This game is still damn addictive and fun to play. The zones are MASSIVE in terms of exploration. I'm not sure how long I will need to finish this game but can't be bad if it takes a long time.

daemir

Finland8662 Posts

November 22 2014 00:42 GMT

#362

Well I caved and bought a key online for 36, will dl during the night and give it a go tomorrow. Hopefully the controls aren't as debilitating as some here make it seem and in the case that they are, we get a patch soon for the PC to fix those issues.

synapse

China13814 Posts

November 22 2014 02:45 GMT

#363

how large is the game on disk?

LinkinPork

Canada222 Posts

November 22 2014 02:55 GMT

#364

On November 22 2014 11:45 synapse wrote:
how large is the game on disk?

It's taking up 24.3 GB on my hard drive.

dDazed

192 Posts

November 22 2014 03:19 GMT

#365

The controls are only annoying for fights that need precision positioning, but there aren't many fights that need it since the game isn't too hard. When you do need to position your team though it becomes frustratingly annoying to do. Need to move your team closer together to buff up? You need to highlight every individual character and move them to the location, this is even more annoying to do since the cursor repositions itself whenever you switch characters though they plan on fixing this with a patch.

Overall the game is fun, not too hard and not too easy. Huge zones make it fun to run around and explore. It also looks great as well.

Godwrath

Spain10103 Posts

November 22 2014 03:59 GMT

#366

Yes, it is sad about the controls, because the game could be easilly the best DA, but the controls make it horrible. Also, the character abilities feel really bland compared to previous DA (specially DA2). Exploration is great. Love the huge zones. But i don't know, the combat system feels really bland to previous DA iterations. It's just spammy and you have little control over stuff, and the control you have, is annoying as hell.

Switched to ranged character because playing a melee is an exercise of sadomasoquism on nightmare with this controls.

dDazed i take you are not playing on nightmare, are you ? Because many fights require positioning there... freaking teleporter demons make me really mad. Impossible to avoid forever, and annoying as hell specially when there are a few of them and you get stunlocked the whole fight.

On November 22 2014 07:42 LaNague wrote:
ok so i had to turn FF off since apparently arrows and melee swings can friendly fire too, which is a bit too annoying to deal with for me.

having a fireball kill my rogue is one thing, but dodging my own warriors auto-cleaving melee attacks all game is a bit too much.

Told you tho ;P

HolydaKing

21251 Posts

November 22 2014 09:19 GMT

#367

Oh man :D I just googled why my character often gets called by "my lady". Apparently it's not just a bug, but is pretty awful. I'm playing a male character who is treated as a woman at everything including romance. I did not do many main quest stuff so I didn't really realize until now, except for that the most romance options were with other male characters. Lol...

No way I'm starting over because of that though. Already 20 hours in or something. However I doubt it can/will get patched for existing chars.

Yurie

11631 Posts

November 22 2014 10:00 GMT

#368

On November 22 2014 18:19 HolydaKing wrote:
Oh man :D I just googled why my character often gets called by "my lady". Apparently it's not just a bug, but is pretty awful. I'm playing a male character who is treated as a woman at everything including romance. I did not do many main quest stuff so I didn't really realize until now, except for that the most romance options were with other male characters. Lol...

No way I'm starting over because of that though. Already 20 hours in or something. However I doubt it can/will get patched for existing chars.

That sounds awesome. I want to have that option while playing as female...

LaNague

Germany9118 Posts

November 22 2014 12:54 GMT

#369

Do skills use the actual weapon damage or the weapons DPS?

themartinez

Sweden254 Posts

November 22 2014 16:25 GMT

#370

On November 22 2014 21:54 LaNague wrote:
Do skills use the actual weapon damage or the weapons DPS?

its all about weapon damage, ex "200% of weapon damage" for a certain ability.

