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Re: It's not an excuse. Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 11/04/2011 07:06:11 PM
It's all one underground. The fact that they didn't cut out the parts they didn't use any individual time is what tells me that it is what they were going for. It's why the game was played out entirely in and around Kirkwall, rather than spread out through many locations, like it could have been. Repeated use of the dungeons was no more lazy than the repeated use of Hightown, or the Hanged Man.

I specifically said it made sense for you to visit places repeatedly. What does not make sense is that places that are weeks of travel away from each other are identical.

I don't really need to make excuses... I enjoyed the game, played it enough to get my moneys worth and more. It's curious to me that you were so thrown over... what? Wallpaper? There was story there, relationships, politics, gameplay. Plenty to get into.

I refer you to my earlier post regarding the game's failure on all of these levels.

Also, the "wallpaper" is an integral part of gameplay (or at least it was supposed to be before they decided fighting wasn't going to be tactical any more). You use the environment to your advantage in these games. Judging by your post, you played on a relatively low difficulty.

Weren't you one of the folks complaining about the DRM? Is it possible that you let the politics of the publishers interfere with your enjoyment of the game? Or was this a first shot at a Bioware product and maybe they're just not your thing?

I've played close to half of the Bioware corpus, which gives me an excellent vantage point to see how far and how quickly they have fallen. Obviously it's not m my first, since I played DA: O, a superior game in virtually every respect. My problem with EA politics is that they force once-good developers to turn out dating sims with a thin veneer of gameplay and plot.

DRM is exceptionally annoying, but I care rather more about DLC.
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Bioware: Neglecting the Straight Male Gamer Kronin al'Sulc - 03/04/2011 11:15:30 PM 1692 Views
I think the OP is full of shit. LadyLorraine - 04/04/2011 01:23:28 AM 885 Views
Having Anders get pissed at you when you won't sleep with him is stupid. Ghavrel - 04/04/2011 01:35:58 AM 916 Views
I'm not disappointed much, but that's because I had low standards LadyLorraine - 04/04/2011 01:47:22 AM 832 Views
I must say, my BGII character is a woman... Legolas - 04/04/2011 10:18:46 PM 814 Views
yah, definitely. that's pretty much WHY I have low romance standards LadyLorraine - 04/04/2011 11:58:50 PM 795 Views
*nm* Fox and Ravens - 04/04/2011 06:34:35 PM 806 Views
If that dude wasn't into Merrill, than he's a fag. *NM* Dan - 04/04/2011 01:28:55 AM 529 Views
They're neglecting the gamer demographic in DA2. Sexuality has nothing to do with it. Ghavrel - 04/04/2011 01:33:45 AM 827 Views
yah they were pretty empty. The only reason I'm not irritated is that at least they're completed. LadyLorraine - 04/04/2011 01:50:54 AM 857 Views
Don't worry; you'll be able to get it as overpriced DLC installments! *NM* Ghavrel - 04/04/2011 03:03:24 AM 387 Views
YES!!! That just makes me feel so much better!!! *NM* LadyLorraine - 04/04/2011 03:34:12 AM 345 Views
Re: yah they were pretty empty. [...] Macharius - 04/04/2011 01:37:47 PM 874 Views
So, not a fan? Dannymac - 04/04/2011 06:15:21 AM 915 Views
No. I haven't even finished because I'm so bored. Ghavrel - 04/04/2011 08:49:14 AM 841 Views
They could have done a LOT more with all the in-city strife. LadyLorraine - 04/04/2011 02:32:11 PM 818 Views
I don't feel bad paying for it, solely cause I never paid for DA1 *NM* Kronin al'Sulc - 04/04/2011 10:01:43 PM 444 Views
Re: They could have done a LOT more with all the in-city strife. Dannymac - 08/04/2011 04:43:24 PM 943 Views
As far as excuses for developer laziness go, that's a pretty poor one. Ghavrel - 10/04/2011 12:02:23 AM 768 Views
Yah this is what I was talking about. The repeat of tunnel systems in totally unrelated areas. *NM* LadyLorraine - 10/04/2011 05:32:11 PM 360 Views
It's not an excuse. Dannymac - 11/04/2011 06:36:45 PM 854 Views
Re: It's not an excuse. Ghavrel - 11/04/2011 07:06:11 PM 808 Views
No, it's not that they keep coming... LadyLorraine - 10/04/2011 05:38:30 PM 789 Views
Re: No, it's not that they keep coming... Dannymac - 11/04/2011 06:41:30 PM 808 Views
...did you even read my main post in this thread? Ghavrel - 11/04/2011 07:08:31 PM 804 Views
It's not like I said they broke the game for me LadyLorraine - 11/04/2011 07:40:23 PM 884 Views
Something I wonder then: Why is it called Dragon Age "2"? Zalis - 04/04/2011 03:06:46 PM 845 Views
Pretty much. EA likes to churn out franchises. *NM* Ghavrel - 04/04/2011 07:41:57 PM 357 Views
Huh? Dannymac - 08/04/2011 04:59:49 PM 848 Views
Penny Arcade had a good post on this topic recently beetnemesis - 09/04/2011 09:39:21 PM 1255 Views
Point of fact: in DA: O you're fighting the Fifth Blight, not the First. Ghavrel - 09/04/2011 10:10:17 PM 917 Views
Yeah seriously, the Fifth Blight was pretty lame in retrospect beetnemesis - 11/04/2011 04:01:03 AM 830 Views
That's pretty much true. Ghavrel - 11/04/2011 04:08:48 AM 790 Views
Wow, yeah, you're right. Dannymac - 11/04/2011 06:43:40 PM 857 Views
I've actually liked the combat in most Bioware games beetnemesis - 04/04/2011 10:46:12 PM 919 Views
I think the fact that most NPC possibilities go either way is kind of weird. Zalis - 04/04/2011 05:41:04 AM 959 Views
Zevran was really the main one that would hit on you no matter what. Kronin al'Sulc - 04/04/2011 06:13:04 AM 1010 Views
saying Zevran is kind of a slut... LadyLorraine - 04/04/2011 06:14:54 AM 787 Views
On a general note, what annoys me... Fanatic-Templar - 04/04/2011 07:19:32 AM 799 Views
In fairness to Bioware, in this game you get different bonuses for "rivalry." *NM* Ghavrel - 04/04/2011 08:50:29 AM 384 Views
Oh, that's nice. Fanatic-Templar - 04/04/2011 09:45:21 PM 815 Views
I will let you know when the game comes down to less than 20 bucks... MightyYT - 04/04/2011 07:50:06 AM 779 Views
Yea, the times I do play this game just gives me a longing for DA *NM* Kronin al'Sulc - 04/04/2011 09:58:03 PM 460 Views
That's just bullshit Fox and Ravens - 04/04/2011 06:42:14 PM 792 Views
i bet he still initiated all his romances Foxhead - 05/04/2011 10:42:40 PM 813 Views
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