Dirwulf wrote on Mar 13, 2011, 20:44:

Muscular Beaver wrote on Mar 13, 2011, 20:37:

Dirwulf wrote on Mar 13, 2011, 20:28:

Muscular Beaver wrote on Mar 13, 2011, 20:21:

Jerykk wrote on Mar 13, 2011, 20:15:
For anyone criticizing DA2 based on the mindless combat seen in the demo, it should be noted that the combat is exponentially harder on Nightmare difficulty. You have to plan carefully and micromanage your party, otherwise you'll get destroyed. Granted, there's still a lot of filler combat and most of the combat encounters aren't particularly well-designed, but it's definitely not mindless.

For anyone thinking people are only talking about the combat: Its the whole game that makes you think youre sitting in front of a console. Just look at the repeating scenery and dumbed down content and controls.
I wont even start about the audacious way of implementing DX11.

What Audacious way of implementing DX11? You mean the Hi-Res pack? Ever heard of little game called Lord of the Rings Online? Did you know they do the same thing? They have a hi-res version of the game and a low res version. Why? Because not everyone has a friggin' video card that can handle DX11. So why waste the space and time if you can't use it?

Because the resolution of textures has nothing to do with the game running in DX9 or DX11. Its not only the textures, its also AF, shadows, particles and more. DX9 doesnt equal a slow graphics card, especially in the age of shitty console ports.

But interesting you mention an MMO. It almost felt like an extremely simple MMO actually. Something I would never thought I would feel in an BioWare game.

What? This game uses technology that DX9 doesn't support. Why add it to the game if you can't use it?. If you have a card the supports the DX11 technology used, you can install a graphics upgrade. That's the same logic behind the the Hi-res version of LOTRO, although with LOTRO its DX9 to DX10 technology difference.