Dragon Age: Origins

[Fobbon Lazyfoot]

Traveler was pretty easy, I thought. I'm having a hard time with the combat achievements.

Also, anyone know if as a mage you can kill the blood mage douche at the start and prevent Redcliffe? I'm doubting it, but I'm curious and not at that point again.

You can't prevent it but you can kill him while he's in his cell. Personally, I wouldn't, 'cause getting free stuff from the demon is pretty cool.

[xilly]

Traveler was pretty easy, I thought. I'm having a hard time with the combat achievements.

Also, anyone know if as a mage you can kill the blood mage douche at the start and prevent Redcliffe? I'm doubting it, but I'm curious and not at that point again.

You can't prevent it but you can kill him while he's in his cell. Personally, I wouldn't, 'cause getting free stuff from the demon is pretty cool.

Traveler pisses me off because I played a 65+ hour game as my Rogue and instead of helping the old guy at the alienage, I picked the lock and snuck in through the back.. which stopped me from going INTO the Orphanage, which inherently killed any chance I had of getting Traveler (even though my game has like 98% of the world explored or some shit).

The combat achievements are retarded easy. Which one are you having a problem with? The 250 dmg one? Mage - Use the mana clash. Rogue - Use the archery skill at the end of the second row. Warrior - Use killing blow or w/e it is with a 2h sword.

[Freecare Spiritwise]

I'm starting to get some wood reading everyone talking about this game.

Is it just a single player game?

It sounds very interesting and well worth taking a look at.

[xilly]

I'm starting to get some wood reading everyone talking about this game.

Is it just a single player game?

It sounds very interesting and well worth taking a look at.

Yeah, it's only single player. 4 party members, much like Baldur's Gate/NWN/etc..

[Fobbon Lazyfoot]

It sounds very interesting and well worth taking a look at.

Its honestly the best single-player game I've played in a long time

The combat achievements are retarded easy. Which one are you having a problem with? The 250 dmg one? Mage - Use the mana clash. Rogue - Use the archery skill at the end of the second row. Warrior - Use killing blow or w/e it is with a 2h sword.

I haven't done the 250 damage one but that should be easy once I make an archery rogue. I haven't done ANY of the ones where you have to kill 50 enemies with a given skill, like mighty blow/whirlwind/etc. Do you have to do these on the main character? My first playthrough I was a rogue my first playthrough and didn't even bother trying to get achievements, I just enjoyed the game. Second time was a primal mage, now I'm on a healer mage.

Primal mages are OP. I'm pretty sure I soloed more than half the game after I got out of ostagar.

[UltraBurz]

DW warrior can get the whirlwind one extremely easy. Even if you wait towards the end of the game, there are so many trash mobs you can kill in 1 blow. Let them gather around you and pop whirlwind and watch them all die.

[UltraBurz]

Just pre-ordered the upcoming expansion. That thing looks like a beast.

[xilly]

Just pre-ordered the upcoming expansion. That thing looks like a beast.

True dat. I will be grabbing that off PSN on launch day.

[UltraBurz]

It requires 20gigs. So it is double the original. Yay content.

[Ddrak]

20G!?

[UltraBurz]

From the steam description

About the Game

From the Makers of the Best RPG of 2009, Dragon Age™: Origins, comes the first official expansion pack.

For centuries, the Grey Wardens—the ancient order of guardians, sworn to unite and defend the lands—have been battling the darkspawn forces. Legend spoke that slaying the Archdemon would have put an end to the darkspawn threat for centuries to come, but somehow they remain.

You are the Grey Warden Commander and have been entrusted with the duty of rebuilding the order of Grey Wardens and uncovering the secrets of the darkspawn and how they managed to remain.

How you choose to rebuild your order, how you resolve the conflict with "The Architect", and how you determine the fate of the darkspawn will be but some of the many complex choices that await and shape your journey as you venture to the new land of Amaranthine.



A Stunning World Expanded
BioWare’s deepest universe to date just got bigger with an all new area of the world to explore, Amaranthine

Unlock the secrets of the Darkspawn and their true motivations
Rebuild the Grey Warden order and establish their base of operations at Vigil’s Keep


All-new Complex Moral Choices
Embark on an epic story that is completely defined and reactive to your play style

Shape your entire experience based on the choices you make and how your handle complex situations


New Ways to Customize your Hero
Experience additional spells, abilities, specializations, and items to further personalize and customize your hero and party.

Import your character from Dragon Age™: Origins or start anew as a Grey Warden from the neighboring land of Orlais
Encounter five all-new party members and an old favorite from Dragon Age™: Origins


Even more Bone-Crushing, Visceral Combat
Battle against a new range of horrific and terrifying creatures

Put your skills to the test against an evolved, intelligent breed of Darkspawn and other menacing creatures including the Inferno Golem and Spectral Dragon!

System Requirements
Minimum:

OS: Windows XP (SP3) or Windows Vista (SP1) or Windows 7
Processor: Intel Core 2 Single 1.6 Ghz Processor (or equivalent) or AMD 64 2.0 GHz Processor (or equivalent)
Memory: 1GB (1.5 GB Vista and Windows 7)
Graphics: ATI Radeon X850 256MB or NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT 128MB or greater (Windows Vista: Radeon X1550 256 MB or NVidia GeForce 7600GT 256MB)
DirectX®: DirectX (November 2007)
Hard Drive: 20 GB HD space
Sound: Direct X Compatible Sound Card

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Nooooo. It looks amazing and I still haven't had the time to get past the first battle in my new game. F.U. senior year.

[UltraBurz]

Sandal better be there.

[Ddrak]

ENCHANTMENT?

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[Fobbon Lazyfoot]

I wonder if they will explain the scene near the end where Sandal looks like he went on a crazy rampage.

"Sandal, what are you doing here? You're surrounded by corpses!"

"En-CHANT-ment!"

<enchantment window opens>


....wtf?

[Ddrak]

Sandal reminds me of Errand from The Mallorean.

Dd

[xilly]

Has anyone gotten the Return to Ostagar addon yet? I would have normally already gotten this and told you why you need/can skip it, but the PS3 version is (as usual) delayed.

[UltraBurz]

I think it is scrapped? I know it never got released on steam, and I heard it got/is delayed on 360.

[xilly]

I think it is scrapped? I know it never got released on steam, and I heard it got/is delayed on 360.

Came out for PC/360 on January 29th.