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Dragon Age: Origins |OT| Letting The Fade fade out of memory
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AlphaSnake
...and that, kids, was the first time I sucked a dick for crack
Been playing the PS3 game for a few hours since yesterday - it's quite good. There is a pretty lengthy install, which may help the game run well. But there are a few framerate hitches when multiple characters are on screen. Also, I guarantee that people will seriously want to smash their TVs with baseball bats once they hear the monotonous battle smack-talk your characters dish out.
There is one phrase that my Elf repeats over and over and over again - "here's a ladder so you can get off my back!" (or something to that effect). It's beginning to drive me nuts! That's all my fighter says during every battle. My helping characters repeat the same shit over and over too, and not in separate battles, either. It's all in one battle. I'll hear the same bit of audio repeated at least 5 times in a 30 second fight.
Beyond that, this is a really fun game and I'm super happy that the PS3 version doesn't suck.
Edit: A proper, professional, and concise review will follow next week. I sure know this ain't proper. :lol
There is one phrase that my Elf repeats over and over and over again - "here's a ladder so you can get off my back!" (or something to that effect). It's beginning to drive me nuts! That's all my fighter says during every battle. My helping characters repeat the same shit over and over too, and not in separate battles, either. It's all in one battle. I'll hear the same bit of audio repeated at least 5 times in a 30 second fight.
Beyond that, this is a really fun game and I'm super happy that the PS3 version doesn't suck.
Edit: A proper, professional, and concise review will follow next week. I sure know this ain't proper. :lol
rainking187
Member
AlphaSnake said:
How big is the install?
nelsonroyale
Member
My pc bummed for a bit, so I was considering picking up ps3...but now that it will be fixed by next week, pc version for me
SavoryCade
Member
AlphaSnake said:
Are you getting little framerate hiccups in battle, like every time? I seem to get one every couple of sword swipes. At first I thought it was a dramatic effect when you killed an enemy, but then it started happening on normal hits. Like he pulls back to swing *framerate jumps a bit* and then the rest of the action catches up with it. Slightly annoying, but I've kinda gotten used to it.
Oh those battle cries are horribly annoying, my dwarf says the same damn ladder quote. I figured out that every time I mashed X to attack, he said something. You don't have to mash it though, you can just target an enemy and hit X once so you don't have to hear it constantly. He'll just keep attacking until you give a new command.
BoloTheGreat
Banned
Any word on what kind of hardware this will need? I have a ubercharged 4870 so im probabaly ok but i would like to know before hand.
LCfiner said:
Yeah, the recommended specs are now:
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz Processor or equivalent
AMD Phenom II X2 Dual-Core 2.7 GHz or greater
RAM: 2 GB (XP) or 3 GB (Windows Vista/Windows 7)
Video: ATI 3850 512 MB or greater
NVIDIA 8800GTS 512 MB or greater
DVD ROM (Physical copy)
20 GB HD space
So yeah, you'll both be totally fine.
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Deleted member 17706
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Zeliard said:
Yeah it is going to suck to not be able to pour very much time into the game during the work week. At least I have Torchlight and Borderlands to occupy me for this weekend.
Steve Youngblood
Member
Well, to concede some small degree of fairness, I could conceivably see someone saying "I'm going to be putting dozens of hours into this game, so I want to be able to lay down on the couch if I so desire," which is a playstyle that doesn't really lend itself very well to keyboard + mouse controls. Otherwise, I completely agree.Zefah said:
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
Amazon gives you three bonus items for pre-ordering. I'm not sure how you beat that.
Dead Prince
Banned
eh.. i don't know if my pc can handle this game.
Intel Duo 2 Core 2.8ghz (i think it's 2.8 or 2 something) 32bit W7 Ultimate
3GB of DDR2 Ram (Should have 4 soon)
Geforce 9400 GT 512MB
what would be the best (cheap) graphics card I can go? ;o
Intel Duo 2 Core 2.8ghz (i think it's 2.8 or 2 something) 32bit W7 Ultimate
3GB of DDR2 Ram (Should have 4 soon)
Geforce 9400 GT 512MB
what would be the best (cheap) graphics card I can go? ;o
Fuck that. I swear, if I get burned on this, I'm done with Bioware.koji said:
I'm usually OK with that. But this has all of those ridiculous preorder-only bonuses, not to mention how much time I'd save with the eventual Steam preload.NewLib said:
The marketing for this game is so slimy.
Bauer Action Hour
Member
DMPrince said:
HD 4770 seems like an excellent cheap choice. You can get it from newegg.com for $110 shipped free.
bengraven
Member
epmode said:
Ploid 3.0 said:
Here are two people who wanted a PR-bloated official post.
Read this thread: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=372265 I was going to search out the posts for you, but I'm not doing the work.
Ploid 3.0
Member
bengraven said:
Thanks for the link. This seems like a touchy subject, but I didn't mean to look like I wanted a massive op. I was just actually curious to have somewhere to look for this stuff. Especially when everyone get the game and questions keep popping up (like demon's souls thread).
Dead Prince
Banned
Bauer Action Hour said:
link? the ones i saw on newegg may not be compatible or work with my pc.
epmode said:
How about this. No one here is a PR guy for Bioware, so do your own research. Game Informer gave it a 9. PC Gamer gave it a 94% and called it the RPG of the Decade. A bunch of European magazines have given it a 9 something.
If you preorder it, just dont pick it up immediately. I guarantee you by Tuesday night there while be a plethora of reviews out and if you like what you see, get the game.
Also, if you are so concerned about whether the game is going to be any good or not, does one item really make that big of a difference to potentially waste 5 dollars? I mean the items they are given away arent even that amazing.
Are you sure? It's a big forum.NewLib said:
And I guess I don't really care about the issue that much. I just like to bitch about shitty PR practices and launch-day review embargos are definitely included.
(I'll be getting the Steam version so cancelling a pre-order is out of the question)
Ploid 3.0
Member
Awesome hospitality in this thread. Thanks for the tips. I'll search for a wiki or finally go to a game's forum for once. I'm just kinda used to having gaf as the hub, for reviews at least and I doubt another thread can be made for each review. PC gamers seem ruthless.
Edit: I just became interested in the game and I'm now gathering research material before the game is processed for shipping.
Edit: I just became interested in the game and I'm now gathering research material before the game is processed for shipping.
popsicle_sundays
Member
SavoryCade said:
You're on the PS3 version?
Bauer Action Hour
Member
DMPrince said:
How would they not work on your PC? As long as your mobo uses PCI Express 2.0 you'll have no problem. If your mobo is an SLI board, you won't be able to make 2 ATI cards run on it but I doubt that's what you're looking to do.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
If I recall correctly, I don't think there were any reviews for Mass Effect until maybe the day before release, if not the actual day of release. GTA4 was similar with the exception of the IGN review. I figured these close to release review embargoes were pretty much standard these days. Lame, but standard.
They should really follow Uncharted 2 and put the reviews out there early to build the hype. Dragon Age desperately needs it.
They should really follow Uncharted 2 and put the reviews out there early to build the hype. Dragon Age desperately needs it.