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Packie on 08 March 2011
The Good
  • Player choice manifests itself in interesting ways  
  • Spectacular writing and voice acting bring each character to life  
  • Fascinating world characterized by moral ambiguity  
  • Combat is fun, fast-paced, and colorful  
  • Great symphonic soundtrack.
The Bad
  • Main story lacks focus and drive  
  • Multiple elements have been inexplicably simplified over the original  
  • Long loading times and technical stutters.
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/unnameddragonageprojectworkingtitle/review.html?tag=tabs;reviews
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Solid review, I'm not sure what to think about the over-simplification but I'm still interested in the game.


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Boutros on 08 March 2011

Well Dragon Age was overcomplicated for no reason.

So to me it sounds like a fix.

 

Btw here's the IGN review: http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/115/1154229p1.html



forest-spirit on 08 March 2011

"Multiple elements have been inexplicably simplified over the original"



Dr.Grass on 08 March 2011

These review scores are a little disappointing  :(



huaxiong90 on 08 March 2011

Bioware jumping on the console casual train, I see.



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non-gravity on 08 March 2011

It's demo and also its videos have turned me off wanting to play it. Looked quite a lot different than Origins in addition to some technical issues on my pc. 



Areym on 08 March 2011

No suprise there. I hated the demo and I was looking forward to this game to really give me a good western, non-jrpg...rpg. I'll just wait on Skyrim



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silicon on 08 March 2011
pezus said:

"Multiple elements have been inexplicably simplified over the original"

Saw this coming from far away. This game is getting butchered in reviews compared to previous Bioware games. Hopefully they will learn that simplifying is not always the way to go.

I'm avoiding reviews to limit the number of spoilers.

Do you know if the reviews are saying that the new system is bad, or that it's bad because they changed it? Those are two different things to me.



Slimebeast on 08 March 2011
pezus said:

"Multiple elements have been inexplicably simplified over the original"

Saw this coming from far away. This game is getting butchered in reviews compared to previous Bioware games. Hopefully they will learn that simplifying is not always the way to go.

Well put.

In way I am sad (because it lacks the quality of Origins) in a way I am happy (that reviewers recognize it).



non-gravity on 08 March 2011

BTW Dragon Age Origins was released November 2009, with a huge expansion in Awakenings released in March 2010.

That makes it a pretty short dev time for Dragon Age II, even if Bioware is huge.