It is evident with the comparison of posts in the self help forums for PS3/Xbox/ and PC that there had to be little to no testing for the PC version. Constant crashes, no dx11 support, and a host of many other bugs Bioware really let this PC gamer down big time with the launch of DA2.
Bioware dropped the ball for PC
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Tharskus
, mars 13 2011 01:56
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#2
Posté 13 mars 2011 - 02:08
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Actually, when the choice is AMD vs. nVIDIA, Radeon vs. Geforce, Dx11 is working with the latest of the Radeon drivers . .
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Posté 13 mars 2011 - 04:03
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Agree with the OP -- you guys totally borked this release. ['m glad things are working for you Gorath, but a quick perusal of these forums makes it clear that this game was far from release ready for the PC. The "drive not found" bug, freezing on NVIDIA cards (which seems to be fixed by rigging a BETA driver which isn't even BETA qualified for the vast majority of cards), the DX11 performance issues, the plotline killing bugs, etc., etc. etc. I personally have both the drive issue and the freezing issue on a very clean setup rig with an i7 950 and two GTX260s in SLI which can still kick the crap out of most single cards on the market for below $400.
This game was not ready for release on the PC -- plain and simple. Anytime thousands of your users are complaining about game-breaking issues, you effed up. I had hoped that the EA acquisition would not ruin the best RPG game company in the biz -- but clearly that was a false hope. This has been a disaster from demo forward, which is par for the course for EA. Release crap and try to tamp down the negative publicity until you can patch things up.
I was hella focused on The Old Republic as I couldn't wait for a Bioware MMO and everything that implied for RPers -- now I know for sure I am bound to be severely disappointed by what will be a launch day disaster. What a shame that EA is going to drive the best game development company out there into margin-producing mediocrity.
This game was not ready for release on the PC -- plain and simple. Anytime thousands of your users are complaining about game-breaking issues, you effed up. I had hoped that the EA acquisition would not ruin the best RPG game company in the biz -- but clearly that was a false hope. This has been a disaster from demo forward, which is par for the course for EA. Release crap and try to tamp down the negative publicity until you can patch things up.
I was hella focused on The Old Republic as I couldn't wait for a Bioware MMO and everything that implied for RPers -- now I know for sure I am bound to be severely disappointed by what will be a launch day disaster. What a shame that EA is going to drive the best game development company out there into margin-producing mediocrity.
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Posté 13 mars 2011 - 04:12
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Agree with the OP -- you guys totally borked this release.
I'm glad things are working for you Gorath, but a quick perusal of these forums makes it clear that this game was far from release ready for the PC. The "drive not found" bug, freezing on NVIDIA cards (which seems to be fixed by rigging a BETA driver which isn't even BETA qualified for the vast majority of cards), the DX11 performance issues, the plotline killing bugs, etc., etc. etc. I personally have both the drive issue and the freezing issue on a very clean setup rig with an i7 950 and two GTX260s in SLI which can still kick the crap out of most single cards on the market for below $400.
This game was not ready for release on the PC -- plain and simple. Anytime thousands of your users are complaining about game-breaking issues, you effed up. I had hoped that the EA acquisition would not ruin the best RPG game company in the biz -- but clearly that was a false hope. This has been a disaster from demo forward, which is par for the course for EA. Release crap and try to tamp down the negative publicity until you can patch things up.
I was hella focused on The Old Republic as I couldn't wait for a Bioware MMO and everything that implied for RPers -- now I know for sure I am bound to be severely disappointed by what will be a launch day disaster. What a shame that EA is going to drive the best game development company out there into margin-producing mediocrity.[smilie]../../../images/forum/emoticons/sad.png[/smilie]
The original Bioware folks would never have released a game in this condition, nor would they have had support forum mods telling people "Try rebooting your PC" as a solution to real problems on launch day. That's so pathetic it's right out of an internet sitcom on support. It's bad enough they dumbed down the characterization and RP elements to appeal to the lowest common denominator -- but at least that's a product market decision. There is no excuse for such poor QA / UAT. I am extremely disappointed to say the least. I fear we are witnessing the end of everything that made Bioware so great at RPGs for so long.
I'm glad things are working for you Gorath, but a quick perusal of these forums makes it clear that this game was far from release ready for the PC. The "drive not found" bug, freezing on NVIDIA cards (which seems to be fixed by rigging a BETA driver which isn't even BETA qualified for the vast majority of cards), the DX11 performance issues, the plotline killing bugs, etc., etc. etc. I personally have both the drive issue and the freezing issue on a very clean setup rig with an i7 950 and two GTX260s in SLI which can still kick the crap out of most single cards on the market for below $400.
