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Bioware isn't messing around with the bonus content for this game. I haven't even started the game yet and I have 11 unlockables waiting for me to play around with. If I bother making a facebook account I can unlock another 5 items by playing some DA facebook game too. Here is a full list of stuff you can get. The only bits I don't have are the facebook items and the Dead Space 2 armor, and the items you get for buying stuff from them. I'm all for bonus content, but not if it costs me more money.
So, my roommate picked it up this morning. It seems Flemeth has the power to freeze the game.
Kavekk wrote:
I don't really like the graphics style - enjvironmental texture work is too low res for it to work properly (pressed for time, I imagine), and their animation team really can't pull it off. Faces look incredible, but that's about it. I wish they'd gone for a more stylised design - ultra-realism is really hard to pull off, yet every game seems to be after it these days. And not one of them can make rocks that don't look like plastic.
If you've a PC with DX11 there's the Hi-Res Texture Pack for Dragon Age 2 Available for free download.
Supposed to make things look a good deal better. Not sure if it's just armor or landscape too.
PunkFloyd, King of Bards wrote:
Spoonless the Silent wrote:
PunkFloyd, King of Bards wrote:
A bit off topic here, but I've just started playing Dragon Age Origins and am loving it. I see that there is a lot of downloadable content for the game. My question is at what point can I consider playing the additional content? Is the additional content intended to be played after the main storyline has been finished? I may not want to wait if there's good armor/weapons/etc to be had from the DLC that I can use in the main story line. I can't seem to find any information on this.
A thousand spoons to you, sir. Thank you.
I wouldn't play Leliana's song before doing her sidequest in the main game either.
But that DLC is freaking AWESOME. Seriously. It's amazing.
The One and Only Poldaran wrote:
So, my roommate picked it up this morning. It seems Flemeth has the power to freeze the game.
The battle system thus far is pretty fun, and I'm really glad I have yet to hear a single "Shall I get you a ladder so you can get off my back?"
Debating getting this on ps3 or PC...
Is there any cross over from DA:O to DA2? (like how decisions from origins carried over to awakening) If so i may as well get it on the ps3... Otherwise PC for the modding community
Edited, Mar 13th 2011 4:51pm by MagingMartin
Is there any cross over from DA:O to DA2? (like how decisions from origins carried over to awakening) If so i may as well get it on the ps3... Otherwise PC for the modding community
Edited, Mar 13th 2011 4:51pm by MagingMartin
MagingMartin wrote:
Is there any cross over from DA:O to DA2? (like how decisions from origins carried over to awakening) If so i may as well get it on the ps3... Otherwise PC for the modding community
Only thing I know of is that however your DA:O game ended will affect how DA:2 will start and what events occur in-game.
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Shaowstrike the Shady wrote:
MagingMartin wrote:
Is there any cross over from DA:O to DA2? (like how decisions from origins carried over to awakening) If so i may as well get it on the ps3... Otherwise PC for the modding community
Only thing I know of is that however your DA:O game ended will affect how DA:2 will start and what events occur in-game.
Is it an awesome enough feature to sway me to stick with PS3, or is it something that's nice, but doesn't really effect a lot?
MagingMartin wrote:
Shaowstrike the Shady wrote:
MagingMartin wrote:
Is there any cross over from DA:O to DA2? (like how decisions from origins carried over to awakening) If so i may as well get it on the ps3... Otherwise PC for the modding community
Only thing I know of is that however your DA:O game ended will affect how DA:2 will start and what events occur in-game.
Is it an awesome enough feature to sway me to stick with PS3, or is it something that's nice, but doesn't really effect a lot?
I don't think it's custom for each person, so you can probably see the different scenes on youtube.
