Dragon Age Origins: Ultimate Edition...Woth it?

[phreatophile]

I loved this game while it worked. Eventually I had every problem I read about here or on Bioware's site. Lag. CTD, slideshow frame rate, black screen of death followed by hard reboot. I didn't want to underclock anything, or any of the other fixes I read about, so I gave up and bought Fallout 3, Played The Witcher through again, and Oblivion too. (All on their respective highest settings except for AA wich was off)

 

I recently upgraded the Graphics card (GeForce 9800GT)

 

Does anyone know if any of these issues have been fixed with the patches of if they will be fixed in the "Ultimate Edition"?

I see that it includes all of the DLC.

 

I'm just wondering if it's worth the money.

[Thandal]

I loved this game while it worked. Eventually I had every problem I read about here or on Bioware's site. Lag. CTD, slideshow frame rate, black screen of death followed by hard reboot. I didn't want to underclock anything, or any of the other fixes I read about, so I gave up and bought Fallout 3, Played The Witcher through again, and Oblivion too. (All on their respective highest settings except for AA wich was off)

 

I recently upgraded the Graphics card (GeForce 9800GT)

 

Does anyone know if any of these issues have been fixed with the patches of if they will be fixed in the "Ultimate Edition"?

I see that it includes all of the DLC.

 

I'm just wondering if it's worth the money.

If you've already invested in the game, and especially if you've already got DA:A, then I don't think there's any justification for geting the "UE" unless you're the "gotta have every possible flavour" kinda' gamer. All the rest of the content (except for a "Bonus" item or two) is available to you individually, and any and all "patches" and "fixes" are available free. There is no new patch with the "UE".

 

The v1.04 patch might fix the issues you experienced with CtDs. (Personally, I found a fix by using the "Large Memory Area Flag" approach from FO3.)

 

And your rig's ability to handle The Witcher, Oblivion, or any others is irrelevant as far as DA compatibility is concerned. Completely different game engines. (DA uses the "Infinity Engine", which is unique to it.)

[DarkeWolf]

there was a lot of people that still had the same issues even after patch 1.04.

AFAIK no, there are no actual game improvements in the ultimate edition. :(

Besides, any updates they did there, they'd release in patch.

Edited October 5, 2010 by DarkeWolf

[phreatophile]

Thanks,

I've paid little attention to DA:O after a single playthrough with a lots of hard starts, since I had so much trouble with it.

But I found the story compelling and was considering another go before I bought, FO:NewVegas, The Witcher2.

Thanks for the advice.

[DarkeWolf]

Not a problem.

But yeah, UE is pretty much an idea to try to draw in new customers that dont already have the game. Since most of us that already have it, have already invested in at least a few DLC's, its really not worth our coin :confused:

[killzone12]

not worth it if you have the game and the dlcs already but if you dont have the game already then the dao ue would be good maybe that added some nifty things in ue

[XTR3M368]

(Personally, I found a fix by using the "Large Memory Area Flag" approach from FO3.)

Could you point me at the installation instructions for that? I don't play FO3 so I don't know what that is.

[Thandal]

(Personally, I found a fix by using the "Large Memory Area Flag" approach from FO3.)

Could you point me at the installation instructions for that? I don't play FO3 so I don't know what that is.

If you use the "Search" box in the top right of this page, and enter the term "FO3" and then search "This forum", instead of "This topic", you will find the "DA Crashing" thread.

See Post #2 for complete details. :thumbsup:

 

I don't have Fallout (1, 2, or 3, or NV) either...