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sgtshaggy
  
 
| | #1 posted July 13, 2008 at 10:12pm (EDT) |
Heh, it's not an MMO, but it's Bioware  .
Dragon Age: Origins Debut Trailer
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Korvenus
 
| | #2 posted July 13, 2008 at 11:32pm (EDT) |
They have been saying this is the unofficial sequal to Baldurs Gate II. Baldurs Gate is what got me into PC Gaming so I am looking forward to this.
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therainstormlord
  
| | #3 posted July 14, 2008 at 8:36am (EDT) |
It's the spirit of baldur's gate -- bioware just didn't want to deal with the D&D franchise anymore. This game has been in production a loooong time.
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sgtshaggy
| | #4 posted July 14, 2008 at 6:08pm (EDT) |
I was hoping for a bit more gameplay, how silly of me! Still, it's Bioware, can't wait  .
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sgtshaggy
| | #5 posted July 14, 2008 at 6:09pm (EDT) |
And it appears to be PC only  .
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Soxicide
| | #6 posted July 14, 2008 at 6:10pm (EDT) |
CG trailers are so 1999.
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sgtshaggy
| | #7 posted July 14, 2008 at 6:22pm (EDT) |
Actually, I don't think it was CG. Looked real-time to me.
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Soxicide
| | #8 posted July 14, 2008 at 6:26pm (EDT) |
Kinda hard to tell these days sometimes, I think you might be right after I watched the hd-version of it.
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sgtshaggy
| | #9 posted July 14, 2008 at 9:10pm (EDT) |
True, the line is getting thinner and thinner between the two. Nevertheless, it's not the gameplay I was hoping for--but I'm sure more footage will drop soon .
shags
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therainstormlord
| | #10 posted July 15, 2008 at 2:13am (EDT) |
sgtshaggy wrote:
> Actually, I don't think it was CG. Looked real-time to
> me.
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> shags
Looked a lot like the the original NWN trailer, style wise
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Jin
| | #11 posted July 15, 2008 at 6:55pm (EDT) |
Coming out for consoles as well
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6193900.html?tag=late...
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sgtshaggy
| | #12 posted July 15, 2008 at 7:18pm (EDT) |
Hopefully it'll be a PC game tuned for consoles instead of a PC game weakened by a console interface.
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sgtshaggy
| #13 posted July 17, 2008 at 7:17pm (EDT)
edited July 17, 2008 at 7:17pm (EDT) |
Here there be gameplay:
Dragon Age Gameplay Montage
Interface looks suspiciously like a PC game .
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Korvenus
| | #14 posted July 17, 2008 at 11:06pm (EDT) |
It does look alot like Baldurs Gate series. Cant wait.
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therainstormlord
| | #15 posted July 18, 2008 at 10:55am (EDT) |
Korvenus wrote:
> It does look alot like Baldurs Gate series. Cant wait.
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The scene of the fireballs slamming into the battlements looked alot like NWN2's opening act (if I recall correctly.) Looks like we'll be treated to chatty heroes in combat too.
The fnish move was pretty nice as well as the rag doll effect when the heroes was held in the air and getting punched. Also, if you really can use spells to interact with the environment (ala the mage extinguishing the flames with his ice spell), that's a nice touch!
Looks very promising.
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virtuadept
| | #16 posted July 18, 2008 at 11:28pm (EDT) |
I've been waiting for this game for five fudging years or more. I WANT IT NOW! |
sgtshaggy
| | #17 posted July 18, 2008 at 11:29pm (EDT) |
Keep waiting, dog!
Like the rest of us  .
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Jin
| | #18 posted July 18, 2008 at 11:30pm (EDT) |
This game reminds me of the Witcher for some reason. I loved that game to death, anyone know if they are planning a sequel?
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Korvenus
| | #19 posted July 18, 2008 at 11:32pm (EDT) |
I am sure the Witcher will get a sequel because it sold very well. They will probaly release an expansion before they do a sequel.
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virtuadept
| | #20 posted July 18, 2008 at 11:33pm (EDT) |
Isn't the Enhanced version of Witcher supposed to include some new content? |
virtuadept
| | #21 posted July 18, 2008 at 11:40pm (EDT) |
Yep. I think so. It's only going to be like $30-40 tho so about what some xpacks cost. However, if it's just a few minor content additions I'll pass. |
Korvenus
| | #22 posted July 18, 2008 at 11:41pm (EDT) |
July 16, 2008 - One of last year's best games, The Witcher, wasn't without its problems. While some of those have been addressed in subsequent patches, there were still some issues that needed to be addressed along with features that developer CD Projekt just hoped to include in order to make the game more appealing to more potential consumers. The result is The Witcher: Enhanced Edition.
