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[brandonh83]

WTF is this? Final Fantasy XV or sometin?

Okay now. That right there made zero sense.

 

[reKon]

I don't want to hear a word from BioWare about the japanese RPG, Final Fantasy, or w/e. When you compare the Dragon Age series to some of those games, they are getting roasted visually and musically. Good thing that their games still deliver on story/characters.

 

[evangd007]

Hawke looks okay. The enemies and the environment look rough. Really rough.

 

[Nirolak]

Okay now. That right there made zero sense.

Gorgon likes to randomly hate on RPG developers he doesn't like regardless of the context of the thread.

 

[Owzers]

It's the beginning of the generation all over again.

 

[brandonh83]

Gorgon likes to randomly hate on RPG developers he doesn't like regardless of the context of the thread.

Duly noted. :lol

 

[Annihilator]

bioware trying to troll us with these screens? wtf there bad.

 

[scoobs]

oh my lord this looks awful... holy christ. What have they done??? DA:O looks considerably better than these screenshots.

 

[Dandy]

I like the new art style actually, it's way better than the generic oblivion-a-like from the first game. They need to add some SFX or something though.

 

[Nirolak]

Something seems to have gone terribly wrong during the concept art -> game transition.

 

[WanderingWind]

Chill the fuck out guys, my sources tell me this is from the 3ds build.

Joke post?

 

[Stahsky]

Joke post?

The fact that you even asked...

 

[FHIZ]

What... like... even the 360 version of the first one looked better than that. they can't be fucking serious.

 

[MickeyKnox]

Looks like a ground level view from a 2004 RTS

 

[brandonh83]

Joke post?

...

 

[Pooya]

Chris Priestly hasn't made any comment on this yet? :lol

 

[DogWelder]

Something seems to have gone terribly wrong during the concept art -> game transition.

What the hell is this shit? Looks like some reject Mortal Kombat character.

 

[Raiden]

Im sure there is a story behind these screens, i mean come on, they're not that blind. Did this leak or something? Tell me it is not officially released by Bioware ...

 

[Slayer-33]

Joke post?

:lol

Spoiler

Don't ban me EL

 

[Rhindle]

Some of the pics in the print magazine look considerably better.

Same crappy textures and clipping problems, but the character models actually look decent-ish in those, certainly on a par with DA1.

 

[zoku88]

Joke post?

You didn't hear that they were making a 3DS version? That's the one I'm hyped up for. I mean, these are pretty good for portable graphics, no?

 

[Killthee]

Im sure there is a story behind these screens, i mean come on, they're not that blind. Did this leak or something? Tell me it is not officially released by Bioware ...

Officially released by BioWare. DA2 is the cover story for GI this month, BioWare gave them these images.

Some European retailer also posted a smaller version of these shots in their DA2 pre-order page.

 

[Zeliard]

Officially released by BioWare. DA2 is the cover story for GI this month, BioWare gave them these images.

Bioware is clearly trolling us like they did with DA1's marketing.

 

[Stahsky]

Officially released by BioWare. DA2 is the cover story for GI this month, BioWare gave them these images.

Some European retailer also posted a smaller version of these shots in their DA2 pre-order page.

"Here's about a dozen images. A couple are from Alpha, so I wouldn't use those in the mag, but here you go."


"SHIT FUCK PUT THEM ON THE WEBSITE"

 

[teh_pwn]

Maybe my memory is off, but I swear Morrowind looked better than this. Or DA1 for that matter.

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

Please tell me the Fade has stolen everyone's textures.

"You must journey thru the realm of the Fade to return the shaders and mapping techniques that the demons have stolen, hero!"

 

[WanderingWind]

You didn't hear that they were making a 3DS version? That's the one I'm hyped up for. I mean, these are pretty good for portable graphics, no?

Sigh. My optimism for Dragon Age knows no bounds, it seems.

 

[Owzers]

What the hell is this shit? Looks like some reject Mortal Kombat character.

Pointy objects vs. zippers, choose your artistic fate.

 

[astroturfing]

so boring artstyle AND technically lacking graphics?

i don't get it, this game series has less visual appeal to me than pretty much any game ever made. looks 100% uninspired. might be just me and my eyes though.

