techie81
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Hey I saw that this game is 75% off today on steam. Is it any good?
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The first one with DLC's would certainly be worth the price.
I would steer clear of DA2. Or play DA2 as a standalone game first and then play DAO. DA2 is not a horrible game by itself but it is a horrifically bad sequel, it may as well be set in outer space.
Would concur with this.
DA2 is not as bad as many people say. I thought it had an interesting, if myopic story, and some great dialog and voice acting. Can't be compared to the DA1 with the add-ons, however, which is one of the best RPGs in recent times.
Would concur with this.
DA2 is not as bad as many people say. I thought it had an interesting, if myopic story, and some great dialog and voice acting. Can't be compared to the DA1 with the add-ons, however, which is one of the best RPGs in recent times.
The first one with DLC's would certainly be worth the price.
I would steer clear of DA2. Or play DA2 as a standalone game first and then play DAO. DA2 is not a horrible game by itself but it is a horrifically bad sequel, it may as well be set in outer space.
Ya I don't get the DA2 hate. I liked it. It wasn't the best game EVAR or anything, but it was fun.
I think part of the issue is some people get too in to the idea that you have to be saving the world in every RPG. You character has to be the big hero that saves everyone, or it isn't worth playing, and DA2 wasn't like that. Your story was more personal. Not to say you didn't do some larger things, but you weren't saving the world, the realm, whatever.
I like that from time to time. I enjoyed Mask of the Betrayer for that reason. You weren't being the big hero, you were dealing with a personal problem, righting a wrong done to you.
"What, abominations are actually humans that were corrupted by demons? They are really powerful and everyone is so afraid of them that they keep mages under guard all the time? Screw that, lets have them pop out of the ground 10 at a time for no reason. Also, when any mage uses blood magic once they need to instantly turn into one. Screw the lore, more blood and explosions!"
The only real comparable to DA:O and ME is the decisions having very different consequences, team members leaving/dying, etc.
I need to try DA:O again. I bought it well over a year ago and played it for a day or two but could never get into it. I thought I'd like it since I love Mass Effect so much. Everybodyraves aabout the game so it must be me.
Ya I don't get the DA2 hate. I liked it. It wasn't the best game EVAR or anything, but it was fun.
I think part of the issue is some people get too in to the idea that you have to be saving the world in every RPG. You character has to be the big hero that saves everyone, or it isn't worth playing, and DA2 wasn't like that. Your story was more personal. Not to say you didn't do some larger things, but you weren't saving the world, the realm, whatever.
I like that from time to time. I enjoyed Mask of the Betrayer for that reason. You weren't being the big hero, you were dealing with a personal problem, righting a wrong done to you.
DeathPrincess, did you even play DA:O?
One dimensional characters? Did you even play/talk to the companions? Morrigan, Alistair, etc were about as far from one-dimensional as you could get.
Morrigan comes off as selfish, brash, a bit "evil" but the more you learn about her, the more yout alk to her the more layers you discover about her character and she opens up.
Alistair as well, he's a cut up/funny guy, but there's a lot more behind his jokes and humor once you get to know him.
jesus princess, thats evil, too evil!
Yes I did. For as long as I could stand it.
That bearded shithead was annoying as hell. He was never funny, I just wished he'd STFU after the 40405650th time he blah blah blahed about what he felt about seeing a goat then Morrigan told him he was in idiot, then he'd blah blah blahed about her. The whole time people are just talking and talking but not really saying anything interesting, like wandering around with a bunch of annoying people who talk to much. It gets to the point you don't want to talk to anyone because either a) they blah blah blah for 3 hours, or b) they join you and blah blah blah for 45054 lines of nonsensecrap (apart from the dog). Non of the characters are interesting or original, they are just been done before, for the want of a better word, clichés. They have their "turmoils" they blah blah about or do they?
The story is not deep. You go to a village and everyone one you talks about the same thing "oh the grey wardens" "the grey wardens" "oh I am the apple seller, the grey wardens came here and once I met a grey warden and the grey wardens wear grey you know and they battle demons and the grey wardens come here and they are bad and the grey wardens" x3483568. Word amounts does not mean a deep story. People all talk about the same thing, then the next person gives their opinion of the same thing. It's like when you do language classes and the subject of the day is the grey wardens, like the writers though you were stupid or had a 15 second memory.
Yes I did. For as long as I could stand it.
That bearded shithead was annoying as hell. He was never funny, I just wished he'd STFU after the 40405650th time he blah blah blahed about what he felt about seeing a goat then Morrigan told him he was in idiot, then he'd blah blah blahed about her. The whole time people are just talking and talking but not really saying anything interesting, like wandering around with a bunch of annoying people who talk to much. It gets to the point you don't want to talk to anyone because either a) they blah blah blah for 3 hours, or b) they join you and blah blah blah for 45054 lines of nonsensecrap (apart from the dog). Non of the characters are interesting or original, they are just been done before, for the want of a better word, clichés. They have their "turmoils" they blah blah about or do they?
The story is not deep. You go to a village and everyone one you talks about the same thing "oh the grey wardens" "the grey wardens" "oh I am the apple seller, the grey wardens came here and once I met a grey warden and the grey wardens wear grey you know and they battle demons and the grey wardens come here and they are bad and the grey wardens" x3483568. Word amounts does not mean a deep story. People all talk about the same thing, then the next person gives their opinion of the same thing. It's like when you do language classes and the subject of the day is the grey wardens, like the writers though you were stupid or had a 15 second memory.
I played both. DA2 wasn't bad at all, but DA:O was better.
The only problem I had with DA2 was that the map wasn't as epic. You were stuck in tiny town, with a few outside places to go, and the entire story revolved around you continually revisting these places over and over. There was no sense of a new discovery.
What kept me going was that I actually enjoyed the story of DA:2.