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[Goth Skunk]

Firstly, I am an XBox 360 owner and my DA:O is played on said console.

I'm curious as to just what exactly triggers the death blow animations. I love watching my warrior or rogue deliver those brutal, blood spattering throat slashes or decapitations, or the epic take-downs of dragons and ogres, but I can't tell just how they're each triggered. What conditions need to be met?

Furthermore, in future installments, I would love to see every kill feature a death blow animation. They're awesome to watch, and give an exciting adrenaline rush.

Modifié par Goth Skunk, 21 janvier 2010 - 10:26 .

[Bhatair]

I love the sword + shield ones the best.

[-Conspirator]

Many special enemies like dragons and some ogres are automatically killed with a death blow animations. For the other fights: The sooner the fight is over, the more deathblows you get. The chance increases with the number of slain enemies, I suppose. Kind of moral boost at the end.

[KariTR]

Are these spoilers? If not, can I say Sten's pivot to drive his greatsword backwards through the enemies gut is a favorite. I vaguely assumed the animations were triggered by a killing critical hit, but I have no proof of this, it is really only an assumption.
But yes, these animations are the biggest influence for my not using magic-users anymore, they really add to the thrill of a kill in a way spells cannot touch.

-Conspirator wrote...
The sooner the fight is over, the more deathblows you get. The chance increases with the number of slain enemies, I suppose. Kind of moral boost at the end.

That makes sense of Sten's "That took longer than I would have liked" comment after some battles.

Modifié par KariTR, 21 janvier 2010 - 10:33 .

[Lethal_Liam]

Just so you are aware there is a mod for the PC version which allows you to set every kill as these animations.

[Sloth Of Doom]

I really hope they never make every kill have a special death-blow animation. That would just make it boring.

[Goth Skunk]

Lethal_Liam wrote...

Just so you are aware there is a mod for the PC version which allows you to set every kill as these animations.

I wrote...

Just so you're aware, I'm an XBox 360 owner and I play DA:O on said console

But thanks, all the same.

[KariTR]

Sloth Of Doom wrote...

I really hope they never make every kill have a special death-blow animation. That would just make it boring.

Yeah, I appreciate Liam's info, but they are special precisely because they happen infrequently.

[Goth Skunk]

Sloth Of Doom wrote...

I really hope they never make every kill have a special death-blow animation. That would just make it boring.

You don't find it boring when an enemy simply falls down when its HP reaches 0? I personally do.

Hmm... maybe a 'Death Blow Frequency' slider in the options menu?

[Girchou]

i want them to make more,but dont make them happen more...

[Sloth Of Doom]

Yeah but if every time you killed someone a head flew off or whatever it would be just as boring as the bad guy falling down.



Its like a Michael bay movie....sure things blowing up is fun, but after the 97th explosion it starts to fel a bit overdone.

[nteger]

The said mod has different setting that allow you change the frequency. I have it so that all enemies with names that are yellow or orange or red trigger finishing moves whenever they die, with an increased chance for normal enemies.

[Goth Skunk]

Sloth Of Doom wrote...

Yeah but if every time you killed someone a head flew off or whatever it would be just as boring as the bad guy falling down.

Its like a Michael bay movie....sure things blowing up is fun, but after the 97th explosion it starts to fel a bit overdone.

Perhaps. Actually nteger just made a good point about when the animations should occur, any enemy yellow rank or higher.

But I digress, maybe in the future a slider to increase or decrease their frequency may be something to consider. At the very least for us console gamers.

[-Conspirator]

KariTR wrote...

Sloth Of Doom wrote...

I really hope they never make every kill have a special death-blow animation. That would just make it boring.

Yeah, I appreciate Liam's info, but they are special precisely because they happen infrequently.

There is also a version of the mod that just increases the chance of landing a deathblow and forces deathblows on stronger enemies (Howe for example )

[Caozen]

Having never played an Archer, I'm assuming they don't have any death-blows. If so, it's quite a shame.



I'd love to see an ogre getting shot right between the eyes.

[Eragondragonrider]

From playing the game numerous times to me it seems like with the enemy has 2% or less health and your players land a crit there is a 15% change that a death blow will happen. Mostly Orges and the Dragons whoever lands the last blow gets the dealthblow animation, archers deathblow animation is the person flying back a few feet for normal enemies, and mages can shatter frozen enemies.

[Lord Phoebus]

I don't like them since you lose control of your character when they're happening, which is bad when you're surrounded by three or four other enemies and they're getting free hits against you while you twirl around like a prima donna. They should only happen at the end of combat, not the middle.

[TyroneTasty]

Caozen wrote...

I'd love to see an ogre getting shot right between the eyes.

Ooooh! Or maybe you hit him in the eye and he staggers around in pain for a while grasping at the arrow before finally falling on his face, a la the cave troll in LotR. Not quite as dramatic but it's something.

[MidgardSerpentZ]

Caozen wrote...

Having never played an Archer, I'm assuming they don't have any death-blows. If so, it's quite a shame.

I'd love to see an ogre getting shot right between the eyes.

Damnit, that would be SO cool! They can definitely expand on the death animations in the sequel or the expantion. 

[Zabaniya]

Archer deathblow animations?

Like this?

[Zabaniya]

Zabaniya wrote...

Archer deathblow animations?
Like this?

Just switch the Oliphaunt to High Dragon and it works.


*facepalm*  Quoted myself instead of editting.

Modifié par Zabaniya, 22 janvier 2010 - 12:25 .

[Spitz6860]

i think they are triggered when your killing blow is also a critical attack.

[Vaeliorin]

Lord Phoebus wrote...
I don't like them since you lose control of your character when they're happening, which is bad when you're surrounded by three or four other enemies and they're getting free hits against you while you twirl around like a prima donna. They should only happen at the end of combat, not the middle.

This.  I hate them when they occur in the middle of battle (particularly the ogre ones that take so freaking long!)  When, in the time it takes for my character to do his fancy little deathblow on an ogre, the rest of my party runs halfway across an area and kills another enemy, I think there's a problem.

[Krunjar]

There is a mod to turn deathblows off or to minimize them or to maximize them so no one should really have issues with this feature. Personally I think that people take the numbers and the ui way too seriously in this game rpg's are about atmosphere.

[Red Frostraven]

I would love to see some death animations based on spells.

I didn't know they existed for 50 hours ingame untill restarted as a melee character and saw a sword/dagger decapitation with my own character.



My mage character got most boss kills in my first playthrough, so I figured a certain death animation with Alistair and an ogre in some tower was a scripted event rather than a feature.



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1 deathblow animation with alistair, morrigan, dog in the party with my mage wasn't impressive at all, after 50 hours.



Shatter patter. Most enemies shatter, and they were supposed to do so when frozen or petrified and critted when of lower levels, so that didn't feel special at all.

Especially since only the ice covering their bodies shatter and the bodies are intact.