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[melkathi]

DISCLAIMER:  You are NOT forced to read this thread. If you feel this should not be shared with you: Do not read past the disclaimer - trust me, you'd only be wasting your time.
So if you wish to troll and flame, go ahead, but do it for the right reasons (and at least some skill and imagination would be appreciated, I prefer clever, quality trolling)

I browsed through people's opinions on Awakening. I found Nemesis7884's review to be especially helpful in forming something close to an "educated" opinion.
What I read does not fill me with much hope for a product I would enjoy.
Add to that the fact that the majority of the teaser information we had gotten so far from Bioware had left me completly cold. I viewed everything but the first trailer and the Sigrun trailer with mild indiference at best.
From the short character trailers, I did not get the impression that Awakening lives up to the quality of Dragon Age. Oh, but a trailer is too short to form a real opinion -sure, but it's supposed to give you enough information to get excited about it. Still this discussion has been done to death and we know one side wont convince the other.

And I was willing to give the expansion the benefit of the doubt. After all, I was curious to see how the story unfolds from here.

But the real reason I finally decided to cancel the pre-order is patch 1.03.
Or bug 1.03, as that thing can't honestly be called a patch.
After a week now, I would have hoped for at least a simple aknowledgment on the lines of "we are aware of the problems and are working on them". Just get thrown a little bone to give the consumer in me an excuse to purchase.
As hectic as things are, this close to release, a small platitude is not too much to ask.
As hectic as things are, it's why companies have staff with "community" in their job description.

So since this is the last day before amazon uk estimates shipping the box, I guess I'll stop waiting for an excuse to purchase.


Done!
Flame away

[Onyx Jaguar]

That's understandable. Best to wait for things to get ironed out anyway.

[Feraele]

Sorry to hear that Melkathi but I do understand.

[Sabriana]

I haven't patched yet, and I am glad I did not. I can't believe that no one even jumped in and gave a *pat-pat, we're looking into it*



I wasn't aware of that simply because my game is running (and very well, thank you) on the old patch. Bummer, but I'm glad I read this post. I was going to patch it to 1.03 when I got home. I think I better not, although I'm sorry that I am wiser because others got a bug-inducing patch.

[Haasth]

What exactly is wrong with patch 1.03?

[Noir201]

Understand also, more i read about things, less energy or drive i have to get the game now, (the reveal during the joining hit me very hard ) i'm still waiting on some forum posters who i enjoy reading to post their view before i make my mind up for good.

I just hope DA 2 is good, cause judging from the feedback on awakening and ofc dlc, bioware shouldn't mess around with stuff like that anymore, and just focus on giving us proper full rpg's like they use to.

[Stiphius Herk]

Melkathi had a right reaction. THE right reaction.

Modifié par Stiphius Herk, 16 mars 2010 - 10:46 .

[melkathi]

Haasth wrote...

What exactly is wrong with patch 1.03?

A week of complaints:

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But the announcement thread and a number of other threads have also been used to talk about the problems.

[Massadonious1]

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Modifié par Massadonious1, 16 mars 2010 - 10:58 .

[Abyss Vixen]

I will be canceling my EA pre-order, but thats just because i will go pick it up at my local game store instead. I understand looking at some youtube links which i wont post here as it is a mini spoiler that show'd the first 10 mins or so of the orlesian creation and story, that the game suffers from alot of lag pauses be his computers fault or not i will find out.



I myself will still get the game but i will be playing one of my less favored charecters for the simple fact i dont want my faveroit spoilt by lag and bugs, hopefully it isnt as bad as some people say but we will see.



Shame you wont be buying the game just yet but hope they improve the game to suite your needs in the next patch which most likely wont take that long, In terms of the charecters they are adding however i see them not as copies of the origins group however there will always be similarities between charecters. Though i must say i think i will like oghren alot more now i had a sneak peak into the start bit, leave me at a bit of a loss as i originaly planned to have 2 mages and 1 rogue in my party over my normal 2 warriors >.>

[Phonantiphon]

I'm looking forward to getting it. If there are problems I'll work round them. It's not insurmountable and there's plenty of help available should it be required.

I see your point but...

