DefDC
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- Aug 28, 2003
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Like others, I've played nearly every Bioware game from start to finish. I bought DA2 near release and plowed my way through the entire game. I don't think it's as bad as every is making it out to be. It's obvious they WAY over-consolized it. I think they would have done better calling this Dragon Age Adventures: Hawks Journey, or somesuch...
As the mechanics have been dumbed down so much, and the game made so much easier, it's misleading to call this a sequal. DA was great and it sold well. WTF are you changing so much?
I can understand the changes to ME2. The inventory system was crap, so they did away with it. It left you a LOT more time to play the game, rather than fussing with weapons and armor that might be 1% better. However, leaving out armor of your party in DA 2 is unforgivable in a fantasy RPG. Changing armor in games generally isn't time intensive and it personalized you to your team.
I used to be aggrivated byt he dumbing down of all games, but as I've grown older and have kids, I don' t have the time to invest in punishing games anymore. I can deal with this. Although, I think I can count on one hand how many times I died in DA2 on the standard difficulty.
Overall, I'd give it an 80%. Again, think of it more as a "Worlds of Dragon Age" game rather than a direct seqal. And let's hope they do learn from this.
As the mechanics have been dumbed down so much, and the game made so much easier, it's misleading to call this a sequal. DA was great and it sold well. WTF are you changing so much?
I can understand the changes to ME2. The inventory system was crap, so they did away with it. It left you a LOT more time to play the game, rather than fussing with weapons and armor that might be 1% better. However, leaving out armor of your party in DA 2 is unforgivable in a fantasy RPG. Changing armor in games generally isn't time intensive and it personalized you to your team.
I used to be aggrivated byt he dumbing down of all games, but as I've grown older and have kids, I don' t have the time to invest in punishing games anymore. I can deal with this. Although, I think I can count on one hand how many times I died in DA2 on the standard difficulty.
Overall, I'd give it an 80%. Again, think of it more as a "Worlds of Dragon Age" game rather than a direct seqal. And let's hope they do learn from this.
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