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I like Dragon Age Origins, it's a good game and I enjoy replaying it. I hope this game is more like it and less like 2.
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Average Bear posted:I like Dragon Age Origins, it's a good game and I enjoy replaying it. I hope this game is more like it and less like 2. Right. I see no reason to shun a company for making one bad game. Of course you should be careful: If you preorder, do it with the risk that Inquisition could be a flop in mind. I will only buy the game after it's been out at least a week and more credible sources than "games journalists" can comment on how good or bad the game really is. I can still decide to buy it then.
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Jun 6, 2014 10:16
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I suppose it will all come down to how much Bioware did or did not learn from DA2 and ME3. Fingers crossed, but I'm not preordering.
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Jun 6, 2014 13:10
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Yeah basically I'm probably gonna buy it no matter what, I'm not kidding myself. But I am gonna wait a week or two most likely and then if it seems okay I'll buy it full price, otherwise it's time to wait till it's on sale.
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Jun 6, 2014 13:48
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Reading these threads makes me enjoy these games a lot less. Some of you make an art form out of hating these games. (Incoming half-witty comment about the games not being art) Can't there be one thread for discussing the game and one thread for specs and nerdy min/maxing.
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Jun 6, 2014 14:45
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I loved ME3 (except the ending) and I thought DA2 was only mediocre, not really particularly bad at all. I mean I played through the whole thing and it must have been at least 20+ hours and I can't recall being bored with it it had a lot of room for improvement though Zzulu fucked around with this message at 15:16 on Jun 6, 2014 |
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Zzulu posted:I loved ME3 (except the ending) and I thought DA2 was only mediocre, not really particularly bad at all. I mean I played through the whole thing and it must have been at least 20+ hours and I can't recall being bored with it I played ME3 only after the ending got adjusted and all the DLC was out. I came away perfectly happy even with the ending. Kai Leng was the dumbest thing though. HE HOLDS HIS SPACE KATANA...BACKWARDS?!
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Jun 6, 2014 15:53
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So is the Witcher worth playing or what?
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Jun 6, 2014 15:56
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Shadow gamer posted:So is the Witcher worth playing or what? The first one? God no. God no. The second one might be depending on how you like the characters and setting though.
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Jun 6, 2014 15:58
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Kajeesus posted:"Serah" is a title in Dragon Age, though what are your feelings on the IRA
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Jun 6, 2014 15:59
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"Hey guys, this is Sigurd or whatever. He saved me from sewer monsters and told me I was a cool dude when I saved some folks from literal terrorists." (the terrorists were elves who sorta aimlessly kidnap and murder people because racism exists)
"Holy loving poo poo, Geralt, you're a racist shiteater. I can't believe we're friends."
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Yeah uh "because racism exists" is a pretty bad, American way to read the elven situation in the Witcher. We aren't talking 20th century American racism towards blacks, that's not the situation elves deal with. Witcher elves are essentially at any given moment one riot gone wrong away from being ethnically cleansed by their neighbors. Doesn't take much to get a peasant mob fixing to go murder and rape and torture some elves (and/or dwarves).
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Jun 6, 2014 16:02
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Shadow gamer posted:So is the Witcher worth playing or what? The first one has some parts that will really test your patience but if you can stomach those parts the rest of the game is pretty good.
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Jun 6, 2014 16:06
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Lotish posted:The first one has some parts that will really test your patience but if you can stomach those parts the rest of the game is pretty good. Same can be said about the second game. The problem isn't quality though, games' great from the start, but it's pretty tough and unforgiving at the start too which turns a lot of people off. I think they fixed that with the gigantic "extended edition" patch though, adding a tutorial and adjusting the early parts of the game.
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Jun 6, 2014 16:18
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I'm referring to the one specific sidequest where they grab some random peasants and lock them in a tomb full of monsters. I recall them explicitly stating that none of the peasants had ever actually done anyhing; they just really felt like murdering up some humans.Alouicious posted:what are your feelings on the IRA eh, i didn't find their situation that believable the "british empire" was some grrm poo poo
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Jun 6, 2014 16:20
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Shadow gamer posted:So is the Witcher worth playing or what? To be fair, this question is better asked in the Witcher thread. I've only played TW2. It's not a party-based game like DA, so it's just you fighting poo poo (with very, very few occasions where someone will help out.) The game has a somewhat steep learning curve, and kind of throws you into the middle of a story and expects you to either figure it out or just go with the flow. It has some of the trappings of games from the time when it was released, like stealth segments (which aren't implemented well since it isn't a stealth game) and quick-time events. There's a decent amount of reactivity in the game depending on your choices - not as much as Alpha Protocol but a lot compared to most games. The interfaces can be pretty cryptic. I'd just play the game on easy which makes a lot of my criticisms mute.
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Shadow gamer posted:So is the Witcher worth playing or what? I bought 2 in a steam sale and gave up extremely early on because combat was so poo poo. Try a demo or something if you can imo
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Jun 6, 2014 16:32
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Penakoto posted:Same can be said about the second game. The problem isn't quality though, games' great from the start, but it's pretty tough and unforgiving at the start too which turns a lot of people off. I think they fixed that with the gigantic "extended edition" patch though, adding a tutorial and adjusting the early parts of the game. I don't know if I'd even call Witcher combat legitimately tough. It's more that there's a right way and a wrong way to fight. The right way is to use Quen, even after the nerfs. The wrong way is to not use Quen.
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Jun 6, 2014 16:44
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Eh, I had the most fun upgrading the crowd style and just using it on 90% of fights. Draw as many monsters together as you can and hit them with your rhythm stick. Oh, wait, second game. Yeah, I didn't get far enough in that game to even really explore the level up system.
