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This still gives me goosebumps....especially when Duncan looks at he Tower of Ishal and finds out that the reinforcements aren't coming. This is what I expected from Inquisition...the dark fantasy theme, the atmosphere and world building. It has now been replaced by flashiness, action orientation and fairy-tale like story..
The only Cinematic which I found pretty good in Inquisition was when they start singing "Dawn Will come"
Thanks. After reading it, they are concentrating on multiplayer issues. Sigh. Patch 8 I guess for basic point-to-click movement. May 19th.
Cyan--NDA, for pity's sake. You signed it, will you please now stick to it? Every time they do say something, someone half-repeats it and puts the most negative spin on it possible.
MP has had very little focus over the past few patches, in comparison to the SP fixes (Many of which are undocumented). Saying they're patching MP in P7 doesn't mean that's all they're doing. While I agree the slowness of the PC UI/KB/M is frustrating, we're not the only mob complaining.
@Errie: I understand your cynicism. 
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This still gives me goosebumps....especially when Duncan looks at he Tower of Ishal and finds out that the reinforcements aren't coming. This is what I expected from Inquisition...the dark fantasy theme, the atmosphere and world building. It has now been replaced by flashiness, action orientation and fairy-tale like story..
The only Cinematic which I found pretty good in Inquisition was when they start singing "Dawn Will come"
Goosebumps is right.
I always saw that, also, as his last thought being of Alistair and the Warden--with a glimmer of hope that he can die, knowing that not everyone's dead. Even though he's seen all of his Wardens drop--there are still those in the Tower, because he's seen the beacon light.
An example of the kind of depth DA:O gave players. 
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This still gives me goosebumps....especially when Duncan looks at he Tower of Ishal and finds out that the reinforcements aren't coming. This is what I expected from Inquisition...the dark fantasy theme, the atmosphere and world building. It has now been replaced by flashiness, action orientation and fairy-tale like story..
The only Cinematic which I found pretty good in Inquisition was when they start singing "Dawn Will come"
I won't post the one that appeals to me, most, because it's a spoiler, and also may not be suitable for the forum (even though no nudity).
But, yes, Sera. That desk is stable. 
I am a fan of crooked smiles, though.
Well I now see a little bit of acceptance of a different kind of PC player other than the technical PC player but I also see the major point has not been successfully made. I try to be minimalisitc in my approach but this obviously will not work here. So now I will go into a very detailed explaination. Go ahead and get a drink, this is depressing.
Again, to understand what has happened to your beloved Romance Age you have to understand the dress-up-doll-and-put-it-into-a-movie players. You may now accept they exist but you still don't understand who they are. Allow me to explain.
The dress-up-doll-and-put-it-into-a-movie players:
Are made up of almost all age groups, every gender, and every orientation. Yes, straight boys like to play GI JOE action figure doll too.
Are the great majority of people still playing DAO. Period.
Are the great majority of people still playing DA2. Period.
If not now, will soon be the great majority of people playing DAI. Period.
The great majority of them are NOT children. I repeat, are NOT children. Got it?
Are the most LOYAL Dragon Age players. Period
Buy the most DLC for Dragon Age. Period.
Are the nicest bastards in the entire PC gaming community. By far. Night and day is not nearly a good enough contrast to compare the sheer nicety of these palyers compared to the technical PC players.
Are, by far, the most supportive of MODS. If I were to do a technical mod for any dragon age game and share it. I would bet my house the most tiny toilet bowl endorsments and compliemnts I get would get would be from these people. I would also bet my house that of I did an armor mod over 90% of all little toilet bowl endorsements and compliments I get would be from these players. So they not only better support the original game than the tech pc player, they support the freakin mods better than us too. Understood?
Are much more forgiving, much more lenient, and much easier to please.
So now we have a better understanding of who these players are, don't we? So now let's talk about the technical PC player, shant we?
The technical PC players:
Are much more likely to not even have DAO and DA2 installed on their PC.
Are much more likely to, once they have mastered the technical aspects and MATH of a game, move on to new technical challenges. AS IN NEW GAMES. Tell me about the loyalty there. Tell me about the DLC slaes there.
Are much more likely to use their intelligence to really try and bad mouth and demolish individuals or companies that ****** them off.
Are much more likely to try and start a revolt when a game does not meet their personal standards.
