the_shadow
Arcane
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- Dec 30, 2011
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I know I'm behind the curve, but I've caved and decided to give Dragon Age: Origins a whirl. I'm currently 6 hours into the game, and my one overriding thought is...
Do these people ever shut the fuck up? I mean, seriously, could there be any more dialogue and exposition in this game? Every NPC has shitloads of boring dialogue you have to sit through in order to trigger a side quest. It's not helped by the fact that even my own party members are bantering, and will often *repeat* banter/dialogue.
The game is reminding me of Witcher 2 with its over-abundance of cutscenes. Like I said, I'm six hours into the game, but I wouldn't be surprised if I had only spent one hour on actual gameplay.
The whole Grey Warden thing seems like an utterly pointless addition to the game. I was actually quite apprehensive to become a Grey Warden, a bad-ass elite warrior who could stand against the Blight. I was fascinated by their transformation ritual. Was it as intense and complex as the one Witchers went through? Nope, just drinking some Dark Spawn blood is enough. And then afterwards you are sent off to light a beacon, instead of being given any training, or taught about Grey Warden history/strategy.
The combat is OK, when you actually get to fight. I find it kind of LOL that the game autosaves before every fight cutscene (aka. ten times a map).
I am curious to see if the game picks up, though. The map has been opened up to me, and I'm currently fighting werewolves, so fingers crossed.
Do these people ever shut the fuck up? I mean, seriously, could there be any more dialogue and exposition in this game? Every NPC has shitloads of boring dialogue you have to sit through in order to trigger a side quest. It's not helped by the fact that even my own party members are bantering, and will often *repeat* banter/dialogue.
The game is reminding me of Witcher 2 with its over-abundance of cutscenes. Like I said, I'm six hours into the game, but I wouldn't be surprised if I had only spent one hour on actual gameplay.
The whole Grey Warden thing seems like an utterly pointless addition to the game. I was actually quite apprehensive to become a Grey Warden, a bad-ass elite warrior who could stand against the Blight. I was fascinated by their transformation ritual. Was it as intense and complex as the one Witchers went through? Nope, just drinking some Dark Spawn blood is enough. And then afterwards you are sent off to light a beacon, instead of being given any training, or taught about Grey Warden history/strategy.
The combat is OK, when you actually get to fight. I find it kind of LOL that the game autosaves before every fight cutscene (aka. ten times a map).
I am curious to see if the game picks up, though. The map has been opened up to me, and I'm currently fighting werewolves, so fingers crossed.