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[Livemmo]

Nemesis7884 wrote...

helloooooo bioware wrote it's 15 hours - you buy it - it's 15 hours - and youre complaining?? did you honestly expect it to be 50 hours when the devs claim it to be 15?!?

no I expected it to be $20 not 40. I never once expected an expansion to clock in at 50 hours.

[King Killoth]

Moogliepie wrote...

The problem here is that I expect a lot more from Bioware, and feel ripped off. If it wasn't a company that I have been a loyal customer of since Baldur's Gate, I probably wouldn't have cared. It really seems like this is a sign of the end of Bioware for me. Like EA did to them, what a pimp does to beauty queen after she gets 1st runner up.

And P.S. It doesn't matter when they started it, it matters when it's actually finished and READY for RELEASE. This clearly wasn't.

to be honest neither was origins thats what updates are for. no one releses a game thats 100% finished. they let them out intact and when yous end feed backa bout bugs and glitches they fix it and send out an update. dose any one els remeber the first week after the relese of origins. the game was great but it had bugs and issues. they fixed it int he months that fallowed. so if thats your big issue jsut wait they will fix it all in time.

[Eragondragonrider]

Unless your a console user then you get no fixes to any of the bugs like a PC user.

[King Killoth]

Eragondragonrider wrote...

Unless your a console user then you get no fixes to any of the bugs like a PC user.

not true you jsut have to go onto the mian site and down load it. they update every one its just not automatic like on a console.

[Nemesis7884]

Livemmo wrote...

Nemesis7884 wrote...

helloooooo bioware wrote it's 15 hours - you buy it - it's 15 hours - and youre complaining?? did you honestly expect it to be 50 hours when the devs claim it to be 15?!?

no I expected it to be $20 not 40. I never once expected an expansion to clock in at 50 hours.

i still dont get you know its 15 hours, now it's too expensive for you well so don't buy it if you dont think its worth it...? why complaining... i am also not buying ferrari cause i don't think it's worth the price tag, but i am not calling ferrari to yell at them dropping there prices to the lvl of a prius?!

it will pretty sure not have any save-game impacts on dao2 anyway, so youre not really missing anything...especially because the book gives you more background infos...

[FieryDove]

It would have been seen in a better light if the expansion was also backward compatible. Meaning you could make a new character with a new specializaion in origins and play through it a different way. Not to mention dlc compatible. (NWN2's expansion MoTB did this and it was great, yes I know not a Bioware game but it is an RPG)



The cost is also something people frown upon. I know gogamer sold pre-order for DAO for $39.90 which is .09 cheaper than the expansion. A bit odd. Now they raised the price to $42 I guess so the expansion wouldn't look bad price-wise, who knows?



Then there is the story continuation, if you are carrying the story forward with a transferred character the story should be as we left off, or as close as possible. If it can't be done whatever the reason then dump transfers in favor of starting a new character.



Also, many people enjoyed talking to companions about trival and important things so gutting that system in favor of more story-related popups is a step backward to some.



People have expectations and as consumers can and will complain. Trying to bash them does no one good and frankly you should get banned for doing it.

[Chris Priestly]

Please folks, no fighting here.

To me, gaming (and movies, books, most recreation actually) always comes down to value for my dollar. Am I going to get good value for what they expect me to spend. If I think I will get my money's worth out of a product, I will purchase it. If I don't, I won't. I have bought games that take a long time, but I didn't really have fun (like Oblivion). I regret those. I've also bought short games that didn't take a long time, but were a blast to play (like God of War or Arkham Asylum) and I think I got my moneys worth or more.

We think that there is great value in Dragon Age: Origins Awakening. Depending on what you choose to do, there is anywhere from 10-30+ hours oif game play your first time through. Hopefully, you will also want to replay with otehr characters, new classes, etc which adds to the value. The team has not "rushed" this out as it has been in developement since before the launch of DA:O back in October (keep in mind we have multiple teams working at once) and I think they've done a great job.

Still, at the end of the day, it is up to each person to choose whether or not the value is there for them. Hopefully they will come to think it is, purchase, play and enjoy Dragon Age: Origins Awakening as we know it is a great game.

