Comments on: Dragon Age 2 Demo!

By: expostninja

expostninja — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 05:12:48 +0000

I honestly found the fights to be much easier and more intuitive than fights at the equivalent point in DA:O. The Ogre fight in particular felt like a nightmare of micromanagement the first time around, while here it felt fairly smooth and enjoyable. We burned a potion and kept at work.

Teaching Bethany (or Hawke) Heal and Heroic Defense is likely part of what makes it much easier, to be sure.

Overally, it was a great demo and I’m looking forward to the full game now.

By: How Dragon Age 2 Made Me Excited for The Old Republic | Ex Post Ninja

How Dragon Age 2 Made Me Excited for The Old Republic | Ex Post Ninja — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 04:45:20 +0000

[...] forward to release now, although it does mean I probably ought to make my way through Awakenings. Spinks and Naithin both had their own writeups, which are also good [...]

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 01:52:53 +0000

The demo was a major disappointment for me. First thing I noticed is that skills are gone. Chance to hit is not an issue any more, u allways hit your target. Talking abilities are history, no persuade and intimidation options. The demo was all about combat. Video-battle-video-battle-video… Boring! Is this a role playing game? Or an action game that looks like a rpg? Cause if its an action game, it’s not a good one. Looks like new “Bioware” under EA’s command is not the same company that gave us Baldur’s Gate and KOTOR. “Make rpgs for the average stupid casual gamer. Forget gameplay. Add more blood and gore. Sex too.” “Yes boss!”

By: Drew

Drew — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 02:14:35 +0000

I wasn’t aware the demo was out until I saw your post, Spinks. Downloaded it in a heartbeat, and I must say that I was incredibly impressed. Naithin’s post linked above covers just about everything I’d say about it – looks, plays, and feels like an upgraded DAO, which is a good thing in my book.

By: ZombiePirate

ZombiePirate — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 09:45:05 +0000

I haven’t played the demo and might have to. After finishing the first DA game I was a little underwhelmed, it just seemed to drag on for me and don;t get me wrong, I love Bioware stuff and lap up Mass Effect like there’s no tomorrow but DA just didn’t click in the same way for me.

By: Mengtzu

Mengtzu — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 23:30:02 +0000

It feels like the same underlying system but vastly improved. You can play it the same way, but there’s less newbie traps, less dead time for melee classes, and rogues have an actual (and awesome) role.

I really need a toolset update for this game. I want to make boss fights for it even more than I want to play it.

By: Naithin

Naithin — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 22:32:22 +0000

I just finished my (significantly longer winded) write up on the DA2 demo! Dragon Age 2: A Day with the Demo In essence though, I agree with all you've said. I really love the combat of DA2; it really DOES look and feel a lot punchier, but yet still manages to retain a fairly good DA:O feel to it, for which I am very thankful.

By: elleseven

elleseven — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:53:05 +0000

I really enjoyed playing it. I really like Flemeth’s improved look. Varic’s cross bow was really neat looking and I giggled at his chest hair.

By: Kadomi

Kadomi — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:23:34 +0000

I could do without the blood splatters, for real.

I was boggling a bit at Isabella, I find…she’s maybe a touch too well endowed. I like girls, but wowza.

FemHawke looked kickass, I really dig her. The combat reminded me very much of ME2, which took me quite some time to get used to back then. I had a bit of issues with targetting, but as I didn’t die once in the demo, I think I got it down.

Naturally, my FemHawke was a warrior, but the 2H kind. Combat animations looked very smooth.

I now need a refresher for DA:O because it’s been such a long time. It’s really the kind of demo that’s really mouthwatering and makes me very excited for the full version soon!