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Re: Official Dragon Age: Origins thread
Leaning toward PC version simply for user created content. There was a LOAD of user created stuff for Oblivion and I seem to recall a lot for Baldur's Gate, although that was a while ago. Console would allow me to play on 73" screen though, and that would be really sweet... Tough choice.
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Re: Official Dragon Age: Origins thread
Originally Posted by Easy
(Post 9769905)
Leaning toward PC version simply for user created content. There was a LOAD of user created stuff for Oblivion and I seem to recall a lot for Baldur's Gate, although that was a while ago. Console would allow me to play on 73" screen though, and that would be really sweet... Tough choice.
http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/rpg/...r-greg-zeschuk |
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The bottom line is the computer version will look better and probably control a little faster than the 360/ps3 versions, but as I said before, my computer would barely run it so in fact it would look worst on the computer for me. If I had a high end computer I would probably lean a bit toward the computer version, but then again I do love playing my 360 on my tv and the family can get more involved that way....
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Retailer-exclusive Dragon Age pre-order bonuses revealed
"These days, it's not enough that retailers offer pre-order bonuses for upcoming video games. No, nowadays every retailer needs its own specific bonus just so everyone involved can feel more special. Such is the case for Dragon Age: Origins, so we decided to do a little digging and gather up the various bonuses that will be available from different retailers. All the retailers below -- apart from Amazon, for some reason -- are offering the Memory Ring in-game item, which adds 1 percent to XP growth and also bestows players with an additional skill point. Several retailers also have an exclusive in-game item, though Impulse is only offering the Memory Ring. The store-exclusive bonuses are: * GameStop: Feral Wolf Charm - Gives bonuses to armor and health regeneration * Amazon: Lion's Paw Boots - "Adds to armor, dodge, and evading missiles." Amazon is also offering a $10 gift card for pre-ordering the standard edition * Steam: The Wicked Oath - A ring, adds 10% to critical strike damage, improves armor penetration by 2 and adds +1 to combat stamina regeneration The bonuses apply to the Collector's and Digital Deluxe editions in most cases too, but be sure to check before placing any orders. We're trying to find out if Amazon will be offering the Memory Ring as well, and will update this post as soon as we find out." |
Re: Official Dragon Age: Origins thread
I was so pumped for this game and then saw the Gameplay/battle system :down:
I'll still buy it but now I'll just wait for a price drop. |
Re: Official Dragon Age: Origins thread
I think the game play is pretty cool.
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Re: Official Dragon Age: Origins thread
Originally Posted by mhg83
(Post 9778467)
I was so pumped for this game and then saw the Gameplay/battle system :down:
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Originally Posted by Tracer Bullet
(Post 9779229)
This is exactly why I'm excited about this game.
I remember first reading about Baldur's Gate and not being sure about the way the battles played out. For me, it was hard to think of D&D in real time, with a pause feature, and I was not sure if I would like it compared to turn based combat. Boy was I wrong, it is perfect. This is not the infinity engine, but it looks close enough... When I watch these battles play out in Dragon Age, it just gets me even more excited. |
Re: Official Dragon Age: Origins thread
Originally Posted by Tracer Bullet
(Post 9779229)
This is exactly why I'm excited about this game.
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Re: Official Dragon Age: Origins thread
Originally Posted by mhg83
(Post 9778467)
I was so pumped for this game and then saw the Gameplay/battle system :down:
I'll still buy it but now I'll just wait for a price drop. |
Re: Official Dragon Age: Origins thread
Originally Posted by xmiyux
(Post 9779625)
Where are people seeing video of the battle system?
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PC Gamer UK review...
94% 'Verdict A truly astonishing game. Vast, vivid and microscopically detailed. Dragon Age is the RPG of the decade |
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PC gamer UK can be tough on scores, so a 94 is REAL high for them. I think the highest score they have ever given was 96..
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So after watching the videos, is the combat kind of Diablo-ish?
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Re: Official Dragon Age: Origins thread
Originally Posted by xmiyux
(Post 9779694)
So after watching the videos, is the combat kind of Diablo-ish?
