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So Much Juicy Looking Blood In Dragon Age 2

Dragons, armor, swords, and of course blood.

Oct. 26 2010

Posted by: Steve

In This Episode:

Dragon Age II

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Edited By ravensword

So long as they fixed the issues the first game had on consoles IE the 360s graphics and the PS3s performance issues.
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Edited By TheChaos

Something about the animations looks...off.

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I am getting SO pumped for this game. GET HYPE.

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Edited By owl_of_minerva

This will be even less of an RPG than its predecessor :\
Curse you, Bioware.

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Edited By korolev

Very action-hero-esque. BioWare is a great company, so I am looking forward to this. However, I am very slightly disappointed that it will probably be thematically very different to Dragon Age Origins. Don't get me wrong, I'm not afraid of new things, but I'm getting the vibe that it will.... how can I put this..... less Fantasy more Medieval Action Flick.  
 
Still expecting it to be awesome though. 

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Edited By bibledoctor

Gameplay still looks a tad bit off, but its not bad enough to damage my excitement. I cannot wait for DA2.

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Not only did you take the 'c' out of the cRPG, Bioware, but you excised the role playing as well. Complete fucking pass.
 
Once it comes out, let me know if I'm wrong. "1's" need not apply. The lowest common denominators that you are can be safely ignored.

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@mpgeist said:
" Im betting money this Hawke is either Morrigan's child or a direct descendant.  I'm sure I'm not the first person to think of that but just felt like saying it. "
You're dead wrong, this game takes place during and after Dragon Age: Origins.
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Edited By foggel

are you ready.. for SOMETHING AWESOME!??!?!

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That narrator is awesome.

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Edited By Phantom_Crash

Darkspawn are still not darkspawn in it. Every time i see it, it looks more stylized. Oh well, Wonder when we are going to see any info on TES5.

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@Lazyaza said:

" @Shaanyboi said:

" @floodiastus said:

" So is this an action-rpg not a turnbased rpg? Sure looks that way in the trailer. "
...umm... DA:O wasn't a turn-based RPG so.... I don't know what you're talking about"
Well it wasn't turn based in the traditional sense but considering most of the game couldn't be completed without using a pause, pick ability, cast, unpause, game mechanic I'd say it was.  It'd be a shame if the sequel loses that but eh not like tonnes of gameplay changes stopped ME2 from being awesome. "
You are wrong. I completed the game(75hours) with so few pauses. This is not Baldur's Gate where you have to pause 9/10 battles. In DA I was pausing 1/20...
 
 @oldschool2112 said:

" @Schuultz:  That was why I played DA1 for about 3 hrs and sent if off to my brother. Character advancement thru items and powers is key to any RPG. DA1 lacked 50% of the equation. Hope DA2 doesn't follow the MA2/DA1 route. "

No, that's not true. You are describing dungeon crawlers a.k.a. Diablo.
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@phrosnite said:
" @Verb4tim said:
" Love the fact that Isabela is fighting evil darkspawn with no pants on. "
Apparently she was in the first game in the Pearl... in Denerim. I don't remember her though... Also she is an easy romance apparently... "
Yeah i remember, you could convince her to join in a three/foursome with her in the original DA. Her character was pretty lusty so yeah talk about easy access.
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Edited By unchained

I'm so excited for this game.

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Edited By Bismarck

Meh i want my Grey Warden  dorf back :/

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Edited By m0nty

If DA2 does to DA:O what ME2 did to ME1 sign me up. It's obvious these games have been heading towards a more console skew. I don't have an issue with it. I buy them for the character development and well paced story. Free roaming RPGs don't give me that same heightened sense of adventure.

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Edited By empire_man

Those fights looked awfully anime-inspired. I hope you know what you're doing, Bioware.

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Edited By nvmfst

Looks sillier than the first game.

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Edited By MachoFantastico

Not a fan of what I've seen so far, looks like Bioware are designing with a console style in mind. Not such a bad thing, but I'm not a fan of what's been shown so far.

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it is difficult to believe this coming out so soon already.

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Edited By Althox
@Froed:  True, true. But they did it in such a way that the thought of that was put aside. There were always things in the way of that thought (I'm not saying that it never crossed my mind). As when you became a Grey Warden, you were expected to live up to the reputation of the wardens, and at the same time was deceived by the man who could save the people. So it's in a way, the same thing as in BG2, it's natural act of the character. But yeah, I got the "save the world"-feeling as you did. (still not a bad thing! :P)
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Edited By ImperiousRix

Alright, I think I'm on board now. 
Yes, this is looking a lot more like Mass Effect with swords, but that's personally what I want.

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Looking pretty epic.

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@Althox:   Okay, I'll admit I never actually played DA for myself, but I'll maintain that there is a major difference in how BG2 and DA dealt with major plotline hooks. In BG2, instead of saving the world, you're chasing after Irenicus for one or more reasons: 1. He's the Bad Guy!  2. Save Imoen! 3. Revenge! 4. To become all powerful! Now, regardless of character alignment or roleplay, these fit as motives. Moreover, instead of being knighted as a keeper of the realm (or galaxy, hurr Mass Effect), you manifest effects from being the child of an evil god. This gives your character a reason to be important in the world, but doesn't mandate your overarching actions. It occurs to me how closely DA and ME parallel in story and your only real influence in the plot is to choose whether you're a good hero or a really douchey one. 

 Anyhoo, the gut reason I shunned DA1 was the really blah art style and the painfully designed "DARKSPWAN". It looks like they're changing up the art style somewhat, which might get me to give it a closer look.
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Edited By penguindust

Definitely shooting for a stronger sense of action over story in their marketing this time.  As a huge fan of the PC version of this game, I am on a wait-and-see mode.  It's Bioware so I'll probably get it, but if the game goes too far into the ME2 action over the pause and tactics of the original game (DA: Origins) then I'll wait until it drops down to $40 or less.  Mass Effect 2 with a Dragon Age skin wrapped around it is the very thing I do notwant for the series.

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Edited By slyely

Well looks like the story is intact, I just hope they keep the strategic play on the pc version of the game; I really do not want to play a pure action driven dragon age.

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Edited By GT-Man

Looks bettter than the first
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get in my pants, Hawke.
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Ok Bioware, you got me again. 
 
I'm in.

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Bioware. 

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looks good. i cant wait to see gameplay videos.

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Feels to soon.

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graphics still suck

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Edited By XxRANGAxX

hope the damn textures are at least a little improved lol