fixed.

The events of DA2 take place over a ten-year time span. It begins during DAO's plot.

Don't jump to conclusions about the story.

So you're saying making choices in order to shape Hawke's story will make everyone's Hawke the same. I fail to understand that. I guess the Warden is also non-unique, considering the same thing applies to him/her.

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I got closure to my warden's story(s).

Well, I consider the DR to be part of my Warden's story, and I haven't seen what role the OGB plays, so I don't consider my Warden's story finished.

Does anyone think we'll get a cinematic trailer for DA2 sometime soon? Sacred Ashes sold DAO for me. (Yes, I based my purchase on a cinematic trailer. Call me a svcker, but it was just that awesome.)

A trailer is set to come out on August 17th. Probably will be cinematic, which I really don't like. I didn't care for the Sacred Ashes trailer at all (yes, I know I'm the only one), and I would prefer seeing in-game footage that actually gives me a better idea of what the game is like and how it really looks.

Out of curiosity, has a mod been made yet that removes the invisible walls from outdoor areas? Not sure if that's even possible but I just thought I'd ask. I plan on buying this for the PC and playing it again but having no invisible walls keeping me funneled in a specific area would sure feel great. Note that I don't want something like this so I can go wandering off into an endless void, I would just like to no longer be bumping into invisible walls while outside.

To my knowledge, something liked that has not been created.

They're not done with Origins, more DLC is scheduled and there might or not be some final Warden story.

I shall sigh now - done - and explain again: Hawke is just the set name (guess what rhymes with arden and also had one) and the only thing that will be the same for everyone otherwise is the race. You can choose your looks, your profession, your way of doing things, your way in dialogue, your party, your story. Yes, YOUR story. The myth around Hawke is manifested later with a general idea, but you play what really happens. You can do the same thing with the Warden who "united the dwarves under a new leader, brought us help from the Brecilian Forest and from the Tower of Mages, and who slew the mighty Archdemon nearly on their own". See? ^_^

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Wouldn't really be possible. The structure of levels is like a box with invisible walls inside another box with more beautiful surroundings that is then painted inside. You could remove the wall, but then you'd band your head against the wallpaper of the visible one. And your party running against a matte painting would not quite be right, either, eh?

RedViv, sorry but I'm not sure what you're alluding to. "Garden"? "Warden"?

On a side note, everyone assumes Morrigan's child would be like Cthulhu or a demon. As far as I can tell, the old gods were dragons, so the child would be a dragon/human hybrid. I'm guessing his or her appearance would be human until they choose to bring out the draconic aspect (during combat, for example).

Warden, of course. The Warden always had a set last name, but was mostly referred to as "Warden" after the Origins. This time around people just say "Hawke" all the time and not only in the beginning. That and being human are the only things separating Origins and DA2 from what the devs already stated multiple times - they don't use the same approach as the ME team.

1.04 patch has been released for the PC.

Edit: And apparently it just [censored]s up the game even more.

That's what a patch in every big game does, isn't it? :hehe:

Pretty much, then they just give up and leave you with a worse game than before, I dont think they ever patched fallout, I still had megaton people die/disappear usually walter I liked that guy.

Yeah, Beth is an especially bad offender. Three patches with real solutions, maximum - the rest fixed stuff broken in a previous minor patch and offered new capabilities for the DLC packs.
Players these days don't seem to care that much about it, or they'd be sure to protect their sales with better patch support. Luckily we have the unofficial patches on the PC.

Has this been posted? http://gameinformer.com/p/da2map.aspx.
http://blog.bioware.com/2010/07/20/biowares-official-dragon-age-ii-podcast/

I had a theory on Morrigan and Flemeth, but now I can't remember what it was. :mellow:

I cannot get into playing a mage. I wanna get to the point where I can become a battle mage but I can never get that far without getting bored.

Really? I have to talk myself out of playing yet another mage, usually. I find the class a LOT of fun.

My current character is a female noble/knight. I'm kind of at a dangerous point in playing "Dragon Age" -- the point when you've heard the dialogues and cutscenes enough to have them memorized. I guess it's almost time to buy "Awakenings" in order to have new plots (also I've sent for the Guild Wars trilogy, though I'm trying not to get my hopes up too high).

If I were you, I'd take a break from the game for a few months.

This is what I had to do. I started skipping the cut-scenes cause I had seen them all 2-3 times. When I play a game of this caliber I cannot be skipping half the story.

I just got Awakening. It just feels strange. First of all, I don't doubt I am bound to run into mod conflicts. Had to start all over because of one. Second, why does it feel so rushed? I get 30 seconds of story, and then it's all combat. Dialogue feels short and rushed. I meet Oghren, and I barely say anything to him.

I am really disappointed so far. I hope it gets better.

Because it was? Pretty much at the root of Awakening's problems, and it shows especially in both the beginning and end, which are the weakest points. Everything in between the first and last dungeon is better.

Just be glad you waited for a price drop.