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[Jonnybear84]

Just got my copy of the latest PC Zone magazine this morning and lo and behold, a nice sizeable DA:O review lies within If its been posted already then my apologies and lock this accordingly.

Basically
they were extremely happy with the story and dialogue giving particular
mention to NPC banter Alistair in particular seems to have gone down a
treat

They broke it down at the end of the review as follows:

Graphics - Beautiful close-up but lacks epic.

Sound - Amazing music, great voice-acting.

Multiplayer
- Not really, sadly. (note this is the only mention of the lack MP in
the game throughout the entire review and it doesn't seem to have gone
down in anyway as a negative)

+ Fascinating fantasy world
+ Entertaining companions
+ Stellar twisting, turning storyline
+ Addictive character development
- Difficulty all over the place

The
difficulty does get a mention in the review pretty much as the only
negative, not that the game in general is too difficult, they seem to
think that it isn't very well balanced, one room can be a push over and
suddenly in the next you are hitting the reload button, they even go as
far as to say:

"My advice, and Ive never said this before, is to
ratchet the difficulty levels down to easy as soon as you start getting
into trouble (which will be guaranteed in the room with the central
fire in the Tower of Ishal)"

Also a small negative went to some
of the smaller locations such as dungeons etc having some 'invisible
wall' issues which is much less of a problem in larger open areas, but
the reviewer admits to being especially nit picky on this.

They
also make a special mention about the Origins and how impressed they
were about the way they are integrated into the main storyline.

"These
origins work brilliantly, not only as individual cases of playable lore
but also in personalizing the 70+ hours of game-time ahead of you. As
you play through the game your origins are meshed with the overall
narrative thrust of the game to such an extent that you struggle to
imagine what would be happening to someone with a different background".

Generally an overwhelmingly positive review.

Score = 93%

In comparison to other RPG's they reviewed ME got 92% and witcher got 88% so take from that what you will

For
the full review, you will eventually be able to see it online at their
website (search on Google for PC zone UK) but it isn't there as of yet.
(Understandable else whats the point in subscribing to the mag if the
reviews are available on the website straight away )

[Davidus]

"- Difficulty all over the place"



this is + not -

[Khovu]

Great review, like i wasn't hyped-up enough for it.



Thanks for the info!

[Twitchmonkey]

Great, another 90%+ review, still hoping to have DA match my metacritic prediction of 91-92, but higher works too.

[Doug84]

Good news that I've probably not wasted my money on a bad game

[thunderheadx84]

i'm hyped! the release date can't come soon enough.

[Ser Jory-]

Thank you for writing all of that. I'm trying not to get too excited, because the wait will seem way longer then what it really is.

[Sarevok Anchev]

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The difficulty does get a mention in the review pretty much as the only

negative, not that the game in general is too difficult, they seem to

think that it isn't very well balanced, one room can be a push over and

suddenly in the next you are hitting the reload button, they even go as

far as to say:



"My advice, and Ive never said this before, is to

ratchet the difficulty levels down to easy as soon as you start getting

into trouble (which will be guaranteed in the room with the central

fire in the Tower of Ishal)"

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Well this guys maybe havent ever played Baldurs Gate II with some enhancement mods ^^

( Improved Illych/Firkraag etc. , Ascension, Tactics + some other mods in combination wont let you survive with the tip of "changing the difficulty to easy")

[Viz79]

I'd rather have a fluctuating difficulty level - is that not more realistic? If I was walking through a dungeon, does the difficulty just magically go up room by room perfectly for the cliched adventurers making their way through? It means you will constantly have to be ready for anything rather than 'oh this is just the start of the dungeon, we should be fine until room five'.