bluedeviltron
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Can't wait for the 9s and 10s to start rolling in.
The rage will be immense, and the trying will never be harder.
The rage will be immense, and the trying will never be harder.
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Dragon Age II |OT| The Revenge of Shit Mountain
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Fimbulvetr
Member
HadesGigas said:
1) Worst Trade-off ever, even if the game was pleasant to look at.
2) Graphically: It only looks better relative to DAO on consoles, which was just pure muck.
3) Artistically: *pukes*
Fimbulvetr
Member
Patryn said:
I doubt they'd do that.
Hi hi hi. This could be really old to people here, but gibbed has offered his file on SA to unlock the journal, map and inventory in the demo. Post and file.
"Extract this to My Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age 2 Demo\"
Also! Chargen and difficulty selection! Post and file.
"It enables the appearance customization and other junk in the character generation screen. Note: to customize appearance, slide the preset slider over a few times (you can't customize the default faces for some reason).
I also think I fixed the crash issue I mentioned earlier.
Edit: another note, it also enables the difficulty selection after you complete character generation, nightmare demo anyone?"
Edit2 Electric Boogaloo: DA2 cameo spoiler! Isn't he dashing?
"Extract this to My Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age 2 Demo\"
Also! Chargen and difficulty selection! Post and file.
"It enables the appearance customization and other junk in the character generation screen. Note: to customize appearance, slide the preset slider over a few times (you can't customize the default faces for some reason).
I also think I fixed the crash issue I mentioned earlier.
Edit: another note, it also enables the difficulty selection after you complete character generation, nightmare demo anyone?"
Edit2 Electric Boogaloo: DA2 cameo spoiler! Isn't he dashing?
You know, maybe Crysis 2 had some part in this, but I've played through the Dragon Age II PC demo twice, and by the second time I was kind of getting into it.
Sure, the game has been defiled and is now a revolting clump of Mass Effect 2. Mouse movement is fucked, leading WASD to be the only real manageable way of moving your guy around. The conversation wheel has devolved to the point where any essence of subtle dialog is gone, replaced with "YO YOU WANNA BE PEACEFUL, SARCASTIC OR AGGRESSIVE?", which is pretty fucking embarrasing and seems to be targeted at people who don't have half a mind between them to read the seven or so choices that were present in the previous game.
But beyond all that, even past the simplification of the combat and subpar graphics, the broken tits renderer that can only show tits in "huge" or "moterboatalicious" styles, the "we hope you've got some linkin park queued up" art style and the janky ass cutscene animations that barely hold canon to what you were doing not 10 seconds before it started... the everything else, as well.
EVEN THROUGH ALL THAT,
I kinda feel like... this game is still kinda fun. Dumb fun. The kind of fun that should maybe have a +10 appear each time you kill an enemy, and a loud rock solo each time you level up, and a 14 year old kid assuming things about your race or sexual preference each time you make conversation. But, like, it's fun all the same. I guess.
I guess it's fun.
Sure, the game has been defiled and is now a revolting clump of Mass Effect 2. Mouse movement is fucked, leading WASD to be the only real manageable way of moving your guy around. The conversation wheel has devolved to the point where any essence of subtle dialog is gone, replaced with "YO YOU WANNA BE PEACEFUL, SARCASTIC OR AGGRESSIVE?", which is pretty fucking embarrasing and seems to be targeted at people who don't have half a mind between them to read the seven or so choices that were present in the previous game.
But beyond all that, even past the simplification of the combat and subpar graphics, the broken tits renderer that can only show tits in "huge" or "moterboatalicious" styles, the "we hope you've got some linkin park queued up" art style and the janky ass cutscene animations that barely hold canon to what you were doing not 10 seconds before it started... the everything else, as well.
EVEN THROUGH ALL THAT,
I kinda feel like... this game is still kinda fun. Dumb fun. The kind of fun that should maybe have a +10 appear each time you kill an enemy, and a loud rock solo each time you level up, and a 14 year old kid assuming things about your race or sexual preference each time you make conversation. But, like, it's fun all the same. I guess.
I guess it's fun.
RPGCrazied
Member
Wow, already DLC's announced and the game isn't even out yet. Why can't they put some of those into the game? Isn't $60 enough money?
Another cameo spoiler from a Russian review. Huge file.
Reluctant-Hero
Member
All of this has happened before. And all of this will happen again. This is truly the new shit.RPGCrazied said:
Thnikkaman said:
Link comes up as a 403 Forbidden for me...