OK. Now that we almost know who is who let's talk about Bioware pandering to the first group. How doing this will CUT OVERHEAD and INCREASE SALES AND PROFITS. Surely even the biggest idiot on this blog understands that this is exactly what every company would like to do. Now they can prioritize their games. You know what's easy to do in making a game? How about play back some actor's voice? You know what's really hard to do in making a game? Combat.
So now you have to understand the final component. Who I am. Who is typing these things? Who is this clown who believes little monkeys always dance around the 600 lbs gorilla but never dare look directly at it? Well I am the guy who wishes that DA2 and DAI were much more like DAO more than any other person who has ever lived or will ever live. Why do I say that? Well I've explained everything else to this point. You see, I have modded DAO to the point, that in my opinion, it is the greatest crossover rpg/action game that now exists for PC. In my DAO you can dodge attacks, many animations are different, the entire game is faster, many talents now have a bonus to attack rating rather than being automatic hits, all while keeping virutually all the rpg elements. Soooooooooo, if DA2 and DAI had been more like DAO, once I got my grubby little modding hands on them, I WOULD NOW OWN THREE OF THE GREATEST RPG/ACTION CROSSOVER GAMES INSTEAD OF ONE. Get it? In case you are a selfish person and want to ask, "Why you not share many of these mods with us?" plaese feel free to read this post from the beginning yet again and perhaps it will come to you.
DA2 and DAI are action romances. DA2's rpg component is a lie. You can pretend that you're putting lot's of points into magic to make a great mage but the truth is my level 10 mage can crush your level 25 mage just as long as he/she has a better weapon. The great majority of damage delt by standard and talent attacks is dependent upon the level of the weapon. That's not rpg, that's DOOM find the best weapon stuff. The real crazy thing is if I were to do a three page RAGE post on combat in DA2, this hotriific thing I just mentioned, this "find the best weapon DOOM crap", would not even make my list. Can you imagine? Crazier still would be my guess on why Bioware really added a Qunari to DAI. You think it's for romancex? (My God no, but actually yes, really, truly, yes.)
So what do I do? Well if you have followed this blog (my deepest condolences) you know that I shot a few smart-alecky-smarty-smart-smart comments Bioware's way. The reason I've done this is because it's all I got. I could say Bioware are jerks, but that's just not true. I could say Bioware are idiots, but that's just not true. I could say Bioware makes poor business decisions, but that's just not true. Simply ask me if Bioware has made a smart business choice pandering to these kinds of PC players. My response is a simple "YES!" So smart-alecky-smarty-smart-smart comments is all I got. The sad truth is that's all you got too wether you want to accept it or not.
I hope I have explained myself completely here. I await the simpleton to post that I am a Bioware apologist. Nope, I'm a Bioware realist.
Take care and best to all the Technical PC players left behind, may many other companies make many other games that meet OUR standards. I hope.
I won't post the one that appeals to me, most, because it's a spoiler, and also may not be suitable for the forum (even though no nudity).
But, yes, Sera. That desk is stable.
I am a fan of crooked smiles, though.
While we're on the subject, I wasn't completely disenchanted with DA:I. There's a few moments in that I liked, and no, no one asked, but I'm gonna tell you anyway:
One is when romancing Cass and you step out reading the poetry and she gives you that little shove as you go by. That, I thought, was a nice touch. Also, catching her reading Varric's trashy novel serial - and especially Miranda Raison's rendition of "...but she was falsely accused!"
In DA:2... Aveline. Yeah. Every time she opened her mouth I just nodded. Because Redheads. I have no excuse, desire no cure. Joanna Roth did a superb job in my humble opinion. There wasn't a single thing I disliked about Aveline except Donnic.
Isabela's VA - Victoria Kruger - was spot on rather a great deal. You got the sense she really enjoyed giving Isabela a voice.
Jean Gilpin as Meredith was excellent. Her work in the final battle raised a bar or two.
The Arishok - Richard Wasserman - had his moments as well. A rather nice combo of arrogance, disgust and personal power.
Claudia Black... criminally underrated actor, excellent VA. Oddly enough, I like her Morrigan better in DA:I than Origins.
