BioWare says Dragon Age 2 to look 'super hot'

Dragon Age is truly an unbelievably ugly game.

Dragon Age is truly a fantastically gorgeous game.

Just once, I want someone to say, "Sorry guys... We're not going to lie... This game isn't going to look much better, if at all..."

Bioware, please hold off on making awesome new games for awhile. As much as I'd love to play nothing but your games, the other guys need at LEAST a try.

Or keep making awesome games, I don't care. It's really win/win for me either way.

At least in DA:O my male warrior looks human...unlike some RPG's that allow you to create your own character. I'm looking at YOU Oblivion...

Game looks good on PC, of course the fan-made texture pack helps :)

I really don't understand the defense of the PC version of the game. I have a rig that can max out the settings at very high resolutions, but that can't erase the fact that model detail is average, there are serious clipping problems (the clipping on heavy armours drives me nuts), and the characters all look like clones of about half a dozen different (and bland) templates.

The only real difference between the PC and console versions is some higher resolution textures. Nice to be sure, but it doesn't erase the other problems the game has from a graphical standpoint.

All that said, I really do like the game. I hope the sequel does look better, but I'll also still be happy to buy DLC and add-ons for the current game. The graphics really aren't a deal-breaker for me.

Thank goodness, a game as good as Dragon Age deserves proper attention to it's visuals.

I mean the bows in the game don't even have strings. So you're drawing an arrow against... nothing. It was weird.

*sigh* If only they had tightened up the graphics...

I went from DA:O to Mass Effect 2 on the 360 and it was like I jumped 2 console generations as far as the visuals go.

I swear it gained textures as I played through it..

o gawd cant wait for this super hot game

Blah, I hated how Oblivion made humans look.

I thought the early previews of DAO had Bioware saying the game would feature a lot of huge battles. Like hundreds of combatants. Perhaps I'm remembering wrong...

why's the console version so bad? :(

i got the ps3 version and got hit by low framerate, washed out textures, jaggies, super narrow draw-in fields, couple of freezes.

these are the bugs that happen to PC games, not a dedicated video game console..... :(

the QA people should have the balls to tell EA or Bioware straight in the face "it's no good enough.... cancel it!"

I played on the PC, with settings at like medium-high, I didn't think the graphics looked bad...

How about they spend some time fixing those long loading times on the PC. That'd be far more super hot than a graphics boost.

"gawd-awful graphics"

That's a bit exaggerated. I play the game on a mid-level PC with a Radeon 4850, and it looks pretty good. I mean, the graphics aren't cutting edge but they are more than adequate, and certainly not outright bad.

Man oh man DA is indeed ugly, but it's understandable given its long development cycle. I'm inclined to cut it a lot of slack.

But

Playing it on PC, maxed @1680x1050, it looks like a decent MMO, which is pretty bad. In respects to dynamic lighting and shadows for instance it can't even outclass Neverwinter Nights 2 from how many years ago?

The thing that really baffles me about DA is how many objects in the levels, openable containers for instance, don't accept any environmental lighting whatsoever. The lighting engine as a whole is incredibly basic - with ugly projected shadows for the characters and equally ugly static 'baked' shadows for the environment.

Couple that with inconsistent texture work, barren outdoor environments with minimal grass to cover texture seams and what not (what is this 1999?) and you've got one uninspiring set of visuals - Bioware also still seems to be making their environmental objects too large, which makes the whole affair look clumsy. I mean your bog-standard hut in this game has a door the size of a cathedral that appears to be over a foot thick....yikes. its like fantasy built by playmobile....But still, there's some decent architecture going on here if you look at the big picture. Too bad weapon and armor designs have this hideous, tupperware look going on. I mean the swords look like the plastic he-man toys from the eighties.

And @tmacairjordon87

wait wait what? The combat engine in DA has long since been surpassed? By what? Action games? Jesus, you want all games to play the same don't you. I mean, Bioware's crappy real-time-with-pause combat engines are a big lobotomized step from the turn-based mechanics that can offer true tactical depth - and yet even RTwP isn't contemporary (ie: actiony) enough for you? How exactly are you confusing gameplay style with technology. You think there weren't action games in existence ten years ago?

There are different genres of games for a reason. Variety.

"Dragon Age is, in the structural sense, a fundamentally different game than Mass Effect ... You have to make different technical considerations." Certainly, with Dragon Age: Origins, those considerations were designed to benefit the superior PC version."

Right on the money, Dragon Age is 1st and foremost a PC game and it looks great on the PC at full details with AA and AF cranked up, it sucks that the consoles got a bad version but PCs are already 2 generations beyond the consoles. What did you expect?

Also people who play it at Medium details and say that it looks bad need to upgrade their rig and play at full details before they talk about how bad the graphics look.

DAO on xbox
http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/3630/xboxdao1.jpg
DAO on PC
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/474/daorigins20100106112422.jpg

yo!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chill
DRAGON AGE IS THE BEST GAME I EVER PLAYED
AND THE GRAPHICS WERE AWESOME!!!! WHATS YOUR PROBLEM GUYS??
10\10 PERFECT!!!!!!!!

i thought the graphics were some of the best ive seen
han no one played it on ps3 with a HD cable ?

I don't think any of the graphic problems outway the quality and time spent on the story line and dialog. thats what kept my attention the most. You can save before a conversation, and go back three or four times and have different outcomes from one conversation. The repetition got annoying from time to time throughout travel and fights.
The story line kept my interest as well with twists and turns that often caught me off guard. the best part is that they have left it plenty evident that no matter what your choices the plot should have a interesting and well connected continuation in DAO 2. It better.

Lol..I think people QQ too much. I heard bad stuff about this game and got it for the PC anyways. ( Because you just cant trust what people say Rite?) Long story short guess what?

I Found nothing wrong with this game! For Real! Storyline was awesome, Gamplay was awesome, Battle system Tacs and Skills was right on and massive replay Vaule and lol... About all these people saying it looked bad? Lmao Buy a new Video card please because the Game looks perfect for me on PC and if you got it for the Xbox/PS3 = Fail.