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[Natalcya Katla]

I liked the basic premise of Dragon Age 2 a whole lot. Rising to be a local notable over several IG years was a refreshing change from the tired old "save the world" trope. Although I did miss the freedom to pick your origin that the first game gave you, I didn't mind the dialogue system change too much; having a voiced main character was neat. I also thought the companions were, on a whole, very well done (Varric and Merril in particular).

I did not like the constant dungeon map recycling. I did not like the proliferation of utterly uninteresting randomly-generated equipment drops (that constantly needed to be upgraded because of the utterly nonsensical and contrived concept of equipment tiers, bleh). I detested much of the artistic changes, especially regarding armor and weapons (they actually looked usable in Dragon Age 1, they most certainly did not in the sequel). I hated the loss of the option to equip your companions freely. I really did not like the loss of tactical combat: the wave spawns of enemies, the way in which your characters would somersault tens of meters in a split second (the less skipping, jumping and martial arts silliness in my Western-medieval-themed RPGs, the better), and especially the loss of the tactical overhead view.

So it was a mixed bag of fruits. Overall a disappointment, given that my expectations were high to begin with.

[Makkal]

Sorry for how big it is. Is there a way to change the display size?



Edit: Got it!

Possibly the first shot of the Inquisitor. The pinky ring is the symbol of the Seekers while the index ring is the symbol of the Templars. Both the Seekers and Templars are groups that arose from the original Inquisitors.

The middle rings are unknown but one is red lyrium.

[Vincent Pryce]

Not sure if want.

Dragon Age: Origins was one the best RPGs to come out after Planescape: Torment, and I still love it.

Dragon Age 2 however was fucking atrocious button mash forcibly masseffected shitbox. Turning all RPGs into a dumbed down console wank is not a good thing in my mind. Everything that made DA:O the beloved game that I still occasionally play through was stripped away in DA2. They made the game a poor mass effect carbon copy with subpar everything.

So I am not particularly excited about the new one, because I sincerely doubt they will go back to what made the first game such a resounding success as an RPG, and instead continue down the mass effect cop out style that was the second one.

Instead, I'm waiting on Project Eternity and the new Torment: Tides of Numenera.