[Harcken]

From several reviews and friends, my fears were confirmed: most said the game felt rushed and disjointed. There are a ton of great games out now, and I can't consciously support a product like this if I want bioware to produce some more quality from the Dragon Age world in the future; I'll pick it up at bargain bin price.

[Vim]

Sadly, I must cast my lot in with those who do not intend to purchase this expansion any time soon. As far as I'm concerned, Bioware/EA did not dedicate sufficient resources into this expansion's development to justify the price they want for it. Too many corners were cut. Should the expansion at some point become available within the toolset, or should its price drop, then I may reconsider. But for the time being I'm going to pass.

[Livemmo]

can someone explain to me why people in the uk get this for half the price?

[ucthrowback]

I wish I would have read this sooner. I waited in the God of War line at midnight to get it. Hopefully, Bioware fixes the ps3 bugs...there ARE SOOOOOOOOOOOOO MANY!!!! I'm not impressed with the gameplay and the fact I started in my underwear cuz I can't import paid for DLC sucks.

I feel like I just bought some Fallout 3 expansions....useless so far.
 

[slayingstorm]

i really dont get how people are saying it cost more or the same as DAO in the uk DAO was £50 awakening is £24.99 i admit still a lil steep but jeez still a long way of the full price of a game.

[Darstragon]

My one beef thus far is the amount of issues people are having with the 1.03 patch which Awakening requires. I'm in the first quarter of new playthrough of DAO with a character that I want to use in Awakening. But I won't dare install the new patch until there are more reports of stability. So Awakening stays on the shelf for me for now.

[demicraftgod]

I think I can just sum up the main argument here(though I already paid for awakening, pricey for an expansion, oh well. I will be waiting for patches to fix several issues, especially the DLCs, despite bioware had already made that statement in their faq)...So, the MAIN problem with awakening is that...it is NOT like "fallout 3: broken steel", WHERE the story line CONTINUES. Rather, awakening and DAO have major discontinuation between the two, and this is probably because bioware doesn't have a canon for the DAO(or is there one? that I didn't notice), thus the expansion has to come in...well...episodic form.



As far as marketing goes and the quality of the product, I can only say that bioware is pretty well known for making good games, with or without the modding community(but being able to mod is the fun part, eh?), but then, since bioware was incorporated into mega publisher EA...well, we all know how mega corporations behave...when developer and publisher make agreements on how the game is going to be, i.e., content, price, publishing time, the gamers are the one that suffer(or benefit, but most, likely, suffer...) because we don't have any say on these matters.

[Livemmo]

Darstragon wrote...

My one beef thus far is the amount of issues people are having with the 1.03 patch which Awakening requires. I'm in the first quarter of new playthrough of DAO with a character that I want to use in Awakening. But I won't dare install the new patch until there are more reports of stability. So Awakening stays on the shelf for me for now.

Ive had 1.03 installed since it was released and havent seen any issues (well none worth noting). In my oppinion its stable enough.

[Hollownesss]

Livemmo wrote...

can someone explain to me why people in the uk get this for half the price?

Currency exchange they decided to hedge on? I doubt they'd adjust all prices every time the euro/pound sterling/etc fluxed and the pound sterling is worth more than the us dollar or at least last time I checked.

--Hollowness

[scrappydoo555]

Livemmo wrote...

can someone explain to me why people in the uk get this for half the price?

The uk don't get it for half the price GBP is doing pretty poor at the moment, lowest in years I think against the canadian dollar. I know because when I discovered I could get the expansion with MS points ( I have uk gamertag because I moved to Canada last year) I thought I could get it cheaper but it actually costs more. works out to be $45.95 so it's cheaper for me to buy here than with uk ms points

Although it is cheaper to buy with MS points in UK than to buy street.

[Moogliepie]

demicraftgod wrote...

I think I can just sum up the main argument here(though I already paid for awakening, pricey for an expansion, oh well. I will be waiting for patches to fix several issues, especially the DLCs, despite bioware had already made that statement in their faq)...So, the MAIN problem with awakening is that...it is NOT like "fallout 3: broken steel", WHERE the story line CONTINUES. Rather, awakening and DAO have major discontinuation between the two, and this is probably because bioware doesn't have a canon for the DAO(or is there one? that I didn't notice), thus the expansion has to come in...well...episodic form.

