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  Looks promising. I still don't like that UI art style, but that is the console version right? : Chipwarrior
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    I think when the showed combat a while back they were using the PC version and it looked mostly the same. : Zollington
    • Agree, it looked faster combat wise, but you could still slow it down with the pause which to me is the b... : valcan_s
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      with the exception of the console quick-action thing which was replaced bly a floating actions dock.
      
      imo the gui looks ugly as fuck but what annoyed me the most was the bad lighting lack of textures and visual enemy popups in the video. the enym was hardly 20 meters away.
      
      according to the url these are ps3 pics but as a ps3 player i would reall want to know if the game is optimized properly. the last one looked worse than the pc version and ran like ass, even the menus had noticeable lag/latency.
      
      there was a comparison video between pc/360 and ps3. if you really had no pc the 360 would hvae been by far the better pick.

      Jan 14, 2011 8:51am PST
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      with the exception of the console quick-action thing which was replaced bly a floating actions dock. ... : Hoax
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        iirc DA:O 360 and PS3 traded blows and one wasn't explicitly better than the other http://www.eurogame... : veras
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          i think fps wise there were no explicit complaints about the 360 version. the ps3 version ran badly at re... : Hoax
          • yeah, in the digital foundry bit they say the PS3 has better visual quality but the 360 has better framer... : veras
      • here you can see the constant chugging of the ps3 and the overall lower visual quality. look how even the... : Hoax
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        Those are obviously 360 pictures, look at the button options. Also I'm pretty sure the visually pretty... : TheVietSpecial
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          the video was from two like weeks ago and they are shipping in like two months. : Hoax
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            http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=25009511#itemanchor_25009511 I don't think I know what video you'r... : TheVietSpecial
            • look up the developer videos, there was one from a few weeks ago which displayed the pc version/combat sy... : Hoax
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      Yeah, the FIsher Price My First UI is pretty bad (I mean the overlays during gameplay, the menus are sort... : veras
      • I'm assuming there will be a mod released for the UI after release. : Zollington
• I have to say I was skeptical about DA2 at first. However, after seeing the combat video, along with thes... : Zollington
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  Zoomed out view is still out right? Guess I might as well play it on 360. : BouillonCubes
  • There is a zoomed out view I believe. I know I saw a video where they were showing off tactical mode. : OverloadUT
• Looks super generic and low-res/low detail. Hopefully it's fun like the first one, though : kill9
• HOT-RODDING THE ART : ETPC1
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  ** DX11 & DX10 100% confirmed for Dragon Age 2 OMG! I just read this and found it out I am going nutz rig : valcan_s
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    The spells in the first were super flat. This could be an improvement. : Chipwarrior
    • Agree. Man if they actually do what they said in that dev thread it will be insane on the PC, shit I have... : valcan_s
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    Awesome. Too bad my setup can barely run DX11 :[ : TheVietSpecial
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      Dude by March the cards are gona hard core drop in price, just in time DX11 is gona be starting to heat u... : valcan_s
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        The 560 has the potential to bring down 460 and 6800 series card prices dramatically, even then, I expect... : one random winner
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          You think the 7000 cards are coming that soon? : veras
          • Rumor has it AMD is trying to jump the gun with a 28nm product before Nvidia gets the chance to do so. : one random winner
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    tessellated terrain <--- boner is GO! : Rehevkor
    • I want some tessellated spell effects. Yummy lighting. : one random winner
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    Don't think for a minute that it's going to be a massive difference. Time and budget and where the sales ... : Fred Garvin
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      Who really knows what will happen in the end, but I believe them(maybe that is my first mistake?) this ti : valcan_s
      • PR speak, grain of salt. : Fred Garvin
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  would LOVE to see more of the PC version in action. that last video was very illuminating! : Downforce
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    From what I just read, DX11 screens will be released in Feb. I can hardly wait to see em. : valcan_s
    • excellent. I'm going from a little disappointed to cautiously optimistic for the PC version!!! : Downforce
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  I would have been happy with them using the same engine & mechanics and spending their efforts on making ... : zipr
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    i think they chose a single character with name and back-story and adjusted the visual design and animati... : Hoax
    • Boo > Alistair, sadly. (Where > means is more interesting than.) : zipr
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    Dragon Age was far from generic fantasy world. It was very original in its setting. : OverloadUT
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      Maybe I haven't played enough (I've been wandering around in the Dwarf underground for weeks now it seems... : zipr
      • don't worry, the most "original" aspects of the game were the origin stories that lasted an hour or two a... : Hoax
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  Pommel Strike! Why use the blade of your sword when you can punch things with the handle? : silent prophet
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    * A R M C H A I R M A R T I A L A R T I S T ' D * : Rice-Rocketeer
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      I teach a class at the community center. : silent prophet
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        R E A L L I F E 0 W N ' D : uebersoldat
        • * L A Z Y N U K E T E X T ' D * : deject
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        Doing knitting? : Rice-Rocketeer
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          At least grandma knows how to use the pointy end of the needle for self-defense. : silent prophet
