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Dragon Age 2: Hi-Res in OP; Mark Spoilers, you filthy dog lords

KwoaruKwoaru Registered User regular
edited March 2011 in Social Entropy++
Kwoaru wrote: »
So if you want hi-res textures you need to download the high resolution texture pack thing

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The Dragon Age Thread

God fucking damnit we all love Bioware don't we. That company could sit down and shit on paper and we'd think it was rainbows and goldilock'd lollipops. But Bioware's first great success was found in a series known as BALDUR'S GATE, which involved space hamsters and D&D and wonderful things that we all enjoyed.

Years later, Bioware ventured back to their roots in the form of Dragon Age, a critically acclaimed fantasy RPG that plays an awful lot like Baldur's Gate if you're playing it on PC and plays an awful lot like....something...if you're on a console. Either way, it's a BIOWARE GAME. They did so damn well with it, they made an expansion. Also apparently there's a sequel coming out this year or something.

Dragon Age is Bioware's new generic fantasy IP. There are orc things called Darkspawn that attack the world in the form of a Bee-light and these people called the Grey Wardens have to stop them because that's what Grey Wardens do best: fuck up darkspawns. These articles can't spoil plots but suffice to say there's some decision making in the game because it's a bioware game and you have to recruit all kinds of different factions to your cause and there's an expansion but I didn't play that so it's not canonically correct.

Bioware is making a sequel that comes out soon but you can't play things that aren't released so go play the original you dumb whore

Comes out on March 8th

Demo is out now for all systems

Cool Trailer, no thanks to Bale
DISCUSS THE SLAYING OF DRAGONS AND OTHER MYTHICAL BEASTS HEREIN.

Shamelessy copied form T4CT, it was good enough for a hundred pages and it will be good enough until I can find something worth putting in.
The_Scarab wrote: »
Kwoaru wrote: »
Scarab found the preload announcement, feast your eyes and despair (everywhere but north america and asia/pacific)

http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/141/index/6331358
Hi Dragon Age 2 PC gamers.

Many of you have been asking when you can pre-load Dragon Age 2 onto your machines. Pre-loading happens with digital versions of DA2 and is installing the game so it is ready to play once the unlock time arrives. Pre-loading is not available from all retailers. Check with your retailer to see if they offer pre-loading. You have also been asking when the game will unlock so you can start playing, which applies to digital and retail PC copies. These pertain to PC versions and not to console versions of Dragon Age 2.

Pre-Loading is based on the region you live in. Pre-loading of digital versions begins at the following times:
Asia/Pacific region – 18:00 GMT on March 4th

Canada & United States – 18:00 GMT on March 4th

Russian Federation - 18:00 GMT on March 4th

Western Europe – 10:00 GMT March 7th

Australia & New Zealand – 09:00 GMT on March 8th

Central and South America - 10:00 GMT on March 8th

Eastern Europe – 10:00 GMT March 8th

Great Britain & Ireland – 10:00 GMT on March 8th


Unlocking is based on the official game release date for the region you live in. The PC versions, both digital and retail, will unlock beginning at the following times:
Asia/Pacific region – 0000h on March 8th

Canada & United States – 0000h on March 8th

Russian Federation - 0200h on March 8th

Western Europe – 0000h on March 10th

Australia & New Zealand – 0000h March 9th

Central and South America - 1700h March 10th

Eastern Europe – 0000h March 11th

Great Britain & Ireland – 0000h March 11th

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    The Rise of Hudson (Lady) Hawke

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  • KwoaruKwoaru Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I should probably find some trailers to put in the op or something? Who knows

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  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    March the 11th or 12th in Europe

    It is soooo unfair

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  • PharezonPharezon Struggle is an illusion. Victory is in the Qun.Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Handsome Hawke.

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  • KwoaruKwoaru Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Vanderloo Hawke or bust

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
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  • SolarSolar Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Tits

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  • A Dabble Of TheloniusA Dabble Of Thelonius It has been a doozy of a dayRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    ChockFulla Hawke

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  • Calamity JaneCalamity Jane That Wrong Love Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    the uh, exploding bodies animation is cool and all but it just loses its impact at the 25th exploding dude mark

    man, jade empire

    now there was a bioware game with good exploding bodies

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    the bodies only explode during the "exaggerated" part of the opening

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  • KwoaruKwoaru Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    You can turn off the supergore I'm pretty sure

    I was always far enough away from the fight in DA:O that it never got annoying for me. Also I was spamming living bomb all day

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  • MVikingMViking Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    oh hey I downloaded the demo for this, I should go play that.

