"Glaciers melting in the dead of night and the superstars sucked into the supermassive."

I just finished Dragon Age II! As promised, I skipped almost all the secondary missions in the third act so that I could get to the ending. Now, first the spoiler-free review:

This game was great, the characters were much more fascinating than in Origins, the battle system works a lot better, the dialogues are clearer, especially when you have to make important choices, and the companions are much more involved in the story.

That said, it's not half as epic as the first one. While back there we had to fight the blight, and unite all the free people under one flag, here we are just preparing Kirkwall for things to come. Our decisions change the future, but we don't get to see that future, we just put all the players on the chessboard. Besides, we're always stuck in the same city, with the beach and the mountains, but it's a very limited area.

Most of all I loved how the creatures, non-humans, were portrayed in this game. We got a lot of insight on qunari and dalish elves, and now I feel like I know this world a lot better.

( ...and here's the spoilerrific review. )

So, this was obviously a bridge to a third chapter. I do hope they make lots of well-deserved money with this game because I can't wait to see what happens next, especially in Ferelden, where I kinda left the Architect alive, back in Awakening. Ehm.

I'm so going to play it all over again, this time with a male character. I want to try and have a rival-mance, or what the hell they're called, with someone. Maybe Anders? We'll see. :D

"Glaciers melting in the dead of night and the superstars sucked into the supermassive."

I just finished Dragon Age II! As promised, I skipped almost all the secondary missions in the third act so that I could get to the ending. Now, first the spoiler-free review:

This game was great, the characters were much more fascinating than in Origins, the battle system works a lot better, the dialogues are clearer, especially when you have to make important choices, and the companions are much more involved in the story.

That said, it's not half as epic as the first one. While back there we had to fight the blight, and unite all the free people under one flag, here we are just preparing Kirkwall for things to come. Our decisions change the future, but we don't get to see that future, we just put all the players on the chessboard. Besides, we're always stuck in the same city, with the beach and the mountains, but it's a very limited area.

Most of all I loved how the creatures, non-humans, were portrayed in this game. We got a lot of insight on qunari and dalish elves, and now I feel like I know this world a lot better.

( ...and here's the spoilerrific review. )

So, this was obviously a bridge to a third chapter. I do hope they make lots of well-deserved money with this game because I can't wait to see what happens next, especially in Ferelden, where I kinda left the Architect alive, back in Awakening. Ehm.

I'm so going to play it all over again, this time with a male character. I want to try and have a rival-mance, or what the hell they're called, with someone. Maybe Anders? We'll see. :D

"Glaciers melting in the dead of night and the superstars sucked into the supermassive."

I just finished Dragon Age II! As promised, I skipped almost all the secondary missions in the third act so that I could get to the ending. Now, first the spoiler-free review:

This game was great, the characters were much more fascinating than in Origins, the battle system works a lot better, the dialogues are clearer, especially when you have to make important choices, and the companions are much more involved in the story.

That said, it's not half as epic as the first one. While back there we had to fight the blight, and unite all the free people under one flag, here we are just preparing Kirkwall for things to come. Our decisions change the future, but we don't get to see that future, we just put all the players on the chessboard. Besides, we're always stuck in the same city, with the beach and the mountains, but it's a very limited area.

Most of all I loved how the creatures, non-humans, were portrayed in this game. We got a lot of insight on qunari and dalish elves, and now I feel like I know this world a lot better.

( ...and here's the spoilerrific review. )

So, this was obviously a bridge to a third chapter. I do hope they make lots of well-deserved money with this game because I can't wait to see what happens next, especially in Ferelden, where I kinda left the Architect alive, back in Awakening. Ehm.

I'm so going to play it all over again, this time with a male character. I want to try and have a rival-mance, or what the hell they're called, with someone. Maybe Anders? We'll see. :D