It's weird, I SHOULD care about Dragon Age II, but I don't. I love most RPG's and solid action games, I like the dialogue wheel stuff in Bio games, and cutting limbs off is always welcome. But still, I don't seem to care about the Dragon Age franchise all that much, it's too dark fantasy, unoriginal, and it takes itself too seriously. FYI, this thread is supposed to be like the unpopular opinions thread, but solely devoted to reasons why you don't like Dragon Age.
I was turned off by the original game's difficulty on PC. I've wanted to go back and play it, but there were certain aspects of it that didn't appeal that much to me. Although, in all fairness: If GiantBomb ever found a way to bring Bioware PC achievements to their site, I probably would dive back into it sooner. :P
It's was a bit too generic for me. I like medieval fantasy, but nothing really stood out for me that separated itself from the masses. Granted, you might bring up those same complaints to Mass Effect as a generic Sci-Fi story, but I felt that universe was far more diverse. Personal taste I guess. Even though some aspects don't appeal to me, I still want to at least finish the first one.
Honestly, I've not been able to complete either of the Mass Effects and, I haven't even thought of buying a DA game. I dunno, they seem like my sorts of games but Mass Effect just seems so damn sterile and lifeless, which is odd given all the work put into the main characters. Maybe its the lack of free will outside of dialog. Maybe its the lack luster combat. I dunno, but the games seem like exceedingly shallow experiences (outside of the main story/characters.) Maybe if they were a bit more linear I wouldn't judge it so harshly but I also probably wouldn't own them either... Dragon Age just never struck me as anything awe inspiring, but that could be because dark fantasy has been done to death over the last few decades of video entertainment.
I don't really care much about the game at the moment since I have yet to play the first one, though once I've got through that I'm sure I'll move on to the second (especially since they've introduced some Mass Effect 2 elements)
" @TomA: if you havent played it then how the fuck do you know what it is. you are a charlie sheen wannabe and a michael jackson imprisonator and the terminator "formter greggen sbelg"
Did you intend to dive into Klingon mid-sentence? :P
As for OP not providing enough for reasons for not liking the franchise:
...it's too dark fantasy, unoriginal, and it takes itself too seriously.
That's not a bad opinion. Seems quite personal, perhaps a better use of forum space would be a more elaborate written blog delving into the exact nitty-gritty reasons. Stating that he doesn't enjoy the game for personal practical reasons, doesn't necessarily equate "controversy". Trying to make a thread about personal nit-picks regarding a franchise, when said franchise is getting a highly publicized sequel: Kinda not pushing the envelope enough for much of anything, outside of a few agreements and people making fun about "not caring" (That graphic is priceless). Oh, and people taking pitchforks and setting the thread on fire. Or something.
It's an attention grabber, you shouldn't take it too seriously.
I could care less about what the OP thinks about Dragon Age II.
Look I get that not everyone likes a game, thats perfectly fine. But we don't need threads just devoted to saying "I don't like this game" nor do we need ones for "I like this game". These threads don't promote discussion about the game, its just about trying to validate your opinion.
Also, I'm rather excited for this game as a buy when I forget about it and 2 years later I need a game to play, I'll hit up gamestracker, and get both Dragon Ages.
Dragons, check, elves, check, medieval setting, check. Point out my ignorance to me? "
You could make broad generalizations about any game, ever. Call of duty? Guns, check. Soldiers, check. Faux-real world situations? check. Starcraft? dumb aliens, check. Superior aliens, check. Spaceships, check. wtf is your point?
" You could make broad generalizations about any game, ever. Call of duty? Guns, check. Soldiers, check. Faux-real world situations? check. Starcraft? dumb aliens, check. Superior aliens, check. Spaceships, check. wtf is your point? "
My point is that setting is overdone as fuck, & I am yet to play, watch or read anything drawing so heavily off Tolkien that I can say was good. Hence I'm going to go ahead & assume anything in that setting will rub me the wrong way.
" You could make broad generalizations about any game, ever. Call of duty? Guns, check. Soldiers, check. Faux-real world situations? check. Starcraft? dumb aliens, check. Superior aliens, check. Spaceships, check. wtf is your point? "
My point is that setting is overdone as fuck, & I am yet to play, watch or read anything drawing so heavily off Tolkien that I can say was good. Hence I'm going to go ahead & assume anything in that setting will rub me the wrong way. "
Pretty much every game setting nowadays is overdone as fuck, so I guess it's just a matter of what bothers you the most. And actually, I think that high fantasy is actually underrepresented in games, there's far more sci-fi or realistic games out there.
" You could make broad generalizations about any game, ever. Call of duty? Guns, check. Soldiers, check. Faux-real world situations? check. Starcraft? dumb aliens, check. Superior aliens, check. Spaceships, check. wtf is your point? "
My point is that setting is overdone as fuck, & I am yet to play, watch or read anything drawing so heavily off Tolkien that I can say was good. Hence I'm going to go ahead & assume anything in that setting will rub me the wrong way. "
Pretty much every game setting nowadays is overdone as fuck, so I guess it's just a matter of what bothers you the most. And actually, I think that high fantasy is actually underrepresented in games, there's far more sci-fi or realistic games out there. "
But even then, I see where he's coming from. You can say Gears of War, Halo and Bioshock are all sci-fi but they're vastly different in many ways, from tone to aesthetics and so on, whereas many, many forms of fantasy media stick to the Tolkein stuff like glue. My point is totally invalidated as I hate 99% of fantasy stuff but I can't help but hear about a new fantasy game, be it Dragon Age or Elder Scrolls and in my head, immediately pin down nearly every aspect of the story, characters, story tropes etc. I can't do that nearly as well with any other genre.
" Pretty much every game setting nowadays is overdone as fuck, so I guess it's just a matter of what bothers you the most. And actually, I think that high fantasy is actually underrepresented in games, there's far more sci-fi or realistic games out there. "
Now I'm not exactly familiar with the entire library of games in existence, but it really does feel like the bulk of them are high fantasy. Games that are commercial successes AND Tolkien, well, that's another story.
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