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Dragon Age: Origins |OT| Letting The Fade fade out of memory
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BrodiemanTTR
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Is anyone else experiencing a problem where party members become idle in the middle of battle and allow themselves to be attacked by enemies in melee combat without responding, enemies that they had been previously instructed to attack and will not continue attacking unless constantly being manually reminded to via right-click?
I have two champions now because of terrible planning lol.
How are rangers? Should I go duelist instead? She's dps-poison atm.
My party is pretty much all offense. AOE support mage, and the mentioned rogue and two tanks.
I'm not sure if I should go archmage since the bloodmage thing is out of the question due to quest decisions.
How are rangers? Should I go duelist instead? She's dps-poison atm.
My party is pretty much all offense. AOE support mage, and the mentioned rogue and two tanks.
I'm not sure if I should go archmage since the bloodmage thing is out of the question due to quest decisions.
RPGCrazied
Member
anyone on the 360ver getting choppiness in the major cutscenes? like origin intros, and one for major story points.
the ingame ones however are much smoother
the ingame ones however are much smoother
Knux-Future
Banned
The main issue with the City Elf origin , was that it just sort of ended.
Duncan : Lol fuck yo cousin I want you to be a Grey Warden.
You: But I sort of failed in saving the girls...
Duncan : Silence..let us go.
You:....
Sorin:.WRRRRRY.
I felt shitty afterward.
Can anyone tell me what the Dalish quest entails in spoilers and with as little info as possible. I Knew what the city elf quest would be like but it didn't turn out as awesome as i though ( Kill Bill..)
Duncan : Lol fuck yo cousin I want you to be a Grey Warden.
You: But I sort of failed in saving the girls...
Duncan : Silence..let us go.
You:....
Sorin:.WRRRRRY.
I felt shitty afterward.
I mean my cousin got raped and I took the money only to have my other cousin get sent to jail....
Can anyone tell me what the Dalish quest entails in spoilers and with as little info as possible. I Knew what the city elf quest would be like but it didn't turn out as awesome as i though ( Kill Bill..)
BrodiemanTTR
Member
Knux-Future said:
Uh of course you should feel shitty
you took the money. If you wanted Kill Bill you should have, I dunno, killed Vaughan.
I've played for about 6 hours now, just about to go up the first lot of stairs in the tower battle. I went with a Mage, focusing on healing. I usually go with either a Ranger or Healer in these games, and Zeilards comments about getting willpower dialog options, the fact that coercion doesn't have very high cunning requirements (I already have level 2), and the comments about needing a healer earlier on made my mind up. I miss being up to queue up heals on multiple people though.
I love the glyphs, and discovering my first glyph
was pretty awesome.
I've wiped once, on my first darkspawn encounter. From that point on, I've absolutely loved the combat. That was also the point where I F5'd after just about everything too. I don't play in full iso, I sort of play about halfway in between the extremes, which was how I played NWN2 too. The part in the wilds where
was great.
It's very hard to put down. I'm glad I've got a lot of free time after today to play it.
I love the glyphs, and discovering my first glyph
combo
I've wiped once, on my first darkspawn encounter. From that point on, I've absolutely loved the combat. That was also the point where I F5'd after just about everything too. I don't play in full iso, I sort of play about halfway in between the extremes, which was how I played NWN2 too. The part in the wilds where
they lure you over some traps at the end of the bridge
It's very hard to put down. I'm glad I've got a lot of free time after today to play it.
bengraven
Member
Knux-Future said:
Damn. You played it kind of fucked up then didn't you?
If you kill him, then accept responsibility for your actions, they decide to just take you and not attack the alienage. However, before you are carried away, Duncan enacts Conscription, which means he owns you at that point and they can't touch you. Then you become a Grey Warden.
Choke on the Magic
Banned
Okay so I can't get a steady framerate when I have the "effects" turned on. I've tried lowering res, AA, etc. and unless I turn the effects off the framerate is shit for me. I don't want to turn it off because the game looks drab and shitty then. Any suggestions? I didn't think I'd have to upgrade my CPU or GPU for this. I can run Fallout 3 maxed out and still get a steady average of 40FPS.
Help Please. Here are my specs:
OS: Win7
Motherboard: BIOSTAR TPower N750 AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA nForce 750a SLI ATX
GPU: BFG Tech GeForce GTX 260 896MB 448-bit GDDR3
RAM: OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor
Help Please. Here are my specs:
OS: Win7
Motherboard: BIOSTAR TPower N750 AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA nForce 750a SLI ATX
GPU: BFG Tech GeForce GTX 260 896MB 448-bit GDDR3
RAM: OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor
sparky2112
Member
RbBrdMan said:Ok I said I'll post some screens here we go:
Uh, is it just me, or does that look like ass? WTF? (Why the face?)
Knux-Future
Banned
BrodiemanTTR said:
yeah I know....I'll probally start over and kill him.
what's the dallish elf quest like?
Gametrailers put up a 360/PS3/PC comparison video:
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/pc-ps3-360-comparison-dragon-age/58659
The textures are slightly better on the PS3, but not by much. The game is just generally ugly!
