endless combat slog, and a poorly designed one at that. The gameworld was tiny and shallow; the story was awful, besides being incredible generic. How anyone managed to squeeze one iota of enjoyment out of that trash is beyond me.

Now we have a DLC gutted sequel pumped out in no time at all that looks to be exactly the same sort of thing, only worse, and there's people (real BioWare fans, amirite?) actually defending this monstrosity?

Don't get me wrong, I'm not confused about that last bit; it does take all kinds gentlemen, and perhaps BioWare games simply must exist so that everyone else can have nice things (New Vegas, for instance).

The barrel does need a bottom, after all.

jethrovegas

Or maybe, just maybe, there are people out there who actually enjoyed DAO and are looking forward to DA2, such as myself?

the_ChEeSe_mAn2

Sorry, I don't buy it.

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Or maybe, just maybe, there are people out there who actually enjoyed DAO and are looking forward to DA2, such as myself?

jethrovegas

Sorry, I don't buy it.

There are people who enjoyed DAO a lot. I just finished couple hours ago my 10th playthrough. Now I'm ready for DA2.

[QUOTE="the_ChEeSe_mAn2"]

Or maybe, just maybe, there are people out there who actually enjoyed DAO and are looking forward to DA2, such as myself?

jethrovegas

Sorry, I don't buy it.

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It looks fine, isn't it open world? For PC, maybe it should look better, for the consoles though I prefer the cleaner look over what would have been ugly game which tries to be very detailed but isn't.

Also does it use the same engine as ME2? ME2 had smaller environments for the most part and no AA. I noticed the console version of DAO had 2xAA and was open world of course.

i loved DAO1 and I'm not a fanboy at all. Same goes for GS. (9.5)

It looks fine, isn't it open world? For PC, maybe it should look better, for the consoles though I prefer the cleaner look over what would have been ugly game which tries to be very detailed but isn't.

Also does it use the same engine as ME2? ME2 had smaller environments for the most part and no AA. I noticed the console version of DAO had 2xAA and was open world of course.

SaltyMeatballs

It's not all about the looks.GeneralShowzer

[QUOTE="Jankarcop"]

i loved DAO1 and I'm not a fanboy at all. Same goes for GS. (9.5)

Shielder7

I call Shenanigans!!!

I thought it was great, it scored great at GS, its great at gamerankings, I honestly don't have to explain much more :D

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[QUOTE="Jankarcop"]

i loved DAO1 and I'm not a fanboy at all. Same goes for GS. (9.5)

Jankarcop

I call Shenanigans!!!

I thought it was great, it scored great at GS, its great at gamerankings, I honestly don't have to explain much more :D

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[QUOTE="the_ChEeSe_mAn2"]

Or maybe, just maybe, there are people out there who actually enjoyed DAO and are looking forward to DA2, such as myself?

Icarian

Sorry, I don't buy it.

There are people who enjoyed DAO a lot. I just finished couple hours ago my 10th playthrough. Now I'm ready for DA2.

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[QUOTE="jethrovegas"]

Sorry, I don't buy it.

the_ChEeSe_mAn2

There are people who enjoyed DAO a lot. I just finished couple hours ago my 10th playthrough. Now I'm ready for DA2.

I have alot of complaints about DAO but that didn't stop the fact that I spent some 130 to 150 hours playing it..

Why be hyped for DA:2 when Skyrim is coming?

Why be hyped for DA:2 when Skyrim is coming?

lordreaven

Why be hyped for DA:2 when Skyrim is coming?

lordreaven

[QUOTE="lordreaven"]

Why be hyped for DA:2 when Skyrim is coming?

spookykid143

[QUOTE="Jankarcop"]

[QUOTE="Shielder7"]

I call Shenanigans!!!

Shielder7

I thought it was great, it scored great at GS, its great at gamerankings, I honestly don't have to explain much more :D

But I enjoyed Dragon Age: Origins, and I did not enjoy Black Ops. I'm simply using scores to help backup my own opinion.

I don't really get what you're aiming at...you baiting bro? Maybe you should play DAO on pc.

