The Great:
Characters: I absolutely love, with the exception of Anders, every single one of my companions!
Battle: it was smooth and fast paced. the moves look great.
The Bad:
Reused dungeons: how I hated them! It felt like I was doing the same quests over and over again! It was awful.
Plot:
I liked the plot and all but it feels to me that at many points, the
story was stretched thin. It was like I have forgotten what I'm supposd
to do. I suppose it happens in life, though. Anyways, I feel that it is
not engaging enough. The reused dungeons did not help. When this is
lacking, I turned my attention to the characters and I finding the
relationship between them lacking as well. If this is like what someone
had said, that DA2 is merely a prologue to DA3, then it would be fine.
The
relationship with companions: Not big enough, as it is supposed to be,
to me anyway. The characters are great but there are still a lot
potential to develop further. There is not enough interactions between
the companions and Hawke. Everything is split in chapters and then we get small
"catching-up" talks? What does this imply? That they only meet every
few six months? Also, I feel that there's not enough banter between the
companions and between Hawke and the companions. The frequency of these
banters should also be triggered more often, not to make it repetitive
but so that we can cover every single banter. (I didn't like Isabela's
threat about balls I read on the DA Wiki.) I would also have loved some
more variations in the banter between the NPCs and Hawke as well as the
companions. (For example, Fenris snapping at Gamlen for his comments on
the MHawke x Fenris relationship.)
Romance: So far, I have only
the time and incentives for one playthrough and I romanced Fenris. He's a
great character and all but being a mage, I find it strange that he's
not a bit at odds with that. I was hoping that as his lover I might be
able to change Fenris' view on mages, or perhaps Bethany would, if I
wasn't a mage.There had been instances in the game when this topic was
brought up but sadly, it wasn't further developed. As a result, I felt
that something is missing when I chose to side with the mages at the
final battle - Fenris made several comments and stayed silent. Anyway,
the romance was not satisfactory to me. It didn't feel like I was in a
romance. It was like an on-and-off thing for us. There was no
explanation why Fenris had this hankerchief tied to his wrist. (Did he
steal it?) I understand that this is not a dating sim, but it doesn't
feel consistent for me. I'm always hoping for more.
The looks: The male body mesh looks great
at the front and at the back but not sideways. The female one looked a
bit strange. The costumes for mages aren't really that good.. It is
neccessary that all mages be covered up top to bottom with such thick
robes? I appreciate the changes made to the elves as racial differences
to the humans. But I dislike how thin everyone of them are. They would
be less likely to be able to get as big as humans, maybe but I'd like to
see that the male elven companions to be more muscular, like Hawke, and
the females not anorexic.
Suggestions
1. Flesh out the romances: add more scenes,
more lines. For example, for MHawke and Fenris, let me choose how we go
to bed each time? I wouldn't go into details here...
2. More banter! Perhaps an option regarding the frequency of banters.
-Let companions and NPCs rush/drive the PC to do quests.
-Reactions from NPCs to quests and the results
3.
First name: let some characters call Hawke by his/her first name if it
doesn't affect their personalities. I don't know how this could be done
but maybe by implementing a phonetics system. If a name is incorrectly
pronounced and annoys the player to no end, thenlet the player choose to
switch off this feature.
4. When Hawke falls in battle, I would have expected some one to notice. At least Fenris should have shouted something.
5. (No reused dungeons)
6. Further character customization. e.g. height, build sliders.
7. Better looking armor and robes, with some modern twists.
DA3
Faces: I hope that we would be able to make changes to the
Warden's and Hawke's appearances in DA3. Import, yes, but make a few
adjustments, ideally there would be greater character customization
then. Or maybe let us import one from a character creator. I've seen some really good-looking Hawkes out there and I myself couldn't really make it happen.
I would really love to see every companion from DAO and DA2 in DA3
together. Please, not just cameos. Please also explain what
circumstances split up the Hawke company.
Modifié par nyankuro, 05 juin 2011 - 11:25 .
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