Dragon Age Origins Fatal Flaw
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You just broke the first and second rule about it!Milky_Fresh said:
Also, I've never really encountered any game breaking flaws like that, and sure, the game is a bit cliche, but who care, I personally thought that the choices were really well done, and that the story was pretty good.
You really should keep more than one save, not doing so is a bit foolish.
His other posts seem to point to this.Amnestic said:
No.Composer said:
Meaning the patch that was released for Dragon Age: Origins at the same time that Awakenings was released.
As in, this; http://social.bioware.com/page/da-patches
Well yes, I mean all his big grand plans fell to shit, his allies were incompetent or stupid, and every attempt he made to salvage the situation was sabotaged by the Grey Warden. Just because he was paranoid and insane doesn't make him not the villain.KKDragonLord said:
The Archdemon and the Blight, on the other hand, were not really "villains", and weren't really meant to be, they were just a force of nature that happened to need a sword in the face.
Which is why DA:O's story is about as thrilling as waitng for a kettle to boil.GloatingSwine said:
See... you learned quickly. The game didn't bend to KKDragonLord's will and so it was bad. Not too hard to follow that logic.Amnestic said:
Personally, I thought Shale was FUCKING AWESOME!!!!!!!!!
His conversations with Morrigan just made my day half the time
I have to agree, somewhat. The individual stories are good, especially the Orzammar/Deep Roads quest, but the overall story is much less engaging than Mass Effect.bismarck55 said:
On the other hand, Loghain was a good character, and it was nice to see a villain who actually displays a reaction more complex than "Next time, Gadget! Next time!" to the constant thwarting of his plans.
I always thought that DA:O's fatal flaws were it's painfully shitty/boring combat, it's unbalanced (and therefore boring or frustrating to play, depending on if you chose mage or "those other guys") classes, it's encounter design that heavily favours the playstyle (crowd-control) of mages, who are already the most overpowered class from even a purely mechanical standpoint, it's lame story (monsters are invading, kill them... durr) or it's bullshit use of level-scaling (level-scaling, by the way, is terrible, lazy game design and needs to die ASAP before it infects anymore games with it's sickly leprous stench).
DA:O has interesting, well developed characters, excellent dialogue and voice acting, and a fully developed fantasy world with tons of lore and backstory. Other than that, it is a terrible game (imo of course).
DA:O has interesting, well developed characters, excellent dialogue and voice acting, and a fully developed fantasy world with tons of lore and backstory. Other than that, it is a terrible game (imo of course).
It is your opinion and you are entitled to it.
Boring Combat? It's different - I liked it alot however friends have told me that they didnt like it because it didnt seem to flow for them because of the Pause/Play style of combat. Seemed to flow perfectly fine for me though, but everybodies different. I saw combat as more of a means to an end for this game, Rather than eagerly awaiting the next fight I wanted to make sure everybody was happy and I could persuade Character X to give me Y gold so I didnt have to fight him.
Unbalanced - Yes, I'll agree with this. Once you figure out the perfect party (Three mages one tank for me) the game becomes insultingly easy. You can scale up the difficulty though and if you've tried the hardest it is quite hard.
I didnt think the story was lame. It's common, but not everything can be as deep as Braid. Besides it's not just the main story you have to worry about. Theres pages on each characters personal history and the Lore of Ferelden.
Level Scaling - Yeah I dont usually like level scaling (see Oblivion) but I didnt find it that bad in this game. It just means that you can complete the stages in the Main Quest in the order you like, and I really liked that. What if I want to pick up Wynne before I head off to Redcliffe? What if I want Oghren before heading to the Mages tower?
You are however entitled to your Opinion and while I disagree strongly, I respect you for going against the Mainstream.
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Boring Combat? It's different - I liked it alot however friends have told me that they didnt like it because it didnt seem to flow for them because of the Pause/Play style of combat. Seemed to flow perfectly fine for me though, but everybodies different. I saw combat as more of a means to an end for this game, Rather than eagerly awaiting the next fight I wanted to make sure everybody was happy and I could persuade Character X to give me Y gold so I didnt have to fight him.
Unbalanced - Yes, I'll agree with this. Once you figure out the perfect party (Three mages one tank for me) the game becomes insultingly easy. You can scale up the difficulty though and if you've tried the hardest it is quite hard.
I didnt think the story was lame. It's common, but not everything can be as deep as Braid. Besides it's not just the main story you have to worry about. Theres pages on each characters personal history and the Lore of Ferelden.
Level Scaling - Yeah I dont usually like level scaling (see Oblivion) but I didnt find it that bad in this game. It just means that you can complete the stages in the Main Quest in the order you like, and I really liked that. What if I want to pick up Wynne before I head off to Redcliffe? What if I want Oghren before heading to the Mages tower?
You are however entitled to your Opinion and while I disagree strongly, I respect you for going against the Mainstream.
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Because it's like a disaster movie. as GloatingSwine said they (the Darkspawn and whatnot) are a force of nature that needs a sword to the face. The events of the game only exist as a narrative tool to provide character motivation and drama. That kind of story just doesn't interest me.Knight Templar said: