There's absolutely no way.
This figure is a neat press release, but meaningless. It's very possible to spend 120 hours in every Bioware game ever released. It's a given that with their brand, you're getting at least 100+ hours of extra, entertaining sidequests. My guess is, like every other Bioware game, if you rushed the main story and did nothing else, you could have it beat in 15-20 hours.
But thanks anyways Ray Muzyk for firing up the hype train. It's not enough that your games have sex, no, no. That's obviously not big enough draw.
If you wanted, you could do all of the side missions (There are 100, and some were really long, like the moon), explore all the planets, collect all the most powerful gear, and do everything the game has to offer. It would be around 100ish hours.
Didn't read the article, huh? For shame.
Having recently been forced to keep an eye on this game (not for the Mass Effect 2 armor, oh no, that would so dumb...seriously...stop staring) I have to say I am pretty excited. I don't see myself investing, wanting to invest, or even being excited about investing 120 hours.
Will I? I don't know. Have I? Probably. But I don't care. I get no real thrill from it. Actually I really don't want to know. Just let me play the game. Why should 120 hours of content excite me? That just means I'm gonna look at all the side quest and instead of seeing cool mini-stories I'm gonna see 100+ hours of my life and go "Fuck it."
Still, if someone who made the game can spend that long in it and not do everything, its pretty safe to assume that its got a ton of content.
But, if he's playing it all the way through, why do we have to wait for November :(.
More likely, you'll only be feeling your own palm, when your wife denies you sex. But it seems Dragon Origins is worth it, after all, this game has sex in it, right?
The early build I played of Dragon's Age is fake action.
Ergo, it's a dice-roll system (turn based, but you barely notice it).It's a more seamless KOTOR battle system, if you've played that.
You think that it's going to be action at first, but then you realize you have to mash a button to attack, and it's not always on time. It was a rather jarring experience.
The spells you can use can be mapped to a few buttons, yes.
Oh! Also, you CAN switch between your three party members at will to control, unlike ME. You can choose to carry out battles in psuedo real time, or pause the action entirely and hand out instructions (KOTOR).
It really is more classic RPG based, and less action oriented combat, hence my constant comparisons to KOTOR.
It's easy for RPG devs like Bioware and Bethesda to jack up playtime, to be fair, because so much time is spend in dialogue and getting from place to place.
Also, grinding increases play time.
It will play nothing like the games you just listed... this is a CRPG, and it will play like Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights and to a certain extent KotOR.
If you never played any of those, watch some videos.
As for 120 hours, anyone who played an old Bioware game on PC should believe it, as it has happened before. Also, on PC with mods, it will last even longer.
Dragon age is going to be fucking fantastic I even pre-ordered the collectors edition, which i never do.
Go grab KOTOR for like $5-10 bucks if you remotely like Star Wars. Think of it as a "trial" for how Dragon Quest's combat will feel.
(I just noticed you use Goozex - KOTOR is a measly 150 points. Get on the queue now and you'll probably get it in like 2-3 weeks. It's also available for PC.)
As for the discussion Sunday; <3! I'm glad you backed up your claims with religious text/passages. Most of the people I argue against just say "it's faith so there!" or "my parents told me". It's nice to see someone actually know what they're talking about.
Also, what Methos said, in a less mean way.
Dark Alliance is straight hack n' slash, top-down view: akin to Diablo or the Champions of Norrath series/Untold Legends. I'm sure you've played a few of those games.
Baldur's Gate junkies generally scoff at Dark Alliance I and II. I enjoyed them, because I love hack n' slash in any form.
comes to design? I'm pretty sure even a console gamer could tell you that ;)

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