Dragon Age Origins Thread

[cadaveca]

Yeah I figured that out too, after they start to drag I restart the game

Ok now heres something. I did, Human noble, then arl castle (but still no ash), dwarven city and now denerim, I had to reduce difficulty, but stil getting pwned, like i have 12-14 lvl chars and high level armor (massive and the legion of dead). WTF?!?!

I know. Same boat here, altohugh I have progressed a bit farther than you now with Dwarven char, and that won't change much, even until the end.

Seems the harder difficulties aren't so bad, for some reason? Seem more to lengthen gameplay?

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Even with uber hacks, only doing plot quests, and skipping most dialogs, you'd be hard pressed to finish it in under 20 hours mostly because of all the dialog options to jump through.


The only real difference I noticed between Easy and Nightmare is that the statue thingy before Caradin had 2 hits per side versus 3 hits. The one that is missing on Easy is the healing mode.


Getting pwned where in Denerim? Denerim is supposed to be your fourth stop (Orzammar, Red Cliff, and Forest first, then Denerim, then Haven, then Alienage, then landsmeet, ...).

 

[cadaveca]

Getting pwned where in Denerim? Denerim is supposed to be your fourth stop (Orzammar, Red Cliff, and Forest first, then Denerim, then Haven, then Alienage, then landsmeet, ...).

I skipped the forest...and am almost finished Haven. I guess I know what I'm doing tonight...did the mage's tower stuff already too...

 

[phanbuey]

Man... there is no way i could do orzammar first... i always do the circle first... If i go to orzammar first, like lvl 6ish on nightmare i get pwned by the bandits outside, and then by Laughain's dudes before i enter the city. It pretty much continues to be one giant pwnage fest.

for me the easiest --> circle of magi (get all those awesome area attacks for the mages, as well as the healer chick)... then redcliffe... then elf forest... get the Juggernaut armor then orzammar... then denerim.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

I skipped the forest...and am almost finished Haven. I guess I know what I'm doing tonight...did the mage's tower stuff already too...

Bah, forgot the Circle Tower. phanbuey is right about getting Whynn. The Spirit Healer is a powerful ally.

 

[douglatins]

Man... there is no way i could do orzammar first... i always do the circle first... If i go to orzammar first, like lvl 6ish on nightmare i get pwned by the bandits outside, and then by Laughain's dudes before i enter the city. It pretty much continues to be one giant pwnage fest.

for me the easiest --> circle of magi (get all those awesome area attacks for the mages, as well as the healer chick)... then redcliffe... then elf forest... get the Juggernaut armor then orzammar... then denerim.

I did orzammar first, very difficult, but in the middle i started using red drago armor, then got the legion set and my char (tank) was almost invincible. But now he is getting pwned in denerim, so i think ill go back to tower or forest

 

[Hunt3r]

I do not like this kind of game

 

[cadaveca]

Bah, forgot the Circle Tower. phanbuey is right about getting Whynn. The Spirit Healer is a powerful ally.

LoL...too bad I told her to beat it... MAybe I will go back to the tower and see if she'll join me now...

 

[Taz100420]

Shoot I thought I had to fight Wynne for a min. B4 I went to face Uldred, I said "Kill all that is up there" and she wanted to fight! So I just loaded my game back up and chose different dialog lol. Im glad I kept her, she heals everyone when Im not payin attention to their health.

 

[athenaesword]

haha! my friend has serious problems with all that crap too, but he still likes the game. long loading time, lag, shtty graphics (please dont mind the language), horrible resolution. the commercial looks amazing, i have to admit, but, gah!, the actual game is HORRIBLE!

by the way, farlex85, nice signature.

i'm not quite sure why you found the game horrible. clearly the folks at ign and gamespot seem to think otherwise, hence the 9.0+ scores. it isn't as stellar as it's made out to be, but it's definitely one of the best releases of 2009. the graphics aren't shitty either. they're not first class, but they aren't shitty. there's not much lag if ur on a decent rig. hell, i'm on a e6750 @ 3.6 and gtx 260 and i can play with everything maxed out, maybe aax4 in some areas instead of 8.

