Dragon Age: Origins Footage Features Intense Old-school Discussion

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• Ugly people must die, dude. What planet are you from? Certainly not from our stunning and glorious Plan... : RudyV

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  Cookie Cutter, cliche tripe is what Bioware does best : phate81
  • But unlike Mass Effect this one doesn't look like it's packaged in any type of wrapping with any type of ... : Dr_Cube
• DirectX 8-ish. That's what I was looking for. This looks and feels like a DX 8 game. : Dr_Cube
• Dunno about the rest but the the graphics werent "awful" they were probably the high point. : aznboysix
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  I thought the armor was really well done! Did you notice that people wore different armor types, colors, ... : AxeMan808
  • I have to say the variation in the soldiers in that scene was a nice touch. : aznboysix
• What have they done? I hope they aren't forcing you into the role of the honorable knight in shiny armor,... : Syrek

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• I uh, I actually didn't mind the voice acting at all. Sure, it wasn't A grade, but shitty is pretty da... : Arceihn
• Yeah, not hearing what you describe...I though it was pretty good as far as video games go. Doubly so, in... : speon
• The voiceacting was okay, it was the writing. : aznboysix

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  I'm really wishing people would understand that isometric is dead and it's never going to come back...it'... : Vincent Grayson
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    Isometric isn't necessarily dead, Blizzard is going to make excellent use of that perspective for Diablo ... : Killrig
    • Well, nitpickingly, Diable 3 is going to be a top-down 3D perspective view, not isometric. (But I know w... : Johnny Law
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      True, but that's a purely action-driven game. I can't imagine, in this day and age, being excited abou... : Vincent Grayson
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        I thought Neverwinter Nights 2 was alright, and its expansion MotB was great. That game is still top down... : Dr_Tran
        • Only if you want it to be. I always play it over the shoulder except during combat. : Vincent Grayson
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    Recent Diablo 2 sales say otherwise. I also think that an Immersive story can be told in may ways, not ju... : happynoodle
    • I never played the diablo series for depth of story. : RogerDandy
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    Dragon ages is from an isometric view isn't it? : spdon
    • Only during combat. : Vincent Grayson
  • Planescape Torment and Arcanum want a word with you. : avatar_58
  • Bullshit. I'm currently playing through Fallout 2 and it's better than 90% of the crap I've played over ... : Dalroth
  • So what is the "ideal way to present an immersive story"? Would it be spoken word, is it lyrically, is... : schnitz76
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    Poppycock. Torment has the most immersing story of any game I've played and the perspective in no way hi... : Aadi
    • I'd disagree. I love Torment, but I never felt like it was immersive at all. It makes up for that by havi... : Vincent Grayson

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  Yeah, not very impressive IMO. : Fred Garvin
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    Personally I'm all right with a voiceless protagonist if it means more dialogue options. Mass Effect's sy... : Arceihn
    • I'm betting that's what's going on there. :( Seems to be an either/or thing with games having full voice ... : xsoulbrothax
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      Meh, I'd rather have voice than the old school NWN/BG system. I am not a person that cares that much abou... : Fred Garvin
      • Well, okay, but BioWare are supposed to be making this for the fans of their Baldur's Gate games, which w... : Arceihn
    • Good dialogue choices trump full voice-over every time. Mass Effect's dialogue system felt very slick,... : poindexter1985
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  Mass Effect convo system worked but it was basically just 'Hi I'm evil', 'Hi I'm neutral' 'Hi I'm really ... : spdon
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    This is the third time I've seen this lately. You do realize that was how the game was set up and writte... : pyide
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      that system was set up to make it easier to use with a gamepad and also primarily to work with a more def... : spdon
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        Funny, it works just as fine & easy on the PC with a mouse. I thought it was mostly created to make borin... : pyide
        • Funny, it provides you with slightly inaccurate choices and really didn't make much difference to the gam... : spdon
      • Yeah, that's BS. : Fred Garvin
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      It was a result of both the writing and the conversation system. The way it worked was that you don't ... : poindexter1985
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        Why wouldn't there be a point? Most people can read a few sentences in a few seconds. It's not like typic... : pyide
        • There wouldn't be a point because players wouldn't be able to both listen to what's being said to them an... : poindexter1985

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• That was my impression also. The voice acting is great, but the writing needs something less 8th grade a... : spyrext
• Ha!. Excellent summary. : Dr_Cube
• Meh, an evil horde is as good a way to set the ball rolling in the start of the game as any. : poindexter1985
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  the guy who played irenicus in BG2 will also probably turn out evil, or else sacrifice himself for being ... : Shai-Tan
  • Eh? David Warner? I didn't hear his voice in this video. : poindexter1985
• Yeah this is why they should have just stuck with an established license. Anything they could come up wit... : aznboysix

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• Yeah, I've got to agree. Most of Mass Effect's hype didn't do anything for me at all, and that game turne... : Arceihn

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• Honestly, yeah. I've been waiting for this game for years. I always assumed it would be awesome but Biowa... : Kazomir

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• The facial expression of the guy with the long dark hair was just killing me! LOL! : Syrek

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  After seeing this? Why? : Dr_Cube
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    Well, I didn't see anything all that wrong with this movie... yes, it wasn't amazing, and it could've bee... : Twist of Cain
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      What was awesome about that? Seems like you just set your character to attack mode, maybe queue up a spel... : Dr_Cube
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        If that gameplay video did nothing for you, then perhaps the game just ain't for you. That is fine with m... : Twist of Cain
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          Yeah. Okay. That may be but that wasn't my question. What did YOU like about it because nothing in it jum... : Dr_Cube
          • I don't know, something like actually controlling your party, not that there's any point in responding to... : Shai-Tan
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            obvious troll is obvious : dewdman
            • It was an honest question, dedman. What do you see in this game because I see a whole lot of average? ... : Dr_Cube
  • No amount of video could possibly sway my expectations on this. As soon as I read "spiritual successor... : poindexter1985
• Yeah Im still going to play it. : aznboysix

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• Think it looks really good as well, was disappointed with NWN 2 this looks much better in my opinion. : yoshimi20

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• err NOT too elven (as in, dwarves, elves, trolls, all the same cast you see in every fantasy game). : Athlon7

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• Maybe you can play as different races+sexes, making the amount of VO the main character not practical? : speon
• No PC voice. Since you were playing either a male or female human in ME, it was straightforward to get 2 ... : Derek French

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  Then again those didn't look like normal hounds and did some damage. : nakor_
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    Yeah I know they are "fantasy" hounds, but still its fucking suicide. Damage they might do, but even from... : Toth21
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      What else are you supposed to do after you cry "Havoc!"...? :D : xsoulbrothax
      • ^ I LOL'd at this. : Dr_Tran
      • Haha nice : aznboysix
      • I also LOL'd this : Toth21

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• Yeah, are we ever going to have video games/fantasy movies where everybody isn't coated in super thick pl... : Toth21

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• LOL.... that's hot. ;P : eriqchang
• Awesome, I noticed that when I watched it, and wondered wtf he was thinking. : Toth21

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• It's not as bad as the CGI trailer for a game called "Soul of the Ultimate Nation"; outright plagarism. T... : Dr_Cube

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• I agree. This "promotional material", if that's what it is supposed to be, is hurting the game rather tha... : Dr_Cube

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• Thank God, it had to be said =) : Toth21

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• I actually thought the lip syncing was pretty good. Not the best by a long shot, but it's definitely an i... : Arceihn
• looking at it as far as the engine goes, that's pretty impressive how many guys they had running around +... : xsoulbrothax