Is DA:O worth it?

Icyculyr

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Hey, the ultimate pack is $60 on Steam right now, DA:O, the expansion, and all 9 content packs...

I can't find a demo so I can't try the game... can anyone tell me a little bit about it? I don't want to buy it and not like it.

Any thoughts? Thanks.
 
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It is a game of extremely high quality, featuring a really polished and beautiful world.

Follow the critics when unsure.

I couldn't play this game for too long however as I grew tired really fast of the combat system. But it is a great game nonetheless.
 
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I like it. The combat system is similar to WoW x WC3.
 
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Daxtreme said:
It is a game of extremely high quality, featuring a really polished and beautiful world.

Follow the critics when unsure.

I couldn't play this game for too long however as I grew tired really fast of the combat system. But it is a great game nonetheless.
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Mmm, sounds good... it's the combat system I was worried about in particular... what didn't you like about it?
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I like it. The combat system is similar to WoW x WC3.
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Ah ok, sounds all right.

Thanks guys :)
 
Icyculyr

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I checked it out on YouTube and I liked the look of it, so I bought it. Downloading right now, 24GB :p -- at my normal speed that should only take 2 hours, but right now, it'll be about 15 hours :(, why am I being capped at 400KB/s?!?! why steam WHY...
 
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You should've bought the DVDs or something.

The combat system reminded me of the old Infinity engine used in Baldur's Gate/Icewind Dale/etc but the emphasis was more on DPS than important attacks and the such, and that's what I don't like. I like it more when characters hit less frequently but on more important occasions, I don't know why. :)
 
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Daxtreme said:
You should've bought the DVDs or something.

The combat system reminded me of the old Infinity engine used in Baldur's Gate/Icewind Dale/etc but the emphasis was more on DPS than important attacks and the such, and that's what I don't like. I like it more when characters hit less frequently but on more important occasions, I don't know why. :)
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Haha, that'd take too long. Only took ~15 hours (although 2 woud've been better), I like having my games with Steam, I can delete them at will and re-install them whenever I want without needing physical media :D

Having played Mass Effect 2, I quite like the combat system although I don't pause that often, yet...

> Human Mage
 
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Haha, that'd take too long. Only took ~15 hours (although 2 woud've been better), I like having my games with Steam, I can delete them at will and re-install them whenever I want without needing physical media :D

Having played Mass Effect 2, I quite like the combat system although I don't pause that often, yet...

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The only thing i ever disliked about DA:O is the skills. They are so way out there, some are so weak it's not worth it others are too powerful. I went with a human mage at the start as well, made him a fire/burning kind of mage with some support. In short, it was very dangerous to have a party around me at any times. Looking diferrently, mass hex, confusion etc. can't damage you're party members and is great. Mind blast is awesome too. Anything from freezing earth magic is awesome as it has a OHKO chance on any normal monster, + petrify can sometimes work on tough monsters too.

But i'm ranting, altough my strong advice: Do all the quests in each place before you move with the story, so that you don't miss on the action. Do you're own (mages) story line first before moving to others (trying not to spoil too much here... X) )

Oh and Pausing+Mages is a life saver really later on, you'll get used to it xD
 
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