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"We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
— James D. Nicoll
Now that I've spent some time with the game I'll drop some first impressions. Fist, the faster combat is nice, but stabbing the basic attack button repeatedly gets annoying. Second, I don't like that there isn't much of a world to explore, it's pretty much just the city of Kirkwall and the surrounding areas. Third, whoever wrote the lore for this game must have worn out several keyboards. Just about everything and everywhere has multi-page back stories. Forth, the bonus content is a bit overpowered at the start. I'm about ten hours in and I'm just now starting to find weapons and equipment on that's even close to it. Lastly, my mage is is a goddamn walking natural disaster. I've put all of my points into the Elemental branch so far, and I just crush groups of enemies at will.
Turin wrote:
Lastly, my mage is is a goddamn walking natural disaster.
They removed the most powerfull spell and specialization. Mages still kick serious *** though.
feelz wrote:
They removed the most powerfull spell and specialization. Mages still kick serious *** though.
Blood mage!? Noooooooooo!
I really wanted to make an Arcane Warrior tank again. :((
LockeColeMA wrote:
feelz wrote:
They removed the most powerfull spell and specialization. Mages still kick serious *** though.
Blood mage!? Noooooooooo!
/nod
Jophiel wrote:
I managed to be both retarded and entertaining.
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I haven't even finished the first Dragon Age yet. Nor the expansion. This one has come too soon for me. Hahaha. I hope the story is really great. :). Dragon Age looks like it may become a great offline series, which is rare today.
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Seriously, Force Field wasn't nearly as useful as Crushing Prison, and Blood Wound was an AOE Crushing Prison. It could take out all the genlocks in an area, and seriously damage anything else, all the while making it so they did nothing.
After that, I'd put Haste--ludicrously powerful for just one buff. And it stacked if you had multiple Mages.
Most seriously underrated spell had to be Glyph of Repulsion. Putting in on a doorway or path saved my *** so many times...
But let's all rejoice that Shapeshifter is gone. :D
ANYWAY, I downloaded and played the demo and... I'm in love. I hadn't planned to get it so soon, since I have limited time/money, but F that. I'm going to grab it tomorrow. From what I played, it's... perfect. Or pretty damn close. The combat definitely retains the feel of DA:O, but it's phenomenally better in every way (and I can tell more balanced--a Mage could solo DA:O on legendary without even having to chug health pots).
Now if only Alistair was in it. I adored him... Why didn't he have a gay Romance option? T.T F*ck Zevran--I wanted a MAN, not a seriously awkward elf.
IDrownFish wrote:
Anyways, you all are horrible, @#%^ed up people
lolgaxe wrote:
Never underestimate the healing power of a massive dong.
idiggory wrote:
Now if only Alistair was in it.
If Alistair was made king in Origins, he will make a brief appearance in Dragon Age II during the quest King Alistair. He will be accompanied by Bann Teagan. If you allowed Bethany/Carver to join the Grey Wardens, then you will see them with Alistair and Bann Teagan. If a female human noble Warden married Alistair and became Queen, he will humorously refer to her as "the old ball and chain." When Bann Teagan comments that the Queen hates being called this, Alistair will say that "Just because she killed an Archdemon, she doesn't scare me", to which Teagan replies, "You keep telling yourself that, Your Majesty". Alternatively, he will be informed that the "Commander of the Grey" will be returning to Denerim soon by Bann Teagan if the Warden did not marry him and went through Awakening, to which Alistair will comment on how Teagan is always so formal and that the Warden has a name.
If Alistair remained with the Wardens in Origins, he will appear during the qunari battle. He expresses regret that he cannot help Hawke during the battle because as a Grey Warden he must remain neutral, but he will give Hawke an amulet that belonged to a "friend" - presumably the Warden.
If Alistair was exiled at the end of The Landsmeet, he eventually ends up as a drunk patron at the Hanged Man in Kirkwall, whining about his misfortunes and how he's supposed to be the prince of Ferelden. This will eventually gain the attention of Bann Teagan, who tells Alistair that he can now return to Ferelden.
I SO want to read what you've written, but I know I'll be angry with myself afterwards if I do...
