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[ElitePinecone]

Kolotosa wrote...
Just a note on the difficulty curve -- it's not intended to be as steep as it is right now, and it's something the developers are working on fixing currently (per a dev post on the game's new forums). That's not to say that the game won't still try to encourage people to buy gem packs, since that's where their income is going to come from, but with luck after the update it should once again be able to progress through the levels even without having full teams of Epic/Legendary heroes, which right now does become nigh impossible.

It still isn't going to be a game that appeals to everyone, but they're definitely still working things out, esp. balancing. Hence the soft release for select regions first before opening it up to the broader US marketplace.

Thanks, I wondered if they actually intended for it to be this hard!  

Part of what kinda turns me off also is that the difficulty depends largely on chance; if you acquire a really powerful epic/legendary hero randomly in one of the packs, everything becomes easier regardless of how much you engage with the game's strategy. How hard the game is really depends on which characters you unlock, and even the most "skilful" use of lower-tier characters won't make some of those battles winnable. 

The interface for buying hero packs really strongly reminded me of ME3's multiplayer unlocks (even down to the tiers and names), which did prompt me to make that comparison. In ME3, you could still easily play with a basic character and never have to unlock the best items, at least on lower difficulties (because the game involved some degree of skill) but Heroes of Dragon Age is essentially all about the unlocks and the randomness of acquring a really useful or necessary character - there's not as much "game" there to sustain the system outside acquiring character packs again and again and again. 

[ev76]

Is it out in the U.S. ? For iPhone.

[Cyr8]

I watched a 'gameplay' video that someone else posted, and I put gameplay in quotes because it's more autoplay than anything. Wow, this looks like it sucks more than the facebook games ever did. Unlocking everything for the main game is the only reason I have for playing this, if at all.

[Eveangaline]

So does this unlock in game special weapons like the facebook game did?

[ElitePinecone]

Nope. At least, not yet.

[MisanthropePrime]

One thing I am... I don't want to say concerned with, but more interested in, is what ramification this game might have on canon with its designs.


I remember a while back I got into a very lengthy debate with someone about whether or not the Darkspawn Emissary that appeared in Dragon Age: Legends (http://images2.wikia..._(DAL_boss).jpg) was a ogre emissary or not.

Now, with there being so many units in this game, and so many of them having ways to upgrade themselves, I wonder what ramifications this has in the lore. Take the nug image that was posted a while back, which showed it getting bigger and having more markings: lorewise, do nugs end up looking like that? Are there "dire nugs"? Additionally, when canonical characters get more elaborate armor, does that reflect anything they might wear in-universe?

Modifié par MisanthropePrime, 20 octobre 2013 - 06:41 .

[Kenny Da Finn]

Has anyone who has tried this game had a massively long load time when first starting it up?

[mr_afk]

Yeah, I just tried it out and it took forever.
I'm presuming it was updating. It doesn't take as long later on.

[ElitePinecone]

Yeah, I had to exit it and reload...

The load time is much shorter every time after the initial one.

[frustratemyself]

It's available in the Australian app store for ios.

[Mr. Homebody]

Another social game? No, thanks. I only play big games with engaging single player experience and intriguing storyline. All these mini games are FAR away from my area of interest.

However, because of my love for Dragon Age universe, maybe I will at least try HoDA.

[Catalyst38]

Wiedzmin182009 wrote...

I'm very happy to announce that Heroes of Dragon Age is now available on ANDROID within select countries!

Canada http://bit.ly/NA16HJV Australia, Hong Kong, Russia, and Singapore http://bit.ly/ROW16DhV 

I won't play this game to not have America as a  "select country" right from this start is nothing but a slap in the face to have denied the market of america anything is never a good business decision. I can only assume it was malicious and I'll treat it that way.

[Plaintiff]

Catalyst38 wrote...

Wiedzmin182009 wrote...

I'm very happy to announce that Heroes of Dragon Age is now available on ANDROID within select countries!

Canada http://bit.ly/NA16HJV Australia, Hong Kong, Russia, and Singapore http://bit.ly/ROW16DhV 

I won't play this game to not have America as a  "select country" right from this start is nothing but a slap in the face to have denied the market of america anything is never a good business decision. I can only assume it was malicious and I'll treat it that way.

Lol.

There could be licensing issues that prevent them from providing it in America. Or technical difficulties.

