~Di

What a bum. I guess I'll be sticking with Lelianna. Er... things didn't turned out the way I'd planned, actually. After the drudgery that is the "final battles", Suddenly, before I could take a single step, a cutscene started and Damn, was I ticked off! am thinking that we is more disturbed by Di reaction than we is by the bio implementations. the two-timing trollop character she decides to play manages to be perturbed by allistair's selfishness AND by his unalterable sacrifice and confession o' love. ... is not that Di's reasoning is incomprehensible, is just disturbing in the same way we find much of female reasoning to be... peculiar. HA! Good Fun! *shrug* It's a role playing game. I was role playing. My first PC, a human noble, had a much different morality code and was heads over heels in love with Al. My mage, finally let out of the tower in which she'd spent her entire life, was a wild child. She cared deeply for Al, but couldn't resist temptation with the sexy elf. But in the end, having sampled the life she'd been previously denied, she realized that duty to her country trumped her own happiness and her own life. She didn't want Anora on the throne. She believed Al would be a great king, a king who should not be coerced into the "dark deed" that an unhardened Alistair would take badly. She didn't consider Alistair's rejection of her to be selfish, by the way. She saw it for what it was, him choosing his duty over her... just as she was choosing duty, to sacrifice herself, over her own desires. When all of her plans went "poof", the man she cared about, the man Fereldan needed, was dead and the woman she despised on his throne, you bet she was upset... at herself. She went through the rest of her life convinced that she was responsible for Alistair's death because The truth is that Alistair died because So that's the actual rationale I used on that playthrough, and the ending I'd hoped to achieve. The rest of the descriptions I gave were deliberately kept humorous and exaggerated for effect in response to the discussion of how others had romanced more than one companion in the same game. Then again, I AM a female... damned that peculiar reasoning of mine!

It's actually nothing like Jade Empire, which was meant to be a fight game with RPG elements, and did that very well. I enjoyed the Asian atmosphere, found the story fun if predictable, and rather a non-serious fun romp. Dragon Age is an immense game, very powerful in spots, and much closer to BG2 than any other game I can think of. Others may disagree, but I did find Dragon Age to be a spiritual successor to BG2. There's much interaction between companions... one wrong move and you may have to kill some of them, or watch them leave forever. The story interested me, the side quests ... there are tons of them... were usually fun and interesting. I think it may be GOTY. It's certainly good enough, in my opinion. Tremendous replay value as well, btw.

What a bum. I guess I'll be sticking with Lelianna. Er... things didn't turned out the way I'd planned, actually. After the drudgery that is the "final battles", Suddenly, before I could take a single step, a cutscene started and Damn, was I ticked off!

Yeah, my mage PC... the little ****... ended up in bed with both Zevran and Alistair. Both are now madly in love with her. When I talk to old Zev, he keeps telling me that I have to tell Alistair. I keep agreeing, and don't tell Alistair. I'm keeping them both, damn it. I might as well, because I thought, "well you son-of-a-bitch! And after I Okay, okay, so I cheated on the guy. If I'd known what an ungrateful prick he was going to be, I'd have gone after Lelianna too!

Good news! Geralt's voice-over was utterly horrendous. Thanks for the update.

I installed the "camp chest" mod, and I'm so glad I did. The only time I have to run to Warden's Peak now is to buy grandmaster ruins that cost 3 sovereigns less than anywhere else, and oogle some of the specialty items that I've saved up for.

Which is exactly what I did. I was embarrassed to realize that the mod could be disabled by clicking on the check mark. I disabled the no-helm mod, then The game gave me a horrified stern warning that dire things could happen if I "force load" the game without the mod enabled. But I did it anyway, and was able to finish the origin without a hitch! Then I saved, enabled the mod again, and played on... I really, really hate those helmets! Thanks!

I dislike both. Remaining neutral was ultimately most satisfying for me, and the only way to remain true to the witcher code (not to mention, fighting a zeugl together with Triss was awesome). It's also very telling that no matter which faction you choose in the game, in the end everything turns out to the same old anyway. Me too. First time I joined the Order and Then I sided with the Scoia'tael, and From then on I stayed strictly neutral in every game I've played since. I like The Witcher a lot, so I replay it a couple times a year. Looking forward to the sequel. The boobie cards, not so much. PS... just watched the clip. Geralt's voice sucks. I mean, really sucks. I hope that isn't the guy who's going to voice the game itself.

Okay, techno-idiot is back with another inane question. Thanks to y'all, I learned how to install dazip mods via the daupdater.exe. Unfortunately, I've discovered that my no-helm mod, which physically removes helms except when in combat, has made quests requiring a party member to wear a specific set of armor impossible... and also impossible is completing the commoner dwarf origin. My problem? I can't figure out how to uninstall the damned thing, and there are no instructions with the mod itself. The daupdater.exe would be thrilled to reinstall it for me, but offers no way to uninstall, and the mod is entrenched so tight that it shows on my game DLC page, right under Shayle and Warden's Peak! Can anyone help me here?

I agree, the writing was basic and actually nothing special. There were a few "show don't tell" moments, but not enough of them. One of them occures when Even so, it wasn't a surprise to the player. Everyone with two brain cells saw it coming a mile away. Which proves that Al doesn't really have two sparking brain cells, lol! However, there was the city elf origin, and... THAT was showing, not telling, throughout the entire origin. Anyway, I'd hoped that with female writers in this game that the dialogue would have more of a softened, nuanced form. I saw no difference than the writing in BG2, for example. I'm not actually complaining. I loved the game overall, and many of the cutscenes were quite well scripted. But the actual player dialogue, not so much.