[Vanderbilt_Grad]

I deliberately didn't pre-order for a number of reasons



- Was unhappy with the decisions to not bring back Zev and Lel

- Was unhappy with no-romance

- Didn't get good vibes from early previews



I was simply waiting to see more reviews to make final decision, but considered the likelyhood of buying to be high. The patch changed all that for me. I'm simply not going to play a game that crashes to the desktop or where stealing is broken. Just MHO, but it looks to me like this patch was rushed out the door to meet the release date for Awakening. The total lack of offical comment on the patch issues really leaves me cold.

[The_Abyss]

I rarely pre order games myself.

[Leon Elsa]

OP, its understandable to cancel your pre-order, I would if I had one. Maybe the price will drop by $10 soon (like last time.) But even then I think I will wait for someone to fix the newest patch before downloading it.

Modifié par Leon Elsa, 16 mars 2010 - 12:11 .

[melkathi]

at fifteen pounds, the pre-order seemed like a good idea





@Massadonious1

what happened to the awesome flame?

[Yobani_P]

Vanderbilt_Grad wrote...

I deliberately didn't pre-order for a number of reasons

- Was unhappy with the decisions to not bring back Zev and Lel
- Was unhappy with no-romance
- Didn't get good vibes from early previews

I was simply waiting to see more reviews to make final decision, but considered the likelyhood of buying to be high. The patch changed all that for me. I'm simply not going to play a game that crashes to the desktop or where stealing is broken. Just MHO, but it looks to me like this patch was rushed out the door to meet the release date for Awakening. The total lack of offical comment on the patch issues really leaves me cold.

i'm agree with you, no leli wtf?

i'm lucky im using the patch 1.3 and i dont have seen problems yet, the game runs on  win vista x64,  we don´t know  what exactly cause the conflict

im using some mods but only for better textures, new hairs and new faces models nothing more


i think that bioware is already working in a fix, c'mon is bioware!!, they can't abandoned us

sorry for my english:?

[Kohaku]

@melkathi - I'm going to check the bugs thread you posted. I had no idea there were problems and I've already patched my game.

Edit: I just browsed it after I posted and I can see the problems. I had never picked pocketed before but I did it as Zev in my new game. I was wondering what was up with not getting anything and now I know. Thanks for the heads up because I wasn't paying attention to that at all.

Modifié par Kerridan Kaiba, 16 mars 2010 - 12:19 .

[DLAN_Immortality]

I must say that what kills it for me is what they posted in the dragonage official website when they revealed the "secret" companion coming over from DAO.



"A fan favourite"... REALLY? Have you been reading the forums, Bioware? *rolleyes* :-)



That, added to another 20 things on how they won't listen to what fans say.



But who cares, I'll play it anyways in the end. :-p :-)

[worksa8]

I'm a massive fan, but the things they have done...Well I just can't convince myself to buy it. The expansion is honestly just over priced crap.

[Leon Elsa]

DLAN_Immortality wrote...
"A fan favourite"... REALLY? Have you been reading the forums, Bioware? *rolleyes* :-)

Its more like a developer favorite.

[Grimgor79]

melkathi , I totally agree. I too decided to cancel my pre-order with a large part of the reason being this awesome new patch (bug). I logged on this morning expecting to see tons of new info from Bioware on the patch being fixed etc. seeing as how the game came out today in alot of places. I'm absolutely floored that there is still no word from Bioware on any of this, maybe I expect too much.

[melkathi]

Just wanted to say thank you everyone for keeping this thread civil and clean.
It's not how these threads usually go.
But like many others I do believe a non-purchase by itself is not enough feedback, so these threads have their use.

So:

Thanks!

[wowpwnslol]

I plan to read reviews from reputable review sites that break down the game's pros/cons before I decide whether it's worth it or not. Reading "reviews" on this forum, written by 14 year olds who failed English, doesn't give me a clear idea whether the game is good or bad and is quite frankly a waste of time.

Modifié par wowpwnslol, 16 mars 2010 - 01:23 .

[wowpwnslol]

Double post deleted

Modifié par wowpwnslol, 16 mars 2010 - 01:22 .

[Sabriana]

Oh wow. I just finished reading the link to the patch problems. There are quite a few that sound unique, but there are also quite a few that seem to stretch in a general way.

Oh well, because I never planned on getting the xpac any time soon, I'll just pass on the patch. Oh boy, that reminds of a disappointed friend. He waited so long and patiently for a game - SimCity Societies - and when the totally overpriced game came out, it was so bugged that it was unplayable.

Granted, it was the game that was so full of bugs it made you cringe not a patch, but game or patch, if it doesn't work, it doesn't work.