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| 2 NOV 2009 at 9:30pm |
ThaumaturgeJourneyman
Posts : 999
Joined: 11 MAY 2006
Status : Offline | Eeerk, enemies leveling with the player? *acquires a look of distaste* That's almost enough, I think, to prompt some second thoughts about this game... :/
I believe that I want to see earlier enemies becoming relatively weaker. I want to be able to easily trounce that foe who so easily bested me previously. If I do more side-quests than expected, then I want to be relatively more powerful - and in a game that, I imagine, presents levelling as an increase in direct power, I don't want that to refer only to increased tactical opportunities, I feel. :/
MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
*ahem*
Sorry.
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| 2 NOV 2009 at 10:24pm |
InesrocksPrivate Detective
Posts : 682
Joined: 16 OCT 2008
Location: PT
Status : Offline | Forget the enemies and monsters... I heard the story is awesome!
And I like how you can ascend socially, or so they say...
Playing: Skyrim (ongoing)
Last Finished: can't recall, been too long.
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| 3 NOV 2009 at 1:52pm |
InesrocksPrivate Detective
Posts : 682
Joined: 16 OCT 2008
Location: PT
Status : Offline | im going to get it very very soon
Playing: Skyrim (ongoing)
Last Finished: can't recall, been too long.
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| 3 NOV 2009 at 2:17pm |
| Deleted User | Dang, I'm sad to hear about the levelling choice, especially since it caused such a furore when this was done in Oblivion. Don't devs listen to their market?
Well - it's too late for me to pull out of this one now... I went and paid for my copy yesterday - they don't do refunds...
Posted by: XerNosam Posted on: Yesterday at 3:16pm I figured I'd start a new, fresh thread for all things Dragon Age: Origins, seeing as it's coming TOMORROW! Hooray!
Boo! I'm envious.. [img]http://www.mindspring.com/~markparrish/Mumbles.gif[/img]
Mine is only arriving on Friday. (I'm hoping tho that it will come in early, and that if I call them Thursday evening, they'll say I can collect : )
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| 3 NOV 2009 at 5:10pm |
ThaumaturgeJourneyman
Posts : 999
Joined: 11 MAY 2006
Status : Offline | Originally posted by Inesrocks
Forget the enemies and monsters... I heard the story is awesome!
Oh, I'll probably still get it - but that it a fairly large negative point to my mind, I think, and has to some degree spoiled my anticipation of the game.
I do hope that the story is what you say it is... <_<
Of course, trust you, Evil Ines, to defend a game with levelling enemies! ;P
MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
*ahem*
Sorry.
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| 3 NOV 2009 at 5:46pm |
XerNosamSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 339
Joined: 3 SEP 2007
Location: US, California
Status : Offline | Well, in regards to the enemy leveling thing, they did also say that it's done in such a way that it feels natural, but again I'll reserve judgement until I play it.
I've read both Dragon Age books, so if the story in the game is anywhere close to as engaging as the books were, it'll be phenomenal!
Playing: Skyrim: Dragonborn/Dawnguard; Torchlight 2; To The Moon; Far Cry 3
Finished: HomeFront; Far Cry 3; Dishonored
Always Playing: Half Life 2
Looking Forward To: BioShock: Infinite
Reading: BioShock: Rapture; SW: Revan
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| 3 NOV 2009 at 5:55pm |
InesrocksPrivate Detective
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Joined: 16 OCT 2008
Location: PT
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Thaumaturge (3 NOV 2009 5:10pm)
Originally posted by Inesrocks
Forget the enemies and monsters... I heard the story is awesome!
Oh, I'll probably still get it - but that it a fairly large negative point to my mind, I think, and has to some degree spoiled my anticipation of the game.
I do hope that the story is what you say it is... <_<
Of course, trust you, Evil Ines, to defend a game with levelling enemies! ;P
haha well to be honest that doesn't make much difference to me... I always tend to go to the options menu and change this button that makes wonders to that problem
Playing: Skyrim (ongoing)
Last Finished: can't recall, been too long.
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| 3 NOV 2009 at 6:10pm |
ThaumaturgeJourneyman
Posts : 999
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Status : Offline | And what button is that? Do many games allow you to switch enemy-levelling off?
MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
*ahem*
Sorry.