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  • BucketmanBucketman Call me SkraggRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I just started awakening last night. Gonna try to get through it before 2 launches

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  • KwoaruKwoaru Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Me too bucketman, hi5

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  • BucketmanBucketman Call me SkraggRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I love 2 handed warrior but damn it I have no tank now

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  • Calamity JaneCalamity Jane That Wrong Love Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Balefuego wrote: »
    the bodies only explode during the "exaggerated" part of the opening

    naw, in the following segments you gotta put a little effort into it but apparently it still happens

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  • Calamity JaneCalamity Jane That Wrong Love Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    does the first play like 2 at all

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  • SnowbeatSnowbeat i need something to kick this thing's ass over the lineRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    so do the graphics still look like warm shit

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  • KwoaruKwoaru Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Bucketman wrote: »
    I love 2 handed warrior but damn it I have no tank now

    I'm still rocking my mage and I made Nathan a ranger so I've always got a bear and a skeleton to throw at enemies

    I need to respec all my guys though, and actually read what their spells do because I'm just cruising along letting my allies use tactics for the most part but I haven't played with their tactics at all really and eventually they'll start dying without management

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  • KwoaruKwoaru Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Anjin-San wrote: »
    does the first play like 2 at all

    combat in the first game is like if you slowed the combat down from 2 and took most of the flashy looking movements from warriors and rogues

    I think the graphics look good, the character animations (especially the mouth movements) seem way better

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  • BucketmanBucketman Call me SkraggRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Hey question, in awakening do you get another specialization point to use on the two new specs?

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  • KwoaruKwoaru Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I have 3 specialization points total but I imported my mage from origins, so yes you will, eventually

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  • BlackDoveBlackDove Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Snowbeat wrote: »
    so do the graphics still look like warm shit

    Standard improvements in shaders and the like.

    The DX11 features will probably be upping the ante a bit.

    Though I reckon you'll still have many ass textures roaming around.

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  • ouzaruouzaru RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    BlackDove wrote: »
    Snowbeat wrote: »
    so do the graphics still look like warm shit

    Standard improvements in shaders and the like.

    The DX11 features will probably be upping the ante a bit.

    Though I reckon you'll still have many ass textures roaming around.

    I hope they hired somebody who knows how to animate hands better.

    One of the unifying features of Bioware games past couple of years has been claw-hands.

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  • KwoaruKwoaru Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I think the exagerated by varric thing can only justify so much

    But I also don't think there is anything wrong with isabella being stacked as hell because she is a slutty pirate

    I also also think that the Amaranthine constable is a big jerk who won't give me credit for killing the smugglers because I accepted the smugglers quests before I killed them

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  • Calamity JaneCalamity Jane That Wrong Love Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    those are the final tits

    this is bioware. the makers of mass effect ass

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    yeah Isabella's rack is like that

    but I ain't see the problem

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  • KwoaruKwoaru Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Specializations in this game seem way cooler than in the first one. I like that they get branches and shit instead of just one single path of abilities that aren't all that exciting or useful

    Shapeshifting, I'm looking at you

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  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Anjin-San wrote: »
    those are the final tits

    this is bioware. the makers of mass effect ass

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  • KwoaruKwoaru Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Now all I see is eyeballs on her ass because of the shadows

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  • BlackDoveBlackDove Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Rolo wrote: »
    Anjin-San wrote: »
    those are the final tits

    this is bioware. the makers of mass effect ass

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  • PharezonPharezon Struggle is an illusion. Victory is in the Qun.Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    For all you Varric lovers.

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    the number one biggest improvement from DA2 over DA1 is hats

    finally casters don't look stupid as fuck in those damn hats

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  • Day of the BearDay of the Bear The Qun demandsRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    But thats the bioware forums. I'm not sure if I wanna even look.

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  • KwoaruKwoaru Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    you do not, Pharezon is trying to spread the disease

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  • Day of the BearDay of the Bear The Qun demandsRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I see he posted links to official forums stuff in both threads at the same time. What a monster.

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  • Macro9Macro9 Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Probably not the place for it.

    Looks like Mike Patton will be coming back to The Darkness 2.

    Here's a preview of the game.

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  • HyperAquaBlastHyperAquaBlast Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Is this the new shit?

    I never finished DA1 cause it was soooo boring and I am trying to remedy that today but fuck is it sooo boring.

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  • Day of the BearDay of the Bear The Qun demandsRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    The demo for 2 is available for everything, DL that instead and give it a whirl. Combat seems to be paced up a fair amount.

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