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    Dragons Age 2 Demo

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by stevenxowens792, Feb 26, 2011.

  1. stevenxowens792

    stevenxowens792 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Well, if you follow my posts, some of you know my particular opinion of the previous Dragons Age of Consoles. I downloaded the Demo on the m15x last night and played for about 30 to 45 minutes after putting my son to sleep.

    Performance on the highest settings run about 60fps. The graphics are not as sharp as the original DAO. So I would have to rate the graphics a step backwards. The new moves are somewhat cool. Backstabs and so forth have a very "Asian Action RPG" feel to them. Which is a negative in my opinion. The gameplay itself is abysmal. The game feels very Final Fantasy.

    Overall this game, in my opinion feels like a solid step backwards. If I rated the original Dragons Age of Consoles a 7 i would give this one a 4.

    Performance on the m15x -- Great
    Graphics -- Average
    Gameplay -- Below Average
    Overall -- No thanks.

    I am very Glad they made a demo of this. Had I purchased I would be very angry.

    BW,

    StevenX
     
  2. Steven

    Steven God Amongst Mere Mortals

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    Just downloaded the demo off Steam and will be playing it tomorrow. The graphics have not improved you said? odd..I would have expected them too. What did you prefer: DAO2 or Two Worlds 2?

    *EDIT*
    Managed to find some time tonight to play it and I was not so fond of it. I barley played the first yet experienced it but from what I've played, I think the first one was better. Of course, this is just my opinion. I enjoyed the cinematics however but I'm afraid that was all that I enjoyed from the demo.
     
  3. GallardosEggrollshop

    GallardosEggrollshop Notebook Evangelist

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    Yeah I also agree, the game feels like a total step backwards. The graphics are sub par and the game play isn't as good as the first one. I played it for 20mins and decided to play the original Dragon Age instead lol.
     
  4. stevenxowens792

    stevenxowens792 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yeah... I can't believe this is the next generation of Dragons Age. Just bad. Plain Bad.