All Things Dragon Age!

This is it guys! The RPG of the year is finally getting released this week.

Three reviews live for the PC:

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/pc/dragonageorigins

No reviews yet for the consoles, unfortunately, they will probably start arriving tomorrow.

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox360/dragonageorigins
http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ps3/dragonageorigins

Let's keep all discussion, reviews, etc in one spot so as not to flood the forums.

So whose getting the game?

I bought the steam collectors pack pre-order so I can have the cool armor in ME2. :D

Steam.

Did you create this poll just to expose the dirty console peasants? Who buys a game like Dragon Age on a console? Dane Cook maybe, but certainly no one with good sense.

:p

Steam.

Did you create this poll just to expose the dirty console peasants? Who buys a game like Dragon Age on a console? Dane Cook maybe, but certainly no one with good sense.

:p

Hur hur hur! :p

Seriously, I'm looking for the console experience on this one. Baldur's Gate was not my style of RPG. :o I'm hoping it'll lay similar to Mass Effect. :D

ME was SOOOO much better on the PC. Yeah it had it's hurdles to jump through like any PC game. But mouse and keyboard along with binding powers to 1-8 or whatever = WIN. Unless you were playing ME1 as a soldier I found it mind numbing to have to fumble through powers on the 360 but loved it on the PC.

You PC guys have fun with your hurdles (Borderlands anyone) as I will be enjoying this laying down on my couch, with my 8k home theater system.. Who is the peasant now??

I am with ma$e on this one. For me PC gaming is dead. But are u seriously hoping for a wii port? :D Not sure I will buy the game, hopefully there will be a demo.

You PC guys have fun with your hurdles (Borderlands anyone) as I will be enjoying this laying down on my couch, with my 8k home theater system.. Who is the peasant now??

:lol:

Bioware =\= Gearbox


The games is already out there. It's a console -> PC port. Not the fake kind like Randy Pitchford sold a bunch of people, but a real life old school PC game, and it's casual console friendly port.

great I posted a really nice response and the server ate it. So I'll just say I try to ride the fence between PC gaming and Console gaming and where one fails the other succeeds. Just depends on what your looking for in the particular game.

You PC guys have fun with your hurdles (Borderlands anyone) as I will be enjoying this laying down on my couch, with my 8k home theater system.. Who is the peasant now??

Just 8k? Well, than, I guess you win huh - peasant! :p

Haha, my Gaming rig alone is close to the 4K mark. Add in the TV, the surround system, and you know...:D

:p

I thought maybe he meant 8K resomolution or something. Because if he's bragging about spending 8K on an HT system, that's the price of a good set of speakers...

great I posted a really nice response and the server ate it. So I'll just say I try to ride the fence between PC gaming and Console gaming and where one fails the other succeeds. Just depends on what your looking for in the particular game.

But thats boring! RAH Console gaming! :D

I was half way towards getting a decent PC gaming rig... then I bought a PSP Go :lol: (they're over $300 here) We've moved the furniature around though, and there is now an ideal space to plonk a decent PC setup... PC gaming is looking extremely tempting.

Just 8k? Well, than, I guess you win huh - peasant! :p

Haha, my Gaming rig alone is close to the 4K mark. Add in the TV, the surround system, and you know...:D

:p

I thought maybe he meant 8K resomolution or something. Because if he's bragging about spending 8K on an HT system, that's the price of a good set of speakers...

That is just my speakers ;)

I will be playing this game while relaxing on my couch, while the majority of PC gamers will be hunched over their kb/m..

I'm kind of torn. I want to play this from the comfort of my couch. But I saw some video of it running on 360 and I was not impressed by how much back and forth of menus there was. It's just not seamless on the 360 like it would be if it were on the PC.

This would be the first game I play on the new iMac thru bootcamp too. So that means I'd have to procure a copy of Windows and install it, blah blah blah...

Does anyone have links to videos that show actual combat and the menu system? I watched the trailier, but it certanily didn't look like actual gameplay.

After reading several articles I can't tell if the system is more Final Fantasy, ME, Diablo, Borderlands or what. No idea.

That is just my speakers ;)

I will be playing this game while relaxing on my couch, while the majority of PC gamers will be hunched over their kb/m..

Dunno... I suppose most PC gamers than can afford $8k speakers probably won't be playing on their PC hunched over hugging the screen. But I digress, I play on whatever platform I can get my hands on.

Console peasantry has nothing to do with the price of the system. It's the piece of mind that brings people to spend $1 per GB of storage space in 2009. $50 a year for the right to play P2P games on your own internet connection. $100 for a wireless adapter. $60 on a game.


