Mike2640 wrote...
Yeah it's pretty bad. Didn't like the combat, myself but you said you enjoy it so you should be fine there (Which is good because it's going to be 90% of your forty hour playthrough).
The characters, as someone else said, are hit or miss. Aveline and Varric are cool, Anders and Isabella are completely one-note, Seb and Fenris are okay enough, and Merrill can go die in a fire.
The story is pretty bad though. It feels like they had an idea for three expansion packs/dlcs and just stuck em together as "Acts". Each are almost completely segregated from one another and have no bearing on any major later events. And as for choices/consequences they range from neat, as in "Oh hey, it's that dude from 10 hours ago, what up?" to pointless, as in "there are absolutely no consequences so what was the point in making a choice anyway?"
I wouldn't recommend it to anyone personally, but since I cancelled my preorder after playing the demo it looks like you had the exact opposite reaction I did, so maybe you'll like it more.
ExaltedReign wrote...
Why do people seem to think its
suppose to be a sequal to Origins? The stories (I think) have nothing to
do with eachother. It should be counted as its own game, not a sequal
to origins. Just like WoW and Warcraft 3 should be counted as their own
games
Uh... because there's a "2" in the title? The stories dont need to be related for it to be a sequel (See the GTA series). It is a sequel whether you choose to see it as such or not. Although, even if it wasn't it'd still be a ******-poor game, let alone a ******-poor Bioware Game.
This^
And no, liking action, action, ACTION, ACTION, MOAR ACTION pleaz, doesn't make you less of a gamer. It may mean that you are a gamer that would be happier with a certain genre of games rather than RPGs.
That being said, DA2 maybe be right up your ally. After all, they watered it down story wise, choice wise (RPG wise in otherwords) and hybridized it into a hack and slash, anime, MMORPG fed-ex quest type game to grab the audiences who prefer to play MMORPGs, Farmville, and FPS's. In short, people like me, are disappointed because they went for crowds that don't like RPGs.
So, my disappointment aside, play the demo. Rent it. See if you like it. The combat is more action packed. The quests are shorter, and wont' bother you with stories, just follow the arrows. The game has three stories rather than one, and the quests tend to be short so it is more likely to hold your attention without boring you overly much. Dungeons are shorter as well, and no worries about putting armor on your companions and loot has junk button to make that easier, and the combat trees are simpler (all of these things were apparently complaints from DAO).
If those elements appeal to you...that might help make your decision. I still say, borrow a friends, or rent (the demo gives you a feel for combat, but only a shallow taste--no exploding enemies) and little else.
Modifié par erynnar, 21 mai 2011 - 07:39 .
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