RPGCrazied
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I want more DLC 
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Dragon Age: Origins |OT| Letting The Fade fade out of memory
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hypostatic
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RPGCrazied said:I want more DLC
Is Warden's Keep worth it?
CriscoDisco
Member
I'm so close to picking this up for my PS3 or 360. Anyone have any details that they feel could push me over the edge? I can't decide between this and Assassin's Creed 2.
I apologize for not going back and reading this entire thread, but how do the 2 versions of Dragon Age (PS3 and 360) stack up against each other?
Thanks...
I apologize for not going back and reading this entire thread, but how do the 2 versions of Dragon Age (PS3 and 360) stack up against each other?
Thanks...
Anerythristic
Member
CriscoDisco said:
To be honest I don't know if AC2 has a Black Friday sale, if your in the U.S. . Dragon Age is going to be $39.99 at a few locations I think. Keep that in mind.
RPGCrazied
Member
hypostatic said:
I have yet to get that one, one hour sounds pretty short.. I know its 7$, but dunno.
Wish we could get something like shivering isles, but I doubt it. I have lvl20 templar/reaver, and a 14 assassin/duelist
CriscoDisco
Member
Anerythristic said:
Thanks. I'm not sure that money is any sort of issue in this case. I have kids and a wife so my gaming time is limited at best. I just have a difficult time deciding what's worth my time sometimes.
hypostatic said:
The top of the page you posted on has a lot of people talking about the DLC, I basically asked what other people thought of it after I bought it.
It is definitely short, but it's god some good story filler and there are some items you get. If you really like the game, I'd pick it up.
Alistair is just a boring dude to me though so I dumped his ass early. Rockin Me (Warrior, sword+shield), Morrigan (cold spells), dog, and Shale right now with now regard for game strategy whatsoever but I've done all the side quests, read every book, and opened every chest so far so not really running into any problems (playin on Normal of course). Just the way I like it.... I use a shitton of potions of course with that lineup.
Ploid 3.0
Member
Tokubetsu said:
Yea My Alistair is very tweaked for tanking. I'm like level 17 now, and I have all of the good shield upgrades, a great shield, a lot of armor, and a lot of physical resist/mind resist. His templar abilities, with champion abilities makes Shale's limited stuff seem weaker. Shale can get knocked down easier than al due to his low physical resist. You can't seem to add a lot of physical resist like you can for gearable characters (the 2 crystal system is limited).
ElectricBlue187
Member
I don't mind the ulta violent finishing moves and blood spraying everywhere but the 'it's lightly raining blood outside' blood splatter on the character models is really silly. No idea how that got into the final buildAshMcCool said:
Fragamemnon
Member
Tom Penny said:
Low 20s. There's no new game+ per se, but there are the other starting origins to play and each area has basically a different set of choices that can be taken to see different outcomes. You can also up the difficultly next play through to better tax your now-veteran skills.
ElectricBlue187
Member
I wish you could read the codex online so that I can read it on my iPhone when I can't play the game. That would be easy to implement I think and very neat if they could tie it into the game (only show codex you've picked up in game, mark as read those you read out of the game)
Fragamemnon
Member
Philthy said:
Between the almost certainty of mods on the PC version-I'm expecting that DA will get a following about on par with Oblivion-and the huge extra gameplay depth provided through the isometric tactical combat, this is definitely a case where getting the console version is a last, desperate measure.
dreamer3kx
Member
Fucking circle of magi, fucking fade.....uhhhhhh.
ElectricBlue187
Member
Philthy
Member
dreamer3kx said:
You know, I sort of hated this at first, but when you start progressing and you unlock stuff, it got really freaking fun.
I mean, REALLY fun.
The way they sort of tossed this game on its side with this quest line made me love this game even more than I already did.
Wiggum2007
Junior Member
Tokubetsu said:
I laughed out loud at the end of the mage origin when
the blood mage stabs himself in the hand and he's suddenly completely covered in blood :lol
Zod the Bear
Member
dreamer3kx said:
Hated it on the first playthrough, but on subsequent ones, it didn't seem as terrible. Could run through pretty quick.