RPGCrazied
Member
Moofers said:
Exiled Prince or something, trailer is on gametrailers.
Exiled Prince is free if you pre-ordered the signature edition.
*edit*
Yeah, what you said, Vamp. Annoying for those who didn't pre-order in time, but I remember seeing stories all over the blogs back in January that read something like "Only a week left to pre-order DA2 signature edition!", etc. Glad I took care of that.
*edit*
Yeah, what you said, Vamp. Annoying for those who didn't pre-order in time, but I remember seeing stories all over the blogs back in January that read something like "Only a week left to pre-order DA2 signature edition!", etc. Glad I took care of that.
Kritz said:
Don't worry about feeling dirty. You can recognize what you recognize and still derive enjoyment from it, and there's nothing wrong with that. I watch Bay and Boll along with my Tarkovsky and Kobayashi.
Just, if you do recognize these things and appreciate when a game does strive for nuance and depth of characterization and more complex world simulation, support the games bringing those experiences to the market as well.
Reluctant-Hero
Member
Excellent... can't wait for this game.Thnikkaman said:
Reluctant-Hero
Member
With any luck...Thnikkaman said:
Zevran won't be surviving my current DAO playthrough if he decides to betray me at the appropriate time. I'm not putting any work/gifts into raising his approval either.
Gibbed's save import thingie works. Here's mine - ending spoilers!
Some parts are incorrect though,
Ed: Oh fuck, you were right.
Some parts are incorrect though,
Connor is alive in my playthrough and Allistair killed Loghain.
Except a link to the files was not provided here.Patryn said:
Ed: Oh fuck, you were right.
Thnikkaman said:
The save editor was later put into the OP after someone posted it after I brought it up. So you're a little late yeah
Also the import is really buggy with the details, probably because this was not intended to do so. If it's still like this on retail then I'm sure they'll do something or modders will make a save editor.
edit: the op of the other thread, sorry.
Reluctant-Hero
Member
I think all the DA:O save states will be wrong in one way or another as the DA2 demo was not meant to import the saves. Or at least that's what BioWare is saying on the official forums.Thnikkaman said:
I'm working on my "master save" for DA2 right now. I'll be livid if my save imports are still reading incorrectly on Tuesday.
I need to finish up Origins and play through both Awakenings & Witch Hunt by Tuesday. I'll be poop socking them for sure until I'm done.
ElectricBlue187
Member
Step your game up man. You're a big fan of this game and disagree with those who say the game looks disappointing, we get it. At least troll with something better than "try hard" and review score predictions!bluedeviltron said:
Felix Lighter
Member
Kritz said:
That's pretty much how I feel, maybe with a little less emotion and a little more optimism but yeah. I'm disappointed in many aspects but taken for what it is, I believe I will have fun.
Kritz said:
I definitely see where you're coming from, in fact I sort of wish if they wanted to simplify the game they should of gone even further in the "one button = super cool move" direction. The demo felt halfway between DA:O (which I didn't love but put some time into) and a full on action game.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
I like the faces so much more in DA2. Also, I want some 1080p shots at very high/all dx11 features on.
Felix Lighter
Member
I agree, I thought the faces and cutscene animations were a significant step up over the original. The armor and background textures on the other hand, several steps back.
Fimbulvetr
Member
Felix Lighter said:
Yeah, no. Those are still pretty bad.
Relatively better I guess, but still bogged down by uncanny valley.
ProtoCents
Banned
Just completed my master save file for DA2. Origins was 40 hours, Awakening was 10, Golems and WH were 1 hour each.
I really hope that there are noteworthy cameos as well as strong references to past decisions. Mass Effect 2 was a big let down in this regard so I really shouldn't expect much but I can't help but think of the awesome possibilities.
I really hope that there are noteworthy cameos as well as strong references to past decisions. Mass Effect 2 was a big let down in this regard so I really shouldn't expect much but I can't help but think of the awesome possibilities.
malingenie
Member
I have this gut feeling that evilore is trying to tell my console prefering ass something.
Wiggum2007
Junior Member
So what's with the paint smear on Hawke's face? Is he wearing it the whole ten years? Does he wash his face at any point during that time?
I disagree. Mass Effect has terrible character models for anyone who isn't a main character, and even some of the main characters look odd as fuck (Jack). That's because Bioware opts to use their shitty character creators to generate NPCs. They've improved the creator with DA2 so the game's NPCs don't look as bad, but obviously you won't get the same result as traditional modeling. That's why Oblivion NPCs look so bad as well.Zzoram said: