Dragon Age 2

[BY2K]

Anybody tried the demo? How more unoriginal do you think Bioware can get?

I never played the first one, but if it's the same, I don't get all the fuss behind it, then.

Nice hook up to buy the game at the end, too.
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[Flamzeron]

I enjoyed the demo. It plays like an action game with a MMO interface.
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[Taiyz]

It plays like Dynasty Warriors with British people.
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[Zacewing]

There's a demo!? MUST GET
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[Flamzeron]

[BY2K]

No, really it's "Press "A" to Win".
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[Batman]

Honestly, I prefer the combat in this one to the first one.

I haven't ever played Dynasty Warriors or whatever one is comparing it too, but I like what I saw in the demo.
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[Lunar Eclipse]

The combat is, like, exactly the same as the first one, the flourishes and lovely spell effects aside. Yes, you have to consistently press the X/A button in the demo, but you can also set it to work the old way too once the options menu is unlocked for the final version.

Still, the visual upgrade alone is definitely helpful, plus I very much prefer the skill panel layout in this one since it seems you can more easily circumvent spells and talents you don't want.

But ... I really hope they fix relationships in this. Morrigan and Leliana both insisted that we were in a relationship and forced me to go through a breakup sequence even though I never indicated I wanted to start a relationship. Or, well, I didn't pick any options that clearly started a relationship as far as I could tell. It was just like they were desperate clingy people who imagined we were going out and went psycho when I suggested otherwise.
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[BY2K]

Wait, DA2's graphics are an UPGRADE from DAO?

What the hell did you need to run Origins, a P4?
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[Lunar Eclipse]

Origins' graphics are pretty horrendous. The environments are drab, the textures are often bad, the armors are mostly palette and texture swaps that look ugly to begin with, the spells were just unforgivably atrocious, the characters have these awkward necklaces and big-collared clothes to conceal the shoddy manner in which the heads are attached to the body rigging, and it's just totally inconsistent with the published art. DA2 is worlds better if only because they actually took a step toward stylistic consistency.
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[BY2K]

The close shots in DA2's demo are still horrendous. Some textures are downright terrible.
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[Lunar Eclipse]

Considering I assume you saw Flemeth in the demo, you can compare her to her Origins form here.
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[Acosta]

Not sure why everyone has such a huge problem with the quicker combat. The game played mostly the same too me, with auto-attacking and movement slightly quicker, which I appreciated. The Rogue flips are over the top and the camera when using the Backstab ability is awful, but the new Mage animations are much improved.

People complain that it's not as tactical as the first one, just mash to win, but the demo is the first fights of the game on Normal. DA:O wasn't very tactical on Normal, heck it wasn't very tactical on any difficulty if you had no qualms about abusing broken spells/abilities.

[BY2K]