Dragon Age: Origins

Post by **HereComesPete** » November 9th, 2009, 23:19

Save your game, exit to menu, disable all your dlc content, horse the load when it asks, save again, exit and then re-enable it and load the save, you should get everything back bar the memory ring.

You may even get the book of +1 skill back even if you used it.

Mr. Johnson · Post by **Mr. Johnson** » November 10th, 2009, 14:59

So far I'm really liking it, but it'll take me some time to figure out how exactly the tactics work.
I also noticed just how bloody this game is, something as mundane as killing a rat covers you in blood entirely. their bukkake sessions must something else.

I'm fighting as a female human noble, and I started off making her the ugliest thing I possibly could, but realized I had to watch my own ghoulish creation for the rest of the game so I made her pretty instead.

I called her Gwyneth because she looks sad ALL THE TIME, just like Gwyneth paltrow

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/82764580@N00/4092974218/" title="ScreenshotGwyn3 by Mr.Johnson, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2651/409 ... 77f0_b.jpg" width="1024" height="640" alt="ScreenshotGwyn3"></a>

I also found a flying sword.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/82764580@N00/4092207581/" title="flying sword3 by Mr.Johnson, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2777/409 ... e66f39.jpg" width="500" height="313" alt="flying sword3"></a>

Post by **Dog Pants** » November 10th, 2009, 15:35

I tried to make mine look like me, since the first run through of a game I try to act like me. Mine looks perpetually apologetic.

Next up I'm going to make a max face Dwarf and do my very best to piss off every single person I meet, including my party members.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » November 10th, 2009, 20:07

Mr. Johnson wrote:I'm fighting as a female human noble, and I started off making her the ugliest thing I possibly could, but realized I had to watch my own ghoulish creation for the rest of the game so I made her pretty instead.

I've started another character for that very reason, my dwarf warrior looks like Hoggle. Also it bothered me that he had two skills which were better for rogues, from the commoner background I assume. Plus the tab key turns on secret-goodies-vision. I hate missing goodies. So I've gone with my original plan went mage, an attractive female mage.

I found the mage starting story a bit disappointing after the dwarf commoner. Maybe a little too much of a librarian feel about it.

MORDETH LESTOK · Post by **MORDETH LESTOK** » November 11th, 2009, 17:24

So, what "toon", LvL, Total Points, Achievement Points, % Done, % Explored and Hours is everyone?

MORDETH Warrior Sword/Shield LvL 10

235/1600 Total Pts
15/87 Achievment Pts
16% Done
20% Explored
60:50:16 Hours

Post by **Dog Pants** » November 11th, 2009, 17:39

PANTALON Warrior Sword/Shield LvL 12

190/1600 Total Pts
12/87 Achievment Pts
12% Done
40% Explored
29:30:20 Hours

Yeah, remember when I said I tried to make it look like me? It doesn't.

Mr. Johnson · Post by **Mr. Johnson** » November 11th, 2009, 19:00

Dog Pants wrote:I tried to make mine look like me, since the first run through of a game I try to act like me. Mine looks perpetually apologetic.

Next up I'm going to make a max face Dwarf and do my very best to piss off every single person I meet, including my party members.

That's what I usually do, original as I am. Basically I give him a big nose and add a beard. I think I'm going to play as a dwarf next time.

Also, how did you post that picture? I can't see anything like it on my player profile.

Post by **Dog Pants** » November 11th, 2009, 19:56

I went into my online profile (the one you click on in game and it takes you to a webpage), and clicked on the character. It has your portrait in there.

shot2bits · Post by **shot2bits** » November 11th, 2009, 20:04

can also be found in Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age\Characters in the characters folder, but you obviously have to upload it yourself then

if anyone had been wondering the screenshots the game takes when you do achievements or finish bits of story quests are located in Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age\screenshots

Post by **FatherJack** » November 11th, 2009, 20:39

Neria Elf Mage Shapeshifter/Mage LvL 13

25% Mage
75% Shapeshifter
50% Primal
25% Entropy
355/1600 Total Pts
27/87 Achievment Pts
26% Done
44% Explored
31:37 Hours

Hesababy Dwarf Noble Warrior 2-Handed LvL 4

7% Explored
2:54 Hours

Post by **Dog Pants** » November 11th, 2009, 21:10

Looking at the groping screenshot I was suddenly reminded of AIDS of Colon.

