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Dragon Age II Preview - Hooked Gamers

HG - "Dragon Age: Origins was one of the best CRPGs of the recent years and it is therefore no wonder that everyone is holding their breaths for the upcoming sequel. Even though I was personally not that taken by Awakenings, I'm hopeful that Dragon Age II will return us to the strong storytelling that was the crowning point of the first game.

As things stand it should be on our desktops early next year and the next six months or so will certainly be filled with exciting news and tidings of the story and gameplay of Dragon Age II. However, nothing can stop us from putting on paper some of the things that we already know."

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Tru_Blu5753d ago

I just don't get how people can support this. It is a $100 game at the very least if you buy it day one. Let me back track a second, I got DA:O on release day. The disc has DLC trophies on it DAY 1. They charge $40 for DLC and people still are excited about it?? Call me old fashion but I think the $60 I paid day one should get me the whole game... not even talking about the $40 DLC(That came later, only $15 to get all the trophies on the disc, with the 1 dlc you don't get free). On DAY ONE you had to buy dlc to get 100% How do people justify that? DA:O was the first and last Bioware game I buy at least until I can get the goty/ultimate edition USED, f'ing DLC whores.

Nihilism5753d ago (Edited 5753d ago )

I agree, DLC pisses me off. I bought the C.E last time....this time I ordered the standard edition because with all the DLC the day 1 disk is bound to become redundant....I'll pirate all the DLC like I did last time. F paying for cut content.

I live in AUS though and game usually cost $79 on PC, $99 on console....but DA2 is availble for pre order for $46....so I ordered it, knowing all the DLC that is coming I want it for a reasonable price.

Panzerkanzler5749d ago

Can't you just do like everyone else and order games from cheaper foreign internet stores and avoid the AUS price rip off?

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Dragon Age Lead Says Including World State Reactivity Felt Like It Was "Irrelevant Or Not Enough"

Dragon Age 2 set the precedent that the series would always carry our choices over, but was it worth it?

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TheColbertinator86d ago

If the choices won't matter, why bother? Bioware works so hard at giving meaningful choices but rarely if ever carrying out the impact of such choices to the end.

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EA Turned Down BioWare's Pitch For A Dragon Age Origins Remake Or A Remastered Trilogy

EA turned down BioWare's pitch to work on a remake of Dragon Age Origins or a remastered Dragon Age Trilogy, according to a new report.

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Terry_B298d ago

Thats a pity. A remaster Trilogy would sell a lot better than the game they released last year.

TheEroica297d ago

Speak for yourself... Some of us are tired of remastered/remakes. Maybe this industry could show a little originality or progress a thought forward. Pass on dragon age remastered. Make a competent dragon age game or fold up shop.

FullmetalRoyale297d ago

They did speak for themselves.

jambola297d ago

At what point did they indicate they were speaking for anyone else?

Lionsguard297d ago

No, they would have just ruined it by retconning things with their agenda.

Ristul296d ago

Exactly, while I love the orginal game (origins) they would have censured the hell out of it and replaced it with wokeness.

-Foxtrot298d ago

I would have rather seen a remake of Origins which added onto it with more content than Dragon Age 4

If successful they could have continued on from it ignoring the other DA games.

Christopher298d ago

Lore dump in Veilguard was very good and I enjoyed the game for that.

I would not at all be opposed to more of a 'remake' of the first game, though. Not sure a 'remaster' with better graphics and whatnot would really pull me in if it didn't include more updated controls and gameplay.

Armaggedon297d ago

Yeah, your right about the lore, and thats the reason I like dragon age in the first place. I think thats why theres such a divide with veilguard. Those that fell in love with dragon age for the rpg mechanics were gravely disappointed.

pwnmaster3000298d ago (Edited 298d ago )

Honestly I tried getting into dragon age 4 but just couldn’t man and it wasn’t that political BS, annoying yes, but not game killing. It just wasn’t it for me.
I would rather they just remake the original and stay true to the original

anast297d ago

It's not a good game. But if a few trans and gay people upset you, then you have some issues with stuff beyond politics.

pwnmaster3000297d ago

Didn’t care for it.
Annoying yes, because it’s dragon age.
That whole trans and binary just didnt fit in and felt force.

But like I said it wasn’t game killing. I just found it boring.

andy85297d ago

Ill always have the argument you only see it if you go looking for it. Im not gay or trans, it was a 2 minute scene you can literally skip and then you dont see any more of it in the game. Didn't bother me at all.

pwnmaster3000297d ago (Edited 297d ago )

@andy
It really wasn’t 2 min and it was pretty much one characters identity lol.
Like I said it wasn’t game killing.

But to pretend it wasn’t stupid the way they went about it.
Sounded like something from our world would say.
Like wtf, i want fantasy to run away from our world.
I think it’s dumb asf to use real world terminology for real world problems in a game that isn’t set in ours world/altworld

Armaggedon297d ago

Understandable, it is a very different game in many ways.

@anast
I think it was a good game. Who is actually right here?

anast297d ago

It's not a good game. People people liking something is not always a good metric. People like sh%& games, I even like a few sh&% games myself.

Armaggedon296d ago (Edited 296d ago )

Thats the understanding people lack.

People set standards of what is “good”. Interestingly, it is a strange form of confirmation bias, in which people look for evidence to support what they deem “good or bad” about a title. That is why we have so many people that say that starfield does nothing new…when that is literally what it does..something new…for Bethesda at least.

I have had people call me trash before, moments before I obliterate them in whatever it is we are playing. Broaden your awareness, and you will know of what I speak.

isarai298d ago

That's ok, they probably would've sullied it somehow anyways

LucasRuinedChildhood298d ago

What was wrong with Mass Effect Legendary Edition?

Terry_B298d ago

Miranda Lawson..and a bit more.

franwex297d ago

Right? I’m actually glad they left it alone.

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Next Year, I Promise I Will Play A Different Character In Dragon Age: Origins

I've played the exact same Warden in Dragon Age: Origins for years. In 2025, I will finally make a different one. Maybe.

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CoNn3rB521d ago

Tried it before, doesn't work. I tried to to play a Dalish archer but ended up being a Dwarf Noble warrior again, must be a bug

OtterX521d ago

Next year is tomorrow, so you'll start a new character tomorrow, right? 🤔

OtterX520d ago

It's not now, at least where I live. It's 2025 as of 2 hours ago. :P

Bercilak520d ago

Seriously? I play every playable character there is: a male human noble.

TheColbertinator520d ago

My preferred origin is Dalish Elf Archer that recruits the Templars, Baelen's Dwarves with Golems and Dalish Elves. Took me 3 playthroughs to lock down a "true" file for me. What a game.

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