Sera I like because she's a smidge more complicated - IMO - than most people get - they're put off by her manner (and haircut) and her personal definitions of things. Her laugh I like - it's perfect for that character. Most people are too busy dribbling "I don' like 'er, snivel snivel!" to actually listen to what she's actually saying. They did that with Jack in ME2 as well.
Vivienne - a lot of people don't like her, but her VA - Indira Varma - was very, very good. A voice like buttah, that one.
I can stand a lot of crap if it has genuine moments in it and DA:I got lucky with me only in that respect. Unfortunately, those moments are waaay too far apart. On the bright side, Youtube is a thing.
Oh, and page 666 is coming.
Excellent...
Indira Varma is my second-in-line grrlcrush. That woman is so freaking classy it makes me hurt. I love her voice, and I also like that Viv is so easy to write off as a you-know-what (and some of my IQs have--which can also be amusing )... but she has some layers on her, that one.
Cassandra as a character in DA:I was masterfully done. Her "forget you know this about me" just... well, it's very familiar. Her writer and stage director need special kudos, I think. I was genuinely "ugh, ORLY?" when I heard she was going to be a companion but now I adore her.
Alastair Parker is another knee crumbler, when he wants to be, too. My antipathy for some of Blackwall's stupidity (erhm... not the why but the how he eventually handles it is my issue, she says with as few spoilers as I can. Daft bastard) often means I forget him.
And, yes--that Arishok. Good lord.
ETA: Another one who I enjoy the work of is Mark Hildreth (Sten). The reason I enjoy his work so much is that he can be really hard to pick as him. Seriously, go and watch him in Resurrection, then come back to Sten. He's a hard one to pick--which I think is fantastic, because he doesn't tickle my "who is that? Gods, I'll have to imdb it so I stop getting distracted by apparent familiarity" ear.
Indira Varma is my second-in-line grrlcrush. That woman is so freaking classy it makes me hurt. I love her voice, and I also like that Viv is so easy to write off as a you-know-what (and some of my IQs have--which can also be amusing
Cassandra as a character in DA:I was masterfully done. Her "forget you know this about me" just... well, it's very familiar.
Alastair Parker is another knee crumbler, when he wants to be, too. My antipathy for some of Blackwall's stupidity (erhm... not the why but the how he eventually handles it is my issue, she says with as few spoilers as I can. Daft bastard) often means I forget him.
Characters are - were - Bioware's strength. Anyone who writes can tell you that characters can be easy to come up with (I can do it easy), much trickier to layer and even more difficult to set into situations worthy of them that aren't riddled with clichés. As a rule, clichés can ruin even a well-written and well-realized character.
Dragon Age suffers from this on occasion, but generally they are spot-on with characters. Granted, a lot of that is due directly to the talents of their voice actors and both ME and DA got really lucky to have the ones they have. A really good VA can make even stupid lines sound decent. There are a couple in ME that deserved far more praise than they got (Wendy Braun leaps most readily to mind) and some who get more than they deserve (unpopular opinion here - Jennifer Hale - competent but every-bloody-where).
I suspect that you were supposed to write Viv off when you meet her. People complain that she says 'darling' and 'my dear' too much, but they're said well and handled so deftly by Ms. Varma that you started only to notice after a while when she didn't say it. That takes talent.
Cassandra I felt was easily the best realized character in the game (she rivals Aveline for me, and that's no mean feat). If you think it's easy to emote in an accent not your own and invoke a genuine reaction all I can say is try it. Then shutyerface, cos you don't know what youse talkin' 'bout.
Personally I thought the dude playing Blackwall got some bad direction at a few points in his dialogue. Tonally, even when he should have been seriously emotional (in a prison at one rather important relationship moment) - read: intense - he still managed, to my tin ear at least to come off as a bit too flat. I can take or leave the guy, really.
Your experience, as always, will vary.
Personally I thought the dude playing Blackwall got some bad direction at a few points in his dialogue. Tonally, even when he should have been seriously emotional (in a prison at one rather important relationship moment) - read: intense - he still managed, to my tin ear at least to come off as a bit too flat. I can take or leave the guy, really.
Your experience, as always, will vary.
I don't disagree, I have to say, if it's where I think you're talking about. For me, Parker's all about the timbre.
