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Dragon Age II |OT| The Revenge of Shit Mountain
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Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
Ugh, the Bioware Social site is lagging hardcore for me. Once I finally get to login and enter the Bioware Signature Edition code, it logs me out and tells me to log back in. 
What are you still doing on XP? Windows 7 is kickass!TheUsual said:I'm still on Windows XP, so I can't use High or Very High.
Anyways, this is a fucking joke and I'm not going to run through the game on medium settings. That just means that I'll wait until Nvidia or Bioware solve the problem (Nvidia most likely cause Bioware can be lazy fucks with patches) before I start the game.
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
You sure? I thought people were just saying that nVidia had a performance issue and the new driver update fixes it. Also for my computer (Phenom II X4, 5850), turning off SSAO restores a hell of a lot of performance. I hope I can run this well with it looking really nice.jackdoe said:
The new driver makes it slightly playable (like a jump from 10 FPS to 20 FPS), but still shitty performance. SSAO does nothing for the framerate nor does turning off AA (on very high). It does make some difference on high, but not enough to be worth the visual quality sacrifice.Dice said:
TheUsual
Gold Member
Money. I plan on upgrading sometime later this year. Here's a good laugh too, I still use XP SP2. My motherboard was one of the lucky boards that put windows in an infinite reboot when I installed SP3. There is a beta bios to fix this, but I dont want to risk it because everything is set up and I have had no problems at all.jackdoe said:
Beta. Man, words cannot describe my buyer's remorse right now. I had my expectations set to a low, but I never expected performance issues like this. No wonder they locked the demo to medium and claimed that high and very high settings would be fixed for the retail release.JoeBoy101 said:
TheFightingFish
Member
Chairman Yang said:
I'd initially written this game off with all the negative early impressions. But while the reviews confirm some of my fears they also have me a fair bit intrigued. I love games that try, even if they fail, to deal with choice in some meaningful fashion. Still not going to day one this, but when I see a deal on the PC version, then I'll be in.
jackdoe said:
They don't. AA is the problem in this game. 8x AA cuts the framerate to about 1/4 of 2x AA. The AA in this game is almost as demanding as supersampling.
JoeBoy101 said:
2x AA is the answer
My GTX 570 won't drop below 60fps as long as AA is set to 4x. At 8x, I get 30-40fps.
edit: nvm, this is just with the demo on High. I see people are complaining about "very high" performance.
SerArthurDayne
Member
Seems to run pretty smooth on 4890 for me on as high as it will go. No DirectX11 support, but I'm too cheap to upgrade. Just installed high res patch, will see if I notice anything. Any comparison shots out there for persons more ambitious than I?
Only 4xAA, though. That is what the scan recommended and I haven't touched it yet to see if I can go higher.
Only 4xAA, though. That is what the scan recommended and I haven't touched it yet to see if I can go higher.
SerArthurDayne
Member
jackdoe said:
Yeah, I don't understand this AT ALL. Same thing with default Shep. He had different hair/textures/eyes that you couldn't get otherwise. Default Hawke looks like his beard is glued on, but he has one of the few non-terrible hairstyles. Oh well. I know the mod tools aren't planned, but that seems like something somebody with a little bit of knowledge might be able to modify.
Chairman Yang said:
Hm.. Seems like reviews like this and Eurogamer's are hitting upon the same major points. While I think that voiced Hawke was a good move, it really sucks that no party member here rises to the level of Alistair, Morrigan, Leliana, etc. Combine that with absolutely minimal DA:O impact, Bioware pulling another ME2 by having a pretty bare-bones main plot, and swinging a bit too far away from RPG mechanics, it makes the game seem not really like a day one purchase, even if I probably would like it.
Damn, I really wish that DA:O would have had a greater impact. Hell, they could have even retconned a voice for the Grey Warden and bring the character back. I would think that carrying over characters like this would be a plus factor.
canadian crowe
Member
I love the Game Informer quote on the back of the box- "a great entry point". What an endorsement!
