Dragon Age sequel official

Angie_Gallant · 2011-02-21T13:16:03.000Z

Sir_Digby · 2011-02-21T13:20:40.000Z

That which has been seen…

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TimJames · 2011-02-21T13:48:34.000Z

Don’t post more of it then, dumbass.

Imryll · 2011-02-21T13:55:24.000Z

Alistair:

Am I the only person who hates in-game loot incentives? I’d be fine if it were some recognition from NPCs about this other thing you’d done but games which stick level 15 armour of spangling in your starting inventory are just annoying to me. It breaks the flow of the starting game and detracts from immersion.

I think the problem in Dragon Age was high level items in your starter inventory coupled with inadequate itemization in the base game. I didn’t have at all the same reaction when I got the EB helm for Morrowind. It was added to an appropriate location in the gameworld, and the player had to find it. Also, Morrowind itemization didn’t depend on a mix of scarce drops and unaffordable items from vendors, with in-game incentives to fill in the gaps, so it was a fun little addition with an imperceptible effect on game balance…

Matt_Perkins · 2011-02-21T14:21:43.000Z

Itemization was a HUGE lacking of the Dragon Age game. HUGE. I could have written a better system in my sleep (yay, armchair game designer!). And made it so you never had to break open another barrel in your life.

Pogo · 2011-02-21T15:17:37.000Z

While the textures seem more crisp, I’m noticing a lack of shadows and really stiff animations in that demo video. What the fuck? Animations were really smooth in the first game, I thought. This looks like a step backward.

Scotch_Lufkin · 2011-02-21T16:37:56.000Z

what is up with all the gay p0rn in this thread?

Angie_Gallant · 2011-02-21T16:46:46.000Z

There is no gay porn in this thread.

John_Reynolds · 2011-02-21T16:57:53.000Z

Angie Gallant:

There is no gay porn in this thread.

Time for some of my Zevran screenies.

Hope I don’t get flagged by the Qt3 police for trolling again. :p

Scotch_Lufkin · 2011-02-21T19:20:01.000Z

Angie Gallant:

There is no gay porn in this thread.

Your Jedi mind tricks won’t work on me, lady.

Spoit · 2011-02-22T02:11:00.000Z

Pogo:

While the textures seem more crisp, I’m noticing a lack of shadows and really stiff animations in that demo video. What the fuck? Animations were really smooth in the first game, I thought. This looks like a step backward.

Funny, since the textures are the main thing that I’m noticing being worse in these shots of DA2, compared to DAO. Though that may be because of the texture pack I moded in. Even though some of the character textures were pretty darn good in the vanilla game, like pretty much all of the massive armor sets. And animations are the biggest improvement.

Joe_M · 2011-02-22T03:43:19.000Z

It appears the Dragon Age: Legends closed beta has begun. Check your email. :)

Scotch_Lufkin · 2011-02-22T04:45:42.000Z

Joe M.:

It appears the Dragon Age: Legends closed beta has begun. Check your email. :)

Earlier in this thread Soren was giving out free beta codes for this thing but I was the only one that PM him so he gave me all 5.

I have one left, so the first one to PM me can have it if they like.

Tony_M · 2011-02-22T04:57:51.000Z

Don’t take my lack of interest in a beta key as a lack of interest in Dragon Age: Legends. I’m just not a beta guy. I appreciate you guys hunting out the bugs and imbalances so that I can experince a great first playthrough.

Tony

BroadwayJoe · 2011-02-22T05:46:09.000Z

The 360 demo is out now.

Sir_Digby · 2011-02-22T06:34:26.000Z

I’m guessing the PC demo will be out today too but nothing available yet.

razarok · 2011-02-22T06:36:33.000Z

BroadwayJoe:

The 360 demo is out now.

At 76%. Let’s see how it is.

Sir Digby:

I’m guessing the PC demo will be out today too but nothing available yet.

According to some people at for instance giantbomb, it should be out at 9 pst

BroadwayJoe · 2011-02-22T07:02:46.000Z

The demo isn’t any different from what they’ve shown to press over the last few months. It is combat-centric, and is in that ugly, bland, rocky gray mountain location. Blech.

TimJames · 2011-02-22T07:21:16.000Z

My biggest concern is the combat. I don’t mean the mechanics or animations or anything. I want to know whether the encounters are crafted to be difficult and tactically interesting, or merely a few random speedbumps thrown around. That’s how it was in Awakenings. The high-level characters might have contributed to that, so I’d better not get the same feeling early in this game.

Wait, the demo’s not the story/dream sequence part where the character is overpowered, is it?

Only a dozen more posts until codpiece man moves to the previous page.

BroadwayJoe · 2011-02-22T07:23:44.000Z

Yeah, it is a flashback/story sequence in the gray rocky mountains. The character seems pretty powerful, at least in the first part.