mass effect 2 or dragon age ?????/

It comes down to whether you prefer a D&D esque RPG or a third person shooter with a cover system. ME2 may be labeled as RPG Action but imho. The game barely skims the surface of RPG elements besides dialogue; its more pure action than anything.

Personally I like Dragon Age more. ME2 has the better character animations (except for botox Miranda) but DA:O has much better dialogue and I found myself enjoying it much more. I'm also a big Baldur's Gate fan so DA:O hits the spot for me.

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Dragon Age, it might not have been as flashy or sci-fi but at least I got 40 hours out of it instead of 12.

110million

I have 182 hours on ME2 and 130 hours on DAO..

[QUOTE="110million"][QUOTE="Ragingbear505"]

Dragon Age, it might not have been as flashy or sci-fi but at least I got 40 hours out of it instead of 12.

sSubZerOo

I have 182 hours on ME2 and 130 hours on DAO..

Did you fall asleep with ME2 on?

Close, but I enjoyed ME2 more.

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[QUOTE="110million"] Yeah I mean even with allll side-quests in ME2 (except a few planet scanning ones, cause planet scanning was stupid) I got like 26 hours, with no side-quests I got 40 hours out of DA:O and they were all quality. Not saying ME2's wasn't but its not like its a case of 26 awesome vs 40 boring or something. Hakkai007

I have 182 hours on ME2 and 130 hours on DAO..

Did you fall asleep with ME2 on?

No.. It probably has tops 6 to 10 hours at most of me not being there..

[QUOTE="110million"][QUOTE="Ragingbear505"]

Dragon Age, it might not have been as flashy or sci-fi but at least I got 40 hours out of it instead of 12.

sSubZerOo

I have 182 hours on ME2 and 130 hours on DAO..

And you are probably the only one.

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[QUOTE="sSubZerOo"]

I have 182 hours on ME2 and 130 hours on DAO..

sSubZerOo

Did you fall asleep with ME2 on?

No.. It probably has tops 6 to 10 hours at most of me not being there..

Well then you are many times slower than the majority of the people who beat it within 20-30 and do all the side quests.

Dragon Age Origins is much much longer going by content not how long you stare at the screen while doing nothing.

I never played dragon age so i'll go with dragon age

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[QUOTE="110million"] Yeah I mean even with allll side-quests in ME2 (except a few planet scanning ones, cause planet scanning was stupid) I got like 26 hours, with no side-quests I got 40 hours out of DA:O and they were all quality. Not saying ME2's wasn't but its not like its a case of 26 awesome vs 40 boring or something. ImaPirate0202

I have 182 hours on ME2 and 130 hours on DAO..

And you are probably the only one.

Actually no.. I have a few friends with hours close to be that high.. His DAO is in the 200's and his ME2 is like at 90 to 100 hours.. To me this seems like the typical console mentality.. Play it once, throw it away.. And move on to the next shiny thing, while in computer games you will see people who play the game for years to come.. I have something like 150 hours or more on Vampires the Masquerade.. And other such things..

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[QUOTE="Hakkai007"]

Did you fall asleep with ME2 on?

Hakkai007

No.. It probably has tops 6 to 10 hours at most of me not being there..

Well then you are many times slower than the majority of the people who beat it within 20-30 and do all the side quests.

Dragon Age Origins is much much longer going by content not how long you stare at the screen while doing nothing.

No I just happen to play the game multiple times.. And I enjoyed replaying ME2 much more then DAO... The game can be played differently rather its on dialogue decision making or the type of class your playing..

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[QUOTE="sSubZerOo"]

No.. It probably has tops 6 to 10 hours at most of me not being there..

sSubZerOo

Well then you are many times slower than the majority of the people who beat it within 20-30 and do all the side quests.

Dragon Age Origins is much much longer going by content not how long you stare at the screen while doing nothing.

No I just happen to play the game multiple times.. And I enjoyed replaying ME2 much more then DAO... The game can be played differently rather its on dialogue decision making or the type of class your playing..

I only replay story based games every decade or so.

Once you know everything it is boring....

Kind of like a book. Even my favorite books won't get read again until many years go by and the content seems more fresh because I have forgotten a lot of the plot.

