Maria Caliban

I once downloaded a No-CD crack for Dreamfall because it won't run on Vista any other way. I know a few people who were never able to properly download and authorize the Dragon Age DLC until they got a pirated version. Even a year after release, the tech support forum gets threads about the exact same problem. One of the things I like about Steam is that most of its games come with an off-line mode. For about five months after I set it up, my net connection would drop for 1-3 hours every couple of days. I never had any problem starting a single-player game of L4D2 though. If I had been playing AC 2 instead? Or Starcraft 2? Yes, pirating is bad in general, but I am sometimes sympathetic to those who do so.

Some of us will. But I won't. Day One! Day One! Day 11111111!!!!

Oh yeah...

Father Hawke is an apostate mage of the noble Amell family. The same as the human mage in Origins. Unlike Fable, you're a young adult at the beginning of DA 2. You drag your family off to Kirkwall. Huge chins seem to be the giant lips of DA 2. Look at these guys: I assume they still have some tweeking to do with the graphic engine.

Anyways, a picture of Carver Hawke, your younger brother. The developers have said he's not as stupid as he looks. I notice the blood splatter has been scaled down. The three women in the background are - from left to right - Bethany, the PC, and the PC's mother. All three of your family members can accompany you to Kirkwall, and Mum will stay at Hawke's homebase.

I recall the first time I went to Dallas and found people flying American flags the size of queen-sized mattresses. You know what's fun? Telling Texans that their state is half the size of Alaska. I like that preview, even though it has a handful of odd factual accuracies. Cassandra is not from Orlais. She's a Chantry Seeker from Navarra Varric is not a dwarven king. He's a surface merchant and information broker. Your sister is an apostate, but I don't think she was ever captured by the Tower. They haven't outright 'ditched' the approval system, just removed the gift spam and given an alternative rivalry route. Sort of. In Origins, you could simply never pick up Sten, Leliana, Zevran, Wynne, and Dog. You could tell Morrigan to leave immediately. In DA 2, we know that one companion can die during the first twenty minutes and that the lead female romantic interest is someone you might never meet. BioWare is fine with content the play never sees. You can have A or not have A. BioWare isn't good with alternative content. That is, you can have A or you can have B. I suspect that's one of the reasons their stories are always so linear.

That's because they were planned way ahead and/or removed from the main game to sell later. EA and Project 10 dollar says that it was planned way ahead. Even if it was developed as part of the main game and removed, at no point while playing AC 2 did I feel that I was missing content. It's the same with Shale in DA 2. If you don't have her, you'd never suspect that there's a missing companion. Alternatively, there's Warden's Keep and that doof that hangs around your camp specifically to tell you that there's content you're missing. Horrible design.

She's cute and you have no taste. But, yes, you can change her facial features. As I noted a page ago, your family will even change to so they look more like you.

Nutella.

Pics or it didn't happen. I posted her previously, but here she is again:

She was named after the Aveline, the Rose of Orlias, and first female knight.

Apparently the look of your family changes with your main character. So, a dark skinned Hawke will have darker skinned parents and siblings.

Yeah, not sure what they're doing with the sword grip. I remember two ginger companions in DA 2. I noticed that Hawke's apostate sister has purple hair.

That's pretty much the same way DA1 handled blood. Only it couldn't get it on the floor, so it was just all over characters. I turned the blood splatter off in DA:O. I thought it looked silly.

'Statues of tortured slaves fill the Gallows courtyard, a ghastly memento of Kirkwall's history. The statues are not monuments to the suffering of slaves. Every inch and angle of the courtyard was designed by magisters bent on breaking the spirit of newcomers. Executions here took place daily, sometimes hourly, and corpses were hung from gibbets throughout the yard. New slaves trudging in from the docks saw what awaited them.' 'Aveline Vallen is a soldier, a master of sword and shield, and a tireless guardian... to a point. The daughter of an exiled chevalier, Aveline is not the knight her father wished her to be. Although fully trained in chivalrous combat, she was raised in the shadow of a lost life and will not lose another for the sake of honor. Protecting her adopted home of Kirkwall becomes a chosen duty, not a privileged calling. The people she stands for will not be wasted on lost causes or protecting the foolish from themselves. Pride can be bandaged like any other wound—when threats are dead and everyone is safely home.'

ME 2 data - 83% of players make their own custom face - 82% play as male, 18% as female - Soldier is far and away the most popular class at 65% - Garrus was most popular squadmate selected on missions - 10% of players never let Grunt out of his tank - Only 50% of players have the Normandy fully upgraded by the end of the game - 14% of squad members die in the end-game, on average - 36% of players side with Cerberus in the end game Wish I could see the data for origins.

I'd say the story of Risen is better than the story of DKS.

Huh. I've never heard of a game company doing this. I like that they're releasing it without any protection. It would be amusing if the most effective piracy measure is the most old fashioned and didn't bother regular customers at all.

Right. It didn't read that way to me but I'll attempt to get a clarification.

Reading the last few pages of this thread is like watching an old, married couple bicker. I find it strange but very sweet. Hmm? The average level 2 enemy can bypass 40 armor better than the average level 1 enemy. That's basic level mechanics. I mean, if a level 1 and a level 2 enemy had the same amount of strength, health, magic, etc, the PC would never face a challenge after a few levels.

Mechanical stuff from Dev:

Arx Fatalis. 4.99 on Steam Have you played Alpha Protocal yet?

He said the opposite.

... that's sort of what I thought. Alpha Protocal... IN SPACE.