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Originally Posted by xmiyux
(Post 9779694)
So after watching the videos, is the combat kind of Diablo-ish?
Originally Posted by Dragon Fly
(Post 9779751)
I was thinking that too. Reminded me strongly of Marvel Ultimate Alliance.
From what I've read and seen, the battle system is similar to kotor. I still loved that games story/presentation, but hated the battle system. It's just boring watching your character do most of the fighting while you sit back and watch. |
Re: Official Dragon Age: Origins thread
Originally Posted by xmiyux
(Post 9779694)
So after watching the videos, is the combat kind of Diablo-ish?
Not really. Diablo is purely real-time. Dragon Age is pseudo real-time in that you can pause the action at any time and queue up actions for each party member who will then execute them each turn. Have you ever played Baldur's Gate (the PC games, not the console games)? This is basically identical to them, except in 3D instead of 2D. Knights of the Old Republic was also very similar. |
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Originally Posted by kgrogers1979
(Post 9779766)
Not really. Diablo is purely real-time. Dragon Age is pseudo real-time in that you can pause the action at any time and queue up actions for each party member who will then execute them each turn. Have you ever played Baldur's Gate (the PC games, not the console games)? This is basically identical to them, except in 3D instead of 2D. Knights of the Old Republic was also very similar.
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I also didn't like Mass Effect, but I'm psyched for this game.
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The console version does not allow you to use the isometric view, e.g., the camera view in the Baldur's Gate series for the PC. It is only available in the PC version. I am mentioning this because in one of those videos the isometric view is shown.
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http://kotaku.com/5385022/you-can-pl...ur-other-games
Gamers can play BioWare's next epic as if it was an action-role-playing game, an MMO, like Kingdom Hearts or like Final Fantasy XII, a company rep recently explained to Kotaku. EA/BioWare senior product manager David Silverman explained the four Dragon Age playing styles during a live demo of the PlayStation 3 version of the game in New York last week. He provided the explanation as a BioWare employee battled through what Silverman said was the second-toughest battle of the game — a fight with a dragon, naturally — and then as I took the controls and brought a party of four adventurers into the dwarven city of Orzammar. The most basic way to play the game is as if it's an action-RPG, Silverman said. Control one sword-swinging hero. Let the computer control the rest of the characters. A slightly more involved way to play would be to treat it like a massively-multiplayer online game for which you have multiple characters. As you adventure with your party, a player can switch control of characters on the fly. On the PS3, this is done with a tap of a shoulder button, swinging the camera from one member of your party to another, as the whole group of them keeps walking around or, more likely, battling. The third way to play, according to Silverman, is the Kingdom Hearts style. This would involve the player sticking with a lead character, but swapping ally characters in and out to take advantage of their various specialties. In addition, players could, assign general combat tendencies to their allies, asking them to go all out, hang back — that sort of thing. The fourth and deepest way to play is to emulate the most hardcore way of controlling Final Fantasy XII. The Square-Enix RPG had a "Gambit System" that allowed players to collect and apply preferences to the artificial intelligence routines of partner characters. An example of a collectible gambit would be a script that would tell an ally to cast a healing potion on herself any time her health points drop below 30% of the total. Silverman explained that Dragon Age offers an even deeper version of that Final Fantasy system, minus any need to collect the scripting preferences. Opening a menu in the game, he showed rows of options that represented the configurable artificial intelligence scripting options. The roster of choices, which made the screen dense with text, was stunning. Every line was configurable,via drop-down menus that apply, nouns, verbs and even numerical values to the partner character behaviors. For example, any character could be assigned to respond to a ranged attack with a certain move; or behave a certain way against one enemy type and a different way against another. That fourth method, Silverman said, is the one least likely to be used by the average player. But even a glimpse of it showed great promise and demonstrated the generous range of involvement BioWare is allowing among its Dragon Age players. You could ignore so many of the control options in Dragon Age, or, if you want, you can dig very deep. The game will be released on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 next month. |
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I wonder how much of that stuff is going to be hidden or "dumbed down" for the consoles?
