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Dragon Age: Origins: [Please post in new thread]

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  • PancakePancake Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    zerg rush wrote: »
    grrarg wrote: »
    Also new toolset page with trailer.

    I'm actually a lot more interested in what the Toolset page features omit than what they include. You can create new architecture, new voice acting/quests, and new scripted encounters. It completely omits new items, abilities, characters, or anything under the hood. The difference between what's been described so far, and what the other games had is pretty significant. It's like the difference between the Starcraft map editor, and the Warcraft 3 editor.

    Here's hoping they're just waiting for another day to announce more of the toolset's capabilities.

    While it doesn't say anything about items, it does say this:
    Be the Director - Create your own stories with the powerful cinematics editor that offers full control of the camera, voice and lip syncing tools, and a full character creator.

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  • AriviaArivia I Like A Challenge Earth-1Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Spectrum wrote: »
    Arivia wrote: »
    Fiaryn wrote: »
    The concept of gender seems a little irrelevant where animated heaps of rock are concerned.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_performativity
    rivs, when we were making fun of you in IRC for having a useless degree, we didn't want you to actually try to use it.

    Cute, spec.

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  • KanamitKanamit Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Fiaryn wrote: »
    Ah yes, the official forum.

    Long will I bemoan the passing of such valuable threads as "Is Shale a romance option????"
    Oh come on, you have to admit that would be awesome. I'm only partially joking; if it was well written and they played it entirely straight (in a nonsexual sense) it would be the best RPG romance ever.

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  • HozHoz Cool Cat Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Kanamit wrote: »
    Fiaryn wrote: »
    Ah yes, the official forum.

    Long will I bemoan the passing of such valuable threads as "Is Shale a romance option????"
    Oh come on, you have to admit that would be awesome. I'm only partially joking; if it was well written and they played it entirely straight (in a nonsexual sense) it would be the best RPG romance ever.
    Your penis is in your right hand right now, isn't it?

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  • zerg rushzerg rush Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Pancake wrote: »
    Be the Director - Create your own stories with the powerful cinematics editor that offers full control of the camera, voice and lip syncing tools, and a full character creator.

    Sorry, I meant more like unique characters/monsters and was using sloppy terminology. I know you can make $lvl10_dwarf_warrior any way you want. I'm curious if you could, say, make a new character class that wielded polearms, complete with polearm specific abilities, along with str/dex/cunning/con affecting base damage differently.

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  • TheStigTheStig Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Hoz wrote: »
    Kanamit wrote: »
    Fiaryn wrote: »
    Ah yes, the official forum.

    Long will I bemoan the passing of such valuable threads as "Is Shale a romance option????"
    Oh come on, you have to admit that would be awesome. I'm only partially joking; if it was well written and they played it entirely straight (in a nonsexual sense) it would be the best RPG romance ever.
    Your penis is in your right hand right now, isn't it?

    We're in the Dragon Age thread, 1 week from release. Isn't everyone's?

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  • HozHoz Cool Cat Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    It's in my left.

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  • PancakePancake Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    You guys should pretend this isn't a BioWare thread and stop that.

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  • SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Pancake wrote: »
    You guys should pretend this isn't a BioWare thread and stop that.

    Yeah, you know what game has lots of sexing it up? The Witcher. :winky:

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  • BlackjackBlackjack Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Pancake wrote: »
    You guys should pretend this isn't a BioWare thread and stop that.
    I know I'm going to regret saying this, but...seriously. Even a page of Tower of Hanoi jokes would be better than this.

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  • QuirkyLittleTyrantQuirkyLittleTyrant A Mug Featuring Pichu On A Cloud Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Some asshole lied to me and said that Inon Zur had the complete version of the main theme and "I Am the One" on his site. I don't see it, but that may be because I am retarded.

    Website is here if you want to give it a shot.

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  • HozHoz Cool Cat Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    It's right there on the main page. It starts playing automatically and you can change the music to "I Am The One".

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  • QuirkyLittleTyrantQuirkyLittleTyrant A Mug Featuring Pichu On A Cloud Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Sometimes I remember to breathe.

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  • takyristakyris Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    So has everybody heard about the Warden's Quest thingie? Anybody here in it?

    One of my buddies if helping to run it, so I'm interested. (Also, I get a bigger bonus if Dragon Age sells well, and I need bonus money to pay for my son's H1N1 treatments. So, you know. I'm like Fantine selling her locket in Les Miz, only I'm posting on a website.)

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  • BasilBasil Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Oooooh. Snazzy music!

    Snazzilicious, even.


    And... Good god. What do your marketing fiends intend to do to those poor people?

    I'm hotly anticipating some thunderdome action. Or perhaps an eagle shaving contest in the alps.

