Dragon Age II

I couldn't bring myself to finish DA2, though I finished origins twice. The only merit I'd say it has is an improved art style and more interesting animations (if over the top). My complaints are, horrendously reused environments, the story being much more linear and detached than the first, some voice acting issues and a lot of gameplay bugs – my game is currently stuck on not being able to recruit one of the companions and they managed to leave out implementing auto-attack into console versions. If you're thinking about buying this game, I'd recommend waiting for a patch.

Quite disappointed to see that this game has obviously been rushed out the door to capitalize on origins.

I did enjoy this game however Bioware elected to re-use the same scenery ,as such the wilds and caverns around Kirkwall all have the same layout. You will find that there are only so many unique locations in that they are directly related to the main plot. The side quests tend to run the same area with the same layout.

The main plot revolves around you in and around the city of Kirkwall, and it doesn't feel as epic as the first one did.

They have chosen to do away with giving you race choice, now you can only be human; though you do get choice of class; Warrior, Rogue, or Mage.

I found the Companion AI to be somewhat basic, you will want to setup your tactics for your squad as they won't know to take potions when low on health, also potions have timers, which I personally like, so no spamming pots.

Dragon Age 2 is a fun RPG romp, with it usual grand flair of graphics and audio. I like the fact your character has a voice. You may want to get to understand what the conversation icons mean, which will help decide the persona of your character, similar to Mass Effect.

All in all I thoroughly enjoyed my time in the world of Dragon Age 2.

Played the original and had already pre ordered this one when I downloaded the demo today, though I loved the combat system of the original I absolutely love the changes they've made with this, if your still on the fence download the demo and you'll be back here buying it just like that.

Dissapointed…The game looks okay but it looks recycled to every placed..
The Goods
make your on choice
Fun bloody slash rpg

The bad
You named it..
story
recycled
overall if you are an rpg fan do try this game..

So far I have found Dragon Age II to be an above average RPG. The voice acting and gameplay are excellent. On the downside I found the story just a compilation of individual quests, rather than a structured story. But given that the quests were quite fun this doesn't matter too much.
8/10.