lorddarkflare
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Number 2 said:
You are playing on nightmare? From what i have heard, this can only be insane.
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Dragon Age: Origins |OT| Letting The Fade fade out of memory
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You are playing on nightmare? From what i have heard, this can only be insane.
LocoMrPollock
Banned
Put it in when I got home from work and ended up playing for 7 hours straight. Usually I play games for about an hour or so, maybe a little longer sometimes. It's that good.
lorddarkflare said:
The bad arcade minigames, too many go-shoot-some-stuff-and-then-read-a-sentence-of-narrative sidequests and go-click-that-thing tacked-on achievements detracted from my ability to get immersed in the main plot. DA doesn't have any of those problems. I'd only dock it points for it's loot hallway zone design; maybe it's just some more of that WoW influence at work!
Re: Morrigan, I like her VA's diction. Reminds me of Katherine Hepburn, even though I assume she's a genuine Brit. As for conversation options that make her happy,
she's a Sith/Renegade/Whatever They Call It In This Game. Behave accordingly!
Knux-Future
Banned
Ok Gaf so far you win this game is awesome....The games looks better than people have been saying it does (PS3) plus I'm bad frame rate blind so i don't notice anything wrong there. I started as a female city elf rouge and probably going to start over tho.
Origin spoilers.
despite that great game...schools going to suck balls tommorow
Origin spoilers.
It totally my fault but I don't like the way things turned out. I read that this path was like kill bill so I was all nice to everyone and so when douchebag bribed me I took it because I expect him to try to kill me right there forcing me to become a dark evil killer...instead I got my cousin raped. Then Duncan come and says "Lol your a great warrior" and takes me away with Soris will get prison raped.. It kinda left me feeling really bad.
despite that great game...schools going to suck balls tommorow
lorddarkflare
Banned
Aedile said:
Oh okay, i certainly agree and those are all huge beefs i have with the game, though none of them are what i would call 'gamey'(except for the silly achievements).
Also, i have yet to get my DA copy, but i heard that it can get a little fetch quest-y a la WoW (so says GT, a pretty reliable source IMO), to what extent do y'all believe this to be true?
KefkaTaran
Member
Number 2 said:
_tetsuo_ said:
What class are you guys playing as? I had literally no trouble in the Dwarf Commoner origin as a warrior.
I just went through the dungeon that you get to through Haven. Way harder than anything else in this game so far. I think I died maybe 50 times going through there.
Then I found this...which I should not have messed with:
Not really a spoiler, but hidden behind links anyway.
http://i37.tinypic.com/esrbx5.jpg
http://i35.tinypic.com/2db2ov6.jpg
Then I found this...which I should not have messed with:
Not really a spoiler, but hidden behind links anyway.
http://i37.tinypic.com/esrbx5.jpg
http://i35.tinypic.com/2db2ov6.jpg
-tetsuo-
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KefkaTaran said:
I'm a warrior. Playing on the PC version, Hard. I didn't die but every fight was very, very close.
lorddarkflare said:
Fetch quest definitely exist. They manage to be better than the mindless Mako landings though simply because combat is so fun/challenging in DA.
lorddarkflare
Banned
_tetsuo_ said:
Oh anything is better than the abominations that were ME quests, i just wanted to know how bad they were.
Are they like the witcher's, or are they worse?
Woo-Fu
Banned
Snapshot King said:
you can pull them, at least I did. You think that is rough, the last fight in that area will have you pulling your hair out. It is one of those with a cutscene at the start so your party starts bunched up nice and close for the instacast fireball that comes screaming in before you can get out of the way. Orange-con blood mage a yellow-con cornrow warrior and a couple other easy mobs, I'm lucky to kill anything before my party gets wiped(I'm lvl 10 or 11 trying this).
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Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
Gah, the wait to get off work and get home to play this is tormenting!
I'm sitting here contemplating what I am going to do in the game when I get back. I stopped last night in the middle of the
and can't wait to get back to it.
I am also already planning my second playthrough. I think I'm going to go through as a dual wielding Dwarf from the streets and just be a ruthless asshole to everyone.
I'm sitting here contemplating what I am going to do in the game when I get back. I stopped last night in the middle of the
Fade part in the Magi tower with three of the four transformations
I am also already planning my second playthrough. I think I'm going to go through as a dual wielding Dwarf from the streets and just be a ruthless asshole to everyone.
GOD-damnit, can the people who write the manual make up their fucking mind? Or give some stats? Some of us do know how to read.
Question: Let's say I want to make a rouge which is good at the bow.
A) put some into str?
B) Or maximise my benefit to my other skills and pump it all into dex?
This is what the damn manual says in 2 different sections. At least tell us what it does? This game has no respec button.
Question: Let's say I want to make a rouge which is good at the bow.
A) put some into str?
B) Or maximise my benefit to my other skills and pump it all into dex?
This is what the damn manual says in 2 different sections. At least tell us what it does? This game has no respec button.
Knux-Future
Banned
Ember128 said:
Yeah he was...what happened to him?...I kinda said by to my dad and bounced.
can you have more than one character going on or when you select new game your previous gets erased?
Zod the Bear
Member
Giant ass dragon slain! Damn, my templar-champion looked badass.
Wren said:
I am playing my main character as a control mage, so I have tons of crowd control and it still took me multiple reloads, quicksaves, and different strategies to get through there.
Have you gotten t o the part that starts to mix mages and drakes? That is when it gets rough.
Finished all the quests (well, the ones that didn't require me to leave the area) in
. I went to the
area first so I could recruit a healer. Hit level 7, so now I have to find someone who can train me to specialize in Berserking.
