Dragon Age 2 - Here be spoilers.

[Ingmar]

I can't recall if I've said this before in this thread but DA2 is the closest a CRPG has ever come to feeling like a good tabletop D&D campaign to me. (Which is a compliment).

[rk47]

I agree, it's made my top three list next to Neverwinter Nights 2 and its expansion pack, Storms of Zehir.

[tmp]

Aaan the DLC machine goes into first gear.

(three "item packs", each with two armour sets and some extra accessories by the looks of it. $3 each or $5 total)

[rk47]

Just what I needed to boot up the game again.

    * Playstation 3 - ($4.99 for all three) / ($2.99 individually)
    * PC/MAC - (400 BioWare Points for all three) / (240 BioWare Points individually - Mage, Warrior, Rogue)
    * Xbox 360 - (400 Microsoft Points for all three) / (240 Microsoft Points individually - Mage, Warrior, Rogue)

Sweet, Sweet loot.



Is just what I need to complete for Role Playing experience in Kirkwall.

[tmp]

Is just what I need to complete for Role Playing experience in Kirkwall.

Totally; the mage pack provides some valuable backstory in the item descriptions, how poor papa Hawke had to flee Kirkwall years back because --being an apostate-- he's decided once to use magic in combat situation on the street, and the templars were alerted to it.

[Lantyssa]

Some things never cha... oh, wait.

[Surlyboi]

The gear is positively badass too.

[CmdrSlack]

Sarcasm or no? If the DLC is just gear and no extra content, I'm a bit hesitant to pull the trigger.

[Ingmar]

I think this one is just gear, along the lines of the 'firepower pack' etc. they did for ME2.

[jakonovski]

Except the firepower pack brought in trace amounts of gameplay. This is just some new skins for your dude.

[Ingmar]

Except the firepower pack brought in trace amounts of gameplay. This is just some new skins for your dude.

Uh, what? The firepower pack was 3 new weapons, the end. But I guess if you want you could compare it to the alternate appearance packs for ME2 instead.

[jakonovski]

Except the firepower pack brought in trace amounts of gameplay. This is just some new skins for your dude.

Uh, what? The firepower pack was 3 new weapons, the end. But I guess if you want you could compare it to the alternate appearance packs for ME2 instead.

Different guns shoot differently, and change the gameplay experience. That DLC armor just gives you 1% more armor or whatever. Not exactly noticeable.

[tmp]

Sarcasm or no? If the DLC is just gear and no extra content, I'm a bit hesitant to pull the trigger.

Just gear. Some items (no idea how many, didn't buy it) come with codex entries which provide few paragraphs of backstory/lore but that's basically it and that's stretching the definition of extra content. Plus, there's screenshots of these codex entires floating around already.

[Surlyboi]

Isabella just betrayed me in the fade with the words, "I like big boats, I cannot lie."

[CmdrSlack]

Isabella just betrayed me in the fade with the words, "I like big boats, I cannot lie."

Yeah, that's a great moment. I think I had just done the first romance bit, then taken her on that specific quest. Isabella and Varric seem to be tied for best oneliners.

[Venkman]

In DA2, I ultimately felt like it really didn't matter much whether I was pro-mage or pro-templar or somewhere in between. About the only things that seemed affected by my choices were companions, and even there, it was only the romance option that seemed to produce a radically different reaction until the very end and the taking of sides at that point.

Yea that's ultimately where I ended up. I don't need to save the world. Going to Kirkwall after the Blight ended set a nice stage for a "just getting by/just doing my part" reluctant-hero type story. But I'd have preferred an ending where going mage or templar was more than just delaying having to fight the other side.

Unless a new studio needs to start from scratch again, I'm guessing the third one will be fighting off some massive Qunari or Tevinter invasion. I'd like the inevitable choice of alliance between those two to have some meaningful impact on the game.

Question though, as it pertains to the DLC:

[CmdrSlack]

[Sjofn]

[Surlyboi]

[Sjofn]

[Venkman]

Ah that makes sense. And the Bethany bit too.

I sat and thought about it for a while

Yea, I did too. In fact, I let my first choice be overriden by further convincing from the opposing side. Funny after so many years and savemodes I can still care that much to really mull it :)

[CmdrSlack]

I have yet to try warrior, but it doesn't seem like it would be fun to play. When I played as Fenris or Aveline during a roguehawke down moment, it just felt awkward. Maybe that's due to the button-mashy goodness of playing as a melee rogue. Is it more of a slower rhythm, but mowing through multiple enemies at once kind of thing?

[tmp]

I have yet to try warrior, but it doesn't seem like it would be fun to play. When I played as Fenris or Aveline during a roguehawke down moment, it just felt awkward. Maybe that's due to the button-mashy goodness of playing as a melee rogue. Is it more of a slower rhythm, but mowing through multiple enemies at once kind of thing?

Warriors are more of the "activate the 100% damage buff ability, blow through your attack sequence, wonder dryly where did everyone go." kind of a thing.

[Ingmar]

I have yet to try warrior, but it doesn't seem like it would be fun to play. When I played as Fenris or Aveline during a roguehawke down moment, it just felt awkward. Maybe that's due to the button-mashy goodness of playing as a melee rogue. Is it more of a slower rhythm, but mowing through multiple enemies at once kind of thing?

Are you playing on a console? They require about the same amount of management as a rogue on the PC I would say.

[Surlyboi]

[Sjofn]

I don't know when we should stop spoilering! Someone else decide!

[Sheepherder]

I love NPCs that do not think I'm awesome or something.

Sociopathic and Psychotic NPC party members let the demons loose while still letting you be the good guy.

[Sjofn]

Naw, I don't mean evil NPCs, I don't like them. Although if someone is likable but broken (ANDERS. MERRILL.), that's OK. What I mean is NPCs like Carver, who simply don't think you're the most awesome dude or lady around.

[Ragnoros]

Steam has this on sale for $45 today only, if anyone cares. (Also DA:O with all expansions/dlc for $20)

[Strazos]

Rather than necro'ing a long-dead thread, I'll just ask here:

Bought the ultimate edition on sale yesterday. Installed the DLC and everything fine, but all the DLC was "unauthorized," even after registering on the Bioware site. NOW, when I run ultimate edition, it appeared to run my vanilla DA, rather than ultimate edition - DLC gone. Cannot even load my old saves, since they require DLC that is not currently authorized.

Any ideas? I'd like to avoid uninstalling and reinstalling, but will if necessary.

[Miasma]

Each game from steam usually has its own forum which is a good place to start: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=751

Apparently ea claims this should be fixed now and to try again.

[Strazos]

I tried earlier today. All my old DLC was present but unauthorized. All the new stuff was absent.

I just copied my mods and save folders out and uninstalled both games, and I'll reinstall ultimate edition.

FiOS is pretty nice for that sort of thing, especially since it's unmetered.

[Venkman]

I don't know when we should stop spoilering! Someone else decide!

I hope to get the energy to play it again. I like the story some, but I'm not usually prone to playing through one of these again, particularly because I'd need to visit that g-damned cave again... But there's some cool things mentioned.

My vote: once a thread has reached 30 pages and/or 30 days after a game's launch, I'd say ok on no spoiler tags. Unless it's got a Usual Suspect type ending of course. But then, if it does, one should be smart enough to skim posts that aren't related to whatever info they seek in such a deep thread :)

[Rasix]

I don't know when we should stop spoilering! Someone else decide!

Hey, I offered to open the thread up.

Guess I could do it now.

BY THE POWER OF GREYSKULL.....

[Sjofn]

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