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I really enjoyed Dragon Age II, although there are some legitimate problems that most everyone has already brought up. The lack of variety and reusing of environments bugged me at the time. I absolutely get why that happens from a budget/time perspective. Even though the Mass Effect series had similar issues (particularly in 1) it never bothered me like it did with DA2. That said, I really liked the stories. Focusing on one character instead of having to accommodate a wide range of possible choices was a good decision. I enjoyed watching a city change over time. It made me feel part of an environment. And the DLC was really good.

My wife has recently gone back to playing DA1, and it's clear through watching her play that DA2 improves a lot in between installments. There's a lot of padding in that game a few design choices in regards to inventory/UI that just plain bug me. To be fair, I'm not one for the tactical aspect of the series. I like to hit things and use my skills but not control my followers, so take my thoughts on combat with that in mind. DA2 played more to the type of game I wanted and enjoyed than DA1, and I'm looking forward to see what happens next with Inquisition.

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I haven't made the jump to a current gen system so I was thinking about getting this for 360. The Quick Look didn't leave me with the burning need to follow that up immediately, though. Maybe when I pick up a new console? Sounds like a lot of games are getting pushed to 2015.

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#3  Edited By Spek

Horrible situation. Hope things work out for the people let go.

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@NTM: I may have said this wrong. I had nothing against the performance of the voice actor for Issac, it was more having the role voiced in the first place that caused a disconnect. It's a personal preference thing, but if a character is introduced to me in the silent protagonist mold my preference is that they stay that way. In DS1, having Issac silent really reinforced how alone he was and made me focus on the other sounds and sights in the environment. The goal of a solid horror game (although you can argue that's the same with any genre) is to put me in the action, and I really felt that. There was a distance in DS2. I still love the game, but it didn't have the same sense that the original had. The speaking Issac could never have matched my version of the non-speaking Issac. Is this a deal-breaker? Not at all. I'm looking forward to the third installment. The second just didn't give me the same feeling that the first one did. Most sequels don't or can't.

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What hooked me most about the first Dead Space was the sense of dread that accumulated for me as I progressed through the story. It just goes from bad to worse for Issac and about two-thirds of the way through I had the thought that if I was in this situation (if I even survived that long) I would just kill myself. The world was so well realized that I could imagine myself there and how mentally exhausting it would be waiting for the attacks to come. The second one, as everyone else has said, doesn't have that same feel about it. I didn't feel the dread. I felt powerful. Maybe it's having him voiced that does it. I don't mind cursing, but there's something about the way he always curses when he's shocked that bugged me about DS2's Issac. It wasn't used well. That said, DS2 had some pretty awesome set piece moments that they just did not have the tech or the time for in the first.

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I smoked for 10 years and then gave it up 3 years ago after trying to quit cold turkey several times. I went to talk to my doctor and he recommended a drug called Champix. Not sure if it's still used or is available in your area (I'm Canadian). Out of all the smoking cessation drugs out there, my doctor would only recommend Champix because he described it as a 'clean drug', a drug that was built to help people to quit smoking instead of drugs like Wellbutrin which were created to help with depression and had the side-effect of helping people kick cigarettes.

Champix worked for me, but I know other people who it hasn't worked for. It gave me incredibly vivid dreams and that was what eventually made me stop taking the drug a couple weeks in, but after that I had enough of a push to go the rest of the distance. I still think about cigarettes occasionally, but not the way I used to. A few times a year if that, I think. A lot of the other advice given here is also pretty good. Getting away from people who smoke or places where you might be tempted to smoke. Drinking lots of water. Picking some other activity up. Just my two cents.

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