LaNague

Germany9118 Posts

November 22 2014 17:21 GMT

#371

i know what it says, but in the past, games have used the DPS of the weapons to not make only the slowest weapons viable.

daemir

Finland8662 Posts

November 22 2014 17:41 GMT

#372

Controls really are quite horrible. Wish they'll fix that in a patch or something.

What the hell does the sprint button do? No matter how/when I press it, it sure won't make any of my characters move any faster. There's no walk key either for keyb/mouse, but I guess you can walk with a controller? Did anyone even test the PC version controls over there I wonder..

Also hate that each character has their very own stack of potions that they will absolutely not share with anyone. I mean, who cares that the tank is almost dead, I'm not gonna share one my regen potions as a rogue to her, fuck that!

Would like more control over the AI logic for party members. If I set barrier as enabled to a mage, then chances are good the mage will spam that on my main character, who is also a mage at the backlines, instead of casting it on the tank on the front line, but manually casting it every time with these controls is tedious. Playing on hardest difficulty with FF on, I really do need to have control though.

Godwrath

Spain10103 Posts

November 22 2014 18:17 GMT

#373

Yep bad things for me right now

- Horrible tactical mode, too zoomed in, no mouse scroll.
- Bad responsiveness, specially with melees.
- Lack of configurable AI like previous games.
- Very little dungeons (maybe later this changes, but right now it is this way)
- Small amount of technique trees per class, (no subclasses? i am guessing they are still there, tho i haven't found them yet)
- Combat is too spam one button (or hold it) and you get little usage of other skills due to the small vigor/mana pools with some classes.

There are plenty of good things in the game, and i find it entertaining, but it is far far away from a 9/10, and more in the 6-7/10 for me.

daemir

Finland8662 Posts

November 22 2014 18:24 GMT

#374

The controls alone would drop this game's rating by 2-3 for me, but I still find it enjoyable and spent a good 10 hours today on it. I just really hope they'll improve the controls in a patch.

LinkinPork

Canada222 Posts

November 22 2014 23:47 GMT

#375

On November 23 2014 03:17 Godwrath wrote:
- Small amount of technique trees per class, (no subclasses? i am guessing they are still there, tho i haven't found them yet)

Without giving you spoilers, that is addressed some time later in the game.

Dreamer.T

United States3584 Posts

November 23 2014 00:26 GMT

#376

Charging Bull ability is a fantastic way to fast travel your way through areas. I love all the little tricks you can do in this game.

ZenithM

France15952 Posts

November 23 2014 01:17 GMT

#377

Haha that sounds like an awesome bug, good stuff. Probably bad for the immersion though I would imagine,
+ Show Spoiler +

my lady. ;D

LaNague

Germany9118 Posts

November 23 2014 02:33 GMT

#378

still liking the game, my playstyle doesnt seem to be affected by the controls, i find it similar to Origins (once they fix that annoying autozoom to selected party member).

Nightmare difficulty seems to be more difficult than Origins difficulty even with FF off, mainly because every sloppy play results in a wasted healing potion, which are limited.
There is no Morrigan healing everyone after battle for free.

Also, i noticed that there arent that many spells in the mages trees, my one mage still only has barrier and freeze and dispel, the rest are all passives.
I miss the darker lines like entropy, too.

what i do like is that this game has the maps more up to scale, Skyrim and other games always downscale settlements and distances a lot more.

Dreamer.T

United States3584 Posts

November 23 2014 03:52 GMT

#379

Just got to crestwood. The amount of detail and content is astounding. I like how they have lightning randomly strike you nearby. Scared the shit out of me the first few times, I thought some crazy strong sorcerer was nearby.

rebuffering

Canada2436 Posts

November 23 2014 03:55 GMT

#380

On November 23 2014 12:52 Dreamer.T wrote:
Just got to crestwood. The amount of detail and content is astounding. I like how they have lightning randomly strike you nearby. Scared the shit out of me the first few times, I thought some crazy strong sorcerer was nearby.

Yeah i really love the lightning, adds a nice touch to the immersion. I also love the environments, they all feel unique and varied with their own themes and tones.