Poll: The Dragon Age 2 hate

[Lawlhat]

Yes AND no.

It wasn't the horrible pile of feces that some people made it out to be, but it wasn't exactly what I would call great either.

It was a step forwards, but about four backwards.

 

[Mausthemighty]

I just don't really consider a lack of nudity a valid criticism in a PC RPG, especially when it's put in the same sentence as "The story was too short". In fact a profuse focus on nudity is a reoccurring selling point in today's marketing.

Also there are texture mods for Dragon Age 2 on Nexus. Not all that many good ones, and not all that many equipment mods but they do exist. I still believe the only reason Origins had modding support was because Bioware was trying to appeal to the Baldur's Gate 2/Neverwinter Nights crowds which all had and still do have massive modding communities.

Nudity isn't that important to the story or gameplay or anything, I agree.

But I have to say it breaks the immersion for me when is see two lovers dry-humping each other with their plate-armour still on. But that's just my opinion.
I would like it if the devs would include an option in the menu where you can toggle nudity on or off, just like blood and gore or anti-aliasing for example.

 

[Carnagath]

I liked its faster combat and skill refinement. I hated the dungeon repetition and lack of travel, which make it obvious that it was a rushed game of limited scope. That is unlike Bioware.

As for the story, I loved it. The dialogue could have been better at times, but not too bad. But the story was really interesting. There was a lively, palpable web of conflicting politics and the stories of how pretty much every race, political and religious group in the game wanted to annihilate all others and was led by selfish, greedy people were indeed fascinating. It was much deeper than Origins's "shadow comes, gather people and fight it".

 

[Delsana]

It sucked.

I could not enjoy it at all... and I loved DA and was really excited and fought to defend it until it came out... and then they released a 10 dollar DLC without even an apology.

Also, I enjoyed DA:O a lot more, even if it was poorly balanced.

 

[otakon17]

Actually now that it's mentioned in general I enjoyed Alpha Protocol than DA2. Despite the flaws in AP, I played through it three times, compared to the one play-through of DA2. Still, I stand by my earlier posts.