So when someone says 'console peasant' they're not calling you financially poor, just mentally.:p

So when someone says 'console peasant' they're not calling you financially poor, just mentally.:p

So in like terms a 'PC peasant' would be defined as someone who has the perception of saving $$ over console owners, only to realize they are constantly upgrading video cards or dealing with driver issues. :lol:

So in like terms a 'PC peasant' would be defined as someone who has the perception of saving $$ over console owners, only to realize they are constantly upgrading video cards or dealing with driver issues. :lol:

PC peasants paying less per game, getting free DLC and mods, getting in game extras and goodies like in the upcoming battlefield game, being able to host their own dedicated servers, and (usually) having software that scales to their hardware reasonably?

Doesn't sound like peasantry to me :lol:

I'll say it: Console gaming is like bracket racing where everybody is shuffled into an even playing field... PC gaming is more like run what ya brung, even comes with all the technical difficulties.

(BTW you don't *have* to upgrade your hardware constantly, and the money PC gamers typically save on purchasing games and DLC over two years will pay for a nice little upgrade every once in awhile)

Just my :2cents

PC peasants paying less per game, getting free DLC and mods, getting in game extras and goodies like in the upcoming battlefield game, being able to host their own dedicated servers, and (usually) having software that scales to their hardware reasonably?

Doesn't sound like peasantry to me :lol:

I'll say it: Console gaming is like bracket racing where everybody is shuffled into an even playing field... PC gaming is more like run what ya brung, even comes with all the technical difficulties.

(BTW you don't *have* to upgrade your hardware constantly, and the money PC gamers typically save on purchasing games and DLC over two years will pay for a nice little upgrade every once in awhile)

Just my :2cents

Sadly, I missed out on maybe 10 years of titles because I've been a console dweller my whole life. TF, Half-Life, Unreal, KOTOR. Haven't played any of em. (Except Everquest). The games I have played, I am gimped on a keyboard. Hell, I didn't even know about Steam until today. That's the hole I've lived in. Although thinking about throwing L4D on my PC upstairs to see how much "better" the experience is.

I'm considering building an HTPC in the coming month or two, and it would be sweet to hook it up to the projector and 110" of goodness. Doesn't help that I'm also an achievement whore, and something would always steer me to the 360 version so I could whore up those achievements. :D

I thought this whole PC Vs. Console thing was a dead argument in an age where most of us own a gaming PC, 2 consoles, and a DS or a PSP? Seriously, play with what you like. For THIS game in particular I will say PC is the better choice, you don't have to agree. But name calling doesn't seem necessary.

Sadly, I missed out on maybe 10 years of titles because I've been a console dweller my whole life. TF, Half-Life, Unreal, KOTOR. Haven't played any of em. (Except Everquest). The games I have played, I am gimped on a keyboard. Hell, I didn't even know about Steam until today. That's the hole I've lived in. Although thinking about throwing L4D on my PC upstairs to see how much "better" the experience is.

I'm considering building an HTPC in the coming month or two, and it would be sweet to hook it up to the projector and 110" of goodness. Doesn't help that I'm also an achievement whore, and something would always steer me to the 360 version so I could whore up those achievements. :D
PC's are fun, but all in all they are just another platform to play on gamewise and like all platfroms it has it's own set of good and bad things. As Marcallo says below "play with what you like", it's the best advice ever ;)
I thought this whole PC Vs. Console thing was a dead argument in an age where most of us own a gaming PC, 2 consoles, and a DS or a PSP? Seriously, play with what you like. For THIS game in particular I will say PC is the better choice, you don't have to agree. But name calling doesn't seem necessary.

I think the name calling in here is in jest (at least partially...)

I thought this whole PC Vs. Console thing was a dead argument in an age where most of us own a gaming PC, 2 consoles, and a DS or a PSP? Seriously, play with what you like. For THIS game in particular I will say PC is the better choice, you don't have to agree. But name calling doesn't seem necessary.

Silence peasant!!! (I'm aware you prefer the PC version, hehe)

It's all in good fun. With the console war settling down we needed something else to fight about haha. So it became the platform war. Or something.

I've been a consoler longer than a PC'er, but this gen hands down the PC side won. Don't want to use a KB+M? Most games support 360 controllers out of the box (especially if its a Games for Windows title) and with a free USB driver you can use your Dualshock 3 (with rumble and Sixaxis support - BT is another can of worms) on it too. HDMI is the end all to "ZOMG what wire do I use" syndrome. Add to that probably 98% of all the 360's "exclusives" are on it and the PS3's exclusives only started the shine recently and welps...PC wins hands down :D

This peasant just started his pre-load. 2.7mb/s hopefully the de-encrypt goes quickly tomorrow. I want to be playing this game the SECOND I get home from work. :D

Just found out that my game, being shipped by Amazon, won't arrive until Monday, November 9th!! :crying::crying:

Never again... ever... ever ever ever.

