Dragon Age - Page 25

On December 10 2009 06:42 TDK wrote:
omg this is like the second best nonstarcraft game i've ever played right after fallout3

On December 10 2009 06:35 TheYango wrote:

Shale is a better tank in the middle levels of the game. How good he is in comparison to Alistair is entirely dependent on the gear you've gotten for Alistair. By the time you get a good shield like Duncan's Shield and massive armor like the Armor of the Legion or Juggernaut Armor, it's not even close.

I got Shale fairly late, so by the time I had him, he was pretty useless in comparison to Alistair.

On December 10 2009 10:06 Conquest101 wrote:
Agreed, Alistair is the better tank once properly equipped.
Though with 3 mages, he could be naked and you could still beat even Nightmare <.<

On December 10 2009 10:55 TheYango wrote:

That depends how much the new new patch nerfs Cone of Cold and the Telekinetic line.

Though, triple mage can still perma-lock enemies, so long as you have at least 1 blood mage, I think.

On December 10 2009 11:12 sixghost wrote:
What exactly did they do to those spells?

On December 08 2009 03:01 Draconizard wrote:
Well, I just finished the game, so I thought I'd post some thoughts about it. Gameplay wise, it was decent, if on the easy side. Even on the hardest difficulty, the majority of the game was little to no challenge. Blatant balance issues like potion chugging or the ridiculousness of Cone of Cold coupled with the easily exploited enemy AI (abuse of line of sight, dragging bosses away from their support, kiting melee ad infinitum, etc.) make almost every encounter trivial. The end boss and the sequences leading up it were especially disappointing. When its health dropped, I fully expected it to unleash some devastating new ability, take on a new form, or something. Sadly, it just keeled over, and the game ended.

Story-wise, the game fares better, but it too has issues. The overarching conflict the game is based around is rather uninspired to put it mildly and downright dull to put it bluntly. Having said that, many of the individual sections and quests are very well written and engaging. However, for every superior quest line, there is an equally dull chain of fetch quests and go-here-to-kill-X type garbage. I suppose something needs to fill up the time, and I can't really blame the game for that.

In my view, the strongest area of the game is its characters, especially how they interact as well as their background stories. Hearing their random banter often made me smirk and forget the monotony of what I was doing.

Overall, I would say the game was enjoyable enough and is a worthwhile purchase for people who happen to enjoy CRPGs. Although it is certainly above average, I feel that doesn't really deserve many of the accolades it is receiving. It's simply not that good.

On December 12 2009 00:12 Velr wrote:
You probably just don't have your Mage skilled properly.
This games difficulty rises and falls with your knowledge of Mages...

On December 11 2009 20:52 Geo.Rion wrote:
What? You found this game easy?? WTHELL? OK final boss was easy, some other boss fights could be abused easely, but random ambushes or lesser bossfights in limited areas made me shit bricks on normal (like 12 archers on a ridge, 6-7 soldires from the front, 3 from behind, and i'm around lvl 10-12, in Denerim)! Am i that bad?

On December 12 2009 04:24 TheYango wrote:

Denerim is designed for levels 11+. If you're 10-12, you may be below the scaling range of a lot of encounters in Denerim, which will make them harder than they should be.

I have to agree that the game is easy unless you're deliberately avoiding mage-centric setups. Most of the difficulty I faced in retrospect was due to going to areas out of the appropriate level range (e.g. Brecilian Forest kicked my ass because I did it first).

Of course, this doesn't hold true for mage-lite setups. Going through the game as a rogue is much harder, particularly on nightmare.

On December 12 2009 06:04 sixghost wrote:

I was under the impression the entire game scaled to your level. Previous Bioware games have always scaled during the open world parts of the games.

On December 12 2009 06:04 sixghost wrote:
I was under the impression the entire game scaled to your level. Previous Bioware games have always scaled during the open world parts of the games.

On December 12 2009 06:59 andrewlt wrote:
So I'm wondering, are all those +x stamina and +x to stamina regeneration modifiers useless to arcane warriors? I'm wondering what the best armor is for an arcane warrior tank.

On December 12 2009 07:34 TheYango wrote:

I'm still curious why you want your Arcane Warrior to tank, given that 1) the Arcane Warrior ideally has better things to do with his health (like casting spells), 2) a 4 mage party is impossible, so you're going to have a Fighter anyway, and 3) tanking increases the likelihood of spell interruption in big combats. Not to mention that Shimmering Shield got nerfed.

If you must have your Arcane Warrior tank, Wade's Dragonbone Armor is still the best armor for an Arcane Warrior. The stamina bonuses don't go anywhere, but the absurd fatigue reduction from the set bonus makes up for it.