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Dragon Age 2 Demo Confirmed!

erocker said:
I had horrible FPS and artifacts with DX11 as well. Rebooted the game, FPS went up and the artifacts were much less.. I get some wierd pixelated shadows of the characters in the upper right of the screen. Besides that it looks great and played great.
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that was the other thing i noticed it had hi res textures and looked gorgeous (just not when looking at the ground)
 
I have 0 interest in a demo, as I have already pre-paid for my copy, but all the same it's good to see they are at least doing one.
 
Probably gonna skip the demo, gonna play the crap out of the Shogun 2 Demo.
 
DirectX 11 appears to be broken

erocker said:
I had horrible FPS and artifacts with DX11 as well. Rebooted the game, FPS went up and the artifacts were much less.. I get some wierd pixelated shadows of the characters in the upper right of the screen. Besides that it looks great and played great.
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At least in the demo with an overclocked GTX 465 it runs like total crap and has the messed up textures. Runs lightning fast in Directx 9 at 1920 * 1200 but looks really dumbed down. I really don't like demos sometimes since they don't give you a positive expression of the finished product. I don't think anisotropic filtering looks to be working at all. I always play with 16x so none has me really not impressed. It just looks really wierd and runs so fast with my I7 rig it doesn't look all that great. I sure hope they didn't screw the pooch on this one. I'm also not impressed with the presentation of the demo. The Dwarf does not sound like a Dwarf to me. I won't be using the demo to make my final buying decision but I am worried here.:banghead:
 
Robert-The-Rambler said:
At least in the demo with an overclocked GTX 465 it runs like total crap and has the messed up textures. Runs lightning fast in Directx 9 at 1920 * 1200 but looks really dumbed down. I really don't like demos sometimes since they don't give you a positive expression of the finished product. I don't think anisotropic filtering looks to be working at all. I always play with 16x so none has me really not impressed. It just looks really wierd and runs so fast with my I7 rig it doesn't look all that great. I sure hope they didn't screw the pooch on this one. I'm also not impressed with the presentation of the demo. The Dwarf does not sound like a Dwarf to me. I won't be using the demo to make my final buying decision but I am worried here.:banghead:
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Ive seen screenies a while back that made me worry they might have killed the game.. ill definetly be waiting for a few post OMGITSHERE reviews to decide whether to buy it
 
wow 22 guest viewing this thread. I guess the PC Gamer scans are catching on.
 
strait from bioware forums:

The PC demo has known performance and stability issues with DirectX 11. These have been fixed in the final game.

We recommend that all users disable DirectX 11 while playing the demo, including those with high-end machines.
 
AltecV1 said:
strait from bioware forums:

The PC demo has known performance and stability issues with DirectX 11. These have been fixed in the final game.

We recommend that all users disable DirectX 11 while playing the demo, including those with high-end machines.
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then whats the point of the demo... we know the story will be good, bioware is great at that.. I wanna see the graphics before I give you my $60
 
99%... ready to go!
 
If only dragon age was about medieval time and not with monsters :(
If only it was like vagrant story :'(
It was the only game were i used magic, which didn't piss me off
Using magic in dragon age is like carrying a heavy crate
 
How about graphics? I see it has DX9 and DX11, but how about DX10? And is overall graphics better than DA:O (any visible difference)?
 
Robert-The-Rambler said:
At least in the demo with an overclocked GTX 465 it runs like total crap and has the messed up textures. Runs lightning fast in Directx 9 at 1920 * 1200 but looks really dumbed down. I really don't like demos sometimes since they don't give you a positive expression of the finished product. I don't think anisotropic filtering looks to be working at all. I always play with 16x so none has me really not impressed. It just looks really wierd and runs so fast with my I7 rig it doesn't look all that great. I sure hope they didn't screw the pooch on this one. I'm also not impressed with the presentation of the demo. The Dwarf does not sound like a Dwarf to me. I won't be using the demo to make my final buying decision but I am worried here.:banghead:
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AF is not working It's disabled so is DX11 due to being a demo.. and a bunch other other things.