Just found out that my game, being shipped by Amazon, won't arrive until Monday, November 9th!! :crying::crying:

Never again... ever... ever ever ever.

Amazon has dropped the ball recently on day and date delivery, they are the best bet when it comes to online purchases but dont expect day and date for some time..

Just found out that my game, being shipped by Amazon, won't arrive until Monday, November 9th!! :crying::crying:

Never again... ever... ever ever ever.

Now you know how PC Gamers normally feel :lol:

It's odd as the UK Amazon ship things to arrive on or before release. All online retailers tend to do that for pre orders here though. My Girlfriend's Take That Singstar disc (released on Friday) has shipped today, and so should arrive on Thursday assuming it doesn't get caught up in the postal strike action thats going on here.

:confused:

"The differences between versions aren't limited to the interface. Dragon Age doesn't look amazing on the PC, but it's an attractive game nonetheless. Zooming from an isometric view to a third-person perspective is slick, and while environments don't hold up quite as well when viewed up close, they're consistently lovely when viewed from above. On the flip side, the Xbox 360 version looks positively disappointing. Textures are highly compressed and colors are washed out, though the upside is that this version maintains a smoother frame rate than on the PlayStation. The PC version is the superior experience, but if you're choosing between the two console releases, the PlayStation 3 has the upper hand."

:confused:
The PC version is the superior experience, but if you're choosing between the two console releases, the PlayStation 3 has the upper hand."

I would imagine it had something to do with the limitations of the storage medium. The PC requirements stated the game would need 20 GB of HDD space. While the PC can decompress everything back to it's original beauty, the 360 only has a limited amount of resources to work with. The PS3 on the other hand doesn't have to worry as much about the compression, so can keep everything looking purdier without having to compress at all or at least as much.

:confused:

"The differences between versions aren't limited to the interface. Dragon Age doesn't look amazing on the PC, but it's an attractive game nonetheless. Zooming from an isometric view to a third-person perspective is slick, and while environments don't hold up quite as well when viewed up close, they're consistently lovely when viewed from above. On the flip side, the Xbox 360 version looks positively disappointing. Textures are highly compressed and colors are washed out, though the upside is that this version maintains a smoother frame rate than on the PlayStation. The PC version is the superior experience, but if you're choosing between the two console releases, the PlayStation 3 has the upper hand."

Oh that's disappointing. Maybe I should have gotten it for the PS3 or PC after all... :o

I haven't seen it yet so I don't know if it's true or not, but come on BioWare. Get your shit together. You've been programming games for Microsoft's platform for how long? 7 years? You should know how to work the system almost as well as Microsoft themselves... :mad:

20GBs? Holy cow! What kind of textures is this game full of?

I guess I'll have to clear some content on the server if I were to get this one (GF wants it, I'm still not enticed.)

If I ever get my student loan... I'm getting myself a nice PC gaming rig :thumbsup: this looks like a game that needs to be played on a PC. Review on Kotaku says the console versions plod along at about 20fps *BLEH!* when not much is happening and drop when theres something going on.

Does Dragon Age support any kind of CO-OP?

My GF and I are looking into a Hack and Slash CO-OP romp. We rented a second copy of Demon's Soul but the multiplayer in that game is almost hit and miss. Wish it had an invite feature or something.

Does Dragon Age support any kind of CO-OP?

My GF and I are looking into a Hack and Slash CO-OP romp. We rented a second copy of Demon's Soul but the multiplayer in that game is almost hit and miss. Wish it had an invite feature or something.

Just hide your blue phantom somewhere... it's not that hard really. :D

Just hide your blue phantom somewhere... it's not that hard really. :D

And when your partner dies? It isn't like most CO-OP romps where you can rez them, or get yourself killed and start the fight over.

Unless I'm doing something wrong. I thought if you use those items they get consumed.

Does Dragon Age support any kind of CO-OP?

My GF and I are looking into a Hack and Slash CO-OP romp. We rented a second copy of Demon's Soul but the multiplayer in that game is almost hit and miss. Wish it had an invite feature or something.

You are lucky you have a girl into that stuff dood.

L4D2 comes to mind. On a sidenote, anyone have any new news on Diablo III? Seems to sit around for years in development.

You are lucky you have a girl into that stuff dood.

L4D2 comes to mind. On a sidenote, anyone have any new news on Diablo III? Seems to sit around for years in development.

Yeah, it makes it easy to spend quality time together. She's the GM of my WoW guild haha.

