Yes it's worth it and if you can, try to find the Ultimate Edition. It may cost a bit more then the regular copy but it gives you access to the DLC without having to waste extra resources.

Thank you, you reminded me of why I traded it in

I didn't hate DA:O; I'm being generous to it by not complaining about the character making system. I held my tongue because it's in-depth compared to DA2. Still, Dragon Age is one of the reasons I decided to play through the BG trilogy, so it couldn't have been that bad. The problem with that is that now I can see its flaws (same thing happened with Fallout).

DA2 is a whole different thing altogether. And no, I don't intend to play it as any point in the future.

Actually, even into my third play through, I was getting some different dialogue options, based on my character doing different things. DAO had character dialogue - a lot of it, the VO script alone must;ve been enormous. DA2, they reduced it, and thus flattened the characters, so that you aren't actually that interested in them. I've had my female hawk bed Fenris - who was an emo jerk, and then Anders... who is annoying as well. And it;s all just a shrug - there's no charm in the dialogue, no depth, very very limited humor. The one character they gave some depth to is Varric - and he has been in my party the entire game. Partly because he's the only character I like (and I like him better than Hawke) and partly because Bianca is badass.

A lot of love, care and detail went into the writing of most of the characters and their stories and their dialogue - even Shale was awesome, with less dialogue than the others . And thought the story was traditional fantasy stuff -as are most fantasy games (including Bethesda games, including BG... ) it was still nicely done. DA2... not much love went into the characters. :shrug:

Has anyone played the cash grab of Dragon age Legends?

So I played DA:O and loved it. Finished at 60 hours. I played the demo for DA2 and enjoyed it but I'm really worried about what I saw as far as the characters are concerned. Also very disheartening that I have to play as Hawke?

So really my question is..should I get this game? I love great stories, legendary loot, epic journies, and 50+ hour playthroughs. Am I going to find any of that in DA2?

I'd wait for it to drop in price. I got it at full price and I don't regret it but it's not nearly as interesting as DA:O. Plus the worst thing is they reuse lairs a lot.

If you're a rabid fan, get it. More of a spin off than a true sequel in IMO. I like them both, but don't find DA2 as compelling.

If you're patient and playing other titles, I'd just wait. There's likely gonna be a boatload of DLC and you'll save $ waiting for the "complete" edition.

I guess you could plug my last comment into any newly released game, lol.

I just started Two Worlds 2, so I'll wait for the complete/ultimate edition like you suggested. I kind of just stumbled upon DA:O because I was craving an rpg and I saw it cheap at gamestop. 60 hours later I was glad I stumbled upon it haha! So I've been curious about DA2 but I've seen so much negativity towards it and how BioWare has basically become victim of EA. Sad stuff indeed.

Flemmeth on casul kicked my as inn 30 seconds once, mainly becuase I spawn then get hit b a fireball, then breathed fire. Knocking out Wynne m healer, leliana my archer, alister died seconds later leaving my rogue (DW) to fight alone, went well till I got picked up and chewed and died... Need more constituation, allthough I love my high dex makes me hard to hit, its at 55 now.

Yes Awakening is worth it. $50 dollars for Origins and Awakening is a steal. I paid $60 for Origns and $30 for Awakening, so $50 for both is a great deal. The horrible reviews for it compare it to the main game which is a silly thing to do since this is a expansion and is ment to extend the story which it does pretty well. The main thing with it seems to be the lack of interesting party members from Origins. The world from Origins is imported to DA2, the choices you make show up in the game. For example if you .

Wait for a patch to come out and the price of the game to come down. It's not a bad game but Bioware did rush it, It pales in comparasion to what Origins was, and there's a bunch of bugs in the game. Some aren't that bad but others can be a problem like the one with Isabella that lowers your attack speed. Also the console doesn't have auto attack yet so if you like mashing the A button it's not bad but it gets old after a while. I finished DA2 in 36 hours and I did pretty much everything. I could've probably added 2 to 3 hours in Act 3 but I wanted to finish the story.

Just finished a playthrough of DA2, im quite dissapointed with it, It has its perks in parts, but it felt like a chore, lacks the feel and scale of the first game.
It reminds me of one of those films, where you will wait it out just hopeing that it will get better.

I think that's the best description of the game I've heard so far :thumbsup:
Especially those pointless sidequests that you turn in to random anonymous NPC's you've never seen before...

That's how i would describe Origins nowadays :hehe: I did play it for over 500 hours though :blush:

Funny, I would have said the exact same thing about Origins. :thumbsup:

So I just beat it early this morning. I am, intrigued. Very foreshadowing.

Also:

Is it really? On PC you just click or hit Tab to choose who to attack then Hawke handles the rest for you, with youa ctivating abilities when you need to. Still, I hear many are saying that the combat is more engaging on console, you need to get involved in it rather than sit back and watch it all happen, i can see where both sides are coming from but I'm going to have to side with the former.

On an entirely different note, I'm getting a bit tired of seeing "EA is responsible for everything I don't like". It's simply not true, BioWare knows what they are doing, or rather what they want to do, they are responsible for these decisions wether you like it or not, demonizing EA to make BioWare seem like the innocent underdog serves no purpose beyond lying to yourself.

It's exactly like the Activision vs. Blizzard issue, there is no Activision vs. Blizzard, they are the same company. You can't separate them and blame AV for all the bad decisions and praise Blizzard for all the good ones, they are one and the same.

Bioware accidentally left out auto-attack on the console versions. There was a miscommunication: The devs said the files were there when they weren't. They didn't discovered this after production of the discs had already started.

I'm 82 hrs in on my first playthrough (in Act 2 on Nightmare) and I'm still very much enjoying it, but one gripe I have is that I think the smaller fetch quests were executed poorly.

What happens is you find some random object in a treasure chest and suddenly a quest "Dwarven Tapestry" is automatically added to your journal "Hmm, this tapestry seems like something a dwarf would like, etc."

You collect a bunch of these as you go about completing various side quests and when you visit Lowtown for example, one of the numerous quest markers ends up being some dwarf looking for a tapestry, and by the time you find the guy, you don't even remember the original object.

So when you click on some random NPC, you receive some silver and the guy says "Thank you, I thought this was lost forever!" That's only time you read about these quests, retroactively to find out what the heck he paid you for.

Would it have been that much more difficult for the dev team to at least have you find the dwarf first in the city and have him tell you to look out for his lost tapestry, etc.? It would feel like a real fetch quest.

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Okay, so I got DA2 and it came with the Black Emporium dlc, but I have no idea how to install it? A little help here, please?

If you have Steam, you have to copy the CD key for the bonus item (click on copy to clipboard on the CD key dialogue box that starts when the game launches),

then go to social.bioware.com and log in,

click on Profile -> redeem Promo Code

once you enter it you should be on a screen with a bunch of items, if not, go to Your Registered Game Content,

Scroll down to Black Emporium -> More Info - PC (if you are on PC) and that will be the link to download and install the Black Emporium

Then in game there will be a location on the Kirkwall map called " The Black Emporium"

Console has no auto attack.

I have no issue with the EA blame, EA is bad, BW made good games, then EA took over, now bad. " and 2 together and EA is the problem.

BW isnt immune, they made terrible choices, nodoubt but EA makes things worse by rushing to get money.

Thanks, I got as far as using my promo code, but didn't get sent to the download prompt. Got it now. I really wish they would make it simpler, like Bethesda does.

So, I'm noticing that, on top of being as boring as the last time, combat is pretty unbalanced. I get destroyed in fights using sword&board that I easily clear with a two-hander. Or maybe I'm just doing it wrong. Any tips for a shield user?