Dragon Age Series

[Max Payne]

Like I told the guys on msn the other day, in Dragon Age you are always someone's nigger.

I say that to take the piss, but it's true.

 

[Russell]

I played and completed DA: Origins once for each origin, about two hours into my second playthru of DA2 and I lost all interest in it. I just don't feel there's anything I'd do differently, or could do differently. There's a shocking lack of choices to be made.

Warning here be spoilers:

Spoiler

Maybe this game I can save my Mother?
No she dies no matter what you do, that was decided before you even clicked on New Game.

Maybe this game I can save Bethany?
No she dies/leaves your party forever no matter what you do, that was decided before you even clicked on New Game.

Maybe through different dialogue/interaction with the Arishok I could prevent him from invading the city?
No that will happen no matter what you do, that was decided before you even clicked on New Game.

Maybe I could stop the Anders from-
No that will happen no matter what you do, that was decided before you even clicked on New Game.

Maybe this play thru I won't be horribly disappointed with this game?
No that will happen no matter what you do, etc etc.....

Alright I over laboured that point but the lack of choice really bugged me. Ok so in Origins you only had 2 maybe 3 choices in any situation, but it was enough to give you control of what happens to the world. Who ended up in charge of fereldan was up to me to decide, there are no choices like that in DA2. <_<

That and the lack of character interaction. In Origins you could stop to talk to your companions at camp, find out more about them, learn their back-story. But alas, moments like "Have you ever licked a lamppost in Winter?" are gone.

For every good decision made whilst making this game Bioware made a bad one. DA2 isn't a bad game & I did enjoy playing it (the combat was better), but I'm just disappointed with it. The ending made me feel like I'd been sold snake oil by a con-man.

Hawke just eats shit this entire game. I wish there was a third option at the end to just let these assholes tear each other apart.

^ This.

 

[Hisako]

I'd like to say on the side that the Fade quest in this game was far less tedious than it was in Origins.


In fact I'd like to go out and say that it's one of the most inoffensive ones I've played so far.

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Soooo glitches I've encountered so far.

Spoiler

- Merrill's house, glitch where you see the cut scene meant after the keeper dies before you even do the quest. (thanks joe for the heads up)

- During the descent from sundermount, for some reason any time my character runs in to fight against the Dalish the attack function glitches and my screen erupts in a lovely noise that doesnt end until my party kills everyone >.<

- Achievements not being ticked off for, Sebastian's loyalty being maxed, Finding out who killed Sebastian's family, Giving Sebastian the family heirloom, Essentially any achievement available for Sebastian not being given AT ALL!

Also, fucking hate Anders

 

[Hisako]

I dodged the issue just by not having Sebastian,

 

[Alex]

I've only been hit by one glitch so far: The game locked up a loading screen sometime last night and I needed to rest the console. Hardly a big deal, considering the glorious frequency of the game's autosaves.

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Well even the achievement for secretly meeting the left hand of the holy mother hasn't kicked in. Met the bitch, taken care of all the tools who were there to surprise her and now know seen everyone from Origins lol.

 

[Max Payne]

I've only been hit by one glitch so far: The game locked up a loading screen sometime last night and I needed to rest the console. Hardly a big deal, considering the glorious frequency of the game's autosaves.

My fucking console froze on the goddamn demo, so this is definitely preferable.

Thank god I'm on pc though, the most I've experienced are a few graphical issues.

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Spoiler

I love the interactions from previous saves tbh, seeing Alistair as king in the Viscounts keep or seeing him as a drunk in the hanged man = win.
Although seeing him pro-mage really freaked me the fuck out.

 

[Hisako]

I haven't finished Merril's Act 2 quest, but having played the Dalish Origin in my first Origins playthrough I can imagine the outcome of this nonsense she's doing

 

[Zee]

Also, fucking hate Anders

co-signed

It's like a footrace between him and Sebastian in who irritates me more.

I'd like to say on the side that the Fade quest in this game was far less tedious than it was in Origins.

Ugh I hated that part so much. Wish I played the first game on PC so I could have the Skip the Fade mod.

 

[Hisako]

I actually liked the premise, but it just went on for sooooooo loooooooooooooong without any proper pacing


It's like, combat combat combat dialogue with Sloth Demon and then BAM HOPE YOU LIKE YOUR DREAM SEQUENCES

At least games like Max Payne knew how to put some variety into them,

 

[Joker]

H4 H4 H4 YOU 4R3 4LL 4LON3 NOW

 

[Hisako]

wat

gtfo wit yo mspa

 

[Joker]

wHAT WHY DO YOU NOT LIKE IT, i THOUGHT YOU WERE COOL sATSU }: (

 

[Hisako]

take it somewhere else

like back to pesterchum


crypticMetaphor

 

[Joker]

ummmmm no

since it's sort of on topic, what with the Fade and all

}8[

 

[Sheva Alomar]

ur a Fade

 

[Hisako]

ugh nearing the end of Act 2 and goddamnit


I was actually kind of expecting what happened to Hawke's Mother but jesus christ


that was just
wrong

i need a cold shower

 

[Max Payne]

Haw. I just noticed that when equiping fem Hawke with certain armors the skin tone her arms won't match her face. They'll be pale for some reason. Lazy modeling? :p

Also if you strip her of her armor and run around her breasts bounce. I noticed this after stripping her and running around to see if any of the people in city would make funny remarks.

I think this may be the first bioware game with breast physics, if memory serves.

 

[Joker]

The end of one of the main Act 1 missions was...surprising.

And somewhat disquieting.

You know the one.

 

[Alex]

The end of one of the main Act 1 missions was...surprising.

And somewhat disquieting.

You know the one.

It gets worse

 

[Joe]

I can't remember which one you mean. =/

 

[Hisako]

Maybe the same one I was talking about

dunno

 

[Joker]

hint: Chantry sister, Qunari, Wounded Coast