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d21lewis on 11 July 2010
Barozi said:
jefforange89 said:
d21lewis said:

I downloaded the CGI trailers.  I looked at video comparisons on youtube (you wouldn't believe the fuss made about which version looked better--PC/360/PS3).  I read the reviews.

I bought Dragon Age origins for the 360 yesterday.  You would not believe the look of disgust that was on my face when I saw this game running on my HDTV!  Holy shit, is this game ugly!!  I'm sure it's a great game and I intend to really get into it today but, at this point, I think any version of this game is going to look like ass.


Naw, it had to be severely dumbed down graphically to fit on a single DVD for 360 - The PC version is almost 20 GB big IIRC, where as a single DVD9 gives just over a third that capacity...

and yet the PC version still looks pathetic.

Plus, my PC would probably crash if I used it to play Tetris.  It's not powerful at all.



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SleepWaking on 11 July 2010
Barozi said:
jefforange89 said:
d21lewis said:

I downloaded the CGI trailers.  I looked at video comparisons on youtube (you wouldn't believe the fuss made about which version looked better--PC/360/PS3).  I read the reviews.

I bought Dragon Age origins for the 360 yesterday.  You would not believe the look of disgust that was on my face when I saw this game running on my HDTV!  Holy shit, is this game ugly!!  I'm sure it's a great game and I intend to really get into it today but, at this point, I think any version of this game is going to look like ass.


Naw, it had to be severely dumbed down graphically to fit on a single DVD for 360 - The PC version is almost 20 GB big IIRC, where as a single DVD9 gives just over a third that capacity...

and yet the PC version still looks pathetic.

I thought it looked pretty good, not one of the best but certainly not pathetic.

 



Munkeh111 on 11 July 2010

That pic also looks much better than the PS3 version...

The CGI trailers are just amazing, if only the game looked that good (Bioware are SOOOO good at making these trailers, especially the TOR team)



Barozi on 11 July 2010
SleepWaking said:
Barozi said:
jefforange89 said:
d21lewis said:

I downloaded the CGI trailers.  I looked at video comparisons on youtube (you wouldn't believe the fuss made about which version looked better--PC/360/PS3).  I read the reviews.

I bought Dragon Age origins for the 360 yesterday.  You would not believe the look of disgust that was on my face when I saw this game running on my HDTV!  Holy shit, is this game ugly!!  I'm sure it's a great game and I intend to really get into it today but, at this point, I think any version of this game is going to look like ass.


Naw, it had to be severely dumbed down graphically to fit on a single DVD for 360 - The PC version is almost 20 GB big IIRC, where as a single DVD9 gives just over a third that capacity...

and yet the PC version still looks pathetic.

I thought it looked pretty good, not one of the best but certainly not pathetic.

 


Doesn't look better than a Source or UE3 game to me. For a game that came out not even a year ago, from a developer with a rather big budget, it's certainly disappointing.

Especially the horrible textures and bad looking characters.

Considering they built the engine solely for this game



Munkeh111 on 11 July 2010

The real question with DA:O's looks is that Mass Effect looks so much better, yet Dragon Age is the more sucessful game according to Bioware



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vlad321 on 11 July 2010
Munkeh111 said:

The real question with DA:O's looks is that Mass Effect looks so much better, yet Dragon Age is the more sucessful game according to Bioware


I thought the answer simple, DA is just a much better game than ME. I don't see how looks have anything to do with how the game plays. Also it wasn't a dumbed down PC game, it was a PC game through and through with minimal dumbing down for noobs. I'm sure that helped sales a ton. It also did not feature a shitty story, but a vast world.



Tag(thx fkusumot) - "Yet again I completely fail to see your point..."

HD vs Wii, PC vs HD: http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=93374

Why Regenerating Health is a crap game mechanic: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=3986420

gamrReview's broken review scores: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=4170835

 

Munkeh111 on 11 July 2010
vlad321 said:
Munkeh111 said:

The real question with DA:O's looks is that Mass Effect looks so much better, yet Dragon Age is the more sucessful game according to Bioware


I thought the answer simple, DA is just a much better game than ME. I don't see how looks have anything to do with how the game plays.

What I mean is that it is not like its their second franchise, so they don't invest as much in the graphics, it is their main franchise but it looks less polished than Mass Effect



scat398 on 11 July 2010

I have both the pc version and the 360 version and have enjoyed the 360 version more.  I think a lot of it has to do with being comfortable while playing and being able to enjoy the game on a large screen tv.



dahuman on 11 July 2010
Wagram said:
shio said:
Wagram said:

It is alot better on the PC technically. But the game itself isn't any better unfortunetly.

The combat itself is way better on PC.


The combat as a whole sucks. it's the reason why I stopped playing.

it gets pretty tactical once your mages can throw ridiculous nukes down for mixed effects, and that stuff might hit your party if you are reckless with it too. well, the PC version anyways, console version is a lot more casual friendly with that.



dahuman on 11 July 2010
scat398 said:

I have both the pc version and the 360 version and have enjoyed the 360 version more.  I think a lot of it has to do with being comfortable while playing and being able to enjoy the game on a large screen tv.


nobody is stopping you from playing the PC version on your big screen TV with wireless controls..... only you are =P