Dragon Age II

[AltecV1]

silly nvidia users trying do play games,dont you know nvidia is only good for benchmarks

 

[the54thvoid]

Highly amusing i switch back to NV in the past few months and one of th emore anticipated games is let down by driver development from the green team. Lolz.

I'm running dx11 now on the 267.24 beta drivers and the fps is 'acceptable' with very high res. My GPU use is about 40%. Once the driver is sorted, that'll be a massive increase in fps.

silly nvidia users trying do play games,dont you know nvidia is only good for benchmarks

Yeah... and mostly all AAA games. One exception to the rule and we're all wearing red tinted glasses.

 

[GSquadron]

Even Ati has problems in Dragon Age 2
Are not the cards with these problems, but the stupid Bioware programmers which pushed the launch
IT IS NOT THE GFX
it is the game. They launched the game as soon as 6990 got out.
The patches will fix it, but after some days

 

[KainXS]

# Fixed save game issues on single core machines

# Fixed game asking for non-existent drives

# Fixed release control issues where some players were unable to unlock correctly

# Fixed a Steam-specific issue related to VO not playing after switching languages**

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seriously, single core isn't even the minimum system req, I haven't had one of those issues only bad fps every now and then.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

I find those characters Qunari really boring and flat. And what's with the horns?!

Just saw my first Qunari up close. Epic fail there too. You can't introduce a race as one thing then completely change it. That's bullshit.

 

[GSquadron]

The fps will be "fixed" when the official one comes out
that one was just a beta, cuz rarely you see people with single cores playing this game

 

[alucasa]

I completed my first play as a mage.

A short game. It took me about 28 hours at a rather slow pace, doing all side quests. My second play, if there is going to be any, will probably less than 15 hours to complete.

After completing the game, I cannot help to think that Dragon Age 2 is a stepping stone, or prologue, for something bigger.
I even think that Dragon Age : Origin was a stepping stone

The ending mentions that both heroes are gone if you use pre-built default history during character creation. I had a feeling that they (bioware) is trying to create something truly epic as it all break loose, like Mass Effect series.

P.S. Something sad about the game length... because Drakensang : River of time took me 48 hours to complete... Dragon Age 2 had a better plot tho.

 

[ComradeSader]

Waves of reinforcements for almost EVERY battle - Which moron at Bioware thought up that idea? And said reinforcements dropping down off three story buildings(these are humans btw) or cliff-faces... really? This is no Dragon Age game, just some shit ass 'Action/Adventure' with the same name. I highly doubt I'll play this twice. (yes I'll finish just because of the name-sake)

 

[AnaMaria81]

So when is the game finish?? After I came from the Roads, I had another million of those boring missions.....

 

[GSquadron]

I am pretty sure if the third comes out all you people taunting the game will buy it for sure

 

[Fourstaff]

I am pretty sure if the third comes out all you people taunting the game will buy it for sure

Depends on how good the impression of the third one is. If they switched back to DA:O style probably you will get lots of fans again. If they are still pushing towards a DAII, then they are going to lose fans. I heard from somewhere (might be here) that DAII was a rush job due to some asshats up the barking order, hence could not be as good as it should.

 

[crazyeyesreaper]

meh i wont buy it DAII killed the series for me, you know its bad when a project Lead for Dragon Age quits after 10 years at bioware, due to the direction the game took during development, And for voicing his opinion they shoe horned him into a dead end project that would never see the light of day. lol even if DA III went back to the DA:O style the damage is done at least for me.

 

[Frizz]

I've finished the game, twas good fun.

As Alucasa has mentioned I can't help but think that this game is just a setup for something much bigger.

Spoiler

Both the hero of ferelden in the first game and the champion of kirkwall in the second are missing and Leilana seems bent on finding them.

Most of the quests and main plots barely contributed to the plot of Dragon Age, you live the life of the champion nothing epic... until the end where your character is made to have an impact on the whole world through a choice.

The quests are fillers, more than half the game is a filler.

