BioWare Confirms Dragon Age 2 And "New Mechanics"
Dragon Age: OriginsAn insert in the last expansion pack for Dragon Age: Origins essentially confirmed it, but here's the official announcement.
BioWare has confirmed Dragon Age 2, which will be a direct sequel to last year's stellar RPG. DA2 is now slated to drop in March 2011 - which actually marks a slight delay, as the insert in Awakening told us it would be ready for February - and it'll be available for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. The game will take place over a 10-year period, as you will transform Blight-survivor Hawke "from a destitute refugee to the revered champion of the land." But perhaps more importantly is the news that new combat mechanics are coming our way for each of the three classes, and we can expect "an entirely new cinematic experience." All we'd really want is a set of upgraded visuals, a slightly less demanding difficulty curve, and a game that's equally impressive across all platforms. But regardless of what we get, we'll remain excited between now and March.
Origins is the game that received our 2009 award for Role-Playing Game of the Year (sorry, Demon's Souls fans) so naturally, we're all sorts of pumped for the sequel.
Related Game(s): Dragon Age 2
Tags: dragon age, origins, bioware
7/8/2010 9:25:10 PM Ben Dutka
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WorldEndsWithMe
Thursday, July 08, 2010 @ 10:12:47 PM
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Alienange
Friday, July 09, 2010 @ 6:11:18 PM
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BTNwarrior
Thursday, July 08, 2010 @ 10:09:30 PM
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Unless they removed the level cap, and let you combine classes
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WorldEndsWithMe
Thursday, July 08, 2010 @ 10:13:15 PM
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Kangasfwa
Thursday, July 08, 2010 @ 10:25:48 PM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Thursday, July 08, 2010 @ 10:29:18 PM
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kraygen
Friday, July 09, 2010 @ 4:08:31 AM
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aaronisbla
Thursday, July 08, 2010 @ 10:30:33 PM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Thursday, July 08, 2010 @ 11:07:08 PM
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Lawless SXE
Friday, July 09, 2010 @ 1:57:58 AM
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Oh, it shouldn't be called DA2. Maybe Dragon Age: Coronation, Dragon Age: Turn Back The Tide, or just plain Dragon Age. Seriously, how can it be part two, if strictly speaking, there was no first game? Maybe I'm just being anal with the name... Whatever.
Peace.
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kraygen
Friday, July 09, 2010 @ 4:10:38 AM
Not sure I understand what you mean by this statement. If dragon age 2 is a direct sequel to dragon age: origins.
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Lawless SXE
Friday, July 09, 2010 @ 4:40:57 AM
Peace.
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kraygen
Friday, July 09, 2010 @ 8:26:31 PM
In the books dragons have begun to reappear and so this new age is called the dragon age and since the first game takes place at the beginning of the age it's called dragon age origins, so dragon age 2 is fine because it's no longer the origin of the age, its years into it.
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Lawless SXE
Friday, July 09, 2010 @ 10:46:53 PM
Peace.
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kraygen
Friday, July 09, 2010 @ 4:19:16 AM
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However there are some changes I would think definitely need to be made for console versions.
The mage class was absolutely terrible, the only way to play a mage was on easy because with any other setting you merely killed your teammates because they never stand where you tell them to.
The a.i. needs serious help, healers would run out of mana casting useless spells and then not be able to heal, mages used all their magic as quickly as possible and then ran in to do melee, getting themselves killed. The a.i. characters were often just a real pain.
Level cap, I'm sorry but biggest rpg pet peeve is a having my level controlled so closely that their are no ways to grind levels, no random battles, just being told you can only get to level 20-25.
For this type of game there should be some good exploring, on DA:O I played my first game doing everything and taking my time, making sure i missed nothing. Total play time was right at 62 hours, second play through, beat it as quickly as possible with still doing side quests, play time right at 58 hours. I don't mind linearity for a story, but that is some serious control issue going on.
I think tho with these few adjustments DA2 could be amazing.
The a.i. needs a huge fix as
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___________
Friday, July 09, 2010 @ 5:01:15 AM
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can we have proper next gen graphics this time?
the last dragon age looked like a freaking ps2 game!
though this is not there most popular series, mass effect is id much rather see ME3 than this.
just one thing they must add for ME3.
please have more directions and instructions to the missions.
i dunno about anyone else, but i get extremely frustrated when a game tells me you need to go to a taxi stand but does not tell me where it is.
i spent a hour running around like a headless chook looking for that frigging thing!
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Gamer Girl Gemo
Sunday, July 11, 2010 @ 9:24:06 AM
I do admit they weren't the best of this gen, but they paid attentions to details that were needed for the story to progress. Dragon Age is VERY story oriented (i.e two prequel books) and pays closer attention to the details needed to paint a great story. So, why pick on its small flaws? The story is the main thing that drives this game forward.
Stop worrying about graphics because they aren't everything. Isn't it much better to hear, "Those graphics weren't all that great, but I couldn't put the controller down because the story kept me interested! I just couldn't stop playing!" or "Wow, look at those water graphics! The story sucks, though, so I just like to stare at the graphics and life-like textures when I play. It may get boring after a while, but man, those graphics!"
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Snaaaake
Friday, July 09, 2010 @ 8:32:13 AM
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Not to mention a crappy graphic, only plus about Dragon Age is the story.
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ro kurorai
Friday, July 09, 2010 @ 9:39:43 AM
Still one of the better RPGs of recent times. Don't own Demon's Souls thus can't compare but I really liked every aspect of DA:O
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ro kurorai
Friday, July 09, 2010 @ 9:49:33 AM
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Although I didn't really like all the streamlined 'RPG elements' in ME2 as compared to ME1 it was still awesome.
I'm the rare kind of guy who likes SciFi and Fantasy thus both ME and DA did deliver for me.
1Up's "the grind" described Hawke as a 'medieval Commander Shepard'. I felt the same way after inspecting GI's cover.
Still, BioWare are extremely talented and I have high hopes they can improve each aspect of DA:O. I'm certain Hawke will still be customizable and offer at least some origin stories.
Well, DA:O was all about the origin stories after all, so if DA2 is all about Hawke's story I'm cool with it anyways.
BioWare's writers are amongst the best of the industry, can't imagine them screwing up ;)
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WolfCrimson
Friday, July 09, 2010 @ 10:12:08 AM
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ro kurorai
Friday, July 09, 2010 @ 11:02:03 AM
Kinda like Jaden in Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, though customization was minimalist you could still choose from a slew of presets.
ME is the best example. Officially there's the 'iconic' Shepard, but I play my custom female Shepard.
GI's cover features most likely the iconic (or call it 'lore' or whatever) Hawke but you can still customize his gender and face. C'mon DA w/o face-gen, no way.
Last edited by ro kurorai on 7/9/2010 11:03:29 AM
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SmokeyPSD
Friday, July 09, 2010 @ 12:37:09 PM
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Bit disappointed that there won't be any save game importing but it looks like they're going a different direction so that's cool.
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Shiva369
Saturday, July 10, 2010 @ 6:20:00 AM
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Gamer Girl Gemo
Sunday, July 11, 2010 @ 9:09:57 AM
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Anywho, graphics definately needed improvement and I'm confident BioWare will deliver that. But, don't get rid of Alistair! Please, get him in there at least once! I love that man and I laughed at EVERY little one-liner he delievered! :D Alistair, FTW xD And Morrigan, bring her back!
One last thing... Have you ever licked a lamppost in winter?
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Alienange
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Thursday, July 08, 2010 @ 9:59:34 PM