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[ejoslin]

Hah, the thing is, it's not a bad game. It actually is pretty good. But... *sigh* I guess they set the bar too high in DA:O. Still, even half as good as DA:O is still pretty good. But still only half as good!

[Raiynsong]

Re Awakening: I'm still only a few hours in, so I'm not sure how I feel about it , but



I agree I'm not sucked in to the characters as much as I was in DA:O, For one thing, for two of them, the character quests seemed to arrive very early in the game, and I would have liked those relationships to develop a bit first. But that might be the choices I made about where to go and what to do first.



BUT: I often feel the same way when I read trilogies. I usually love the first book in the series. Often the second book is a bit of a disappointment--the stuff that happens needs to happen to further the plot along, but what I miss about the first book is the whole "character comes of age" storyline. That's what we had in DA:O that we don't have in Awakenings.

[TheComfyCat]

I agree that Awakening feels more shallow than DA:O. It also doesn't feel particularly connected to DA:O. Keeping more characters from the original game would have made this feel more like an expansion... it feels more like you're expected to start a new Orlesian Warden rather than continue your old character.



I would expect a lot from a DA:O sequel, but I had really low expectations for the expansions/ extra content... so I'm not particularly disappointed. I didn't really expect the xpac to feel canon... and it doesn't.

[jenovan]

Morning, all :3

Creature 1 wrote...

Oddly, my cynicism has protected me from disappointment, it seems.

Me too.  Having fairly low expectations going in, I'm actually enjoying it   Although it helps that I was laughing at pretty much everything out of Anders's mouth. XD  (Oh god, the robes story... XD)

But much more relevant to our interests....!  I learned a very, VERY interesting spoiler.   You can get to it from my blog, I hope (it's planted on LJ, although it may have found its way to these forums by now...).  I kept my summary very vague, since I didn't want to spoil myself, but there are more details to be had that I linked to. :3

Addai67 wrote...

I played a couple hours tonight.  There was one little instance where I heaved a little *sob*.  I'm trying not to be spoilerish, but those of you who've played might have noticed the line I mean when doing your recruiting.

I think I know which line you mean.   It sounded as if it were meant to be joking/sarcastic, but my PC would have been a bit wistful when he said it...

[TheComfyCat]

jenovan wrote...

Morning, all :3

Creature 1 wrote...

Oddly, my cynicism has protected me from disappointment, it seems.

Me too.  Having fairly low expectations going in, I'm actually enjoying it   Although it helps that I was laughing at pretty much everything out of Anders's mouth. XD  (Oh god, the robes story... XD)

But much more relevant to our interests....!  I learned a very, VERY interesting spoiler.   You can get to it from my blog, I hope (it's planted on LJ, although it may have found its way to these forums by now...).  I kept my summary very vague, since I didn't want to spoil myself, but there are more details to be had that I linked to. :3

Addai67 wrote...

I played a couple hours tonight.  There was one little instance where I heaved a little *sob*.  I'm trying not to be spoilerish, but those of you who've played might have noticed the line I mean when doing your recruiting.

I think I know which line you mean.   It sounded as if it were meant to be joking/sarcastic, but my PC would have been a bit wistful when he said it...

Oooh.. thanks for the good news!

[Raiynsong]

ooh thanks for the "vague spoiler". I too didn't read further--I want to be surprised

[soulsweeper87]

Hmm, I don't expect much from Awakening, so I hope I can still enjoy it.



I used to be yaoi fangirl wneh I was aroud 14-15, but I never really took it seriously. Some stuff was hilarious in a somewhat disturbing way. As for anime, saying that it's all bad is like claiming that all American movies are moronic. Anime = Japanese animation and that contains probably every genre and style known to mankind Sadly, it's mostly known for idiotic shows for fetishists. Shota and Loli are especially scary.

But I agree that Hellsing rocks

[Ramante]

Awakening is not very popular in the Netherlands...

I pre-ordered it at one of the largest stores and they had the 'Bregan's Bow' action going on, apparently only the first 200 customers would get the promo code.

And I'm one of them (go me!) and I pre-ordered the game last friday, so the game is not very popular or everyone in this country is very slow.



It really sucks btw that they put the Awakening stuff in the Origin part of the boards. I don't know which threads are save. xD



*going to read the last pages and jenovan's blog*

[Creature 1]

I'm assuming everywhere is dangerous and just reading this thread and the Wynne abomination thread!

[Ramante]

Creature 1 wrote...

I'm assuming everywhere is dangerous and just reading this thread and the Wynne abomination thread!

Good strategy.

@jenovans blog... Very big squee.

[soulsweeper87]

Ramante wrote...
It really sucks btw that they put the Awakening stuff in the Origin part of the boards. I don't know which threads are save. xD
*

That's why I'm sticking to this thread only for a time being 
I didn't pre-order the game. I'll be much better off buying it on Friday after work. Otherwise, I'm sure I wouldn't get until Monday 

[Ramante]

soulsweeper87 wrote...

