can you say something nice about dragon age 2

[Baralak]

Something nice? That's easy!

- The combat (on consoles, at least) was miles ahead of Origins.
- I liked Hawke, and I hope Bioware keeps up with their style of protagonist, like Hawke and Shepard
- The characters were really cool.
- I loved the personal story. Not a big massive trek across the world to gather artifacts, or sign treaties, or to destroy the One Ring, just a man carving out his own legend.

 

[ShinyCharizard]

Well it had good dialog, apart from the ridiculous out of nowhere sexual advances from your companions (looking at you Anders). Also the arishok was a good villian.

 

[LtFerret]

-The difficultly curve is more consistent. Origins was kinda all over the place with it.
-Combat goes by quicker
-Varric and Aveline were cool

Otherwise it was just kinda meh.
Of Course I got for $20 and went into expecting it to be no where as good as Origins.

 

[Nieroshai]

I had fun... while I didn't like the writing so much (and the sluttification of Anders) I did like how it refined the console version's gameplay into something more playable.

 

[DrunkenMonkey]

I sunk between 250-300 hours on it, so I guess it was fine...it was a slow month

 

[im-white]

something nice about dragon age 2.. hmm da2... hmm... well it does have a nice name

 

[StrappingYoungLad]

It's cheap now

Edit-the mission you play as varric is pretty cool

 

[bug_of_war]

so after finishing mass effect 3 and finding that i loved the ending

...wait, you LOVED IT? i know people have at least tolerated it, but you LOVED IT? I am so baffled I don't even know what to say. opinions,man...

I also loved it...in fact I know a lot of people who loved the ending simply cause they got what they wanted and expected.

BOOT ANYWAYS, lets follow OP's rules, OT:

Dragon Age 2 is actually a really good game with the only two flaws that come to mind are being the re-use of dungeons (Which isn't bad, helps you remember where all the nooks and crannys are for poison/potion/rune ingredients and you can get an understanding of when an enemy will jump out) and the fact that every single character, excluding Varric and Aveline, wants to bone Hawke regardless of gender.

If you can get past them it is totally worth 20-30 dollars due to the combat being VASTLY better than what was seen in the first game (second game is a hack n' slash, but it feels right, and you actually feel like you're fighting), the scaled down story is easy to fall into than Origins, "DUDE YOU GOTTA SAVE THE WORLD...UNITE THESE PEEPS AND MEET OVER HERE!" as it is more personal (especially if some segments don't get ruined by other people). The characters are all interesting and it's fun to have a slave who hates mages in party with an apostate and blood mage and hear the banter. Each character has a good back story which the game does delve into so as that they become more than just 'pirate chick', 'Dwarf','Elf','Slave' etc etc. The leveling system has been improved and while DA:O's was not complex, DA2 has made it much more simple and streamlined it slightly. The game is of below average length in terms of Bioware games but you can still get a good 15 to 20 hours out of it, and the best part is you never get in a moral stand point where one party is blatantly wrong or right, each character in those scenarios have good reasons for doing what they want/have to do but as a player deciding whom is right or wrong or what path to take there is still plenty of grey area.

DA2 is so good dude, I got a lot of enjoyment out of it and I think you will to seeing as how you loved the ending of ME3 (has nothing to do with DA2 but I assume that we have similar views due to most people not liking the ending were neckbeards who were just sad that their

Spoiler

fem shep died

) so yeah...GET IT, it's a good game.

 

[shrekfan246]

I like the idea of a smaller scale more personal adventure that takes place in a localized area over time, being able to guide and see how your decisions over the course of the game will effect not only your companions but the location as well.

Pity Dragon Age 2 did it horribly however. Good idea though, I'd love to see it done well.

You should check out the Shin Megami Tensei: Persona games.

OT: I felt that Varric, Isabella, Merril, and Aveline were all more interesting and 'real' than any other character Bioware has created in the past (in games that I've played, at least). Varric in particular had a few fun fourth-wall breaking moments because of how the entire narrative of the game is structured.

Combat is weightier and more involved than Origins, but it still gets repetitive once you're 20+ hours into the game, though the why of which I'll avoid because this is supposed to be positive. Might be different on the consoles though, I only ever played the PC version.

The second 'main story' arc is actually really good, though it could've been fleshed out further and probably turned into the central conflict of the game, considering that the third act mostly comes completely out of nowhere (though I know that the reason is because they wanted to set up the next game, and on that front the third act does do a decent job. I'm being positive).

I liked it, even though it has a lot of flaws.

 

[Ed130 The Vanguard]

I have a question.

I've got an old copy of it from back before Origin, does it need Origin installed now for it to run?

 

[Souplex]

I liked Varric and Avaline.
That is all.

 

[Andrew Drake]

Hawke was introduced by DA:II, and he is every bit as Badass as the Hero of Ferelden (The Gray Warden, the Black Wolf, Arl of Amaranthine, and all the other titles he racked up before jumping through a mirror to keep a eye on the "Old-God Child). Additionally DA:II seems to have lined up DA:III and if BioWare can just knock DA:III out of the park then we can say that Dragon Age Two was a important part of the series.

 

[Souplex]

Hawke was introduced by DA:II, and he is every bit as Badass as the Hero of Ferelden (The Gray Warden, the Black Wolf, Arl of Amaranthine, and all the other titles he racked up before jumping through a mirror to keep a eye on the "Old-God Child). Additionally DA:II seems to have lined up DA:III and if BioWare can just knock DA:III out of the park then we can say that Dragon Age Two was a important part of the series.

Hawke is nowhere near as cool as Waren Aeducan by virtue of being a stupid sounding human.
Hawke may have been tough by human standards, but Warden Aeducan is descended from the greatest line of warriors ever to live, trained in the techniques of the greatest warrior culture.

 

[Amethyst Wind]

It......didn't cost me anything since I never bought it?

I really found myself disappointed with its predecessor so I didn't bother.

 

[Bostur]

I really loved the art style of the loading screens. Does that count as something nice? ;-)

There is a lot of things I didn't like about DA2, but what broke the game for me completely was the gameplay. The way they mixed action and traditional tactical RPG features. In DA2 the player is supposed to manually dodge attacks, a feature that I find works poorly with a point and click interface. Especially when there are 4 characters to control. It would have worked better as a pure action game, or a pure tactical game.
I have a feeling some of the gameplay issues are caused by poor PC porting so your mileage may vary depending on choice of platform.

Other than that DA2 combined all the things I never liked about BioWare games and left out the things I did like. But it's a divisive game a lot of people seemed to enjoy it. It felt like a budget game in several ways but if you can find it on sale, it may certainly be worth a try.

 

[Autumnflame]

i quite enjoyed having varric, merril and isabella in my party. all 3 were my favourite characters

 

[Phlakes]

Yes because I'm one of the ten people in the world that liked it. It's not as good as Origins, but it's still a wonderful game, and if you can go into it with an open mind (which OP looks like he has) and knowing that it's a different experience, you'll probably enjoy it.

 

[5ilver]

Um, there's sex in it. Cash flow made a little more sense than in Origins. Clothes look slightly better. Anders is back!!!... but he now apparently likes men. And will ask if you feel the same way every chance he gets *shudder*