Dragon age: How i hated it, then actually enjoyed it.

[kenney bounces]

After watching the trailers and laughing my ass off at how horrible the game looked to be, i decided to just sit down and see how bad this game really was.

First try, i play a fighter. I kill a rat, my whole group is covered in blood.????
I then go and fight a few things.. all my people run off like madmen, things die easily. Zzzzz.

Decided this game REALLY does seem to suck.. but i don't give up so fast. So i decided to restart, play a mage, but with these settings:

Difficulty setting: Hard
Play style : Turn AI OFF. Scroll all the way back, top-down view style.

Wow.. huge difference. I was able to control my party exactly how i wanted to do it. The fights were more challenging.. i actually had to reload several fights a few times. With those settings, the game actually became enjoyable. It was no longer a brainless game where you watched the AI play itself out for you.

So yeah, if you want to enjoy dragon age, and you're a rpg old-school veteran, play it on hard setting, and play it top down view, with AI turned off. You might be suprised at how enjoyable the game is.

 

[Ch1ef]

first

 

[Stereotypical Villain]

- Nightmare difficulty.
- No A.I.
- Top down view.

... and yet I'm not having any fun. Should I consult the nearest apothecary for aid or should I just have the inquisition purge me of my inner daemons in the name of the emperor?

 

[Melcar]

Shitsticles.

 

[MetalCraze]

And remember - if you died a few times in the game it is now challenging and fun.

 

[Black]

First!

 

[Ch1ef]

Isn't this fun ?

 

[Serious_Business]

And remember - if you died a few times in the game it is now challenging and fun.

Dude you post a whole fucking lot

 

[Silellak]

And remember - if you died a few times in the game it is now challenging and fun.

Dude you post a whole fucking lot

He doesn't like when other people like things he doesn't care for. At least, that's the only explanation I can think of for his showing up in every single Dragon Age thread repeating the same uneducated nonsense.

 

[Junior Boy]

hahahahahaha

 

[AlaCarcuss]

He doesn't like when other people like things he doesn't care for. At least, that's the only explanation I can think of...

Doesn't care for? Everything is banal.boring.shit according to skyway. Ask him if he's even played it lol...

There is another reason of course.... troll.

 

[Ch1ef]

And remember - if you died a few times in the game it is now challenging and fun.

Dude you post a whole fucking lot

He doesn't like when other people like things he doesn't care for. At least, that's the only explanation I can think of for his showing up in every single Dragon Age thread repeating the same uneducated nonsense.

ZOMG 4CHAN FAGGOT BAN HIM NAO

 

[Shoelip]

Did comic skyway just put on two pairs of sunglasses?

Hey, he does like some things. Operation Flashpoint, and presumably from his old avatar Anachronox.

 

[Jaime Lannister]

turn off permanent blood spatter for better framerate and less "OMG LOOK AT HOW BLOODY AND MATURE WE ARE" factor.

 

[thekdawg21]

I personally feel it's the best Bioware game yet. Combat is BETTER than clunky BGII in terms of feel and execution, a bit less so in terms of complexity and difficulty.

If you are an RPG veteran, you best be playing on Nightmare level. Anything less is far too easy. Am I the only Codex lurker that started on Nightmare and played it all the way through? Pansies.

 

[Volourn]

"Combat is BETTER than clunky BGII in terms of feel and execution, a bit less so in terms of complexity and difficulty."

How the FUCK is BG2 combat more 'complex'?

That's bullshit analysis.

 

[FeelTheRads]

Volourn believes there's more role-playing in Jade Empire than in BG2.

True story.

 

[DriacKin]

Volourn believes there's more role-playing in Jade Empire than in BG2.

True story.

FACT: There is more C&C in Jade Empire than in BG2. That is undeniable.

 

[FeelTheRads]

FACT: Your "FACT" bit has gotten old.

 

[DriacKin]

Nonetheless, Jade Empire did have more C&C and BG2

 

[BLOBERT]

BROS SKYWAY IS RIGHT THIS GAME IS A PEACE OF SHIT HOW ABOUT YOU FUCKING GROW A PARE AND NOT SUCK IT DOWN LIKE ALL THE OTHER SHEEPLE??!?!!!

 

[JrK]

So, how do you put off the AI? All I got was this lousy disabling of specific combat tactics, but the behaviours seem unavoidable.

 

[relootz]

Nonetheless, Jade Empire did have more C&C and BG2

FACT: JE is a shitty game, BG2 is a great game.

 

[Emotional Vampire]

Isn't this fun ?

I love Dragon Age it makes me feel so good
I love Dragon Age it makes me feel so bad
When I play with it it makes me feel
Like Im the only guy in town
I love Dragon Age it makes me feel so good

Isnt this fun
Isnt this what lifes all about
Isnt this a dream come true
Isnt this a nightmare too

 

[hal900x]

Skyway is much more forgiving of strategy games than RPG's, I've noticed. I bet it's easier to make a good strategy game than it is a good RPG. Not that either one is particularly easy.