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| 3 NOV 2009 at 7:22pm |
InesrocksPrivate Detective
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Joined: 16 OCT 2008
Location: PT
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Thaumaturge (3 NOV 2009 6:09pm)
And what button is that? Do many games allow you to switch enemy-levelling off?
no.. but you're always allowed to switch difficulty mode...... :-[
Playing: Skyrim (ongoing)
Last Finished: can't recall, been too long.
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| 3 NOV 2009 at 7:41pm |
ThaumaturgeJourneyman
Posts : 999
Joined: 11 MAY 2006
Status : Offline | Heh, fair enough, although whether that affects the elements that I mentioned above (such as returning to a foe that bested you previously) would, I suspect, depend on how they implemented the difficulty scaling - presuming that they do have such a setting, of course (I'm not convinced that all do, but admit that it seems probable that there will be one in Dragon Age).
MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
*ahem*
Sorry.
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| 3 NOV 2009 at 7:48pm |
| Deleted User | Don't get too complacent just assuming all games have an adjustable difficulty mode. Some don't. rakensang is one example.
Now my game's arrival seems to have been delayed until Monday, btw... [smiley=cry.gif]
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| 3 NOV 2009 at 8:32pm |
InesrocksPrivate Detective
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Location: PT
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By TheTraveler (3 NOV 2009 7:48pm)
Don't get too complacent just assuming all games have an adjustable difficulty mode. Some don't. Drakensang is one example.
Now my game's arrival seems to have been delayed until Monday, btw... [smiley=cry.gif]
now you're being mean talking about Drakensang! :'(
it was sure the most frustrating game ive ever played.. I couldnt make it past the tutorials.. I simply didnt find out how prevent my characters to die during combat. :-X
Playing: Skyrim (ongoing)
Last Finished: can't recall, been too long.
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| 3 NOV 2009 at 8:44pm |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By Inesrocks (3 NOV 2009 8:32pm)
Originally Posted By TheTraveler (3 NOV 2009 7:48pm)
Don't get too complacent just assuming all games have an adjustable difficulty mode. Some don't. Drakensang is one example.
Now my game's arrival seems to have been delayed until Monday, btw... [smiley=cry.gif]
now you're being mean talking about Drakensang! :'(
it was sure the most frustrating game ive ever played.. I couldnt make it past the tutorials.. I simply didnt find out how prevent my characters to die during combat. :-X
Nah, sorry - I didn't do that on purpose -it was just the first game that popped into my mind, because although i had found combat pretty easy enough in the introductory chapter, by the time I was in my third and fourth areas in the game, I was really finding myself having to redo some battles over and over again because they were so hard - in some of them all of my party members would die, every time.
Since I don't enjoy playing against such hard-to-beat odds, I had actually searched around for a difficulty setting, and found out that there isn't one. I usually play my first playthrough of an RPG on the default setting, and see how it goes - if too hard, I'd set it easier, and less often, higher if applicable.
I'm not shy to admit that with Drakensang, I would definitely have set it to "Easy" if I could have!
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| 4 NOV 2009 at 1:21am |
XerNosamSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 339
Joined: 3 SEP 2007
Location: US, California
Status : Offline | Dragon Age: Origins - CE in hand, and ready for install!!
I am SO very happy right now... will post my thoughts as I dig into this meal...
Playing: Skyrim: Dragonborn/Dawnguard; Torchlight 2; To The Moon; Far Cry 3
Finished: HomeFront; Far Cry 3; Dishonored
Always Playing: Half Life 2
Looking Forward To: BioShock: Infinite
Reading: BioShock: Rapture; SW: Revan
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| 4 NOV 2009 at 12:13pm |
InesrocksPrivate Detective
Posts : 682
Joined: 16 OCT 2008
Location: PT
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By krexfoster (4 NOV 2009 1:21am)
Dragon Age: Origins - CE in hand, and ready for install!!
I am SO very happy right now... will post my thoughts as I dig into this meal...
ahh im jealous! share us your thoughts with these starving bunch of people!
Playing: Skyrim (ongoing)
Last Finished: can't recall, been too long.
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| 4 NOV 2009 at 12:23pm |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By Inesrocks (4 NOV 2009 12:13pm)
Originally Posted By krexfoster (4 NOV 2009 1:21am)
Dragon Age: Origins - CE in hand, and ready for install!!