This game was not ready for release on the PC -- plain and simple. Anytime thousands of your users are complaining about game-breaking issues, you effed up. I had hoped that the EA acquisition would not ruin the best RPG game company in the biz -- but clearly that was a false hope. This has been a disaster from demo forward, which is par for the course for EA. Release crap and try to tamp down the negative publicity until you can patch things up.
I was hella focused on The Old Republic as I couldn't wait for a Bioware MMO and everything that implied for RPers -- now I know for sure I am bound to be severely disappointed by what will be a launch day disaster. What a shame that EA is going to drive the best game development company out there into margin-producing mediocrity.[smilie]../../../images/forum/emoticons/sad.png[/smilie]
The original Bioware folks would never have released a game in this condition, nor would they have had support forum mods telling people "Try rebooting your PC" as a solution to real problems on launch day. That's so pathetic it's right out of an internet sitcom on support. It's bad enough they dumbed down the characterization and RP elements to appeal to the lowest common denominator -- but at least that's a product market decision. There is no excuse for such poor QA / UAT. I am extremely disappointed to say the least. I fear we are witnessing the end of everything that made Bioware so great at RPGs for so long.
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Posté 13 mars 2011 - 04:22
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Yah, dx11 functions flawless for me using an ATI Radeon card. Running at max settings and no skipping or slow downs.
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Posté 13 mars 2011 - 05:50
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Gorath, I don't believe it is. The performance difference between High and Very High is staggering, completely unjustified.
I can run both Dragon Age Origins and Mass Effect 2 maxed out at nothing below 60FPS. I feel that DA2 was just poorly optimized.
I can run both Dragon Age Origins and Mass Effect 2 maxed out at nothing below 60FPS. I feel that DA2 was just poorly optimized.
#9
Posté 13 mars 2011 - 06:09
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The latest nVidia Beta drivers (version 267.24) fixes the DX11 issues with Dragon Age II. Go to nVidia's site and look for "Archived/Beta" drivers. 
I have no issues. The latest "release" drivers were unplayable with the DA2 Demo. But I have no issues with my GTX 470 SLI setup, and my wife's GTX 260 (DX9 mode obviously) both do well with the beta drivers.
I have no issues. The latest "release" drivers were unplayable with the DA2 Demo. But I have no issues with my GTX 470 SLI setup, and my wife's GTX 260 (DX9 mode obviously) both do well with the beta drivers.
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Posté 13 mars 2011 - 07:09
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Amen OP. I had an EA Tech guy tell me the game wasn't tested on Win 7 or any 64 bit OS. Bah!
True or not, there is something wrong over there at EA, and BioWare will suffer for it.
True or not, there is something wrong over there at EA, and BioWare will suffer for it.
#11
Posté 13 mars 2011 - 09:43
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The DX11 features work very well on my brother's AMD card (HD 5770), even if he doesn't meet the recommended system requirements for DX11. He plays at very high with 2x AA and all other graphical options turned on. Everything runs perfectly well. I must add, though, that he has a low resolution (1280x1024), since he's a casual gamer.
#12
Posté 13 mars 2011 - 11:05
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Ja and Thar, agree.
It seems that ( though there is no evidence ) that no testing whatsoever was done, this was rushed for corporate reason and now now teh devs and mods who have heart and soul invested are taking the brunt of the blame and the anger.
HAS ANYONE SEEN A CEO or equivalent suit adress this bullcrap?
I haven't
It seems that ( though there is no evidence ) that no testing whatsoever was done, this was rushed for corporate reason and now now teh devs and mods who have heart and soul invested are taking the brunt of the blame and the anger.
HAS ANYONE SEEN A CEO or equivalent suit adress this bullcrap?
I haven't
#13
Posté 13 mars 2011 - 03:18
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I'm hugely disappointed with Bioware on this release. This is proving the most unplayable release for the PC in a long time. Initially I was getting the Drive error, the patch removed the drive error but then the game wouldn't run at all. I've spent more time this weekend trying to get the game to run than actually playing it. To go from being the company that released my favourite game of 2010 to this is shameful.
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Posté 13 mars 2011 - 09:13
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I'm on 7 with an E8500 and evga gtx 460 superclocked and it worked out of the box. No strange glitches, texture bugs, disk read errors, etc. The only issue I'm having is installing the Black Emporium.
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Posté 13 mars 2011 - 10:01
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Got it back and running again, deleted everything reinstalled, (didn't apply the patch), upgraded to the Nvidia Beta Drivers. Still getting the drive not found error, but can work around that by hitting cancel every time and using Alt + Tab when it seems stuck. I guess I'll wait for the proper patch. In a strange quirk I can install the Black Emporium without any issues. Also the texture bugs only occurred with the High Definition Textures applied, this is working ok with the Beta Drivers. I stand by what I said though, any game that requires a Beta Patch and Beta Drivers to run properly, is not a good release.
