Enoch Posted June 5, 2009 Posted June 5, 2009 Please tell me that there's a pause where you can issue orders in all that!
WILL THE ALMIGHTY Posted June 5, 2009 Posted June 5, 2009 It wouldn't be a Bioware game without it. "Alright, I've been thinking. When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade - make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your damn lemons, what am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life's manager. Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons. Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! With the lemons. I'm going to to get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!"
Purkake Posted June 5, 2009 Posted June 5, 2009 Don't you think it will scare the poor console gamers?
Tigranes Posted June 5, 2009 Posted June 5, 2009 They ran out of buttons, so didn't put a pause on the controllers. Problem solved The trailer won't work in the office, and from what I've read I dont' really want to see the completely retarded sex stuff anyway, but tell me - apparently there was a bit where you can jump on the dragon and attack it or from underneath? Is that kind of interaction actually shown? It's going to be really interesting just how much divergence there will be between this idiotic PR campaign and the actual playing experience - are they going somewhere out there hand in hand, or is the PR doing something on its own? Let's Play: Icewind Dale Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Icewind Dale II Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Divinity II (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG1 (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG2 (In Progress)
Majek Posted June 5, 2009 Posted June 5, 2009 Either they used god mode, or dragons are wusses. If it's size is any indicator , they can only be wusses. 1.13 killed off Ja2.
Oner Posted June 5, 2009 Posted June 5, 2009 Either they used god mode, or dragons are wusses. If it's size is any indicator , they can only be wusses. To be fair, one of the fighters died pretty fast. Giveaway list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DgyQFpOJvyNASt8A12ipyV_iwpLXg_yltGG5mffvSwo/edit?usp=sharing What is glass but tortured sand?Never forget! '12.01.13.
Majek Posted June 5, 2009 Posted June 5, 2009 I guess they're not trying to repeat the Demogorgon xD ( and then nerf the difficulty for the finished product xD) 1.13 killed off Ja2.
Meshugger Posted June 5, 2009 Posted June 5, 2009 The fight had more interaction than expected (NWN2), but not enough interaction that one would hope (Diablo III). "Some men see things as they are and say why?""I dream things that never were and say why not?"- George Bernard Shaw"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."- Friedrich Nietzsche "The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it." - Some guy
Purkake Posted June 5, 2009 Posted June 5, 2009 The dragon was like a turret kicking things and shooting fireballs. It's like BG2 where the poor dragons were confined to their little lairs. I can't really think of a good way to do it, though. You either go all-out with some God of War/Shadow of the Colossus style climb and stab action or just make them big and awkward versions of normal enemies.
Majek Posted June 5, 2009 Posted June 5, 2009 Some optional natural traps could be put in areas with dragons too. And have dragons fly a bit. I mean even BG dragons had wing buffet that threw you away from them. 1.13 killed off Ja2.
Purkake Posted June 5, 2009 Posted June 5, 2009 Some optional natural traps could be put in areas with dragons too. And have dragons fly a bit. I mean even BG dragons had wing buffet that threw you away from them. I would love to see real flying dragons, but I think that it would be very hard to do with the current system. The wing buffet was a great idea, but also one the most annoying thing in the whole game.
Gfted1 Posted June 5, 2009 Posted June 5, 2009 @3:06 in the video, the dragon performs a wing buffet attack. Everyone goes flying except the mage turned spider. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
Enoch Posted June 5, 2009 Posted June 5, 2009 The wing buffet (mmm... all-you-can-eat wings!) was a little tough to notice because the knocked-back characters hit the invisible wall the prevents them from walking into the swamp.
