Cause it was bundeled w/ DA:O's ultimate edition for $10 =) That alone is worth $15 to me, the extra $5 off is for having DA2 copy-pasted on I guess.

http://www.amazon.com/Electronic-Arts-40899on-Age-Pack7/dp/B006P28VBM/ref=br_lf_m_1000789381_1_2_ttl?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&pf_rd_p=1362313982&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_t=1401&pf_rd_i=1000789381&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=12XMFT13SB47B4G10C79

Oh yeah amazon's having their spring sale again. There are a few games that are good on sale. LA Noire, GTA 4, CO MW, and the DA pack I linked above. I lost the link but if you google amazon spring sale I'm sure you can find it quickly.

isleyofthenorth

Austria894 Posts

April 15 2012 17:44 GMT

DA 2 is shit. so disappointing after DA Origins

Drowsy

United States4876 Posts

April 15 2012 18:02 GMT

Prepare for disappointment. If it's any consolation though, the first 1/3rd of the game is relatively fun and compelling, but after that it just kinda drags out and you probably won't give a shit. I think the biggest flaw is that you're confined to more or less the exact same setting throughout the entire game. DA:O was so cool because the world felt a lot bigger and the settings were quite diverse.

Also I felt like the warrior class was by far the most powerful. Almost every encounter is just multiple waves of enemies and the warrior has really good aoe abilities with 2h.

Skwid1g

United States953 Posts

April 15 2012 18:05 GMT

Combat system was still good, the rest of the game was pretty awful. Kind of made me sad considering DA:O was quite good.

ragnorr

Denmark6097 Posts

April 15 2012 18:28 GMT

On April 16 2012 03:02 Drowsy wrote:
Prepare for disappointment. If it's any consolation though, the first 1/3rd of the game is relatively fun and compelling, but after that it just kinda drags out and you probably won't give a shit. I think the biggest flaw is that you're confined to more or less the exact same setting throughout the entire game. DA:O was so cool because the world felt a lot bigger and the settings were quite diverse.

Also I felt like the warrior class was by far the most powerful. Almost every encounter is just multiple waves of enemies and the warrior has really good aoe abilities with 2h.

Not to mention the fact that the areas are just reused so much thoughout the game with no effort into hiding it. I wouldnt even say the game is worth 5$

0x64

Finland4605 Posts

April 15 2012 18:40 GMT

It's a good game if you don't compare it to the first one.
The controls are good.
It is really good game design. Intense reuse of location is like criticizing a boardgame to be repetitive because of the same board. This game leaves more to imagination.
Also some plot mechanics are really well done.

Truely something you want to play through if you are interested in game design. If you are an hardcore gamer who wants a 80 hours of play and a perfect arching story then try something else.

Knap4life

Slovenia333 Posts

April 15 2012 18:41 GMT

Dragon age 2 is a good game, but no where near as good as Dragon age origins.

I hate it when people tell the game is awful and horrible and bad and so on while in truth its a good quallity game.Its just that people who played DA;O expected it to be just as good or even better and i dont blame them. A company which produces games should strive to improve it in every single possible way yet they just dumbed it down.

Count9

China10928 Posts

April 15 2012 18:54 GMT

Yeah I've heard all the bad things about it already, I plan to play both over the summer when I actually have lots of time to enjoy RPGs. Since I've heard a lot of bad things about it I won't force myself through DA2 if it's not very good.

blabber

United States4448 Posts

April 15 2012 18:57 GMT

i still found dragon age 2 enjoyable, even after playing origins

Littlemuff

United Kingdom301 Posts

April 15 2012 20:04 GMT

#10

Its a good game if you want to pass time but its nothing special. Being a pretty short RPG you dont feel like your investing a lot of time for nothing. Definatly worth getting if you can get it for cheap, you'll have lots of fun and not feel as bad about spending money when you go through some of the worse parts.

0ne

Spain2464 Posts

April 15 2012 20:59 GMT

#11

I loved DA:O. I want my warden and Morrigan back....

Telcontar

United Kingdom16710 Posts

April 15 2012 21:08 GMT

#12

Prepare to be disappointed. It's the first real foreshadowing of what was to come from the Bioware/EA hybrid abomination.

unkkz

Norway2196 Posts

April 16 2012 01:02 GMT

#13

Didn't even complete DA2, got to the last event and just noticed that... i dont care. The characters were shallow and uncompelling with a not so great story. Writing both story and dialogue wise was just terrible compared to DA:O.

I do like that they spiced the gameplay up a bit, combat mainly but it was a bit over the top. My rogue hawke bouncing around like a damn superman ninja all the time felt a bit... over the top.

The main gripes i had apart from storytelling are ofcourse the insane reuse of areas, very bland areas at that where you could not identify where u were since the entire dungeon looked the same. But also the ridicule they made towards gearing, gear and gear choices were a pretty important part of DA:O but they butchered that in DA2, on top of it items were raining down from the sky devaluing any form of quest to get a weapon or crafting(was there even crafting/crafting quest?) vs in DA:O you worked for a weapon and you felt its new power and that hard work felt goood.

Overall DA2 is a good timekiller but a rushed product made to capitalize on DA:O's success to get Bioware some money, probably sunk into the SW mmo. It's easily worth 10$ for the entertainment it gives but, it gets very old after a few hours with a whining elf and a dumb, emo, whining, love sick tank.

blabber

United States4448 Posts

April 16 2012 17:35 GMT

#14

kind of off topic and is probably super old... but he looks a lot like Anders too... weird...
http://news.yahoo.com/norway-shooter-anders-breivik-pleads-not-guilty-cries-124835178--abc-news-topstories.html