Dragon Age 2 - Demo Confirmed Feb 22con

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blmbox
Since 6336 Days
Posted by Sath
A damn shame they didnt include any face customization :(
They did? Pause at 7:28 on 'Part 1'.
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Sath
Since 6871 Days
Looked like default female Hawke, I wanted to see custom male creation, ah well, atleast I know it is included once I play it :)
Thx for telling me the time :)

But man the combat glorious, I am so hyped for it!
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IRAIPT0IR
IRAIPT0IR
Since 5712 Days
The gore, oh man the delicious gore!!

Looks superb!!

Obviously Varrick was exaegrating at first, Lady Hawke slayed like 5 DarkSpawn in one swing lols!!

Game looks awesome I cant wait anymore!
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dcdelgado
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Since 6865 Days
Cant wait to check out the vids when i get home :)
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GrimThorne
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Since 6877 Days
Well it looks like the rumors were true when looking at these vids. I did hold out hope but it's very clear that there is no armor customizations for any of our traveling companions. Guess my female companions will be fighting in the Deep Roads wearing dresses. Like Miranda taking on the Collectors in her cat suit and high heel boots. It's just dumb.

LOL! Here we go again Bioware, I can't say I'm surprised though as I had a feeling they were going to gut some RPG elements. If they did it to Mass Effect then there certainly would be nothing stopping them from doing the same thing with Dragon Age. This is also why I'm still waiting for some tough detailed player reviews to find out what else they did to DA2 before considering a launch purchase or a $20 purchase later on.

*sigh* Oh well..........whining and complaining about it isn't going to change anything at this point. As I've said before, Bioware is no longer listening to us.
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IRAIPT0IR
IRAIPT0IR
Since 5712 Days
DA:O is still $30 and $40 in some places.

Good luck finding DA2 at $20.00 maybe in 2 years and we all be playing DA3
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alanwake
Since 5192 Days
Combat is just as complex and that was my main concern, so day one for me.
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blmbox
blmbox
Since 6336 Days
It was always going to happen; beyond the 'flashier combat animations' lies a dumbed down RPG.
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IRAIPT0IR
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Since 5712 Days
I hope is good enough, I want a better game than Origins, if the game is so bad then I will be screwed by a bad game for 2 months lol.
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dcdelgado
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Posted by IRAIPT0IR
I hope is good enough, I want a better game than Origins, if the game is so bad then I will be screwed by a bad game for 2 months lol.
Bioware have yet to make a bad game.
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scoobs0688
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Since 5639 Days
What is with the complete lack of shadows in that PC build? Oversight in the options menu?
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GrimThorne
GrimThorne
Since 6877 Days
Posted by IRAIPT0IR
DA:O is still $30 and $40 in some places.

Good luck finding DA2 at $20.00 maybe in 2 years and we all be playing DA3
I just want to find out what else they did to it first before I make up my mind. My days of leaping without looking on day one purchases are over, too many regretful gaming experiences have unfortunately made me this way. The rising price of games, the special editions, the pre-order gimmicks and day one DLC...........it's becoming all too expensive to not know first what you're buying.

BTW, that vid you linked was very revealing. I mean fuck Hawke the Champion of Kirkwall, all we need is the Aveline the Great! She was the only one standing as she took a serious beating and just shrugged it off. I'm sure they did more animations for her than what we saw because that was the only disappointment in that demo. I'm hoping her husband dies and she becomes a love interest. I know how cruel that sounds but that woman is amazing!
Posted by blmbox
It was always going to happen; beyond the 'flashier combat animations' lies a dumbed down RPG.
Eh, what can we do? Seems to be the trend over there at Bioware. I recently learned that there are no other locations in DA2 besides Kirkwall and the Deep Roads. That's quite a difference from all the locations we had in Origins. That being said, Kirkwall is supposed to be huge, so it might not matter. We'll have to see for ourselves.

I'm really trying to give them the benefit of the doubt, maybe they're bored with the genre and want to do things to liven it up, but they've changed. It used to be that before a game was released Bioware devs would flood into the forums and talk with us about what we would be experiencing. That was their old forums, they don't come into Bioware Social at all. Another reason why I don't participate in wish list threads over there anymore. There's just no point.
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alanwake
Since 5192 Days
awesome!
f what I saw in Dragon Age II was dumbed down then the game's still got a high IQ.

