Drakensang - The River of Time - Werewolf

[KerslesLieClaire]

i cant use my skills, why is this?

[sine909]

This game is fantastic - having a ton of fun with it. It shares a lot in common with Dragon Age, but I find it more interesting across the board. It's not so gray and dreary, and the story and loot are both vastly more interesting, and great boss fights, classes, and music. Also, graphically the game looks really nice, especially the characters (which look much nicer than DA). The only crappy thing is the really bad voice acting. I'm on the quest in this video right now, loving it.

[nisanboi]

This game looks awesome. Just bought off steam. i like the DA:O similarities

[ChimeraGuy4]

the one with the gladiator mask!! He looks just like him!!! Or is he forgrimm?? I don't recognize him!!

[BialislawPL]

Seems to me this game is like a worse version of the Dragon Age. Graphics are are very simple and their quality is "good" at best. The UI is neither efficient nor stylish. I gotta ask... how can this game be sold for twice the price of Dragon Age: Origins?

[HardWarUK]

@BialislawPL You have to be joking! IN any vent DA has 20% of the content because it has no world to explore - just fast travel to quest locations!

[BialislawPL]

@HardWarUK Well i'd rather have less to explore than suffer this quality 5 times longer... I guess I prefer when the game is developed into something more serious, because this is still looking a bit childish. And that's kind of my issue here - not the actual quality of surroundings or special effects (those aren't impressive at all by the way) but rather the theme they were made to. But that's just me.

[spiricn]

@BialislawPL Yes this is all I can think of this game when playing it, it looks like a dumbed down version of dragon age :\

[detdadet97]

@spiricn ur mom looks like a dumbed down version of a crack whore lolololol.. sry i just couldn't help acting like an asshole

[13x1x20]

@spiricn

Dumbed down version of DA?

I think the game you're talking about is DA2.

Jokes aside:

If you look at the demos of both DA2 and DS2 i could hardly understand how anyone with a little sanity left in his body could prefer DA2.

Seriously: I don't want to mock the original DA but if you are really interested in a spirtual legacy of the classic RPG genre stick with this game.

[DarkProject]

@13x1x20 Spoken like someone who hasn't played DA2 demo.

It's not dumbed down, you can still play top down classic way. It's just flashy with over the top moves, but that doesn't take away from the rpg, it actually makes it les dull.

[13x1x20]

@DarkProject

Well... but i have played the DA2. And that's the impression it gave me.

Definitely not the spiritual successor of BG Bioware was talking about.

And it's not even a surprise. Now that Bioware also wants to attract CoD and Farmville players (i refer to some of their latest statements here).

I think it would be too much for a Youtube comment to point out all the things i consider dumbed down in DA2 but get this:

In the entire demo i had to use the pause option once i think.

[DarkProject]

@13x1x20 Where you playing on normal? anyway, the first part of the demo is to show off the flashy skills, i don't think you can play the game on hard or nightmare difficulty with a fresh char without pausing all the time.

I'm actually getting another DAO playthrough for DA2, and i must say, playing on hard as a Templar Defender is very powerfull, i haven't yet had a single wipe. Don't worry about difficulty, i'm sure they will always add nightmare mode for suicidal people xd

[DarkProject]

@DarkProject Also keep in mind that no COD or HALO playing 12 yo is going to bother with DAO or DA2, one of those fags, my friends little brother, skips all cutscenes of every game he plays, they won't bother with any RPG. And the 12yo fags that do buy the game, will prolly return it in after 10 min of gameplay and 1 hour of talking, as is custom in bioware games

But have to state that Germans know their RPGs well,dark eye was great, and river of time is probably even better (havent played yet)

[maledikt]

@DarkProject Germans make great RPGs. I prefer them to western American RPGs. I don't play JRPGs, don't like the way they play (hate their grinding).

[spiricn]

@13x1x20 Wasn't talking about DA2, and I do believe that DAO is hands down a better game than Drakensang

It's not that drakensang is a bad game it's just the feeling I get when playing it.

It seems like they blew most of their budget on making the game look visual appealing while making gameplay(among other things) suffer horribly

[ChimeraGuy4]

How did you get the bear and Conar?? I have arrived at the mission and i'm level 4!! What level should i be???

[Effioso]

@ChimeraGuy4 Umm, the bear is a skill.

[ChimeraGuy4]

@Effioso what about Connar?? Do you know how can i get him?? P.S. I have started the game as a soldier!! So i don't have magic!!

[Effioso]

@ChimeraGuy4 Who is Connar?

[ChimeraGuy4]

With which heroes are you fighting?? Secondly what level are you?? Thirdly i'm on the start of the game at nadoret in which i have to deliver orvin's deliveries, and i don't know where to find the sage's tower!! Can you help me out?? Orvin tells me that the sage's tower is north east!! If there is a video you know can you point me to the direction???

[malewizard]

The English version is now out,but its a GOOD challenge even in easy mode. Once you get to the Dungeons you really need to tell each character what to do,their is no AUTO heal etc.

[sebastiaan554]

is this turn-based combat??

[Hodovnik]

@sebastiaan554 the combat is in real time but u can pause and select actions at any moment (much like Neverwinter nights or Icewind dale or Baldurs gate games)

[sebastiaan554]

@Hodovnik Ok many many thankx!

[VidyaBro]

Jeez I'm playing this game and the combat pisses me off so much

My character literally just stands there and strikes with his sword every 10 seconds

is there a way to speed this up? It's ridiculous!

[kimiloumar]

looks like FF to me...

[dule84]

i wish i payed more attention in my german class , i would be playing this right now T_T

[egobrane]

@dule84 The english version was just released

[marcheexw]

I don't know why people don't like this game, I mean, it's not like Oblivion, Dragon Age or even Fallout 3 but still, it's charming :) Casting magic it's too long for sure but it's a lot of fun and the game is somehow relaxing, so if you don't like the thrill and adrenaline all the time ;) , you can try this one.

[Ixtzalit]

@marcheexw had dragon age, oblivion and fallout, but Drakensang is better for my taste. The atmosphere in this game is just nice. The story in nice too. I like it

[gravelcords]

Trust me, this is no Dragon Age: Origins (which I've played twice, it's so good). I tried The Dark Eye,(the first game) and was totally irritated by the turn-based combat system. This looks improved, but I still see the excessively long casting times for magic and some of the same pauses between actions by the characters. The Pause in combat mode is good, however, and the NPC interactions are MUCH improved. I'll consider it when the English version comes out.

[TivrPicre]

@gravelcords ur a noob

[Forkhead21]

reminds a lot of dragon age origins :D

[TheSpinser]

@Forkhead21 But (for me) its waaaay better :)

[SamsButterscotch]

God damn, when is the english translation coming out? :(

[ThePKscene]

sieht so aus wie die kinder version von dragon age

[djbonoton]

@ThePKscene isset auch....hab drankensang durch, gutes spiel für allerdings viel zu langsam und auch relativ langweilig....dragon age is da schon eine andere klasse

[baronsengir187]

@djbonoton Ja. Dragon Age ist furchtbar im Vergleich ^^

Hab sie beide gekauft und muss sagen das ich mich durch Dragon Age durchgequält habe. Drakensang im gegenzug konnte ich kaum aufhören zu spielen.

Es ist einfach tausendmal stimmiger. Dragon Age ist nur Augenwischerei.