Dragon Age II (PC)

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• 7 stars

  A good try of making a action Rpg \ Rpg.

  by Prateek121191 on March 19, 2011

  Pros: 1 Amazingly good battle scenarios and twists compared with dragon age :origins and its follow up.
  2 The player based on his will can play it as a action game or a sort of rpg (you'll understand in the summary what i mean )
  3 Graphics are good
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  Cons: 1 Rating of the story in comparison to origins is 3 out of 10
  2 The dialogues are easy but don't have the effect of uncertainty that resembled more reality to the game
  3 No good boss fights (combat is still good))but no new character types introduced

  Summary: I'll start from the beginning.Well the first thing after u start a new game is the character screen. Now what were those bio ware folks thinking by introducing ...

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  Summary: I'll start from the beginning.Well the first thing after u start a new game is the character screen. Now what were those bio ware folks thinking by introducing only two type of characters a male and a female(Human).it only means that u cannot play the game again and again even wanted to because there are no alternate stories (no elves or dwarf---no character specialization like human noble or anything but instead just talent based specialization).
  Instead of presets of characters there are only two types of characters only their talent is different.
  
  
  The game starts after lothering is destroyed and the hero is fleeing with his family and accordingly his brother dies(sic).he finds refugee in another city and 10 years pass in the game and the hero still remains there and that is the end of the game.Now I wont go into the details of the story or all friend's who read this would lose the interest.
  
  
  There is no link of the story to the greywardens or their joining or arch demon or drakspawn,although drakspawn and greywardens make special appearances as if they are guest in the game.
  
  The combat system is good though.A player can play as he wants to play like a action rpg or pure dragon age style (pause and play combat).the fights often take place in the same places but the names are changed and as u grow stronger so do the enemies.its makes it a bit more challenging.but in order to make make it more simple or should i say like assassins creed they have completely destroyed the skill tree. Unlike the first game the skills are small in numbers and players don't have variety but just look at any game play trailer the combat is a visual feast.
  
  
  The last and the brutal par tfor me.
  
  
  I never thought i would be so much disappointed after playing it.I do not blame Bio ware for this until and unless they release its expansion pack or dlc/s so the story completes and joins to the cause of the Grey wardens and the threat of dark spawn.The story itself shows that the hero is being searched for but then the game ends and if thats what bio ware stops at so will trust of many.
  
  
  
  For those who are new to the series a must try but to those who already have played and completed DA:o i don't recommend it.

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• 3 stars

  Not the game that is expected as the successor of DA:O

  by Verilee14 on March 12, 2011

  Pros: Some dialogues, fast paced story

  Cons: Design (e.g. Flemeth designed as a Domina in Manga style), missing almost all what makes an RPG an RPG

  Summary: Oh my... I have never thought I had to write that... rather I was eager to play this game, but it's turned out differently.
  
  RPGs... I did em all... ...

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  Summary: Oh my... I have never thought I had to write that... rather I was eager to play this game, but it's turned out differently.
  
  RPGs... I did em all... from the first days with my Commodore Amiga (Bard's Tale, some AD&D RPGs), to PC games (also AD&Ds, Might and Magics, Ultima Underworld, those from Interplay, and all the classic Biowares, and Elder Scrolls Arena, Daggerfall and so on...), so I claim to have a vast knowledge about how RPGs were and how they are now. I found some better, some not so good, but most of them were quite solid RPGs.
  
  It's of course a matter of taste, but to me, RPG means story, interactions and customizing the characters. DA:O is already streamlined compared to the Elder Scrolls Universe, but still classic RPG because of all those things that are still possible, and probably one of the best story and especially dialogues (which results in a great overall atmosphere) I have ever seen in an RPG.
  
  Although, even in DA:O I miss being able to jump, or to access all those places that can be seen, from that point it's a bit limited, but still acceptable to me as there are other unique features.
  
  Now DA2... I decided to first have a look, so visited a friend, and had a look, and have to say, I won't buy that game. I don't hate it, but I am not into Action-Adventures. Opponents spawning out of nowhere, 2 metres jumps in full armor, no thank you... to me that is more comic style gaming, jump and run even a bit... no, that's not RPG anymore to me.
  
  Flemeth designed like a mixture of Manga and Domina, no, not my taste.
  
  Not being able to equip my party... that is a no go for me in an RPG. I mean, I love to spend hours with so callled unimportant details like trying out clothes, armors, crafting, making potions... whatever. DA2 delivers nothing. A fast paced action game, not bad by itself, but not worthy of being named Dragon Age or even being regarded as its successor.
  
  Some good things still, some nice dialogues, but it feels more like an interactive movie... hey of course not to the extent I had with Dragon's Lair on my good old Amiga... but still, too dictated for me. Everything is kind of chewed before we get it to eat.
  
  I don't hate this game, but I don't think it is wise to distribute it as the successor of DA:O, and besides, Bioware to me was a synonym for great RPGs. Now, that does not seem to apply anymore. A pity.
  
  Per se there is nothing wrong in offering variations or different style games within the same universe... other companies did that in the past too, Bethesda had some spin-offs (Elder scrolls series vs Battlespire, Redguard), 3DO had them (Might and Magic series vs Heroes), Origin (Ultima, and then Ultima underworld was different), and some more.
  
  They could have opened a new spin off series, like DA Action Adventures or whatever, then the players can decide for themselves whether to try it out or not, without being fooled with wrong expectations, rising up when hearing the name Dragon Age, or even Dragon Age 2, which implies the continuation of the 1st game.
  
  Dragon Age, to me, stood for RPG, like Elder Scrolls does, different, but great. I don't want to see an action adventure under the Elder Scrolls series label, and I didn't want to see that with DA:O.
  
  It happened, and I think they didn't do themselves a favour. For me, this series ended with DA:O, and will start again, when they pick up on what they built with DA:O. Whether it was Bioware's fault, or EA's, it is an enourmous damage that has been done to Bioware's reputation, in rushing out such a game, and pretending it is the legitimate successor of DA:O.

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