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[Erruk]

It's good to see so many people... mature adults like me (I am 52 years old)... acting like little kids on Christmas Eve. To read the forums for hours on end, and watching the same videos a hundred times, just to get our fix. I am glad that I am not alone. This seems to be a GLOBAL epidemic.

When I was just 8 yrs old or so, I remember asking my granny for an electric train. I was thinking about one of those HO-scale electric trains with the real smoke. She got me a battery operated PLASTIC train with a small oval track. It only had 3 cars, including the engine and caboose. I was SO disappointed. But I didn't let her know. She was my granny. It was from her, so it was special. I thanked her, and played with it the rest of the evening. As soon as I got home... I chunked it in the trash. It was a piece of crap. I wanted that HO-scale ELECTRIC train, dang it!

I hope this game doesn't disappoint. It's from BioWare, not my dear ol' granny, so we should all be OK.

P.S. I love you granny. I sure miss you. I wish I still had that ol' train you gave me. I would LOVE to play with it now (until Dragon Age is released, that is). I would give anything to pass it on to my 2 year old grandson. He would love it, as much as I miss having it.

Modifié par Erruk, 02 novembre 2009 - 12:23 .

[ngen]

Cant say that I'm 52 =)

But I am in the 30 area... and I havent been this goddamn hyped since I bought my first car. I can barely get any work done (which is very unlike me). I havent been this active in a game community for a very long time either. And Im already planning on doing a bit of texture modding after I've gone through the game for the first time.

[casadechrisso]

I'm hyped since the new gamezines all came out, with DA:O on the title and giving it scores in the 90% range... I mean, I was waiting for Dragon Age since it was annonced, but since last week I'm really nibbling my nails off. Hearing that you guys in the States even get it sooner than us and will soon flood the forums with first impressions, spoilers and praise totally kills me.

Oh, and I've also left the 30 behind... not 52, but I can still relate to that wondeful train story. I miss my Granny too.

[Komodo120]

Im not in my 50's ether but I do have a story like that, and I agree. I havent been this hyped up about much of any thing. Even a game at that! I remeber when I got hold of my first computer and just about drooled over the mother board (And the six that followed..*shifty eyes*) but im almost on the edge of my chair in wait for my DA:O..good times, good times. I honestly cant wait!

[KingSarevok]

Erruk wrote...

It's good to see so many people... mature adults like me (I am 52 years old)... acting like little kids on Christmas Eve. To read the forums for hours on end, and watching the same videos a hundred times, just to get our fix. I am glad that I am not alone. This seems to be a GLOBAL epidemic.

When I was just 8 yrs old or so, I remember asking my granny for an electric train. I was thinking about one of those HO-scale electric trains with the real smoke. She got me a battery operated PLASTIC train with a small oval track. It only had 3 cars, including the engine and caboose. I was SO disappointed. But I didn't let her know. She was my granny. It was from her, so it was special. I thanked her, and played with it the rest of the evening. As soon as I got home... I chunked it in the trash. It was a piece of crap. I wanted that HO-scale ELECTRIC train, dang it!

I hope this game doesn't disappoint. It's from BioWare, not my dear ol' granny, so we should all be OK.

P.S. I love you granny. I sure miss you. I wish I still had that ol' train you gave me. I would LOVE to play with it now (until Dragon Age is released, that is). I would give anything to pass it on to my 2 year old grandson. He would love it, as much as I miss having it.

Best. Story. Ever.

Although it creeps me out a little: What if Bioware has become an ol' granny over all these years???

[McAdams]

I think I have seen every DA:O trailer or interview out there. This game is almost over-hyped. A lot of those reviews that have scores in the 90s range have been shown the juicy bits of the game. Do they really represent the game? I don't know, and I am too hyped up to wonder about it.

[aries1001]

Erruk wrote...

It's good to see so many people... mature adults like me (I am 52 years old)... acting like little kids on Christmas Eve. To read the forums for hours on end, and watching the same videos a hundred times, just to get our fix. I am glad that I am not alone. This seems to be a GLOBAL epidemic.

