I can see this Dragon has aged well!
Oh hey, there's a good one.
Dragon Age 2. My Bulletstorm review explains how I came into the possession of Dragon Age 2. I wasn't actually intending to play it, but I can often tell if I'll like a game or not based on the kind of people who pick it up and the kid of people who actually enjoyed the game. The Dragon Age 2 people were my kind of people.
Blah blah blah backstory. (Which is essentially the same backstory you get when you play Dragon Age 2)
This game fixed every problem I had with the original Dragon Age, made it look prettier, gave it a classier art style, patted it on it's bottom and sent it out into the world to be enjoyed by me. I am currently 4 hours into the game, but I am nowhere near even the middle of the story, and that makes me happy.
They fixed the combat system, making it essentially a button-masher, but with planning and tactics. Think Dynasty Warriors with the radial attack menu from Mass Effect 2. Oh hell, think Mass Effect 2.
Yep, they basically made Mass Effect 2 in the dragon days. The reviews complain about re-used areas, but I haven't been that annoyed by them. Sure you'll only go into maybe 30 different places, and all of them are fairly small, but I like that doing quests and missions in this way makes it fast and simple. I felt as though I was progressing whatever the story was while I played.
You attack with the bottom button, your skills are the other 3. Simple. You can play as any of your group if you'd like, and you even have your choice of Mage, Warrior or Rogue. And the game makes me want to play through it again with those different classes. Think Mass Effect mixed with Baldurs Gate. You don't have to get into the story and history of the games, you can just hack and slash and get the loot.
A re-vamped inventory system makes augmenting weapons and armor a cake. I felt like I could understand what I was doing. You feel like your progressing in the game, after a particularly hard boss or mob, you level up. After 4 or 5 easier mobs you also level, and you can modify as you go. Prepare to breeze through the first 10 levels quickly, then it gets tough. The game also made me want to bump up the difficulty, making it so I couldn't just keep pressing A and kill em all.
It's a faster, slimmer version of Dragon Age: Origins. You might not like it, you might love it. Will it stay on my shelf forever? Maybe, since Dragon Age and Awakening are there, and I'm interested to see how they continue the series. Oh yeah, I also read the books, so that probably helps out a ton. Give it a try, why don't you?
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