Mister Jack Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 I really need to get off my ass (or rather spend more time on it) and finish DA Origins on the PC before I can play 2...I beat it once on the ps3 already, but only because at the time I didn't have a PC that could run the PC version, and as far as I know the saves can't cross platforms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staySICK Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 lol yea I'm actually still working through Origins. I got on the the computer with the intentions of playing, but ended up on forums... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheForgetfulBrain Posted February 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 GET TO IT! Seriously, the ending of that game, so satisfying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excel_excel Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 I got DA:O Ultimate Edition just there Still pisses me off I have to have the DVD in the drive though. I mean I typed in a code to activate the damn thing and its all installed on my PC :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 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! The other demo is for Shogun 2: Total War Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheForgetfulBrain Posted February 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 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! The other demo is for Shogun 2: Total War Ahh, thanks Ethan, I had a feeling that's what it was, but wasn't for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 So the demo's supposed to be live today, but I can't figure out where to download the PC version. Already downloading the 360 version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 ITT: Ethan doesn't read RPS: http://dragonage.bio....com/info/demo/ (Also it's not yet up, for anyone, any platform, unless you're on a Gold account) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Actually I knew about that page, but there's no demo link on it, so I wasn't sure if it was just cause the demo wasn't up or because that was only the "info" page and not actually a download page. I don't know if it's accurate, but the first comment on the RPS article (which I'd actually checked after I commented, but before you did ) says 9 AM PST, which is in about 2 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 So, first impressions from the DA2 360 demo: lack of auto-attack actually makes the combat more tedious, not less so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheForgetfulBrain Posted February 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 So, first impressions from the DA2 360 demo: lack of auto-attack actually makes the combat more tedious, not less so. Ethan! DA2 on a console? But why! Pee-Seeeee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vargras Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Demo downloads for PC are up - good luck actually getting it to load, their servers got slammed. I managed to get a download going, but it's crawling along at a speedy 33 kb/s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 So, first impressions from the DA2 360 demo: lack of auto-attack actually makes the combat more tedious, not less so. Ethan! DA2 on a console? But why! Pee-Seeeee. Because the PC demo wasn't up yet. Trying to download the PC one now, but running into the same problems as Vargras. This is why for shit like this you should use a torrent network for distribution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vargras Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Trying to download the PC one now, but running into the same problems as Vargras. This is why for shit like this you should use a torrent network for distribution. My download speed picked up dramatically after the first few megs. Just stick with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Actually, the problem I was running into was that I couldn't get the download started at all cause the servers were getting hit so hard. Once I finally got it started I've been sustaining around 350 kB/s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 [Trying to download the PC one now, but running into the same problems as Vargras. This is why for shit like this you should use a torrent network for distribution. But torrents are for pirates! Yeah I wish more would use the torrent network. Still they want that whole 1million thing, and numbers on torrents aren't too easy to track over direct downloads. Their bandwidth I guess. (srsly, 1million downloads at 1.8GB each is shy of 2,000TB of data. 1.7petabytes. Crazy amounts) I'm bobbing between 140-180kb/s. I can wait 3hrs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Well apparently the way they're tracking the 1,000,000 thing isn't even from downloads on their site, it's counting people who log into their EA account while playing the demo. So it doesn't matter where you download it, as long as you sign in to your EA account when you play it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 I got DA:O Ultimate Edition just there Still pisses me off I have to have the DVD in the drive though. I mean I typed in a code to activate the damn thing and its all installed on my PC :/ Actually if you don't mind linking your serial to your EA account via EA Download manager you can pretty much have it digitally without you ever putting the CD in. It works pretty much for most currently released EA games. You will need EA Download Manager installed and be willing to download whatever filesize the game is (usually between 2-8GB) and make sure that the drive you install isn't something like FAT32 as it won't initiate then . It does render your retail copy pretty useless and you'd have to uninstall before proceeding with this. Games that currently don't work registering with EADM are the first Mass Effect (2 is fine). I think Spore too, the incompatibility is mostly to do with serial keys being of a different string length