Dragon Age: OrANGE YOU GOING TO AWAKEN?

DFM · 03-22-2010, 12:27 AM

:AWAKENING

THE ARCH DEMON HAS BEEN DEFEATED, HIS SOUL EITHER DESTROYED OR TRANSFERED INTO AN EVIL GOD BABY.

BUT WHAT'S THIS, WARDEN?

THE DARKSPAWN ARE NOT RETREATING UNDERGROUND! THEY CONTINUE TO RAVAGE THE COUNTRYSIDE, EVEN MORE ORGANIZED THAN BEFORE!

YOU MUST GET TO VIGIL'S KEEP TO RALLY THE WARDENS AGAINST THIS THREAT!

IT SAYS SO IN THE LOADING SCREEN!

UNFORTUNATELY, THE GREY WARDEN COMMANDER IS FORBIDDEN BY CHANTRY LAW FROM EVER WEARING THE GREY WARDEN COMMANDER ARMOR, AND YOU WERE FORCED TO RELINQUISH IT UPON ACCEPTING YOUR TITLE OF GREY WARDEN COMMANDER.

WE DIDN'T GIVE YOU ANY NEW CLOTHES OR ANYTHING, I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE YOU WOULD HAVE SOLD ALL YOUR EXCESS GEAR AT THE END GAME FOR POTION AND RUNE MONEY ANYWAY, RIGHT?

YOU PRETTY MUCH SPENT THE LAST SIX MONTHS NAKED. A NAKED QUEEN. YOU ARE LADY GODIVA.

NOBODY EVEN CARES ANYMORE.

Also your boss Star-Spawned-God-Killer sword was illegalized along with your armor, lucky you kept that shitty sword and shield you got at the very beginning of the game for role playing purposes. Too bad you aren't even trained as a sword and board fighter! I bet you're sorry you called that "Shield Bash" skill we gave you in the beginning a wasted point, huh?

HUH?

Oh whoop Vigil's Keep is under attack!

What are you waiting for? HUH?

There we go, you don't need shit! You could tear these guys apart with your BARE MAKER DAMN HANDS.

This is everyone's reaction to seeing the errant indestructible goddess queen.

NOW THAT FIRST IMPRESSIONS ARE OVER WITH

I've barely started playing the expansion, so I can't offer much more than that in terms of input/discussion, but this is the AWAKENING thread for AWAKENING discussions about things that happen in the DRAGON AGE: ORIGIN expansion AWAKENING.

A few pretty spoiler free pro-tips for new starters:

1. You cannot have Oghren in your party without making him a Grey Warden, you can't be like "Hey Oghren I'd love to have you around we can rampage around drinking and spitting and smashing living body parts with dead body parts until there ain't no difference but man being a Grey Warden sucks ass you're just going to have to trust me on this, we'll be much better off if you don't go drinkin' no taint."

You just gotta be like "Oghren get outta here."

BIOWARE >:[

2. If you're importing a character, remember Starfang and the Warden Commander's armor are like, barred from entry into the expansion so like post coronation or something you may wanna ditch them and don some of your second best shit. Not that it matters anyway because

BitVyper · 03-22-2010, 12:41 AM

: That's fucking stupid.
: Oh, wait. I saw an addon that lets the DLC work with Awakening.

Azisien · 03-22-2010, 01:04 AM

This thing ran like total shit on the 360 until I installed to disc. Then it ran a little better.

Bioware!! Stop it!

Krylo · 03-22-2010, 01:06 AM

You're playing isometric RPGs on the 360?

Azisien!! Stop it!

Also, in response to Warden's Keep DLC: They couldn't make it compatible because starmetal was supposed to be rare as shit, but was also designated as tier 8.

The stuck in a new tier 8 in Awakenings.

This caused issues.

Thus--no Warden's Keep stuff. At least not until issues can be resolved.

Also, the Warden's Keep stuff is shit compared to things you get like 10 minutes into Awakening, anyway.

Azisien · 03-22-2010, 02:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Krylo

You're playing isometric RPGs on the 360?