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Originally Posted by flashburn
(Post 9783751)
I wonder how much of that stuff is going to be hidden or "dumbed down" for the consoles?
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Originally Posted by JasonF
(Post 9783852)
The article is based off a PS3 live demo.
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Re: Official Dragon Age: Origins thread
Originally Posted by alxreys
(Post 9778443)
Retailer-exclusive Dragon Age pre-order bonuses revealed
"These days, it's not enough that retailers offer pre-order bonuses for upcoming video games. No, nowadays every retailer needs its own specific bonus just so everyone involved can feel more special. Such is the case for Dragon Age: Origins, so we decided to do a little digging and gather up the various bonuses that will be available from different retailers. All the retailers below -- apart from Amazon, for some reason -- are offering the Memory Ring in-game item, which adds 1 percent to XP growth and also bestows players with an additional skill point. Several retailers also have an exclusive in-game item, though Impulse is only offering the Memory Ring. The store-exclusive bonuses are: * GameStop: Feral Wolf Charm - Gives bonuses to armor and health regeneration * Amazon: Lion's Paw Boots - "Adds to armor, dodge, and evading missiles." Amazon is also offering a $10 gift card for pre-ordering the standard edition * Steam: The Wicked Oath - A ring, adds 10% to critical strike damage, improves armor penetration by 2 and adds +1 to combat stamina regeneration The bonuses apply to the Collector's and Digital Deluxe editions in most cases too, but be sure to check before placing any orders. We're trying to find out if Amazon will be offering the Memory Ring as well, and will update this post as soon as we find out." |
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I'm trying to decide whether I want the PC or the 360 version of this. I'm leaning towards PC.
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If the 360 version is even 90% close to PC its always my choice now. Sitting on the couch for the win.
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I'm getting it for the PC. Mouse ftw!
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So a mouse is now a must and a vast improvement for rpgs as well as fps? Ooookay. No carpal tunnel ftw.
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Why so snarky?
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The PS3 release date has been moved up to 11/03, same as the PC and 360.
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I was downloading the game videos for this on xboxLive and noticed that the game graphics were a LOT less refined than Oblivion. The textures were flat, bricks and grass were flat, characters were cartoony. These are just preliminary videos right? I would think the graphics would be more evolved than Oblivion
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Re: Official Dragon Age: Origins thread
Bioware has always put less of a priority on graphics than Bethesda, so that's not surprising at all.
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www.dragonagejourneys.com
Flash game that allows you to unlock three exclusive items to use in Dragon Age Origins when you get the game. |
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I am kind of on the fence with this one. I typically don't get into RPG type games, but this looks exceptional. The last extensive RPG I did was Dragon Warrior for the original NES in the late 80s. I like games where I can run around and do quick action, so I might not be the best for this, but dang it looks cool, and I do like fantasy movies and books.
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If anyone is getting it on Steam, it's up for pre-loading. I did that last night. Can't wait to start playing tomorrow, when I get home from work.
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Re: Official Dragon Age: Origins thread
Originally Posted by Save Ferris
(Post 9797527)
I was downloading the game videos for this on xboxLive and noticed that the game graphics were a LOT less refined than Oblivion. The textures were flat, bricks and grass were flat, characters were cartoony. These are just preliminary videos right? I would think the graphics would be more evolved than Oblivion
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Yep, the game has been in development since 2004 so don't expect too much from the graphics. As long as the game's story and gameplay are top notch, I'll be happy.
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Re: Official Dragon Age: Origins thread
Originally Posted by TLwizard
(Post 9803109)
www.dragonagejourneys.com
Flash game that allows you to unlock three exclusive items to use in Dragon Age Origins when you get the game. |
Re: Official Dragon Age: Origins thread
Originally Posted by Nausicaa
(Post 9811561)
The visuals are supposed to be one of the main weak points of this game. I think what you saw is what you'll get. It's been in development for five or more years, so the engine is probably a bit dated.
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