          • Fair enough! : Rice-Rocketeer
    • More like * N I N J A T U R T L E ' D * : uglysad
• Looks like garbage. : SockMonkeh
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  Haha...oh how Bioware has fallen. : CapnChaos
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    I remember people saying the same stuff about the first Dragon Age. : CyCo_PL
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      *cough* Jade Empire *cough* : silent prophet
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        I was the only person on earth who loved this game. : massdev
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          I actually thought it wasn't bad. Too be honest, I can't think of a single BioWare game I didn't like. So... : silent prophet
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            Well, NWN2 was pretty sucktastic in its execution, but I blame Obsidian for that, not BioWare. : silent prophet
            • Ya, NWN was great, obsidian just completely hosed NWN2 :( : dnagenome
        • I beat it 3x, so you weren't the only one :) : breadsticks
        • I thought it was awesome. : TheVietSpecial
        • I really liked it : Mr. Goodwrench
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        You're using a game that came out six years ago as an example that Bioware has fallen? : CyCo_PL
        • It was more of a joke than a serious comment. :) : silent prophet
  • They're falling into riches though. : zipr
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  The view looks like shit. The overhead view looks super zoomed in and useless. : serenj
  • This is the 360 version. As with DA:O, the PC version should allow you to zoom out more. : Rehevkor
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  I can't view these at work, but do the textures and stuff still look like shit? DA:O graphics were prett... : duffman03
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    These screenshots look pretty bad but they're 360 shots and DA:O on consoles looked like shit compared to... : veras
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      Which makes no sense because Mass Effect looks great on consoles. They be lazy. : kingdepork
      • I think it's because ME is a) all constrained indoor environments, not big outdoor spaces b) UE3 engin... : veras
      • mass effect takes place in tiny streamed pieces links of sausage ... oh wait so does dragon age ... : imperator
  • They don't look much better. : kingdepork
  • It's like they were ported to the doom 3 engine because they are dark as fuck to hide how ugly they are. : ghost in my shell
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  Too bad they're console screenshots - I wonder how it'll look on a PC with the settings turned up. : thetangent
  • It'll be kicked up a notch, of course. : oldRivers
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  wtf did they do to the ui and menus? it looks cheesy now. : biskits
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    yeah, instant turn off for me, oh well, will wait for steam xmas sale 2011. : sreyes22
    • ^^ i'll be doing this. terrain looks flat and void. color me unimpressed. : loke662
  • that's just the console version I think, IIRC the PC version can be played very closely to DAO spell b... : Downforce
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    Xbox 360 screenshots. check the PC combat video that was on the front page a few weeks back. i think t... : dantastic
    • it's the style i dislike, and i will wager $100 that they're not going to restyle the game just for the P... : biskits
• A picture says a thousands words. Ask and you shall receive. : My Documents
• looks like such a different game, really terrible compared to DA1's polish. are these early development ... : indosauros
• Well, let's see th.. UNGH MY FACE. This is horrible. : enyakk
• I don't remember asking for eye-hole rape. : Durandal07
• I find it very hard to get excited about these screens with the Witcher 2 also on the horizon. : at0micgarden
• When it came out, I really loved DA:O. Now in retrospect I think it is a 3/5 game. The best thing about i... : umegastar
• those graphics are anti-boner remedy. they should just sell the game as that to school kids that need to ... : thebigbeefsandwich
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  FOR THE DRAGON HATERS Great article after they had a hands on. Everything you need to know about Drag... : dantastic
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    actually this is the article that he grabbed the images from. i don't know why he never links the articl... : dantastic
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      That is a great article a lot of info, actually I had not even read it yet till I read your post, you do ... : valcan_s
      • i read it last night. : dantastic
  • nice read, thanks. : varsindarkin
• Graphics and interface look worse than dragon age 1... : twifosp
• Good god that UI looks atrocious. It would fit better in Mass Effect. : Beady
• This looks terrible. :( : DM7
• I like the skill trees and equipment menu. Everything else looks nothing better than the first one. : rick
• Haha the character icons look like something out of the 90's. : pigvomit
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  Looks sweet. Can't wait to play it! : Dave-A
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    girl or man hawke? the dude hawke looks bad ass but i always like to play a girl character and do the le... : dantastic
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      I can't decide either! Have they said who is voicing chickhawke yet? : veras
      • If it's anything like ME, the female Hawke will be way better than the male one. : Vincent Grayson
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        my hopes are for lady sheppard but that might be weird : dantastic
        • Jennifer Hale is always great, so I'm with you minus the weirdness. : Rehevkor
    • Definitely dude-hawk. I always play as a guy in games - feels weird otherwise. : Dave-A
• Show us PC version graphics please. That looks like anus :( : nukewinter
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  Man, that UI looks horrific. : The Grolar Bear
  • hopefully they refresh the PC ones soon. otherwise, the "CONSOLE'D" arguments gain a lot of traction. : Downforce
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  LOL Screen 3 The axe is paper thin! I cannot stand the art direction. The life bars and text are atroci... : supermonkeyballz
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    That's a staff in screen 3, I think. : Rice-Rocketeer
    • Yeah it's a mage's staff. : deject
  • Thats a stave, not an edge-on view of an axe. Way to be an asshole! : GoodBoy
• I had no idea Dragon Age 2 would be Fable IV. :) Other than that it looks like shit. : commando_lando
• You begin to realize just how rare "good" UI/HUD design is for games. So many games with terrible UI's an... : Godhatesfatpeople
• Dragon Age 2: Jank : pancake humper
• its like they didn't even try to make a UI...what the heck happened? : grendel
• meh : kn1fe