MirageDwarf
Member
dreamer3kx said:
hahahha. I had same frustration two days ago. Haven't finished fade yet. Reward is good though.
I thought saving a boy is gonna be minor sidequest. :lol
Zod the Bear said:
That's because you know exactly where to go in repeat playthrough.
ElectricBlue187 said:
Here's how it works.
What level is your main character?
Everyone else is at least Level-1, at 0 xp towards the next level.
If they are less than this, going to camp will set them to this minimum. If they are more than this, as long as they don't leave your active party, they can stay above this threshold.
My Lei and Wynne are about up to par with main character since they've never left my party since becoming available. The other spot rotates out.
Correction: Lei left one time - the final bit of The Deep Roads, since you HAVE to have Oghren and you really WANT to have Shale. Tried to to do it without Wynne but the cost in potions got a bit ridiculous - was more effective to use Shale in the Lei support role, sans lockpicking (and going back later with Lei).
Anerythristic
Member
g23 said:
There is a learning curve. It's clunky, by Level 6 though you should handle it just fine. I actually appriciate how fast I can pause with the shoulder button.
Fragamemnon
Member
After the serial atrocities that were both of their Risen reviews, I wouldn't trust Eurogamer to review a CRPG (regardless of platform) ever again.
jim-jam bongs
Member
Agree with those not feeling the Shale love. He was level 11 when I picked him up and by that point, if you've been using him and aren't utterly terrible at picking tanking talents, Alistair is a significantly better tank. He does way more damage, even in defensive modes, and those modes make him way more hardy than Shale. And he has an AOE dispel? It's no contest.
Sten is quite good at holding threat and doing DPS but Alistair just has the best balance between damage, defence and aggro. I do love Sten though. The best way to improve his disposition towards you is to never take any of his guff, like the exchange I had yesterday (paraphrased):
Sten: How will you end this Blight?
Me: By killing the archdemon.
Sten: But it is surrounded by an ocean of darkspawn? I wonder if you are indeed a grey warden as you say. Such legends we have heard.
Me: Like what?
Sten: Peerless warriors and strategists. So far, I am not impressed.
Me: I'm not here to impress you.
Sten: Very well. But it still remains to be seen what you are here for.
Sten approves +6 :lol
Sten is quite good at holding threat and doing DPS but Alistair just has the best balance between damage, defence and aggro. I do love Sten though. The best way to improve his disposition towards you is to never take any of his guff, like the exchange I had yesterday (paraphrased):
Sten: How will you end this Blight?
Me: By killing the archdemon.
Sten: But it is surrounded by an ocean of darkspawn? I wonder if you are indeed a grey warden as you say. Such legends we have heard.
Me: Like what?
Sten: Peerless warriors and strategists. So far, I am not impressed.
Me: I'm not here to impress you.
Sten: Very well. But it still remains to be seen what you are here for.
Sten approves +6 :lol
Son of Godzilla
Banned
Don't understand the complaints at all. Was awesome. People were complaining about not knowing where to go? What? It's insanely straight forward...dreamer3kx said:
dreamer3kx
Member
Son of Godzilla said:
My complaint is not knowing where to go really, I just hate the area, its a bore for me at least.
jim-jam bongs
Member
Son of Godzilla said:
My major complaint was simply that it felt out of place. It's a deceptively linear fetch quest that makes me feel like I'm playing a Zelda game, and I hate Zelda games.
Chairman Yang
if he talks about books, you better damn well listen
It's a nice concept that goes on too long. The number of areas should've been cut in half.Son of Godzilla said:
MirageDwarf
Member
Chairman Yang said:
Exactly.
ShockingAlberto
Member
Eh. That whole quest was getting on my nerves by then and an unnecessary and random aside that is basically a gaming soliloquy just made me roll my eyes. If I wanted to play alone, I would have just not taken my party with me in to the tower (assuming you can do that, I've never tried since I don't like to play alone).