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  • QuirkyLittleTyrantQuirkyLittleTyrant A Mug Featuring Pichu On A Cloud Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I thought it involved watching other people play the game. I do hope I'm wrong.

    No, I'm right. Damn.

    http://dragonage.bioware.com/game/event/

    "Teams have been selected from around the globe made up of Dragon Age: Origins fans from Canada, Poland, the United Kingdom, Spain, the Czech Republic and Hungary, France, the Netherlands, Germany, the United States as well as a team composed of fans chosen directly from the BioWare Community. Team members are being flown to London England, put up in a posh hotel and given access to play Dragon Age: Origins before it is available in stores and have a chance to be the final team of Grey Wardens who will win and share $50,000.

    This is more than just a rush through the game. Dragon Age: Origins is a deep role playing game loaded with complex choice, branching dialog, vast areas of exploration and visceral combat. Teams will be scoring points not just for trying to get to the end of the game, but for number of enemies killed, areas explored, achievements earned and much more."

    It sounds pretty cool, but I don't want to spoil the game for myself...

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  • KetarKetar Come on upstairs we're having a partyRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Got an email today from Amazon informing me that DA:O has been upgraded to Release Date shipping.

    So now I'm getting it for $42 and a little change, with a few silly bonus items, no tax and free shipping, delivered on release date, and with a $10 credit towards my next game purchase from Amazon. So glad I ordered it from them 8-)

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  • BasilBasil Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I see their game.

    The winning team mates have to share that $50,000.

    Blood will be spilt most generously.

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  • langfor6langfor6 Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    takyris wrote: »
    So has everybody heard about the Warden's Quest thingie? Anybody here in it?

    One of my buddies if helping to run it, so I'm interested. (Also, I get a bigger bonus if Dragon Age sells well, and I need bonus money to pay for my son's H1N1 treatments. So, you know. I'm like Fantine selling her locket in Les Miz, only I'm posting on a website.)

    Does your son really have H1N1? That's awful.

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  • JohannenJohannen Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Does your son have an autoimmune disease or some other form of immunodeficiency? Such as is he extremely young and without a fully formed immune system? H1N1 is about as dangerous as normal flu, it's just faster spreading, why is it so bad for him, are there underlying problems it is effecting?

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  • takyristakyris Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    langfor6 wrote: »
    takyris wrote: »
    So has everybody heard about the Warden's Quest thingie? Anybody here in it?

    One of my buddies if helping to run it, so I'm interested. (Also, I get a bigger bonus if Dragon Age sells well, and I need bonus money to pay for my son's H1N1 treatments. So, you know. I'm like Fantine selling her locket in Les Miz, only I'm posting on a website.)

    Does your son really have H1N1? That's awful.

    Sorry. That was me riffing on my own angst. He's got a fever. We've got a few cases of H1N1 at the office and a few more at his kindergarten. So, you know, trying not to panic, getting parental about it... the usual.

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  • DisruptorX2DisruptorX2 Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    takyris wrote: »
    langfor6 wrote: »
    takyris wrote: »
    So has everybody heard about the Warden's Quest thingie? Anybody here in it?

    One of my buddies if helping to run it, so I'm interested. (Also, I get a bigger bonus if Dragon Age sells well, and I need bonus money to pay for my son's H1N1 treatments. So, you know. I'm like Fantine selling her locket in Les Miz, only I'm posting on a website.)

    Does your son really have H1N1? That's awful.

    Sorry. That was me riffing on my own angst. He's got a fever. We've got a few cases of H1N1 at the office and a few more at his kindergarten. So, you know, trying not to panic, getting parental about it... the usual.

    Self flagellation might sway the Lord to have mercy on you and spare you from the dread plague....if you're lucky.

    On another note, this game is coming out too soon. I will be unlikely to hit level 40 in Aion before its released, much less hit the level cap.

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  • BlackjackBlackjack Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    takyris wrote: »
    So has everybody heard about the Warden's Quest thingie? Anybody here in it?

    One of my buddies if helping to run it, so I'm interested. (Also, I get a bigger bonus if Dragon Age sells well, and I need bonus money to pay for my son's H1N1 treatments. So, you know. I'm like Fantine selling her locket in Les Miz, only I'm posting on a website.)
    And I also assume you're not a prostitute dying of tuberculosis, but then, I don't know you all that well.

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  • PancakePancake Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Some asshole lied to me and said that Inon Zur had the complete version of the main theme and "I Am the One" on his site. I don't see it, but that may be because I am retarded.

    Website is here if you want to give it a shot.

    I know you've found it on his website, but if you want a more permanent copy, you can also install the character creator and find the main theme under data\launcher as background.wma.

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  • RamiRami Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Ugh, so if you want to have a beard or stubble on a human male you have to use the terrible long, thin head and gaunt cheeks default face. And there's no way I can make my guy and not have stubble.

