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Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Sir William:
I'm enjoying the side quests myself...in Oblivion I think I completed a good majority of the side quests before I finished the main quest. I liked having that big momentous occasion that needed to be addressed at the end.
Ian, you said you were disappointed in Dragon Age 2...what about it did you not like? I haven't played it; but I did enjoy DA and DAO, even tho the combat was pretty simplistic. What I would love, ideally, is for an Assassin's Creed moveset and abilities in Skyrim (or similar game)...just having that many options available was pretty awesome. I still have yet to crack Revelations.
Ian:
--- Quote from: Sir William on 2012-02-15, 15:17:19 ---Ian, you said you were disappointed in Dragon Age 2...what about it did you not like? I haven't played it; but I did enjoy DA and DAO, even tho the combat was pretty simplistic. What I would love, ideally, is for an Assassin's Creed moveset and abilities in Skyrim (or similar game)...just having that many options available was pretty awesome. I still have yet to crack Revelations.
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I enjoyed Dragon Age a lot, but Dragon Age 2 for me really crossed over from RPG to Action RPG. When I say that I mean it got too 'console-ish'. I'm a die-hard Computer RPG fan. BioWare has always been my favorite too, back to the days of Baldur's Gate 1 / 2, Icewind Dale, Neverwinter Nights... etc... Dragon Age was definitely similar to those in my opinion, but Dragon Age 2 felt like it was designed for Xbox with the 14 year old ADD console player in mind and ported to the PC. That's why I loved The Witcher 2 so much. The story in the Witcher 2 is top notch, waaayyy better and more mature than Dragon Age 2, and hearkened back to the PC RPG's of old.
Dragon Age 2 is also big on those over-sized anime style weapons, and I'm not a huge Japanese rpg fan, (with the exception of the old school Final Fantasy games on NES and SNES), so I didn't like that style aspect to it.
For that isometric view CRPG though, Witcher 2 is stellar. For first person RPG, Skyrim is in my opinion the creme de la creme. The world is so immersive in Skyrim. It's one of those games where I find myself stopping to just stare and admire the view of the landscape for a while.
Sir Edward:
Dang it, you guys are making me want to get Skyrim. :)
It's on Steam, right?
Sir William:
Yes sir, it is on Steam. So last night, I was supposed to be on my way to pick up the horn of Jurgen Windcaller (mild spoiler alert) - of course, this is after you've learned your first few Words of Power. By default, you end up learning Unrelenting Force and I forget the name of the other, but it allows you to move across a short distance REALLY fast. I was blasting all over the place with that (after it recharges of course lol) and ended up finding a dwarven ruin...all these gears and cogs and stuff, almost like the Dwarves had discovered how to harness steam power in clockwork-style creations, much like in Dragon Age with the golems. The 'defensive spheres' roll about like like the droideka battlebots in SW: Phantom Menace. Pretty damn cool if you ask me.
Ian, thanks for the headsup...I don't mind so much the oversized weapons in video games, makes'm easier to see, but I do understand where you're coming from. The First Templar was like that for me (dumbed down for ADD kids)...while I haven't done PC games since Age of Empires: AoK I definitely recall how fresh the experience seems when compared to consoles, but consoles offer a huge selection of games that do not require hardware updates in order to run...since money is always tighter than I'd like it, I opted for consoles some years back because I feel you get more bang for your buck.
Sir Edward:
42% downloaded, but can't play til next week. Doh!
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