Aveline is one that took me 2 runthroughs for me to warm to her (but then, I don't have your incredible perspicacity in regards to redheads. *grin*), but I greatly enjoyed her once I did. I do like me some subtlety, but a jackboot can be fun, too. *ducks*
My favourite DA character (as opposed to NPC or VA) is always going to be my Warden, however. Just enough depth to give you a sense of who they can be, and who they probably were, before you met them, and just enough left open to allow your personal headcanon to play within it. Hawke was very much the former and the IQ a bit too much the latter (and that's not necessarily a criticism; I don't mind linear characters or open-source ones--it's just the RP balance I'm talking of). DA:O struck a genuine balance that appears to have been difficult to emulate, since.
@Yanamaster
I have an NVidia card but had the same problem with patch 6. I changed the game to windowed mode and in graphics options turned 'post-process quality to low. This seems to have fixed the problem.
Thanks for the info.
I actually remembered that i read somewhere that once the gpu hits some temp during gameplay is when the white screen pops out. I lowered the oc on my gpu by 100 mhz and changed the texture settings to ultra from fade-touched. Everything else is on ultra with msaa turned off. seems to have done the trick.
I don't disagree, I have to say, if it's where I think you're talking about. For me, Parker's all about the timbre.
Must be a chick thing.
Aveline is one that took me 2 runthroughs for me to warm to her (but then, I don't have your incredible perspicacity in regards to redheads. *grin*), but I greatly enjoyed her once I did. I do like me some subtlety, but a jackboot can be fun, too.
'Perspicacity', the Redhead sez. I appreciate the vote of confidence, but my perspicacity only extends to knowing that Redheads are all pretty much evil (okay, and delicious, but mostly evil) and that's it. I did a couple of runthroughs - the very first I tried to romance that 'ballcrusher" as Isabela called her and discovered I couldn't. Then I didn't have the heart to leave her lonely so I helped her win Donnic, that unworthy jerkwad. Every subsequent playthrough, romancing anyone but and I still hit those too infrequent hearts that pop up talking to her. Friggin' gyp is what it was.
My favourite DA character (as opposed to NPC or VA) is always going to be my Warden, however. Just enough depth to give you a sense of who they can be, and who they probably were, before you met them, and just enough left open to allow your personal headcanon to play within it. Hawke was very much the former and the IQ a bit too much the latter (and that's not necessarily a criticism; I don't mind linear characters or open-source ones--it's just the RP balance I'm talking of). DA:O struck a genuine balance that appears to have been difficult to emulate, since.
So far of the three - Warden, Champion or Inquisitor, I'd have to go with Hawke. You don't get as much leeway to roleplay so much with Hawke, but of the three I tend to find him/her easily the most personable and interesting of the lot. For sheer depth, go for the Warden. Unfortunately, DA:I isn't really about the Inquisitor so much as the reaction to the ol' HoA, so Inky ends up a bit too shallow for my tastes. If I could actually find the strength for a couple of playthroughs the Inquisitor might grow on me, but ain't nobody got that kinda time.
Then again, I'm the kinda guy that, if some asks me which version of the movie Jaws I like, I say "The Car", so I might not be all that reliable.
Watching that DA:O video was mind blowing. I forgot how absolutely amazing that game truly is. I agree completely with the comment regarding the comparison from that to DA:I... so far the only part of DA:I remotely emotionally evoking was the song. It was the perfect comparison to the game in general. Full of hope, of praise for what could come after the dark times... but much like the game, the songs promise turned to ash. Everything I looked forward to in Skyhold was a mere shadow of what could have been. Like the game.
Origins though... dear Lord, I think I'ma have to play it again. I had a physical copy and purchased all my DLC online... I wonder if they still have servers for me to get it all back and installed with.
Also considering another ME run... with headcanon ruling that the IT is the correct ending.
Funny how all the games I want to play of EAWares are anything but this new piece of Frostbite. Oh, I decided that 'Frostbite' means you-know-what from now on.
EDIT: Sorry, just noticed... when did the games I own pop up under my avatar? That was a blank spot until today. I recognize DA:O, DA2, DA:I, ME, ME2, ME3... but wtf is that last one?
<SNIP>EDIT: Sorry, just noticed... when did the games I own pop up under my avatar? That was a blank spot until today. I recognize DA:O, DA2, DA:I, ME, ME2, ME3... but wtf is that last one?
I think it means you have a save or two uploaded to the Keep. Could be wrong, though. Trying to figure out why this place does anything is usually an exercise in futility.
