Guys, seriously

[DiverNB]

Not cool, I clicked on this topic and was like "please don't be about dragon age" and sure enough, it's about dragon age.

Weak sauce.

 

[BillyOgawa]

..

 

[Jeff Graw]

When he said "As you can see, this is a world you'll be dying to explore!" after showcasing the shitty dialog and cliche plot, I laughed for something like a minute. Oh, Bioware.

 

[Spectacle]

I'm just going to ignore all the warning signs and stick my head in the sand. Dragon age is going to be great, GREAT! I tell you! Even better than Baldur's Gate 2!

 

[dagorkan]

I like how Bioware dialog 'variety' has one response phrased three different ways:

1/ The obvious goody-two shoes response (which turns out to be the most profitable, nine times out of ten)
2/ The anti-social asshole response
3/ Batshit insane one, which nobody will ever choose on the first playthrough

Real creativity there

 

[xuerebx]

I hope the game will be decent, looks quite good from what I've seen.

 

[Kingston]

A few more vids.

http://dragonage.bioware.com/

The fourth one is horrible 'cos of the PR speak. Stating the obvious + silly statements + "Dark heroic fantasy. We don't pull any punches here, people" = facepalm.

 

[MetalCraze]

hahaha

 

[xuerebx]

A few more vids.

http://dragonage.bioware.com/

Thanks for the link. I'm quite liking the game, hmmm we'll see.

EDIT: Holy shit killing the ogre was neat. But lol at the guy speaking.

 

[Wintermute]

I was actually interested in DA after seeing the isometric tactical battles they showed at E3. But if I have to sit through these interminable, horribly-acted, jrpg-like cutscenes to get to the tactics, it's just not worth it at all.

 

[Mareus]

The battles are really far from the quality of BG. Watch the demo part 4 and you will see how your swords go straight through enemies. You will see an arrow stuck right through your companion's head (why even animate the arrow if it's going to look retarded?), and the AI is horrible. Your companions run straight through the fire, and some warrior talents remind me on WoW. The battle comments are retarded too. The electricity magic is a light show... I mean why do they keep insisting on these retarded magical effects that cover the whole screen (I didn't like it in MotB either):

http://static.computergames.ro/cg/assas ... yer108.jpg

Those are my only complaints about this game. The rest looks ok.

 

[fastpunk]

The battles are really far from the quality of BG. Watch the demo part 4 and you will see how your swords go straight through enemies. You will see an arrow stuck right through your companion's head (why even animate the arrow if it's going to look retarded?), and the AI is horrible. Your companions run straight through the fire, and some warrior talents remind me on WoW.

Come now, BG had bad AI too, plus its combat animations weren't exactly stellar. Not to mention the 'awesome' pathfinding. If DA's combat isn't as good as BG's (and that remains to be seen) it will be for entirely different reasons (balancing, control responsiveness and so on).

The electricity magic is a light show... I mean why do they keep insisting on these retarded magical effects that cover the whole screen (I didn't like it in MotB either):

http://static.computergames.ro/cg/assas ... yer108.jpg

Those are my only complaints about this game. The rest looks ok.

Can't argue with this though. It would be nice of them to cut down on 'teh awesome particle fx' a bit.

 

[Kingston]

I dunno, when the caster was cut off from the rest of the group by a few meters all the enemies charged into the big group, not the lone caster. Unless someone used a taunt skill, but I don't think they did. Ehue.

Its all a bit too DnD. You've got a whole world to create, whole new mechanics, and yet you find the same old spells and items. But hey, if it really is on par with BGs (which I very much doubt), I won't complain.

 

[Volourn]

It will be easily better than BG1. BG2 is a harder dragon to slay; but one thing it should crush BG2 in is role-playing. And, graphics, of course, but that's unfair. Everything else is a maybe.

 

[Ausir]

From what I've heard, it has more dialogues than Planescape: Torment, all fully voiced. Quantity does not equal quality, though, but I still appreciate the effort.

 

[Mareus]

Come now, BG had bad AI too, plus its combat animations weren't exactly stellar. Not to mention the 'awesome' pathfinding. If DA's combat isn't as good as BG's (and that remains to be seen) it will be for entirely different reasons (balancing, control responsiveness and so on).

I never seen my characters running into flames in BG, unless I told them to do so. The pathfinding was a minor problem, but I don't remember ever happening in battles. I agree we have to feel DA in action, but so far it doesn't look any better than NWN2. In some cases it looked even worse, since in NWN2 you at least have dodge animation. Also in NWN2 your mage will be attacked, while in DA you could see how enemies ran right pass the mage and gathered all in one place hitting at your warriors. That doesn't look promising to me. I can only hope they will fix those things.

EDIT: Oh yeah. Combat animations in BG were very simple but since camera was hovering 50 m above ground and since the game looked much more intense and dynamic, you don't pay such attention to details. And in BG your sword hits felt like they hit something. In DA they go straight through enemies and companions. Animations are also kinda slow.

 

[Volourn]

"I never seen my characters running into flames in BG,"

Play with AI on dumb ass.

P.S. Who is to say that the npcs in the DA videos were AI controlled? Mayhaps it was the player who made that decision. R00fles!

 

[Mareus]

"I never seen my characters running into flames in BG,"

Play with AI on dumb ass.

P.S. Who is to say that the npcs in the DA videos were AI controlled? Mayhaps it was the player who made that decision. R00fles!

Never played BG with AI off and you see who is the player controlling by the circle under their feet.