Evening Reading: Dragons and Zombies

November 3, 2009 6:46 PM

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I'm going out on a limb here and betting that more than a couple of you will be spending most of this evening in the Left 4 Dead 2 demo, Dragon Age Origins, or both. We were talking about the fall gaming deluge today and figured that we're already past the midpoint. Looking at the release list, Modern Warfare 2 looms over the remaining pre-Thanksgiving releases and after that everyone's in the fray. That gives us December to play games. But it isn't a long break. The first part of next year holds plenty of big releases.

And you probably thought I was going off on some rant about enough already with the Dragons and Zombies. Yeah, right. Bring 'em.

Garnett Lee

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mechanicalgrape

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November 3, 2009 6:47 PM

Dragon Age video reviews:

GiantBomb: http://www.giantbomb.com/dragon-age-origins-video-review/17-1579/
GameTrailers: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/review-hd-dragon-age/58517

Truly, the age of dragons has begun.
- creep
  
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  November 3, 2009 6:47 PM
  
  this game better be worth the hype
  - CrustaR
    
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    November 3, 2009 6:51 PM
    
    creep, I told you it was gonna 0wn.
    - mwasher
      
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      November 3, 2009 6:52 PM
      
      You can add it to the hard games club.
      - CrustaR
        
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        November 3, 2009 6:53 PM
        
        manwasher, I shall test this game out as soon as I defeat Demon's Souls.
        
        mwasher
        
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        November 3, 2009 6:59 PM
        
        you should let me borrow demons souls and your ps3 for the 50+ hours you will be playing this!! :D D: :D
    - xsoulbrothax
      
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      November 3, 2009 7:00 PM
      
      i was right there with you CrustaR!
- [deleted] 1214053580
  
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  November 3, 2009 6:54 PM
  
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- CyCo_PL
  
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  November 3, 2009 7:00 PM
  
  I've been looking forward to this game since day one... can't wait for the naysayers to let me know how crow tastes.
- [deleted] 976983995
  
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  November 3, 2009 7:02 PM
  
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- SpaecKow
  
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  November 3, 2009 7:16 PM
  
  I need to buy this purely out of loyalty to my platform :(
  - Aragoat
    
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    November 3, 2009 7:55 PM
    
    That's the right thing to do. I just wish I had someone with a Steam server handy so I could grab the files off them. :-(
    - SpaecKow
      
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      November 3, 2009 8:15 PM
      
      Internode muh man :(
      - Aragoat
        
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        November 4, 2009 3:47 AM
        
        Turns out that one of my mates has Dragon Age. Now I'm just waiting for Steam to finish updating my new shiny copy and I can play!
- zigzag
  
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  November 3, 2009 7:18 PM
  
  Will my 8800GT be able to run this?
  - [deleted] 642227694
    
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    November 3, 2009 7:21 PM
    
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    - skinlab133
      
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      November 3, 2009 7:27 PM
      
      I run 2xAA and it's butter.
  - SpaecKow
    
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    November 3, 2009 7:22 PM
    
    I heard people say it runs wonderfully on a 8800GTS.
    - irrerno
      
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      November 3, 2009 8:08 PM
      
      Works nicely on my 8800GTS. I'm still considering upgrading my videocard in the near feature.
      - SpaecKow
        
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        November 3, 2009 8:21 PM
        
        I moved from a 8800GTS to a 4850. Significant boost for dirt.
        
        Tawler
        
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        November 4, 2009 12:42 AM
        
        I'm considering a similar upgrade, though I was eyeing a gtx 260. Being a cheapass, your mention of a 4850 is mighty nice sounding as well...
  - SockMonkeh
    
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    November 3, 2009 7:42 PM
    
    Your 8800GT will run everything until a new console comes out because no one wants to push the envelope ever since Crysis was a financial success huge disappointment in sales.
    - Serpico74
      
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      November 3, 2009 8:00 PM
      
      Hilarious and true
  - locater16
    
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    November 3, 2009 8:12 PM
    
    Let me spell it out for you
    
    If it can run on a 360 or PS3 it can run on your 8800gt
- niceguynick
  
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  November 3, 2009 7:53 PM
  
  High vs Low graphics settings: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQEDI_AyZHg
  - Nighteyes
    
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    November 3, 2009 8:30 PM
    
    Is that Spike from Cowboy Bebop at 2:19?
    