As far as marketing goes and the quality of the product, I can only say that bioware is pretty well known for making good games, with or without the modding community(but being able to mod is the fun part, eh?), but then, since bioware was incorporated into mega publisher EA...well, we all know how mega corporations behave...when developer and publisher make agreements on how the game is going to be, i.e., content, price, publishing time, the gamers are the one that suffer(or benefit, but most, likely, suffer...) because we don't have any say on these matters.

The "unheard of darkspawn surprise attack" at the beginning was enough to make me want to turn it off. 

[demicraftgod]

This reminds me of the "practice" to dl pirated version to TEST out the game, so that if they do BUY it, they know it will be worth the money.

[Rixxencaxx]

Chris Priestly wrote...

Please folks, no fighting here.

To me, gaming (and movies, books, most recreation actually) always comes down to value for my dollar. Am I going to get good value for what they expect me to spend. If I think I will get my money's worth out of a product, I will purchase it. If I don't, I won't. I have bought games that take a long time, but I didn't really have fun (like Oblivion). I regret those. I've also bought short games that didn't take a long time, but were a blast to play (like God of War or Arkham Asylum) and I think I got my moneys worth or more.

We think that there is great value in Dragon Age: Origins Awakening. Depending on what you choose to do, there is anywhere from 10-30+ hours oif game play your first time through. Hopefully, you will also want to replay with otehr characters, new classes, etc which adds to the value. The team has not "rushed" this out as it has been in developement since before the launch of DA:O back in October (keep in mind we have multiple teams working at once) and I think they've done a great job.

Still, at the end of the day, it is up to each person to choose whether or not the value is there for them. Hopefully they will come to think it is, purchase, play and enjoy Dragon Age: Origins Awakening as we know it is a great game.

I'm really sorry but after 30 minutes into awakening i felt the urgency of play to the orignal dragon age.
I feel that this expansion is totally uninspiring, rushed and reallu different from the base game.
The first 30 minutes of this remind me of torchlight or diablo...it's ll about  killing and looting.
Just not my genre of game.
At least we have a great game like dragon age origins that will last in our heart as long as BG2 did.
Restirctions in dialogue and party interaction are simply too much for my tastes.
Pretty sure that dao2 will be similar to awakening cause of minor development costs.
This is our century's economy
less costs less quality.....low quality and  bugged products

[DPB]

scrappydoo555 wrote...

Livemmo wrote...

can someone explain to me why people in the uk get this for half the price?

The uk don't get it for half the price GBP is doing pretty poor at the moment, lowest in years I think against the canadian dollar. I know because when I discovered I could get the expansion with MS points ( I have uk gamertag because I moved to Canada last year) I thought I could get it cheaper but it actually costs more. works out to be $45.95 so it's cheaper for me to buy here than with uk ms points

Although it is cheaper to buy with MS points in UK than to buy street.

The difference is that the PC version of Awakening is £10 cheaper the console versions, whereas in NA the price for all platforms is the same. The PC version can be had for as little as £15 ($23) brand new (the RRP is £20).

Modifié par dbankier, 16 mars 2010 - 11:41 .

[VanDraegon]

And here i was hoping you were going to buy it. Imagine my disappointment.

[Lord William Redblood]

Good luck with it, on my all the dark do is stand there they won"t fight or anything, and the thing you have to do is kill all the dark spawn every time I try to kill them their life just goes back up what a crappie expansion this is so far I can't even play it till they come out with a patch I called EA and told them but they didn't help much, and I wanted to play this so bad.

[davinsolo]

I have to agree about the price of this "expansion". I went to my neighbourhood EB Games today to see about buying DAO:A only to find out that it was gonna cost me $44.99. Why on Earth would I pay $44.99 when I bought DAO brand new for $39.99? I was expecting something like this to be around the $20-$30 range, not $44.99.

I'm sure the content is great, and I hope all of you who bought it enjoy it. I haven't played it, and I know what you're all thinking....don't knock it til you try it....sort of deal. I just don't think any expansion for any game is worth a $44.99 price tag.