Anyone else looking forward to Dragon Age? (Spoilers and plot discussion here)

[Cecil]

I loaded it up when I got home and all of a sudden its 8 hours later....gonna be tired at work tomorrow.

[Scipio]

Motherfucker.  This game is damn hard on normal.  A rogue cannot avoid combat skills.  I repeat, CANNOT AVOID THEM.

I know.  Isn't it awesome?

I thought I was all clever maxing out coercion up front.  BAD MOVE.  And the scarcity of potions is RIDICULOUS.  You need a healer, for rills.

[Cecil]

Motherfucker.  This game is damn hard on normal.  A rogue cannot avoid combat skills.  I repeat, CANNOT AVOID THEM.

I know.  Isn't it awesome?

I managed to get a TPK in the tutorial. 

Truly an excellent game so far.

[katmai]

Motherfucker.  This game is damn hard on normal.  A rogue cannot avoid combat skills.  I repeat, CANNOT AVOID THEM.

I know.  Isn't it awesome?

I thought I was all clever maxing out coercion up front.  BAD MOVE.  And the scarcity of potions is RIDICULOUS.  You need a healer, for rills.

get thee to Circle of mages, makes a world of difference if you get the party member you can recruit there...


but yeah i restarted with a city elf warrior as i kept dying so many times with my dalish rogue

[Kleves]

Do you guys think this would play terribly on a console?

I got it for Xbox (simply because I get everything for xbox these days). Downsides that I have seen thus far: No pausing (you can hit "L" to pause the game, but it will unpause after you issue a single command). You only have 6 quick spell slots (at level 6, I already have 8 spells); to cast other spells you will need to go through the "L" menu. There's also no overhead view.

Apparently there are also some graphical differences, and they say that it's easier on consoles (so I'm playing on Hard). I have not found it to be too easy, and I have died a few times, but I think some of the difficulty is from the fact that it is tough to coordinate your party's actions, since you cannot really pause.

Initially I was somewhat disappointed, but the game is defnitely growing on me. It may be more like KOTOR than BG2 on consoles, though.

[Kleves]

And the scarcity of potions is RIDICULOUS.  You need a healer, for rills.

Crafting potions is pretty easy. Pretty common elfroot (or whatever) + cheap flasks = potions.

[Habbaku]

And the scarcity of potions is RIDICULOUS.

I'm practically floating in the things.  Don't you have a crafter in the party?

[Maximus]

The video didn't seem to have a first-person view, is that the case?

[Scipio]

And the scarcity of potions is RIDICULOUS.

I'm practically floating in the things.  Don't you have a crafter in the party?

NO HEALER.

[Habbaku]

NO HEALER.

I have two rogues, a warrior and a mage.  None of them heal with anything other than potions.

[Monoriu]

The video didn't seem to have a first-person view, is that the case?

I don't think there is a first-person view.  You can zoom and change the viewing angle so that you sorta follow the party.  But you still see their shoulders. 

[Barrister]

Local EB Games (the only place to buy games besides 3 year old titles at Walmart) was sold out.  Maybe tomorrow.

[Martinus]

Do you guys think this would play terribly on a console?

I will be getting it for Xbox, preferably tonight, since I don't own a Windows gaming computer, so I will let you know.

[Korea]

Do you guys think this would play terribly on a console?

The assumption is, for reasons I am not sure, that it is not as good on the console.  The actual professional reviews playing it on the console were very positive though despite this rumor.

I do not really use my mouse that much so I think it should be fine controls wise.

BUT I am playing it on the PC.  Read up on the internet a bit first.

Yeah, I will go look up some articles. I'm just wondering how combat controls are on the pc because I use the arrow keys (wow) to move around and I'm on a lap top so it's a bit hard to use the arrow keys and control stuff while you are fighting. A console controller feels so much more natural in my hands but I wasn't sure if this translate well to console (ex: morrowind magic user on xbox)

I really do want to try the game but I don't want to buy it if it's going to be unplayable for me.

[Korea]

Do you guys think this would play terribly on a console?

I got it for Xbox (simply because I get everything for xbox these days). Downsides that I have seen thus far: No pausing (you can hit "L" to pause the game, but it will unpause after you issue a single command). You only have 6 quick spell slots (at level 6, I already have 8 spells); to cast other spells you will need to go through the "L" menu. There's also no overhead view.

Apparently there are also some graphical differences, and they say that it's easier on consoles (so I'm playing on Hard). I have not found it to be too easy, and I have died a few times, but I think some of the difficulty is from the fact that it is tough to coordinate your party's actions, since you cannot really pause.

Initially I was somewhat disappointed, but the game is defnitely growing on me. It may be more like KOTOR than BG2 on consoles, though.

Ah, thanks.