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  • chiasaur11chiasaur11 Never doubt a raccoon. Do you think it's trademarked?Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    We live in an age of miracles and wonders.

    Wouldn't rule out one more falling onto the pile.

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  • CheesecakeRecipeCheesecakeRecipe "Should not be allowed to post in the Steam Thread" - Isorn Squalor Victoria, Squalor Victoria!Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Honestly to get people to shut up about the combat being oh god the worst thing ever bioware to become popcap games casual market 2011 the best way would be to put something into their hands.

    Not that it will actually stop anyone but hey free gameplay.

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  • EVOLEVOL Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    I hope PC doesn't get left out. What's with devs not releasing PC demos these days?

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  • DramDram Old Salt Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    EVOL wrote: »
    I hope PC doesn't get left out. What's with devs not releasing PC demos these days?

    Consoles are where the money's at?

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  • CaptainNemoCaptainNemo Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    I wonder what the demo will be, just the opening bit with Varric or the evacuation of Lothering .

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  • Gaming-FreakGaming-Freak Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    I wonder what the demo will be, just the opening bit with Varric or the evacuation of Lothering .

    Walk forward. Talk. END.

    I kid, I kid. Chances are it'll just demonstrate the dialogue scheme and battle mechanics. Most likely showing the beginning of the game.

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  • CaptainNemoCaptainNemo Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    I hope we get class selection, but I won't say no to a warrior only demo.

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  • C2BC2B SwitzerlandRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Dragon Age: Awakenings got runner up in Gamebanshees Expansion of the Year GOTY awards. It only lost to Cataclysm.

    http://www.gamebanshee.com/editorials/101332-game-of-the-year-2010/page-2.html

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  • CherrnCherrn Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Awakening was alright, but I don't think it deserves any awards. As a whole, the Dragon Age DLC has been fucking horrendous.

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  • C2BC2B SwitzerlandRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Cherrn wrote: »
    Awakening was alright, but I don't think it deserves any awards. As a whole, the Dragon Age DLC has been fucking horrendous.

    I actually liked Awakenings more than the main game at points. Though it had also its annoying parts. Anyway, I don't think "horrendous" is an accurate description of the Dragon Age DLC. Leliana's Song and Stone Prisoner (which gave us Shale) were pretty alright.

    Also it didn't won the award.

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  • erraticrabbiterraticrabbit Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    C2B wrote: »
    Cherrn wrote: »
    Awakening was alright, but I don't think it deserves any awards. As a whole, the Dragon Age DLC has been fucking horrendous.

    I actually liked Awakenings more than the main game at points. Though it had also its annoying parts. Anyway, I don't think "horrendous" is an accurate description of the Dragon Age DLC. Leliana's Song and Stone Prisoner (which gave us Shale) were pretty alright.

    Also it didn't won the award.

    Dragon age drove me away from DLC completely. I found refusing to even think about preorder bonuses or things I could buy enhanced my experience with MA2 so greatly that DLC/bonusless is the only way I can imagine playing now.

    ... Awakening was just good enough. expensive though.

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  • NerdgasmicNerdgasmic __BANNED USERS regular
    edited February 2011
    did you mean ME2? You really missed out if you didn't get Overlord, Kasumi, or especially Lair of the Shadow Broker

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  • PancakePancake Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    C2B wrote: »
    Cherrn wrote: »
    Awakening was alright, but I don't think it deserves any awards. As a whole, the Dragon Age DLC has been fucking horrendous.

    I actually liked Awakenings more than the main game at points. Though it had also its annoying parts. Anyway, I don't think "horrendous" is an accurate description of the Dragon Age DLC. Leliana's Song and Stone Prisoner (which gave us Shale) were pretty alright.

    Also it didn't won the award.

    Dragon age drove me away from DLC completely. I found refusing to even think about preorder bonuses or things I could buy enhanced my experience with MA2 so greatly that DLC/bonusless is the only way I can imagine playing now.

    ... Awakening was just good enough. expensive though.

    You hate DLC so much that refusing to even think about it makes you enjoy games more?

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  • Fizban140Fizban140 Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited February 2011
    I started playing Awakening again, reminded why of things I like and things I don't like about this genre.

    All the cool armor, they actually added cool looking stuff, and you actually get it without having to search some really boring dungeon for 14 hours.

    Too bad the combat is still incredibly boring, I am playing a rogue and I feel useless. Trying to kill a dragon it pointless, I don't think it will happen with a rogue, Ohgren and Justice. Also why the fuck does everyone have so many similar abilities? This is atrocious, my rogue has about 6 debuffs that all have similar effects. My warriors has about 12 stances and all sorts of damage abilities that I won't let him use. Oghren gets a couple attacks that are useful but for the most part he is flooded with abilities that aren't so great. So many abilities and he still mostly just auto attacks for damage, same with the rogue.

    Auto attacking is not fun, neither is chasing enemies with this clunky movement system.

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  • NerdgasmicNerdgasmic __BANNED USERS regular
    edited February 2011
    why not respec him

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  • Fizban140Fizban140 Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited February 2011
    Respec who?

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  • PancakePancake Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    So I guess the big news was the closed beta for Dragon Age: Legends? The one that was already in closed beta?

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  • BlackjackBlackjack Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Oh man really?

    I bet the official forums are going (even more) insane right now.

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  • ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    that is a little disappointing but more hilarious

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  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    ...Oh...that's kind of lame.