DA: O has much more content and to me was more of an enjoyable game, because the characters were much better with dialog.

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[QUOTE="sSubZerOo"]

I have 182 hours on ME2 and 130 hours on DAO..

sSubZerOo

And you are probably the only one.

Actually no.. I have a few friends with hours close to be that high.. His DAO is in the 200's and his ME2 is like at 90 to 100 hours.. To me this seems like the typical console mentality.. Play it once, throw it away.. And move on to the next shiny thing, while in computer games you will see people who play the game for years to come.. I have something like 150 hours or more on Vampires the Masquerade.. And other such things..

Apparently, you're also the only one that adds up replay value into a conversation about an average playthrough.

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[QUOTE="Hakkai007"]

Well then you are many times slower than the majority of the people who beat it within 20-30 and do all the side quests.

Dragon Age Origins is much much longer going by content not how long you stare at the screen while doing nothing.

Hakkai007

No I just happen to play the game multiple times.. And I enjoyed replaying ME2 much more then DAO... The game can be played differently rather its on dialogue decision making or the type of class your playing..

I only replay story based games every decade or so.

Once you know everything it is boring....

Kind of like a book. Even my favorite books won't get read again until many years go by and the content seems more fresh because I have forgotten a lot of the plot.

DA: O has much more content and to me was the much more enjoyable game because the characters were much better with dialog.

I disagree they were both interesting in their own ways.. ME2 felt like the characters had much more personality rather it was Jack, Zaeed, or numerous others of people.. Furthermore the different dialogue choices and how you could play the game could radically change it.. This is no JRPG, this game has choices and things you can miss.. Baldur's Gate 2 one of the grand daddies were renowned for this.. Where a a second or third playthrough can have me discover new and interesting things (sometimes major) that I didn't know were there to begin with.

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[QUOTE="ImaPirate0202"]

And you are probably the only one.

ImaPirate0202

Actually no.. I have a few friends with hours close to be that high.. His DAO is in the 200's and his ME2 is like at 90 to 100 hours.. To me this seems like the typical console mentality.. Play it once, throw it away.. And move on to the next shiny thing, while in computer games you will see people who play the game for years to come.. I have something like 150 hours or more on Vampires the Masquerade.. And other such things..

Apparently, you're also the only one that adds up replay value into a conversation about an average playthrough.

And why not? Replay value is major.. Tell me what game seems more entertaining a linear game that is 10 hours long.. Or a game thats is only 6 hours long but can be played multiple different times and different ways upwards amount to 10 replays?

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[QUOTE="sSubZerOo"]

Actually no.. I have a few friends with hours close to be that high.. His DAO is in the 200's and his ME2 is like at 90 to 100 hours.. To me this seems like the typical console mentality.. Play it once, throw it away.. And move on to the next shiny thing, while in computer games you will see people who play the game for years to come.. I have something like 150 hours or more on Vampires the Masquerade.. And other such things..

sSubZerOo

Apparently, you're also the only one that adds up replay value into a conversation about an average playthrough.

And why not? Replay value is major.. Tell me what game seems more entertaining a linear game that is 10 hours long.. Or a game thats is only 6 hours long but can be played multiple different times and different ways upwards amount to 10 replays?

Depends on how good the content is on the 10 hour long game.

ME2 is boring. the missions are short and they are all the same.

go with DAO.

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[QUOTE="ImaPirate0202"]

Apparently, you're also the only one that adds up replay value into a conversation about an average playthrough.

Hakkai007

And why not? Replay value is major.. Tell me what game seems more entertaining a linear game that is 10 hours long.. Or a game thats is only 6 hours long but can be played multiple different times and different ways upwards amount to 10 replays?

Depends on how go the content is on the 10 hour long game.

My point being is the fact that replay value is most certainly a issue to think of in a play through length.. Because it will hold your attention for far longer.

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[QUOTE="110million"] Yeah I mean even with allll side-quests in ME2 (except a few planet scanning ones, cause planet scanning was stupid) I got like 26 hours, with no side-quests I got 40 hours out of DA:O and they were all quality. Not saying ME2's wasn't but its not like its a case of 26 awesome vs 40 boring or something. ImaPirate0202

I have 182 hours on ME2 and 130 hours on DAO..

