Is Dragon Age 2 the biggest let down this year? * FEW SPOILERS FOR DA:O ONLY*

It was worse than the first one for sure, but I still enjoyed it quite a bit.

I'm still confused that people thought Dragon Age was so good ?

After you complete the starting area you've completed 12% of the game lol... nice to see that. I hear all this hype about Dragon Age start playing and discover this supposed epic adventure is miniscule compared to far superior rpg's like oblivion. I mean with oblivion out there if you're a developer and can't come close to that just don't bother.

Awww.. I haven't gotten the chance to play the second yet, but that's a shame. I would keep it for the sake of the bioware collection :P

I'm still confused that people thought Dragon Age was so good ?

After you complete the starting area you've completed 12% of the game lol... nice to see that. I hear all this hype about Dragon Age start playing and discover this supposed epic adventure is miniscule compared to far superior rpg's like oblivion. I mean with oblivion out there if you're a developer and can't come close to that just don't bother.

Skarwolf

Dragon Age...miniscule? My 3 playthroughs were all over 45 hours, and the longest was 65...

Also, while both are rpg's, comparing bioware rpg's to bethesda rpg's is like comparing apples to oranges. Bioware is all about story, character interaction, and choice. Bethesda is all about open world and doing whatever you want.

I'd call it a let down given the game isn't even close in terms of review scores to the first one.

I would disagree, the game is by far superior to Origins, the companions are more fleshed out, they are characters with personalities instead of archetypes like the party was in Origins. The combat is much smoother and Hawke unlike the Warden is necessary, the reality is, the Warden after the Origins is pretty unnecessary, their just an interchangeable avatar. And when it comes to choices, I think people are simply wowed by the scale of the choices in Origins, because if you pay attention, none of the choices in Origins matter at all. They don't change anything, think back to the major choices you made and you will see that, they meant nothing. All you got was you had character A instead of character B and that's it.

And TC when you mention the party members leaving, that was the worst part of the party system in Origins, first off it was a pure numbers game, you can have someone full approval without ever speaking to them. And things were way to static, you could have given one of your party members a kidney and then five minutes later, they are trying to kill you. In DA2, there are a number of occasions where your party can turn on you or you on them, but they remember what you've done for them, its not a static "this decision discards everything else"

You get out of the second game what you're prepared to put into it... if you play it as a button masher you get a button masher, invest in the characters and set up the tactics and it becomes a delight to play... even the High Dragon and the two demonic bosses are a doddle to take down if you set your team up right, start out trying to button mash them to death and you get squashed... as you deserve to.

As for a smaller map it only looks smaller because it's one city, you never travelled between areas in the original apart from watching a stain on a map, there are just as many locations to check out in the sequel but they're all in the same city... no big deal.

It's not as epic as the original but it's not a horrific game by any means.

Actually, Origins felt like formulaic generic fantasy to me where as 2 feels more like a living world. I enjoyed both and each had points I liked and disliked, but 2 felt more fresh in general, though I do think the pendulum swung too far towards appealing to action or shooter fans like ME2 did.

TC you played a 35-40 hour game through twice and you consider it a let down?

NO it's hardly the biggest let down this year. As a matter of fact I've quite enjoyed mine, and the only real complaint I have with the game is the re-cycling of dungeons. Of course compared to the original Mass Effect it's really a mute point. How many times did we visit the same two buildings, and the 2 different caves / dungeons in ME?

You get out of the second game what you're prepared to put into it... if you play it as a button masher you get a button masher, invest in the characters and set up the tactics and it becomes a delight to play... even the High Dragon and the two demonic bosses are a doddle to take down if you set your team up right, start out trying to button mash them to death and you get squashed... as you deserve to.

As for a smaller map it only looks smaller because it's one city, you never travelled between areas in the original apart from watching a stain on a map, there are just as many locations to check out in the sequel but they're all in the same city... no big deal.

It's not as epic as the original but it's not a horrific game by any means.

TTDog

This ^^^^ 100%

A lot of people are crying about Bioware not staying to the hardcore RPG style but i'm really not that bothered. DA:O was much better but DA 2 didnt disappoint me.

believe it or not i bought the first one and absoluetly hated it and traded it in. I played for like less then an hour and found it very boring. I played the demo of the 2nd one and i like it better because the combat feels more fast paced, im actually gonna pick it up this week.

I'm a Dragon Age fan and completed Origins 6 times so far - still have to complete both dwarf playthroughs. So I was realy excited about DA2 - I think its a great game,I found the combat a great improvement, especially the rogue, which is my favorite class, and the mage and how the staff is being handled.

I also thought they could have given more mapping and exploring areas - being in Kirkwall every year, year after year was a bit lame. But the biggest dissapointment for me was not being able to chat with your companions as often as in Origins and then the ending with no write-up of what happened to your companions and yourself? Like at the end of Origins and Awakening it tells you what happend to Oghren, Leliana, Morrigan, Zevran, Velanna, etc. and what you ended up doing. With DA2 it was really dissapointing when it just ended.

The only thing that bothered me was seeing the same house/cave/warehouse reused over and over. The lack of multiple endings was pretty annoying but it had to end that way to lead into the next installment. It's one of my favorite games this year.

I beat DAO in a few days and traded it in. I beat DA2 in a few days and traded it in. I enjoyed both while I played them but after I beat them I had no interest in playing thru again. I didn't feel that the first one was all that much better then the 2nd. both are rentals imo.

It was defintely the biggest let down for me this year. I personally fell in love with origins, but the sequel felt lower in quality in just about every way.

Origins felt great. Got it on PC and i fell in love with it and it's story. Even though i only played the Demo for DA:II the combat felt like a mess. The attacks just didnt have power behind them and the animations where bland.

Origins felt great. Got it on PC and i fell in love with it and it's story. Even though i only played the Demo for DA:II the combat felt like a mess. The attacks just didnt have power behind them and the animations where bland.