I am SO very happy right now... will post my thoughts as I dig into this meal...
[highlight]ahh im jealous! [/highlight]share us your thoughts with these starving bunch of people!
Yeah, me too! :'( ...and frustrated, too! [smiley=hair_pull.gif] I'm going to try and make a plan to see if I cannot cancel with the place who is only getting the game on Monday, so I can try to get it from a place that already has it...
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| 4 NOV 2009 at 2:27pm |
StilerJourneyman
Posts : 1458
Joined: 27 SEP 2004
Location: US, TN
Status : Offline | I've been playing the digital deluxe version (only version that comes with Wardens keep, which will cost 7 extra for anyone who wants it from the other versions of the game) and so far I'm loving it.
I'm playing through as a Human warrior. My only complaint is the lack of origin story for a Human. There is only one story for humans (human noble) unless you pick a mage. I would have much rather had my characters backround be a bit more humble rather then what you get, however the story is still great and has a lot of personality.
The dialogue and VO is great so far, it does seem to be a small step back from the likes of MAss Effect though since your character has no voice and you simply go by the text though.
I have found myself actually smiling and laughing at a few things, the writing so far has been great.
I'm playing on the Normal difficulty but I watched a preview before it came out and the guy was playing on normal and almost died like 3 times in the beginning mission so I knew it'd be good on normal instead. There's still things likle Friendly fire (it's only off for Easy difficulty) only it doesn't do 100% dmg to your allies rather a little reduced but the game is a challenge still.
Combat is fun if you are into the BG and more tactical approach in other Bioware games like KOTOR, etc. I have found t his being vital to winning many fights to pause (as your party members seem a little slow compared to the one you're controlling, they lag behind a bit, maybe a setting for that I don't know about). Each class has a great set of abilities. I almost went a rogue for the simply fact that they have a kick to the groin area .
Speaking of the more recent violence and such that has came up on this forum recently the game is actually quite bloody. When in combat you land good hits there's blood clouds from the strike. Also after reach battle your characters will have blood splattered on their clothing and bodies. However if you don't want it on you (it stays for a little bit, so you'll see it in cutscenes if they are shortly after a fight) you can get it off by talking to your dog and asking him to "take care of the mess," .
Atmosphere wise it's great, the area after the origin stories is set against some ruins and you can see far off in the horiozion against mountaintops and forest below. Graphics wise it's so so, it looks a little outdated compared to newer games, mainly because of hte lack of true shadows. You will walk under a dark area/shadow but it doesn't show ony our party members or anything. Performance wise it runs fine for me on the highest settings (E8400, 9800gx2, 2gb ram).
I've yet to really dig into the game (only have one party member, my dog) but I can already tell it will be an epic game that I'll be investing a good 80+ hours into the same as fallout and other good rpgs.
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| 4 NOV 2009 at 4:22pm |
| Deleted User | Sounds cool in general, but just this part,
Originally Posted By Stiler (4 NOV 2009 2:27pm)
Speaking of the more recent violence and such that has came up on this forum recently the game is actually quite bloody. When in combat you land good hits there's blood clouds from the strike. Also after reach battle your characters will have blood splattered on their clothing and bodies. However if you don't want it on you (it stays for a little bit, so you'll see it in cutscenes if they are shortly after a fight) you can get it off by talking to your dog and asking him to "take care of the mess," .
(the dog licking off the blood and gore), sounds a bit sick to me... [smiley=eww.gif]
Anyway, my curious nature will not be put off by anything, and I'm still rearing to get hold of this ASAP...
Thanks for the input, Stiler!
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| 4 NOV 2009 at 4:45pm |
InesrocksPrivate Detective
Posts : 682
Joined: 16 OCT 2008
Location: PT
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By TheTraveler (4 NOV 2009 4:22pm)
Sounds cool in general, but just this part,
Originally Posted By Stiler (4 NOV 2009 2:27pm)
Speaking of the more recent violence and such that has came up on this forum recently the game is actually quite bloody. When in combat you land good hits there's blood clouds from the strike. Also after reach battle your characters will have blood splattered on their clothing and bodies. However if you don't want it on you (it stays for a little bit, so you'll see it in cutscenes if they are shortly after a fight) you can get it off by talking to your dog and asking him to "take care of the mess," .
