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Off-Topic => All of all! => Topic started by: zuhane on November 11, 2009, 03:28:48 PM
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Is it any good? I'm thinking about getting it, but I'm curious, since it's by Bioware. Apparently, Bioware
are a fantastic game company. I bought Mass Effect a few months ago full of excitement, to my disappointment,
it was absolutely ****ing awful beyond belief. One of the worst games I've ever played in my life. In fact,
I won't class it as a game. I'll call it a chore instead. However, reviews online gave it like 95%+ which is weird.
Apparently they're hit and miss, Bioware games. Jade Empire, Mass Effect and KOTOR look fantastic and get great reviews...
but I'm kind of worried that Dragon Age will be horrificly bad. Do you think I'd like it if I said these are a list of games
that are story-driven and long? (Just to give you an idea of what I like)
Final Fantasy 10
Disgaea
HL2
Warlords Battlecry 3
All Zelda games
Fable
Bioshock
Fallout 3
Thankls to anyone who's played it!
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I'm really wondering about this too. I've been relentlessly assaulted by advertisements on several websites. It would be nice to know if the thing that they're shoving in my face every ten seconds is actually good.
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I'm still waiting for Hobo to clue me in. Dude torrented it a little while ago.
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Bioware games are the only games in the world where you don't go on
the reviews.
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There are others that get overblown by reviews. For example, pretty much any game by Square will get great reviews, even if the recent games have been disappointing in some way or another (no Gilgamesh as a bonus character yet have his theme? >_o). Well, that was more a joke, but not all their games are good, yet they get called good. Kinda makes me think that some game companies pay off their reviewers.
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It's hard to go off of reviews these days. You're better off asking players for their opinions. You can also get a large amount of reviews from trusted sources, and kind of average them. Oh, and don't go off of scores and numbers. Read the reviews if you want the info. A game could be perfect in every way, but have one critical flaw that you simply will not tolerate. If you don't read, you might not know that it's going to become an issue until too late.
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From what I understand, it's like the Baldurs Gate games that BioWare did before temporarily moving to consoles.
Meaning awesome.
[/huge BioWare fan]
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You see, I LOVE Baldur's Gate, anything strategic or anything Roguelike. That's why
I'm seriously considering getting it... but will it just be awful? Arrrgghh!
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I'm hearing that it's pretty damn good, somewhat difficult, and perhaps a little bit cliche, but that's only what I've heard.
Once again, I'm waiting for Hobo to show up.
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Borderlands.
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Borderlands.
Brokeded my computer :[
The five seconds I played of it though was pretty sweet.
Too bad the fixed computer's graphics card doesn't support it.
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Borderlands.
Totally unrelated, but pretty neat game.
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Didn't a guy here on Charas have something to do with Borderlands?
/off-topic
...SO HOW ABOUT THEM DRAGONS
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Borderlands is a great game if you have one or two friends to
Skype it up with/trade items with. Single player is... okayish.
I feel bad 'cos I stole an Atlas X3 corrosive sniper that's lime green
and white and glows when my friend wasn't looking :p
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My friend is all into Dragon age right now. Although it doesn't sound unique or something. Haven't seen it either but he pretty much described it as awesome but kinda boring in the long run. And the end was apparently kinda sad, as in depressing, as in bad.
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Well I have a friend that is very into Dragon Age right now and he says it really awesome. Like a medieval mass effect. I just started playing mass effect and its awesome as well. But from what I hear there are separate storylines for every race/gender. And it plays a bit like wow in the skills and classes. But overall I heard it was a great great game. Can't wat to play it myself.
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Like a medieval mass effect. I just started playing mass effect and its awesome as well.
Nevermind then. I think I'll leave it :p
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*facepalm*
It's nothing like mass effect.
It's not in the third person perspective, and if anything, is more like a traditional CRPG.
God Rahl, wtf are you talking about.
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*facepalm*
It's nothing like mass effect.
It's not in the third person perspective, and if anything, is more like a traditional CRPG.
God Rahl, wtf are you talking about.
Hey Im just repeating what I heard from my buddy.
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Your buddy must not know what he's talking about.
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Your buddy must not know what he's talking about.
He quite obviously doesn't.
Basically, Dragon Age is just like the Bioware/Black Isle RPGs of old. If you like that sort of thing, you will lap this up. If not, I can't really recommend it. I personally love it. And Morrigan has nice tits.
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Your buddy must not know what he's talking about.
He quite obviously is.
Huh?
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He quite obviously is.
Huh?
Oh wait, that made no sense. Fixed.
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Exactly.
Mass Effect wasn't really like their old games, it was more of trying to play in something else while delivering the great storytelling that we've all grown to love.
It played sub par, but god did it kick ***.