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  • PancakePancake Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Rami wrote: »
    Ugh, so if you want to have a beard or stubble on a human male you have to use the terrible long, thin head and gaunt cheeks default face. And there's no way I can make my guy and not have stubble.

    Stubble isn't effected by it as far as I can tell. I made this guy and he doesn't have horrible sunken cheeks.
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  • langfor6langfor6 Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    takyris wrote: »
    langfor6 wrote: »
    takyris wrote: »
    So has everybody heard about the Warden's Quest thingie? Anybody here in it?

    One of my buddies if helping to run it, so I'm interested. (Also, I get a bigger bonus if Dragon Age sells well, and I need bonus money to pay for my son's H1N1 treatments. So, you know. I'm like Fantine selling her locket in Les Miz, only I'm posting on a website.)

    Does your son really have H1N1? That's awful.

    Sorry. That was me riffing on my own angst. He's got a fever. We've got a few cases of H1N1 at the office and a few more at his kindergarten. So, you know, trying not to panic, getting parental about it... the usual.

    My son has had a fever twice in the last two months, both times only lasted one day, but yeah, it can be scary, especially because he's only two so he gets those crazy high fevers that adults don't get unless they are incredibly ill. The boy is doing somersaults in the living room with a 104 degree temperature. Great.

    I'm glad he doesn't require treatments. I felt bad for a minute for canceling my preorder.

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  • DisruptorX2DisruptorX2 Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    So you can only modify faces, not body type?

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  • JWashkeJWashke Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Correct, you can't customize bodytype.
    And you can also change the stubble without it greying out the cheek and jaw options.

    I really just want the awesome sideburns, but since the sideburns are one of the beard options I can't get them without looking emaciated

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  • DisruptorX2DisruptorX2 Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    JWashke wrote: »
    Correct, you can't customize bodytype.
    And you can also change the stubble without it greying out the cheek and jaw options.

    I really just want the awesome sideburns, but since the sideburns are one of the beard options I can't get them without looking emaciated

    Weak. I"ll probably go with Human male since its the only decent one, then. The others look like crap.

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  • abotkinabotkin Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Yeah, I'm really hoping that gets changed in the full game, I usually prefer a beard of some sort and not being able to adjust cheeks/jaw with any beard option is frustrating. Have we heard one way or the other on whether that's working as intended currently or if it will be fixed come release?

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  • PancakePancake Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Who cares? Male characters are pretty lame.

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  • JWashkeJWashke Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Pancake wrote: »
    Who cares? Male characters are pretty lame.
    Weak. I"ll probably go with Human male since its the only decent one, then. The others look like crap.

    Both of you are obviously forgetting male dwarf with dreads. Shame on you.

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  • PancakePancake Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Male dwarves are pretty lame.

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  • DisruptorX2DisruptorX2 Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I was kind of hoping the character creator would be impressive. Its pretty lame. Its leans more towards Oblivion's "minimize how ugly your character is" rather than "make the coolest character you can".

    Not that it really matters that much, I'm still going to play it.

    Also, pancake, all 3 female options are unappealing.

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  • grrarggrrarg Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    They probably disable the cheek/mouth/jaw options to avoid clipping issues. If you picked the fattest cheeks and widest jaw and chin, skin would clip through the beard when the character talks.

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  • PancakePancake Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I was kind of hoping the character creator would be impressive. Its pretty lame. Its leans more towards Oblivion's "minimize how ugly your character is" rather than "make the coolest character you can".

    Not that it really matters that much, I'm still going to play it.

    Also, pancake, all 3 female options are unappealing.

    All three female options are pretty awesome.

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  • DashuiDashui Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I didn't have a hard time making a good looking character with the creator at all. It's pretty easy to make super models. There are some ugly presets, yes, but there are a few which are good that you can easily tweak to be great.

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  • DisruptorX2DisruptorX2 Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Pancake wrote: »
    I was kind of hoping the character creator would be impressive. Its pretty lame. Its leans more towards Oblivion's "minimize how ugly your character is" rather than "make the coolest character you can".

    Not that it really matters that much, I'm still going to play it.

    Also, pancake, all 3 female options are unappealing.

    All three female options are pretty awesome.

    As a connoisseur of fantasy RPG babes, I assure you that they are not. You cannot make either a buff amazon chick or a curvy lady.

    On the plus side, you get some pretty cool facial hair on the men. No Fu Manchu 'stash though. :(

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  • JWashkeJWashke Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I really like this character creator. Its way better than Oblivion's, which was basically move the sliders two clicks away from the center and you have an unholy abomination.

    Also I made a tough looking redhead chick which matches my Shepard from mass effect so I'm happy with the female stuff.

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