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  I liked it, the demo was well put together. I played a female character and wasn't a great fan of her voi... : yobock
  • but her character model is sick >.< : Gapyro
• I feel roughly the same about the demo and I'm glad I pre-ordered the Signature Edition back in December. : Alastayr
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  Negatives: -no isometric view (over the shoulder camera view only) : Rooster Cockburn
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    You seriously are hanging on to that for dear life, huh? Could you explain why it makes such a huge diffe... : eeeealmo
    • Because it made the game for him. Fuck. Is that so difficult to understand? :P : disposition
    • Because it's a significant departure in play-style for those who like to play the combat as a tactical st... : Vantage
    • WHY DO PEOPLE LIKE THINGS THAT I DO NOT LIKE???? : bipolar
    • I don't know how you could ask this if you'd actually played isometric vs over the shoulder : derelict515
  • Instead of posting this in every thread, be constructive and email BioWare explaining your concerns thoug... : Wisp!
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    To clarify: there is a ghetto isometric view you can kind of create by zooming out as far as possible (no... : disposition
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      I'm sure that will be one of the first pc mods : Mondo
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        No mods this time around :\ : disposition
        • what? oh ffs : Nitrium
        • Meh. Another one on the disklike list. : Lukiopimp
  • It's not an over the shoulder camera. Over the shoulder is when the camera is in a fixed position that y... : TheVietSpecial
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  how long is the demo? the youtube video made it seem like 20 minutes : DrFlammable
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    Way longer. : Wisp!
    • ok i thought it was going to be a waste of time if it was that long, ill give it a try i guess : DrFlammable
  • That's about right. : catman1027
  • Yea, about 20 mins. Shorter if you'll keep hitting Esc key to skip cutscenes. No savegames. You can loot ... : alexvj
  • It took me about an hour to beat without skipping any cutscenes, but also flying through the dialog. : TheVietSpecial
  • It's 20 minutes maybe if you don't play BioWare RPGs to actually experience a BioWare RPG. Like if you h... : acheron
• It was great. can't wait for the game's release. also, jeez do a lot of the female companions have enormo... : varsindarkin
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  The combat and movement does feel a lot more fluid, I was very impressed. BioWare managed to make it more... : Wisp!
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    actually i dunnoe... combat for me feel kinda of clunky ( The orge battle make me sad.... it lack of the ... : Gapyro
    • The Ogre was a little weaker, but I think that was inevitable. The Ogre at Ostagar is the first one you e... : Wisp!
  • Agreed. I tried really hard to get into Dragon Age but the combat killed it for me. Looks a lot more fun ... : Ooghijmiqtxxa
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    DX11 actually works, but teh demo will crash more often with it. : alexvj
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      It was totally broken for me. The game ran at 5FPS and textures disappeared. : Wisp!
      • No such issues with Radeon 5850 and latest Catalyst... The demo does crash more often, though, which is a... : alexvj
• Will definitely buy : eeeealmo
• I thought the demo was pretty enjoyable, it swung DA2 from a "Gamefly later" kinda game to a pre-order an... : Atma Weapon
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  BTW has anyone saw a execution move yet? I think i finished the whole demo w/o a single execution scene : Gapyro
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    Yeah, I force ripped apart that Ogre. : Frozen Pixel
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      Yeah the assassin type does his best to slice the ogre in half. : yemeth
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        cutscene? or actual ingame combat like in DA:O : Gapyro
        • At least what I've meant is indeed a cutscene, just wanted to point out that it really depends on the cla... : yemeth
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  I wonder if they will just ignore the fact that I killed Flemeth when I import my DA:O save, and how that... : Frozen Pixel
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    That part of DA2 takes place before you did that, the start of DA2 is contemporaneous w/ the start of DA: : veras
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      She shows up more later on in the game, apparently. : Frozen Pixel
      • well she is a witch >..> I just hope they have a proper story for her appearance later in the game ... : Gapyro
  • Well in the demo you see her basically right after you leave the wilds in DA1 But I am guessing she is fa : Crimsonbeak
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    I thought DA2 was supposed to take place thousands of years later or something. : ghost in my shell
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      The start of the demo coincides with the first game, but they have mentioned that the story spans some de... : yemeth
      • I think they said it spans "10 years" while DA:O only did 1 year. : Johnnsen
    • Are you thinking of Guild Wars 2? : Wisp!