    He doesn't have the right voice for a dwarf :(
  - freakord
    
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    November 4, 2009 1:57 AM
    
    Gotta check this out at home
- BaronVonSnakPak
  
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  November 3, 2009 8:19 PM
  
  i picked it up at midnight last night and got about 2 hours into it before i went to bed; its all i could think of at work.
  
  playing as a human noble warrior and the origin has some pretty weighty decisions right off the bat.
  - mwasher
    
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    November 3, 2009 8:37 PM
    
    yea i've played the dwarf commoner and most of the mage beginning and both are really well done. makes me want to finish out the rest of the openers before deciding who to proceed with.
    - Big Luke
      
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      November 3, 2009 11:30 PM
      
      Yea this is the problem I'm having, I just can't decide what to play as.
      - mwasher
        
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        November 3, 2009 11:58 PM
        
        after tonight i'm sticking with mage. my biggest concern is what spec to go. really going to depend if blood magic makes you the bad guy or if you can still be good and go that way. or maybe i can be the person to prove that everyone's reservations about the usefulness of blood magic are wrong!
        
        derelict515
        
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        November 4, 2009 1:37 AM
        
        yeah I'm not sure what I'll do for a specialization, I just hit level 5 so I'll need to decide somewhat soon. Seems like Blood Mage won't be making you any friends...
- eeeealmo
  
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  November 3, 2009 8:25 PM
  
  oh god its so good :( i just played 5 hours straight
  - derelict515
    
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    November 3, 2009 11:24 PM
    
    ^^^^
- Johnny Law
  
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  November 3, 2009 10:59 PM
  
  That's actually the first time this game has looked interesting to me. The tactics programming seems neat! A minimum of 60 hours though (and I know it would be much more the way I play) ... oy. Can't see myself signing up for that any time soon.
- SpaecKow
  
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  November 3, 2009 11:17 PM
  
  I keep being surprised by gametrailers reviews, they're really good!
  - Serpico74
    
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    November 3, 2009 11:20 PM
    
    GT is excellent, love them and Giant Bomb
  - K1Bond007
    
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    November 3, 2009 11:35 PM
    
    So long as their narrated by the guy who did this one. I ran into a few by someone else and.. they sucked.
    - SockMonkeh
      
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      November 3, 2009 11:54 PM
      
      I just like video reviews. They tend to leave a lot of it up to you and just show you the damn footage when they are talking about something that they like/bugs them.
  - braaains
    
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    November 4, 2009 1:31 AM
    
    GT reviews have been amazing lately. At least for the bigger titles.
  - mrwolf710
    
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    November 4, 2009 4:07 AM
    
    GT should be a shitty site that just throws up game trailers and stuff but their original content is some of the best videogame video content on the whole internet. Between them, Giantbomb, Shack, and maybe RPS or one or two other sites you have all you need.
- [7]kami
  
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  November 3, 2009 11:22 PM
  
  hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm tempting
- MercFox1
  
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  November 3, 2009 11:33 PM
  
  Damn, I'm not really a dragons/medieval RPG kinda guy, but this looks and sounds amazing. Buying the shit out of this as soon as I can...
- braaains
  
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  November 4, 2009 1:29 AM
  
  Ugggh. I just bought Borderlands and Torchlight. The PC hits just keep coming.
- varsindarkin
  
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  November 4, 2009 2:29 AM
  
  the origin stories are really, really cool. kind of like the intro "quest area" in WoW but a lot more expansive and detailed.
- Flinz
  
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  November 4, 2009 2:56 AM
  
  in the gametrailers review.. at about 9 minutes.. is that a DWARF GAY SCENE?
  - Flinz
    
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    November 4, 2009 2:59 AM
    
    9:09 to be exact
  - Vincent Grayson
    
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    November 4, 2009 3:29 AM
    
    I haven't watched the review, but yes, it is possible to have gay sex in the game, and I assume your character's race won't change that, although I think the only character who will have gay sex with you is an elf