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    Default Dragon Age 2 Demo

    http://dragonage.bioware.com/da2/demo/

    Demo was just released today.

    Man, I just played the demo, only lasted about 50 minutes, but holy shit that was amazing. The camera controls are a little worse than Dragon Age: Origins, but I still loved the game. At first I was planning on just "buying" the game, but now I really think I will plop some money on this. Besides, to "buy" it I gotta go home away from university internet which won't be for another month. Game comes out on the 8th of March. I could probably just wait for the price to go down though... it usually drops to 50/40 somewhere within the first month and spikes back to $60, or at least that's the experience I've seen with plenty of other games like Black Ops and such.

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    i'm just going to "download it illegally" like I did with the last one
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    If it evolves DA from less of a tactical game to more of an action game, like ME2 did from ME, I'm not going to bother until it is lowered in price.

    There are a glut of action games on the market, and if I want an action RPG I'll play Diablo II. However, I would buy DA II anyway, IF I had infinite moneys which I don't.


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    Yeah it feels much less tactical than DA Origins. I played ME2 but never played ME1 so I never got to see the difference. I was kinda in the heat of the battle and hardly bothered to pause unless I really needed to heal. Hope I don't get too caught up in the battle to not pause and strategize to combine some sexy spells. I guess at least it doesn't feel so slow paced like the first game. I was pausing constantly to set things in order, which kinda got tedious. So I guess it's more like the console game play now? I don't know, I've heard DA is slightly different on console, but I've never seen it in action.

    Playing with the rogue was pretty badass though, totally felt like Kratos from God of War. I woulda downloaded it illegally (as I did with the first) but I didn't wanna wait and it was a really great demo to me. Only ended up spending $30 (technically $40) since on Amazon right now it's $50 for pre-order, and then I had a $20 Amazon gift card (that I spent $10 to get) so yah.

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    Fucking goddamn consoles ruining games.

    I'll grant it to you that MAYBE DAO was a little too slow paced at times, but sheesh this is hardly tactical anymore.

    At least mages are no longer the only fully formed class, and rogues and warriors actually have a full set of abilities as well as stamina pools that last through more than one ability. I don't miss the glut of stance that warriors and rogues used, I guess because active abilities were too expensive to chain in DAO?

    But you can't even compare this ARPG game to the tactical RPG that DAO was.


    I might buy this when it gets its price slashed in a few months.

    It seems even more brainless than ME2.
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    DAO was only slow paced if you played a mage. Even then, if your mage wasn't invincible by the time you got Arcane Warrior you were doing something wrong.

    With a properly built rogue you could deal enough DPS to steam-roll through most encounters.
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    Well I just played the demo.

    From what I can tell Mages are still broken, but might be squishier now. Warriors can actually take hits now, whether this makes them viable or not is still to be seen. Rogues have been completely revamped so I don't know what to think.

    I look forward to playing this on a difficulty that's not designed for the average Halo player playing his first RPG.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nermy2k View Post
    Even then, if your mage wasn't invincible by the time you got Arcane Warrior you were doing something wrong.
    I didn't make my mages Arcane Warriors because.

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    Well I just played the demo.

    From what I can tell Mages are still broken, but might be squishier now. Warriors can actually take hits now, whether this makes them viable or not is still to be seen. Rogues have been completely revamped so I don't know what to think.

    I look forward to playing this on a difficulty that's not designed for the average Halo player playing his first RPG.
    Hmm, maybe mages are going to be squishier if they're not sporting mail or plate.

    I just tried rogues and mages, and rogues to me feel like mages that are less ranged, a wee bit more disabling, and a wee bit less AoE. I dunno if making rogues near-mages "fixes" them or not. Maybe there's more class distinction at higher levels.


    In any difficulty mode, it's still going to be an action RPG with a pause button.


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    Dragon Age Snorigins was hardly a tactical exercise as long as you weren't a warrior.

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    Dual-weapon warrior could steam-roll just as well as a rogue could.
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    I guess archery warrior could too, but let's be honest what kind of faggot is going to use a bow, even if it is the weapon tree with the highest damage.
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    sorry nermy but bows and arrows are cool
    Andy says:
    prince of persia is more skill than hack and slash
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    i dont think skill is a genre of game lol
    Andy says:
    of course it is you have seen the crystal maze havnt you?
    he says what next a skill physical mental?


