Volourn

BIO loves RPgs but they don't make RPgs just for Monte Carolo (oer Volourn). In essence, youa re mad, because you aren't #1 on their list of 'who to please'. They have to make RPGs for lots of people not just a loud handful.

"I used "botched" in reference to how much the game differs from DA:O and Awakening" But, it is the ame. It doesn't really differ at all. the game play changes ar eminor, and the story continuation despite the character of character is large. everything that happens in DA2 can only happen b/c a0 what happened in DA1 or b) DA lore. Argue that the game sucks or whatever but to say it's not a true sequel is silly. "DA:O did the same thing with random encounters. You would run into a different encounter all the time while traveling, but it was always in the same field." In fairness to DA1, that wasn't a big deal since it was just random encounters anyways. Plus, if youw er enear mountains, you'd have mountainous areas. DA2 overkills the repetive areas. Way too much. HUGE turnoff for sure.

There's corner cutting in every game. *shrug* I played DA1 for a bit on PC. It was an overrated experience comapred to the 360. No need to punish myself with a repeat performance with DA2.

"Sold around the 800k to 1M mark, by best estimates." No.

"Surely Volo, you must except that on PC to break the camera so much is a bit of a thumb in the eye, it's the one feature which has consistantly made me a very angry man, as it is my firm belief that DA:O has one of the best camera implementation of a 3d rpg ever." I don't have to accept anything of the sort. I don't care about the PC version. Gots the same camera in DA2 as I did in DA1. Anyways, the gameplay is basically the same as it was in DA1. The combat is really ahrd though. I can't see how anyone would bother with nightmare. I'm playing on hard,a nd there are times I feel like knocking it down to normal. DA2 on ahrd is probably the hardest game I've ever played. There's nothing botched or 'rushed job' about this. As for endings, like DA1 there's technically 1 ending (you beat the main baddie) but there are differences in how the actual ending works out. Not as many as DA1 though I've heard. DA2 is BIO's most tatical game ever, and you mostly have to earn your battle victories.

Nah. been there. Done that. I want to watch the movie in peace not with not morons nor do I want my hearingd estroyed with things going fullblast. Unless the theatre experience has changed in the last 10 years or so (that's when I think I went for the lastime); I'll survive without. the only weakness from not going, imo, is movies are often spoiled for me. But, shrug, I'll live.

And, they do - just not with the two big bozos.

"So combat is definitely still tactical, it's just that the camera adds a bit of frustration to it. Know what else adds frustration? Interrupts. Not being able to fight back is pretty much a sucky game mechanic. If I'd be able to get the same effects on my enemies, that's be fine, but it seems like interrupts mostly affect my party (and lower level enemies, but not enemy spellcasters I think." Use special attacks to interrupt. "Dragon Age 2 is the worst RPG I have ever played and probably a contender for the worst *game* I have ever played." K.

And? Tough? i don't go to the theatre either, and just wait for dvd release or if I don't want to spend the money, i wait til the release on tv. This idea we are owed stuff is silly (not saying you are saying that btw) is silly. Think something is too expensive? Don't buy it but don't use it as ane xcuse to steal it either. Just move on.

Why i said it's the most legit not only legit. Not every story or character gonna please everybody. Heck, i don't like all characters in any BIO game including DA2. But, repetive areas is simply fact they exist. Just a matter of how much they bother you. Just like it's a fact that C&C exists. Since it literally means chocies you make will have cosnequences. That occurs in spades during DA2.

Theft is theft no matter how you try to colour it up.

Not free market. thief amrket. perhaps, Im should steal your car and sell it cheaply and claim I'm such a humanitarian comapred to you. HAHAHA!

Link: Hateas gonna hate. C&C: I just laugh at all the people claiming there is no C&C or prtending that every single quest in DA was some anti combat lovefest? Wasn't one of the biggest complaints (not that I agree) about DA1 was about the areas were slash fest. Afterall, people even nicknamed the Deep Roads the Derp Roads. LMAO *shrug* DA2 is probably BIO's best game in terms of C&C. But, by good, is hard friggin' hard. Part of me wnats to go to down to normal because I want to complete the game soon. HA! The most legit complaint are the repeat areas. L A M E

Of course, it makes sense. people are greedy pieces of crap and want things as cheap as possible no matter what. free if they can. That ain't surprising at all. NEWS AT 11: A alrge number of people are scumbags.

"Well, another completely missed point... The people are not infringing on the copyright, they are buying the content... The thing is, they are buying it from black market for fraction of the price, most of the time they do not even know, they are infringing... There is ****loads of money to be made, but some asshat just need to change the way the stuff is handled in poorer countries " It's theft. plain, and simple. No matter hwo you slice it. they buy it on the black market knowing that owners of said product don't want it there and do so willingly. That's theft. the fact they are poor is no excuse for stealing video games. if they are as poor as they claim to be they should be concentrating on other things. I can't afford the msot expensive computers but you don't see me going out to steal them? Keep excusing scumbag thieves but it won't change the fact they are scumbag thieves.

What's funny is some people would argue that that isn't C&C at all. L0L

No. But, you did describe KOTOR, SOZ, TOEE, and AP. R00fles!

"Jade Empire broke BioWare's mould of pseudo turn-based combat, preferring instead a button-bashing action system similar in many regards to Dragon Age II." Sorry, dude, quality aside, the combat of these two games couldn't be any more different. JE is the true definition of an Action RPG while DA2 is a full fledge RPG. Amount of combat (JE actually has BIO's elast amount, imo) notwithstanding. "You have to see this in proportion. Back then this was a lot of profit. Today a sequel would easily sell at least the double, with Bio's growing popularity." I am. JE sold 1.5-2mil. their game ebfore that,a nd their game after that (S:RPG not counting) sold 3milish. Now we have DA1 and ME2 both selling over 3mil copies and those two are way more popualr franchises than JE. So, that either emans JE gets a smaller budget to deal with the fact it won't sell as much or they'll expect too much from it and it won't meet their projections. If 1.5-2mil is not enough to satisfy BIO then JE2 is likely doomed before being released sales wise.

I hope so. JE is their most underrated game 9as opposed to KOTOR (which is their most overrated game). English translation for an english forum? I won't hold my breath though.. JE is 6 years ago, and BIO talked big about a sequel but 1.5-2mil copies wasn't worthy of a sequel at that time. *shrug*

Greylord: Nice post. I don't agree with you, but at least you did solid posting and I see where you may be coming from. Anyways, as far as juvenile humour goes, it's ahrd to take criticism like that seriously when DA1 featured a certain dwarf who was 100% juvenile. "I wonder if based on your choices certain companion quests can end in different ways." Absolutely. Isabella's is a big example of this.

*shrug* This is why user reviews can't be trusted. It should be pointed out that other sites' user reveiws are much higher as well. I saw one site where the average user review had the game at 8.6. Either way it don't matter.

I callc rap. People priate things ebcause they are scummy things who want things for free and feel it is their 'right' to have them when it isn't. Making excuses for thief is pathetic. if you cna't afford something don't buy it, and don't steal it. Period.

MOTB is awesome. SOZ is SOZZY. I think Obs moved on from NWN2 but were forced to put a quick cash grab b/c that's the only explaination for the quality of the two being sodifferent. SOZ is one of the crappiest gaming experiences ever.

Umm.. I think you replied to me in the wrong thread, mon ami...

"I refuse to believe any of that makes big difference in any given DA2 fight. everything said about DA2 until now contradicts it " That's nonsense. Talk abouts elective reading. All that stuff makes a big difference.At least as much if not more than certain other games.