Oh, I forgot to mention: Fuck you, Bioware social network, and fuck you, DRM.
lord-of-shadow Send a noteboard - 09/03/2011 09:20:52 PM
You can play Dragon 2 without connecting to the internet, aside from the initial install. But there is a big chunk of ingame content that is included as premium or downloadable stuff, which is connected to an account off on the Bioware social network.
Problem 1: You have to download each of these updates as a standalone exe from a browser, and run the exe. Since I got the "collector's edition", I had like 5 of these. Each had to be DLed separately.
Problem 2: Once those updates are installed, the game needs to phone home to the bioware servers every time you want to play, or else that content will be disabled.
Problem 3: Every time my game phones home, it has a connection error, and I have to click on retry. Sometimes I have to minimize the game to find the retry button. If I don't click on "retry" fast enough, it disconnects me, and then I need to enter a username and password on my fucking SINGLE PLAYER RPG in order to access the "premium" content I paid for.
Problem 1: You have to download each of these updates as a standalone exe from a browser, and run the exe. Since I got the "collector's edition", I had like 5 of these. Each had to be DLed separately.
Problem 2: Once those updates are installed, the game needs to phone home to the bioware servers every time you want to play, or else that content will be disabled.
Problem 3: Every time my game phones home, it has a connection error, and I have to click on retry. Sometimes I have to minimize the game to find the retry button. If I don't click on "retry" fast enough, it disconnects me, and then I need to enter a username and password on my fucking SINGLE PLAYER RPG in order to access the "premium" content I paid for.
Dragon Age 2: Thoughts so far.
- 09/03/2011 02:12:32 AM
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Better and worse are too 1-dimensional. It's different. Very different.
- 09/03/2011 02:33:33 AM
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Well, I haven't really agonized over any choices.
- 09/03/2011 02:56:38 AM
579 Views
No agony yet, but I was torn between the smuggler and the mercenary in Kirkwall.
- 09/03/2011 03:11:56 AM
606 Views
I'll undoubtedly get it...eventually
- 09/03/2011 05:47:27 AM
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It's a great $20-30 game. Definitely not worth $60. *NM*
- 09/03/2011 06:24:19 AM
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So far, I'd disagree. It's worth the full-price. Again though, only 4 hours in. *NM*
- 09/03/2011 03:13:04 PM
261 Views
Some of the "improvements" are really dumb
- 09/03/2011 01:17:00 PM
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There is an auto-attack. On PC, at least. Right click on the enemy. *NM*
- 09/03/2011 02:42:48 PM
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I'm on Xbox 360 *NM*
- 09/03/2011 03:26:21 PM
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Well, that's just a poor decision. *NM*
- 09/03/2011 05:18:43 PM
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Oh, I forgot to mention: Fuck you, Bioware social network, and fuck you, DRM.
- 09/03/2011 09:20:52 PM
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It's picking up a bit. I'm just getting tired of Kirkwall. Still not a $60 game.
- 10/03/2011 09:09:32 AM
584 Views
I am liking it overall.
- 10/03/2011 09:04:54 PM
717 Views
Have you not gotten Merrill yet? Do what Flemeth asked you to do! 
- 10/03/2011 09:57:19 PM
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- 10/03/2011 09:57:19 PM
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Re: Have you not gotten Merrill yet? Do what Flemeth asked you to do!
- 11/03/2011 09:48:46 PM
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- 11/03/2011 09:48:46 PM
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I haven't gotten Isabella yet. Can you get her before the deep roads? *NM*
- 11/03/2011 11:16:01 PM
266 Views
I've heard a lot of nasty things about how the release of that game was handled.
- 11/03/2011 06:24:15 AM
685 Views
Bioware and /v/ both raided Metacritic.
- 11/03/2011 07:39:17 AM
783 Views
Yeah, I saw something about that on Reddit. I actually think it's very interesting.
- 11/03/2011 06:11:33 PM
573 Views
Minority Report: So far, I am really liking it.
- 11/03/2011 11:39:47 PM
705 Views
Just finished my first playthrough, and there will definitely be a second.
- 16/03/2011 08:21:20 AM
626 Views
Are mages as overpowered as in the first game?
- 20/03/2011 05:04:27 PM
595 Views
Friendly fire exists in nightmare. All AoE abilities will affect your allies.
- 20/03/2011 07:45:03 PM
503 Views
I FINALLY started playing the first Dragon Age tonight. Going Rogue. Advice welcome. *NM*
- 17/03/2011 03:14:19 AM
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You've made the right choice. 
*NM*
- 17/03/2011 03:25:29 AM
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*NM*
- 17/03/2011 03:25:29 AM
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Seconded. *NM*
- 18/03/2011 06:00:27 PM
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Definitely. The NPC mages are great, plus Cunning adds Coercian options. *NM*
- 20/03/2011 05:01:33 PM
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Advice: get Wynn (or whatever the healer's name is) first, as far as party members go.
- 17/03/2011 04:21:45 AM
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At this rate, I'll buy The Witcher 2 instead and wait for DA2 to bottom out in a Steam sale. *NM*
- 10/04/2011 06:06:56 AM
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