It's hard to tell. Not sure if they changed the controls a lot or the player plays in a certain way.

Considering the improvements the Bioware made between ME and ME2, DA2 is going to be amazinnnnng!!!!!!!!!

Skill Tree pictures:

Skill Tree:

The menu's are more sleek than the first game.

It is beginning to grow on me a bit. 

I originally didn't care for how Dragon Age Origins looks at first but then I ended up loving the game, so with that in mind I will give this a shot as well. Who knows, I may end up loving it too.

if only it had origin stories. *hopes for loads of side quests*

It will, in the Mass effect vein though.....so you don't experience them, but they are there and they will change how the world sees you at first.

still working through the first. actually haven't played it in awhile. I didn't dislike the combat in the first, but I didn't really like it either. Not sure this will be better, hopefully its not too hack n slash

yes but you cant be a dwark or an elf. now darth stop insulting the first dragon age. i bet you didnt even play a mass effect game.

I'm fine with that

Storyline > Gameplay in Bioware's games...even though the gameplay is good too usually. :)

What does that mean? That sentence doesn't make any sense.

Like in Mass Effect 1, you get to choose your origin story, there were 3 types:

Spacer:

"Both of your parents were in the Alliance military. Your childhood was spent on ships and stations as they transferred from posting to posting, never staying in one location for more than a few years. Following in your parents' footsteps, you enlisted at the age of eighteen

Colonist:

"You were born and raised on Mindoir, a small border colony in the Attican Traverse. When you were sixteen, slavers raided Mindoir, slaughtering your family and friends. You were saved by a passing Alliance patrol, and you enlisted with the military a few years later." Alignment Bonus: Paragon Renegade Assignment: " Citadel: I Remember Me," in which Commander Shepard is asked to speak with a fellow colonist who was traumatized by the events on Mindoir.

Earthborn:

"As an Earthborn, you had a rough childhood in the slums of Earth, and have a gritty edge to your personality." Alignment Bonus: Renegade Assignment: "Citadel: Old Friends," in which Commander Shepard is confronted by a member of his/her former gang and asked for a favor.