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[Game_Fan_85]

2011 was a pretty damn good year for games for me overall.  With the likes of Sonic Generations, Tales of Xillia, Uncharted 3, Dark Souls, Ni no Kuni, Arkham City, Rayman Origins, Mortal Kombat, Alice: Madness Returns, Little Big Planet 2, InFamous 2, Deus Ex:Human Revolution, Saints Row: The Third, Shadows of the Damned, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine, Catherine, El Shaddai, L.A Noire, Skyrim and many others I am forgetting at the moment. 


Out of all the games I bought in 2011 though, by FAR my favourite was Dragon Age 2.  I was actually afraid before it arrived that I would be disappointed by it because I was so in love with Origins but it was the complete opposite.  I played through the game 6 times in a row (now 9 times in total) and I have have not completed a second play through of any game this gen, no matter how much I loved it (the R&C Future games and Uncharted 1&2 are some examples of games I started again but never finished).  I ended up buying the game 4 times, twice on the PS3 and twice on the 360.  It was only my crappy old laptop that stopped me from buying the PC edition.  I hated all the negativity in the press and from the gaming public about DA2 because in my eyes, it did not deserve most of it.  Personally, I don't think the game should have been called "Dragon Age 2" as it is more like Dragon Age Gaiden to me.   I think that alot of the flack would have been lessened if it did not have that "2" in the title.  I especially hated the negative response to the all "bi"
romance options, but I would expect nothing less from todays gaming
crowd.


DA2 was far from perfect I know.  Did it have only 6 battle maps repeated over and over again through the whole game? Sure.  Did the last chapter feel like a rushed mess with 60% of the intended story missing?  Yes it did.  What made the game so special for me was the charcters and THAT is always the thing that makes a lasting impression on me in an RPG or any game in general, along with the story.  I know the overall story of DA2 was not fantastic on it's own, but there were so many memorable moments and quests that it didn't matter to me.  Although there was no Alistair or Morrigan in DA2, I still became very attached to some of them, most of all Anders.  I really wanted to play Ferris' romance storyline in one of my playthroughs but I loved the Anders one so much I never did. 


DA2 also ignited my love of BioWare and because of that, I bought the PC versions of DA:Origins, Neverwinter Nights, KOTOR (LOVED it!  I wish I played the XBOX version for more than 5 minutes back in 2003, I didn't "get" the way "Western" RPGs played at that time) and the XBOX version of Jade Empire.  Although not directly related to BioWare, I also bought The Witcher and loved it too, even though it played like a dog on my laptop.  I also decided to try Oblivion which I only played for about 3 hours before turning it off for good.  Thank God I loved Skyrim!


So why am I writing all of this when nobody will care?  Simply because I want to let BioWare know how much I loved the game and how special it now is to me.  Although there were also many games I was extremely excited to get in 2011
such as Ni no Kuni, Tales of Xillia, Skyrim and Sonic Generations, one of the most exciting
moments of the year for me was downloading the first DLC pack which was
amazing, as was the second.  Dragon Age:Origins/DA2 are the only Western games to make it into my personal top 5 favourite games, and that has not changed since  December 1997 when Grandia was released for the Saturn!  Thank You BioWare for creating such amazing experiences for your fans, I hope you never change.

[John Epler]

Telling people they live in a 'fantasy dream land' because they enjoyed DA2? Not acceptable.

If you're unable to be civil, or if you find the idea that other people have different opinions than you to be absolutely shocking, well, perhaps internet forums aren't the place for you.

Thanks.

[John Epler]

Game_Fan_85 wrote...

*Sigh* So depressed now, to hear of an expansion pack in the works for DA2 only to be told "sorry, we were making it but now can't be bothered, say goodbye to Hawke!" at the same time? Between this and the emotional effect ME3 had on my mind (I mean the *good* sad parts, not the ending, bleh), BioWare, you are killing me.

As much as it might sound like we just decided 'we can't be bothered', I doubt you'd find anyone who feels more regret about the expansion's death than the people working on it. That's not to say it was the wrong decision - but there was a lot of passion and thought put into it. Having said that, there's no small part of it that we were able to salvage, and we think our future products will be all the better for it.

[John Epler]

Game_Fan_85 wrote...

John Epler wrote...

Game_Fan_85 wrote...

*Sigh* So depressed now, to hear of an expansion pack in the works for DA2 only to be told "sorry, we were making it but now can't be bothered, say goodbye to Hawke!" at the same time? Between this and the emotional effect ME3 had on my mind (I mean the *good* sad parts, not the ending, bleh), BioWare, you are killing me.

As much as it might sound like we just decided 'we can't be bothered', I doubt you'd find anyone who feels more regret about the expansion's death than the people working on it. That's not to say it was the wrong decision - but there was a lot of passion and thought put into it. Having said that, there's no small part of it that we were able to salvage, and we think our future products will be all the better for it.

Sorry, I really do apoligise.  I didn't mean it to sound vicious, I am just really disappointed because I *really* loved Dragon Age II.  I played it 5 times in a row (9 times overall between my PS3 and 360 versions) and I have not replayed a game even once, in a very very long time.  Come to think of it, the only games I have replayed since the Saturn/PS1 days other than DA2 is DAO and ME1-3!   That was after I finally forced myself to stop playing DA2  

I really just want to express how much I love the game and thank you guys for giving me one of the most special and memorible gaming experiences I've had in the last 25 years.  I can't wait for DA3, but, I only ever dreamed of an expansion pack for DA2 and didn't think it would happen so to know that is *was* happening has made me die a little inside.

One of the most exciting game moments for me last year was watching that EA press conference at 4am, going through all the boring sports crap and iOS rubbish to get to info about Legacy.  That excitment was only bettered the day I actually got to download it.

I've been on the forums since DA2 shipped, so no worries, you'll have to be significantly more insulting to sound vicious to my jaded ears 

[John Epler]

bobobo878 wrote...

TheBlackBaron wrote...

Your opinion is bad and you should feel bad.

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This would be an example of 'spam'. Let's try to avoid that, how about.