Dragon Age II Review
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Uh...I've played the demo and from what I could tell, all of that is available in the game.Madkipz said:
Talents and inventory are streamlined a little, but nothing drastic. The dialogue wheel is well done and avoids sticking to Mass Effect's formula. Pausing in combat is a REQUIREMENT if you want to survive, and the tactics system is fully intact.
Honestly, you're complaining about things that just aren't true.
I enjoy a different story as well, but 'man takes care of his town and family' was Fable's thing, and I got a little bored with Fable. I'll be playing in less than 24 hours, but I'm still hesitant. Bioware so far has been great about making their games feel epic, like you're really doing something meaningful, but from what I've heard of Hawke, his tale seems sub-par, so far. I await playing.DustyDrB said:
What kind of Dwarf is BEARDLESS!? That is HERESY!! By Moradin's beard, I swear had I known this I would not have pre-ordered this game to promote such sacrilege >:U
Back to the topic at hand: On the other hand I'm not really sure about this one. I can only speak from the demo, but it being called the pinanacle of the RPG is probably going a little far; that position is already claimed by Planescape: Torment.
IMO it almost seems like Bioware is coming to be hailed as a grand RPG developer because they are one of the three triple A developers that actually make RPGs. But... I'm not so sure they're actually as good as my RPG starved brain thinks then are. >_>;;
Back to the topic at hand: On the other hand I'm not really sure about this one. I can only speak from the demo, but it being called the pinanacle of the RPG is probably going a little far; that position is already claimed by Planescape: Torment.
IMO it almost seems like Bioware is coming to be hailed as a grand RPG developer because they are one of the three triple A developers that actually make RPGs. But... I'm not so sure they're actually as good as my RPG starved brain thinks then are. >_>;;
Let's tackle your issues one at a time, because you sound like this fine article [http://www.somethingawful.com/d/video-game-article/dragon-age-reaction.php] except with absolutely less reason.Madkipz said:
1) When talking about a game that has inventory items available based on whether you pre-ordered, have other games, looked at facebook, or whatever, it is absolutely stupid to make the claim that there is no inventory management. You are clearly not paying attention to the existance of an inventory menu in the demo, nor are you paying attention to the fact that there's a crafting system entirely based on improving your inventory, or an achivement for maximizing parts of your inventory on your teammates. You sir, are sounding like a fool with this post alone. It's a statement that is based not on evidence, but on fearmongering you pulled from your ass. It's an ass-borne statement.
2) Streamlined is not bad. But let's compare it to Dragon ages' talents which are, instead of being streamlined, are in the following formation:
X - X - X - X. As we all are aware, four things in a row are not linear, they are some other thing other than a line, and clearly, setting them up to look more like molecules of benzene with multiple entry points is absolutely linear when compared to a straight line. Stop failing at observing reality. And you compare it to Baldurs gate which had what for 'talent trees?' Oh yeah, the second edition D&D character creation system. Level based. With set features as you gain levels. Do you know what linear means? Clearly not.
3) The mass-effect wheel. Cause lists are better than circles? Cause clear intentions of what your character wants to mean is better than guessing at what the connotation will be? Because making choices matter is bad?
4) The amount of pause-and-go you will have in your game is exactly what you want it to be. Want to pause-and-go? Play it on a harder setting, and knock yourself out. The experience is what you want it to be. For someone who bitches about having choices taken away from him, you'd think you'd actually embrace being able to play the game how you want to play it. OPTIONS ARE BAD OMG!
5) Don't play on easy then. Play on hard. Whatever, you've already made up your mind on this game based on your crazy world expectations that do not match anything remotely resembling given evidence. So long as you believe Balder's Gate has non-linear character building, that wheels are somehow magically worse or different than lists, and that a straight line is less linear than a branching tree with multiple entry points, then you'll never believe this game can be good. No big loss. Looks to me like it's going to be an awesome blast.
Morrigan disapproves (-9)Pugiron said:
Also, you fail at paying attention to basic information. There is a character creation system, again, this is another comment that is not borne of evidence and is in fact, pulled out of your ass.
Critique should be grounded in reality, not on stuff you made up strictly to critique it. Whatever game you're trying to make fun if, that does not exist, probably sucks. But it exists only in your imagination so...
I don't know how to break this too you... that's not a 'BioWare' thing, that's a 'Videogames' thing. That's a 'Stories' thing.DustyDrB said:
It's no different if you call the game 'Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas' or 'Metal Gear Solid'. It's just a standard video game trope, and it's a perfectly fine one. Would you rather 'Save the Princess' or 'Be betrayed by the obvious betrayer' or 'Fight the puppet and have the puppetmaster reveal themselves at the end' or my personal favorite 'You have amnesia!'
Give me an epic any time, it will never be played out.
