Just got Dragon age 2 from my brother : V - Skyrim

» Tue May 08, 2012 9:39 am

If you're a hardcoe Origins fan, you might not like Dragon Age 2 much. I didn't.

It's only about 25-30 hours long, unless you're a completionist.

» Tue May 08, 2012 5:16 pm

Do you have Dragon Age Origins? If so, play it again as a different character/class instead. Why? For every 'improvement' made in the gameplay department, two qualities of the original diminished in the process. Also, DA2 lacks the atmosphere, narrative and pacing of Origins, so in either case (rather you prefer gameplay or story) I would highly recommend replaying the first game instead of the sequel.

» Tue May 08, 2012 11:21 am

Agreed it's a good game if you don't expect it to be DA:O2. There is a lot of rage because people felt Bioware deviated too much from what worked in DA:O (which I thought was good, but not outstanding). I don't think any RPG will be worth playing instead of Skyrim, however.

That and the fact that a lot of people, like myself, replayed DAO prior to the release of DA2. Thinking your actions in DAO would be reflected in DA2. Not only was that not true, but they had the nerve to bring back characters that were killed in DAO. I don't mean knocked out, but decapitated. The lead writer responded by saying that, "If we bring someone back, it's because we wanted to."

This was posted in a thread where he chimed in and went off on the fans. Wow, real pros over there.

» Tue May 08, 2012 11:19 am

Think I completed DA2 7 or 8 times orso lol. I can't help myself D:

» Tue May 08, 2012 3:43 pm

DA2 took me one day to beat. It was completely unsatisfying. Thus i crawled back into the cave called Oblivion :yuck:

» Tue May 08, 2012 7:15 am

dragon age 2. i have it and in my opinion it was a big let down and not worth it

» Tue May 08, 2012 3:27 am

Dragon Age stinks.

» Tue May 08, 2012 4:56 am

Play Skyrim. It is going to be far better than DA2

» Tue May 08, 2012 6:36 pm

Dragon age 2 was a complete travesty. I liked the first Dragon Age alot, to the point of actually completing it ( I get bored quickly and rarely "beat" games) The made every class with these stupid god of war type combos they dumbed down every aspect. go play Risen

» Tue May 08, 2012 8:14 am

i wouldn't waste my time with that game it's bad.

» Tue May 08, 2012 4:27 am

Dragon age 2 was a complete travesty. I liked the first Dragon Age alot, to the point of actually completing it ( I get bored quickly and rarely "beat" games) The made every class with these stupid god of war type combos they dumbed down every aspect. go play Risen

I agree with every word you just said. Every single one.

» Tue May 08, 2012 5:57 pm

QUICK, BURN IT WITH FIRE!

Edit: Also, play DA:O if you haven't. Best game ever made.

» Tue May 08, 2012 8:53 am

Lesson: You can't say Dragon Age 2 on the internet without the crap. Not even months after it was released. People still troll FF7 for comparison.

On my 11th birthday i got the first final fantasy and from then I became a rabid final fantasy fan. I loved FF7 and 9 not 8. Do not compare ff7 to trash like DA 2; with its repetitve dungeons broken story telling and bland combat.

» Tue May 08, 2012 1:43 pm

I'd say save it until after you finish Skyrim

» Tue May 08, 2012 4:13 am

I'd say burn it with fire.

» Tue May 08, 2012 5:15 am

that

This.

» Tue May 08, 2012 8:18 am

Dragon Age 2? No.

This, outside of that I plead the 5th............DA2............ :facepalm:

» Tue May 08, 2012 8:23 am

On my 11th birthday i got the first final fantasy and from then I became a rabid final fantasy fan. I loved FF7 and 9 not 8. Do not compare ff7 to trash like DA 2; with its repetitve dungeons broken story telling and bland combat.

If you can't see the comparison obviously that post wasn't for you.

» Tue May 08, 2012 6:28 pm

i liked DAO but hated number 2 it was so boring and dull

I never thought i'd say this...
But i actually agree with you. :celebration:

» Tue May 08, 2012 3:56 pm

If you haven't played Dragon Age: Origins, then you might enjoy it.

If you HAVE played DAO, (like me) then you will probably think it's an embarrassment to the series and should be burned and spat on.

Ariano you are spot on!! They made SO many mistakes with DA2 it makes you cringe to think of them. They farted about with all the unimportant stuff (mages leaping around in battle like silly ballet dancers with kung fu sticks) and effed up everything that made Dragon Age Origins such a great game. DA Origins came to my rescue after wondering what the hell to play after a dozen runs through Oblivion. Which I loved, obviously. Seems they went for style over content in a big way with DA2, and boy was that a disaster.

I am super confident that Skyrim won't make the same sort of horrendous misjudgments. From what I've seen of it, which is the same as everyone else, it looks glorious.

One day four hours to go.

» Tue May 08, 2012 7:00 am

Edit: Also, play DA:O if you haven't. Best game ever made.

Any TES game could wreck that statement.

» Tue May 08, 2012 4:55 am

Toss that garbage in the trash can! Make room for Skyrim.

» Tue May 08, 2012 4:29 pm

Boo!!!!

» Tue May 08, 2012 6:13 pm

Strange how he lends it you 1 day before Skyrim release.

A HA! Thats his plan....you wont be ''needing'' your copy of Skyrim whilst you play DA 2.... he's a sneaky 1....

» Tue May 08, 2012 6:41 am

The story was a nice attempt to do something different but failed entirely. It was full of holes and disconnected me completely from my character. But that wasnt even the biggest fail in the game. Lack of choices and barely any variation in the existing ones, terrible dialogue and dialogue wheel with the same thing in three different tones, railroading in most quests, paraphrases, terrible and recycled environments, lifeless and boring city, over the top and cartoony combat and most everything else, boring fetch quests, two dimensional characters and companions who I couldnt even talk to most of the time, awful combat (waves and sky ninjas for example) and much more.

The thing I liked in DA2 was the qunari and especially the Arishok, who had great writing, but ironically I had to destroy them in the lack of a better choice.

To each their own. I enjoyed the game, and sorry, but it doesn't really matter to me if you didn't. Let's agree to disagree.