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I got it for the pc, and something keeps slowing down my Games, it's really annoying me, anyone have any ideas. Also I don't seem able to play when. I'm not online, wtf is with that?
Formosa wrote: I got it for the pc, and something keeps slowing down my Games, it's really annoying me, anyone have any ideas. Also I don't seem able to play when. I'm not online, wtf is with that?
Might be part of their copy protection system. In DA2 and DAO, using DLC required you to be online so that the game could verify that you'd legitimately purchased the DLC in question. If you weren't online, then you couldn't use those DLC... and you also couldn't play any saved games that included those DLC.
I don't know whether you have any DLC, but it's possible that you're running afoul of a similar setup by EA and Bioware.
I saw first impression with a tutorial playthrough from 'angry joe' on this. He had to turn the difficulty down to 2nd highest for the tutorial. That said he did the embarrassing thing of not using potions on his characters during the big boss battle. The game seems good from the looks of things. Guess we'll see.
As a matter of mechanics, I don't think it matters. For me, this is an issue of character. I think the major divide is whether you chose to play a human or not. Thedas is extremely human-centric. BioWare does a great job building a world by and for humans and so also a world where you really do feel different if you play a non-human.
I always want to reroll ... sometimes it's even just the day after I started... but I never do because I don't want to do all the noob quests over again and again
Formosa wrote: I got it for the pc, and something keeps slowing down my Games, it's really annoying me, anyone have any ideas. Also I don't seem able to play when. I'm not online, wtf is with that?
Might be part of their copy protection system. In DA2 and DAO, using DLC required you to be online so that the game could verify that you'd legitimately purchased the DLC in question. If you weren't online, then you couldn't use those DLC... and you also couldn't play any saved games that included those DLC.
I don't know whether you have any DLC, but it's possible that you're running afoul of a similar setup by EA and Bioware.
I lpoked it up on Google, seems it has some called denuvo that does its anti piracy thing, that's what is slowing my pc down, and apparenty I must be signed in to origin to play, this is why I hate e.a
LordofHats wrote: This is why I don't buy from EA anymore. At least not until they give me back my damn copy of ME3!
I've had issues where games I've owned in the past don't work/appear on Origin...end up chatting with support and they square it away in a few minutes. Hell, I got the ultimate version of DA:O for free because the guy couldn't make all of the DLC I'd purchased (as it came out) work with the account.
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At first I wasn't interested at all of DAI because bioware sucks at making games but after seeing some of the gameplay I'm getting more exicited.
It is so bad that it is good:
This game has gone from "not worth the hdd space" to "I guess I'll flashgit it".
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Every time I hear "in my opinion" or "just my opinion" makes me want to strangle a puppy. People use their opinions as a shield that other poeple can't critisize and that is bs.
If you can't defend or won't defend your opinion then that "opinion" is bs. Stop trying to tip-toe and defend what you believe in.
illuknisaa wrote: At first I wasn't interested at all of DAI because bioware sucks at making games but after seeing some of the gameplay I'm getting more exicited.
It is so bad that it is good:
This game has gone from "not worth the hdd space" to "I guess I'll flashgit it".
Sweet baby jesus, I howled with laughter when Cullen showed up.
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What level do you need to be for dragons? I had to sneak through their area in the hinterlands to get to the red lyrium for varriks quest, but they were instakilling my guys at level 7
Given the lukewarm reception here and with Totalbiscuit in his Port Report, I think I'll just do what I did with Origins...I'll wait three years (got DA:O at Xmas 2012) then pick up the Ultimate Edition with all the DLC for just £5.
I got DA:O a year ago, and I still haven't finished it.
Haven't got DA:2 yet either.
Tbh, on reflection, the thing I liked most about DA:O was the soundtrack - its incredible, particularly the tracks with the female vocals (leliana etc).
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NOT FAIR. Wife was sick and was able to finish the game :(
Her verdict is similar to mine. DA3 is not a core RPG, it's an action-RPG with a heavy emphasis on flashy combat instead of story and character development. She absolutely HATED Cassandra because of her, admittingly, terrible VA.
According to her, I'm like 4/5 through. I stand by what I said before: it's a good game, 8/10 (PC: 7/10). It's good to relax as it lacks challenge but looks very nicely. Neither she nor me see us picking the game up again, though, but she got like 34 hours in and you can't complain about that.
The german gaming magazine Gamestar wrote an interesting article about Bioware that we really agree with; headling being that Bioware has changed its focus from "telling" stories to "showing" stories. DA:I perfectly shows this: the focus clearly lies in having a visually sound game that is easy to enjoy, compared to a far more complex game such as DA:O or even the D&D games.
Really? I find the combat rather dull. I'm pretty much playing for the world background.
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Ye, as I said, it's more relaxing than playing. Combat lacks any sort of challenge, excluding High Dragons, and is extremely generic.
It has a nice face, but there's nothing behind it. 1 Tank who taunts...and...taunts. 1 AoE mage. 1 ranged DD. Enter fight, let the AI win automatically. That doesn't need to be bad. If I want a good combat system, I can go to a lot of different (indie) games.
DA3 is a modern Bioware game. Focus on the shiny stuff to broaden your target audience, neglect RPG content.
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No idea how far into the game I am.. I did lots of side quests and exploring, I'm 70 hours into it and I just made it to the skyhold part.. and spent the last 3 hours last night just talking to everyone and exploring around there. The initial Dorian conversaion was real buggy for me, the whole game would freeze up in between talking and selecting answers. I ended up skipping past whatever he had to say just to get through it and save.
The combat is pretty easy, but I'm on normal mode. I use cassandra as the main tank and iron bull as the off tank warrior dpses, and then I bring one random 4th person.
One thing that bugs me is it seems like you really need to get the stealth inquisiion perks at least till you can unlock doors. There's lots of locked doors i've been finding, and I went with the warrior perks. One of the locked doors had one of Blackwall's quest items behind it, so now i'm screwed and can't finish that quest until I get 4 more perks :(
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