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    SPOILER ALERT: In the final DC called Witch Hunt, it is implied that Flemeth is FAR more powerful than we : greenbergMD
    • Ah, I never played that DLC. So I guess it all makes a lot more sense. :) : Frozen Pixel
• The begging part was ugly as shit. : justwr!ght
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  Is there a big difference with the DX11 graphics? I'm holding off upgrading until later in the year. No... : TheMongbat
  • Teh demo is a poor indicator how DX11 will look like - you can enable it but some features will still be ... : alexvj
  • Was dao dx9,10, or 11? : disposition
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  Should I play this if I haven't beaten DRAGON AGE 1 yet? : brickmatt
  • There are no spoilers if you are around 5-10 hours into Dragon Age 1. Everything before that is spoiled. : Wisp!
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  Good: Combat still feels like DA Not quite as ugly as the last game Rogue and Warrior are more fun to ... : locater16
  • Stupid anime art style ? I didn't see any ^_^ faces floating around.. though Hawke is definitely inspired... : Mondo
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  Did you see the investigate option in the dialogue tree? if you click that it opens up quite a few additi... : doctorbfunk
  • Yea, I've seen those "optional" dialogue choices (similar to ME2, on the left side of the "wheel"), thoug... : alexvj
• Demo was better than expected. Still planning on waiting for the All-inclusive DLC version before buying... : bipolar
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  Yeah, the combat is definitely Dragon Age... but it's over-the-top and ridiculous. The first game had suc... : disposition
  • What the fuck did I just type? I think I stroked out there for a minute. I'm going to sleep. : disposition
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    Cool off. The first sequence where you destroy stuff is to illustrate the point that Verrick is telling a... : Wisp!
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      Wuhh? Really? This just made the game moar intaresting. : disposition
      • :) : Wisp!
      • yeah he is telling her a tall tale. you get the real version next. : grendel
    • Jobos didn't get that far :( : Mondo
  • I actually loled when I saw a across the screen shield bash : Mondo
• I didn't like enemies exploding into gibs so often. Otherwise the combat and slicing felt meaty, which is... : Johnnsen
• The UI stuff is worrisome. I haven't played it yet, but so i'll reserve judgement. : Ellissd
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  Game froze on my after talking about going to kirkwall, don't feel like playing it anymore today. The ga... : jayares
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    also I have a 580 and direct x11 ran at about 2fps. : jayares
    • Bioware is aware of this problem, they said DX11 will work properly in final version of game. : alexvj
• Yeah, gonna skip it initially. Went back to see this "extra" quests and etc. Trying to replay DAO made... : locater16
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  Fucking amazing. Bioware have ME2'd Dragon Age. : Cliffzorz
  • I read this as a very positive comment. so I agree with it! :D : varsindarkin
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    As much as I wanted DA to be an awesome BG2 throwback ultimately ME2 did a lot more right than DA when it... : derelict515
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      As much as I love Half-Life, my opinion is that I would like a voiced protagonist over a silent one. : shirif
      • In HL I don't mind but it's weird listening to these long speeches from NPCs punctuated by silence as you... : derelict515
    • The fact that enemies in DA1 scaled was almost a non-issue. The player's party grew in power much more qu... : Magitek
  • Couldn't agree more. I couldn't get into Dragon Age but this time around it has it's hook in me pretty de... : Ooghijmiqtxxa
  • That sounds like complete garbage. DAO had a fantastic dialog tree (that was more than clicking the quar... : valael
• I really liked ME and all, especially the second one, but one thing that bothered me with the dialog syst... : hunhauu
• hmm, still haven't tried out awakenings yet, better get to it I guess. : sergeon
• Just played through. Pre-ordering now. : Clay
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  was DA:O more "open" than that? or its like mass effect : HisKillSkill
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    DA:O's level design was very linear. : Wisp!
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      oh so it was basically a medieval mass effect : HisKillSkill
      • There was many corridors and walkways, but ultimately one entrance and one exit : ElChuy
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    The beginning of DA:O features essentially the same style of levels more or less, with maybe a few doors ... : yemeth
    • that sucks, i want to walk everywhere and learn the hard way what level was that zone : HisKillSkill
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  ...also, forgot to mention, but Isabella's lower lip piercing (at least I think it is) really bothered me... : alexvj
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    Playing male Hawke I'm hoping to discover that I'm actually adopted, if you catch my drift. : yemeth
    • Necrophilia is hot : bipolar
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    Isabella has a face? : veras
    • hahahaha this : DewFuel
    • Sad but true...lol : TheVietSpecial
    • haha :D nom nom nom : dpgagnon
    • So true... hahahaha, fantastic knockers. : illwill18
    • haha those tits are ridiculous... : Mondo
  • I couldn't stop staring at her freaking chest. Also, what's up with that manly looking woman? I hope ... : DewFuel
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  The default demo camera settings are a nightmare when using abilities (backstab and evade in particular). I guess they locked a lot of general features for a streamlined demo, but damn is it annoying.
