I wasn't able to play it very much before work, but I was surprised how... low-quality the graphics seemed. The faces were okay, similar to Oblivion, but the running animation was more like gliding over the ground, and the general quality of the graphics - especially in the introductory cutscene - seemed really low-quality for an XBox 360 game. I was expecting something on the level of Mass Effect, but it looked more like the first KOTOR game.
This is a PC game which had console versions thrown together at the last moment, rather than vice-versa as is usually the case ("Hello, GTA4!"
. They simply didn't have enough time to downgrade the graphics and then optimise them to look really good on 360, and had to settle for simply lowering overall graphical quality right across the board to fit the game onto a DVD.The PS3 version reportedly looks somewhat better due to the Blu-Ray capabilities, but to see and play this game as it was meant to be played, you need to play it on PC.
In addition to this, the console versions are missing the tactical top-down, Baldur's Gate-style isometric viewpoint, which to me would be a total deal-killer. The game was apparently designed to be played from that perspective and the over-the-shoulder camera on the consoles just looks limiting.
Dragon Age: Origins
- 02/11/2009 02:15:38 AM
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I am. First time I've actually purchased a collector's edition of a game.
- 02/11/2009 03:31:08 AM
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Looks great, but I'm in no rush. Too many good games to be played lately. *NM*
- 02/11/2009 03:39:21 AM
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Agreed, plus Modern Warfare 2 is out in like 8 days. *NM*
- 02/11/2009 07:21:15 AM
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Borderlands has me hooked, plus L4D2. I'm actually passing on MW2 now that they stiffed PC gamers. *NM*
- 02/11/2009 03:01:55 PM
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Heh, the game's already out in the various places one finds illegal files.
- 02/11/2009 10:00:55 PM
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Yeah, my friend with a hacked 360 got it a couple weeks ago. He likes it, but says the combat is meh
- 03/11/2009 05:00:21 PM
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I'm very excited, I'm currently waiting for it to arrive at my house. *NM*
- 03/11/2009 05:35:49 PM
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Anyone else surprised by the graphics?
- 04/11/2009 07:06:59 AM
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I think you're nuts.
- 04/11/2009 07:56:02 AM
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That has been the initial technical review of the different platforms...
- 04/11/2009 02:30:06 PM
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I have as well. None criticized, but all said the graphics were very average. *NM*
- 04/11/2009 04:31:26 PM
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The 360 has the worst graphics.
- 10/11/2009 12:15:55 AM
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re: camera
- 10/11/2009 06:31:17 PM
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A question...
- 16/11/2009 06:31:39 PM
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(no spoilers)