Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder2.enfer-du-nord.net!newsfeed.kamp.net!newsfeed.kamp.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg Subject: Re: Dragon Age : Origins Ultimate Edition - $20 at EA Store Date: Mon, 09 May 2011 18:19:19 +0900 Organization: NEC Electronics Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: <14636c50-73de-4255-92d5-51f1632fa56b@34g2000pru.googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: individual.net IkkUANILK4TF6FoVFdcL/wYThzyfLXgBtW9dFIh8STslGD3VxH Cancel-Lock: sha1:3ckXuudnw7x/ptOb6Zd61/fmJOA= sha1:xmV7ufZGdOqLvEHTe5NxSg6CDmQ= System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Blat: Foop Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action:1172 comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg:350 JAB writes: >> [I guess DA:O follows the usual EA playbook: impressive at first >> glance, but ultimately disappointing.] > > That's probably how I would have described Oblivion! I really liked it > to start with until I realised that the main story was very, very > repetitive and a hell of a lot of other the locations are just generic > nothingness - once you've seen one dungeon, cave etc. you've seen them > all. This is very true, but I'm generally enjoying them anyway. Even though many of the dungeons are built out of standard pieces, they're very, very, impressive pieces... :] [Even with the repetition, the amount of work involved seems mind-boggling... they must have had some very good tools.] -miles -- Circus, n. A place where horses, ponies and elephants are permitted to see men, women and children acting the fool.