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  • SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    The first one was kinda fun though. For the first hour or so

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  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Well...I mean, yeah, but a demo of DA2 would have been much preferred.

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  • BlackjackBlackjack Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Personally, I'm just a little confused how you can reveal something that most people knew anyway.

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  • C2BC2B SwitzerlandRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    The trailer does not dissappoint in typical awfullness. Less corny rock but instead displaying what Facebook is all about:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx-rbCOcR48&feature=player_embedded

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  • BlackjackBlackjack Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Yeah, that...was horrible?

    I guess?

    I mean, in the real world it was completely fine but you know, 'rargleblargle worst ever' and so on.

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  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    ...Maybe if I actually cared about that game I would be offended to some degree.

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  • C2BC2B SwitzerlandRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Blackjack wrote: »
    Yeah, that...was horrible?

    I guess?

    I mean, in the real world it was completely fine but you know, 'rargleblargle worst ever' and so on.

    Not horrible actually. Just very weird. I actually like these trailers to be honest. Bioware Dragon Age trailers are the only ones I remember. It's still pretty awful though

    "I store my brain in my hair... thats why it's so big"

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  • ShadowenShadowen Snores in the morning LoserdomRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Awakening, I think, is a better story with better characters than Origins, more complex and less cliched, but Origins told its story and developed its characters better. Also, Awakening clearly had less time in the shop, because its bugs are more flagrant and game-breaking.

    I don't mind the ridiculously powerful abilities and equipment, because at the end of the last game you were powerful enough to beat, effectively, a god in personal combat. That you can actually get stronger after that is kind of ridiculous, but if it happens, then what you get should be equally ridiculous--and it is.

    Just for one example, my tank main character, while wearing the Sentinel Armor Set, was tackled by an adult childer with Overwhelm, one of the most broken enemy abilities in the game (and one of two things that make Dog actually useful in the endgame in Origins). The damage taken was as follows: 0,0,1,0,1,1,0,0,0...and so on until the end of the ability. I think if you factor in-combat regeneration, the actual effect was null.

    "Guys...guys, c'mon, this guy's really ugly and really heavy and oh god I think some of its spit went in my mouth ew ew ew..."

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  • ZarathustraEckZarathustraEck Ubermensch now with stripes!Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    *blinks*

    I have no idea what to think after watching that Facebook game trailer.

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  • FiarynFiaryn Omnicidal Madman Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Double checking, is DA2 a Feb or March release?

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  • ZarathustraEckZarathustraEck Ubermensch now with stripes!Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Fiaryn wrote: »
    Double checking, is DA2 a Feb or March release?

    March 8.

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  • MongerMonger I got the ham stink. Dallas, TXRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Blackjack wrote: »
    Yeah, that...was horrible?

    I guess?

    I mean, in the real world it was completely fine but you know, 'rargleblargle worst ever' and so on.
    I was going to tubedubber in some new shit to see if that would be more offensive to you, but tubedubber doesn't seem to want to load anything for me. So instead of getting that joke, you get this post describing that joke. It probably would've been pretty funny. Imagine how funny it would've been.

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  • CheesecakeRecipeCheesecakeRecipe "Should not be allowed to post in the Steam Thread" - Isorn Squalor Victoria, Squalor Victoria!Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    The plot chickens: http://dragonage.bioware.com/da2/gamestopdemo

    That's right, there is a demo, for PC!

    That Gamestop employees get.

    Gamestop.

    PC.


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    Though it's only a temporary exclusivity for them. They get it on the 11th of February, everyone else will see the demo the 23rd. So there's some good news for those looking forward to it!

    That said you guys don't even want to think about the Bioware forums right now.

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  • Fizban140Fizban140 Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited February 2011
    This dragon battle in Awakening if fucking idiotic to play, 3 melees in my party and a healer. Have fun playing your rogue, getting knocked down or eaten for more than you can control your character.

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  • Dox the PIDox the PI Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    What is it with bioware and hyping the smallest things :?

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  • PancakePancake Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    To be fair, they didn't hype this. There was that card that came with Awakening that said "2.1.2011" and then there was that demo leak. People put two and two together and ended up being wrong. That was probably an original planned release date or something that they didn't make.

    But since there was that demo leak, everyone got all excited and posted all over about it. So we all really did this to ourselves.

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  • ShadowenShadowen Snores in the morning LoserdomRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    That said you guys don't even want to think about the Bioware forums right now.

    Why, what oh god i started bleeding out my nose from the HAET

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  • Mild ConfusionMild Confusion Smash All Things Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Trailers and trailer hate always amuse me. People hated the New Shit trailer so much that I loved it because it generated so much discourse. It was a literal hate machine that I could use to turn a normal conversation into a frothing thread of doom.

    ME2 release trailer is still my favorite trailer of all time though. It was actually really well done with a whole epic vibe going on. The Devil May Cry 3 trailer would probably be a close second. Something about using a bike as numchucks appeals to me.

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  • Gaming-FreakGaming-Freak Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Fizban140 wrote: »
    This dragon battle in Awakening if fucking idiotic to play, 3 melees in my party and a healer. Have fun playing your rogue, getting knocked down or eaten for more than you can control your character.

    At that point in the game, High Dragons are pretty sad. I was level 28 and I kicked its ass.

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  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    What...a PC demo...but I thought Bioware wasn't going to release it for PC because then people would know how horrible the game is.

    That being said, bummed I won't get to play it until the 23rd myself. But at least I'll have impressions and MvC3 to play around with.

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