Dragon Age impressions

[kris]

What difficulty are you all playing?

I selected "Nightmare" knowing that most modern games are far too easy. I just got the Grey Warden camp and it hasn't been that challenging so far.

Does it get much harder once you finish the origin story?

I'm playing on hard. Didn't find it that hard until I finished the section that you're at now. Still don't find it too challenging, but honestly. I think it's about BG level which is what they've claimed afaik.

I just finished (well, actually it's not entirerely finished yet) one of the "hubs" after the world map opens up. Very pleased with this section. Not sure how the choices I made will affect things, or if they really will, but I know I scratched my chin for quite a while before I decided on what to do. I also really like some the characters outside the party in this game. Some of the characters that have sort of supporting roles are really nice and feel quite human.

The influence system with the companions have really left me scratching my head in a few places though. Getting some huge shifts sometimes in the opposite direction from what I would expect. Not sure if this is due to some amazing underlying depth to the characters (unlikely) or just that the characters opinions don't quite come through in some situations. Oh well.

Interesting. I usually prefer games that are very challenging, so I think I will stick with "Nightmare" difficulty, but hopefully it does not get so hard I have to restart.

Important note. You can change difficult while playing, you dont need to restart.

 

[Volourn]

"Yes, incredibly interesting creatures such as Goblins, Bugbears, Gnolls, Ettercaps, Gibberlings, Kobolds, Hobgoblins, Orcs, Ogres, Dire Wolves, Dire Bears, Lammasus...yawn. Filler crap."

You are an idiot who obviously hans't played or paid attention to DA. Its monsters - including/espicially the darkspawn - all have interesting backstories.

Even simple wolves have some interetsing backstory spin, and why are they hated by the Feralden populace. Dumbass.


"Source?"

Do a search. However, check out Dark Sun as one example. Idiot.


"The Witcher's bestiarium consists of monsters that had some human background or emotion associated with them, and some would only be found where certain deeds had transpired."

That's not fuckin' original. FFS youa re stupid.


"Actually, it was a bold move from the usual Tolkien faggotry of Elven-cock-sucking humans, and Dwarves being mere comic relief."

The vast majority of D&D dwarves (not coutning DL ones) are anything BUT 'comic' believe.

The FR, btw, has entire nations and city states dedciated to enslaving other races or hell even ones of the same race. Dumbass.

Read up on Thay, Calimshan, and the drow just as THREE examples of.

Fuck, get your face out of TW's stinky ass and simply realzie that its ideas, themes, etc. are NOt new or original. FFS

 

[1eyedking]

Quote your sources next time or I won't even bother answering.

"Fereldeans simultaneously harbor a distrust of wolves that borders on the unreasonable. Unreasonable, that is, if one were not familiar with the ancient legends regarding werewolves. There was a time in Ferelden's past when demons inhabited the bodies of wolves in great numbers, causing the wars against werewolves and spreading great fear and panic."

So the "interesting backstory spin" you say is nothing but people fearing wolves because of...werewolves. HURR DURR. There seems to be no connection between possessed wolves and werewolves, however, except both are words that have "wolves" in them. No relationship between the demons, the wolves, or werewolves whatosever. Deep.

Do a search. However, check out Dark Sun as one example. Idiot.

"Do a search."



Quote it yourself, or it's dust in the wind.

That's not fuckin' original. FFS youa re stupid.

OK...

Why don't you just go back to whatever imageboard you frequent?

The vast majority of D&D dwarves (not coutning DL ones) are anything BUT 'comic' believe.

The FR, btw, has entire nations and city states dedciated to enslaving other races or hell even ones of the same race. Dumbass.

Read up on Thay, Calimshan, and the drow just as THREE examples of.

Fuck, get your face out of TW's stinky ass and simply realzie that its ideas, themes, etc. are NOt new or original. FFS

Writing (and reading comprehension) is teh hard.

Racism ≠ slavery.

Also I'm not saying The Witcher is the coming of the Christ in terms of originality and story. It's a game that did some things extremely well, while it royally fucked up in others, and the rest came up quite fine. Nevertheless, it's way, way above the shit BioWare shovels every two or three years.

 

[Grunker]

Volourn is my new favouristest guy. He's praising the Forgotten Realms Setting. You really *are* a pretty princess, aren't you? ^^

True, I doubt that Dragon Age stole anything from the Witcher just because DA's been in development since 2003.

Dragon Age made major shifts in direction almost every year. When I followed development in 2003, it looked like a version of KotOR in medieval times. So it had plenty of time to rip off The Witcher. I'm actually disappointed if it hasn't.

 

[kris]

Unlike pretty much every other RPG ever done enemies comes from other rooms and attac you while in battle.

Errrmmm pretty much every other RPG has it the exactly same way.

Nah, in most RPGs they dont notice when you waste a guy five meters away. I have got surprise attacked in DA several times.

 

[Ch1ef]

WHO THE FUCK IS GRUNKER?

 

[Emotional Vampire]

"Ironic" guy, i.e. he only posts on Codex "ironically", because it's full of rabid biased assholes and he's sooo not any of those.