And you are probably the only one.

[QUOTE="Hakkai007"]

[QUOTE="sSubZerOo"]

No I just happen to play the game multiple times.. And I enjoyed replaying ME2 much more then DAO... The game can be played differently rather its on dialogue decision making or the type of class your playing..

sSubZerOo

I only replay story based games every decade or so.

Once you know everything it is boring....

Kind of like a book. Even my favorite books won't get read again until many years go by and the content seems more fresh because I have forgotten a lot of the plot.

DA: O has much more content and to me was the much more enjoyable game because the characters were much better with dialog.

I disagree they were both interesting in their own ways.. ME2 felt like the characters had much more personality rather it was Jack, Zaeed, or numerous others of people.. Furthermore the different dialogue choices and how you could play the game could radically change it.. This is no JRPG, this game has choices and things you can miss.. Baldur's Gate 2 one of the grand daddies were renowned for this.. Where a a second or third playthrough can have me discover new and interesting things (sometimes major) that I didn't know were there to begin with.

Well I felt no attachment to the characters in mass effect 1 and 2.

Didn't care when Kaiden died (my choice) and felt awkward when Ashley wanted to have sex at the end.

I did not see any major relationship with her and Shepard.

With Dragon Age you at least learn a lot about the characters and what they like.

You listen to a story Morrigan tells about an item she wanted as a kid and then you find a similar item (the mirror) and you give it to her.

You help her defeat her mother and give her a cherished book.

You learn about her opinions from politics and love to stories of her childhood.

While I enjoyed Mass Effect 1 (currently still playing 2) I was not as interested in the characters.

The biggest plus I liked in Dragon Age is the interaction with characters depending on your party and how they would chat along your journey and change conversation depending on what you did before.

Also I like to get what I want done in one play through, because I choose it to be that way. Replaying it will only have me making mostly the same choices.

I wouldn't watch the Matrix and then watch it again just because I could take the red pill instead of the blue or the blue instead of the red.

This is even more true once I get attached to the characters, playing it again differently feels awkward because of how I already established the connection and roles of my characters and what part they play in the story.

Dragon Age, because it had more of what i am looking for in an RPG.

Never played ME2, just ME1, but if ME2 is anything as good as the original, ME2 by a mile.

mass effect 2.

ME 2 by miles.

They are both great games, but I like thedark atomsphere of Dagon Age more.

Tough one. I'll go with Dragon Age. I like the original Mass Effect better than both of them though.

ME2 has the whole package. Interesting story, good game play, and fun. I guess good graphics too. Although you really can't go wrong with either game.

I have beat ME2 10 times and I know I will play at least 10 more. I could not even finish my second playthru of Dragons Age. I love the Mass Effect world.

Side note Bioware better hurry the heck up with the Liara DLC.

Tough One, DA:O just scrapes through over ME2, only just Mind, they are both fantastic games in their own right :)

Dragon Age. Mass Effect 2 felt like a shallow action game with some dialog thrown in. The moral system is really crap and ruins a lot of the game imo. You'd want to max either one out so there's not much choice really. It felt like the whole game was about assembling your team and the story only consisted of just a few missions.I'm definitely not a fan of the repetitive Gears of war style gameplay.

Haven't finished Dragon Age yet but I'm finding it a lot better.

Mass Effect 2.

ME2 is much more cinematic and intense - It's all about the race against time and is very much all about the action. I really liked it since the characterisation and drama is consistently well-handled throughout the game.

DA:O is more of a traditional RPG. It's an adventure over time where the characters are important, but are slightly less important than the overall plot and different organisations.

I liked ME2 more, but that's probably because I'm a bit more into sci-fi than fantasy, and also because Shepard had a voice. While DA was undeniably huge and rich in character, your own character felt weak to me due to his mutism.

Dragon Age: Origins

I thought Mass Effect 2 was pretty overated. For a game thats story revolves so much around choice it really fails to show any immediate effect from those decisions. Even then most of the situations work out the same exact way no matter what you do. I played through the game twice before becoming bored over the lack of reliability in the game. Yet, I managed to playthrough Dragon Age: Origins several times using different character set ups because the decisions in that game make a bigger impact on the story. Mass Effect 2 is still a good game, I just feel as if BioWare made the mistake of making the game's story far too linear and streamlined instead of expanding upon the original game.

