Critical Miss: Dragon Age 2
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Seconded! I love this game! it's fantastic!JeanLuc761 said:As someone who loves DA:O and DA2, I can confidently say you don't need to feel sorry for meZeetchmen said:
The welsh joke was a tad much... PR blow up did suck for EA though
Hmm. I'll admit, the PR fiascos that I've witnessed so far have been wryly amusing to me, but in terms of negative impact to the actual product? Origins had some massive bugs right out of the gate, including a fairly substantial memory leak that eventually extended load times between zones so much that you could brew and drink an entire pot of coffee before the zone would finish loading, plus the usual slew of random crashes to desktop. Dragon Age 2 on the other hand has crashed all of 3 times in the I've lost track of just how many hours I've been playing that damn game but it's a lot that I've been playing it, and I'm not entirely sure that one of those instances was the fault of the program and not my computer itself. Apart from that, the only in-game glitches that I've encountered were:
From a coding standpoint I would definitely contend that Dragon Age II is a more solid initial product than Origins, that had all sorts of bugs, including real whoppers that rendered entirely playstyles ineffective. Still, the PR miss-steps are pretty darn hilarious.
- 1. A couple of times[footnote]And by that I mean literally twice, once in a conversation with Bethany and once with Fenris. In both cases reloading from an earlier save (the last autosave for me) convinced it to play that missing first bit of the conversation.[/footnote] the first line that an NPC delivers in a conversation didn't "trigger" somehow, and it jumped right to Hawke's response options.
2. One sidequest apparently completed but didn't leave my active quest list (the one with Fetch).
3. I think one conversation with Merrill in her home triggered too early, but I might be misinterpreting it.
From a coding standpoint I would definitely contend that Dragon Age II is a more solid initial product than Origins, that had all sorts of bugs, including real whoppers that rendered entirely playstyles ineffective. Still, the PR miss-steps are pretty darn hilarious.
Dont buy it. Is a good solid C+ game. 7/10. Not a bad buy.HankMan said:Elf flirting with Sheep. Talk about being at one with nature
I still wanna play this game though, just to see what all the fuss is about.
But from Bioware? You'd be encouraging them to be lazy and sloppy again.
Its like the kid that's got all A's suddenly taking up chain smoking, and suddenly drops to a C. You dont want to encourage it.
I... kind of agree. I don't think PC gaming is dying, but it seems publishers/developers seem to be trying their hardest to kill it with all this DRM and other bullshit...The Gentleman said:
Which is odd, considering the game crashes every 2 hours for me no matter what I do. It is a graphical issue, since the error seems to be talking about the display drivers. Which is odd, since 1) my drivers are all up to date, and 2) my card is the exact same card the box recommends I use. Doesn't matter if I'm playing at the lowest settings, or the highest. It crashes.Gildan Bladeborn said:
Although a new patch just got released, hopefully that'll fix things.
For everyone who is blaming EA from what DA 2 is, read this: http://blog.brentknowles.com/2010/08/15/bioware-brent-year-10-fall-2008-summer-2009/
PS: There is a spot on review of DA 2 demo on that blog as well.
Not rushed, it was intended to be the way it is. I love me some Mass Effect, and I love me some Dragon Age: Origins, and I loved them more as different games.
PS: There is a spot on review of DA 2 demo on that blog as well.
-cough- STEAM. -cough cough-The Gentleman said:
Yeah, I don't know if it would avoid the whole forum banning incident (because you have to register an EA account regardless), but I'm relatively certain SecuROM doesn't affect Steam versions of the game.
Also, I'm pretty sure I pre-ordered the game, so why would a review that came out AFTER the game's launch bother me?
PC gaming is going on strong.
Yep known glitch just as the exiled prince 360 achievements not unlocking on the x-box(they are on your bioware profile) plus on act 3 there is a glitch of a sidequest not starting at all (some girl you need to rescue on wounded coast(most people think the immobile npc at the top right corner is the problem.Gildan Bladeborn said:
I spend 40 hours in this game in 5 days, starting my second playthrough now feel the different playstyles (and achievement hunting). Not many games i played made me not wanting to quit.
For the sheep joke i thought that was more a universal farmer joke.
I just hope Bioware gets their shit together for Mass Effect 3... Starting to get worried a bit.