Azisien!! Stop it!

Nah, GF is. She refuses to get into PC gaming. I have it on the PC in all its glory.

Or rather, did. She beat it in one day. I guess it was around 8-10 hours?

Krylo · 03-22-2010, 02:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Azisien

Nah, GF is. She refuses to get into PC gaming. I have it on the PC in all its glory.

Or rather, did. She beat it in one day. I guess it was around 8-10 hours?

15-30 is official company line.

Took me 15.

I'm kind of completionist-y, though... but I'm also 100% sure I missed some things.

DFM · 03-22-2010, 01:29 AM

And as I demonstrated, you probably don't even need to have weapons equipped to kill everything without taking any damage, which is basically what happened to me without armor and a Grey Iron sword/shield.

Jagos · 03-22-2010, 01:44 AM

I don't think anyone was complaining about that.

Matter of fact, I don't hear anyone complaining.

Krylo · 03-22-2010, 01:56 AM

Bitvyper's friend was.

Also, Awakenings is much darker than Origins. It's part of why I like it. There's no perfect sunny happy ending. The closest you can come is losing most of your troops at Vigil's Keep, but breaking the siege in a sort of pyrrhic victory. It's all quite awe inspiring and satisfying, but not 'happy'. Also, all characters can die in the epilogue if you do things poorly.

A lot of the side quests are a bit more dark too. It feels like proper dark fantasy.

It's not without its problems, of course. Not too fond of the new dialogue system. Old one had problems, too, but I don't like the lack of available dialogue. And there are a few bugs.

Like, save before entering the silverite mines. There's a rare bug tied to certain equipment that can cause you to permanently lose everything your main character has equipped.

All in all, though, I enjoyed it immensely.

DFM · 03-22-2010, 02:05 AM

Also, Peon's Plight: Holy shit

03-22-2010, 12:27 AM	#1
DFM Om Nom Nom Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 3,850	Dragon Age: OrANGE YOU GOING TO AWAKEN? :AWAKENING THE ARCH DEMON HAS BEEN DEFEATED, HIS SOUL EITHER DESTROYED OR TRANSFERED INTO AN EVIL GOD BABY. BUT WHAT'S THIS, WARDEN? THE DARKSPAWN ARE NOT RETREATING UNDERGROUND! THEY CONTINUE TO RAVAGE THE COUNTRYSIDE, EVEN MORE ORGANIZED THAN BEFORE! YOU MUST GET TO VIGIL'S KEEP TO RALLY THE WARDENS AGAINST THIS THREAT! IT SAYS SO IN THE LOADING SCREEN! UNFORTUNATELY, THE GREY WARDEN COMMANDER IS FORBIDDEN BY CHANTRY LAW FROM EVER WEARING THE GREY WARDEN COMMANDER ARMOR, AND YOU WERE FORCED TO RELINQUISH IT UPON ACCEPTING YOUR TITLE OF GREY WARDEN COMMANDER. WE DIDN'T GIVE YOU ANY NEW CLOTHES OR ANYTHING, I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE YOU WOULD HAVE SOLD ALL YOUR EXCESS GEAR AT THE END GAME FOR POTION AND RUNE MONEY ANYWAY, RIGHT? YOU PRETTY MUCH SPENT THE LAST SIX MONTHS NAKED. A NAKED QUEEN. YOU ARE LADY GODIVA. NOBODY EVEN CARES ANYMORE. Also your boss Star-Spawned-God-Killer sword was illegalized along with your armor, lucky you kept that shitty sword and shield you got at the very beginning of the game for role playing purposes. Too bad you aren't even trained as a sword and board fighter! I bet you're sorry you called that "Shield Bash" skill we gave you in the beginning a wasted point, huh? HUH? Oh whoop Vigil's Keep is under attack! What are you waiting for? HUH? There we go, you don't need shit! You could tear these guys apart with your BARE MAKER DAMN HANDS. This is everyone's reaction to seeing the errant indestructible goddess queen. NOW THAT FIRST IMPRESSIONS ARE OVER WITH I've barely started playing the expansion, so I can't offer much more than that in terms of input/discussion, but this is the AWAKENING thread for AWAKENING discussions about things that happen in the DRAGON AGE: ORIGIN expansion AWAKENING. A few pretty spoiler free pro-tips for new starters: 1. You cannot have Oghren in your party without making him a Grey Warden, you can't be like "Hey Oghren I'd love to have you around we can rampage around drinking and spitting and smashing living body parts with dead body parts until there ain't no difference but man being a Grey Warden sucks ass you're just going to have to trust me on this, we'll be much better off if you don't go drinkin' no taint." You just gotta be like "Oghren get outta here." BIOWARE >:[ 2. If you're importing a character, remember Starfang and the Warden Commander's armor are like, barred from entry into the expansion so like post coronation or something you may wanna ditch them and don some of your second best shit. Not that it matters anyway because __________________ [14:26] ManoftheRus: YOU GODDAMN SNEAKY DEE