We played the shit out of L4D on the PC (on one account, hehe) but we want something other than WoW and an FPS. I think when we dip back into FPS' we'll be picking up Borderlands over L4D2.

Diablo III is too far out to even consider for a CO-OP hack and slash. I've tried to get her into PS:Mobile, but she doesn't like it that much haha. She's shown interested in Dragon Age, but I haven't. If it has CO-OP I'd just snag it. She's played games with me I had high interest in and she didn't (GoW/GoW2) return the favor.

Ok so 2 hours in and its awesome, I got it for the 360 and honestly the dial menu from holding LT is not a big deal.. If graphics, improved frame rate and isometric view are a deal breaker for you, I would say PC version for sure.. But the menus and inventory are not a game breaker and dont even take away from the flow of combat.. Soo console versions will be just fine, but if you have a nice gaming rig and dont want trophies or achievements, PC all the way..

20 GB

Bioware and EA aren't going to pay to license 3 discs from MS on anything less than a guaranteed smash.

Ok so 2 hours in and its awesome, I got it for the 360 and honestly the dial menu from holding LT is not a big deal.. If graphics, improved frame rate and isometric view are a deal breaker for you, I would say PC version for sure.. But the menus and inventory are not a game breaker and dont even take away from the flow of combat.. Soo console versions will be just fine, but if you have a nice gaming rig and dont want trophies or achievements, PC all the way..

EERRRRRGHGHHG AKJBDSKABSK!!!!

Damn you Amazon! I should be playing this RIGHT NOW! :banghead::banghead:

Instead I'm goin to a friend's house to watch Star Trek (the new movie)... not even in Blu-ray! :crying::crying:

This is all Amazon's fault! :(

EERRRRRGHGHHG AKJBDSKABSK!!!!

Damn you Amazon! I should be playing this RIGHT NOW! :banghead::banghead:

Instead I'm goin to a friend's house to watch Star Trek (the new movie)... not even in Blu-ray! :crying::crying:

This is all Amazon's fault! :(

I thought that movie didnt come out till 11/17 :(

I have not seen it and cant wait to get my hands on it..

Ohh Dragon Age is awesome, although it is very linear and 6 hours in has not given me as much combat as I thought I would get, but then again im stuck on the story and not exploring as much as I could be..

Picked this up as my first PC game purchase since Everquest II was first released. :yippee: Coincidently enough, there are alot of similarities in the menu, classes and skill trees. Great game so far. Lots of detail.

I can see this game being a huge time sink! Created an elf mage.

I thought that movie didnt come out till 11/17 :(

I have not seen it and cant wait to get my hands on it..

Ohh Dragon Age is awesome, although it is very linear and 6 hours in has not given me as much combat as I thought I would get, but then again im stuck on the story and not exploring as much as I could be..

It's a studio copy. :cool:

Still though I would have rather played Dragon Age. That was my fourth time seeing it.

So no word if it has any kind of CO-OP?

Checking the reviews today.

So no word if it has any kind of CO-OP?

Checking the reviews today.

Sorry Rail but I dont think this game offers up any co-op what so ever... Its a really good RPG so far though and is a total bargain for how many hours you could put into this game.

I'll give it a B+. So far I've done 2 of the origin stories Human Royal as a Warrior and Human Circle Magi. The Warrior Origin story was better the Magi is more fun to play. I might do one more Origin before I dive into the game.

BTW does anyone know what the Memory ring does from the pre-order, it lacks stats as far as I can see...

6:4

nerds lose ;)

6:4

nerds lose ;)

Its actually 5:5, I thought the Wii port was funny.. Seriously who plays the Wii anymore :thumbsup:

6:4

nerds lose ;)

Your in a forum... talking about video games. Let's not point fingers now. :lol:

yells NERDS!!!!! in exact same voice as jock from revenge of the nerds.

Your in a forum... talking about video games. Let's not point fingers now. :lol:

hence the winking eye ;)

nevertheless playing anything "Dragons", RPG, or RTS puts you higher in the hierarchy of the videogame nerd :p

hence the winking eye ;)

nevertheless playing anything "Dragons", RPG, or RTS puts you higher in the hierarchy of the videogame nerd :p

Sadly... this is true.

20 sided die anyone??

I got a whole sack of dice somewhere. And I still ocassionally buy D&D books for the artwork and stories. Haven't played in years though. I still carry an RPGA card in my wallet as basically a keepsake. You know I used to be an above 1700 Magic Player as well. :D Couldn't get higher because I could never get to any PTQ's or whatever they were called.

Too old for that shit now, but Dragon Age is worth it for the 6 origin stories alone. You get more content there then from some regularly priced 60 dollar games.