Comments on: HEY NERDS

By: Sofa King

Sofa King — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:28:39 +0000

I agree. I’d wish it was an online game with more variety in character design, but it IS pretty fun. My stpud computer won’t play Left for Dead at all, which is annoying.

By: Gloria

Gloria — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:55:23 +0000

I second the Torchlight recommendation. For $20, it’s quite fun and a solid buy for Diablo fans.

By: Paul Wilson

Paul Wilson — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:58:48 +0000

Yes Claudia Black is in it, but more wooden than normal on her monologues. She has some fun interactions with another NPC though.

It seems like it’s got a lot of play time, but it doesn’t appear to be too sandbox-y. Think KotOR: fairly linear first section into mid section with 4-5 quests to be completed in any order, along with a few sidequests then back into a linear endgame.

Nowhere near as explore-happy as Mass Effect, which still paralyzes me whenever I try to play it.

By: Remmy2112

Remmy2112 — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:48:21 +0000

Anakrne: Dragon Age does not have the “gotta f@%# ‘em all” mentality of The Witcher, though it does share some of the themes of it. Racism, dirty, and violent, with moral ambiguity in some of the game’s choices. I’ve only counted two bits of partial nudity in the game, with four more if you count medieval bra and panties and underwear in that regard.

By: Zeke

Zeke — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:57:12 +0000

Do you need a PIN number to play RPG games?

By: Dr Nic

Dr Nic — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:54:17 +0000

I just finished reviewing it and as a fellow Fallout 3 fan let me say it’s solid, but it will eat your life.

By: anakrne

anakrne — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:55:14 +0000

Dark fantasy? Dark fantasy as in the witcher? Silly gratuitous nudity and the female characters are all there for the main character to fuck just like ash ketchum catches pokemons? You even get collectable cards in that game for each female character you manage to score with…

By: ps238principal

ps238principal — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:29:43 +0000

I was ready to give this a pass, just because of the time factor alone (over 90 hours playing "Fallout 3" does not bode well for "Dragon Age"), but then I noticed they've got a Dragon Age Toolkit for download that supposedly lets you create your own adventures. I presume that's minus the voicework and a few other custom goodies, but just imagine: You could finally play "The Keep on the Borderlands" the way it was meant to be played.

By: Chris Lowrance

Chris Lowrance — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:37:17 +0000

Sofa King – About 32% gay? Enough to be perfectly comfortable singing along to Rocky Horror, but not enough to actually sleep with another man. I don’t know, is there a blood test I can take?

I do wonder how this would impact my zombie-killing prowess. “Hm… he wants to eat me… but he looks amazing in those jeans. Oh, decisions, decisions!”

By: HitTheTargets

HitTheTargets — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:34:10 +0000

Is there such a thing as a “pure sandbox” fantasy RPG? Because that would kill the lone original factor of my Prototye-but-with-magic game idea.

You could run up the side of a castle, jump onto a dragon, and then crash it into a group of siege-tanks.

By: Magnus

Magnus — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:33:16 +0000

The story is fantastic and very tightly told. Combat is pretty demanding, but manageable.
The NPC characters are through the bank interesting. They even avoided the “Carth Onassi” factor with the male love interest, Alistaire.

As you mainly seem concerned with the “open world” factor, don’t be. You always know exactly where to go and what to do. There is no “giant open world” to explore, you have areas to which you get through clicking on locations on the world map.

By: William George

William George — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:17:40 +0000

“What does ’sandbox’ mean?”

The missions aren’t nearly as fun as seeing how long you can keep stealing police cars before they take you down in GTA

By: Mary Warner

Mary Warner — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:19:07 +0000

What does ‘sandbox’ mean?

By: chenry

chenry — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:31:44 +0000

Dragon Age is fuckin’ long and its also HAAAAARD.

By: kny

kny — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:01:46 +0000

just wait 3 days for modern warfare 2 instead