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Jun 6, 2014 16:53
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Captain Oblivious posted:Witcher elves are essentially at any given moment one riot gone wrong away from being ethnically cleansed by their neighbors. Not to detract from the statement or anything... but how does a riot go right?
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Jun 6, 2014 17:01
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The issue that comes to mind about Witcher 2 is that the difficulty doesn't really stay steady through the game. It felt much harder in the beginning when you have less skills, which would make sense, but later in the game when you're much higher powered the monsters don't seem to get harder to compensate, so you end up destroying everything easily. I still liked it though.
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Jun 6, 2014 17:06
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BenRGamer posted:Not to detract from the statement or anything... but how does a riot go right? Well it usually goes one of two ways: Either you get a band of angry motherfuckers and go (attempt to) gently caress up the people who are legitimately responsible for your problems (most likely the aristocracy) or you go and round up a bunch of people who are even more powerless than you to kill them, because it's by far the easiest way for the peasantry to feel powerful and in control of their destiny. In the Witchers case the latter scenario refers to elves but it could be any whipping boy minority. Eastern European Muslims, Jews, etc.
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Jun 6, 2014 17:15
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Sera looks like Genesis P Orridge.
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Overbite posted:Sera looks like Genesis P Orridge. Holy poo poo, you're right. Now I can't unsee it.
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IPlayVideoGames posted:The issue that comes to mind about Witcher 2 is that the difficulty doesn't really stay steady through the game. It felt much harder in the beginning when you have less skills, which would make sense, but later in the game when you're much higher powered the monsters don't seem to get harder to compensate, so you end up destroying everything easily. Except for the boss at the end of Act 2, gently caress that guy. I think the dumbest part of TW2 for me was during Act 2 on Roche's path, when you head to Vergen and then have to get the Sword of Whatever to lift the curse. You have to crawl through an entire dungeon, not to defeat some monster to get the sword, but to talk to the person who has the sword. The person who lives in Vergen. Why don't they just come back and meet me in town instead of sending me through Orzammar Junior? Stupid padding.
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As far as character customization- yes, I appreciate being able to play as a female, even if it is cosmetic. Although, with voice acting, it does become more than cosmetic for me- I loved my female Shepard. I could take or leave female Hawke, but I'm hoping the announcement of Gwendolyn Christie means she's voicing the protagonist.
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Yeah if some of the voices are good/bad that will be a big factor in choosing my Inquisitor's gender. If we can be Brienne Inquisitor that would probably make me play a woman. We heard a little bit of the male English accent Inquisitor on that gameplay video, and it wasn't that great, sounded a lot like male Hawke.
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Meanwhile the whole reason I beat DA2 multiple times is because I loved FemHawke's VA. Funnily enough, she is also the VA for the IA in Swtor, and is the best VA in the game. Not a huge Hale fan, meanwhile. Also, I am doing my hardest to find the best combination to break dialogue in my Origins run - dwarf human noble mage. So far it hasn't gotten too weird. Cailan did do the "Oh, you are a dwarf right? I haven't ever met a dwarf!" Line, then went on to ask me about how my family was doing up at the estate.
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KittyEmpress posted:Also, I am doing my hardest to find the best combination to break dialogue in my Origins run - dwarf human noble mage. So far it hasn't gotten too weird. Cailan did do the "Oh, you are a dwarf right? I haven't ever met a dwarf!" Line, then went on to ask me about how my family was doing up at the estate. Wait...how are you doing a dwarf HUMAN noble mage? Also, Iron Bull is confirmed: 
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Some sort of hacking, I would assume, since all of those are mutually exclusive 
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I'm using the uh "All Origins" mod, which lets any race be any class with any origin. It's amusing, and lets me play a mage without playing the mage origin for the 5th+ timeLeelee posted:Also, Iron Bull is confirmed: Well gosh, Iron Bull, if you aimed a horizontal slash at them and got both arms, you'd get four pieces. How have you never just considered doing that?
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KittyEmpress posted:I'm using the uh "All Origins" mod, which lets any race be any class with any origin. I hate the mage origin out of all of them- I know people don't like the Dalish origin, but at least it's short. The mage one seems to drag on and has...Jowan. I hate Jowan- his whiny voice just grates on me.
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Leelee posted:Wait...how are you doing a dwarf HUMAN noble mage? Bioware sure loves their quirky dialog. What a crazy thing for a character to say!
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Leelee posted:I hate the mage origin out of all of them- I know people don't like the Dalish origin, but at least it's short. The mage one seems to drag on and has...Jowan. I hate Jowan- his whiny voice just grates on me. Yeah, I really find the Mage Origin to be my least favorite. Yet it's my most played one because mages are literally the most fun to play. I'd probably rank the Origins as Dwarf Noble > City Elf > Human Noble > Dwarf Commoner > Dalish Elf > Mage.
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Jun 6, 2014 20:30
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Leelee posted:Wait...how are you doing a dwarf HUMAN noble mage? Ah, The Black Whirlwind is back I see.
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Jun 6, 2014 20:38
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At least his head looks like it might be the right size now.
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Jun 6, 2014 20:45
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Lotish posted:At least his head looks like it might be the right size now. 
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Captain Oblivious posted:Ah, The Black Whirlwind is back I see. Also Minsc, Korgan, Wrex, Grunt, Vega, and Oghren.
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Sweet. I love those guys.
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KittyEmpress posted:Yeah, I really find the Mage Origin to be my least favorite. Yet it's my most played one because mages are literally the most fun to play. During the Mage Origin, I wish there was a dialogue choice that was along the line of, "gently caress you all, I'm glad I'm gone from your stupid tower," after Duncan recruits you. But yeah, Mage Origin is bad because essentially you're dragged into a plan that wasn't going to end well from the start.
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That line actually gives be hope that IB is more like a qunari-flavored Jayne than Sten 3.0.
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