Has there been a game update yet that allows moving with the mouse instead of the keyboard? Or at least a way to keybind the left mouse button so that we can choose to use it for movement? I returned the game for a refund when I realized that I couldn't play it as I could in Origins and DA2, but I will happily buy it again if this is fixed.
Well, some good news for everyone.
Mr Pierse just posted a very lovely note, and: the programme is continuing. We'll be starting testing on Patch 7 soon.
Finally! Someone has the curtesy to inform you guys with that note.... Oh...thanks for all your hard work.
Has there been a game update yet that allows moving with the mouse instead of the keyboard? Or at least a way to keybind the left mouse button so that we can choose to use it for movement? I returned the game for a refund when I realized that I couldn't play it as I could in Origins and DA2, but I will happily buy it again if this is fixed.
Yes, mouse look was incorporated in... patch 5. Or possibly patch 6. I lose track of these things sometimes. It's not a default. You have to assign it a key and toggle it (because there are some situations where you'll want to toggle it off.)
I appreciate the vote of confidence, but my perspicacity only extends to knowing that Redheads are all pretty much evil (okay, and delicious, but mostly evil) and that's it.
Yes. Exactly. I used the correct word, oh, wise one. 
@Davian: you can still get all your DLC if you reinstall Origins; the Legacy network moved everything over to your Origin account. However, I have heard that a couple of people have needed to actually get their disk copy transferred over manually by an EA help person (they're usually pretty good) for it to work. I haven't had to, but then, I never uninstalled it.
I mean, uninstall DA:O? Who does that?
I jest! I jest! *ducks*
Yes. Exactly. I used the correct word, oh, wise one.
@Davian: you can still get all your DLC if you reinstall Origins; the Legacy network moved everything over to your Origin account. However, I have heard that a couple of people have needed to actually get their disk copy transferred over manually by an EA help person (they're usually pretty good) for it to work. I haven't had to, but then, I never uninstalled it.
I mean, uninstall DA:O? Who does that?
I jest! I jest! *ducks*
yes I have that many games... I hate when physical disks require 6 hours of downloading install data... hate it...
@Invisible man Just a suggestion but if you have a flash drive, you can pull most of your games off your old system that way and move it to your new rig.. I do this with my 64gig flash drive and I do that with Origin, GOG and Steam games. Lot less time spent this way.
Has there been a game update yet that allows moving with the mouse instead of the keyboard? Or at least a way to keybind the left mouse button so that we can choose to use it for movement? I returned the game for a refund when I realized that I couldn't play it as I could in Origins and DA2, but I will happily buy it again if this is fixed.
nope, still no click to move/interact/attack. Looks like it won't even be possible for another couple of months, if ever.
Well I now see a little bit of acceptance of a different kind of PC player other than the technical PC player but I also see the major point has not been successfully made. I try to be minimalisitc in my approach but this obviously will not work here. So now I will go into a very detailed explaination. Go ahead and get a drink, this is depressing.
Again, to understand what has happened to your beloved Romance Age you have to understand the dress-up-doll-and-put-it-into-a-movie players. You may now accept they exist but you still don't understand who they are. Allow me to explain.
*massive snip*
You lost me when you generalized gamers into two different categories. But that sure was a lot of rambling on a fallacious premise.
@Invisible man Just a suggestion but if you have a flash drive, you can pull most of your games off your old system that way and move it to your new rig.. I do this with my 64gig flash drive and I do that with Origin, GOG and Steam games. Lot less time spent this way.
@Invisible man Just a suggestion but if you have a flash drive, you can pull most of your games off your old system that way and move it to your new rig.. I do this with my 64gig flash drive and I do that with Origin, GOG and Steam games. Lot less time spent this way.
This still gives me goosebumps....especially when Duncan looks at he Tower of Ishal and finds out that the reinforcements aren't coming. This is what I expected from Inquisition...the dark fantasy theme, the atmosphere and world building. It has now been replaced by flashiness, action orientation and fairy-tale like story..
The only Cinematic which I found pretty good in Inquisition was when they start singing "Dawn Will come"
Yes, there are many moment in DAO that gave me goosebumps. In DAI, sadly, none whatsoever.
I cringe when they start singing "The dawn will come" LOL
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