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Anonymous

10 years ago

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Isabella Friendship Bug?

Hi everyone,

I'm looking to buy Dragon Age 2 on the ps3 but I've just read that the Isabella friendship bug was fixed on every console except the Ps3. Does anyone know if this is true? If so, I'll buy it for the Xbox360. I asked someone on the EA live chat and they told me to post here. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

Fred_vdp
10 years ago
@cabinboy95

Which friendship bug do you mean?

There was one that affected attack speed if a friendly Isabela was removed from the party and then added again. This stacked, making the game unplayable if you swapped companions frequently. I'm quite sure this bug was fixed on all platforms.

There's another bug, PS3 only, that the wiki describes as follows (major spoiler hidden in tags):

If Isabela's approval rating is not high enough that

Spoiler
she returns to give the Tome of Koslun to the Arishok, she will of course be gone from the party permanently.

However, sometimes the game will glitch in such a way that, even though she has left and her friendship was not maxed, Hawke nevertheless has the "Isabela Has Your Back" benefit in the Hawke ability tree, and Isabela's "Threads of the Eastern Seas" outfit remains on the list of armor which can be enchanted with runes. (Confirmed for PS3, unsure about other platforms.)

This bug doesn't seem like a major issue and shouldn't be a deal breaker.

If the choice is between Xbox 360 and PS3, then PS3 may be better because of performance during gameplay. Xbox 360 is smoother in cutscenes.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-dragon-age-ii-face-off

3 Replies

Fred_vdp
Hero+
10 years ago
@cabinboy95

Which friendship bug do you mean?

There was one that affected attack speed if a friendly Isabela was removed from the party and then added again. This stacked, making the game unplayable if you swapped companions frequently. I'm quite sure this bug was fixed on all platforms.

There's another bug, PS3 only, that the wiki describes as follows (major spoiler hidden in tags):

If Isabela's approval rating is not high enough that

Spoiler
she returns to give the Tome of Koslun to the Arishok, she will of course be gone from the party permanently.

However, sometimes the game will glitch in such a way that, even though she has left and her friendship was not maxed, Hawke nevertheless has the "Isabela Has Your Back" benefit in the Hawke ability tree, and Isabela's "Threads of the Eastern Seas" outfit remains on the list of armor which can be enchanted with runes. (Confirmed for PS3, unsure about other platforms.)

This bug doesn't seem like a major issue and shouldn't be a deal breaker.

If the choice is between Xbox 360 and PS3, then PS3 may be better because of performance during gameplay. Xbox 360 is smoother in cutscenes.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-dragon-age-ii-face-off
Anonymous
10 years ago
@Fred_vdp

Thank you for replying, I meant the bug affecting attack speed. I was actually unaware of the other bug so when I read that the bug wasn't fixed on PS3, I assumed it was the attack speed one. I ended up buying it for the Xbox360 anyway. Thanks again.
Anonymous
9 years ago
I'm fairly confused as to why a well documented, game breaking bug has been left unfixed on one platform but resolved on others. If a fix has been issued, a patch to resolve it should be sent out to PS3 as well.