There are only a couple months until Dragon Age II hits store shelves, and I was lucky enough to play the Xbox 360 version for several hours. Rather than give you a play by play of what I did and essentially ruin five hours of the game for you, I figured it would be more useful if I covered the main topics fans want to know.
Immersed Gamer writes: "In order to replace the oppressive BioWare Points system, EA is making a large portion of the Mass Effect and Dragon Age DLC catalogs free for PC users.
For those of you blissfully unaware, EA and BioWare employed a payment system called BioWare Points on PC to pay for DLCs for titles like Mass Effect and Dragon Age. While PC gamers have been struggling with BioWare point’s unfair conversion rates and extremely scarce and cost-detrimental sales.
Console players have been allowed to purchase content in pieces through the appropriate Sony and Microsoft shops. For real money, and not BioWare monopoly bucks. In turn, console players missed out on some DLC content, such as Mass Effect 2 pre-order bonuses that have been repackaged into a DLC pack."
Great response to Ubisoft and their disgusting behavior. Ubisoft decide to take away DLC from people who paid for it, while EA give it for free to everyone when they realize their system sucks. Who would have thought that EA of all companies would be showing Ubisoft how it should be done (even if this is EA fixing their own mistakes as well).
BLG writes: "There was a time that BioWare games were the biggest deal in gaming. The Canadian developer’s legacy of all-time classics is well known. Mass Effect, Knights of the Old Republic, and Baldur’s Gate are some of the biggest names in gaming.
While BioWare’s quality has fallen off lately, there’s no denying the quality of titles in their portfolio. That’s why we’re going to dive in and rank every BioWare game from worst to best. By every, I do mean every BioWare game, even the ones you completely forgot about!"
Ranked from worse to even more worse more like, they been on free fall for a fair few years now and I personally don't think any of there earlier games have aged well
Wow to think at one point in their history they made a Sonic the Hedgehog game..crazy
Anthem is crazy underrated. I really enjoyed it. ME1 is Bioware's best imo
Delving into a well-loved game or series years after its release, when it already has an enthusiastic and devoted fanbase, can be incredibly difficult. People can be casually mean on the internet without intending to, and that happens a lot when you say you don’t like something they do. Fans of the franchise take their love of the game very seriously. They’re fervent and devoted, which has its charms, but it can also feel like you’re disappointing them when you decide their thing is not your thing.
Cult favorite? It’s well known and sold fairly well and they are making a fourth game . I don’t see it anywhere near cult favorite status . I really enjoyed the first game and the third was pretty good (with failed mmo faults you could notice) but the second game was lazily made garbage .
Loved the first one, second was pretty good. Couldn't even get through the third one. Don't have high hopes for 4, but hey, nowhere to go but up hopefully.
DA: Origins was cool, but I got Mass Effect 2 at the same time and goddayum there was no comparison imo.
I am glad that old lady is back. She was very helpful and loyal. I might even give her the meat this thime around to show ma appreciation. I will use a dwarf for that duty.
Looks like they vastly improved the textures for thr 360 version. Nice touch, but not a game braker for me. I completely enjoyed the first with the weak textures and only noticed when looking at comparisons on the net.
Been playing the first game. So far I'm not a fan of the combat.
Well, it's at least a little reassuring the combat now looks like the one of a Korean MMO instead of a Western MMO, but it's practically the same.
However, LINEARITY? VOICE ACTED MAIN CHARACTER?! HUGE-ASS SWORDS FOR WARRIORS?!
So much for the "lol linear sux ballz JRPGs ftl WRPGs ftw", huh, BioWare?
A fucking price drop before buying the game, it is!
However, I can't deny it doesn't looks half enjoyable.
Looks great and put to bed a few fears of mine....glad I got that signature edition ordered and will be looking forward to March 8th....but first things first, I've got some aliens to kill in KZ3 and Bulletstorm
@Neckbear
I have the game pre-ordered, but I agree, it will be linear, have a $#!+ load of bugs, and have 20DLC packs. The day 1 game is only half a game. The only reason I pre-ordered was because an e-tailer screwed up the pricing and I got it for half price which they have to honour ;)