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/pc-ps3-360-comparison-dragon-age/58659
The textures are slightly better on the PS3, but not by much. The game is just generally ugly!
Choke on the Magic
Banned
Bob Tampinha said:
I can't see how it could possibly be that great on either console. For some reason my PC is having issues with it right now.
Choke on the Magic
Banned
Alex said:
PC version's by no means ugly, but it's not all that impressive either.
Lé Blade Runner
Member
Echoing the praise here - this game seems amazing, in true Bioware fashion. The dialogue is excellent, the visuals are great ( playing on the xbox360 ), and the combat is... Good enough. Then again, combat has never been Bioware's strongest point - see Mass Effect for example - but it has never bothered me. I enjoy Bioware's games for their stories, and Dragon Age: Origins has a nice Lord of the Rings -type vibe to it.
High-fantasy might never beat science-fiction in my books, but yeah... Dragon Age: Origins is still easily the best games I've played this year ( and I'm only at the beginning ).
The dialogue is excellent, the visuals are great ( playing on the xbox360 ), and the combat is... Good enough. Then again, combat has never been Bioware's strongest point - see Mass Effect for example - but it has never bothered me. I enjoy Bioware's games for their stories, and Dragon Age: Origins has a nice Lord of the Rings -type vibe to it.High-fantasy might never beat science-fiction in my books, but yeah... Dragon Age: Origins is still easily the best games I've played this year ( and I'm only at the beginning ).
bengraven said:
City Elf sounds awesome to play as. :lol
I enjoyed the Elf Mage origin, especially for how deeply it delved into the lore surrounding mages in the game (how they get their powers, how they're generally viewed and treated, the dynamic with the Templars, etc, all interesting and very well-told), but it looks like some of the other origins have juicier character interactions.
Choke on the Magic said:
Honestly, I had a poor first impression when it came to the visuals, but I've frequently been stunned at some of the graphical beauty in the game as I go through it.
bengraven said:
It's amusing how heartless you can be in this game, despite your character by default being the "good guy" (since he's saving the world, etc). You can swindle people out of their money and then kill them (I did that). You can also force people to give you certain bits of information under the threat of death, and then kill them anyway after they've given it to you (did that too).
Some of the "evil" dialogue options are fantastic.
PflargBlarg
Member
anddo0 said:
Please go kill yourself.
ROGUE MOTHERFUCKER, ROGUE.
Rouge =
I get irrationally angry when I see it, I'm sorry
BrodiemanTTR
Member
BrodiemanTTR said:
Anyone? Jesus I feel like I'm the only person on Earth having this problem and it is completely gamebreaking.
Choke on the Magic
Banned
Zeliard said:
Are you playing on PC or console? I'm trying to find someone who has it running good on PC and what I need to do to get it that way. It's a fun game to play I just don't want to turn the effects off.
Alex
Member
Its up to you what is impressive or not, but I think its a really nice looking game, I certainly havent played too many console games with as nice of design and scope.
Now, Mass Effect, I thought that game was pretty gross, even on PC. Very bland UE3 fare, although some of the effects on the planets weather was nice.
Only got a few random pics I took from early game to show a friend, nothing amazing, but I still think even in these snaps it looks great.
If this game is "fucking ugly" to someone, then they have some pretty insane standards! As in everything below Uncharted 2 or Crysis, etc.
And yes, the combat is great on PC, I can see how it'd be worse on a console, considering some stupid omissions and alterations that I'm sure they could've worked around, but its far, far better fare than theyve had since BG2, and arguably flat out better than even that.
Now, Mass Effect, I thought that game was pretty gross, even on PC. Very bland UE3 fare, although some of the effects on the planets weather was nice.
Only got a few random pics I took from early game to show a friend, nothing amazing, but I still think even in these snaps it looks great.
If this game is "fucking ugly" to someone, then they have some pretty insane standards! As in everything below Uncharted 2 or Crysis, etc.
And yes, the combat is great on PC, I can see how it'd be worse on a console, considering some stupid omissions and alterations that I'm sure they could've worked around, but its far, far better fare than theyve had since BG2, and arguably flat out better than even that.
PflargBlarg
Member
Choke on the Magic said:
It seems like you have an odd problem. Your specs should be more than enough to run it fine. Maybe not at everything high, but you should have no problem with having effects turned on.
Fredescu said:
The combat in this game is wonderful. Its only real downside is too much of a lack of transparency when it comes to the combat system's underlying stats and numbers.
Choke on the Magic said:
I'm playing on PC with a Q6600 (quad @ 2.4 ghz), 4 gb RAM and an overclocked 8800 GTX. Game is smooth as f'n butter on max settings with AA on top, 1680x1050.
Choke on the Magic
Banned
Wormdundee said:
Yeah I'm going to have to check it out when I'm out of work, but yeah turning AA and res down doesn't help. Only when the effects are off is my frame rate steady.
zeliard said:
Well maybe I either need to overclock or my 3.0 Dual Core isn't cutting it.
Zzoram said:
Yep. I even have 8xAA going myself, as well multisampling transparency AA, though that isn't a big performance hit. Vsync, triple buffering, etc as well. I almost can't believe this is a Bioware game given how optimized it is, and on release no less. We didn't even get a patch!