[quote]Spartiates wrote:
[quote]Magicpunch wrote:
Let us know what you thought of the game, people who have bought it.
Also, are there any other good RPGs that I can sink my teeth into for the ps3? Obviously, mass effect is on the list, but any others?
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Okay, so I stayed up too late and played a couple hours last night. I couldn’t resist.
So far I’m not finding the storyline or the characters as compelling as the first game. On the other hand, when I first played DA:O for the first few hours I thought there was no way I was going to get into the game.
There are four difficulty settings as in the first game. From what the developers have said (and this matches with my experience), you can hack and slash your way through easy/normal. That’s what they’re there for, and if you want more of an “action RPG” on the easier settings you can pretty much not worry about managing the companions, and get to hacking. The two harder levels (hard/nightmare) were designed for people who want to manage more.
I’ve been playing on hard. So far I’ve only encountered one spot where I actually died a couple times before making it past. I think I’ll be bumping it up to Nightmare.
I’m playing as a human warrior. I pre-ordered the game and was supposed to get some extra DLC stuff, but there was no code, so I need to contact EA/BioWare. On the other hand, the DLC stuff that did come through is borderline silly (a two handed sword that looks like a razor), and is WAY overpowered, so I ditched it in storage. That said, there’s a lot less equipment laying around than in the previous game. Almost all the equipment my character has equipped has been given to him, and not come from chests or off dead enemies.
@Magicpunch: if you haven’t played Oblivion you can get the GOTY pretty cheap, and in my mind that’s still the standard by which modern RPGs are judged by.[/quote]
Interesting. Bummer about less stuff lying around. I do like a nice handy surprise find on a dead guy. Are the spells/skills essentially the same, but with added storyline (like an add-on?)
Oblivion - how could I forget? I’ve never played it, have only ever played morrowind and it turned out to be one of the best games I ever played for atmosphere. Ok, I imagine oblivion’s pretty cheap these days so I’ll buy it as soon as I can.
Also, been playing origins on normal and it has admittedly been too easy. Going to kick up the difficulty. Have only died three or four times in the whole game, and that’s not enough.
Btw are these the same people who did baldur’s gate etc? DAO’s got that air about it - those games were awesome.
Thanks for the review.