Combat has been simplified as well. It’s frenetic to the point that you can essentially play Dragon Age II as an action game (I recommend playing on a console if you choose this path). Or you can pause as often as you like to survey the battlefield. On...
Abstract: Heroes often come from auspicious origins – that was the story told in the first Dragon Age game as players gained insight into the world of the game thanks to an eternal conflict between inhuman darkspawn and the people of Thedas. We came to see the ...
Abstract: Dragon Age: Origins on the PC was a great RPG experience which managed to bring the gameplay of old-school masterpieces like Baldur’s Gate and Fallout into the modern age – giving both console gamers and PC gamers alike their choice of play options. Tw...
Dragon Age 2 offers fast paced action-adventure role-playing with visual splendor courtesy of DirectX 11. It generally performs well, but it is one of the more demanding games in circulation today. Right now, you will get the best Dragon Age 2 experien...
So what we have here is a Choice and Consequence game with strong Narrative, but no Consequence and superficial Choice. The skill trees offer even more potential strategies than it’s versatile predecessor, none of which can be used properly because the...
I struggle to say this, because Dragon Age: Origins was a contender for Game of the Year 2009 in my book, but its tepid and disjointed follow-up is nothing short of a disappointment. I hesitate to call it a terrible game as well, because it isn’t that...
Abstract: Dragon Age 2 Intro:Like most fantasy novels the story starts out being told from a third person limited point of view, Varric a dwarf in the main character’s party, is being interrogated by what is soon identified as a lady seeker who’s dressed ...
Abstract: With Dragon Age: Origin, Bioware made a game that felt very much like a last hurray into the world of traditional computer RPGs. There were highly tactical battles, an epic story, and branching conversation paths (staples of Bioware's games). It re...
Abstract: It’s been only 16 months since BioWare introduced us to the magical world of Thedas. It’s a wonderful place, at least for aspiring heroes, as there’s no shortage of menacing beasts to slay or corrupt figureheads to overthrow. 2009’s Dragon Age: Origins...
Abstract: We have been talking quite a bit about Dragon Age II here at HG headquarters. In between all the yelling and crying, between the smashed keyboards and thrown staplers, one question keeps coming up: What do we compare Dragon Age II against? More specifically, should Dragon Age II be compared to Dragon Age: Origins...
