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Dragon Age: Origins |OT| Letting The Fade fade out of memory
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Deadly Cyclone
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Playing DA:O again just to pass time until tomorrow and I find it hilarious that I have Zevran with me and every time I try to open a locked chest he says "Let me try that" and so I switch to him and try it and he cannot unlock it either.
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gdt5016 said:
A couple of points in coercion and most decisions she disapproves of you can convince her of your side of things, resulting in little or no loss in reputation points. That plus gifts and chats at camp and it's easy to keep Morrigan happy even in a good party.
I accepted her ritual offer in a heartbeat, self sacrifice is for the birds.
Question about the end game:
After defeating the archdemon, there is the whole ceremony with Alistar (I chose to use Morrigan to live). After speaking with Alistar, he says we will speak again before I leave but encourages me to go make an appearance for the people. After speaking with my other party members and VIPs, I cannot get any more dialog from Alistar. Once I go to the door and the guard asks if I am ready and I continue, it just goes to the written epilogue screens. Is there no way to return after this? Is there only the 'other campaigns' DLC and Awakenings?
Fuck. Did anyone else get major slowdown on PC during the return to Redcliffe in the final hours of the game? I'm normally getting 60fps locked with max settings but then all of a sudden I dip to about 15 at this part. It's werid because there have been parts where there have been more enemies on screen and the framerate has been fine.
MWS Natural
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I had the same problem until I got Shale who pretty much needs no curing...even though Wrynne somehow manages to run out of MP no matter what lol.Ledsen said:Yeah I'm having the same problems, although I'm only on Hard. I've done the Mage Tower and the Forest, am currently in Redcliffe. Alistair takes a fuck-ton of damage and has to constantly be healed by Wynne and Morrigan. I'm using two-handed weapons since I think they're pretty cool, but now I'm thinking I should've gone with sword/shield... it's too late now though since I've invested so many points in two-handed skills
My girlfriend hates video games (to be fair, she has a genuinely good reason for doing so) but recently has given them a try for my sake. Mass Effect, she's got quite into, but neither of us are really that into sci-fi. I'm wondering just how similar is this to Mass Effect in terms of story, options and characters?
The gameplay is massively offputting to me, I've played some old western RPGs (Baldur's Gate, Diablo, Neverwinter Nights etc) and they've been some of the most horrible gaming experiences of my life - so with that in mind I'm not sure whether to go Dragon Age 1, straight to Dragon Age 2, or just skip both?
Cheers
The gameplay is massively offputting to me, I've played some old western RPGs (Baldur's Gate, Diablo, Neverwinter Nights etc) and they've been some of the most horrible gaming experiences of my life - so with that in mind I'm not sure whether to go Dragon Age 1, straight to Dragon Age 2, or just skip both?
Cheers
You should know the answer to that. The game is frontloaded with story and does a lot of things better than me. The gameplay is like bg, so I don't know why you expect it to be a mindless shooter like Me. Also if diablo was a horrible experience for you, you may want to just skip every wrpg.blizeH said:
Thanks, I was kinda thinking/hoping that it would be a lot more accessible than BG, then I think the decent story and overall game world would help me play it, but 40+ hours of BG-esque gameplay doesn't really appeal unfortunately, no matter how good the story and characters are
There's no demo either is there? Will try the DA2 demo tonight at least and see how that is. Thanks again
There's no demo either is there? Will try the DA2 demo tonight at least and see how that is. Thanks again
blizeH said:Thanks, I was kinda thinking/hoping that it would be a lot more accessible than BG, then I think the decent story and overall game world would help me play it, but 40+ hours of BG-esque gameplay doesn't really appeal unfortunately, no matter how good the story and characters are
There's no demo either is there? Will try the DA2 demo tonight at least and see how that is. Thanks again
Trust me. If you hate BG and NWN, you would never like DA:O.
But definitely try DA2. It's been designed to appeal to people such as yourself, who were massively turned off by the old-school feeling of DA:O.
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Finally beat the Dalish part of the main quest and I'm pretty sure it has been my favorite part of the game so far. I absolutely loved the side story and the music during the finale was ace.
Melhisedek
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Are there any story/quest mods worth playing through?
NWN was wonderful when it comes to user created content
NWN was wonderful when it comes to user created content
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Kweh said:
She dies no matter what.
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The origins took me each about 1.5 to 2.5 hours. I was very thorough when I played them and really enjoyed playing them all in a row. 'YoungHav said:
There is no new game +.