Spoiler

After Act 1 you can definitely skip to Act 3 where you fight Meredith and you'd still be safe from missing out on the main plot

 

[crazyeyesreaper]

lol DAII is basically a Shonen Jump anime in RPG form lol filler upon FIller with 5 mins of something worth while lol

 

[Bjorn_Of_Iceland]

This game does not feel 'Bioware-ish' at all.. in anycase, I already pre ordered mine prior to the demo and the reviews.. am playing it in nightmare difficulty just to make things interesting, and since because nightmare is an option in the game that was included with the features that I my money bought.

 

[AnaMaria81]

Except making the monsters die harder, any other difference from the other difficulty levels?

 

[Bjorn_Of_Iceland]

Except making the monsters die harder, any other difference from the other difficulty levels?

Im not sure.. I havent played normal yet. Do they use health potion in normal? Kinda hard first time, but then all you do everytime is runaway from the mob, let them chase you around a corner then AoE their face. Spell combo-ing becomes a must and forces you to utilize it given the chance. And forces you to prioritize it (having a spell combo) on builds as well.

The fps will be "fixed" when the official one comes out
that one was just a beta, cuz rarely you see people with single cores playing this game

Very mcuh.. that is why its kind of infuriating why do they prioritize in fixing this (single core solution).

 

[Krony]

All i noticed in harder difficulties was more waves of more mobs with more hp

 

[FordGT90Concept]

I finished the game my first time and clocked in at just over 38 hours on easy. Judging by the achivements, I missed some pretty major things like the "Undying Terror."

My complaints:
-No mention of Morrigan, anywhere. They bring back the Witch of the Wilds but don't make it clear to what end. I suspect Morrigan's child has to grow up before the plot can mostly be about him/her. For that, it is excusable and, surprisingly, I'm not all that disappointed about it.
-I previously mentioned how they screwed up in some areas of voice acting. It is pretty minor though.
-The blantant recycling of the same "sets"--they just lock off doors here and there to try to make you forget it's all the same. Doesn't work.

Overall, it is a good game and a good sequel. I see at least one more play-through in it. Most likely, there are two + a quick run through the intro of the other 3 starting stories.

 

[GSquadron]

I finished the game my first time and clocked in at just over 38 hours on easy. Judging by the achivements, I missed some pretty major things like the "Undying Terror."

My complaints:
-No mention of Morrigan, anywhere. They bring back the Witch of the Wilds but don't make it clear to what end. I suspect Morrigan's child has to grow up before the plot can mostly be about him/her. For that, it is excusable and, surprisingly, I'm not all that disappointed about it.
-I previously mentioned how they screwed up in some areas of voice acting. It is pretty minor though.
-The blantant recycling of the same "sets"--they just lock off doors here and there to try to make you forget it's all the same. Doesn't work.

Overall, it is a good game and a good sequel. I see at least one more play-through in it. Most likely, there are two + a quick run through the intro of the other 3 starting stories.

Morrigan is mentioned up the mountain when you help the which and i have played just 1 hour

 

[Krony]

I think that is her only mention tho, and certainly no appearance.

 

[Bjorn_Of_Iceland]

Nvidia GeForce Forceware 267.46 <click here for link>

This driver package supports GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 200, 300, 400, and 500-series desktop GPUs as well as ION desktop GPUs.

Adds 3D Vision support for Bulletstorm.

* Adds SLI support for Homefront.
* Improves compatibility with Dragon Age II.
* Fixes an issue where the NVIDIA control panel may not be accessible via the Windows desktop.

Other

* Installs HD Audio driver version 1.1.13.1
* Installs PhysX System Software to version 9.10.0514
* Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.

 

[erocker]

Nvidia GeForce Forceware 267.46 <click here for link>

If you haven't installed them yet, don't bother. They do nothing for Dragon Age II over the current beta's currently listed on Nvidia's site.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

I had tons of CTDs when running on Very High. I finally got tired of it when it CTD'd during the High Dragon battle about 3 times (almost killed him one of those times too when it happened). I put it to Low and it hasn't crashed again. To be honest, it really doesn't even look much different either.

 

[Frizz]

There is a bit of a memory leak with the game I think, I played for hours yesterday and for some reason the game dipped to an unplayable FPS namely 5-10 fps... Was solved easily by a reboot though.