Also claims not to be a weeaboo but uses animu emote in every second post.

 

[Junior Boy]

I thought you were the ironic guy, Emotional Vampire.

 

[Ch1ef]

I love when you explain things to me , Emo

 

[Freelance Henchman]

I AM VERY ANGRY ABOUT BIOWARE.

 

[kris]

I was thinking that Morrigan sounded like "Aeryn Sun" in Farscape and not surprisingly she actually is voiced by Claudia Black.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Morrigan is now making out with my dwarf, FYI.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

HER SLOBBER IS RUNNING ALL OVER MY BEARD AS SHE BENDS OVER AND AVOIDS MY MASSIVE NOSE TO STICK HER TONGUE DOWN MY THROAT

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

OH GOD YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSsssssssssssssssssssss

 

[MetalCraze]

Nah, in most RPGs they dont notice when you waste a guy five meters away. I have got surprise attacked in DA several times.

You are wrong. I still remember such stuff happening in games like Wiz8, Fallout and even NWN2-"based" modules and that's the ones I played/replayed not too long ago (or playing now like Wiz8 - and such stuff happens quite often there) so that's like from the top of my head. I'm sure even Morrowind and NWN1 had such stuff too - I think it's more common than you'd expect.
Though obviously it won't happen in goldbox games and alikes (aka the ones where combat encounter is not connected to the whole gameworld)

edit: and ya IWD had some o' that stuff too

 

[Trash]

This whole thread is testament to Astromarines enduring wisdom.

All the bitching in this thread just goes to prove what I suspected, and the reason I left this fucking place. Most of the actually intelligent people in this forum have left, all that's remaining are the posing retards that get a thrill out of being all nasty and counterculture and shit but actually don't have the critical thinking and analytical skills to walk the walk.

 

[Freelance Henchman]

OH GOD YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSsssssssssssssssssssss

So would you say Dragon Age is HEAVAN?

 

[kris]

Nah, in most RPGs they dont notice when you waste a guy five meters away. I have got surprise attacked in DA several times.

You are wrong. I still remember such stuff happening in games like Wiz8, Fallout and even NWN2-"based" modules and that's the ones I played/replayed not too long ago (or playing now like Wiz8 - and such stuff happens quite often there) so that's like from the top of my head. I'm sure even Morrowind and NWN1 had such stuff too - I think it's more common than you'd expect.
Though obviously it won't happen in goldbox games and alikes (aka the ones where combat encounter is not connected to the whole gameworld)

edit: and ya IWD had some o' that stuff too

You said most games. I never said it has never been done. In fallout you were pretty much never taken by surprise though. Wiz8? Weren't battles turnbased there and no new group could join a ongoing fight? Modules doesn't count.

 

[MetalCraze]

Lemme fix myself then - most games where combat encounter doesn't happen in some isolated instance.

And yep - I'm playing Wiz8 and sometimes new enemies join the fight - probably because monsters don't stand in one place there.

 

[hiver]

Actually, it was a bold move from the usual Tolkien faggotry of Elven-cock-sucking humans, and Dwarves being mere comic relief.

I think you need to read Tolkien again. Or, maybe, actually read Tolkien at all.

 

[Emotional Vampire]

I thought you were the ironic guy, Emotional Vampire.

To an extent, I guess that's true

 

[Junior Boy]

Oh and I'd like to agree with previous posters who have said it runs well; it runs fucking flawlessly. Granted, I have a 9400, but even in the crowded areas, the fps is...just as good as IE games, haha. I was really, really happy with that.

If anyone is curious as to the quality of the Origin stories, the Mage is the best, with Dwarf Commoner, Alienage Elf and human noble following. But honestly, that was roughly the order I played them in, so it could be a novelty thing. The Dwarf Commoner one just makes you feel like what black people must have felt like in the 50's or something.

You have ample opportunities to dick over your buddies, too. Like rat your elf friend out to the cops for a job you both did, or turn your mage friend over to your mentor (he's trying to escape). These are dickish moves, but they make sense in context, and don't just seem blatantly evil. Re-playing the mage origin kind of bummed me out; when I first went through, I felt like I was fucking myself over hard, but it was to help a friend. But when you replay it and fuck the friend over, the EXACT same scenario ends up playing out. I wish they tweaked it a little, although I'm sure the game later will be much more affected than I think.

 

[MetalCraze]

Codex is now praising David Gaider's atrocious writing and even choices that have no consequences (but you can pretend that they make sense in context!) - ITZ coming.

 

[Stereotypical Villain]

I'm purchasing the new shit when it's out, but only because i have nothing else to do in between waiting for the world wide release of Stalker: Call of Pripyat.

 

[Junior Boy]

Codex is now praising David Gaider's atrocious writing and even choices that have no consequences (but you can pretend that they make sense in context!) - ITZ coming.

Ooh, I'm Codex.

Eh, I mean like, there's plausible motivations behind being a dick in the Origins, not just masturbatory evilness. Maybe that's something I'm not used to, and is more common than I think, but it was nice regardless.