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Apparently they're hit and miss, Bioware games. Jade Empire, Mass Effect and KOTOR look fantastic and get great reviews...
but I'm kind of worried that Dragon Age will be horrificly bad. Do you think I'd like it if I said these are a list of games
that are story-driven and long? (Just to give you an idea of what I like)
Final Fantasy 10
Disgaea
HL2
Warlords Battlecry 3
All Zelda games
Fable
Bioshock
Fallout 3
It's a great game but you won't like it. If your so unsure you can always torrent it.
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Well I hated Mass Effect. Worst game I ever bought. Old Stuff like Baldur's Gate and Diablo
are great, though!
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Well I hated Mass Effect. Worst game I ever bought. Old Stuff like Baldur's Gate and Diablo
are great, though!
It's nothing like Diablo, it's everything like Baldur's gate.
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I haven't played Mass Effect, but have watched my brothers play it upon occassion. The controls/weapon systems did seem kind of clunky and simplistic. Beyond that, I haven't had any real exposure to Bioware games, though I might have a Baldur's Gate disc somewhere around my desk.
The pros of Mass Effect do balance out the cons, and if this game is anything like it, that should be something to consider. Obviously, you won't have to deal with the same controls as it's not a sci-fi TPS game. However, if your main problem was the decision-based branching storyline and that is something that has been incorporated into this game, that might also deter you. I would look into these things very thoroughly before deciding on a purchase.
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http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1096-Dragon-Age-Origins (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1096-Dragon-Age-Origins)
Someone else's rather sarcastic view of the game. I wouldn't say use it as a definitive guide but something to laugh at.
CONTAINS GRATUITOUS AMOUNTS OF STRONG LANGUAGE, tho. That's your warning.
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Nice...
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Hey Zuhane, just wondering, what exactly didn't you like about Mass Effect?
The gameplay?
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Hey Zuhane, just wondering, what exactly didn't you like about Mass Effect?
The gameplay?
I really respect the developers and see how people might enjoy it. The trailers looked great
and the opening of the game was really fun. The graphics are superb and the voice acting is spot
on. But after 3-4 hours, it feels like I'm watching some politics show where I have to keep pressing
random keys to get it to carry on. The fights suddenly start to feel boxy and linear and before you knew it,
I regretted the £10 I spent.
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Basically, if you like Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter nights and the like, you should get this. It's quite good.
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I need to install Neverwinter Nights on this, I wonder how good the linux port is.
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My boyfriend's obsessed with this game. From what I've seen of it, I don't think Bioware learned anything from the Mass Effect sex scandal fiasco (as they shouldn't), since in DA:O you can visit a whorehouse and partake of the "services" of men, women, and transvestites alike. You can also bed some of your party members, though I don't think it shows that much in either case.
I wonder how many voice actors they had to pay for this game. Thousands!
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I got dragon age for my birthday and it's absolutely amazing in every since of the word. Fantastic class system that can create thousands of character combination's. Extremely good voice acting and storyline.. This game is also very "WOW" friendly and moves/camera's just like it. It's a perfect 10/10 IMO you can't get better than this game for a solid role playing game.
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I resolve to get this once I get a new video card. My current one (NVIDIA GEForce 6100) ain't thatgreat apparently.
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NVIDIA GEForce 6100
Eww. Toss that one out, it's junk.
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I totally would except for it's an imbedded motherboard.
I'm looking into getting one of the 8 series.
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Fantastic class system that can create thousands of character combination's.
Can't say I agree with this notion. Even with the specialisations, 3 classes just doesnt seem too many. Still a great game, regardless.
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I resolve to get this once I get a new video card. My current one (NVIDIA GEForce 6100) ain't thatgreat apparently.
Dude, you can get an 8800 GT for like £40 brand new. It's not the best graphics card on
earth, but plays (nearly) any PC title ever released on max graphics at a solid 60-100 FPS.
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Can't say I agree with this notion. Even with the specialisations, 3 classes just doesnt seem too many. Still a great game, regardless.
Yeah, now that I'm deeper into it.. Thousands seems like a bit much.. It can create some pretty sweet themes when you get creative though. One way to get creative is just make a character that focuses on a couple things instead of try and have all spells possible.. what's the fun in that? My character I got going now is an ice mage who uses curses to enhance the damage of her spells by greatly lowering resistances. Frost also rocks for the fact it freezes enemies solid most of the time giving my party a major advantage. She in a roleplaying since refuses to use any of the other magics because of the background I gave her.. Basically FROST4LIFE. I find the game more challenging and fun when you play like this. I think my next mage will be poison/undead.
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It's so tempting to buy!!
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It's a great game Zuhane you shouldn't think twice honestly. Probably one of the best birthday gifts i've ever got.
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Dude, you can get an 8800 GT for like £40 brand new. It's not the best graphics card on
earth, but plays (nearly) any PC title ever released with decent graphics at a decent FPS.
Fix'd.