(the dog licking off the blood and gore), sounds a bit sick to me... [smiley=eww.gif]
haha thats exactly what I was thinking about
Playing: Skyrim (ongoing)
Last Finished: can't recall, been too long.
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| 4 NOV 2009 at 5:11pm |
InesrocksPrivate Detective
Posts : 682
Joined: 16 OCT 2008
Location: PT
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Stiler (4 NOV 2009 2:27pm)
I'm playing through as a Human warrior. My only complaint is the lack of origin story for a Human. There is only one story for humans (human noble) unless you pick a mage.
well that sucks as I usually tend to pick a human... maybe this time ill make the effort and change my habit
Playing: Skyrim (ongoing)
Last Finished: can't recall, been too long.
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| 4 NOV 2009 at 5:21pm |
StilerJourneyman
Posts : 1458
Joined: 27 SEP 2004
Location: US, TN
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By TheTraveler (4 NOV 2009 4:22pm)
Sounds cool in general, but just this part,
Originally Posted By Stiler (4 NOV 2009 2:27pm)
Speaking of the more recent violence and such that has came up on this forum recently the game is actually quite bloody. When in combat you land good hits there's blood clouds from the strike. Also after reach battle your characters will have blood splattered on their clothing and bodies. However if you don't want it on you (it stays for a little bit, so you'll see it in cutscenes if they are shortly after a fight) you can get it off by talking to your dog and asking him to "take care of the mess," .
(the dog licking off the blood and gore), sounds a bit sick to me... [smiley=eww.gif]
Anyway, my curious nature will not be put off by anything, and I'm still rearing to get hold of this ASAP...
Thanks for the input, Stiler!
Well it doesn't actually show him doing it, you just say it then the game does a quick fade out and in and it's gone.
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| 4 NOV 2009 at 7:33pm |
ThaumaturgeJourneyman
Posts : 999
Joined: 11 MAY 2006
Status : Offline | Indeed, thank you for the input, Stiler. ^_^
The blood does sound to me to be a little more than I'd prefer, but not terrible enough to put me off, I don't believe.
... will have blood splattered on their clothing and bodies ... you can get it off by talking to your dog and asking him to "take care of the mess,"
Eeeugh! XD;
MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
*ahem*
Sorry.
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| 5 NOV 2009 at 3:34pm |
InesrocksPrivate Detective
Posts : 682
Joined: 16 OCT 2008
Location: PT
Status : Offline | if all goes well ill get the game tomorrow! whohoo
and now... can I sue Bioware if my grades start do decrease as soon as I start playing?
Playing: Skyrim (ongoing)
Last Finished: can't recall, been too long.
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| 6 NOV 2009 at 8:42am |
KarstenSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 347
Joined: 23 SEP 2006
Location: DK
Status : Offline | As for the blood staying on you, after a fight, there should be an option in the game's controls? to turn this feature OFF. (or you could just Dog to do it - by licking the blood off you, I mean ).
If you any dlc items from pre-ordering etc. please b aware of that when you paly a Dwarf Noble, something will happen to this dlc. (You can't access it) It's a small comfort that this only happens on the PC, though.
Spoiler AlertThe reason is that as Dwarf Noble, you'll loose your gear, at a certain point during the origin.
There's a thread at the Bioware DA forums that talks about this.
http://daforums.bioware.com/forums/v…orum=145&sp=30
You'll need to find the entry (post) from OriginalBaern to learn how to stip this from occuring.
Nathan Frederick, a dev. from Bioware, has confirmed this problem. And they're looking it (to fx it, I hope?)
Sydney Tang, another dev. from Bioware, wrote:
I am told that this bug was fixed for the console versions of the DLC items. The issue was found and fixed while testing the console port of the DLC, but the Windows DLC had been finalized by then.
I just thought I let you know. Just in case you were wondering where all you (paid) dlc items went, playing a Dwarf Noble.
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edit:
From varius posts at both the Bioware social site and the Bioware DA forums, I get the impression that certain quests are no longer available to you, if you say are a warrior and are asked to do a specifik quest for another class, say a mage. Even when you get the mage, this questline will be closed off for you. Rumours have it, that the same happens when you fail a persuasion check?
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