More hack and slash? It's caught my attention now. 

Demo was great, glad I pre-ordered the signature edition. DA2 is definitely a step in the right direction, the attacks look fluid and cool. Though I do kinda wish they had more meat into the attacks, maybe that will change as I level-up but we'll see. 
 
Personally I would like it if there were combos, but since this is trying to be a traditional RPG instead you can only do combinations of spells and abilities. 
 
Also Isabella's breasts are huge (22 yrs old but still so easy to satisfy), it still confuses me for characters to look so dramatically different however. 

I haven't gotten to try it yet.  I'm too busy downloading extras from the Killzone 3 Helghast Edition.
 
Also,
 
@Raven_Sword said:

"While for the life of me I cant find the button used to block"

" @Spoonman671: Nope. Square (or X) dosent block. So unless im missing something. "

There is no block button, it isn't quite a full action game in the same sense that ME2 isn't a full FPS game.  
 
As a result, there are some typical gameplay features in both genres that this hybrid game doesn't have.

" @Spoonman671: game controls like it would have a block button. weird. "

I must say that I am quite satisfied with the changes they made. My main issues with the combat system in Origins were that... 
 

1. When you put the Radial Wheel on Toggle Open/Close it would jump back to game every time you entered a command. Fixed.
2. How the fixed camera view made it severely hard aiming area spells and targeting a single enemy out of a group.FIxed.
3. How you instantaneously restore mana through potions but had no such option for restoring stamina. Fixed.
4. I felt that the Redial Wheel took just too much screen space and I am very happy on how they solved it. 

Jesus, did we need another one of these? Couldn't you just post in one of the dozen other threads with the same name?

If you don't mind me posting impressions of the pc demo, i'm using DX11 settings, graphics looks like ps2 level polygons and the textures are worst than the last game or more blurry. Everything has been casualized, it's not even a difficult game. Characters are generic and boring compared to the last game and the combat is well, too casual. I still like dragon age orgins better from what i've played. That's my impression of the game, i'll probally buy it on sale, not in a hurry anymore.

Man, I don't know if I like this game (and I put 100 some hours in DA:O). 

Dude that game is awesome!!
Coming from someone that didn't use an archer in any of his FOUR playthroughs of DA:O, Archers are badass in this game. I think I might play an archer my whole first playthrough

" If you don't mind me posting impressions of the pc demo, i'm using DX11 settings, graphics looks like ps2 level polygons and the textures are worst than the last game or more blurry. Everything has been casualized, it's not even a difficult game. Characters are generic and boring compared to the last game and the combat is well, too casual. I still like dragon age orgins better from what i've played. That's my impression of the game, i'll probally buy it on sale, not in a hurry anymore. "

The combat will take some getting used to as will lots of other things, however i was very over joyed to see the character customization and that i wouldn't have to play with that dumb default as a lot made me to believe, THAT alone made me happy. Still have to get used to the gameplay.....its different and not really my style but it may grow on me.

so now we wait for DA3 where they make it DMC combat with pop-ups and hypercombos.

From What I played, I really enjoyed it. But I can't really afford it.

" so now we wait for DA3 where they make it DMC combat with pop-ups and hypercombos. "

I'm very curious about this. Downloading now.
 
Although I respect the first game, there was no way I was going to play it. If you are on the PC and feel it has been too dumbed down, I get where your coming from, but for consoles at least I think what they are doing is smart.

" @niamahai said:

" so now we wait for DA3 where they make it DMC combat with pop-ups and hypercombos. "

you did actually play the demo did you? "

" @kingzetta said:

" @niamahai said:

" so now we wait for DA3 where they make it DMC combat with pop-ups and hypercombos. "

you did actually play the demo did you? "

i did and i really enjoy it. It would've been sooo awesome if they could make the combat EVEN MORE action-y.  the Pirates game that Disney was making had ex-Bioware dudes involved and all the previews said the combat was akin to DMC.so  I hope the next iteration for DA will  be balls out crazy different like the jump from ME>ME2.  "

" I'm very curious about this. Downloading now.  Although I respect the first game, there was no way I was going to play it. If you are on the PC and feel it has been too dumbed down, I get where your coming from, but for consoles at least I think what they are doing is smart. "

After playing the PC demo I was wondering why some people called it hack n slash since combat didn't seem that different from origins. Then I downloaded the console version and realized that there's no auto attack on console! You really do have to spam the attack button! I sure hope there will be an option to change that...

" After playing the PC demo I was wondering why some people called it hack n slash since combat didn't seem that different from origins. Then I downloaded the console version and realized that there's no auto attack on console! You really do have to spam the attack button! I sure hope there will be an option to change that... "

I'm not any kind of a fan of the pseudo-hack-and-slash kind of gameplay they've got going on in this demo, and as such I have a feeling this won't be the must-buy that I was counting on it being. It's certainly not a day-one purchase based upon the demo. I may just have to go out and get Bulletstorm instead. 
 