When I was just 8 yrs old or so, I remember asking my granny for an electric train. I was thinking about one of those HO-scale electric trains with the real smoke. She got me a battery operated PLASTIC train with a small oval track. It only had 3 cars, including the engine and caboose. I was SO disappointed. But I didn't let her know. She was my granny. It was from her, so it was special. I thanked her, and played with it the rest of the evening. As soon as I got home... I chunked it in the trash. It was a piece of crap. I wanted that HO-scale ELECTRIC train, dang it!

I hope this game doesn't disappoint. It's from BioWare, not my dear ol' granny, so we should all be OK.

P.S. I love you granny. I sure miss you. I wish I still had that ol' train you gave me. I would LOVE to play with it now (until Dragon Age is released, that is). I would give anything to pass it on to my 2 year old grandson. He would love it, as much as I miss having it.

Thank you for this story  

It is great and wonderfull - and have lesson to it, too

I bet you can still find a similar train for your 2 year old grandson, maybe at a garage sale womewhere.

I hope Bioware is still Bioware...

[Truedor]

Great story. I'm forty-something and can remember to when BG first came out. At the time I was not into RPG's at all, played most strategy games. There was a guy in my team who was frothing at the mouth about this game, didn't really understand how anyone could be that excited about a game. haha.



Now I know exactly how he felt. Really having trouble concentrating on anything the last few days...

[Darpaek]

My brother and I had the most awesome Lionel train set when we were kids. It was originally my grandfather's, who past it onto my uncle, who left it in my granny's basement when he went off to war and forgot about it. Shame - I'll bet his kids would have loved it. Too bad granny gave it to us.



Both of them had added to the set over time, so when it got past onto us it filled a 5x2x3 foot shipping crate. At Christmas time, my brother and I could cover over inch of floor in a 2000 sq ft house with tracks!!! Since my brother decided to breed first it looks like he's already grabbed the set for his son.

[Repton15]

I'm 56, and every bit as hyped about D.A:O as everyone else seems to be. Friday does still seem to be a long way away though: but who knows, I might just get lucky and beat the postal strike with my pre-order. I'm keeping all appendages crossed on that one!
I guess Bioware has created a bit of a monster with this bad boy of a game!

[Ragadurn]

Having lost things in the past that can't be brought back always makes me sad. I presume similar things happened to most of us.

Concering DA:O:

I'm in love with RPGs and especially those made by Bioware since the first Neverwinter Nights.
Not sure why I hadn't much contact to RPGs before, perhaps I was too busy with Flight Simulations and Star Wars games back then.

But the whole atmosphere in NWN sucked me into the game, escpecially seeing my Paladin fighting undead in crypts and other interesting, eery places is a feeling a fantasy movie has yet to recreate. LotR seems one of the few movie series that come close, but still, RPGs on the computer just have a higher level of immersion. And I can decide in which direction the story evolves to some extent.

That's an important factor: I love good stories. And Bioware sure knows how to tell stories.
That's why I can hardly wait to finally start playing Dragon Age. Also, I generally prefer RPGs that are guiding me through the story instead of giving me a huge world that on the other side seems dead. That's why I will probably like Dragon Age: Origins more than many other RPGs.

Oblivion was all new and technically impressive, that made up for it. Fallout 3 is good, but somehow I stopped playing it a few weeks ago. Too many crashes and somehow not motivating enough, never felt so 'alone' in an open world despite putting many hours of playtime into it. Perhaps I'll continue playing it after a further patch, who knows.

But now, Dragon Age: Origins seems to be exactly what I need,
Collector's Edition is pre-ordered!

Modifié par Ragadurn, 02 novembre 2009 - 02:24 .

[Darpaek]

The world was blown up with nuclear bombs. You're supposed to feel alone.

[Ub3r_]

i have been so excited, and as ive slowly chugged the preload on my archaic internet connection ive been struggling to do an essay due before the games release, simply because im so freaking excited for this game, This social site is the worst procrastination tool... even mroe than Facebook

[Madlax27]

The Mature RPGs that we always crave (I am a measly young-in at 25 compared to some of you guys..) never seem to disappoint.