and older system.. Most older games work and they're planning on bringing support for most games via that service. Wish they'd just steam it already but they do want to pimp their service (which isn't even required after the game installs). Handy if you want to keep your disc drives free. As for today's Demo it's going to be slow going on the network. Not to mention for those interested Shogun 2's Demo is up on steam as well today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheForgetfulBrain Posted February 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Yeah, I figured they'd get slammed. Gonna try right now anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Damnit, good thing I checked this thread. I looked on Steam and the demo wasn't there so I assumed it wasn't out yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Has anyone's download actually finished? Mine's slowed down to 60 kB/s, still has 4 hours remaining. *Edit* - There's a torrent up now, I'll see if I have better luck with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterDex Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 (edited) I downloaded the PC demo, played it, got annoyed and bored and quit it. I'm sure many will enjoy it but it's not what I wanted. The environments look bland and empty and the characters, while they look a bit more natural than Origins characters, are of noticeably lower detail. The combat, from what I played, was as exciting as watching paint dry and required as much thinking as scratching my balls does. Maybe I'm being pessimistic, maybe what I've played isn't a good indicator of the full game. It seems Bioware want it to be Mass Effect - Fantasy Edition and it seems as if they've succeeded somewhat in that goal. However, from what I've played, I can say that I don't see myself buying Dragon Age II. I enjoyed Mass Effect for what it was but this isn't what I wanted from Dragon Age. Edit: for anyone that's downloading slow. Try use a download accelerator, it seems to work well. I use DownThemAll for Firefox and was getting between 1mb/s-2.5mb/s download speed. Edited February 22, 2011 by MasterDex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Damnit, good thing I checked this thread. I looked on Steam and the demo wasn't there so I assumed it wasn't out yet... EA sorta pushes back against Steam, so I wouldn't look to Steam for any EA stuff except full games. Even then EA liked to fuck with Steam preorders; Exhibit A being the whole Signature Edition for DA2 and how it was only available before DA2 preorders could be made on Steam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excel_excel Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 I got DA:O Ultimate Edition just there Still pisses me off I have to have the DVD in the drive though. I mean I typed in a code to activate the damn thing and its all installed on my PC :/ Actually if you don't mind linking your serial to your EA account via EA Download manager you can pretty much have it digitally without you ever putting the CD in. It works pretty much for most currently released EA games. You will need EA Download Manager installed and be willing to download whatever filesize the game is (usually between 2-8GB) and make sure that the drive you install isn't something like FAT32 as it won't initiate then . It does render your retail copy pretty useless and you'd have to uninstall before proceeding with this. Games that currently don't work registering with EADM are the first Mass Effect (2 is fine). I think Spore too, the incompatibility is mostly to do with serial keys being of a different string length and older system.. Most older games work and they're planning on bringing support for most games via that service. Wish they'd just steam it already but they do want to pimp their service (which isn't even required after the game installs). Handy if you want to keep your disc drives free. As for today's Demo it's going to be slow going on the network. Not to mention for those interested Shogun 2's Demo is up on steam as well today. I LOVE YOU. I can still use the code again for the EA DM??? This is so great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Just finished the demo and uh it's not bad but like Dex says it's definitely more like a fantasy based Mass Effect. I get the feeling Bioware wants to keep their narrative type structure they've been working on since the last decade as opposed to what was Dragon Age which was in a nowhere land really between BG work and their modern stuff (DA:O is actually an indicator of a project they probably started internally the same time as KoToR possibly though never officially announced). It's more streamlined is what I'd say than would be necessary for a fantasy setting. Though there's still the whole 'make choices and the world will change thing' they keep talking about that I'll investigate when the game's out. However I must say that they needn't have made the good, bad or neutral choices as obvious in the selection menu. Not to mention if there's graphical issues, this is supposedly an earlier build. Pretty much similar to what was shown at expos (Still don't get why companies bother to release really early builds as demos this close to release unless they want people to get the feel of the story (which is what trailers are for, early build demos don't highlight current tech as we usually notice)). It does download faster on Chrome got it done in 30 mins or so even if you don't use download managers or accelerators. Steam has the demo right now. But looking at how slow Shogun was yeah I've 'moved to Romania' to get it done faster. One thing I'd like to say is that it felt more medieval than DA:O which felt more fantasy than this. The demo still has the bloodspatter thing and sometimes it decides to play on windowed mode even when you set it as full screen. (turning the option off and then on again sorts that issue). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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