Seen it happen too many times to disregard it. And of course extremists, not to mention fanatics on both sides svck.



30 hours a playtrough for me, a bit shorter than i'd like but not short enough to make a point of it.

I got 70 hours of gameplay from one playthrough in DA2, and I got 240 in total from two playthroughs.

Seems decent to me.

Ultimate edition might take a year. $29.99-$39.99 can happen anytime.

In my case, my first playthrough has lasted a really long time (110 hrs so far at beginning of Act 3) in large part due to the fact that I keep dying. DA2 Nightmare is certainly more challenging than DAO Nightmare.

Since starting the game, I have developed better strategies for staying alive through tough battles, but it took quite a long time to get through the demo area and then Act 1. The upgraded version of Assassinate certainly helps with reducing the duration of boss fights when they are properly debuffed and brittled by my mages.

Personally, I like this sort of micromanaging gameplay and I still play this way, pausing constantly and directly controlling every party member. I have seen Nightmare mode YouTube tutorials, however, where some players set up well-planned tactics and only control Hawke, without pausing, even on the most difficult boss fights.

I would like to see those tactics set up and "difficult boss fights".

And a very stupid one if you ask me. Goin against the stream just to be cool, or rather uncool, is ridiculous. It is childish, nothing more.

That attitude is true for this game. The game wasn't as good as the first which is why people hate it. What is ridiculous is the people who hate it but never played it, taking the opinions of their friends as their own. My cousin said "DA2 svcks, I heard its linear, has choppy animations, etc." I then say, "Play it before judging." He then replies by saying, "I don't need to, I've got half my friends list for that." This ticked me off. I then said, "Do you share a brain with those people? Seriously, go play the game and formulate your own opinion." He then said, "I'll stick to my free roamers thank you." Ow did I ever want to hit him for saying those things. He sounded so much like a fan boy.

That is subjective, you know. I have enjoyed DA2 just as much as I have enjoyed DA:O. I guess people don't like it because its story is much more "local", so to speak, than the story from the first one. I don't see that as a bad thing though.

This might baffle you, but people can form opinions of things in advance. I know I've been told to just try it so many times, I know I'm not going to like it. 95% of the time I don't like it, big shock being me I learn what I do and don't like. The 4% of the time I enjoy it, but usually just for the once off session never to be played again, and the 1% chance I do go out of my way to apologies for not liking it and go and enjoy it. It's all relative to how well they know their own tastes though. Simply saying everyone who has that opinion is wrong is stupid. Also yes ironically he does on some level share some of the same brain patterns they do since he is their friend.

It's real. They just posted it on their Facebook page.
http://www.facebook.com/masseffect

I enjoyed DA2 a bit more also because of the combat. The characters and story is way better in Origins, I've spent countless hours talking to party members. I wished DA2 had the same character depth as DAO. There were some interesting characters in DA2 that I wished I could've have to talked to in as much detail as DAO. These characters are: Varric, Merrill, Isabella, Anders, and Fenris. A lot of people hate DA2 because of things like not being able to customize your party's armor which makes sense to me since in real life your not going to change your clothes because your friend tells you too. The fact that the game is more linear than the first one is also a big turn off. Overall I kind of like DA2 better and I don't understand all this hate it is getting, in my opinion it is a great game and should be played by all who loved the first.

Ahh, I see I forgot to mention that 95% people on his friend list do not know him in real life.

Doesn't matter, they still gravitate to similar things. Not just anyone can be a friend, even an internet one. Though I'll admit the argument is weaker that they are internet friends. Still no doubt his friend sin real life have informed him.

I'm not quite sure that's true. From my experience, they're equally linear.

it works - I redeemed my code and got a free ME2 download.

It's already $ 10 cheaper than full price on Amazon. I'm still going to buy DA 2, but I've been thinking lately of waiting until it hits the 30s in price.

It does matter, since the only real thing he has in common with them is that they both own PS3s and he rarely talks to them. Its basically the same as me asking some random guy on the street if the game is good. His real life friends except me and 2 others all have different gaming interests with him and he would never ask them about video games.


Yeah I guess your right, but DAO is bigger so there is more places to explore.

Not the same at all, completely different. But I don't have any more time or interest for this.

Which is what I said:

The reason why I really don't see that as a bad thing is because the "detailness" they've achieved with Kirkwall and its inside stories and society is remarkable (imho). During the entire game I really had no desire to leave the city and go somewhere else to explore because what went on in the city was really interesting to me.

I gotta agree with this. Outside of wanting something to happen with sebastien and starkhaven I didn't really feel much of a desire to go exploring outside of Kirkwall. The City was very well done.

I mean, people complaining the game being shorter than Origins,

Me on the other hand, was thinking there is some where new after Act1; and disappointed.

Most Bioware rpg games seems linear to me , well, in term of exploration

Anyway, who would I be if I didn't have http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/7996/encb.jpg for you guys/gals.

Best one yet. ^_^

Also, I got my copy of Mass Effect 2 for PC. Sweet! Saves me from having to buy a copy later.