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I didn't mind the actual combat in DA2, but the godawful encounter design got on my nerves.

I like her boo... err, I mean guns!

Why are we spoiler tagging stuff in this topic?

Gave up on my character in FO:NV and restarted with a character that will try to avoid combat as much as possible, so I'm focusing on stealth, speech and barter. Will tag one more skill and I'm going to get the Confirmed Bachelor perk. I will let companions handle most of the combat since I really do not enjoy it very much.

Anders didn't turn on me, but Varric and Aveline did.

All the characters seem interesting to play, but I won't decide wich one to play until I see the last character. It does seem that she could be difficult to play, but then again they said that katalina and the yet to be revealed character would be more challenging to play. Of the ones we do know about, I must admit that Katalina seems like the character that I would have most fun with gameplaywise.

About cities in RPGs, I really liked the Cities in Two Worlds II.

Finished the game yesterday(PC). In the end, I must say I am disappointed, even If it is a very good game. It just feels that they had something very good going on, but lack of time prevented the game from reaching its full potential. Combat. Fast paced but still easy to control your entire party. I played a warrior and I felt that all the skills I chose mattered because I used all of them for different purposes. I miss some of the class combos from Origins, but it wasn't a big deal. I liked most of the boss fights, with only one or two that felt cheap. The two major boss battles at the end were a bit too easy. I think I used 1 health potion only. I wish the camera was better and it's a shame about the enemy waves they throw at you. I hope encounter design is much improved in DA3, because the actual combat mechanichs were good. Companions. I liked Aveline and Varric the most. Anders was ok, but I prefer Awakenings Anders. Isabela was also ok, but I rarely had her as a party member. Fenris and Merril I cannot comment on too much. Never used them, only when I needed to complete their quests. I did romance Isabela and I did feel used, wich was interesting for a change. Merril is probably the only one that I felt was annoying. Story. Everything before you enter Kirkwall was not impressive. I did not enjoy the writing that early in the game. Then the story got better up until the end of act 2, my favorite part of the game story wise. Act 1 had some good moments, but mostly it was forgettable. Things became the most interesting in act 2 and the whole Qunari affair felt interesting throughout act 2. Act 3 was also interesting, but I felt it was poorly executed. Everything got crazy in the end. What I did like most about DA2 was that it had many quests I enjoyed even if therd were many filler(fodder?) quests and many times I wouldn't be 100% sure how people would react to my responses. I had to fight the elves at Sundermount and that came as a big surprise for me. It was also good to see companions played a big part in the main plot. Anders, anyone? I disagreed with what he did, but he was my only healer, so He got to stick with me regardless of what I felt about him. Design. I'll put my reused areas complaint here. I do not pretend that other games don't do this, we know they do. However, it felt extreme in DA2. I personally liked all the enviroments, but having to see them over and over again was unfortunate. I don't have any complaints about Kirkwall, but some MINOR changes every three years would have been nice. I felt they were lazy in this department, but I guess an idiot would know that. I did think most of Hawkes armors looked cool, but the Champion's armor was ridicilously ugly. Companions had a fairly good design, but I really wish they could have used equioment. Found a great mage armor? Sell it because you're a warrior and your mage friends are not allowed to wear it. BioWare claims that they wanted characters with a defined look or whatever, I claim laziness from BioWares side. This is one of my least favorite BioWare games, but I don't know how much that means because I still think it is a great game wkth some flaws wich I choose to blame on not enough development time. BG2>KOTOR>NWN>ME>DA:O>ME2>DA2 I have not completed BG1 or JE so I leave them out of the ranking.

I've also pre-ordered. But I wouldn't say blindly.

Will read when I get home from work. Thanks, funcroc.

I have been reading some more about the game, and I must say that I am becoming more interested. I'm not super hyped or anything, but I am very curious to see how the game will turn out.

You do keep loot and exp in online mode if I understand correctly. You can take that back to your own online campaign. I wish Obsidian could simply confirm this to stop further confusion. I know a lot of people on other forums who are interested in the game, but they won't believe me when I tell them that you can keep loot and exp in online mode. This has made them unsure of getting the game, because they trust the previews out there, and there is no official explanations. This is not good for the game, imho. I understand this might be part of marketing, slowly revealing new info until the game releases, but online co-op info really needs to be released very soon, because it is the reason more than a few people are unsure if they will be getting the game or not.

I just remembered that the gamebanshee preview say that nothing carries over in multiplayer, but this is untrue for online. You have an online character that gets to keep all the loot, exp and gold, right?

Thanks guys.

Anjali uses her summon.

But isn't there only one city to begin with?

This is getting me really pumped up for the actual release! Co-op play was all I wanted to see. I would like to say I'm going on a media blackout, but I know I won't be able to do that.

Can't wait to see local multiplayer! This is the most important part of the game for me. My brother also likes these kind of games, so we will be playing together.

Why were my posts deleted? Volourn: There is one thing I agree on. It doesn't matter what I think. That doesn't mean I can't speak my mind. I know very well that anything I say matters not.

Infinite exp glitch found. Maximum defence glitch found. Some people got no codes with their new copies. Had this not been developed by BioWare and published by EA, this game would have crucified.

Stolen from neoGAF.

Office Tour Photos.

Microsoft hiring people for their next console. People are saying they are starting work on their new console this year. I personally think they have already started and they are now ramping up development, but I could be wrong.

Count me in. A wicked gaming year this is.

I love that game! shame about the lv 60 dragon transformation, why does it take so long to lv up. I don't know anything about level 60 Dragon transformation, lol. I'm still level 18/19/17/16. I guess the slow levelling up is just to make the player spend even more time with the game. I think all games in the series are like this. Slow paced and long time to level your characters. Luckily, I managed to find a spot on the world map with random metal slime encounters and I got some great exp when I actually managed to kill them(bastards tend to flee half the time). I enjoy the game because of the overall mood(soundtrack and world design). It's just the slow pace and the inability to save anywhere that annoys me. Even save points in dungeons would have been good. But other than that, I'm liking it. Visitied the shadow realm for the first time to help the mourning king of Ascantha and I'm now at Pickham, Yangus' hometown. Going to fight outside of town and try to experiment with different alchemy recipes. I bought DQVIII back in 2006 before FFXII came out. Started it but never finished it. Think I was about 1/4 way through the game when FFXII came out and then stopped playing it. Started playing it again last summer and was about 3/4 of the way through when my TV fried. By the time I got it replaced I was in the middle of playing Dragon Age and other PC games that I just never got back to finishing it. All my characters are around lvl 40 and it was a blast to play. Its probably my favorite JRPG since Final Fantasy IX. I really need to find time to go back and finish it before I forget where I was in the story. After you finish with VIII I highly recommend picking up DQIX on the DS if you already haven't. I've heard good things about DQIX, but unfortunately I don't own a DS. Might get it if I decide to buy a 3DS in a year or two.