MORDETH LESTOK · Post by **MORDETH LESTOK** » November 11th, 2009, 21:47

FJ wrote:Hesababy Dwarf Noble Warrior 2-Handed LvL 4

Mr. Johnson · Post by **Mr. Johnson** » November 11th, 2009, 22:15

Dog Pants wrote:I went into my online profile (the one you click on in game and it takes you to a webpage), and clicked on the character. It has your portrait in there.

Ah, I see what you mean.

GWYNETH Warrior Sword/Shield LvL 8

(I'll update stats later as right now they've not updated yet)

MORDETH LESTOK · Post by **MORDETH LESTOK** » November 11th, 2009, 22:23

Mr. Johnson wrote:(I'll update stats later as right now they've not updated yet)

yah...mine haven't updated since lvl 3...I got the stats from my profile while in game and from character screen.

Shada · Post by **Shada** » November 11th, 2009, 22:27

is there some way to disable my own character's voice that I've missed? I'm starting to get tired of

CAN I GET YOU A LADDER SO YOU CAN GET OFF MY BACK?
CAN I GET YOU A LADDER SO YOU CAN GET OFF MY BACK?
CAN I GET YOU A LADDER SO YOU CAN GET OFF MY BACK?
CAN I GET YOU A LADDER SO YOU CAN GET OFF MY BACK?
ALRIGHT ALRIGHT
CAN I GET YOU A LADDER SO YOU CAN GET OFF MY BACK?

Post by **Dog Pants** » November 11th, 2009, 23:57

I've not noticed my character say anything. However, having Leliani sing to me a minute ago just kicked me right in the uncanny valley. Think I'll go to bed now, although I'm more likely to be having nightmares than me and Al in game now.

Fred Woogle · Post by **Fred Woogle** » November 12th, 2009, 0:05

Apparently all the DLC's are VERY nice, see Waugh!

MORDETH LESTOK · Post by **MORDETH LESTOK** » November 12th, 2009, 0:46

Shada wrote:is there some way to disable my own character's voice that I've missed? I'm starting to get tired of

CAN I GET YOU A LADDER SO YOU CAN GET OFF MY BACK?
CAN I GET YOU A LADDER SO YOU CAN GET OFF MY BACK?
CAN I GET YOU A LADDER SO YOU CAN GET OFF MY BACK?
CAN I GET YOU A LADDER SO YOU CAN GET OFF MY BACK?
ALRIGHT ALRIGHT
CAN I GET YOU A LADDER SO YOU CAN GET OFF MY BACK?

Mine does that as well...

Shada · Post by **Shada** » November 12th, 2009, 0:57

Yeah, witty responses make sense in the overhead camera mode, and when there's actually more than one fucking response. But in over the shoulder camera mode it's unwelcome.

Also, I'm playing Al Swearingen from Deadwood it seems:

His vocal response to everything should be "fuckin' cocksucker."

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » November 12th, 2009, 1:34

I have to admit, I do like some of the semi-scripted banter between party NPC's.

I think that's a very nice touch and aids with building them up as characters brilliantly. Morrigan laying into Alistair at quiet moments with sarcastic and cutting comments always makes me stop and listen.

And aside from NPC to NPC conversations, some of the ones you can have with the NPC's as the character are brilliant. Notable ones being the euphemisms that Alistair uses when you ask him if he's a virgin due to his chantry upbringing and also the unexpected and amusing coversation about shoes that Leliaaaaaania goes into.

I think judging by what I've played so far, this is probably the best RPG of the last 5 years by a country mile, not in the last 10 because KOTOR came out in Nov '03 (6 years ago, k'hell :S).