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Haha no. The origin stories lead into the intro of the game. The main game itself is easily 40+ hours.YoungHav said:
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Thnikkaman said:
I had Zathrian sacrifice himself peacefully. I just wish they had developed that side story a bit more because I thought it was great.
That's the one. Great build up toStallion Free said:
when the curse is broken and the humans are revealed.
Connor. It's even better if you leave to ask the Circle to help him but you find them in the revolt!
I've been going through Awakenings and think I'm nearing the last parts of the game (about 12 hours in).
They really should have thought about rebalancing things - it's way too easy on Nightmare. My Origins rogue character was already pretty overpowered with good gear, and instead of throwing tougher enemies or situations at you, Awakenings just gives you a lot of the same enemies but even MORE overpowered abilities and a bunch of ridiculous stat-boosted gear (like, how many armors and accessories do I need with +50 stamina, +4 to all attributes, +100% critical / backstab damage, etc.) Anders will regularly one-shot enemies with a simple freeze spell because his magic stat is at something like 120+. I fought off a bunch of Revenants with simple melee attacks without my health really ever dropping.
In any case, plot has been semi-interesting but things seem pretty short. After I finish this am thinking about picking up DA2 for PC once more copies drop into the $20-$30 range (think it's already $40 for download at Amazon, and have seen new copies for $35 in the marketplace - don't know what it says when a week after release you can already find copies for 40% off).
They really should have thought about rebalancing things - it's way too easy on Nightmare. My Origins rogue character was already pretty overpowered with good gear, and instead of throwing tougher enemies or situations at you, Awakenings just gives you a lot of the same enemies but even MORE overpowered abilities and a bunch of ridiculous stat-boosted gear (like, how many armors and accessories do I need with +50 stamina, +4 to all attributes, +100% critical / backstab damage, etc.) Anders will regularly one-shot enemies with a simple freeze spell because his magic stat is at something like 120+. I fought off a bunch of Revenants with simple melee attacks without my health really ever dropping.
In any case, plot has been semi-interesting but things seem pretty short. After I finish this am thinking about picking up DA2 for PC once more copies drop into the $20-$30 range (think it's already $40 for download at Amazon, and have seen new copies for $35 in the marketplace - don't know what it says when a week after release you can already find copies for 40% off).
Picked up the Ultimate Edition on Steam the other day and man! The DLC activation completely fucked me over.
Entered the code to redeem the stuff, after which it spit out at me a message that the thing I got is an "Unrecognized Item" and none of the DLC was actually added as a result. The code is useless now and all the DLC in-game is flagged as unauthorized. Great...
Entered the code to redeem the stuff, after which it spit out at me a message that the thing I got is an "Unrecognized Item" and none of the DLC was actually added as a result. The code is useless now and all the DLC in-game is flagged as unauthorized. Great...
I just started playing witch hunt, and the combat is really easy even on nightmare. I have been through 3 of the areas so far and haven't had to use any strategy so far on nightmare. Does it get harder?
In comparison, I thought vanilla DAO was pretty challenging even on the lower difficulties.
In comparison, I thought vanilla DAO was pretty challenging even on the lower difficulties.
Lostconfused
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Nope Nightmare is just as piss easy in vanilla as it is in awakenings and other DLC. Once you get high enough level you should be able to rip through anything without trouble. Well maybe except two mages spamming some curses at you or chain lightning.dionysus said:
Patryn said:
I tried getting into BG ages ago and I hated it cause I got my ass handed to me in the first ten minutes and I didn't really know what I was doing.
NWN I was so hyped for, I bought it on release, and even though I barely could play it on my computer at the time I thought it was shit. I liked the editor though.
I loved DA:O though and dropped 80~ hours into it.
Would I drop another playthrough? Probably.
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YoungHav said:
I just played through the game 3 times as one of either class. No idea how long it took me, 100 hours or so. Have finished it twice since then. It's not hard. But if you like the game it shouldn't be a problem.
Y'know, it's already too late since I'm stubborn and accepted the tool-tips notes that alluded to dual-wield Warrior being totally viable, sinking points in to respective talents, but is it absolutely terrible? The aim I'm going for right now is just getting by with strength and self-tanking with a shield right now until I can dual-wield two normal-sized swords. Utter shit? Yes? No?
Cedstick said:
Dual-wield builds benefit from investing in dexterity, because they're designed to compensate for their lack of armor through the ability to not get hit.
Also, weapons have secret speed values, so dual-wielding longswords will mean that you're still attacking less than if you were dual-wielding daggers. Basically, a dual-wielding rogue with daggers will probably end up with a higher DPS than your warrior.
But it is totally viable.