--- UPDATED --- The game will run if you edit one of the config files by hand. See below.
I would love to review this game but it simply will not run.
Installed DAOU including all content and DLC without any issues. When I try to run it, the program simply acts like it has opened a fullscreen window but it stays on the desktop. You can hear the audio, but there is no video. There are no error codes given and the game does not actually crash, but it is absolutely and completely unplayable. I've been trying to find support for this title, but so far have only found user forums.
Given the failure of the first game, I have not attempted to install and run DA2.
--- UPDATE ---
Commenter N. Lam posted this tip from the Bioware forums:
| Solution:
| 1. Open /Documents/BioWare/Dragon Age/Settings/DragonAge.ini
| 2. Change ResolutionWidth=1680 and ResolutionHeight=1050
| 3. Game should start properly now
|
| You can adjust resolution again in-game.
|
| Credit goes to jimckimmel in Bioware forum.
This does work, and I also tested it with "ResolutionWidth=1440 and ResolutionHeight=900" (a more natural size for the Retina MBP) which worked as well. Thanks so much to N. Lam and jimckimmel for this fix. I still have not received anything more than very general troubleshooting tips through the official EA support channels.
Now that the game is playable, it does run fairly well and I have not experienced any crashes yet. I tried running it at full 2880x1800 on the retina display, and it did run, but was quite choppy and the text was generally too small to read. At 1440x900 the game runs very well (on MBPr Mid 2012) with all graphical settings at their highest levels. I have not progressed very far into the game, but I would expect performance to remain at playable levels throughout.
I am enjoying my purchase now, no thanks to EA.