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Game News Let's All Play Dragon Age 2
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Xor
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denizsi said:
The similarities are striking.
I knew DA2 was going to be a rushed mess, but this is far worse than I could have predicted. Bioware is being assimilated by EA. In spite of all the flaws with their earlier games, I'm still a little sad. They always showed potential; almost like they wanted to make a great cRPG but got distracted by another genre halfway through or something. For DA2, though, I see no potential for greatness. It's pretty obvious that they decided to make it a hack-n-slash from the beginning to try and appeal to a mass audience.
I'm even more concerned about the fate of ME3 because I actually had fun with the 2nd game, but I can't imagine the 3rd one being any good after DA2.
This summed it up perfectly.
IronicNeurotic
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Black said:
Now they just have to figure out how to remove the writing.
Evolution complete.
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Xor said:
Bullshit. They made it LOOK like a hack-n-slash but it's still pretty much the same combat from DA:O, only now it looks EXTREME AWESOME.
Brother None
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Brother None said:
This is the codex. Validity of criticism is completely irrelevant. STFU and post pics of how fat Chris Priestly is.
GarfunkeL
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Jaesun said:
Sad but true.
Pegultagol
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Sceptic said:
You're still kool with Kodex.
Brother None
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I already registered the demo on three computers BECAUSE I REALLY WANT THAT BOOK THAT GIVES MONEYZ GUISE.
What a curious comparison to make.
Volourn said:
What a curious comparison to make.
FO combat wasn't a paragon of tactical gameplay, but you at least had to manage your AP, spend a second or two thinking about getting near an opponent or not, choose to fire an aimed shot, use a stimpack or some chems...Volourn said:
And of course, not winning the fight was a possible conclusion. I mean, contrary to DA2. (better pointing out the obvious when talking to Volourn)
No! I won't have this! How DARE you all criticize the spawns out of midair???? This is the OLD SCHOOL EXPERIENCE! Don't you all remember back in ancient times playing Wizardry and moving forward in a seemingly empty corridor before 'BAM' a sprite of a beastie suddenly appears from nowhere?
BIOWARE IS TRYING TO CATER TO THE OLD GAMERS WITH THIS GAMEPLAY ADDITION!
I salute Bioware for moving in this direction and finally giving us a game for both the old and new gamers!
BIOWARE IS TRYING TO CATER TO THE OLD GAMERS WITH THIS GAMEPLAY ADDITION!
I salute Bioware for moving in this direction and finally giving us a game for both the old and new gamers!
Gord
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Pegultagol said:
Hmm, interestingly one of the features of using DX11 rendering, displacement mapping, makes it look as if the character sinks into the ground made of solid stone plates.
Now back in my days we didn't need DX11 for that and we called it clipping
Merkwürdigliebe
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Gord said:Pegultagol said:
Hmm, interestingly one of the features of using DX11 rendering, displacement mapping, makes it look as if the character sinks into the ground made of solid stone plates.
Now back in my days we didn't need DX11 for that and we called it clipping
Can Dx11 handle displacement mapping in real time? Any way as you said it looks really bad with the clipping like that, would have been much better with a little bit more geometry on the ground and then simply using a normal map on it instead... oh wait the consoles 6 year old hardware can't handle it!
of 6-year-old consoles.
Reptilian Shapeshifter
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Goddamn, even Dead Space has the monsters come out of somewhere, whether it's the same stupid panel, grate or fan you've seen dozens of times before.
Since DA is set in a "fantasy" world, they don't have a good equivalent to the monster grate. Trapdoor rocks maybe? Or they could ride in on clouds.
Since DA is set in a "fantasy" world, they don't have a good equivalent to the monster grate. Trapdoor rocks maybe? Or they could ride in on clouds.
tehRPness
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Just uninstalled the demo. Graphics suck, voice acting sucks, animations suck, UI sucks. Bioware has gone full retard. *installs BG again with a sigh*
Jim Cojones
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I haven't downloaded the demo. If the counter doesn't hit 1 000 000, you know who should you blame. 
sgc_meltdown
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Tempting.
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