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	<title>ETF2L &#8211; Latest activity in &#8220;DA2 Demo available today!&#8221;</title>
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    	    <title>Reply by waebi</title>
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    	    <description><![CDATA[Finally finished it after having downloaded the GERMAN version first (fml).
Points I noticed: 
- Combat is WAY faster (I lol'd at that Isabela jumping at an enemy over a distance of like 2m)
- Dem Hurlocks are pretty much cannon fodder
- WTF Flemeth? Did she not look like... well, an old woman just a few hours before, when the party of DA:O including the Warden, Alistair etc left her? (Also boobs.)
- Why does my female mage walk so provocatively? Swinging that butt like there's no tomorrow?
- The skill trees make for some interesting combinations I think, sadly most stuff (including the inventory) was locked :(
- The flame effect of explosions reminded me of ME2 Mechs exploding as well :D
edit: and the most important thing of all:
- <strong>Loading times have been extremely shortened - no more "waiting 1 min before every level"</strong>
- I quite like the new style of character animation, environments could use some detailing though.
Greatly looking forward to it, gonna be awesome]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:13:56 +0100</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by Hat</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-15733/page-1/?recent=280153#post=280152</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[fyi, the dev's have already stated that the directx 11 mode in the demo is horribly bugged (hence 20fps) and is fixed in the full game]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:13:26 +0100</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by waebi</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-15733/page-1/?recent=280153#post=279984</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[<i>Quoted from Tommy Testosterone</i>
		<blockquote>

My jaw hit the floor when I got to the point with Flemeth. Jesus fucking christ what a makeover. Also boobs.</blockquote>

sounds fun :D

also, quoting:
In 50 minutes, Mike Laidlaw will be showing some new footage of Dragon Age 2!! http://bit.ly/hq02hL
(which is *now*)]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 01:01:16 +0100</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by Tommy Testosterone</title>
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    	    <description><![CDATA[<i>Quoted from David</i>
		<blockquote>[...]

Its not the loading screens, between quite a lot of scenes and sometimes mid scene it will freeze and load for about a second. It becomes quite offputting!</blockquote>

I didn't experience anything like this. The whole demo ran very smooth for me (except it crashed once or twice ¬¬)

It seems okay I guess. Huge chunks of the game are locked out in the demo and for some obscure reason I picked warrior as my class for the full run which was immensly boring compared to the little bit I played as rogue (I played DA:O as both mage and rogue so I can't really compare how warrior felt before, unless you count the occasionnally pushing a button to make Alistair do his thang micro I did in DA:O).

Conversation flows a lot better but IMO feels more limited than before but the character expressions aren't as janky as they were so it's more entertaining. Combat is a LOT quicker plus I just recently finished DA:O Awakening so I was still in that slow and steady mode, however, it still felt quite okay and more satisfying (at least as rouge). Enviroments in the demo were bland as fuck and I sincerely hope that they get better.

My jaw hit the floor when I got to the point with Flemeth. Jesus fucking christ what a makeover. Also boobs.]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 23:04:47 +0100</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by Hat</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-15733/page-1/?recent=280153#post=279942</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[<strong>DAT ISABELA</strong>]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 23:03:13 +0100</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by ErrorOperator</title>
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    	    <description><![CDATA[<i>Quoted from Waebi</i>
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is the "loading" still as bad as in DA:O? That's the only thing i really hated about it, the fact that between every level it would load for more than a minute &#62;_&#60;

To the ones who&#039;ve played it already (mine&#039;s currently @40 mins remaining): is it looking good?</blockquote>

Its not the loading screens, between quite a lot of scenes and sometimes mid scene it will freeze and load for about a second. It becomes quite offputting!]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 22:40:28 +0100</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by waebi</title>
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    	    <description><![CDATA[<i>Quoted from David</i>
		<blockquote>THIS JUST IN - It is awesome, the only problem I am finding is the annoying loading that pops up. Just played the 360 version and its nowhere near as bad.</blockquote>

is the "loading" still as bad as in DA:O? That's the only thing i really hated about it, the fact that between every level it would load for more than a minute &#62;_&#60;

To the ones who&#039;ve played it already (mine&#039;s currently @40 mins remaining): is it looking good?]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 22:33:37 +0100</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by ErrorOperator</title>
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    	    <description><![CDATA[THIS JUST IN - It is awesome, the only problem I am finding is the annoying loading that pops up. Just played the 360 version and its nowhere near as bad.]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:59:01 +0100</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by Tommy Testosterone</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-15733/page-1/?recent=280153#post=279854</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[PC demo up. Grab it while it's hot.]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 18:28:26 +0100</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by Origo</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-15733/page-1/?recent=280153#post=279745</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[same for Shogun : Total War 2

:D]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 13:24:38 +0100</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by inco</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-15733/page-1/?recent=280153#post=279743</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[xbox demo is up atleast :o)]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:43:43 +0100</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by ErrorOperator</title>
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    	    <description><![CDATA[Just found a post on the bioware forums saying the demo will be out at 9am pst, so thats gmt-8. We will see the demo at 5pm gmt!]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:30:23 +0100</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by ErrorOperator</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-15733/page-1/?recent=280153#post=279735</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[CCCOOOOOMMMMMMEEE OOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNN]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:30:58 +0100</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by Tommy Testosterone</title>
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    	    <description><![CDATA[F5 to the max.]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:29:58 +0100</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Created by waebi</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-15733/page-1/?recent=280153#post=279708</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[http://dragonage.bioware.com/da2/demo/
i suppose the DL link will appear in a few h time.]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 03:38:57 +0100</pubDate>
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