shyguy1012 wrote...
This game does not feel like it was play tested, or was play tested by extreme
gamers. You know the kind that aren't happy unless it takes them three
hours to play through level one on nightmare setting. I'll give you a
hint: most gamers are like me. They are casual gamers who only want
spend two to three day beat a game. At the rate I'm going it might take
me two to three months if I don't cheat.
This is something I have an issue with. I'm a very casual gamer - I have a full time job, friends and family and if I'm lucky get an hour a day and maybe a few hours over the weekend to myself to play games with. I really dislike games that are short and can be completed in a few sittings. I love games like this where I can load it up, play a bit, do a few fights, save the game, go on with RL and come back the next day to pick it up and continue from where i left on - and do this for months.
And you know what? most of the people I know who play computer games are in the same boat - jobs, family, friends, etc. and they prefer games that can stretch out over months rather than games they can finish in a few sittings or within a week or 2 of buying the games.
So I'm sorry, maybe most gamers you know are like you - like games that don't take long to complete and can then be shelved for the next game, but that doesn't mean everyone is like you or the majority of gamers are like that. In fact me & others who I know have bought DAO are glad it's replayable as it is and takes as long as it does to finish - more value for the limited $'s we can spend on games.
Camera angles and controls are dated and need to be updated. The WADS for the
computer are the best. It's better than a game-pad for most games. Move
your mouse left and look left. Move your mouse look right and look
right. Strafe right and move backwards at the same time. If you're like
me you can do a lot of things at once. Strafe right, while aiming,
while crouching, while firing my weapon and taking a sip of coffee.
Sounds like you prefer to play FPS's, and might be better for you to stick to those style of games. DAO was advertised and sold as a tactical team based RPG, not a FPS or CRPG. The controls and camera issue's your mentioning belong in FPS's and 1-st/3rd person action RPG's (ie diablo, etc).
I'm glad that DAO plays the way it fdoes, with the camera angle's that it uses. I like switching from the behind the character view to top-down as needed, I like seeing fights and area's at the different angles this makes possible.
And no, not everyone is like you - not everyone is brought up playing FPS's and can ulti-task a billion keystrokes and mouse movement and such in games..esp when you have distractions in RL that you can't ignore.
It's not 1990 anymore and since then Diablo and Elder Scrolls have
happened. Real time direct control over your sword is possible.
And some would say to the detrament of us all. Those games were fun in their own way, but you knew what you were getting - a 1st/3rd person action game which had some rpg elements in it. I'm sorry if you expected DAO to be yet another clone game shaped like them.. but it's not, it's a tactical party based rpg, and from what i've seen was always advocated at such (and not as another diablo/elder-scroll clone).
And just because something is possible, doesn't mean it's preferrable. I'm glad I don't have to fully control my weapon or character in-real-time like in morrowind/oblivion.
As for camera angle look no farther then your
recent title Mass Effect. That would be the perfect angle. Can you
imagine the blood shed up close and personal? Instead, most of your
time is spent far from the action.
Again, completely different styles of game and gameplay. I'm glad they make DAO combat the way they did rather than a "see if you can click fast enough to shoot/slice/etc the enemie before it kills you" game that you seem to be yearing for.
Okay, you get the point. I really did not like Dragon Age. To me
the flaws of this game gave me a headache. If I could, I would have
returned it for a different one. Hopefully Mass Effect 2 will makeup
for this game.
Sounds like you bought the game with the wrong expectations of what ytype of game it was, and thus didn't like it because it was different to that. I'd suggest that next time you try researching games your interested in - check reviews, screenshots, advertising video's, in-game fottage, etc - as this can save a lot of grief in helping you not buy games your not going to like, or at least give you a better idea of the type of game it really is.
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