Game News Dragon Age 2 Announced

[Black]

Yeah but BGII was great because they only improved the engine, allowing for them to focus on other things

Like dialogue, story, characters and combat?

 

[Rhalle]

Place your bets on total game length of DA 2, before the Cash Shoppe and the EA DLC shitstorm that will come with it.

I bet they've whittled game time for a single playthrough down into the teens of hours, and plan to poop out poopy DLCs, which is why this game is finished so fast.

 

[Bah]

Despite the lack of C&C, I actually enjoyed Dragon Age a lot more than I thought I would (enough that I played it through twice with different races/classes). My biggest gripe about Dragon Age was that, even on nightmare difficulty, combat is just a joke. The classes/spells/enemies were not balanced at all.

 

[Jaesun]

The sheer fact Dragon Age didn't even make top 20 of favorite RPG's speaks volumes...

 

[Arcanoix]

Action and Fantasy Collide in BioWare’s Dragon Age 2...
With Dragon Age 2, the world’s preeminent RPG developer is revolutionizing the genre again, infusing the universe with more action, a new, more responsive combat system

The problem wasn't the combat system. The problem was the amount of health/mana potions that made combat way too easy. They're going to consolize the combat.

Mark my words - the PC version combat interface will be the SAME kind of interface as the console version of DA2, which will be strikingly similar to the interface from DA:O's console version.

 

[Bah]

People needed to use potions?

 

[Zeus]

Embark upon an all-new adventure that takes place across an entire decade and shapes itself around every decision you make.

Wow, cool. Okay, I decide to play a dwarf --

 

[Twinkle]

I bet they've whittled game time for a single playthrough down into the teens of hours

DA1 could've been much better with filler content cut out.

 

[Shannow]

Shame on you guys for your lack of butthurt. Even the consolefags over at SA are butthurt about this.

Can't speak for the others, but for me *butthurt* comes from expectations.
I expect RPGs to be RPGs thus I was butthurt about Oblivion.
I expect FO to be FO thus I was butthurt about Beth's treatment of FO3.
I expect games to be finished and bugfree thus I'm butthurt about nearly every game but especially Obsidian.
I expect devs that managed to release games I liked to again release games I like thus I was butthurt about BIO and Beth.
I expect reasonable hassleless camera control thus I'm butthurt about Obsidian.
Etc.

But from Bio I don't expect anything anymore thus no butthurt.

 

[denizsi]

THEY TOOK OUR GAMES!

 

[Roguey]

He's probably been giggling to himself all this time, waiting for the announcement. I love Mistah Gaider.

 

[Micmu]

He's a hack and can stick his shit cinematic action "RPG" up his fat console ass.

Stage 5: you avoid shit game you don't like, K THX BYE

 

[Achilles]

Ah, imminent "good for what it is" material then. Good to know. Well, I suppose all you guys who thought that ME2 was better than Dragon Age should be pretty happy.

 

[Andhaira]

I still need to play Dragon Age 1.

 

[Lesifoere]

He forgot "step 6: torrent the game, seed it for a few months, and lol," but I believe he's touchy about piracy.

 

[Darth Roxor]

It's funny how I no longer give a fuck about Bioware. Like, at least before I had this tiny spark of curiosity before DA:O was released, but now... I just can't muster myself to give a damn.

 

[racofer]

It's funny how I no longer give a fuck about Bioware.

Yet here you are.

 

[Darth Roxor]

OSNAP

 

[racofer]

gotcha

 

[Warden]

He forgot "step 6: torrent the game, seed it for a few months, and lol," but I believe he's touchy about piracy.

 

[SuicideBunny]

I still need to play Dragon Age 1.

DON'T DO IT, BRO! LIFE IS TOO PRECIOUS!

 

[Overweight Manatee]

Place your bets on total game length of DA 2, before the Cash Shoppe and the EA DLC shitstorm that will come with it.

I bet they've whittled game time for a single playthrough down into the teens of hours, and plan to poop out poopy DLCs, which is why this game is finished so fast.

Removing the majority of filler trash mobs from the game would by one of the best improvements they could make. I can tolerate a lot of faults with a game, but not the amount of banal shit boring combat DA had.

 

[Castanova]

He's probably been giggling to himself all this time, waiting for the announcement. I love Mistah Gaider.

I can't decide which is worse: that Gaider actually believes he's participating in making good games or that he's not doing this just for the money (since he'd be hopeless in finding any actual writing work).

Reality check for any entertainment medium: is your primary audience teenage boys/girls? Yes/no. Gaming journalists count as teenage.

 

[FeelTheRads]

Oh, that Gaider guy, he's like so tough with that dead raccoon on his head.

 

[Overweight Manatee]

I can't imagine why he would even mention the codex on a public forum. He's just asking people to come here and investigate. Some, maybe many or maybe a few, will obviously read our statements about how DA is bad and X rpg is better, then they will play X rpg and agree. DA will receive less sales. Bioware loses. A testament to the immaturity of modern game development.