Ridiculous rulesets; new gameplay footage added

[Warden]

What do you think of a system in which your health regenerates like crazy even when you're in combat? No, it's not enough that it regenerates just outside of combat, nooo (which is also something I dislike).

http://www.dragonagecentral.com/download/1219186860

There's a red bar which represents health (the yellow is stamina) - watch what happens after you get hit and when it drops down (no healing pots/ no mages with healing spells).

They want to make this game biowarefan-proof, I know ... but this is too much.
This is so exploitable, even unintentionally.


I can somehow get over (barely) stamina and mana regenerating themselves during battle. But anyway, I do hope they'll realise that endless shield bashes or any other cheese (given the endless mana regeneration) will break balance. But then again, bioware has never been good in the balance department so why bother - lets just sit back and take a laugh at kids trying to build up their pwnzors unique ruleset.

 

[Volourn]

BIO raped your mommy last night.. again... must explain your non stop whining.

Hope you enjoy your reserved copy of DA when you pick it up!


R00fles!

 

[J1M]

They probably have cheats on just like the first trailer but your concerns are still valid even without any video footage.

 

[Warden]

R00fles!

Indeed petty princess - R00fles!

 

[Volourn]

HAWT!

 

[Warden]

They probably have cheats on just like the first trailer but your concerns are still valid even without any video footage.

I considered this possibility as well - but I would be a bit puzzled if that's the case. I mean, sure, they can use cheats on live demonstrations, on various expoes they're frenetically attending, to ease the demonstration.
But why'd they realease a misleading high-quality short demo video of combat with such cheats incorporated, a few months before release, causing only confusion?

 

[Suicidal]

Just to see your reaction, no doubt.

 

[Volourn]

Why does WQarden care? Oh yeah, i forgot he's buying DA, and he loves BIO.

As they say, you hurt the ones you love the most. (yeah, yeah, I know that means I must 'love' Beth). R00fles!


"considered this possibility as well - but I would be a bit puzzled if that's the case. I mean, sure, they can use cheats on live demonstrations, on various expoes they're frenetically attending, to ease the demonstration.
But why'd they realease a misleading high-quality short demo video of combat with such cheats incorporated, a few months before release, causing only confusion?"

This has pretty much been the case for all preveiws of vast majority of games.


That said, in all seriousness, I had my issues with DA's mana crap, and regeneration. I hate that kind of crap in games. Mana just plainly sucks. And, that includes health that acts like mana, and regens over time.

LAME

 

[Warden]

Of course I care - I'll download it, and that costs if you don't have flat-rate. I'd prefer not to download something crappy.

 

[burrie]

 

[Micmu]

They still have hitpoints and vulnerable characters? Lol that's weak. It's liek so 80s.

Get it over with you nostalgia, kids. Games nowadays are for FUN

 

[Jaime Lannister]

In before Jasede and/or Binary claim that having any stat regenerate, EVER, is dumbed down.

 

[Jasede]

Hey, hey, slow mana regeneration can be acceptable.

But usually not.

 

[burrie]

There's also another combat vid over at gametrailers: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/38806.html

 

[Ogg]

There's also another combat vid over at gametrailers: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/38806.html

And in this video, health regeneration doesn't appear to be such a problem. I still have some faith.

Anyway, health regeneration can be an interesting feature if used correctly. But, as said before, Bio isn't known for perfect game balancing.

 

[sportforredneck]

I'm interested in this game. Hell an RPG that actually shows some pausing and planning in a video is practically shocking nowadays, so it can't be all bad.

 

[elander_]

There's also another combat vid over at gametrailers: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/38806.html

I like the graphics and the combat dynamics. Some observations:
* The stone ground and walls colors aren't blue or pink.
* A decapitated foe lost his head and not his legs and arms at the same time.

It's nice when the art department of a game pay attention to these little details.

 

[fastpunk]

Looks alright. Though it just isn't dark and gritty. Thumbs up for the return of old type dialog trees ( http://www.dragonagecentral.com/content/image/dragon-age-origins-20080820104221281.jpg ). There's a lot of interesting info about the game at dragonagecentral.com.

 

[sportforredneck]

Thumbs up for the return of old type dialog trees ( http://www.dragonagecentral.com/content/image/dragon-age-origins-20080820104221281.jpg ).

Hope increased.

 

[Thrasher]

Thumbs up for the return of old type dialog trees ( http://www.dragonagecentral.com/content/image/dragon-age-origins-20080820104221281.jpg ).

What are "new" types? dialog treees are dialog trees.

 

[Inziladun]

 

[inwoker]

It's just me or 3d always plainly sucks compared to 2d in controls aspect?

 

[Thrasher]

@Inziladun Looks structurally the same to me, just different graphics.

 

[fastpunk]

@Inziladun Looks structurally the same to me, just different graphics.

The idea is that dialog trees a la Mass Effect do not contain full sentences, but a short description of what your char will say. But sadly, what comes out of the mouth of your char can be pretty different than what you expect. That's why I'm glad to see the old fashioned, full sentenced dialog trees return in Dragon Age.

 

[sportforredneck]

@Inziladun Looks structurally the same to me, just different graphics.