To assume malice on Bioware's part is utterly baseless and nonsensical. They have no reason to dislike America, and if they did dislike America, why would they withohold the Android version and not the iOS version? Hell, if they hate America so much, why would they sell any games there at all?

Modifié par Plaintiff, 28 octobre 2013 - 11:56 .

[LastFadingSmile]

Catalyst38 wrote...

I won't play this game to not have America as a  "select country" right from this start is nothing but a slap in the face to have denied the market of america anything is never a good business decision. I can only assume it was malicious and I'll treat it that way.

They haven't "denied" anyone anything. It's a soft launch because they're effectively still in beta, and they released it in selected, smaller markets specifically so that they could continue to fine tune and fix their issues -- some of them quite significant, like the aforementioned impossible difficulty curve -- before they opened it up to large numbers of users.

I'd wager that, in reality, very few business actually set out with malicious intent just to spite you. It tends to be bad for their bottom lines.

[ElitePinecone]

Catalyst38 wrote...

Wiedzmin182009 wrote...

I'm very happy to announce that Heroes of Dragon Age is now available on ANDROID within select countries!

Canada http://bit.ly/NA16HJV Australia, Hong Kong, Russia, and Singapore http://bit.ly/ROW16DhV 

I won't play this game to not have America as a  "select country" right from this start is nothing but a slap in the face to have denied the market of america anything is never a good business decision. I can only assume it was malicious and I'll treat it that way.

Wat.

It's soft-launching as a sort of open beta. They're testing it in smaller countries before releasing it in major markets, like most sensible and practical business people. 

And even if that weren't the case, why on earth would it be malicious? Do you think the game creators are part of some vast anti-American conspiracy to annoy you by depriving you of tablet games? That they sat plotting about how to undermine US global power by carefully not releasing certain products? 

You do know EA is an American company, right, as well as the studio who made the game?

[errant_knight]

Lee80alabama wrote...

Darn, I hate when games are only put on mobile devices. :-/

www.bluestacks.com/
You can play mobile apps on a pc or mac. It's a free program although they're now selling a subscription service. You don't have to take it though. This prog works better than others I've tried for this.

I'm trying to install it now. Not every app works right away. It took ages for them to make blue stacks work with Candy Crush. I'll update on the results.

Modifié par errant_knight, 28 octobre 2013 - 04:41 .

[Iron Star]

Any ideas on when the game is released to the rest of the world?

[errant_knight]

ok, this works fine with Bluestacks. Well, it did on my PC. It hung while loading on my mac, but I think that had less to do with the game than with technical issues on my end. I suspect it works fine there, too.

It's quite fun. One has to keep in mind that it's a game meant to be played on a phone, which imposes some limitations, but I enjoyed it. It's more of a strategy game than a combat game, in that you don't actually control your squad's combat. It's about building a strong squad and picking the right characters for the foes they face.

It also has a lot of lore built into it, which is great and the music reminds me of DA:O a lot. It sets the mood nicely. (Loved the DA:O music)

This should probe an excellent time game for those times when I can't commit to playing DA or swtor. ie. At work, lol.

Modifié par errant_knight, 28 octobre 2013 - 07:06 .

[deuce985]

When does this come out for iOS? Also, will it have unlocks for Inquisition like the previous social games?

[errant_knight]

I don't think there's any information on that.

[MisanthropePrime]

deuce985 wrote...

When does this come out for iOS? Also, will it have unlocks for Inquisition like the previous social games?

"Winter", I think "winter 2013" but it may be early 2014.

[Catalyst38]

Loved the replays, good times. Lol

[NessCraig]

I am a little frustrated about the lack of information dealing with the US. I completely understand their desire to "work out the kinks" before unloading it on the American market (which by far will be the biggest audience for them)

Yet, can't they announce, "Coming soon Nov. 30, 2013" or "See you in November US!"

I am getting frustrated with the lack of specificity from this company and release times.

I am slightly impatient because I have so much time on my hands. :/ (Hint: BioWare if you need a beta tester for any game - I have 40 hours a week to spare)

[The Xand]

errant_knight wrote...

www.bluestacks.com/
You can play mobile apps on a pc or mac. It's a free program although they're now selling a subscription service. You don't have to take it though. This prog works better than others I've tried for this.

I'm trying to install it now. Not every app works right away. It took ages for them to make blue stacks work with Candy Crush. I'll update on the results.

I tried it using that and eh, it doesn't work. Runs at like 1fps. Why they limited it to iphones is beyond me, would have thought it made more sense to have it on PC.