Either way, I'm guessing I don't get to sex him up? :(
Question--if your Warden survived the blight and remained in Ferelden, will you see them in DAII (assuming you import data, obviously)?
I have a Male Rogue that I killed and a Female Elf Mage that did the ritual, and stayed in Ferelden with Alistair, as his mistress.
I still need to get around to doing the other 2 endings. But I adore Alistair, so I haven't had the heart to do them. D:
Either way, I'm guessing I don't get to sex him up? :(
Question--if your Warden survived the blight and remained in Ferelden, will you see them in DAII (assuming you import data, obviously)?
I have a Male Rogue that I killed and a Female Elf Mage that did the ritual, and stayed in Ferelden with Alistair, as his mistress.
I still need to get around to doing the other 2 endings. But I adore Alistair, so I haven't had the heart to do them. D:
IDrownFish wrote:
Anyways, you all are horrible, @#%^ed up people
lolgaxe wrote:
Never underestimate the healing power of a massive dong.
idiggory wrote:
Either way, I'm guessing I don't get to sex him up? :(
I just read it. And I love Alistair. <3
He should be in every Bioware game. :D
He should be in every Bioware game. :D
IDrownFish wrote:
Anyways, you all are horrible, @#%^ed up people
lolgaxe wrote:
Never underestimate the healing power of a massive dong.
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Blood mage!? Noooooooooo!
Arcane warrior. You can still be a blood mage.
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Seriously, Force Field wasn't nearly as useful as Crushing Prison, and Blood Wound was an AOE Crushing Prison
Crushing prison is still available but was seriously nerfed. The most usefull spell(really a toss up with crushing prison) in origin was the one that dealt an amount of damage equal to the mana of the target but I can't remember the name. That was instant kill on any mage or magic using enemy but they removed it in DA2.
Edited, Mar 15th 2011 11:55am by feelz
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Crushing prison is still available but was seriously nerfed. The most usefull spell(really a toss up with crushing prison) in origin was the one that dealt an amount of damage equal to the mana of the target but I can't remember the name. That was instant kill on any mage or magic using enemy but they removed it in DA2.
I never found it nearly that useful. Certainly not enough to be on the list of best spells. Sure, it would one-shot Mages, but that was all it was good for. And I had other abilities to kill them off with, that weren't limited to casters.
I mean:
Crushing Prison
Blood Wound
Force Field
Glyph of Paralysis
Paralyze
Mass Paralysis
Paralysis Explosion
Blood Control (Hell, this would make the enemy Mages fight FOR me)
That's more than enough tools to deal with Mages simply, that also allow me to deal with everything else.
And in case, by some crazy chance, it wasn't enough, I could lay a glyph of neutralization to keep them from doing anything but auto-attack.
My favorite spell in the game might have been Virulent Walking Bomb though. I adored it. Throw it on a mob, run out of the room, put a glyph of repulsion on the doorway, kill that mob, watch as everything else explodes. :D
IDrownFish wrote:
Anyways, you all are horrible, @#%^ed up people
lolgaxe wrote:
Never underestimate the healing power of a massive dong.
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Sure, it would one-shot Mages, but that was all it was good for
Mages were the only thing that were giving me a minimum of trouble so a spell that could get rid of them in one cast was very usefull. I agree that a lot of other spells are overall more usefull but that one particular spell was very powerfull under the right circumstance. It seems Bioware thought so too cause they completely removed it in DA2
idiggory wrote:
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Seriously, Force Field wasn't nearly as useful as Crushing Prison, and Blood Wound was an AOE Crushing Prison. It could take out all the genlocks in an area, and seriously damage anything else, all the while making it so they did nothing.
This. Having two mages as blood mages made me invincible in all but one situation - a large area with many enemies spread out. Otherwise you could simply stunlock everything to death - and any normal enemy would die with 2 Blood Wounds in a row, all while being stunned the entire time.
I honestly never used Force Field or Crushing Prison. I actually didn't know what they were until this topic, because Blood Wound simply destroyed every encounter
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