Ramante wrote...
It really sucks btw that they put the Awakening stuff in the Origin part of the boards. I don't know which threads are save. xD
*

That's why I'm sticking to this thread only for a time being 
I didn't pre-order the game. I'll be much better off buying it on Friday after work. Otherwise, I'm sure I wouldn't get until Monday 

Thankfully this thread is quite popular, so we don't have to look to hard for it.

I'm a little pissed off actually... I'm very happy that I get that bow, but it is annoying that they send me the code (email) but I have to wait till tomorrow for the game. It would have made much more sense if they would just put a piece of paper with the code with the game. Now I know I'm getting a promo item, but I can't use it yet. >_<
Knowing that shop and our post office I will get the game like 6 pm tomorrow, which sucks even more, since I'm free tomorrow so I could play the game the entire day.

[soulsweeper87]

Tomorrow? Wait, aren't you in Europe?

[Ramante]

soulsweeper87 wrote...

Tomorrow? Wait, aren't you in Europe?

Yes, 2 posts back I said that the game is not very popular in the Netherlands.
Small country, next to Germany (*waves at Sabriana*).

Edit: because I suck at math, 3 posts back.

Modifié par Ramante, 17 mars 2010 - 02:30 .

[soulsweeper87]

Ramante wrote...

soulsweeper87 wrote...

Tomorrow? Wait, aren't you in Europe?

Yes, 2 posts back I said that the game is not very popular in the Netherlands.
Small country, next to Germany (*waves at Sabriana*).

I know, that's why I'm confused. It's 18th tomorrow, so how come you could play the game? Isn't it out on 19th?

[Ramante]

soulsweeper87 wrote...

Ramante wrote...

soulsweeper87 wrote...

Tomorrow? Wait, aren't you in Europe?

Yes, 2 posts back I said that the game is not very popular in the Netherlands.
Small country, next to Germany (*waves at Sabriana*).

I know, that's why I'm confused. It's 18th tomorrow, so how come you could play the game? Isn't it out on 19th?

Nog niet verschenen - reserveer een exemplaar Beschikbaar op 18.03.2010

Translation: 'Not yet released - pre-order a copy. Available March 18 - 2010'

According to my pc and my internal clock, today it is the 17th, so tomorrow I should get it. o.o'

Edit: I don't hope they mean you can order it the 18th and they send it to you the 19th. that would really suck.

Modifié par Ramante, 17 mars 2010 - 02:35 .

[soulsweeper87]

Ramante wrote...

Nog niet verschenen - reserveer een exemplaar Beschikbaar op 18.03.2010

Translation: 'Not yet released - pre-order a copy. Available March 18 - 2010

According to my pc and my internal clock, today it is the 17th, so tomorrow I should get it. o.o'

Wow, interesting. It says 19.03.2010 on Polish site, I thought it applied to whole Europe. 
Edit in response  to your edit: I hope you get it tomorrow and if not, I'm sure your order is still valid and they (the store) just made a spelling mistake. Which would still suck 

Modifié par soulsweeper87, 17 mars 2010 - 02:41 .

[Jaulen]

Ah! Jenovan *yeah!* I didn't read further, but knowing me, give it until the end of the day and I won't be able to hold out any longer. Okay, I'm already getting ansty, and it's only been like fuive minutes since I checked your update link. Screw holding out until the end of the day, I don't think I'll hold out the hour!



I haven't purchased Awakenings yet.



Finished up the Dlaish elf while out of twon for work. And poor Alistair never even got Duncan's shield. And interesting enough, just at warm,. you can talk him out of sacrificing himself if you didn't do the ritual (I was under the impression that he would always do the sacrfice, nope, had to reload!)



Good morning from teh Denver, CO airport. 7 hours between layovers.....*sigh*

[ejoslin]

Heh, I already spoilered myself. I'm weak that way.

[Jaulen]

Yep, I just did too. No willpower.....

[Creature 1]

I resisted! So far!

[soulsweeper87]

Was the spoiler good? (*still resisting*)

[Ramante]

ejoslin wrote...

Heh, I already spoilered myself. I'm weak that way.

Same here.
Big squee, though. x3

I know most people don't think Awakening is that great, but I feel very... nervous-happy about it. Must be the promo thing, it is working.

I got some nice Zev screenies btw, uploading as we speak (or I type o/w).

[Addai]

ejoslin wrote...

Anyway, I'll play awakenings a bit more today, see if I start actually caring about the characters in it (so far I don't). And then probably finish up the deep roads!

This is my big problem with it, a few hours in.  It's fun, but I feel like I'm playing a Bethesda game and not a Bioware game.  It's lonely. 

[jenovan]

Glad to bring a little squee to you guys this morning. XD  Although if someone eventually can confirm, that'd be great. ;D

Jaulen wrote...

Good morning from teh Denver, CO airport. 7 hours between layovers.....*sigh*

Oh, ICK.    *hugs*  stay sane... and comfortable XD