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[PinkShoes]

Rather they spent all their time making DA3 a good game.

[bl00dsh0t]

An expansion won't happen simply because nobody does expansions anymore. DLC is more profitable and a much lower risk than developing an awakening size expansion. The bad reception of DA2 as well as the fact that the nr. of copy's of DA2 bought are still below 2 million units makes it very very unlikely that they will risk that investment.

Awakening was bought by 300 000 of the 4.8 million that bought origins, i.e. 6.25% of the original copies sold of the game. 6.25 % of 2 million would be 125 000 copies sold if we would assume it would appeal to the same %age of the consumers.

Even the most dedicated DA2 fan should be aware that the critical and user acceptance of DA2 is a fair bit below that of DAO so that number is not likely to be matched.

I'd be surprised if an expansion comes out, even if I'm curious whether or not they can pull off an improved DA2. It is just not a fiscally sound approach when DLC can be used to test new ways to to improve the game while they work on DA3

Modifié par bl00dsh0t, 06 janvier 2012 - 10:04 .

[DarkAmaranth1966]

An expansion would be nice but doing one would have to depend on your choices since it is possible for your Hawke to become Viscount of Kirkwall, that choice and how Hawke is forced or decides to leave would have to be addressed. Also another departure scenario for the non Viscount Hawke. Both would of course result in a tie in to DA3 but, it would have to account for the choices made in DA2 as it is now.

[Adanu]

DarkAmaranth1966 wrote...

An expansion would be nice but doing one would have to depend on your choices since it is possible for your Hawke to become Viscount of Kirkwall, that choice and how Hawke is forced or decides to leave would have to be addressed. Also another departure scenario for the non Viscount Hawke. Both would of course result in a tie in to DA3 but, it would have to account for the choices made in DA2 as it is now.

Awakening would like to have a word with you.

[sangy]

I say expansion because, in my opinion, people are going to expect a decent amount of content. Most DLC can range from some items to a new area or few new areas/things. I feel more justified in paying for something that will give me a lot more gameplay and replay value.

I thought, once again my opinion, Awakenings was great. Saying they couldn't add to DA:2 is funny. I think they have tons of ideas how to do it. How they go about making the final decision to make a go of it is what I don't know.

It's just a ton of fun to take your character and build upon it and also bring friends you've made along the way there to enjoy new areas and adventures with. Of course new skills and gears help too. So many possibilities...

I do agree though, there's more likely to be another DLC than an expansion. DA:3 I think we all know is far off, that's not an option, but an expansion for DA:2. One can hope.

Modifié par sangy, 06 janvier 2012 - 10:59 .

[Fast Jimmy]

To echo others, I don't just want an expansion to DA2... it practically demands it.

That being said, I'd also prefer DA3 to get all the tender love and care it deserves, and not have a situation where Witch Hunt is being released a handful of months before the sequel comes out.

[Aradace]

Meh, Im too enthralled with Star Wars: The Old Republic right now to worry about an expansion. I check back in here ever so often to see if any new DLC has been released. But beyond that, Im pretty much solid playing my Sith Sorceror (Level 38 nearly 39 atm)

[Asch Lavigne]

With Hakwe, and the Warden too, being missing at the ending I'd rather see that fleshed out in DA3 than rushed in an expansion. Clearly they have something planned.

[Iakus]

While I doubt an expansion will happen, I think it would be a good idea.

One of the big complaints about DA2 was how your choices hardly matter. I'd think an Act IV expansion which can diverge wildly based on choices made in the first three acts (not least of which would of course be the mages vs templars choice) would go a long way towards fixing that.

[Ricvenart]

Posted a topic yesterday to check on the news of that.

I don't know about Exspansions being dead, not yet. Lets wait til the game after the one without an exspansion to announce that, not the one after the one with an exspansion thats development cycle probally isn't over yet, there probally still is a small team of people working on it although some may be diverted to other causes for now.

Still I hope they do actually finish the game, hard to put into words but there is something missing that an Act IV and V can sort without getting rid of the overarcing background story building. Like Fable I could have had the fall of the heroes guild without destroying the theme of Theresa. Sebastian and starkhaven awaits and even if the main story is expanded upon in 2 smaller DLCs over a single large exspansion it'd be something.

Just wanted to add a post in the hopes they don't just drop it because not everyone worshipped the game, particularly not to drop the story completely, because if they are only going to a release a sequel with a half done story and make a profit then not bother to finish it (I doubt it wasn't a plan to release it in a modular form, didn't someone even announce as much prior to the release) then I just wouldn't be bother to start a new story where they may only do the same, that way lies reboots..

[turian councilor Knockout]

No expansion, stop wasting time on DA 2 and focus on DA 3 instead.

[Augustei]

Anything to show off more of the free marches, I have this fear that the free marches is dead in the water as far as us seeing more of it and Bioware is just going to spring Orlais on us.. As much as i'd like to see Orlais I dont care to before finishing up by actually properly seeing a decent amount of the free marches

[KylieDog]

turian councilor Knockout wrote...

