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Denver, 1:15 AM
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11/24/09
Not the end of the world, but still not cool. Especially as the game purchase is registered under my self-created account, so my auto-account doesn't get credit for it. If there is any credit to be had.
11/24/09
I've read about that. Shoot an email to support.
I, personally, use the same email for the majority of everything in my life--so I had no such issues.
But I read a few forum topics about the issue..and it was able to be resolved.
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For about 5 minutes, looked around and shrugged my shoulders and went back to MW2.
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Could definitely do with a sequel, hopefully a slightly longer one.
11/24/09
Let's hope for one on the xbox 720/Ps4!
I won't mind waiting for one if it should come out in the next 5-10 years. I'll still be alive and kicking.
I'd like for them to expand on the Jade Empire Universe. Personally, while I did like it, I found it lacking compared to other Bioware games. Filled more with possibilities than anything else imo.
If they can expand upon it much like how they did with ME/ME2/DA:O with the codex and lore..then I'd be a happy gamer.
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The registration numbers are misleading as well, I'm betting the active users is nowhere near that. There's a perk for signing up in the way in-game items, so it "pays" for people to sign up if nothing else.
There's various login issues, posting issues, display issues, problems with characters not updating, etc. It's an ambitious endeavor, no doubt, but forcing everyone into the current buggy social network when they're previous forums were perfectly functional seems to be a sketchy idea in my opinion.
For my part, I fell victim to login issues, and can't get any support from Bioware. Deleting my account would destroy all my collector's edition content though. If this is the future, count me out.
11/24/09
Not true. You just have to log into the game with the account you used when you created the BioWare Social site to get any content (i.e. content from the Flash game, or from downloading the Character Creator) associated with those accounts. As for the content that comes with your collector's edition,if you've already associated that content with another account (different from the one you used to get the other pre-release content waiting for you), you can contact customer support and have that content re-entitled to the account you want to use.
It might take a while (it's hugely popular and from what I'm reading, you aren't the only one to set up two accounts), but they will fix it.
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Wait until you get to Orzammar. I haven't played Dragon Age in a couple weeks because I got so bored of slogging through the ugly brown dungeons in Orzammar.
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Bioware makes very engrossing games and it's the quality of Dragon Age especially that makes me want to sign up for Bioware's community.
11/24/09
Voice acting is all over the place, the visuals and framerate are exceptionally weak, persistent gore can thankfully be turned off (even the first quest of slaying ten rats ended up with heroes who looked like having visited a slaughterhouse splatterfest), and one death cry of a downed foe is pure embarrassing comedy gold as it goes on long after the foe should be dead.
Still, despite a bumpy start I'm sure the game on whole is going to be quite grand and enjoyable.
11/24/09
But as you got out to the 'free world' it became alot better and alot more fun :) I was however surprised how restricted everything was, I really never got any kind of feeling of freedom.. Unlike for example in BG or Mass effect, even if the freedom there itself isn't much of use.
Btw you can ask your dog to 'take care of the mess'... hah :D
Are you playing on PC or console? Might want to tweak down some settings if on PC, I had just about once drop of frame rate along the whole game. This is at ¨todays mid range comp¨, aka something you can buy cheapishly.
But I do agree, compared to ME the voice acting was much more boring except for some characters. Even though both of the games are very limited in chats, ME felt much more dynamic.
But in either case. Enjoy the game ;D
11/24/09
I guess it's primarily a PC game and the console versions were just an afterthought whereas with Mass Effect, it felt kinda the other way around.
Great to hear it picks up, though, and the world and storytelling certainly pack a lot of promise.
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This is the game where Bioware FINALLY nailed "choices". Where you're sitting there wondering if something you did hours ago or even minutes ago would have led to a different outcome for a specific event...and not just some Good or Evil end to the story.
What I've learned from Dragon Age in the 25 hours I've invested in the game so far is that if you try to save every innocent person you're only going to get a lot of innocent people killed. It is a massive step forward for story in games and any Bioware fan owes it to themself to play it, because if this is a sign of things to come in future Bioware games then Mass Effect 2 and The Old Republic are going to blow minds.
11/24/09
I'm not trying to convince you to like the story if you think its weak, but I think it comes to personal taste and I personally got a lot of entertainment out of it. I'm a fan of BioWare but fantasy isn't my niche, I would be doing myself a disservice if I played the game and painted ill of BioWare in my mind.
I think it's only natural that BioWare would improve upon each new game, regardless of franchise. If they improved the choice mechanic I would be surprised if they didn't improve it even further with Mass Effect 2.
#speakup
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Here it is much much much more refined and the choices you make can have devastating consequences to the characters you meet along the way.
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Kudos should be given for going above and beyond, at least.
11/24/09
You see, there is this little country called the People's Republic of China who decided last summer that facebook was harmful for its citizens and anyone on its territory using an Internet (whatever that is).
They then decided to add facebook to the number of dangerous sites.
Around that time, I received a new mobile phone as a gift that has the power of accessing the Internet and much to my delight, I realised that the powers that be forgot to enforce their hurdles on the mobile GPRS thingy. I started to reply to the people who seem to think that it is better to send a message on facebook than an email. Seriously. Why do people do that?
So, about two weeks ago, somebody at the Great Firewall HQ realised that people using mobile phones were in great danger. When I tried to access any site on my phone, Opera mini told me that my browsing experience would be enhanced by downloading their latest version. Now, it appears that the browser itself is blocking me from accessing facebook and other unpatriotic sites.
I was hoping for Microsoft to help me, but I learned that the facebook application is not available at this time, which is a nice way to say that facebook doesn't work in China.
It feels good to vent out.
But goddamn it. Really. I know it's not Microsoft's fault, I still don't understand why facebook. They already took out youtube and every site that has "blog" in its url, including blogger (mom, that's why I didn't update my blog for two years. If you're reading this, I'm still alive. Please send me some maple syrup and ketchup chips). China is not as bad as most people think it is, but having limited Internet sucks.
OK I'm done. I just wanted to say that it would be at least 2 million plus one if I could access it. Thank you.
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But then again maybe thats just me.
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But I do agree that for everyday things, they are a little much.
11/24/09
All of my Facebook friends are:
a)my college buddies that I haven't seen since graduating
b)all my former school buddies (since I was 7), some of whom I haven't seen in over a decade.
c)Nearly all my cousins. On my father's side it's horribly convoluted, so Facebook help me tell who's who.
Also, it's the best way to store photos online that you want to share with your friends.
11/24/09
Its really quite easy, As someone who lives on the other side of the planet from my relatives(literally, family in florida, Im in tokyo), it allows me to keep in touch with family and friends easily and is better than mail because its all in one place.
Additionally, im not at my pc in the same time frames as they are, so skyping really isnt an option 99% of the time. I could email them one by one, but why not have everything including important dates and events in one location? Its all about convienence and has made staying in touch very simple.