03-22-2010, 12:41 AM	#2
BitVyper History's Strongest Dilettante Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Arcadia Posts: 6,662	From my friend : That's fucking stupid. : Oh, wait. I saw an addon that lets the DLC work with Awakening. __________________ "There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, and the sea is asleep, and the rivers dream. People made of smoke and cities made of song. Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there's injustice, somewhere else the tea's getting cold. Come on, Ace; we've got work to do!" Awesome art be here.

03-22-2010, 01:06 AM	#4
Krylo The Straightest Shota Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: It's a secret to everybody. Posts: 17,789	You're playing isometric RPGs on the 360? Azisien!! Stop it! Also, in response to Warden's Keep DLC: They couldn't make it compatible because starmetal was supposed to be rare as shit, but was also designated as tier 8. The stuck in a new tier 8 in Awakenings. This caused issues. Thus--no Warden's Keep stuff. At least not until issues can be resolved. Also, the Warden's Keep stuff is shit compared to things you get like 10 minutes into Awakening, anyway. __________________ I am very tired.

03-22-2010, 01:29 AM	#7
DFM Om Nom Nom Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 3,850	And as I demonstrated, you probably don't even need to have weapons equipped to kill everything without taking any damage, which is basically what happened to me without armor and a Grey Iron sword/shield. __________________ [14:26] ManoftheRus: YOU GODDAMN SNEAKY DEE

03-22-2010, 01:44 AM	#8
Jagos FRONT KICK OF DOOM! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Howdy pardner... Posts: 6,399	I don't think anyone was complaining about that. Matter of fact, I don't hear anyone complaining. __________________ Copyright musings World ramblings Scifi stories

03-22-2010, 01:04 AM	#3
Azisien wat Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,177	This thing ran like total shit on the 360 until I installed to disc. Then it ran a little better. Bioware!! Stop it!

03-22-2010, 01:56 AM	#9
Krylo The Straightest Shota Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: It's a secret to everybody. Posts: 17,789	Bitvyper's friend was. Also, Awakenings is much darker than Origins. It's part of why I like it. There's no perfect sunny happy ending. The closest you can come is losing most of your troops at Vigil's Keep, but breaking the siege in a sort of pyrrhic victory. It's all quite awe inspiring and satisfying, but not 'happy'. Also, all characters can die in the epilogue if you do things poorly. A lot of the side quests are a bit more dark too. It feels like proper dark fantasy. It's not without its problems, of course. Not too fond of the new dialogue system. Old one had problems, too, but I don't like the lack of available dialogue. And there are a few bugs. Like, save before entering the silverite mines. There's a rare bug tied to certain equipment that can cause you to permanently lose everything your main character has equipped. All in all, though, I enjoyed it immensely. __________________ I am very tired.

03-22-2010, 02:05 AM	#10
DFM Om Nom Nom Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 3,850	Also, Peon's Plight: Holy shit __________________ [14:26] ManoftheRus: YOU GODDAMN SNEAKY DEE