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    i was going to say "maybe if you're european" then i went "oh"
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    lol
    i dunno why but in every game i play, if i have the option to pick bow and arrow, i will do so.
    oh, apart from wow actually lol, strange...

    but bow and arrows are cool.
    Andy says:
    prince of persia is more skill than hack and slash
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    i dont think skill is a genre of game lol
    Andy says:
    of course it is you have seen the crystal maze havnt you?
    he says what next a skill physical mental?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Atmoscheer View Post
    Dragon Age Snorigins was hardly a tactical exercise as long as you weren't a warrior.
    The expansion had some more interesting moments than the original game.

    No it's not Icewind Dale... but it's better than nothing

    DA2 is... nothing.


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    The warrior was actually pretty badass in Dragon Age 2, just seeing all those bodies get sliced the fuck up was amazing. I went through the demo with each of the classes, Rogue was simple as hell, and fun. Same with warrior.

    I didn't like the mage too much though. I played DA Origins with a mage, so I don't think I'll be playing with a mage this time. The mage has less range, and... I'm not sure, but was friendly fire turned off? I remember always having to use my spells carefully in DA Origins so I wouldn't kill a teammate, but doesn't look like it anymore. Also died a few times since he's pretty fragile.

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    yeah you couldn't turn friendly fire on in the demo, I remember that ticked me off.
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    Oh okay. I didn't realize it was an option, well, i'll see if i turn it on or off for the original game :P. I was being cautious for nothing during the demo.

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    DA II got 8 points less on average, 83, than DA:O, 91.

    There's usually a +5 "EA bias," where EA games get an extra 5 points or so because of their juggernaut publisher. Maybe in this case it's more like closer to 10 points, since if I had to make an educated guess I would think t deserves something in the mid 70's/


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    I'm a couple hours into it, it's a good game so far. there are some things from DA I miss, but some things I wish they would have fixed (combat is almost the same)

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    I'm loving it right now too, about 13 hours in, shoulda been more but I chose to sleep instead . And now off to an 8 hour shift at work (feels like a lot for a college student, pardon my complaining). I hate some parts of the story which would require a spoiler tag which I'm too lazy to relearn and I gotta go to work soon so eh. Gameplay is still great, I've found myself having to pause a lot more because battles are becoming harder and harder, I'm rather happy there is no friendly fire because I usually just throw a shitstorm of AoE and have my rogue focus the boss.

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    I like the video game ...

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    as opposed to dragon age 2 the book?
    Andy says:
    prince of persia is more skill than hack and slash
    ShitFace says:
    i dont think skill is a genre of game lol
    Andy says:
    of course it is you have seen the crystal maze havnt you?
    he says what next a skill physical mental?


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    Well there is dragon age the movie coming out

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    Awesome.
    Andy says:
    prince of persia is more skill than hack and slash
    ShitFace says:
    i dont think skill is a genre of game lol
    Andy says:
    of course it is you have seen the crystal maze havnt you?
    he says what next a skill physical mental?


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    I'm just unlocking stuff from the facebook game until I have time to play the full version
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    I just started my Nightmare playthrough and I've run into a couple of glitches, nothing game breaking but very frustrating when my tank is standing there attacking thin air while a giant dragon rapes my team in the face.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nermy2k View Post
    I'm just unlocking stuff from the facebook game until I have time to play the full version
    I was doing that but that game's getting hard now -_- so I've gotten kinda lazy. Unlocked about 3 items so far though

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    well i've finally gotten around to playing the game (i had to replay origins / awakening since i deleted my old saves)

    it's actually kind of tough on nightmare but that might just be the steep learning curve which was the same with origins and mass effect 2

    also your characters don't listen to a word you say, even if you turn AI off they're sometimes rebellious but at least it's programmed more efficiently than origins
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nermy2k View Post
    I'm just unlocking stuff from the facebook game until I have time to play the full version
    I hate how the FB game follows all these "new" trends in Flash games like bothering me to invite friends and micro-purchases...

    Seriously, the game is telling me that the "best value" for a "micro-purchase" is a package that costs $99.90!

    I should never buy another EA game for this alone. At least with DA:O's Flash game, there wasn't any of this crap.



    EDIT: On the other hand, it gave me a free helm in the Flash game for participating in the Darkspore beta
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    Update: the AI is literally as dumb as a pile of bricks

    This affects both enemies and companions so it generally balances out
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