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I've got a dual core processor in this laptop. I don't even know what they are. Piece of crap.
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Fix'd.
Mind, I do have a nice processor. TF2 is a smooth 80-100. Dead Space around 50-60. HL2 around 120 or something
stupid. Crysis at about 3FPS XD. Nevermind, it's an over-rated graphics heap with limited replay value.
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I've got a dual core processor in this laptop. I don't even know what they are. Piece of crap.
I have a Dual-Core and run pretty much everything fine. How many ghz is it?
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I'm guessing it's around the area of 2.2, since that seems to be a common laptop spec.
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I'm guessing it's around the area of 2.2, since that seems to be a common laptop spec.
Hmm. Well mine's 2.4, and it works just fine with most games. Sure, i don't push a constant 60 fps, but I do pretty well. 20-40 fps isn't at all too uncommon for me, with newer games.
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I average a little better. 30-50 for recent games, with some exceptions. Some games run amazingly well. Call of Duty series, for example, are 60-90 average on full settings. Of course, some games are a pain to run. I believe I've mentioned that TF2 and Oblivion run like *** on my rig a few times in the past.
Might be worth mentioning that I have a Pentium 4 3.4 Ghz and an NVIDIA 9800 GT powering my PC. Not as phenomenal as it was a couple years ago, but it's still a force to (occasionally) be reckoned with.
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I'm looking into getting one of the 8 series.
You guys weren't listening to me were you.
Both of those are in the 8 series.
And I'm planning on getting them once I get some cash.
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You guys weren't listening to me were you.
Both of those are in the 8 series.
And I'm planning on getting them once I get some cash.
Wouldn't something newer be more logical? 8 series will be outdated pretty soon, so you'll be forced to update again.
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Wouldn't something newer be more logical? 8 series will be outdated pretty soon, so you'll be forced to update again.
They're cheap.
That's my answer.
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They're cheap.
That's my answer.
Don't listen to the lies!!!! Mine's not exactly the newest model, but it chews up and craps
out any game thrown as it (except games like Crysis and Farcry 2, which are **** anyway :p)
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They're cheap.
That's my answer.
So's the 9 series. And at least they're not as close to obsoletion.
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Don't listen to the lies!!!! Mine's not exactly the newest model, but it chews up and craps
out any game thrown as it (except games like Crysis and Farcry 2, which are **** anyway :p)
You fail to see that new games are coming out, ones that the 9 series barely manages. And Crysis is good, anyway.
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So's the 9 series. And at least they're not as close to obsoletion.
Yeah, my dad's a cheapskate...*grumbles*
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It's not like it's a massive price difference. Here's an example: I have two links to cards on newegg.com (http://newegg.com). One is from the 8 series, the other is from the 9 series. Neither is top-of-the-line, but both are at least decent.
GeForce 8600 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133282&cm_re=geforce_8600-_-14-133-282-_-Product)
GeForce 9600 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500111&cm_re=geforce_9600-_-14-500-111-_-Product)
Now, the difference in price is about $35. The difference in performance, on the other hand, is pretty noticeable. Now, given that this "cheapskate" dad isn't also bad at telling a deal, it's easy to see that it's well worth the extra scratch to grab the superior card. Note that both of these cards are also on the cheapo end of the spectrum. They get better than this, but if you're really concerned about the cost, this is where you should look. Also, avoid most retail locations (like Best Buy and Wal-Mart), because you can find much better prices online at a good site.
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Now, given that this "cheapskate" dad isn't also bad at telling a deal
That right there is a problem.
My dad's fairly computer illiterate...and has a tendency not to believe me (even though that I've frankensteined my current PC fairly well, and actually know what I'm friggen talking about) when it comes to computer things.
I'm pretty sure that, to him, spending $80 on just one present is just a horrid idea.
Why not just buy him a new game 8D
As much as I love my dad, god he's bad at spending money.
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You fail to see that new games are coming out, ones that the 9 series barely manages. And Crysis is good, anyway.
With that mentality, you might as well wait until the last ever computer ever made comes out :p
It's not the best, but maxes most of my games. It's more powerful than a PS3 or 360, too :D
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With that mentality, you might as well wait until the last ever computer ever made comes out :p
It's not the best, but maxes most of my games. It's more powerful than a PS3 or 360, too :D
Try to play Shattered Horizon on it. I doubt you'll succeed. And that's just the start, your card will be obsolete in the very near future. So will mine, probably, and mine's a 9500. Just saying, if you can go better, do so, it'll last you much longer.
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Best RPG since...I can`t even remember.
Been a while since I wanted to cry at a RPG`s ending. I miss the characters so much.
Buy it, it`s worth your cash. But play it on the PC, better experience.
EDIT: On the hardware discussion, I played it just fine in a Sempron LE-!500, GF 9500 and 2GB Ram. That`s as good as a 8-bit nintendo.