Mass Effect 2 but only just.

Mass Effect. Simply because its universe is more appealing to me.

ME2 is so obviously better it's not even funny. People are just saying DA to sound different.IAMSERIAL

Or maybe they like actual RPGs....instead of a watered down action rpg.

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I got a little over 20 hours on Mass Effect 1 (playing Mass effect 2 right now) and 55 hours on Dragon Age on one play through without the expansions counted.

I felt the characters in Dragon Age were better and enjoyed their conversation a lot more, especially when traveling.

Add Morgan into your party with Alistair and Leliana and prepare to have fun.

Morgan really made the party alive with all her trolling and flame attacks.

Mass Effect series has more polish but I did not get attached to the characters as much.

While she was ok she was nothing special.

There was not enough dialog to really get to know her to feel any sort of attachment in the first game.

The second had a little more but still nothing grand.

She did not really have much of a defining personality.

Morrigan > every character in Mass Effect 1 & 2.

[QUOTE="IAMSERIAL"]ME2 is so obviously better it's not even funny. People are just saying DA to sound different.UnknownSniper65

Or maybe they like actual RPGs....instead of a watered down action rpg.

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[QUOTE="texasgoldrush"] tali'zorah > any character in Dragon Agetexasgoldrush

While she was ok she was nothing special.

There was not enough dialog to really get to know her to feel any sort of attachment in the first game.

The second had a little more but still nothing grand.

She did not really have much of a defining personality.

Morrigan > every character in Mass Effect 1 & 2.

Morrigan does warm up a bit you just need to know how to get on her good side.

In Mass Effect series the story was more important and in Dragon Age the characters were.

I really wish there was more dialog between events in the Mass Effect series it would make the game feel much more alive.

Although I did enjoy that one part in Mass Effect where a customer is arguing with a shop owner about returning an item, every time you come back he becomes more persistent.

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[QUOTE="IAMSERIAL"]ME2 is so obviously better it's not even funny. People are just saying DA to sound different.texasgoldrush

Or maybe they like actual RPGs....instead of a watered down action rpg.

That would be like having a first person shooter that is not in first person...

Mass Effect 2. I couldn't really get into DA:O.

Morrigan is so overrated....she has only one personality...cold. Really, all Dragon Age characters, except for Leliana, are only capable of showing one emotion or characteristic. The characters in ME2 are far more dynamic, and Tali is one of the most complete characters. She was an ok character in the first game, however, it is the second game that not only made her great, but made her maybe the most popular and beloved Bioware character. She deserves her popularity. A little more...lol. A whole lot more..her loyalty quest and her romance arc flesh her out tremendously. And she does have a personality, but she is also shows more than one or two emotions.texasgoldrush

She wasn't an "Ok character" in the first game...she wasn't a character at all, more like a Quarian/Geth dossier. There's only one time she shows any emotion at all, in the engine room when you talk to her about the Geth.

The second game managed to get her personality straight.

Morrigan still pwns what Tali's sinusines are filled with out of Tali tho.

And no, she's definitely not "overrated". Especially not when put in the same sentence with Tali.

Morrigan is a complete ***** that gave me a few good laughs, but Tali is far more exotic (duh?) and she'd win anyday. ;)

why compare a sequel to a new IP? why not mass effect 1 vs. dragon age? i love both games equally.

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[QUOTE="texasgoldrush"] tali'zorah > any character in Dragon Agetexasgoldrush

While she was ok she was nothing special.

There was not enough dialog to really get to know her to feel any sort of attachment in the first game.

The second had a little more but still nothing grand.

She did not really have much of a defining personality.

Morrigan > every character in Mass Effect 1 & 2.

I might say Dragon Age if this was 2004 but I'm gonna have to go with the one that's not outdated garbage designed to appeal to nostalgic PC gamers: Mass Effect 2.

Both are awesome games, I find it hard to decide, but I have more playtime in ME2 than DA so I will go with ME2.