Comments on: Dragon Age is too short

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 06:05:32 +0000

I agree with your assessment. I played it 3 times- once on PC and twice on PS3. I beat it the third time in just 30 hours. I agree that much of the difference lies in the origins and while I loved the game, the replay value is minimal. I was more interest in Seheron and Tevinter than I was with what was going on in Ferelden. Orzamar way too long- I nearly stopped playing because of it.
The dialogue is great but some characters are really not intersting- characters like Morrigan and Orghren we now immediately and they never develop anything new, as opposed to characters like Sten and Wynne, ie the more you talk to them, the more strange things you learn.
It makes me wonder a bit- they spent 6 years making this game and it’s about 50 to 60 hours long on average. FF12 (I hate to bring up FF but I’m only doing so for hourly comparison) took 3 years to make and the game was about 70-80 hours, DQ8 took 4 years and the game was 100 hours. So, 6 years- it makes wonder how many times they may ahve had to restart or even if they had to stop production . . . .

By: Ysharros

Ysharros — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:27:16 +0000

It’s not the dying – I’m on Easy mode, and it’s really really difficult to die in that (I’ve died once on my main char I think, and never with anyone else).

Sounds like we’re creeping into elitist territory: “If this game isn’t too short for you, it’s because you suck as a player”? Horses for courses I guess. /shrug

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:18:59 +0000

I don’t know how you’d do that. Die less? ;) Maybe I tend to press Esc a bit during conversations to get to the juicy bits. Honestly, I don’t know :)

By: Ysharros

Ysharros — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:55:53 +0000

Wow! I’m at 60+ hours and I still haven’t finished the Circle of Magi, Castle Redcliffe, Orzammar, and whatever else comes after you’ve got the treaties taken care of.

Could it be that you play faster than average?