by horrible resolution, i'm assuming u're refering to the undersized wordings in 1920x1200. yes it seems that the dev had a different screen size in mind instead of 24" when they made the game. i'll give ya that, i wish all the text was bigger.

that said, i agree with ford. one play through is more than enough. there're too many draggy sequences (i.e fade. damnit i hate the fade) to go more than once through. moving on to other games now.

p.s. since u seem to base your opinion based on your friend's experience, i'm assuming you haven't played it yourself. that's odd since you seem to be so negative about it, yet haven't considered why your friend "likes" it. food for thought.

cheers

 

[cadaveca]

Shoot I thought I had to fight Wynne for a min. B4 I went to face Uldred, I said "Kill all that is up there" and she wanted to fight! So I just loaded my game back up and chose different dialog lol. Im glad I kept her, she heals everyone when Im not payin attention to their health.

LoL. I kicked her butt....and then had mine handed to me in the fight afterwords. I kept thinking...damn, it was nicer when she was around...

Upon reload, you start talking to her there. I answered the dialog so as to not have to fight her, but she did not join my party. I'm not even she she will now...although I'm about to find out.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

I think if you tell the commander that you are going to invoke the rite of annulment, you can't let any mages live (Whynn included). You have to tell the commander that you will spare everyone you can in order to have her join you (with the correct dialogs when you meet her).

 

[athenaesword]

anyone enjoying this on their second playthrough? i'm really bored since my exams just ended and i'm thinking of playing through again but i just can't seem to bring myself to do it >.> can't stop thinking about how boring the 'fade' portions of the game are going to be again.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Playing through again doing the opposite of what you did before (e.g. side with Bahlen instead of Harrowmont, side with the warewolves instead of the elves, side with the cultists instead of andraste, etc.) is pretty fun. Also, playing through the six origins is fun too (once you reach ostegar, move on to another one). Playing them all explains what happens up to playing through the game as one. For instance, in the Dwarf Nobel, you learn of Bahlen and a previous Aeducan king; playing as a Dwarf Commoner, you learn why that man is trapped in the Javia's hideout; playing as a Mage, you learn about Jowan in the Red Cliff dungeon; etc.

 

[Taz100420]

Playing through again doing the opposite of what you did before (e.g. side with Bahlen instead of Harrowmont, side with the warewolves instead of the elves, side with the cultists instead of andraste, etc.) is pretty fun. Also, playing through the six origins is fun too (once you reach ostegar, move on to another one). Playing them all explains what happens up to playing through the game as one. For instance, in the Dwarf Nobel, you learn of Bahlen and a previous Aeducan king; playing as a Dwarf Commoner, you learn why that man is trapped in the Javia's hideout; playing as a Mage, you learn about Jowan in the Red Cliff dungeon; etc.

I was thinking on doin that lol. Might be fun to fight with warewolves lol. But i hate warewolves.....*shudders*

 

[syker]

I do not like this kind of game

what do you mean by "this kind of game"? i don't like this type of walking around and clicking for targeting so much. fps is good enough for me. rts, fps, and whatever else this game is categorized under, should NOT be combined! :shadedshu

correction: i do not like simply WATCHING the people fight. i like DOING things in the game, not WATCHING.

 

[syker]

RPGs

In the commercial, only Sten looks obvious. I think Leliana and Morrigan make an apperance but they hardly look like they do in the game.


The game is good (less the restarting to keep load times down) but I've pretty much exhausted the gameplay out of it.

The game only lags (rarely) because of BOINC. The graphics aren't exceptional but they aren't horrible either. It runs fine at 1920x1200 so I'm not sure what you're getting at with "horrible resolution."

If you don't like RPGs, you won't like this game.

i really like RPGs because there is always a chance that you can fail miserably. i am used to having "Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars" kind of RPG setup - not this particular type of walking around like this.

in other words, this is setup more like an fps than an rpg. cant get used to walking around like this in rpgs.