The narrative presented in the half-hour or so scenario that was playable wasn't at all compelling -- hero's village is destroyed, he meets some unlikely companions while fleeing, and inevitably will become the one to save everything. It's all very cut and dry in that sense. The only character with a hint of charisma was the female rogue-esque archetype offered in the second scenario.  
 
Overall, it was a disappointing experience. I might get around to playing the PC demo if I ever feel the urge to boot my iMac into Windows. Considering that the game is launching for PC and Mac simultaneously, I really feel like I shouldn't have to though.

" @kingzetta: I'll take your word for it, but I don't remember seeing it in the options menus. "

Ok, yeah, not impressed.
 
First off, I'm not one to dwell on graphics but they do play a role in a game's quailty, so let's just say that... they aren't great. And on more than 'how pretty does this screen shot look". Transitions in to, out of and even during cutscenes are rough. Really rough.
 
As for gameplay, there's not much there. Of course the RPG aspects are going to be deeper than what the demo surfaces, but I can't consider that if I'm going off the demo. Combat is just boring. Lots of mashing, nothing here that demanded much more. It felt like a bad action game. Maybe the mechanics will get more interesting as game opens up and they evolve, but what they offered was not fun. At all. I never needed any strategy more complex than attack a lot, and maybe run away when my health gets low. They probably didn't want to put anything intimidating in a demo, but it ends up being boring because of that.
 
And the narrative. I didn't find it interesting. They can't really show much, so no way to judge the rest of the game's. Not much more to say about that.
 
Overall, very underwhelming, doubt I will buy it, though I won't be surprised if the full game is much better.

Warning. Do not roll Hawke and stare into her soul piercing eyes. It wil compel you to buy multiple versions of DA2.    

" If you don't mind me posting impressions of the pc demo, i'm using DX11 settings, graphics looks like ps2 level polygons and the textures are worst than the last game or more blurry. Everything has been casualized, it's not even a difficult game. Characters are generic and boring compared to the last game and the combat is well, too casual. I still like dragon age orgins better from what i've played. That's my impression of the game, i'll probally buy it on sale, not in a hurry anymore. "

Absolutely loved it and I'm glad I pre-ordered the Signature edition. The combat combines hack-n-slash into the original mixture very well on the console, making it feel like you're actually doing something at every step of the battle while still having fine-tuned control over yourself and your party. It's a shame they locked down the settings like that, but I noticed in some recent videos that they moved things around in the settings for the retail game (e.g. the talent trees are flip-through in retail) so maybe that's one of the reasons.
 
I'm really looking forward to playing the retail version of this game come release date here in the EU.

March 11th better hurry the fuck up! I want my signature edition now!

I'm liking the combat the more i play it. The mage is awsome, but i'm unimpressed with the rouge so far which is a shame because i wanted to play as one. The cobats a little too mashy, i'd be fine pressing A, it needs to be just slow down animation wise so i'm not just rapidly tapping it.  it should be morel ike a rhythm and it would be great.  If bringing up the radial menu does not stutter the game like the demo shows than thats great too. There are times where i feel extremly disconecte from things my swings just chip away at the enemies so im hitting them like 20 times before they go down. Other times the combat is like "whoa ten guys just got smoked by one move." I think they could have left the combat it was just fine tune it more. I don't have to press A over and over, there is no real reason for it. The main problem i had in origins was how you aproached an enemy, if they just fixed that, it would be fine.
If this is the begining of the game than i feel like it is a little too fast paced. There is hardly any build up. You just see Hawke fighing dudes, i expected to see shit go down at Lothering. The way they do the abilitease however is pretty awesome.  
If I find a signature edtion I'll definatly buy it. I really wanted to S rank origins as well. I still have 2 awakening playthroughs and 2 Origins playthroughs to do, and Golems of Amgorak, and witch hunt, I doubt i'll have time to do those.

" @Slaker117 said:

" I'm very curious about this. Downloading now.  Although I respect the first game, there was no way I was going to play it. If you are on the PC and feel it has been too dumbed down, I get where your coming from, but for consoles at least I think what they are doing is smart. "

DA2 clearly was a game made for consoles then ported to the PC.  so.. suck it PC centric players!  "

To those worried about the hack-n-slash nature, you'll probably find in the retail game that action-style RPG elements will take a backseat when you ramp up the difficulty to Hard or Insane. Hack-n-slash is more of a feature, judging by some of the newer videos from the developers, which is there to make positioning less of a hassle than it was in the first game.