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The BioWare Social Network now offers downloads of a PC-only beta version 1.01 patch for Dragon Age II, the just-released role-playing sequel. The patch fixes save game issues on single-core machines, the game asking for non-existent drives, release control issues where some players were unable to unlock correctly, and a Steam-specific issue related to VO not playing after switching languages. That last fix is a pretty odd one to include in this beta patch, since there's a footnote saying: "Steam does not support BETA patches. Steam users will have to wait for the final non-BETA patch before they can take advantage of these fixes. We're working on it but, unfortunately, this will not occur in time for the weekend." There is also a typical warning that users are applying a beta patch at their own risk. The patch is mirrored on Gamer's Hell and Strategy Informer.
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ME2 had higher resolution textures (most of the time at least) and any other "higher standard" game I can remember that was ported from the console (again: Im talking about DX9 PC ports). I think the textures in ME2 were exactly the same between PC and X360. PC is just darker and has better contrast overall. Here's a direct comparison: Comparison
And I agree that limiting hi-res textures and lighting effects to DX10 and 11 is stupid. But the truth is that there are very few features that are actually exclusive to DX10 or 11. 99% of the DX10/11 "exclusive" stuff you see in any game can also be done in DX9. It's just more difficult and less efficient. Remember Crysis? They had all these DX10-exclusive effects, but then somebody hacked the config files and made them all available in DX9, where they looked and performed exactly the same. Soft shadows, soft particles, dynamic lighting, SSAO, AA, AF, DoF, motion blur, parallax mapping, self-shadowing, etc, can all be done in DX9, yet there are plenty of PC-exclusive games that limit such features to DX10 or 11. |
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