DA2 is not a bad game, but as I mentioned, the two are so different they might as well not even be related. This means a lot of people that liked DA:O, did not like DA2 and those that hated DA:O, loved DA2.
My personal thought on DA2- it got everything right that DA:O got wrong, but it also got wrong everything that DA:O got right. The "sequel" is faster and much more action based. Combat loses all strategy and while the story works, it is far from great. Probably the most amazing aspect of DA2 is that you are actually forced into difficult decisions*. I also found DA2 to have much more replay value than DA:O, but that might just be me.
*Yes, you can say that DA:O, Mass Effect, and other such games provide you with choices, but many of those choices are very limited in their effects and generally you asked to choose between xp/gold or nothing. Being an "evil" character never really felt evil except you miss out on xp/gold and most the time, both routes were possible. Even the longterm choices in DA:O only led to maybe an extra CS or an army you probably didn't use anyway.
EDIT: I hate you all
, I'm now preparing for a month of Dragon Age. I'll need to pick up any decent sounding DLC this time too.
Edited, Sep 14th 2011 3:04pm by xypin