Dragon Age Origins HARDCORE 100% "SHADOW RANGER" Playthrough PART 3

[@AKisHerceg]

Welcome back! This is the third episode of my HARDCORE 100% playthrough with added commentary! In this episode we will try to reach the Party Camp by finishing the Tower of Ishal without violating the challenge! Enjoy! :) If you like my videos, you can support the channel here: www.buymeacoffee.com/akisherceg Thank you! :) HARDCORE 100%(short version, long version is in the pinned comment of the first episode): Permadeath for all party member, no pause, no quick save - only manual save in Ostagar or Party Camp, no switch off of the main character during combat, no healing potions, no exploits, no dlc rewards and no resistance, defense or armor buffing consumables.

[@sjbell4653]

Seeing Alistair running in to fight the ogre without his breeches made me laugh. He's got no breeches!

[@Massinissathefirst]

My favorite part of this level is releasing the hounds, letting them regenerate and sending them off again to fight your battle! Smooth!

[@lamicadelcuore]

"Darkspawn?", when they didn't go for an attack on Alistair.... 😂😂 And the darkspawn is running through the corridor not attacking anyone. 😂

[@EminNSU]

The encounter with the dog will probably be more difficult than the fight with Ogre.

[@AKisHerceg]

@@EminNSU Why? The dog in the encounter counts as npc if that is what you are referring to, because technically he has not joined the party yet. I can just use him as distraction. Plus one acid flask in the group will leave most of them with a tiny amount of health. The elite can be disabled by Morrigan with Horror. Pretty easy. :)

[@EminNSU]

@@AKisHerceg In one of the solo playthroughs, I forgot to leave at least one bomb for the dog encounter. As a result, I had to run to the other end of the map while the enemies were killing the dog, alistair with Morrigan, exit the fight, and then shoot them off one/two at a time with my bow. That was the only way my warrior was able to get through that fight. And the dog ended up staying dead.....

[@garrywatkins9529]

Loving the series so far will you do something similar with the other dragon age games or other character types in the future

[@AKisHerceg]

Hopefully, yes! :)

[@eveahn9595]

One step at a time

[@buh2896]

Wow I'm glad to see someone else leaving their teammates without equipment to get some money, I must admit I was a little embarrassed that the first cinematics of my games always showed people in their underwear. I think the only one I don't completely dismantle is my mother when I play as a human. It would be too cruel to choose the "I love you both so much" dialogue option and then watch the cinematic of my mother without a simple dagger, abandoned to her fate in front of the enemies of the x.x. Anyway, thanks for commenting on all your strategies, I plan to follow this series to the letter when I finish watching it. 😄 Greetings from Argentina 🙌

[@sharkdentures3247]

Yeah, early game (IF I have the inventory space), I OFTEN strip the NPCs of equipment for extra coin. Thankfully (for PC at least), you don't ALWAYS have to do it. SOME NPCs "give" you all their equipment (no matter what the cinematic shows) when they "leave" your party! Like Leske in the Dwarf commoner, Mom in the human noble & Jowan & Lily in the Mage origin. (And of course, Davith & Ser Jory) I'm glad I (eventually) discovered that, because (I too) felt very bad & uncomfortable stripping Mom of her armor & weapons when she is supposed to be making her "final stand" to defend my Father! I mean, yeah, I need the money, but it is just all kinds of "wrong". lol

[@lamicadelcuore]

@@buh2896 I'll tell you more, my Hawke runs through Kirkwall naked, before they reach Gamlen's home for the DLC gear and I need money to buy backpack. 🫢

[@eveahn9595]

I never even gave this a thought, that you actually can undress npcs to gain money or use their equipment yourself. I guess I'm too kind... Or it's because I never played on Nightmare.

[@woodpecker8116]

Tryed this Challenge myself a couple of times now. Havent got past Ostagar yet😂 First thing i had to learn is not pausing in combat. Its literally part of my playstyle to pause a lot. Second was that you rly need a plan for some battles. All it takes is on character taking to much aggro resulting in a death and a failed attempt. So far mage was the best run I had.

[@zezekuzeku7323]

29:22 did the mage really paralyze the dead darkspawn 😆

[@AKisHerceg]

Haha! No, they can't target dead enemies(or party members). He hit the it when it was still alive, but the game can be a bit laggy when it processes negative effects and durations(esp. in the Tower of Ishal), so the effect of Paralyze only took place after the mage smacked the genlock with an Arcane Bolt, which ended up killing it.

[@theoroderick782]

I remember now why I disliked Ostagar, the enemies don't give xp u less Al or Warden deal the killing blow Also that bomb combo was like bowling ball blasting though the pins 😂

[@user.12244]

You missed the second backpack from the vendor giving you 90 inventory space.

[@AKisHerceg]

@@user.12244 I did not buy it because I needed the money for the bombs. After buying the bombs I ended up only having coppers lol.

[@urtootoxic166]

You ever tried a origins run but make all your companions your unique builds? Alistair Demon hunter, Sten deathbringer, morrigan elementalist, wynne guardian angel, Leliana master archer,Zevaran master assassin, Ohgren legion of the dead avenger.