[QUOTE="lordreaven"]

Why be hyped for DA:2 when Skyrim is coming?

Why be hyped for DA:2 when Skyrim is coming?

lordreaven

I have been greatly disappointed by Oblivion and Fallout 3, so I am cautious about hyping Skyrim.

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[QUOTE="the_ChEeSe_mAn2"]

Or maybe, just maybe, there are people out there who actually enjoyed DAO and are looking forward to DA2, such as myself?

Shielder7

Sorry, I don't buy it.

Right, because any product enjoyed by anybody can never have anything to do with the merits of that said product, but because of brand loyalty. Jesus, the garbage in this thread that people are trying to pull off as solid, factual information..

Real fans of Bioware don't care about the graphics. Was Mass Effect the first Bioware game you played?Karnage108

But I do care about the quality of the graphics, because thats linked to the engine. DAO ran horribly after a few hours on my pc due to memory leaks, and I had to restart all the time, not to mention that for the quality of the graphics even on max settings I was not able to get as smooth of a framerate as I feel my PC should. For ME1 (ugly and choppy) compared to ME2 it was like night and day, I got a beautiful steady 60FPS with the graphics being very pretty in ME2 and it made the experience very much more enjoyable. When people say "graphics" in general they mean more than screenshots, and yes it very very much matters to me, as hardcore a bioware gamer as they come.

i dont get why they still use their crap engine . they should just do what they did with mass effect and use the unreal engine

i dont get why they still use their crap engine . they should just do what they did with mass effect and use the unreal engine

sinpkr

I'd like to see an rpg use the avalanche 2.0 engine.

^ I agree.

DAII had demanding requirements for a game like this, why need 2.4 ghz quad core and 4gb ram and look ugly? If it's like the 1st then I don't see why it's high.

I'm sorry, but I think it's crazy to say that Oblivion was anything but incredible. And after mods? It's a bilion hour open world fantasy game. Absolutely brilliant. I'm almost positive that Skyrim will be even better.

As for The Witcher 2, after reading the latest PC Gamer preview, I can't help but get excited for it. Everything about it looks to be amazing.

DA2 looks...lackluster. Between the on-disc DLC, the massive casualization, and the already uncompelling world, I don't think I'm going to get it unless somebody I know personally tells me it's great. Can't really trust reviews with big name games like that.

[QUOTE="Karnage108"]Real fans of Bioware don't care about the graphics. Was Mass Effect the first Bioware game you played?110million

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then how do you explain ME2's success

110million

bazing!

seems like most of the people hating on DA2 in this thread hated DAO anyway.

[QUOTE="lordreaven"]

Why be hyped for DA:2 when Skyrim is coming?

I have been greatly disappointed by Oblivion and Fallout 3, so I am cautious about hyping Skyrim.

Well i'm buying both Games & i could care less about the Graphics.It's all about the gameplay & storyline :twisted:

i dont get why they still use their crap engine . they should just do what they did with mass effect and use the unreal engine

sinpkr

[QUOTE="110million"][QUOTE="finalfantasy94"]

bazing!

Makari

seems like most of the people hating on DA2 in this thread hated DAO anyway.

After playing the DA2 demo, the graphics are obviously improved.

Dragon Age Origins was better than Witcher.

So Witcher 2 is the game that should improve a lot.

I think it looks fairly nice. Medium is the highest possible graphical seting in the demo, so you shouldn't judge the game from that.

After playing DA2, I think I found it harder than Origins. Not only has it been ruined, but the way you can't stack input's just makes the game play completely unintuitive.

I was absolutely convinced that I was going to buy it, even though I was expecting it to be a downgrade from the original... but that demo's gameplay was just appalling. It's like everyone's worst fears came true, even though Bioware kept denying it and telling us that the PC version plays like Origins, it does not. Not even close.

After playing the DA2 demo, the graphics are obviously improved.

dommeus

Well to be fair, even top athletes have slumps.

Bioware has never been the most technically gifted studio and they still aren'tStrakha

Medium is the highest possible graphical seting in the demo, so you shouldn't judge the game from that.svenus97