If the game was given its due time in development we could of seen an above average sequel to Origins.
Oh well.
I Love DA2; That Isn't Sarcasm. The Guilt...
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#27
Posté 27 juillet 2015 - 07:58
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Kinda wish we could play DAI with the Inquisitor as Hawke..... it was intended to be Hawke's sequel.... sigh....
#28
Posté 29 juillet 2015 - 04:28
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I played Dragon Age: Origins right around the time it was released. Never finished it. Really enjoyed, just never finished for various reasons. A couple of years later, came back and did it again. Never finished it. Both times I got pretty far into the game, and then some fight or mechanic or lull in main storyline progression tripped me up, and I "took a break" only to not return.
I actually wish I could go back and replay it and finish it this time, but I just don't have the time required to invest in a game I already failed to finish twice! It's a great game, no doubt, but it's aging at this point and the silent protagonist doesn't really cut it for me anymore.
Dragon Age II: I waited forever to play this game, because I'd heard so much $%!# talked about it. But with Inquisition being out now and the price coming down on it, I decided to finally try this red-headed stepchild of a sequel. And I love it! Hawke is such a great character, and voiced sooo well by Jo Wyatt. In fact, every single character has brilliant voice acting. And while you can clearly see where corners were cut in production, I find the story so well told (for one thing, I absolutely I love the framing sequence with Varric) that I don't mind at all.
Plus, to me, the combat is actually much better. It may not be as tactical as Origins, but it's fast-paced, looks great even by today's standards, class abilities are nicely varied, and I better understand how to synergize my party members.
Also, so much great banter when out in the world. The friendship/rivalry system is soooo much better than just trying to be friends with everybody, and so on. I think Dragon Age 2 was a great effort. It's too bad it got so much bad press.
#29
Posté 30 juillet 2015 - 07:31
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You know, I didn't care for the repetitive dungeons, but DA2 made up for all of that with the story. And then some. I loved DAO, it was a grand, sweeping epic powerhouse of a story, and of course I love DA: I. I didn't actually play DA2 until after I'd finished Inquisition. But man, that story. It wasn't a grand, sweeping, epic tale, it was one person stuck in a city that was actively working at destroying itself, no matter what they did. I love the idea of cities as entities of sorts, and Kirkwall is just fascinating to play through, because it's obvious from the moment you sail into it that the city is locked in this constant, persistent struggle of trying to establish its own identity, to the point that it just sucks the life out of the people that live in it. People can't just live in Kirkwall, they have to survive in Kirkwall. And to me, that was endlessly fascinating, particularly given the city's history.
Add to that Hawke, who is a character that seems destined to be perpetually beaten down no matter what they choose to do, and you've got this beautifully tragic tale that I really love. It's a lot more of a personal tale than sweeping epic, and I really appreciate it for that. If they'd slapped some different maps in place instead of re-using the same ones again and again, I really wouldn't have any complaints about it at all.
#30
Posté 30 juillet 2015 - 01:34
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Add to that Hawke, who is a character that seems destined to be perpetually beaten down no matter what they choose to do, and you've got this beautifully tragic tale that I really love. It's a lot more of a personal tale than sweeping epic, and I really appreciate it for that.
That's what I liked about it, I think, as opposed to the epicness of Dragon Age: Origins. The dramatic inertia was so strong throughout--I knew that the situation in Kirkwall was only going to resolve in one way, and yet I kept hoping I would somehow be able to turn it around. When Anders did what he did, I was angry, but I also understood. It was just a catalyst for what was inevitable, and it was tonally fitting that Hawke should basically kind of lose at the end, regardless of defeating the Knight-Commander.
But it was frustrating, too, in a way, because it really felt like it good springboard for the further adventures of Hawke, and I guess that wasn't meant to be.
#31
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Posté 12 août 2015 - 09:23
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No reason to feel guilty. I like the game more than the others. It has many flaws, but yet, it exceeds with most of the things I like in a Bioware game. Characters and side stories. The main story is so-so, but at least it isn't the "Hero's Path" stuff that DAI resorted back to. DAI's main plot is just like an Elder Scrolls game. Down to being a random prisoner with a mystical fate to save the world. I might as well go back to playing old Nintendo games I did when I was 9. Many were the same thing thing underneath. It can be fun, but it's harder for me to get into that anymore. At least DA2 SEEMED like it was trying to do something slightly more adult.
And the combat is better than DAI too (but not the typical mob encounter). The tactical play still exists, the speed feels good... it's better as far as I'm concerned.
#32
Posté 14 août 2015 - 06:17
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Kinda wish we could play DAI with the Inquisitor as Hawke..... it was intended to be Hawke's sequel.... sigh....
I used to be so against on this idea. After playing the inquisitor, this became the best idea.
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Posté 14 août 2015 - 09:12
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I used to be so against on this idea. After playing the inquisitor, this became the best idea.
I wouldn't say I want that, but it'd be better than what exists.
I'd rather be a new Inquisitor, but someone with a real story that makes them involved in the mage/templar stuff.. And have some clear drama and expertise that makes them an ideal candidate for the job. Not Hawke, but something written with the personal care that Hawke had.
And I'd rather not have all the interesting mage/templar plot get annihilated in the title screen.lol. People here were discussing that for literally years and they f*cked it up in a instant. It's so sad I have to laugh a little. No more intrigue and war. It's just the Breach and being magical Jesus, roaming Wonderland unlocking poetry codexes and discovering "secret mysteries". And collecting ram hides.
#34
Posté 17 août 2015 - 01:14
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I don't know if I would go as far as saying I love DA2, but I certainly still like it and think a lot of the hate directed at it was unfair. It has it's flaws, as most games do, but it also did a lot of things right and on balance I would say there was more good than bad. If nothing else, I enjoyed it a heck of a lot more than Inquisition.