This game is seriously addicting. The last SP game that hooked me in this much was probably Mass Effect...unfortunately by this point ME was over, but in DA I'm just scratching the surface. Playing on Normal (PC) and it feels perfectly balanced...I die sometimes, but I can't blame it on anyone but myself, and it's always fun going back and CCing in different ways.
Lothering
Magi
This game is seriously addicting. The last SP game that hooked me in this much was probably Mass Effect...unfortunately by this point ME was over, but in DA I'm just scratching the surface. Playing on Normal (PC) and it feels perfectly balanced...I die sometimes, but I can't blame it on anyone but myself, and it's always fun going back and CCing in different ways.
Snapshot King said:
My tricks to that fight were (at least on the consoles) was the following:
1 - Bring Morrigan and two tanks (Shale and Oghren/Alistair). Use Morrigan as a controller with Fear, Horror, etc.
2 - Use glyphs or traps so you keep the enemies at bay.
3 - Use AoE spells on the enemies in adjacent rooms (such as mass lightning and what not) so you get the jump on all their enemies.
4 - Freeze any mage you see with spells (or any similar spell where it sets them out of the combat)
5 - Heal your tanks as fast as you can with potions by manually telling them to do so (or if you are a mage, use your healing powers if you have any)
6 - Use the salves for heat and cold.
7 - When all else fails, run away and drag the melee enemies into another room so you are out of the view of the mages and archers.
2 - Use glyphs or traps so you keep the enemies at bay.
3 - Use AoE spells on the enemies in adjacent rooms (such as mass lightning and what not) so you get the jump on all their enemies.
4 - Freeze any mage you see with spells (or any similar spell where it sets them out of the combat)
5 - Heal your tanks as fast as you can with potions by manually telling them to do so (or if you are a mage, use your healing powers if you have any)
6 - Use the salves for heat and cold.
7 - When all else fails, run away and drag the melee enemies into another room so you are out of the view of the mages and archers.
When I played it on the PC, it was much harder. On the consoles, I didn't let the grease slick affect me and I was able to send AoE spells through walls and the enemies would be stuck trying to figure out where the attack came lol
bathala said:I was kinda weirded out recruiting him, but his moment with ur dog (human noble) during the campfire won me
I felt bad for Sten a few times since my other PCs would have over 100 to 200 kills and he would be in the low teens since I barely use the fella. So I would include him in quests that were meaningless so he could get some playing time, even if it didn't count since the "game" was already won earlier lol. He's my walking and not so much talking cigar when it comes to random quests.
Burger
Member
Pretty annoyed about the Wardens Keep DLC.
I was talking to some character, he was talking about his name being mud, and that if I helped him I could claim our ancient fortress back.
Sweet as I thought, no problemo. Then I'm prompted to get my fucking credit card out and buy some sort of points. What the fuck ? Didn't I just pay for the game ? Or did I just pay for the base version, of which the expansion packs are already out ?
Fuck that. I thought that stupid screenshot floating around was bullshit.
I was talking to some character, he was talking about his name being mud, and that if I helped him I could claim our ancient fortress back.
Sweet as I thought, no problemo. Then I'm prompted to get my fucking credit card out and buy some sort of points. What the fuck ? Didn't I just pay for the game ? Or did I just pay for the base version, of which the expansion packs are already out ?
Fuck that. I thought that stupid screenshot floating around was bullshit.
Snapshot King
Member
Woo-Fu said:
What? Really? I wiped those guys out on my first try, no sweat.
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Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
Burger said:
Yeah... I gotta say the way they implemented that stuff is pretty shady. I was ready to buy into their explanation that the DLC was worked on after the game was finished and would not have been released otherwise, but I find that a little hard to believe when they have an advertisement like that where the player gets "lead on" by an in-game NPC in the base game. I'm happy to have all of the DLC from the collector's edition, but damn that would be shitty for someone who just bought the standard game. You really shouldn't be getting pressured inside of the game to spend more money to unlock super cool content when you just dropped $50 - $60 on the game in the first place.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Dumbass question - what skill do you need to open locked chests? I haven't been able to open a chest since getting to the first town.
CF_Fighter
Member
Once you get Leilianna from the encounter in the inn, Dane's Rest, she can open locked chests for you.
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Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
firehawk12 said:
A rogue or a key. Leliana is a rogue and starts out with 2nd lvl lock picking skills.
Over 10 hours in and I'm smiling ear to ear the last mission was amazing. It really required me to think and plan my tactics before I faced off against each group of foes, the combat depth is really rewarding. The boss fight was a welcome change though the following story arch has been the highlight of the game so far
Played untill I was recruited by the Greys (magi origin as an Elf)
and this is probably the first time I feel like a failure since I helped the Blood Mage and I even thought "Hmm, he probably is a blood mage... but... no he is your friend and he is probably honest..." yeah right I almost wanted to redo it since I want him dead
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Ah, yeah, I need a rogue to open chests. Go figure. :lol
I kind of wish it used the Mass Effect system though, where your party has the skills, not each character. I don't know why I need to switch to the rogue just to use her skills when the game knows that she's in my party. Oh well.
I kind of wish it used the Mass Effect system though, where your party has the skills, not each character. I don't know why I need to switch to the rogue just to use her skills when the game knows that she's in my party. Oh well.
g0atcheese
Neo Member
Got the game today and am enjoying it thoroughly so far. Bioware always nails the perfect feel for a third person game.
I was never really a huge fan of the Baldur's Gate I just new this would be a lot better :lol
I was never really a huge fan of the Baldur's Gate I just new this would be a lot better :lol
g0atcheese
Neo Member
bathala said:
I'm pretty sure devs are encouraged to do day 1 DLC nowadays.