Narrator definitely Flemeth in my opinion yar.

I can't really get excited by the trailer though.

Random "bad guy with stupidly huge claymore and spiky hair" hero, check
Half assed hard rock as music, check
Demon-looking enemy with horns, check (actually people are saying it's the new look of Qunaries...)
"When I get angry, my eyes get red!", check
etc.

It's an ok trailer for a teenager audience, with the rock and all, but really does not make me excited about the game itself, or remind me of the DAO universe

Half reminded me about Witcher intro though, not as cool and well done though.

Bought the Ultimate Edition yesterday for RM175. Was wondering if anyone who has bought the Ultimate Edition tell me how to register the game. There is no Ultimate Edition listed under the "register game" menu.

do they provide separate cd key for da: origin and awakening in the ultimate edition?

remember we were guessing if that polearm/spear is gonna be actually ingame? It appears to be so but that is no warrior's weapon. Its a magey thing.
I died a little inside. Why!?

On the other hand, check out that sweet sweet shield slam. Sword and board for me again

i suspect the witcher 2 will be simplified for console kiddies too.

er, nondx11 card no point downloading the hi res pack right?

Wasn't there an option in the first game where you got abilities with NPCs based on how well your relationship with them was?

Anyway, Alpha Protocol did it first (Depending on whether they hated or liked you, you got a perk with them... Meaning, there was no point being neutral with anybody... Either be their knight in shining armour, or a downright bastard to them)

So far though... Pretty fun. Thought the game would be a wee bit easy in Normal mode based on the demo and started out on Hard... Very VERY painful. Especially since the game kinda balances out how the enemies are weak by constantly spamming them on you. Not nearly impossible in Hard, but quite a bit of work since I don't have more than one mage in the party yet and most of the starter skills are simply shit.

A lot of Mass Effect influences around like companion homes and not being able to speak to NPCs while on missions. Not really an issue, but it's there. Thank God they got the load times really short though since there's a lot of traveling between locations. That single gripe about ME2 almost put me off playing my second playthrough.

Enjoying it so far though as a rogue, but the shortage of talent trees that rely on Cunning (Unlike DAO that had that imba ability that used Cunning instead of Dex for damage or something) kinda make it a bit difficult to be an "effective" rogue. That being said, the rogue trees do look fun compared to the others. I might reroll a warrior just in case.

GuyHawke's voice is sitting quite well with me so far. Better than FemHawke's during the demo.

Nah, not really new here... It's the same "Let the player taste being a the top before taking everything away from him" methodology that has been used in quite a few games before (Such as Assassin's Creed and Prototype).

I was however, quite impressed that they actually mold your family members based on your skin tone. It wasn't just a simple recolouring, but completely different faces.

i always have trust in bioware but seems every post in bioware forum even their fans are giving strongly negative reviews and it's just not simply trolling and bad-mocking. they provide very valid and fair reviews of the game.

i won't just buy blindly if the game is really bad. i tried the demo and im alittle disappointed due to the no tactical view, friendly fire and honestly the graphics is quite dated.

i'm feeling a little happy that i didn't preorder earlier.. i already have plan to go and hunt for the signature edition but now i think i probably won't.

i'll wait for a patch and what the developers have to say and prorbably read more reviews.

actually, i love the insane amount of blood and gibs in dragon age 2.
what about you guys?

casual difficulty

1280 x 1024
aa x2
high res texture pack - enabled
details - very high
fps - 60

specs
phenom ii x4 955 be 3.20ghz
sapphire 6850

TSB is in SS2. 2 doors down from A&W.

Well. The gameplay felt a little wierd at first because i was still playing DAO yesterday. 

The only thing i hate is the camera angle. Sometimes its just plain crap. Other than that its all good.

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Added on March 9, 2011, 9:18 pmAnyone has difficulties finding their DLC? I entered the promo code but i can't find it in game anywhere. its not under the DLC or the extras tab.

does it shows at the download content page? Because i canot find an option to download. only got option to download the sound track. I'm getting this for the black emporium
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how about Awakening? I only played Origins and not Awakening.
I like references. References are cool.

boringness of da2 is u play at the same place over and over and over and over again

When you say "epic-ness" you just want some typical "unite the nation and slay huge demon" story, or "unite the galaxies and slay evil reapers". That's kinda overdone now...

I didn't like the story at first, but in time I really appreciate how pieces of your actions comes along to form the entire ending, how an innocent gold dig changed the face of the world, how a murder left slide creates a personal tragedy in the end. In other RPGs, you can really forget about the quests you did on the way to your next chapter. Here, everything comes back to a head. You really feel personally responsible for the conclusion of the story, very bittersweet albeit anti-climatic.