You mean script doctors? You might be surprised at who those script doctors are! Some aren't nearly as not-very-well-known as you believe. For example, Carrie Fisher has spent most of her career as one of the top script doctors in the biz! Acting was not her first love; writing was. She once spoke at a writers' conference I attended, and spoke candidly about her life and her various careers. At that time, script doctoring was her career. Writing books was her passion. Unfortunately, her books were not as successful as her career as a script doctor.

I hear you. I would just love to have one game where I can actually afford to buy some of that heart-stopping armor and weaponry instead of saving every coin to buy dust, flasks and potions! I'm 3/4 through my second game. I'll try it out when I start my third.

Frankly I'd never heard of this movie until last week, when they began showing trailers for it on tv. I don't do the theatre thing any more, but as soon as it's out on DVD I plan to see it.

OMG... it worked! My next character is going to be rich, I tell you, RICH! Bwahahahahah Thanks so much, Gorgon.

On my second game I decided to try the cheat console because I wanted instant riches! Alas, I couldn't get it to work. The shortcut sayes "E:\Dragon Age\bin_ship\daorigins.exe" (with quotations). When I added -enabledeveloperconsole inside the quotes or outside, I got an error message saying the target is not valid and it won't let me apply the change. What am I doing wrong, can you tell?

"You have timed out while accessing your online character profile" I have gotten this message every time I've played DA for over a week. None of my online character info has updated since then. A search of the Bio Social Forums shows that this is a big problem for dozens of people; some have even seen their DLC's and equipment disappear. Nobody, however, seems to have an answer or suggestion. It occurs to me, however, that this started around the time I downloaded the no-helmets and respect mods. Did anyone here have this constant error message, and manage to fix it? Suggestions welcome.

It's not because I'm negative for the sake of being negative, it's because I like to mock these overrated and hyped "revealtions". They're just that: Overrated, and maybe even outright bad. James Cameron got lucky by having access to a large budget, therefor obtaining the best animators and engineers that made this movie this technically cutting-edge in the first place. I'll confess, your negative whines are getting on my last nerve as well. It's one thing to say, "I'm not going to see that movie/buy that game because it looks awful/I hate those kinds of movies/games." And it's quite another to write post after post after post repeatedly complaining about a movie/game that you HAVEN'T seen/played just for the sake of being an attention hound, and hijacking the thread of someone who HAS seen the movie and likes the damned thing. There is such a thing as common courtesy... although I must admit that common courtesy isn't very common any more.

Well, I did...

... am risking being called sexist by contributing. *sigh* women likes elves. don't ask Gromnir why, but when there were the Ladies of Neverwinter site running it were interesting to hear women likes and dislikes 'bout the romances and character choices in bio games. Carth were considerable influenced by feedback from the regulars at Ladies of Neverwinter... so said Gaider. regardless, women like elves. there doesn't needs be a good reason, but apparently the effete tree-huger shtick really appeals to the ladies. also, women likes suffering. no, is not that women is masochists, but women does like their hero types to have a Tragic past. da elves is recognizable as elves, so for folks who wanted to play elves da elves has appeal o' tradition. also, the da elves is victims, and that kinda woe seems to score points with women. maybe bio screwed up the execution, but we don't believe that they hate elves (not near as much as does Gromnir) and am pretty sure they were trying to make elves appeal to those people who already seeming likes elves. True. Most women gamers I know love elves. I know I do! My love of elves started with stoic, tragic Kivan. Seriously. I'd never really thought much about elves before. BG was my first introduction to the D&D universe. Then again I like Carth too. And Kaidan. And Alistair! Zevran, not so much. He's elfy enough; he's just a lecherous, untrustworthy cad. lol I haven't played the Dalish origin yet, but out of curiosity I played the City Elf origin last night, and the parallels to native Americans was undeniably obvious. I really liked the origin, the emotional impact of it, the raw horror and stark injustice. Sure gave me a new perspective of the society in which my human noble rogue was so comfortable. I don't share your dislike of the way Bio treats elves, obviously, but I am a little put-off by the stereotypical dwarf... low-class, hard-drinking, belching, dirty-beard, scottish accent, etc. Oghren fit it to a T. At least they got rid of the scottish accents, and I haven't played either dwarf origin to see if they went deeper into dwarven culture. I just got Oghren for the first time, he opened his vulgar little mouth, and I cringed. I'll check out the dwarf origins later on. I hope they will be as good as the ones I've done thus far, all of which have had emotional impact in some way. (Most women love emotional impact. Seriously. We do.)

What is this "tainted blade" of which we speak? Is it just a blade coated with some kind of poison, or is there an uber-weapon by that name that my poor rogue managed to miss in our first playthrough?

Thanks. I'll try to uninstall the stupid bird thing, and give these a shot... although it looks like I'm out of luck with this game, since I've gotten all NPC's except Oghren. Edit: I extracted them both to the Documents/packages/core/override folder... not sure that they actually installed though. They seemed to have just... disappeared, although Winrar tells me that they are there. I go to the folder and see nada.

A dumb question about the respec mod (which doesn't seem to have a read-me). I now have a bird called "Raven" in the towns, which allows me to "know a bit more about... warriors, rogues or mages"... and allowed me, surprisingly, to unlock several previously unlocked specialties. Okay, sweet, but that wasn't what I wanted the mod for. Now after "talking" to Raven several times, I find a single "potion of respecialization" in my backpack. I'm assuming that if a character drinks it, I will be allowed to respec the character... once. Is this how the respec mods y'all are using works? Because I'm really pretty underwhelmed...