Dragon Age: Origins

[JayDizzle]

Not a problem.

I just found this out with my other character tonight... All the way back in Lothering when you start, there's that merchant having an argument with a Chantry priestest and some townsfolk.

You can choose to help the people and get nothing (but good karma I suppose) or help the merchant for 100 silvers.

I helped the merchant and then given the option (after I was paid), I killed him too. [You: "Oh, I heard you're making a killing. So am I (Kill him)."] :smh:

Afterward, for choosing to "help" the merchant, I got +3 approval points from Morrigan and -2 from Alistair.

Thankfully I just reloaded it afterwards but it's another example of the game allowing you to do batshit insane stuff on occasion.

 

[JayDizzle]

way to fail at spoiler tags.... thanks for that

Not that it matters but there's a fairly elaborate process needed to get such a choice.

Otherwise, Alistair is given other choices, none that are particularly pleasant.

 

[riley420]

way to fail at spoiler tags.... thanks for that

Oh, shit...sorry.

That's what happens when I get baked and do this computering.

I had to jump through some serious hoops to get there, though, in case you were wondering.

 

[A Tasty Burgerr]

I am too scared to come into this thread anymore. :tiptoe:

 

[A Tasty Burgerr]

Well fuck my life I have no recollection of what I was doing when I stopped playing, I almost want to start over. This is my main problem with RPG's

 

[stevsta]

this shouldnt be a spoiler in fact a warning if you ever get to a part where you are caught and jailed and or have to choose whether to attack or submit and you submit escape on your own b/c if not your going to end up glitched

 

[riley420]

So I finished my first playthrough last night...

 

I sacrificed myself to kill the Archdemon...who turned out to be a pansy...but I saved at several critical points to see some of the different endings.

I really like the way they wrapped up all the sidequests with the little blurbs at the end. It makes it feel like you are in an ongoing world that exists after you finish.

Top 3 games I have played...before KOTOR and after Mass Effect. Hmmm...all Bioware games.

Mass Effect 2...where art thou?

 

[T.Dot]

Holy fucking fuck this Anvil of the Deep thing is fucking terrible fuck that enraged spirits

 

[adembroski]

I've finished the game twice now, my roommate 3 times. The variety of endings is amazing. I love the epilogue thing at the end where you get a rundown of the consequences of pretty much everything you did.

Unintended consequences, huh?

I've never played a game that makes you stop and think about your actions quite so often.

The army support mechanic at the end is nice, really rewards you for decisions you make early on.

A lot of RPGs claim to want to make each play through "your" game, but this one delivers. Amazing achievement for an RPG.

I'm not big on the system. I prefer the D&D system from NWN and NWN2, much deeper and most customizable. This one seems to be inspired by MMOs, and I'm not thrilled with it. Still, it's a secondary issue to the story...which is decidedly your story, so that more than makes up for it.

I'm playing PC, my roommate has the 360 version. If you can run the PC version, get that one. From interface, to control, to graphics, it is better in every way on PC.

 

[theMINI]

Might buy this game....

Single player RPGs are typically not my thing but I rented this game and it's really deep and interesting.

 

[mike3]

Guys who have got this, how good is it?

Im thinking of getting it and just need some advice about it, just to let you know i dont usually get these type of games so itll definately be a change for me.

I've seen that you can pause during fights and that sort of stuff, do you have to do that? id rather just fight in 'real time' i think its called
Thanks

 

[SethMode]

Guys who have got this, how good is it?

Im thinking of getting it and just need some advice about it, just to let you know i dont usually get these type of games so itll definately be a change for me.

I've seen that you can pause during fights and that sort of stuff, do you have to do that? id rather just fight in 'real time' i think its called
Thanks

In short, if you don't want to pause you will hate/be ass-raped by this game. It's great if you like Western RPG's, but if you aren't prepared to go the strategy route over the action one, you won't like it.

 

[riley420]

There are times where you need to switch between characters in order to survive.

All hits are based on dice rolls like a regular RPG, it's not really a hack and slash, it just looks like it.

Read the last 3 pages for opinions.

 

[theMINI]

I'm late to the party but after looking at two EB games stores and a $50 parking ticket later I finally got the game.

 

[JeremyHight]

Finally beat my first playthrough with a Dwarf Rogue. Ended up finishing it in just under 50 hours and completing nearly all quests (the party quests weren't all done) and doing the DLC.

Now I am starting a Human Warrior. Probably going to 2Hander route.

 

[JeremyHight]

double

 

[JayDizzle]

I got the Warden's Keep and Stone Prisoner DLC before I went away on vacation... needless to say, they give you similar shit to what you could already get in the game.

The sword you get when you find all the secret codexes in the 'Keep is alright as long as you stick to sword and shield tactics...

 

You gotta click on the painting with all the glowy sparkles on it. A box will shoot out of the wall and you'll get it as one of the pieces of loot from it.

...as for Shale, if you think along the lines of a female Alister with a predisposition towards hating birds you'll get the gist of it's personality.

Right now I'm happy that most of the stuff I'm finding in shops at all the major plot areas are selling lower-powered gear than what I'm using right now.

Of course now I have to level Alister and Sten up to use the Juggernaut Armor I just collected (lots of health poultices were needed) since my main character has the Warden Commander Armor and I'm looking for more Drakes Scales to make that Drake Scale Armor.

 

[SethMode]

On my first playthrough I bitch slapped the Archdemon with a City Elf Warrior that Dual Wielded. Second playthrough I was a Mage and WHAT THE FUCK. It was INSANELY difficult. I got fully wiped 4 times on NORMAL and then twice on CASUAL. I feel like some script had to be wrong. Do the dark spawn ever stop coming? In my first playthrough on Normal when the AD was at half power he did his fly away thing and I killed a shit ton of troops and they seemed to go away. This time they just kept coming and coming.

All told, the battle lasted me an hour, and got me some weird looks from my GF who was cooking and wondering why a grown man would yell and curse at the TV.

 

[JayDizzle]

Did you put points in crowd control spells like Sleep and Mass Paralyze?

I just got Sleep for Morrigan and it's like a Poor Man's Mass Paralyze for less mana from what I've seen.

Stack Horror on top of that when targeting most minions and Yellow NPCs with weak Willpower scores (or whichever one is used against Spirit-related spells) and it's almost an instant kill.

From there, it's all about buffs and/or mass heal spells for your dudes once you put points towards the Healing Spell tree.

...that or just invest in/make a shit-ton of Health Poultices and pray like hell.

 

[riley420]

Make sure you travel between towns constantly if you have the Keep DLC. A random encounter where a Superman parody happens, and you get "star metal" from the meteor.

The blacksmith at the keep will make you Starfang, which is the best sword in the game. At least that's what I found.

I'm sucked into AC2 right now, but I'll be coming back to this again.