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

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grumbler

#540
November 10, 2009, 01:25:44 PM
BTW, are the long loading times just a feature of my system, or is it endemic.  I see a few mentions of it here and there, but nothing consistent.  If it is endemic like it was in The Witcher, then we can hope that it will be fixed, as The Witcher was.
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Syt

#541
November 10, 2009, 01:32:05 PM
Quote from: grumbler on November 10, 2009, 01:25:44 PM
BTW, are the long loading times just a feature of my system, or is it endemic.  I see a few mentions of it here and there, but nothing consistent.  If it is endemic like it was in The Witcher, then we can hope that it will be fixed, as The Witcher was.

I have long loading times, but I wouldn't call my system high end. I'd say they might be a Bioware feature ... though they disguised them better in Mass Effect (long elevator rides, animated hyperspace sequences etc.).

I was confused in Redcliffe, because the usual loading screen you have normally when moving from one space to another never showed when moving from inside to outside.
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katmai

#542
November 10, 2009, 01:34:01 PM
Sorry Grumbles, but most of the reviews biggest complaints are the long load times, not sure if there is a way for them to fix it, so might be stuck with it.
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DisturbedPervert

#543
November 10, 2009, 01:38:23 PM
I suppose load times for me are long, but I'm used to much longer so it doesn't bother me in the slightest.

Solmyr

#544
November 10, 2009, 01:38:42 PM
Quote from: grumbler on November 10, 2009, 12:51:33 PM
"Modern" RPGs seem to have moved away from the "timing" approach, and that is good.  The only bad thing about it is that they pretend that they haven't.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TakeYourTime

Solmyr

#545
November 10, 2009, 01:39:45 PM
You can fix the loading times by quitting the game and restarting it. Looks like there's a memory leak somewhere, but when I restart the game the load times are fast again for a while.

Valmy

#546
November 10, 2009, 01:42:16 PM
Quote from: katmai on November 10, 2009, 01:34:01 PM
Sorry Grumbles, but most of the reviews biggest complaints are the long load times, not sure if there is a way for them to fix it, so might be stuck with it.

Yeah sometimes they can get really long.  I have a book by my computer just for those occasions.
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DisturbedPervert

#547
November 10, 2009, 01:47:26 PM
You guys should try playing Dragon Quest 8 on the PS2.  Every battle, and they are random as you walk around the map, there is a 7 second load screen to enter the battle. Even longer loading in some places. Dragon Age loading screens are nothing.   :lol:

Valmy

#548
November 10, 2009, 01:49:25 PM
Quote from: Solmyr on November 10, 2009, 01:39:45 PM
You can fix the loading times by quitting the game and restarting it. Looks like there's a memory leak somewhere, but when I restart the game the load times are fast again for a while.


Ok I feel silly now I should have known it was a memory leak.  Good call I will start restarting the machine when it gets too long.
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Tamas

#549
November 10, 2009, 02:56:21 PM
Quote from: Caliga on November 10, 2009, 10:50:42 AM
Quote from: Valmy on November 10, 2009, 10:33:40 AM
Wow aren't you guys smart.  Do you want a cookie?
:mellow:

Dude, none of us are bragging "OMG I AM SMRT I FIGURED IT OUT!!!111" or anything.  More like, "Wow, that was hardly shocking."  I guess the question is whether the writers wanted it to be or not.

Yes :wtf:

Habbaku

#550
November 10, 2009, 03:05:44 PM
I am enjoying the game as well as could be hoped for, realistically, but it is not perfect, by any means.  Still, the characters are relatively engaging and a few of the little twists are certainly not what I expected.  Add in the fact that the story seems to have many points at which you can truly affect what happens to an area, a la Fallout, and I think I will actually play this again when I beat it.

Predictably, though, the bisexual/gay character is about as vapid and uninteresting as I would expect, though humorous at times.
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Berkut

#551
November 10, 2009, 03:12:03 PM
Quote from: Caliga on November 10, 2009, 08:04:50 AM
Quote from: grumbler on November 10, 2009, 08:00:07 AM
The rest of the initial story was absolutely predictable.  I knew as soon as I heard the battle plan and got assigned to go to  the top of the tower what would happen on the way there and what would happen when I got to the top.  It is what seemingly happens in every game like this.
Agreed.  It was so painfully obvious that I think they must have made it so on purpose.  Maybe the writers think people like having their egos stroked when they "figure out" what's going to happen in advance due to the foreshadowing.  I know nothing about writing theory so I dunno if this is something writers strive to do on occasion or what.

What I found annoying was that the basic gist of the betrayal was identical to the betrayal in the human starter story, just on a larger scale.
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MadImmortalMan

#552
November 10, 2009, 03:14:10 PM
Quote from: Solmyr on November 10, 2009, 11:56:06 AM
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on November 10, 2009, 01:43:39 AM
So, I have Shale now.  Wonderful character, hilarious, and I think I'll keep it as one of my four to see what it says.

But....I was not happy that the girl died because I couldn't do the sliding puzzle. I wanted to kill Kitty and keep the girl alive.

You can save the girl if a) First you agree to free the demon in exchange for not possessing the girl, and b) After you do the puzzle and she breaks the deal, get her upset so the girl gets scared and runs away.
The sliding puzzle isn't too difficult to solve, just need to rotate the right directional tiles into sequence.

Legbiter: I am a bit further in the story and so far it does feel like Loghain is trying to do what he thinks is best for the kingdom (in a Lawful Evil way).

I just let her possess the girl. Morrigan was very approving of that particular choice.     :P
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Valmy

#553
November 10, 2009, 03:51:18 PM
Quote from: Tamas on November 10, 2009, 02:56:21 PM
Yes :wtf:

It sounded like you were complaining about it. *shrug*

I didn't think the outcome was in doubt only what exactly the motivations of the principal actors were.
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