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Can I get some un-compressed DX11 all features on Very-High 8xAA shots?
I posted 2 in the high-res screenshots thread. Here are three more:Stallion Free said:
http://i.picpar.com/a822bf9e0a61575f52f6a16defc674193fd45990.jpg
http://i.picpar.com/d5aea30dfc81fb2e5f48f82f68594525a295609e.jpg
http://i.picpar.com/b9c868abf2693eb52465a0caa004da96c61e2f19.jpg
I would warn anyone with an nVidia card planning to run it on Very High away until there is a patch or new drivers that alleviate the frame rate issues.
Fimbulvetr
Member
HK-47 said:
It's strange, but the way Bioware writes their characters lends itself better to this kind of story.
Probably because most Bioware partymembers treat the world shattering main plot with all the importance of a sidequest.
It's not a big deal, just something they'll get to when the protagonist solves their problems/crippling psychological issues.
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
This killed me in Origins. People fussing over the most inane shit so I bring up how the Darkspawn are going to come kill us all and then it won't matter, and it changes nothing about their attitude. The logic can't be contested, but they are such whiny bitches that they don't temporarily drop their issues to save the fucking world.Fimbulvetr said:
At least in ME2, so far as I have seen, people understand that while the death of the galaxy is generally imminent it is also generally mysterious, so they leave dealing with their personal stuff up to your discretion. The threat is shrouded to most of the rest of the world, so that allows a freedom in the NPCs. I hope DA2 has this sort of sensibility to it, because the lack of it really annoyed me in Origins. Can anyone confirm what it's like?
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
I can't see shit in those.Dance In My Blood said:
Gamer @ Heart
Member
Gaaaahhh. The game won't fucking install on my 360. At first I would get disk read errors at 4% but then it managed to get to 32% 4 times before I quit in silent rage. It spent 2 seconds outside the box before it went into the tray and I've checked since to make sure the disc was pristine, and the last 2 games from gamefly ran fine from the disc without an install, so I have no idea what the culprit is.
Edit: Omg Omg. After turning the system in and trying again I am currently at 69%. COME ON XBOX. Treat ne right dammit. I didn't trade you in!
Edit: Omg Omg. After turning the system in and trying again I am currently at 69%. COME ON XBOX. Treat ne right dammit. I didn't trade you in!
Because of the quality or the nature of the shots?Stallion Free said:
Those are very favorable shots because of their limited view. The game is very uneven visually, especially in outdoor areas. The more you can see, the worse it gets. I wasn't taking very many screenshots of the bad sections, but crags and valleys can get laughably blocky.
http://i.picpar.com/45b301399962bbc8d2dde9577460d57489689a7b.jpg
Lostconfused
Member
On the other hand DX11 still runs like ass, almost as bad as the demo.JohngPR said:I guess that's +1 for demo isn't indicative of final product.
Crazypanda_85
Member
Just got home and it was waiting for me at my front door
As for the comments about the story in ME2 being crap, please give it a rest. I personally thought it had a great story but at the end of the day, we're only discussing opinions, not facts. I'm glad it's getting decent scores and will be enjoying it regardless. I also wish people wouldn't be so picky about their games. Just because someone gave it a 8 (which is a great score) doesn't mean it would be a 8 in your eyes. I have fallen a victim to that way too many times and ended up missing out on games I found out later to have loved and wasn't able to support the devs who made it (Sorry Clover Studios!).
As for the comments about the story in ME2 being crap, please give it a rest. I personally thought it had a great story but at the end of the day, we're only discussing opinions, not facts. I'm glad it's getting decent scores and will be enjoying it regardless. I also wish people wouldn't be so picky about their games. Just because someone gave it a 8 (which is a great score) doesn't mean it would be a 8 in your eyes. I have fallen a victim to that way too many times and ended up missing out on games I found out later to have loved and wasn't able to support the devs who made it (Sorry Clover Studios!).