Dragon Age II

[Praetorian]

They say March 11 release date here.....

 

[BumbleBee]

They say March 11 release date here.....

North America - March 8th.
Europe - March 11th.

 

[1Kurgan1]

Yeah, I just played for a bit, only made my character though.

 

[KainXS]

just started playing but anyone know of a way to edit a character after you start. . . . . . . .

 

[Praetorian]

North America - March 8th.
Europe - March 11th.

How about Asia?

 

[Frizz]

Reviews are out! Looks promising.. Although playing mostly in one area sounds a little off?

http://au.pc.ign.com/articles/115/1154261p1.html

 

[erocker]

So has anyone played this game with the "High res pack" on a good system with the latest drivers with any good results?

 

[1Kurgan1]

So has anyone played this game with the "High res pack" on a good system with the latest drivers with any good results?

I played it through the intro, and made my character, frame rates seemed fine, think it might have dipped once.

 

[Wijkert]

Playing with the high res pack and fps are between 45-60 (v-sync on, 1920-1200, high res bloom, high res textures, very high detail and 4xAA). Not using AF since that slurps up a lot of fps.

I have another problem though. The game seems to freeze for about 5 secconds every 15 minutes or so. This problem occurs when it transitions between cutscene and normal gameplay. I believe the demo also had these problems although I never played the demo myself. Does anyone else have the freezes?

 

[ShiBDiB]

Game still slightly laggy for me if I use AA. But I can play on very high with those beta drivers.

Problem is, I'm just not having fun playing.

 

[KainXS]

well I have tried with 8800GS - Max settings without DX11 and 4aa, its smooth as butter @ 1680x1050

then what I am currently using a 5870 with DX11 and high res textures, runs great with 4aa @ 1920x1200

compared to the first without dX11 enabled I would say this one definitely runs better and looks the same if not better.

it runs good, and i like how they increased the speed of battle but it feels a little too easy now.

 

[erocker]

Game still slightly laggy for me if I use AA. But I can play on very high with those beta drivers.

Problem is, I'm just not having fun playing.

Well, it seems from what others are experiencing with the retail product, your pirated copy is what is at fault. I guess it's good you didn't buy it since you're not having fun.

 

[ShiBDiB]

Well, it seems from what others are experiencing with the retail product, your pirated copy is what is at fault. I guess it's good you didn't buy it since you're not having fun.

Ya problly just a bad crack. But o well, games already uninstalled.

 

[douglatins]

Well, it seems from what others are experiencing with the retail product, your pirated copy is what is at fault. I guess it's good you didn't buy it since you're not having fun.

Actually its not the copy fault, check this out http://www.hardwareheaven.com/revie...d-6990-graphics-card-review-dragon-age-2.html

DA2 sucks in nvidia for some reason, a fix is necessary, and the newer beta drivers didn't help either

 

[erocker]

I guess Nvidia has some work to do then. I'll be finding out myself tomorrow when I buy the game.

 

[WhiteLotus]

I am paying extremely close attention to USER reviews about this game, I think it's going to be shite, But my flat mate just said that the game has gotten 90% across the board (which is rubbish because i've just looked and the critic reviews vary... a lot) and that because it's Bioware the game will be good anyway. Sometime I really want to punch him in his fanboi face.

I am looking forward to any and all user reviews from you guys.

 

[ShiBDiB]

Actually its not the copy fault, check this out http://www.hardwareheaven.com/revie...d-6990-graphics-card-review-dragon-age-2.html

DA2 sucks in nvidia for some reason, a fix is necessary, and the newer beta drivers didn't help either

LOL at the site showing its true fanboy colors and passing off the results as the 6990 being superior cards.. When in reality all that shows is a major problem in that game for nvidia cards.

I am looking forward to any and all user reviews from you guys.

And the game is meh, it appears open world choose what you wanna do but in reality your running down narrow paths into predictable enemy groups over and over again. The magic effects look nice but the animations seem a little disjointed at time and the character textures are lacking. My major graphics quip is when the weapons are hovering on the backs of the characters not attached at all.

The game lacks the distinctive starting plot that the first one had, limiting you to a human character in a mage/rogue/warrior spec.

The story itself is well written but at times its seemed a little.. random? You go off on alot of tangents for random NPC's who know you but have very little story behind them. Overall for a bioware game the storyline is lacking.

