Still very meh about it. This thing was half baked and nowhere nearly as well developed as the first one. Damn you, WHY CAN'T YOU MAKE A COMPARABLE SEQUEL???? (I'm looking at you, KOTOR & Mass Effect)
I'm a mage now - was rogue before. The mage is fun to play with and Carter is badass as a tank (i have him leveled as a Vanguard... he usually kills all other nearby party members with friendly fire, but it's fun to watch - Isabella has died so many times...). The lack of specialization for the party members is still the biggest let down for me - and not just the armor. Isabella can't become an assassin, Merrill can't heal anyone, Varric can only use one weapon the whole game? What if I want him to melee? Oh, right, they didn't have time to program that in. Just like they didn't have time to program how the companions would look with different armor.
Still, I lent out my DA: Origins to my friend who is playing through for the first time and he keeps calling me telling me how much he loves it. I can't reply the same.
I'm a mage now - was rogue before. The mage is fun to play with and Carter is badass as a tank (i have him leveled as a Vanguard... he usually kills all other nearby party members with friendly fire, but it's fun to watch - Isabella has died so many times...). The lack of specialization for the party members is still the biggest let down for me - and not just the armor. Isabella can't become an assassin, Merrill can't heal anyone, Varric can only use one weapon the whole game? What if I want him to melee? Oh, right, they didn't have time to program that in. Just like they didn't have time to program how the companions would look with different armor.
Still, I lent out my DA: Origins to my friend who is playing through for the first time and he keeps calling me telling me how much he loves it. I can't reply the same.
Dragon Age 2: Thoughts so far.
- 09/03/2011 02:12:32 AM
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Better and worse are too 1-dimensional. It's different. Very different.
- 09/03/2011 02:33:33 AM
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Well, I haven't really agonized over any choices.
- 09/03/2011 02:56:38 AM
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No agony yet, but I was torn between the smuggler and the mercenary in Kirkwall.
- 09/03/2011 03:11:56 AM
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I'll undoubtedly get it...eventually
- 09/03/2011 05:47:27 AM
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It's a great $20-30 game. Definitely not worth $60. *NM*
- 09/03/2011 06:24:19 AM
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So far, I'd disagree. It's worth the full-price. Again though, only 4 hours in. *NM*
- 09/03/2011 03:13:04 PM
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Some of the "improvements" are really dumb
- 09/03/2011 01:17:00 PM
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There is an auto-attack. On PC, at least. Right click on the enemy. *NM*
- 09/03/2011 02:42:48 PM
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I'm on Xbox 360 *NM*
- 09/03/2011 03:26:21 PM
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Well, that's just a poor decision. *NM*
- 09/03/2011 05:18:43 PM
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Oh, I forgot to mention: Fuck you, Bioware social network, and fuck you, DRM.
- 09/03/2011 09:20:52 PM
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It's picking up a bit. I'm just getting tired of Kirkwall. Still not a $60 game.
- 10/03/2011 09:09:32 AM
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I am liking it overall.
- 10/03/2011 09:04:54 PM
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Have you not gotten Merrill yet? Do what Flemeth asked you to do! 
- 10/03/2011 09:57:19 PM
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- 10/03/2011 09:57:19 PM
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Re: Have you not gotten Merrill yet? Do what Flemeth asked you to do!
- 11/03/2011 09:48:46 PM
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- 11/03/2011 09:48:46 PM
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I haven't gotten Isabella yet. Can you get her before the deep roads? *NM*
- 11/03/2011 11:16:01 PM
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I've heard a lot of nasty things about how the release of that game was handled.
- 11/03/2011 06:24:15 AM
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Bioware and /v/ both raided Metacritic.
- 11/03/2011 07:39:17 AM
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Yeah, I saw something about that on Reddit. I actually think it's very interesting.
- 11/03/2011 06:11:33 PM
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Minority Report: So far, I am really liking it.
- 11/03/2011 11:39:47 PM
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Just finished my first playthrough, and there will definitely be a second.
- 16/03/2011 08:21:20 AM
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Are mages as overpowered as in the first game?
- 20/03/2011 05:04:27 PM
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Friendly fire exists in nightmare. All AoE abilities will affect your allies.
- 20/03/2011 07:45:03 PM
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I FINALLY started playing the first Dragon Age tonight. Going Rogue. Advice welcome. *NM*
- 17/03/2011 03:14:19 AM
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You've made the right choice. 
*NM*
- 17/03/2011 03:25:29 AM
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*NM*
- 17/03/2011 03:25:29 AM
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Seconded. *NM*
- 18/03/2011 06:00:27 PM
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Definitely. The NPC mages are great, plus Cunning adds Coercian options. *NM*
- 20/03/2011 05:01:33 PM
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Advice: get Wynn (or whatever the healer's name is) first, as far as party members go.
- 17/03/2011 04:21:45 AM
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At this rate, I'll buy The Witcher 2 instead and wait for DA2 to bottom out in a Steam sale. *NM*
- 10/04/2011 06:06:56 AM
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On my second playthrough so far.
- 19/04/2011 05:43:00 PM
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