TheForgetfulBrain Posted February 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 I am envy! Though, not of your 30gig cap limit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirandello Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Damn. The promo code they had in the stream doesn't work anymore. Either that, or I typed it in wrong. 'da2livechat', was it not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheForgetfulBrain Posted February 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Damn. The promo code they had in the stream doesn't work anymore. Either that, or I typed it in wrong. 'da2livechat', was it not? Hmm it should be. I wonder if they only had it enabled for the live stream? It was supposed to be today though, so that would be BS - maybe I heard it wrong though. He announces it in the first two minutes of the video, so see if you hear something different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheForgetfulBrain Posted February 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 Whaaaa... http://kotaku.com/#!5760660/there-is-a-dragon-age-series-and-it-stars-felicia-day Felicia Day in a live-action Dragon Age online show? Hrmm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 This made me so very extremely sad, especially the bolded part: Dragon Age is one of the finest RPGs of all time. I’d say (more safely now it’s 2011) that it’s the best of the last decade. That makes it important. Bloody brilliant 100 hour epic constructions of passion and emotion, war and death, romance and religion – they don’t come around very often. The scale, the depth, the history – it’s all a remarkable work, and one that seems to far too often be taken for granted. And that’s the issue with Dragon Age. It feels like the last of something, rather than a pioneer of anything. It’s such a stunning example of the genre, and a massive pleasure to play, but is it the final word on the matter? I think Mass Effect is the direction the RPG is heading in, and your Witchers and your Dragon Age IIs, are relics. Dragon Age is a wonderful relic, and one of my favourite games of all time. But it’s hard to put it forward as a text for gaming’s future. I'm anticipating the Dragon Age 2 demo, and I'm very much hoping that everyone's wrong and they haven't lost the tactical combat in favor of the action-oriented combat, but I am fearful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staySICK Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 wow, that is a very bleak paragraph, RPS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Yeah, no kidding. I'd go so far as to describe it as "depressing", without exaggeration. It significantly dampened my mood for quite some time after I read it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirandello Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Wait, just making sure again, the demo is also PC, yes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheForgetfulBrain Posted February 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Yep Pir, demo is also PC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirandello Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Yep Pir, demo is also PC. Oh, great. This with the Crysis 2 MP demo sounds fantastic. Now devs should start making more PC demos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheForgetfulBrain Posted February 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 I know - I remember when PC games had demos left and right, and every issue of a gaming magazine for PC had super awesome demos. Boy, I miss those glory days sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 This made me so very extremely sad, especially the bolded part: Dragon Age is one of the finest RPGs of all time. I’d say (more safely now it’s 2011) that it’s the best of the last decade. That makes it important. Bloody brilliant 100 hour epic constructions of passion and emotion, war and death, romance and religion – they don’t come around very often. The scale, the depth, the history – it’s all a remarkable work, and one that seems to far too often be taken for granted. And that’s the issue with Dragon Age. It feels like the last of something, rather than a pioneer of anything. It’s such a stunning example of the genre, and a massive pleasure to play, but is it the final word on the matter? I think Mass Effect is the direction the RPG is heading in, and your Witchers and your Dragon Age IIs, are relics. Dragon Age is a wonderful relic, and one of my favourite games of all time. But it’s hard to put it forward as a text for gaming’s future. I'm anticipating the Dragon Age 2 demo, and I'm very much hoping that everyone's wrong and they haven't lost the tactical combat in favor of the action-oriented combat, but I am fearful. The half an hour PC gameplay video allayed my fears that DA would turn into a button mash-y God of War ripoff. It just seems that active talents are more plentiful and require less cooldown for fighters, and that the pace of combat is a bit faster than it could be in DA:O. I'm more disappointed in the lack of armor customization options for NPC's. This disappointment may well be made up for if it turns out there are many significant decisions the player can make that are also significant to the gameworld. That is, if the game is centered on Kirkwall over a decade or so, I want to see my decisions have a strong effect on the development of Kirkwall. I also am sorta geeking out over the day/night option. It's a neat way to add some variety, so long as content isn't thinly spread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 Wait, what about gimped NPC armor? Did they fuck it up like they did with ME2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 Yeah it's the same as ME2 now, you don't get to change NPC armour. Where do you think the ME2 comparisons are coming from Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 I thought they were coming from making the combat more action-y. Well, hearing that the combat may have retained the tactical-ness bumped my interest up from "almost certainly not buying" down to "probably not buying". This news about the NPC armor has knocked it back down to "almost certainly not buying." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheForgetfulBrain Posted February 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 The NPC armor thing does suck, I completely agree, but give it a chance first - that PC Gamer review sounded glowing. I've got the faith still. Still, I'd recommend anyone that didn't pre-order it back in the Signature Edition days go ahead and wait at this point, particularly if you're skeptical, because buying at launch is going to lose you tons of content that I'm use you'll be able to get in a year or so for the same price in the inevitable 'Ultimate Edition.' It's kind of shitty that games are moving in this direction - DAII has always been a pre-order purchase for me, but not every game can be, and I tend to get frustrated when I know I'm missing content. Alas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 I'm waiting to decide until after the demo, but I'm very extremely skeptical. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 Well if all else fails and da2 is radically different from da1, we can always go back and play all the other hundred or so bioware games that play exctly like da1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 But I've already played all of those into the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 http://www.eurogamer.net/videos/first-footage-of-dragon-age-redemption Dragon Age: Redemption trailer. aka the live action thing with...err..felicia day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheForgetfulBrain Posted February 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 The production values just look so bad for the Live Action. I want to think it'll be awesome, Felicia Day and all, but I'm pretty sure it's gonna suck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirandello Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 This week just can't go by fast enough. I want to try that demo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staySICK Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 I'm waiting to decide until after the demo, but I'm very extremely skeptical. agreed. Like I said earlier, might wait for holiday steam sale and pick it up heavily discounted, hopefully. As for the demo, I'll try to get to it, in between Bulletstorm sessions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheForgetfulBrain Posted February 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 On the 22nd, not only do a slew of games including KZ3 come out, but we get the DAII demo - and another demo. I can't remember what for, though. Gonna be a busy day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staySICK Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 BULLETSTORM BULLETSTORM BULLETSTORM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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