Tell ya the truth thats not whats bothering me about it but maybe i missed it though being tired last night but were the fuck are the other races like WTF. But did enjoy playing the demo either but still... So for sure i am waiting for DCLs are out and price cut as seen as it looks like they cut shit i liked.
 
They already F'ed up the races

AsRock said:
AF is not working It's disabled so is DX11 due to being a demo.. and a bunch other other things.

Tell ya the truth thats not whats bothering me about it but maybe i missed it though being tired last night but were the fuck are the other races like WTF. But did enjoy playing the demo either but still... So for sure i am waiting for DCLs are out and price cut as seen as it looks like they cut shit i liked.
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Thats been known for quite some time. They made the game more like Mass Effect. You only get to be Human. I just don't get it. And what little I saw of the skills setup looks a little wierd. I'll try it some more later after work.
 
His voice aint deep enough!!!!

the54thvoid said:
Racist!
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You can't have Justin Timberlake doing the voice over for a Dwarf. Keith David from Mass Effect (The Admiral) would be more appropriate. :eek:

P.S Its not actually Justin Timberlake I am just using him as an example.
 
Like others have said, terrible framerate with dx11. I really like the combat, but the menu system looks to be completely consolized, which sucks to the *nth degree. Reminds me of how the UT3 console was brutally murdered.
 
Robert-The-Rambler said:
Thats been known for quite some time. They made the game more like Mass Effect. You only get to be Human. I just don't get it. And what little I saw of the skills setup looks a little wierd. I'll try it some more later after work.
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Sad really it takes part of what the RPG actually was in the 1st place.. It's like taking the elf and dwarf out of NWN3.

Asshole like really all because they want to release the game earlier Psssh. I bet they have to make 1/2 dozon DLCs but they cannot keep the game true.

And if they do it to NWN3 i'll kill'em all lol. I played the Elf, dwarf and Human but mainly the dwarf as i do in any RPG that gives the option.
 
game looked and ran fine here for me in DX11, completed the demo in one sitting.


who cares if you're only human. RPG doesnt automatically mean you can choose any species you want.



oh and rage to the preorder DLC's, preorder to get access to special shops with the best items in the game? good way to make people "pre-order, or pirate" with no middle ground :rolleyes:
 
I can only run the demo without crashes if I use the very lowest quality settings.

The combat system seems more like watching the AI battle itself.

The graphics seem bland and colorless.

I was eagerly awaiting the release of DA2, now I am waiting to hear back from EA how to cancel my pre-order.
 
Well I've just played it:

Cutscene,
Cutscene,
action, walk,
Cutscene,
cutscene,
cutscene,
some guy gets his back hacked
cutscene,
action,
cutscene
action
cutscene,
cutscene
ogre
cutscene
flemeth
cutscene
cuscene
guy dies
cutscene
cutscene
action
action
cutscene
cutscene
action
ends with a god damned cutscene

RAGE :@
 
WhiteLotus said:
Well I've just played it:

Cutscene,
Cutscene,
action, walk,
Cutscene,
cutscene,
cutscene,
some guy gets his back hacked
cutscene,
action,
cutscene
action
cutscene,
cutscene
ogre
cutscene
flemeth
cutscene
cuscene
guy dies
cutscene
cutscene
action
action
cutscene
cutscene
action
ends with a god damned cutscene

RAGE :@
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Welcome to the world of games 2011.
 
^ Well, not all games and 2011 is going to be a banner year but, yeah, lame...
 
Frick said:
Welcome to the world of games 2011.
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If that's what the actual game is like i'm going to stick with dragon age 1, I mean half the demo you sit there doing FUCK ALL.

Pathetic.
 
I got her downloaded. Ill be playing it tonight. If I remember Ill post up screens
 
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