Dragon Age II Definitely Not As Dumbed Down As Mass EffectThe screen I'm going to describe is the game's Tactics menu. It's beneath the game's hood and can be ignored by those sword-swinging, button-mashing new fans BioWare might gain with its streamlined, faster-fighting sequel. The Tactics menu isn't there for those new gamers. It's for the old-school, for the kind of person in this world who knows keyboard shortcuts and has at least once fixed a TV for a relative simply by properly using the machine's menus.

The Dragon Age II Tactics menu is a variation on what was included in the first game, a circuit board of words and numbers that lets the player program basic scripts for its characters.

For example, from the player-configured Tactics menu for one of the members in the Dragon Age II fighting party:

-If the character is clustered with at least three enemies —> character will fire hail of arrows.

-If the character is clustered with at least two enemies —> character will fire bursting arrow.

-If the enemy's health is over 50% —> character will use a pinning shot.

-If the enemy's rank is normal or higher —> character will use a rhyming triplet.

Those are four of the seven configurable, prioritized if/then statements that could be set for one character's powers. Another seven could be set for each of the other four members of the hero's party.

By configuring these settings, the player is automating their allies' actions. They're ensuring that, instead of having to quickly switch from manual control of one to another during a 4-on-4 skirmish of heroes against demons, they can trust that the allies will fight smartly.

Both halves of the Tactics statements can be tweaked. There can be different "ifs" and a whole lot of "thens", the latter tied to powers and items. Characters can be scripted to automatically heal each others if party health reaches a certain level, use certain items if other conditions occur. The characters can also, in a more general sense, be set to behave aggressively, be more cautious… those tendencies being about the deepest you can set in a Mass Effect. Dragon Age's system, which also appeared in a slightly different form in Final Fantasy XII, is deeper and, frankly, unusual for modern role-playing games.

The Dragon Age II tactics can set up combos. One character, for example, might dole out 4x damage to enemies who are made "brittle." Another character might be able to make characters brittle with a certain attack. You can figure this one out: set one character to emphasize the brittle move; set the other to spot that and swoop in.

I didn't use these scripts this week, at a showcase for the game in New York, when I pitted four heroes against one giant rock wraith. The battle I was thrown into by a Dragon Age rep occurs near the end of the game's first act. I was playing on "casual," the game's lowest difficulty. I'd configured no tactics. I wasn't even carefully managing my allies' health. These were stupid moves. The wraith killed all my guys, then killed me.

That was dumb. Dragon Age II is not.
http://uk.kotaku.com/5764293/dragon-age-ii-definit...
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sanex
Since 5192 Days
Anyone downloaded the demo yet?
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Jollipop
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http://dragonage.bioware.com/da2/demo/

Theres no download button :S
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dcdelgado
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Downloading now on the 360.
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IRAIPT0IR
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Cant wait for more impressions, Moonwalker loved it!!
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Jollipop
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PC demo is up now at the above link.
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dcdelgado
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Posted by IRAIPT0IR
Cant wait for more impressions, Moonwalker loved it!!
Loving it so far, character models much better, animations better, combat more fluid and steady framerate. The combat is just as complex if not more so with the added cross party combos (Demo will only give you the Normal difficulty), also the presentation is very cinematic, day one for me! :)
Posted by Jollipop
PC demo is up now at the above link.
Dose it support 360 controller?, if yes then Raptor you can try it on pc.
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IRAIPT0IR
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Posted by dcdelgado
Dose it support 360 controller?, if yes then Raptor you can try it on pc.
I don't think my laptop could run this but I will give it a try.
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sanex
Since 5192 Days
downloading.
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Jollipop
Jollipop
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No PC version doesn't support control pads.
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Sath - Missed the<br>hay
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Posted by Jollipop
No PC version doesn't support control pads.
Too obvious.

Bioware is the "elite!" LOL
But seriously, they have said that when they do PC version, mouse/keyboard only...unfortunetly.

But thats why there is console versions :)

I am downloading the PC version...will definitely download the PS3 version once its uploaded considering thats the one i intend to buy (signature edition!).
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sanex
Since 5192 Days
wow that was awesome, just played the 360 vers and it was great, love the whole new artistic direction and combat, it feels so much more alive, still looks a little dated in some sections, but overall a big improvement over the first, day one purchase for sure.
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