Dragon Age impressions

[baronjohn]

Just quickly

Graphics: Very console-ish uninspired graphics. Anything clickable glitters, the terrain is barren and the characters looked vaguely retarded. They're not as bad as Oblivion or Fallout 3 though. The camera is OK. The blood is absolutely hilarious, and not present if you fight in your cameltoe undies. BG2 looks way better, sorry.

Gameplay: ruined by the auto-ressurection and auto-heal and auto-mana regenerate after each encounter. At one point everyone but my dog (I named him skyway) died, I ran forward through several rooms of enemies (because, your dog can open doors) until I finally stumbled upon a safe point when my whole party was restored right there and an animated sequence played. The character portrait actually changes to a fucking decaying skull when you're dropped, implying to anyone with a brain that that character is dead and won't just stand up and heal in ten seconds. What the fuck?

Writing, story: Jesus fucking christ, it's like you took a bunch of dumbass celebrities and put them on an island with castles and orcs and shit. I swear to god I've never cringed so much in my life. Will Bioware buy me a new ESC key? Because I think I'm gonna use mine up if I decide to continue.

Difficulty: Occasionally you have to gulp a potion or something.

TL;DR this shit is what OFPDR is to OFP

 

[Andyman Messiah]

Aside from "camera is ok" I think you just wrote my blind review for me.

How are the quests? Are they dark and gritty and full of c&c?

 

[relootz]

another RPG disappointment. If only it were Baldur's Gate 3.

 

[WhiskeyWolf]

Graphics: Very console-ish uninspired graphics. Anything clickable glitters, the terrain is barren and the characters looked vaguely retarded. They're not as bad as Oblivion or Fallout 3 though. The camera is OK. The blood is absolutely hilarious, and not present if you fight in your cameltoe undies. BG2 looks way better, sorry.

Gameplay: ruined by the auto-ressurection and auto-heal and auto-mana regenerate after each encounter. At one point everyone but my dog (I named him skyway) died, I ran forward through several rooms of enemies (because, your dog can open doors) until I finally stumbled upon a safe point when my whole party was restored right there and an animated sequence played. The character portrait actually changes to a fucking decaying skull when you're dropped, implying to anyone with a brain that that character is dead and won't just stand up and heal in ten seconds. What the fuck?

Writing, story: Jesus fucking christ, it's like you took a bunch of dumbass celebrities and put them on an island with castles and orcs and shit. I swear to god I've never cringed so much in my life. Will Bioware buy me a new ESC key? Because I think I'm gonna use mine up if I decide to continue.

No way, really?

 

[Freelance Henchman]

What difficulty did you play on?

 

[baronjohn]

I'm playing on normal. Haven't seen any C&C so far. I've been really mean to people and the worst I've gotten is amused responses along "OH, really?"

Twice though I've had the option to just slaughter unimportant NPCs I was talking to, which made me laugh.

I forgot to add. There are lots and lots of invisible barriers.

 

[Fat Dragon]

Those are pretty vague and half-assed impressions. Doesn't tell us anything about the game other than the obvious shit we've already learned from the game's trailers. Weak.

 

[Tuonela]

I'm playing on normal...

Switch to hard so you can actually say something relevant on the difficulty.

 

[Emotional Vampire]

Yes, obviously playing on "Normal" is abnormal.

 

[Micmu]

auto-ressurection and auto-heal and auto-mana regenerate

LOL so this is The New Shit retards are so excited about.

 

[WhiskeyWolf]

I'm playing on normal...

Switch to hard so you can actually say something relevant on the difficulty.

Difficulty?

 

[citizenx]

Just quickly...

Graphics: Very console-ish uninspired graphics....

Gameplay: ruined by...

Writing, story: Jesus fucking christ....

Will Bioware buy me a new ESC key? Because I think I'm gonna use mine up if I decide to continue....

Difficulty: Occasionally you have to gulp a potion or something...

Hanging on every credible word you utter.

 

[Tuonela]

Yes, obviously playing on "Normal" is abnormal.

Yeah, hard in DA is along the lines of hardcore D&D rules in BG. The way it's meant to be played.

 

[Trash]

Okay, it magically appeared on my HD and I'm installing it. Going to get something to eat and will then try it out and give some first impressions. Any particular character origins you people want to hear about?

 

[Hümmelgümpf]

Okay, it magically appeared on my HD and I'm installing it. Going to get something to eat and will then try it out and give some first impressions. Any particular character origins you people want to hear about?

Female city elf. The one with human noble Rance wannabe trying to take your char's virginity before her husband. Make her exceptionally ugly for extra lulz.

 

[Stereotypical Villain]

A human noble who's emo about his dead \ missing wife \ training partner voiced by Carth Oh-Nazi.

 

[Warden]

Okay, it magically appeared on my HD and I'm installing it. Going to get something to eat and will then try it out and give some first impressions. Any particular character origins you people want to hear about?

Damn you. I started downloading yesterday from megaupload/rapidshare and this will never end without a premium account. (

I knew I should have waited for a torrent (and there was none at that time)!

 

[Freelance Henchman]

Play as a total evil douchebag, because I never do that and want to hear what happens.

 

[Saxon1974]

I wonder how long until some modder will remove the "auto-ressurection and auto-heal" portion of the game. I think that will be the part I hate the most.

And is there an option to turn off the excessive blood? Not because Im squeemish but because its retarded.

 

[VentilatorOfDoom]

Okay, it magically appeared on my HD and I'm installing it. Going to get something to eat and will then try it out and give some first impressions. Any particular character origins you people want to hear about?

will you play a mage? i'd like to hear about the magic system/spells etc and how it works in combat

 

[1eyedking]

auto-ressurection and auto-heal and auto-mana regenerate

:vomit:

 

[Black]

another RPG disappointment. If only it were Baldur's Gate 3.

Yes, because the BG series is a pinnacle of RPGs

 

[Demnogonis Saastuttaja]

I couldn't stand BG series a decade ago, just after finishing Fallout 2 and PST, but now, after finishing Masseffect and NWN2 and the like, well, at least the BG series offers gameplay.

I can't imagine what trying DA, ME2 and what was that spy rpg, Zero Mission or something, will do to my standards. It's not even like there's nothing else to play, so there's not really any other reason to try them other than seeing how far the RPG industry has declined this time. Damn, I wish I had curiosity for less stupid, less painful things.

EDIT : Well, auto-regenerate everything isn't really that different to NWN2 and unlimited resting everywhere, and we all know how challenging that made the game.

 

[Xor]

I guess I won't waste my time on DA, then. It's too bad, really, I was looking forward to having something to do this week.

 

[Clockwork Knight]

I'm playing on normal