No expansion, stop wasting time on DA 2 and focus on DA 3 instead.

I agree, supporting Origins with an expansion was great, but resources and time are finite and look what happened to DA2.

I'd rather DA2 be left as a lesson learned and they make sure not to repeat it with DA3 rather than waste resources trying to fix DA2.

*not calling DA2 a terrible game, just massively inferior to Origins.

[bl00dsh0t]

Seeing as the awakening expansion was mostly developed during the time where origins was ported to the consoles when it was more or less done it did not affect origins to a very large extent. With DA2 it's a very different situation. Even if an expansion is made it would be made in parallel to making DA3 and it would probably result in a diversion of resources that I don't think they can afford.

Still it would be interesting to see Starkhaven or Cumberland but I really doubt that anything beyond a couple of hour DLC like MOTA or Legacy is going to be coming our way for DA2

[Johnny20]

I must admit, I would like to see some more content for Dragon Age II. I've been critical of the game since release and I still am, at times. That said, it's grown on me now, somewhat. Thanks to Legacy and Mark of the Assassin for the most part. A few hours in Starkhaven, or something to that extent would be nice.

On that note, I do seem to remember David Gaider saying something along the lines of "We haven't seen the last of the Primeval Thaig" or "The Thaig will be significant in the future". Something like that anyway, correct me if I'm wrong. There is a magical barrier in the Deep Roads where you fight the Rock Wraith. Behind the barrier seems to be a path leading into an unexplored section of the Deep Roads. Maybe that might materialize in the future? I guess as time passes that seems less likely, but that is what I'm hoping for, I love the freaking Deep Roads.

Dwarven Lore ftw.

[ElitePinecone]

XxDeonxX wrote...

Anything to show off more of the free marches, I have this fear that the free marches is dead in the water as far as us seeing more of it and Bioware is just going to spring Orlais on us.. As much as i'd like to see Orlais I dont care to before finishing up by actually properly seeing a decent amount of the free marches

Some of the Bioware writers were teasing fans with 'Exalted March' t-shirts a while ago but nothing since then has mentioned anything about a march on Kirkwall (and Asunder, set after DA2, didn't say a thing about it) so I'm wondering whether that idea was dropped when it couldn't be made. It seems reasonable to think there'll be something involving Sebastian, Starkhaven, Hawke and the Chantry. 

I'd love to see some resolution to the Kirkwall story. If it takes an expansion, I'm all for it. 

[sangy]

turian councilor Knockout wrote...

No expansion, stop wasting time on DA 2 and focus on DA 3 instead.

A DA3 release would be nice, but realistically a DA2 expansion is more likely.  Even if a DLC is even more likey, I'd still like to see an expansion instead.

A lot of people have different feelings on an expansion.  I for one love DAO more than DA2.  I still have a great appreciation for DA2.  And lets face it, DAO is done (as in they won't expand from it as a DAO title).

I think just like Awakenings they could continue with the champion in new situations and areas.  Bringing some companions and possibly meeting new.  I don't think anyone expected the situations from Awakenings coming from Origins.  They could literally create whatever they wanted with an expansion.

Some closure on aspects that kept us in suspense could be touched on too.  I leave the creativity to the Bio-team!  I know it could work.  Some would love it, some might not. 

[Atakuma]

PresidentCowboy wrote...

Atakuma wrote...

Johnny20 wrote...

I cannot see any new content being released for DA:II at this point, sadly.

It would be a pretty boneheaded move on Bioware's part to just stop without saying anything.

Lionhead did that for Fable 3 after one DLC, and it was far more successful than DA2.

How is that relevant to what I said?

[Heimdall]

I hope for an expansion if only so that the franchise can regain some reputation before DA3 comes out. Clearly Bioware has learned a thing or two from the criticism having played the DLC. An expansion gives them the opportunity to show what they can't in DLC and hopefully provide some choice in the narrative.

Not to mention it will give a resolution to an unnecessarily cliff hanger ending.

[Time Victim]

I would take any form of DLC they want to throw our way. An expansion like Awakening could be a very good thing.

[Morroian]

Too late for an expansion I just want a DLC tying up Hawke's story as much as they can before DA3.

[BioFan (Official)]

they left character's stories unfinished (and i'm pretty sure they said they would finish them)

so i'm betting there will be an expansion. the biggest thing left hanging was Merrill's mirror

[devSin]

Morroian wrote...

Too late for an expansion

A traditional expansion wouldn't come out before the first year. It was only because of Origins' screwed up development that Awakening trickled out so soon afterward.

There will be an expansion this year. If there isn't an expansion, then DA3 is scheduled to be released much sooner than I think a lot of people here would prefer.

[cephasjames]

T3HB3N wrote...

I think an expansion would be perfect. Whether or not they're profitable, after all the lessons learned and all the feedback heard from, it would be a great way of showing that Bioware has learned from the mistakes of DAII and letting us continue into the story of DAIII from a much better note in terms of quality.

But that's just my opinion, and probably not the opinion of whoever's behind money-making.

And letting us know before DA3 that they have it figured out. That could help DA3 sales some.