  
  Other than that, it was pretty fun and satisfying demo. Combat seems to be more fast paced, which may be disheartening for the pause attack pause folk. I didn't find it too distracting with all the showy movements, though.
  
  Didn't get a good read on the dialogue system as there wasn't too much of that.
  
  I'll wait until the price is less than 60 freaking dollars (even a 10% sale on steam), though. I'm itching to play it, but not itching that badly.

  Feb 22, 2011 7:59pm PST
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  The default demo camera settings are a nightmare when using abilities (backstab and evade in particular).... : DewFuel
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    Direct2Drive's 20% discount still works (using code "hailtothechief") : alexvj
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      Nice! Hope its still active tomorrow. Left my card at work :( : DewFuel
      • It ends today :/ : etherboy
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      thanks for this, just ordered my first game from D2D. hope I can install it into steam or something... : grendel
      • Depends on the game, but most likely you cannot. The best you can do is add it as a non-Steam game, which... : dpgagnon
  • Wait... how was Backstab a nightmare with the camera? It's automatically warps you behind the target... : Moonbase Commander
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  Re: Demo linearity, does not represent final product. From the Bioware forums: "The linearity is a functi... : veras
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    what does very open means? i never played origins, can you just fuck around outside the cities and go whe... : HisKillSkill
    • Yep, pretty much that (although the corridor areas can be a bit more branching and are much bigger than a... : bipolar
    • More open than ME, but not as open as an old school RPG You'll have several story quests and sidequest... : veras
• I really liked it, looks like it will be great storywise. I'm looking forward to playing 40+ whatever ho... : megarust32
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  I can't decide if it will bother me too much if I buy it on D2D instead of Steam :/ : etherboy
  • Well $12 is like a whole discounted Steam game... I hope I won't regret buying it from D2D! : etherboy
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  Did anyone else have a problem with the Demo crashing after the selecting your character appearance scree... : menar003
  • It does tend to crash especially when you see that "Loading..." stuff. Try using it in DX9 mode only and ... : alexvj
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  Their camera work has massively improved over DA:O and ME1. As an example, the final scene with Flemeth w... : LoioshDwaggie
  • Yeah, they got the ME2 guys onto the cinematics, it looks better. Shame the actual art is ass. : SpaecKow
• the combat is insanely fun! They really made it more visceral, from the sound effects to the animation a... : grendel
• I'm definitely getting it. : chungathebunga
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  I played 15 minutes of it and all I could think was, "What the fuck is this shit?" It felt like a cheap ... : Jobos
  • Guess what happens after 15 minutes? They start over where the storyteller wasn't exaggerating Hawke's as : Mondo
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  Negative. I just generally felt bored with it. I'm not interested in pressing hotkeys on one character wh... : frenziedbadger
  • i was switching through characters quite a bit and pausing combat regularly to just check on everyone and... : grendel
• I won't even bother with the demo, it's simply a purchase for me. Bioware has not delivered a game I have... : ramshot
• I liked it overall, but I do have some gripes: -I understand that I shouldn't expect a strictly overhe... : Magitek
• crashed after 15 minutes on a loading screen. lol pc gaming : razorblade79
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  Okay here's mine: DRAGON AGE 2 DEMO REVIEW [paging PC gaming master race] [konsolspieler raus] Master : SpaecKow
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    This is very long. You write long posts. Did you know that? : aaarrrgh
    • Feels good man. : SpaecKow
  • It is as I feared. : master_disaster_17
  • This post in my mind was spoken like the guy on those "Savings de money" commercials. : HL3dsx
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    Wow what a write up. As is quite often, sequels aren't the best choice. Yes I know ME2 actually was done ... : Lukiopimp
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      It is long, I hope you enjoyed it. My aim with these sorts of posts is not to antagonise people who might... : SpaecKow
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        liar, you enjoy ravelling in our collective pain in the same way i'm going to once deus ex 3 comes out. ... : Hoax
        • Into skeins of yarn with which to knit our garments of misery! : PyroRegia
  • COUNTER POINT REVIEW I thought it was fun. : skinlab133
  • Whoa, so much truth in this post that it hurts, Mr. Kow. : Gylis
  • haha i was waiting for your wall of text. i played through the demo a few days ago and i couldn't even mu... : Hoax
• I played about half of it when I had time last night and was really just bored. DA1 was not my favorite g... : Toth21
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  Just played the demo. It's strange they even released a demo. It's hard to do it without the real sense... : kingdepork
  • The first DA made plenty money, there are more than enough 'tactics nerds' for Bioware to not have to mak... : SpaecKow