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GOG version? I have no problems with my copy on version 1809 of Win10. I did use the LAA patch, though.
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Steam. I didn’t research it much, because I’m sort of apathetic about replaying it, but a quick Google search led me to thinking it was a fairly common problem on Win10.
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You chose poorly.
I chose the one that had it on sale for $3 on a random Wednesday.
Delterius
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i just discovered tim curry was in this
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^ That's the poor choice I was talking about.
I would love to live in a world where Steam isn’t a necessity, but, between GOG’s shit curation and the general fuckery of CD Project’s execs, I don’t think that’s the world we live in.
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I miss when you just bought a game and installed it and that was it, not "curration" coming at you from one way and DRM from the other.
Anyway, on topic, older games generally seem to run better when you use their GOG release. Since you own DAO on steam, I wouldn't feel too bad about "acquiring" the GOG version somehow and trying that.
Anyway, on topic, older games generally seem to run better when you use their GOG release. Since you own DAO on steam, I wouldn't feel too bad about "acquiring" the GOG version somehow and trying that.
The Steam version worked fine for me on Windows 10. At first it used to crash constantly in certain areas but lowering the texture quality fixed all the issues.
I should never have clicked on this thread.
Nothing emo or edgy about Alistair, Leliana, Oghren, Shale, Wynne, Anders, or Sigrun. Morrigan and Sten can be a bit edgy, but it's incorporated quite well in their character and background. Zevran is clearly there only to be killed as soon as possible.
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Cael
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Alistair is so damned emo that I always recruit Loghain just to spite the bastard.
He is fine. He is more lighthearted than gloomy.
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Played it for about 6 hours and lost interest.
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The way he went "Daddy Duncan! Daddy Duncan! Waaa! Daddy Duncan! He killed Daddy Duncan!"?
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Those two were definitely fucking.
I consider DA:O to be Bioware's last honest last attempt at making a cRPG, before fully transitioning to corporate trainwrecks (DA2) and Cinematic Experience With Growing XP Bar (ME games). And I appreciate the attempt. Really, I do!
Sadly, it's plagued by bad design decisions. Bad decisions which interact with each other and make the whole picture even worse.
1. Quite bad level scaling. Ensures rather spongy enemies through 90% of the game.
2. MMO-inspired combat with cooldowns and repetitions. Not the worst idea when you have to coordinate in multiplayer. Awful, awful choice for single player.
3. Obsession with corridor/simple labyrinth combat locations.
A warehouse in a mage tower? It's actually a large rectangle-shaped corridor cave (In a tower. Above ground. I guess a wizard did it.).
You have to deal with criminals before exploring the looooooooong Deep Roads dungeons? Well, how about a corridor dungeon as an aperitif? Because the gang lives in a colon shaped cave.
There's some exceptions, but most combat locations don't make sense, they are just designed to extend game time. It breaks immersion and it wasn't even necessary. The game is long enough.
TL;DR
Long corridor combat locations + repetitive cooldown combat + spongy level scaled enemies = You're gonna have a bad time.
Sadly, it's plagued by bad design decisions. Bad decisions which interact with each other and make the whole picture even worse.
1. Quite bad level scaling. Ensures rather spongy enemies through 90% of the game.
2. MMO-inspired combat with cooldowns and repetitions. Not the worst idea when you have to coordinate in multiplayer. Awful, awful choice for single player.
3. Obsession with corridor/simple labyrinth combat locations.
A warehouse in a mage tower? It's actually a large rectangle-shaped corridor cave (In a tower. Above ground. I guess a wizard did it.).
You have to deal with criminals before exploring the looooooooong Deep Roads dungeons? Well, how about a corridor dungeon as an aperitif? Because the gang lives in a colon shaped cave.
There's some exceptions, but most combat locations don't make sense, they are just designed to extend game time. It breaks immersion and it wasn't even necessary. The game is long enough.
TL;DR
Long corridor combat locations + repetitive cooldown combat + spongy level scaled enemies = You're gonna have a bad time.
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Huh. Yeah that seems to fix it. Weird.
There's some kind of memory handling problem. Once you reach the bigger more open areas (like Denerim), you will probably need to lower the setting even more.
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I was playing this recently and some of throw away quests are just bad. You know, like when you're out in the wilds and you summon a demon or follow the chasind stone markers. it's all very dragon age inquisition where it just leads to some shitty item
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Are you two not applying the 4GB patch? It's nearly mandatory for this game.
Tye
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I just wish more RPGs had some equivalent to the Arcane Warrior. Using a magic stat to satisfy the equip requirements of non-magic equipment is neato.
Darth Canoli
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You forgot no enemy variety.
It's fine for one playthrough with the shale DLC but impossible to enjoy on a replay, except maybe for those enjoying MMO endless repetition loops.
Using both resolutions above 1080p and highest quality textures will ensure that DAO will crash reliably. Lowering either is simply unacceptable for such an old game, so the only option is unofficial patches. 1080p seems to be the critical limit, at least on Windows 10. I never had so many crashes with 1080p and best texture quality on Windows XP.
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Risen and Knights of the Chalice also came out in 2009.
Damn shame that Arcane Warriors don't actually get anything useful for attacking though. The only thing it's good at is being an unkillable mage in armor. They completely forgot to give it any offensive abilities. All the Arcane Warrior NPCs actually have access to Warrior talents, unlike the player characters.
Tye
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I always figured tanking was kind of the point, what with the extra buff spells and all. Useful for when you want to play a mage but get tired of constant game overs every time the PC keels over. I always used blood magic and normal spells for the big damage numbers.
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