Spoiler

i'm still interested though if it turns out amazing story/gameplay wise. cos i'm staaaaaaaarving for rpgs.

 

[hbkajshdvfbkjhvgkahsgdfka]

I don't want to hear a word from BioWare about the japanese RPG, Final Fantasy, or w/e. When you compare the Dragon Age series to some of those games, they are getting roasted visually and musically. Good thing that their games still deliver on story/characters.

Thank god games aren't about music and graphics!

 

[Calantus]

i refuse to believe the game will look like this.

 

[WanderingWind]

Thank god games aren't about music and graphics!

Yeah, about that...

 

[astroturfing]

Thank god games aren't about music and graphics!

thank god some are, like FFXIII oh man that game was such an incredible audiovisual trip... i miss playing it so much. loved the setting and story (kinda) too.

 

[Slayer-33]

How bad do they really look, browsing from iPod touch at work, small resolution etc.

 

[TheFallen]

I can't stop laughing! :lol So glad there's mods. <3 DA mod community

 

[WanderingWind]

thank god some are, like FFXIII oh man that game was such an incredible audiovisual trip... i miss playing it so much. loved the setting and story (kinda) too.

It's funny because it's not true!

 

[Snuggles]

Wow, they really did manage to make Dragon Age 2 look "super hot".
I'm going nuts over this right now.

 

[Acosta]

WTF...

Looks worse than vanilla Dragon Age without mods, I know the game will look better than that, but come on, who decided those pics were good to publish?

Witcher 2 alpha "leak" looked way better than that.

 

[Snuggles]

To be fair, I am very impressed by the detail in the environments.

 

[Ninja-Matic]

Something seems to have gone terribly wrong during the concept art -> game transition.

They look ODDLY disproportional

WTF happened to their legs? That's one thing I didn't like about DAO - the character models looked... disproportional. Like wooden logs with arms and legs. Even the chicks looked the same - save for a few bewbs.

 

[Nirolak]

How bad do they really look, browsing from iPod touch at work, small resolution etc.

Your 3DS comment wasn't that far off.

Except it's like the 3DS blown up to 720p.

 

[wooksnook]

I can't imagine the game coming out in this state. But it looks they're going for a much more stylized art style rather then the "realistic" route.

 

[TrutaS]

Relax guys i'm sure these are just some really bad shots at it will look great in motion... It's the changes in gameplay and structure i'm worried about...
Plus Dragon Age had a lot of performance issues in many old PC's, so this cartoony-poor look will at least fix that! Just think positively!

Also, F%&K you Bioware for making this game look like sh$&!!

 

[McHuj]

That looks terrible. I hope this isn't true.

 

[hbkajshdvfbkjhvgkahsgdfka]

Yeah, about that...

Playing a game for the audio/visuals is like playing Chess because of the material the pieces are made of.

thank god some are, like FFXIII oh man that game was such an incredible audiovisual trip... i miss playing it so much. loved the setting and story (kinda) too.

Must have been a bad game if the non-game parts stood out more than the actual game. I've also played FFXIII and I don't remember music playing a big role in how the game plays so I'd say it's not about audio. :/

 

[Rhindle]

I can't imagine the game coming out in this state. But it looks they're going for a much more stylized art style rather then the "realistic" route.

On the contrary, they seem to be going for a darker, grittier look.

Again, that screen on the GI website is not representative.

 

[coopolon]

I guess they felt Dragon Age: Origins wasn't close enough to Baldur's Gate, they decided to put the second one in the Infinity Engine, just with the ability to zoom in. Nice!

 

[electroshockwave]

Why is the marketing for Dragon Age so consistently awful? Someone actually went though the game and selected these screens with the apparent intention of promoting it. So, who wants to guess what ill-fitting and awkward song they will use for the Dragon Age 2 trailer?

 

[yencid]

Its nucole all over again!

Spoiler

?

 

[Gully State]

Plus Dragon Age had a lot of performance issues in many old PC's, so this cartoony-poor look will at least fix that! Just think positively!

Also, F%&K you Bioware for making this game look like sh$&!!

I started playing DA on an E8400+4850 and with everything including AA cranked to max @ 1600x1200, it never dipped below 40 FPS..