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IGN - Dragon Age II's Story Problems

IGN - I don't generally read fantasy novels, but one of my very favorite books ever is The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. (Seriously, if you have not read it, go get it now. No really -- I'll wait.) So when my sister told me that Adventures in Sci-Fi Publishing had Rothfuss on their podcast, and that he talked about Dragon Age 2, of course I popped right on over.

-Mezzo-5558d ago

I am really confused, not sure if i should get it or Skip it, some people loved it, some hated it.

I usually don't care what other people say, i just pick up which ever game i want, but these are dark days where AAA games come out each day & the salary comes once Month & it sucks.

Can't afford to waste 60 bucks.

mirumu5558d ago

Compared to the first game it feels like a side-story. I wouldn't say it's bad, just mediocre. There are worse things you could spend time on.

NewMonday5558d ago

Can't buy every game I want myself, I have pick what to buy what to rent and what to get used. I found DA2 on the shelf of a game store for 30$ used so I picked it up, and I rented Crysis for 6$, so 2 games for 36$.

PaPa-Slam5558d ago

I didn't enjoyed the game, i just ran through it & traded it in for Crysis 2.

Rowland5558d ago

it basically depends if you're are a high-end RPG player (Elder Scrolls/Fallout/Divinity 2/Witcher etc) or just enjoy games in general.

I would definitely get it if you just enjoy games in general.

If you're an RPG player then you'll be extremely disappointed as you'll find Bioware have casualised the game and stripped out most of the fundemental rpg elements.

PaPa-Slam5558d ago

I really didn't enjoyed this game, got it on my 360.

dragonopt15558d ago

I agree with mirumu, felt like I was being forced to do a ton of side missions and when I got to the main story I was already bored. The first one threw you in the main story right from the start and kept things interesting until the end. Wish I would have waited until it was marked down, it's not a horrible game but was a let down.

Captain Tuttle5558d ago

I'll pick this up when it's below $20

Steve0075557d ago

I have played & beaten this game and i will agree with you, not worth 60.

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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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TheColbertinator107d 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 Made Dragon Age and Mass Effect DLC Free On PC By Retiring The BioWare Points System

Immersed Gamer writes: "In order to replace the oppressive BioWare Points system, EA is making a large portion of the Mass Effect and Dragon Age DLC catalogs free for PC users.

For those of you blissfully unaware, EA and BioWare employed a payment system called BioWare Points on PC to pay for DLCs for titles like Mass Effect and Dragon Age. While PC gamers have been struggling with BioWare point’s unfair conversion rates and extremely scarce and cost-detrimental sales.

Console players have been allowed to purchase content in pieces through the appropriate Sony and Microsoft shops. For real money, and not BioWare monopoly bucks. In turn, console players missed out on some DLC content, such as Mass Effect 2 pre-order bonuses that have been repackaged into a DLC pack."

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TinkerNation1440d ago

Great response to Ubisoft and their disgusting behavior. Ubisoft decide to take away DLC from people who paid for it, while EA give it for free to everyone when they realize their system sucks. Who would have thought that EA of all companies would be showing Ubisoft how it should be done (even if this is EA fixing their own mistakes as well).

Mobis-New-Nest1440d ago

What goes around comes around and I promise you, Ubisoft will see their actions blow back on them when their diminishing sales numbers and stock taking a hit downward. That's the only way a company learns when they decide to be reactive instead of proactive.

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All BioWare Games Ranked from Worst to Best

BLG writes: "There was a time that BioWare games were the biggest deal in gaming. The Canadian developer’s legacy of all-time classics is well known. Mass Effect, Knights of the Old Republic, and Baldur’s Gate are some of the biggest names in gaming.

While BioWare’s quality has fallen off lately, there’s no denying the quality of titles in their portfolio. That’s why we’re going to dive in and rank every BioWare game from worst to best. By every, I do mean every BioWare game, even the ones you completely forgot about!"

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Orbilator1599d ago

Ranked from worse to even more worse more like, they been on free fall for a fair few years now and I personally don't think any of there earlier games have aged well

autobotdan1599d ago

Wow to think at one point in their history they made a Sonic the Hedgehog game..crazy

chicken_in_the_corn1599d ago

Anthem is crazy underrated. I really enjoyed it. ME1 is Bioware's best imo

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Michiel19891599d ago

I actually put quite a bit of hours into Anthem but i dont think its underrated. It was a huge mess, server issues, gameplay issues, crashes, no endgame loop, too few different enemies, uninteresting gear. too few dungeons.

It for sure had potential and if they could have managed to keep the same gameplay of the classes but without the rest of the issues, this game could have been huge, but in the state in which it launched it was such a letdown. They partly fixed some of the issues, but it took too long. A grinding game like this needs to hook players from day 1.