[@AKisHerceg]

That sounds interesting, but that would be very expensive if we go for ideal equipment. Not sure if there is enough gold in the game to cover it. Also Sten can only have 1 spec, and Morrigan can't handle cone spells. But yeah, the idea itself sounds very appealing. :)

[@AironSmieciowy-di3qy]

Great video!

[@indignationm]

What an awesome and clean gameplay, im following your playthrough and doing mine as well. Are you using any mods and playing on FHD?? If you are and would be so kind to list then, ill be forever grateful.

[@AKisHerceg]

Thank you! :) I don't use any mods other than the "Personal Annoyance Remover Mod". Which is pretty much necessary to run the game because otherwise if I have sustainable spells or abilities, the the game drops the fps to 5 after 10 minutes and only a restart will fix it.

[@pihwht]

Smiles.

[@thferreira85]

Well done sir 👍

[@MrPawsPause]

Hey, wondering if you’ve seen the warrior gameplay of purple guard lol. Wanted to know your take

[@AKisHerceg]

Not yet. I'm gonna take a look at it soon! :)

[@ductusfructus]

You say, when it comes to Mages, they have a lot of tactics to deal with Ogre? I never really played on Nightmare difficulty yet so I wanted to ask: what kind of tactics? I know only force shield abuse. What else could it be? Paralysis maybe, right? Anything else?

[@AKisHerceg]

Yes, they can Horror the Ogre, even Nightmare it(Sleep+Horror) which will hold it for 10 sec on any difficulty. Nightmare will also deal 100+Spellpower damage(let's say your SP is 30 so 130), so that is very heavy early on. You can also paralyze it with multiple skills, and wear down its health with otd spells while it follows you. Also, a Misdirection Hex can make its basic attacks completely useless. You also have the option of making the Tower Guard Taunt, then put him into a Force Field. Taunt draws enough aggro that the Ogre will focus on nothing else but the now invincible guard.

[@ductusfructus]

@@AKisHerceg very interesting. When I'm done with modding my DAO, I'm gonna jump into new playthrough ASAP. Can't wait for this adventure to happen again ;>

[@khongo1018]

This might have been answered already and i missed it but i am curious about the build you are going for. Seems like an archer/ dagger rogue build correct? If so sre you planning on getting ranger/duelist or assassin?

[@AKisHerceg]

@@khongo1018 I guess in the first episode I gave a general idea, but not a detailed description. Basically it’s a double dagger rogue(the bow is only needed for the separation tactics since we can’t switch off of the main character) who uses Stealth and summons pets. Extra meat shields are very important early on because Alistair can’t fall in battle and I can’t expect him to take all the heat. The second spec will be Duelist, because I think that helps me best with survivability. :)

[@TiberiuNuca]

can this build work without ranger spec? im not really a fan of that

[@AKisHerceg]

The build? Of course! Ranger helps a lot with the HC100% challenge, but the build works great with every other spec. I usually do a Bard/Duelist or an Assassin/Duelist when I build a Dex rogue. :)

[@Bubble955]

👍

[@jakardvalentine3377]

Have you modded the game ? I remember replaying it with some very nice mods for graphics new spells and stuff like that . Dao origins is one of the best games of all time m definitely better than the 4 which will be like a hack and slash from the gameplay 😂

[@AKisHerceg]

No mods other than the visual annoyance remover - otherwise I would not be able to play the game because the sustained abilities drop my frames to 5fps after 10 min. :)

[@eveahn9595]

Mods aside, I just wish the devs released some fix so that the game stops crashing all the time. I know modders already made such a thing, but still

[@abraduks11]

This is way better the n veilguard at least for me ......

[@lamicadelcuore]

@@abraduks11 dude, we don't really know much about the Veilguard. And comparing a game you've played many times over to a game that isn't out yet... Geez... 😵‍💫 Open mind? I don't know her!

[@jakardvalentine3377]

​@@lamicadelcuore there is nothing to see . One is a hardcore CRpg the other is a dumped down (RPG) with no depth , builds , abilities , stats spells etc . 3 quickslots is a joke . Stellar blade and ghost of tsusima and other ACTION RPG games have like 8-12 and they are ACTION RPGS they took a tactical RPG and slowly made it into a massive effect clone whereas mass effect being a shooter it worked in a game like dragon age it won't .

[@jakardvalentine3377]

​@@lamicadelcuorealso 3 party members and no control wtf I can't even stop finding things that make it shallow

[@kenzovich9225]

​@@jakardvalentine3377true, but it's not like Dragon age origins had so much more. A sword and shield warrior has 4 abilities, 3 of them doing the same thing. And when you go for a spec, you really just get more passives with a single activation ability. I'm more upset with the fact that they abandoned the idea of bringing a balanced party, where everyone is doing their job. Instead it looks more like every class can sustain itself and only cares about combos.

[@jakardvalentine3377]

@@kenzovich9225 I don't know if you remember correctly or we played different games . On my arcane fighter I had 37 abilities . Played through the expansions as well . If you are talking about the pure tank he had little things to do than tank so maybe that's what you mean