Llyranor Posted June 15, 2009 Posted June 15, 2009 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/06/10...ins/#more-12708 http://www.rpgwatch.com/forums/showpost.ph...mp;postcount=20 Insofar as the RPS article goes, I'll admit I find it a bit distressing to read this sort of stuff. It is what it is, but I don't think it's indicative of the game as a whole-- something even the writer pointed out, considering the game is so large and what we can show at any given time being such a small slice. I don't know what the presentation itself looked like, but it probably needed to be stressed more that this was a story element shown out of context (whether or not that is a good idea to do being an entirely different discussion). Prior to getting to that point, the player would have had to spend a lot of time developing the romances for both Morrigan and Leliana-- and I'll stress that, myself: Morrigan does not sleep with you just because you gave her a book. The book is a quest item that, in this case, happened to push her approval into the point where she would make a sexual advance in camp. It should also be pointed out that Leliana isn't reacting to the fact that you slept with Morrigan. She doesn't, in fact, even know that's what you did. She's responding to the fact that your romance with Morrigan has reached a point where she objects. It sounds like the writer of the article expected her to be more angry, and perhaps that's where the comments on the acting comes from, I don't know. It's too bad -- Leliana is, in my opinion, one of the better voices of the game. Perhaps the French accent threw him off? I'm not sure. Chances are he wasn't inclined to be charitable by that point. Even so, I can't really blame some of the perceptions of these events if this is the order in which they were shown. Personally showing the latter part of a romance plot isn't likely to be of much interest to anyone who hasn't bought into it already and been through all the lead up. Maybe I'm wrong. Either way, the romances are pretty complex and it's a mistake to write them off as superficial -- for the people who like romance plots, they'll be in for a treat. And it seems like we have a task ahead of us showing that this is so. I hope we can. I still believe this is a game worth the time of the RPG fan, very much so. ROFLASKGJASKGASKGHASKJGHASKGAHS (Approved by Fio, so feel free to use it)
Tigranes Posted June 15, 2009 Posted June 15, 2009 Actually, I wouldn't mind any of that if the actual romance scenes (dialogue, music, sequencing, camerawork) were up to snuff, or at least something you don't need to be embarrassed and disgusted over. The hasty lead-up or the book catalyst only look stupid because the main dish they accompany has this strange putrid smell about it. Let's Play: Icewind Dale Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Icewind Dale II Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Divinity II (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG1 (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG2 (In Progress)
HoonDing Posted June 15, 2009 Posted June 15, 2009 "It should also be pointed out that Leliana isn't reacting to the fact that you slept with Morrigan. She doesn't, in fact, even know that's what you did. She's responding to the fact that your romance with Morrigan has reached a point where she objects." I don't get this. Are the women clairvoyant? The ending of the words is ALMSIVI.
Pidesco Posted June 15, 2009 Posted June 15, 2009 It should also be pointed out that Leliana isn't reacting to the fact that you slept with Morrigan. She doesn't, in fact, even know that's what you did. She's responding to the fact that your romance with Morrigan has reached a point where she objects. The fact they used this as a defense against the RPS article, makes Bioware's writers and designers seem not very bright. Or at least, just Gaider. "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian tourist I am Dan Quayle of the Romans. I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands. Heja Sverige!! Everyone should cuffawkle more. The wrench is your friend.
Oner Posted June 15, 2009 Posted June 15, 2009 It should also be pointed out that Leliana isn't reacting to the fact that you slept with Morrigan. She doesn't, in fact, even know that's what you did. She's responding to the fact that your romance with Morrigan has reached a point where she objects. The fact they used this as a defense against the RPS article, makes Bioware's writers and designers seem not very bright. Or at least, just Gaider. RPS article? Giveaway list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DgyQFpOJvyNASt8A12ipyV_iwpLXg_yltGG5mffvSwo/edit?usp=sharing What is glass but tortured sand?Never forget! '12.01.13.
Pidesco Posted June 15, 2009 Posted June 15, 2009 It should also be pointed out that Leliana isn't reacting to the fact that you slept with Morrigan. She doesn't, in fact, even know that's what you did. She's responding to the fact that your romance with Morrigan has reached a point where she objects. The fact they used this as a defense against the RPS article, makes Bioware's writers and designers seem not very bright. Or at least, just Gaider. RPS article? The preview thingie where the author slags off Dragon Age. "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian tourist I am Dan Quayle of the Romans. I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands. Heja Sverige!! Everyone should cuffawkle more. The wrench is your friend.
Purkake Posted June 15, 2009 Posted June 15, 2009 I guess they're regretting wasting all the money on licensing Marylin Manson songs and not bribing reviewers as they used to...
Llyranor Posted June 16, 2009 Posted June 16, 2009 You don't get it, man. French chick isn't angry because you slept with Book chick, she's angry because your relationship with Book chick has progressed past a certain point where you went and slept with her. (Approved by Fio, so feel free to use it)
Purkake Posted June 16, 2009 Posted June 16, 2009 Speaking of chicks, what's the name of the half-plant chick?
Enoch Posted June 16, 2009 Posted June 16, 2009 You don't get it, man. French chick isn't angry because you slept with Book chick, she's angry because your relationship with Book chick has progressed past a certain point where you went and slept with her. Well put.
Magister Lajciak Posted June 16, 2009 Posted June 16, 2009 You don't get it, man. French chick isn't angry because you slept with Book chick, she's angry because your relationship with Book chick has progressed past a certain point where you went and slept with her. I am actually looking forward to the game a lot, but your response is just awesome!
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