The first thing that people should know, because we know how hard it is for people to read all the way to the end of a multi-paragraphed article, is that those of you who already own The Witcher will be able to download all of these changes for free. So don't worry, you're not being screwed over here. It just might be rather large when all is ready to go.
Among the biggest portions of the improvements is the inclusion of voice work for 9 different languages including the original Polish and subtitles in 10 different languages. So those of you that have been dreaming of hearing the voice work in German and reading in Russian will have their dream come true. Along with that, there will be a lot of voice work added to the English version of the game, much of it to improve voice work considered bad in the original release. Roughly 5000 lines of dialogue have been updated with better voice acting and the changes are definitely for the better here.
Characters will also receive a set of nearly 200 gesture animations for dialogue cutscenes. Anyone who played The Witcher will know how frequent strange and inappropriate arm and body gestures happened during dialogue trees. These extra animations should help round out the list so that characters aren't seen moving the same way all the time and have some more appropriate movements to match their mood.
Finally, the last improvement to NPCs is in the visuals. While the same character models will be used for random NPCs, they'll all be assigned random clothes, colors, and haircuts to make them look more unique. Every time a level loads up, filler characters wandering the world will be assigned different values for each of these traits to create a pretty large variety of possible outcomes. While a few more models might be appreciated, it's certainly a big improvement. The same goes for monsters. Now you won't be fighting drowners that all look the same. They'll have the same randomness applied to their models to make sure they don't look like a clone army.
Aside from more load time improvements and other technical improvements, one of the best improved features will undoubtedly be the inventory system. Player inventory has been reconfigured to be split into two categories: alchemical items and everything else. There's also now a button to auto sort your items by further category so that all like items (scrolls or potions or books) will move next to each other and any duplicate items will automatically stack. There will also be buttons that can be used in the alchemical items section that can be pushed to highlight substances with specific ingredients so that you don't have to click through them all. This system should definitely make the stash inventory much more manageable. Combined with a small improvement to the alchemy system that will allow players to see which of the ingredients needed to create a specific potion isn't in their inventory should make the extensive potion gameplay features much more fun to use.
Finally, players will also be able to simply pick up everything on a fallen body without having to open inventory screens by simply ctrl-clicking on dead bodies. Players that wish to pick up only certain items on a body or plant will still have the option to click and open up loot windows to choose only certain items.
Along with improvements to the actual game, the Enhanced Edition will also ship with a CD of the game's music, a CD of more tracks inspired by the game, a map, the short story booklet, and of course, the game. All of this will be offered for the price of the base game. But remember anyone that owns the original can download all of this for free.
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sgtshaggy
| | #23 posted July 22, 2008 at 6:52pm (EDT) |
Great interview about Dragon Age:
Dragon Age: Origins Interview
One of the guys points out that it's coming out for the PC in early 09, and console versions will come out sometime after, but it sounded like the console games might be spin-offs of a sort?
shags
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virtuadept
| | #24 posted July 23, 2008 at 11:35pm (EDT) |
Hmm.. well if it's PC Exclusive for a while I hope it runs on REALLY modest hardware because I'm not buying a new PC in the next 12 months. |
Korvenus
| | #25 posted July 24, 2008 at 12:03am (EDT) |
Any word on a release date? I will have to preorder this.
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sgtshaggy
| | #26 posted July 24, 2008 at 6:05am (EDT) |
Early 09 .
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Korvenus
| | #27 posted July 24, 2008 at 7:18am (EDT) |
I Cant wait. I been telling my friend for years that I wish they would make another Baldurs Gate game so I am surely looking foward to The Spiritual Successor.
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sgtshaggy
| | #28 posted July 24, 2008 at 5:44pm (EDT) |
If it's as good as either Baldur's Gate, I'll be hella stoked. It looks more like NWN, but I suppose that's just the natural, 3D progression of BG.
shags
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