Loot is uninteresting, with a lack of random "epic" drops and alot of "junk". Which is the actual ingame term for 90% of the stuff you'll pick up, it goes in a junk section of your inventory and serves 0 use outside of a few silver.

To summarize the game is a dumbed down console port, not worthy of being the successor to the first game. It would appear that biowares future as a great RPG maker is in question, and if they continue to make console port RPG's I may not even bother pirating their games.

 

[ComradeSader]

To summarize the game is a dumbed down console port

Well, fuck.
It still hasn't been released in Aus(on PC) and I'm now considering cancelling my pre-order.. Fml, I wish Steam had the option to sell off games after they get released. But I've payed more for less I suppose. *cough* AvP 2010 *cough*

I might just pirate it, seems pointless giving more money to a dev that's just going to start releasing a bunch of useless console ports, dumbed down for your average 24/7-CoD'er retard. For shame Bioware, for shame.

Meh, back to DA:O and it's pure awesomeness.

PS: Any Aussies notice that when DA2 finally got a release timer on Steam, that the price went up $10USD?

 

[sakai4eva]

Well, fuck.
It still hasn't been released in Aus(on PC) and I'm now considering cancelling my pre-order.. Fml, I wish Steam had the option to sell off games after they get released. But I've payed more for less I suppose. *cough* AvP 2010 *cough*

I might just pirate it, seems pointless giving more money to a dev that's just going to start releasing a bunch of useless console ports, dumbed down for your average 24/7-CoD'er retard. For shame Bioware, for shame.

Meh, back to DA:O and it's pure awesomeness.

PS: Any Aussies notice that when DA2 finally got a release timer on Steam, that the price went up $10USD?

I thought only Apple does that, $10 for a new feature you never knew you need...


Anyway, I am planning on playing, just not sure if I'll be willing to part ways with that much money for 20 hours of gaming...

 

[ComradeSader]

I thought only Apple does that, $10 for a new feature you never knew you need...

It wasn't a new feature, the Store page never even had a release date on it and when they finally added one (two days before release), they jacked up the price to suit the "we have better beaches and hotter women" tax that we Australians have to pay on basically everything

 

[n-ster]

It wasn't a new feature, the Store page never even had a release date on it and when they finally added one (two days before release), they jacked up the price to suit the "we have better beaches and hotter women" tax that we Australians have to pay on basically everything

If you want, I'll buy it for you (ofc you gotta send me 59.99$ USD by paypal) if it is any cheaper this way

 

[1Kurgan1]

This is a good game, that has a good amount of play time. If you like the classes, and you don't mind the human part, you should have fun. The game play is decently exciting, and the graphics are honestly pretty darn good, even if it is a console port, even without the HD graphic upgrade, it looks far better than DA:O looked on PS3.

 

[ComradeSader]

If you want, I'll buy it for you (ofc you gotta send me 59.99$ USD by paypal) if it is any cheaper this way

Nah it's fine, I got it last week before the price-up for.. $59.56AUD apparently And I don't have paypal anyway.

This is a good game, that has a good amount of play time. If you like the classes, and you don't mind the human part, you should have fun. The game play is decently exciting, and the graphics are honestly pretty darn good, even if it is a console port, even without the HD graphic upgrade, it looks far better than DA:O looked on PS3.

Finally a positive review lol. Here's hoping I finish my current DA:O run-through within the next 14 hours. I only recently left Lothering so uh..

 

[crazyeyesreaper]

well from what ive heard you cant really equip companions as you originally could the story is non existant aka just disjointed quests, hell even one of biowares employees QUIT after 10 years there due in part of the direction DAII was going. I finally broke down and tried the demo, im sorry this game is crap its easy its repetitive and has nothing to offer, Its only good point is its better then most other RPGs released, which isnt enough to shower it with praise, granted ill have to wait and see how the DLC and expansion plays out, along with user created content. but at this point, id have to say id rather look at the sprites of Baldurs Gate and Baldurs Gate 2 and have a real challange and play a real RPG, This new age shit just sucks, if i wanted MASS EFFECT id fucking play mass effect, sigh. Leave it to a company to know what its customers want more then the actual customer themself. Like i really want a dumbed down made for idiots game, biggest issue with gaming today, trying to please EVERYONE, it never works and just pisses off loyal fans, Why is it RPGs today are either a giant movie or so dumbed down and retarded i might as well just play a regular action game like Devil May Cry and the like.

 

[the54thvoid]

Have you played the Witcher Reaper and if so, how'd it compare..

Same question to everyone...