Even the buggy ones ala Witcher tend to give us that fix because of the Mature storyline.



I'm sure this wont disappoint .

[thearidzoner]

I am 33...(soon to be 34...) anyway What I wanted as a kid was slot car tracks...the cliffhanger ones. I did get them and played with them until I moved out. (Hey we'd see how far they could fly...)



I am excited about this game. Even if the game totally blows (Which I Don't think it will) there will be a community built around the tool set that will last for years. I mean just look at NWN 1...people are *still* pumping out content for that.



I love consoles, I love my wii and my 360...but I just could not bring myself to buy this game on anything but a PC. To me Mass effect is the "console" bioware RPG...Dragon Age belongs on a plateform that can handle a modding community. And I am excited too

[Darpaek]

Oh gosh!!! I wanted slot cars soooo badly as a kid and I asked for them for Christmas one year and my folks - trying to be awesome - got me the Hot Wheels cliffhanger slot thingie (the one that just made Hot Wheels fly). It was totally NOT what I wanted.

I loved Hot Wheels as a kid, and I'd never be angry at my folks because they knew I loved Hot Wheels and they were trying their best, but the LAST thing I wanted to do was scratch up my Hot Wheels by shooting them out of a tube against the wall! LOL

What a disappointment... They tried so hard, but I just wanted electric cars that moved around a track in a figure-8! LOL

EDIT:  PS:  You're too old to be calling yourself 33 and a half.  Don't feel like you have to qualify yourself to these old foggies.

Modifié par Darpaek, 02 novembre 2009 - 02:51 .

[dweber77]

I am 32 and have never been this excited. I am sure I will have trouble sleeping tonight. Even my fiance mentioned she has never seen me this giddy... ever.

[Ragadurn]

Darpaek wrote...

The world was blown up with nuclear bombs. You're supposed to feel alone.

It's another kind of 'alone'. More a kind of emptyness. Oblivion had it to some extent, too.
Other games don't necessarily have that feeling although you're on your own.

More motivation to follow the story would help, or more relatable characters or such. Or a greater item diversity.
Perhaps I would have gotten farther and found what I was looking for if it hadn't been for the crashes, dunno.
But for the moment, I lost pretty much all interest in Fallout 3. Perhaps it will return.

But for now: Dragon Age first!

[Sim Guy]

Good to see I'm not the only old fart here ... games keep you young ... keep on playing ...



If nothing else, keeping all these quests remembered slows the onset of Alzheimer's!

[Darpaek]

Ragadurn wrote...

Darpaek wrote...

The world was blown up with nuclear bombs. You're supposed to feel alone.

It's another kind of 'alone'. More a kind of emptyness. Oblivion had it to some extent, too.
Other games don't necessarily have that feeling although you're on your own.

More motivation to follow the story would help, or more relatable characters or such. Or a greater item diversity.
Perhaps I would have gotten farther and found what I was looking for if it hadn't been for the crashes, dunno.
But for the moment, I lost pretty much all interest in Fallout 3. Perhaps it will return.

But for now: Dragon Age first!

That's funny.  My **** about FO3 is nearly the exact opposite.  I was kinda annoyed I couldn't walk 10 ft and not bump into something (luckily, that something nearly always wanted to kill me - which was okay).  I guess I just wrote it off that you were in a major metropolitan area with half a dozen vaults within a 100m square area and not in the middle of the California/Nevada desert.  The amount of items, seemingly prewar unscavenged stuff, just lying around in containers in the wastes kinda annoyed me, too.

But I guess I was one of the few oldtimer FO folks that actually REALLY enjoyed FO3, so I dunno.  I'm giddy to see what Obsidian can do with Bethesda's engine.  Too bad it looks like they're being forced on a KOTOR2-style rushed dev schedule.

[Theist]

Awesome story, I'm excited because it will remind me of when I was younger and my buddies at the time would come over and we would eat up every RPG we could get our grubby mitts on.