 

[syker]

i'm not quite sure why you found the game horrible. clearly the folks at ign and gamespot seem to think otherwise, hence the 9.0+ scores. it isn't as stellar as it's made out to be, but it's definitely one of the best releases of 2009. the graphics aren't shitty either. they're not first class, but they aren't shitty. there's not much lag if ur on a decent rig. hell, i'm on a e6750 @ 3.6 and gtx 260 and i can play with everything maxed out, maybe aax4 in some areas instead of 8.

by horrible resolution, i'm assuming u're refering to the undersized wordings in 1920x1200. yes it seems that the dev had a different screen size in mind instead of 24" when they made the game. i'll give ya that, i wish all the text was bigger.

that said, i agree with ford. one play through is more than enough. there're too many draggy sequences (i.e fade. damnit i hate the fade) to go more than once through. moving on to other games now.

p.s. since u seem to base your opinion based on your friend's experience, i'm assuming you haven't played it yourself. that's odd since you seem to be so negative about it, yet haven't considered why your friend "likes" it. food for thought.

cheers

my friend isn't as much of a gamer as i am. he hasnt been introduced to Crysis yet. that is my next goal, but i am ENTIRELY sure that his laptop cant handle THAT type of graphics. yeah, that may be why his resolution is that shitty. he uses a laptop with Vista
i am hoping that there is a multiplayer setting on it... is there? i am hoping so, but something tells me that the multiplayer settings wont be very exciting.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

i really like RPGs because there is always a chance that you can fail miserably. i am used to having "Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars" kind of RPG setup - not this particular type of walking around like this.

in other words, this is setup more like an fps than an rpg. cant get used to walking around like this in rpgs.

On-tracks gaming doesn't pass for a game any more--at least not one that can fetch $40+ and not be a market flop.

Of the RPG games I've played, Super Mario RPG is the exception (being very on-tracks), not the norm. Example: Earthbound, also released on the SNES.


There is no multiplayer in Dragon Age, just an "online profile."

 

[phanbuey]

multiplayer dragon age just wouldnt work with the whole pausing real life thing

it would turn into one giant macro fest lol - anyways the game would be totally different...

 

[cadaveca]

multiplayer dragon age just wouldnt work with the whole pausing real life thing

it would turn into one giant macro fest lol - anyways the game would be totally different...

Worked on baldurs gate...even if it was just local. My wife would love to play too, rather than just watching, like we did in Baldur's gate.

 

[athenaesword]

Worked on baldurs gate...even if it was just local. My wife would love to play too, rather than just watching, like we did in Baldur's gate.

your wife could play on another setup, if she wanted to. like phanbeuy said, i'm pausing up to 100 times during some battles. that's not so fun for the other guy who's playing with you.

 

[athenaesword]

my friend isn't as much of a gamer as i am. he hasnt been introduced to Crysis yet. that is my next goal, but i am ENTIRELY sure that his laptop cant handle THAT type of graphics. yeah, that may be why his resolution is that shitty. he uses a laptop with Vista
i am hoping that there is a multiplayer setting on it... is there? i am hoping so, but something tells me that the multiplayer settings wont be very exciting.

vista probably has nothing to do with it. i think the font sizes would be the same across any OS. that said, when i had my CPU downclocked to 2.66ghz instead of 3.6ghz, i lost 10-20 fps, and that seriously took out quite abit of fun out of the game. my mouse clicks wouldnt' register quite as fast as i would like them to. i had to hold down my clicks for split ms more in order for it to register, and that was just pita.

 

[Bjorn_Of_Iceland]

Whyd you guys hate the fade!? I loved the fade sequence in the tower (especially changing forms to get the right build to battle) and in redcliffe. Really is a fresh outlook in RPGing.

 

[WhiteLotus]

Hey guys,

Can someone compare this game to Oblivion for me? better worse bit of both what? Reason i ask is i thought Oblivion is the best RPG out there and since by the sounds of it they sound similar i thought it would be a good comparison.