Do I even have to go get the image? I think we all know what it looks like and what it says by now. Just pretend I went and posted it here. And why would I do that concerning this statement? Because not every game is published by EA or Ubisoft, so not every PC game requires you to deal with that shit either.The Gentleman said:
But Instead their releases get pirated and the problem turns full circle. It is a lack of responsibility on a lot of peoples' parts.Popido said:
Oh ho ho. I'll post an anti-PC gaming comment on a forum filled with Pc gamers!The Gentleman said:
Seriously though, from what I've seen at least, PC gaming is thriving. You don't have to deal specifically with DRM shit on an Xbox but, I at least, didn't have to deal with it on my PC either as I just simply used Steam. If you hate accounts then sure, you have every reason to hate it but, for me, I find steam rather useful. Hell, if I hadn't started using steam when I did I would have a load of shelves filled with games by now.
Furthermore, most people I know are buying Gaming pcs nowadays because they are tired of the shit they deal with on their xbox. Ie, Controller is sub-par compared to mouse and keyboard, they are trying to add on gimmicks to allow them to live for longer and bring them closer to Pcs, but only end up having a sub-par PC with 2 or 3 games they can't play on the PC.
On top of that it costs more to have an Xbox nowadays due to their lifespan+Game cost.
In any case, DA2, whilst most likely not achieving the "RPG of the decade accolade" is definitely a fine enough game. That being said, I only had one bug that was fixed by a quick tinker with settings. Wasn't even a game breaking bug.
(How many of you are incapable of taking a joke? There hasn't exactly been any other RPG worth mentioning so far this year and PC gamer decided to make a joke combining that with the quality of the game. It was phrased as a rhetorical question, in any case)
Oh, also, good strip. I hope EA see it.
You make it sound as if the Metacritic "scandal" was an official BioWare initiative and not the singular effort of a DA2 developer praising his own game.
You make it sound as if the vestiges of SecuROM on the game that no-one cried foul about until it was "exposed" by a single website is a game-breaking issue.
You make it sound like sucking at PR is a new concept for EA.
Way to jump on the hysteria bandwagon, guys. I wouldn't call this comic a lie, or a "nega-truth". It's just plain old ignorance.
You make it sound as if the vestiges of SecuROM on the game that no-one cried foul about until it was "exposed" by a single website is a game-breaking issue.
You make it sound like sucking at PR is a new concept for EA.
Way to jump on the hysteria bandwagon, guys. I wouldn't call this comic a lie, or a "nega-truth". It's just plain old ignorance.
Seems to me that the players of this game is divided into a couple of camps:
The players who went into it guarded, but with open minds and willing to suspend their expectations and were willing to engage the game on its own terms. These people all seems generally positive and pleased. (Also, there are fanboys, but who the fuck cares about them?)
Then there are the people who keep thumping their chests in righteous indignation at the game for failing to live up their personal, and very specific, ideas of what a Dragon Age game is supposed to be. As if they would know. Clearly, I don't need to point out intellectually dishonest, and outright arrogant that is. That they are disappointed is obvious, and irrelevant.
And then, of course, there are the people who keep pointing out the marketing blunders, as if it was important.
I haven't played much of the game, myself, but I am struck at how human it is compared to Origins. The art direction is much more distinct, and the facial animations (there actually are any!) open up for some genuine immersion during dialogue and cut scenes. Especially considering that the characters are among the best Bioware has crafted thus far. The frequent re-using of scenery is occasionally annoying, especially when they haven't even bothered to update the maps, but as long as you're in Kirkwall, it's fine.
And no, it's not Dragon Effect, it's Jade Age.
The players who went into it guarded, but with open minds and willing to suspend their expectations and were willing to engage the game on its own terms. These people all seems generally positive and pleased. (Also, there are fanboys, but who the fuck cares about them?)
Then there are the people who keep thumping their chests in righteous indignation at the game for failing to live up their personal, and very specific, ideas of what a Dragon Age game is supposed to be. As if they would know. Clearly, I don't need to point out intellectually dishonest, and outright arrogant that is. That they are disappointed is obvious, and irrelevant.
And then, of course, there are the people who keep pointing out the marketing blunders, as if it was important.
I haven't played much of the game, myself, but I am struck at how human it is compared to Origins. The art direction is much more distinct, and the facial animations (there actually are any!) open up for some genuine immersion during dialogue and cut scenes. Especially considering that the characters are among the best Bioware has crafted thus far. The frequent re-using of scenery is occasionally annoying, especially when they haven't even bothered to update the maps, but as long as you're in Kirkwall, it's fine.
And no, it's not Dragon Effect, it's Jade Age.
I have an odd feeling that Blondie McKnife-ears in the background looking at that sheep is going to become much funnier when I eventually play this game.
