I figured it was going to be a java applet or something. The moment I saw that the DL was over 200 megs, I realized my story was going to have a sad ending. No Banana +1 for me.
In contrast, I got it to run on my machine. I had every intention of waiting until next year to purchase this. And I still do. But after seeing the nice character creator, I have to admit, my conviction is waning. Well done Bioware. Good move.
He Who Keeps the Completed Dragon Age PC Gold Dvd To Prop Up His Couch did state in this thread that the character creator was going to be exactly like that.
Now that people know the exact specifics of pretty much everything except specializations, someone will probably create a character planner like that eventually. Hopefully sooner rather than later.
Am I the only one who finds the character creator a tad… unstable? Have had a number of times where it locks up.
Apart from that, I like what I see. I don’t usually bother with 0-day purchases, but nostalgia over BG1&2 as well as a recent replay of PS:T has me strongly considering this one. Just sad that the pre-order system is such a mess that I was quickly turned of from that idea. All the bonus DLC with every store having their own special stuff actually makes me feel less like buying this right away, instead of being an incentive.
Given that this is a moddable game (or at least that is what I gather from my browse through the community), what is the point of a lot of DLC trinkets? How many hours after the release of the game will it be before someone has made a free mod with all those trinkets added? The only really interesting addition seems to be the additional mission content in the deluxe edition, and only because one might save a little money.
Welcome to PC gaming! I didn’t have any stability problems, but it did install a “November 2007 DirectX update,” which seemed like it might not be necessary on Windows 7, but hey. Also it crashed the spider solitaire game that I was running, probably relatedly.
Given that this is a moddable game (or at least that is what I gather from my browse through the community), what is the point of a lot of DLC trinkets?
Most people will play it on the 360, for reasons not unrelated to the rest of this post.
Actually, it is necessary to run it. DirectX setup is able to determine if you have the required files or not and install any missing ones across all supported MS operating systems. If you already have that update or a later one, it pretty much does its checking, then exits.
I hung out with Claudia Black at a party once. True story. So she has even more geek exposure than you think! Maybe even a lethal dose.
RepoMan
2048
What, you killed her with pure overgeekery???
You killed Claudia! YOU BASTARD!!!
Joe_M
2049
I had it running behind WoW for probably four or five hours with nary a hiccup.
I had no problems with it either. Well, other than it wasn’t the full game and didn’t allow me to plan a full character…
You might be. What are your system specs?
Joe_M
2052
Windows 7 RC, 64 bit. Radeon 4870. Dual core. 4gb RAM. It’s run of the mill really for a gaming machine.
Kadath
2053
OK, the Deluxe edition is now on preorder on Steam for $10 cheaper than Impulse with at least as good if not better set of perks for preordering. Wonder how hard it is to cancel my Impulse order…
http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/39309975/m/911003371041/p/12
Actually, I’m looking around on Impulse and not sure you CAN cancel a preorder, anyone able to clue me in on that?
I think an ECA-coded preorder of the regular edition from Amazon still winds up being the best deal: $42 up front, with a $10 certificate to apply towards another game purchase, for an effective net price of $32. Even after purchasing the Warden’s Keep DLC (the only significant Deluxe content, imho), you’re still ahead a good $10-15.
Of course, no ECA codes right now, but I’m expecting that to be fixed long before Dragon Age comes out.
Go Steam.
With the built in launch day DLC +
The ability (I hope) to play on launch day +
Digital distribution (less home office clutter, and no need for disk in drive) +
a reasonable price (at least to me) =
Canceling my regular edition amazon order and Pre-ordering Digital Deluxe from Steam
I cancelled my pre-order by emailing sales(at)stardock.com with my order number. It should have been included with the email that came when you first made your pre-order.
Next issue - just finished the review last Friday. Print times have come down a lot, but not that much, heh. But be the cover story for the holiday issue in 3 weeks.
The steam version is confirmed to work with mods i assume?
It does seem like it may be one of the better options. Gogamer has it for $40, but probably like $5 shipping. Then the dlc costs $7 bringing the cost up to $52 vs the $54 for steam deluxe version.
Sarkus
2059
I’ve heard a few people complain about not being able to plan a character, but I’m not sure what they want. This is the character creation process you follow when you start the game. DA:O isn’t like one of the NWN games where you can create different level characters for different uses, it’s a typical CRPG where you start at level one and that’s what the released character creator allows you to do.
Plus, it’s not like you can’t look at the non-highlighted skills, spells, and so on to get an idea of what options you’ll have as your character develops. So from that standpoint there is plenty of character planning you can do.
Edit: Here and here are threads on the official boards where there is plenty of character planning going on for those who don’t think the character creator gives them enough to work with. Someone who reads QT3 but doesn’t have an account here recognized me and asked that I post it. :-)
This is what i want, ported to Dragon Ages damn it!
Yeah, i wasn’t really expecting them to do that since the previous ones have been made by fans.
It would have been cool though.
