Comments on: [Dragon Age 2] Sorting out the DLC and unlockables

By: Drew

Drew — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:55:28 +0000

Yeah, I bet that probably is quite funny. I had just picked up Isabela when I opted to go warrior. Oops.

Have you heard the chesthair conversation between Varric and Isabela when they’re in the party together? It’s hilarious in a creepy, disturbing kind of way.

By: spinks

spinks — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 06:56:28 +0000

The banter between Isabela and Aveline is pretty good

By: Drew

Drew — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:26:06 +0000

I actually found Aveline to be so annoying that I re-rolled from my initial rogue character to a warrior. I wanted to be able to put together a party without her in it. That annoying.

(That and I wanted either Varric or Isabela around at all times, they’re funny; and who needs two rogues?)

Merrill reminds me of early Ziva David from NCIS (TV show) – an outsider who often takes things too literally. She’s good fun.

The banter between Isabela and Bethany and/or Merrill is hilarious.

Favorite quote of the game thus far: “Apostate Prostitiutes? Apostitutes? haha!”

By: Lukane

Lukane — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:48:05 +0000

Congrats on getting the game. I just got to act two with my rogue and I’m going to start again with a mage and see which is more fun. Mage seems to be more canon if that means anything.

Also I’ve noticed that the majority of fights except for the bosses, CC seems to help more than healing. Try taking Anders out of healing and throw down a bunch of ice and knockdowns. Seemed to work for me.

By: Melmoth

Melmoth — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 09:44:53 +0000

“what would be easiest for the player,” this is totally NOT the way I would do things.

It’s almost as though they’re doing it on purpose, as thought it were a… test. My word! I do believe they’ve got us solving Bioware RPG puzzles outside of the game!

By: expostninja

expostninja — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 21:52:59 +0000

That’s because Merrill is adorable, and anyone who says otherwise is incorrect.

She’s not actually thick; as time passes it becomes clear that she’s just uncomfortably focused on specific sorts of learning, and pretty unobservant in everything else. Sort of Hanners from QC writ large, if you will.

Fenris, on the other hand, can sit at home base and never leave, and not only because I’ve already got a warrior with a two-hander.

By: Longasc

Longasc — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 18:25:31 +0000

The only redeeming feature of Anders is his cat, which indicates he might, though late in life, become a worthwhile chap.

By: spinks

spinks — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 14:10:33 +0000

I actually quite like the party members. Aveline is pretty cool and has a moral backbone, Varric is good fun, Anders just unfortunately reminds me of a sort of composite of some of my first boyfriends, but he’s still a pretty good go-to mage when you need to know if someone is possessed or whatever. Fenris is like alll the bishi guys ever put together. And Isabela is cool.

I actually hate Merrill because she’s so thick. But presumably some people will find her adorable.

By: spinks

spinks — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 14:08:44 +0000

Glad you figured out what it was, but that sounds really annoying.

By: spinks

spinks — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 14:08:12 +0000

I just keep feeling that if I was in charge of designing how the DLC side of things would work and asked, “what would be easiest for the player,” this is totally NOT the way I would do things.

And agree totally about the signature edition DLC being printed on the back of a flier for ME3 (which I have no interest in and wouldn’t normally have looked at.)

Having said that, once I’d worked out what I had to do, it did all work fairly smoothly. But Bioware seem to have a genius for doing these things in non-obvious ways.