Dragon Age IIFollow

http://kotaku.com/5582305/dragon-age-2-seems-like-it-will-be-very-different

Which reminds me that I still haven't gotten Awakenings yet.

Yeah Awakening's was kind of a "cash in" DLC. If you can get it for cheap off steam or something its worth a few hours of play. I hope they take their time with this new one and make it epic again.

I think I'm liking the proposed changes to the game form, actually. As long as I can customize the main character's appearance, I'm set. The new dialogue format sounds appealing. My only reservation is the lack of multiple origin stories, but I'm anticipating that they'll include more ways for the storylines to diverge early in order to compensate for that loss.

Honestly, I don't see a huge difference between the art styles, so I don't know why that was being stressed. The graphics do look a bit better which is nice. But I actually love the style of that first concept art image, with the mage. I wish that was the aesthetic of the actual game!

My biggest hope for the new game is added variety in weapons/armor. Reskinned equipment is the biggest bummer about DA:O for me thusfar (I'm still working on finishing my first play-through...almost done).

This.

One thing I love about WoW is how stats scale almost exponentially as the game's life has gone on. It really gives you a sense of progress when, at max level, you're hitting for almost twelve times the amount of health you had when you first started with each attack.

I would like to see the game give you better and better loot as the game goes on to give you an actual sense of progression. It really adds to a game, I think.

EDIT: What was I on when I typed this? Fixed some typos and grammatical crap.

Edited, Jul 17th 2010 3:00am by IDrownFish

I really don't need to now, considering my roommate decided to buy it last night.

There are better armor sets than that, though. You can play through plenty of games without going all-out in your gear upgrades.

I'd use Wade's Superior Dragonbone Plate Armor set over Blood Dragon Armor. The stamina regen is too good to pass up, IMO.

Well, I don't think you can start out with the 38 STR needed to equip it, so the set became his eventual upgrade. It's not like you can throw that set on at level 1 and ride it out the entire game.

Blood Dragon Armor got nerfed incredibly hard a while back, so it's actually pretty terrible now. It's basically just a cool-looking set you'd wear if you power leveled up to 38 strength and haven't done the Dalish quests yet (the Juggernaut Armor set is far superior to it now, with the same str cost).

Only in the PC version. It's still the original set on the 360.

I finally found a store that had Dragon Age: Origins (other stores only had Awakening), and I'm now installing it.

Since you guys have been talking so much about the downloadable content to the game, how vital is it for a newbie to go out and get that stuff? Is it like Fallout 3 where it just added some extra missions and weaponry, or is it stuff that improves the existing game with patches and stuff? I don't want to fork over $200 or whatever the entire thing costs if it's just extra missions and shinier armor.

Personally, I was never compelled to get the DLC, and I never felt like I was missing out.

There is an obnoxious NPC at your camp who prompts you to buy the DLC if you try to begin his quest. Penny Arcade did a nice comic about him.

What the hell is that link supposed to be?