RockPaperShotgun on What Went Wrong in Dragon Age Kirkwall

Seems to sync up with Yahtzee's opinions, and I agree as well for the most part.

That's cemented my decision; I'm definitely not buying this game ever.

Having played it, I would only rent it for a week, and for not more than $10 :yep: maybe a little more if it came with some really good DLCs

I think that's a bit harsh. The game isn't BAD per se. It's just not up to the standards one would expect from the DA series and Bioware.

Wait for a Steam sale around Christmas or something, and you'll pick it up for a song. It'll probably be worth it then.

Well I did play the demo on my home PC, and I really didn't much care for the controls. The game seemed torn between being an action RPG and a tactical RPG, with a control scheme that somehow managed to get the worst of both worlds, at least on the PC. IMO the mouse should have controlled the camera, that would have been much more intuitive.

The demo lasted 10 minutes on my PC. That's how long it took for me to get bored with the samey combat and frustrated by the split-personality controls. If the game had a great story then I might have suffered those two problems, but it sounds like the story is dreadful and doesn't have an ending. Oh well, there are plenty more good-looking RPGs in 2011 to look forward to (ME3, Skyrim, Deus Ex... and maybe Diablo III).

Console port at its worst.
hate when they don't adjust the controls for the PC.

HunterICX

Free digital download copy of Mass Effect 2 for Dragon Age 2 owners:

http://dragonage.bioware.com/me2offer

must admit that's a nice gesture :yep:

HunterICX

It is... but I kinda get the impression that therefore DA2 isn't doing too well. :hmmm:

At first I was half-expecting to see something like 'Hey sorry about Dragon age 2, here's a free copy of Mass Effect to make up for it.' :lol:

I think you all are right. It's probably meant to have people think "I know that a lot of people have trashed this game, but if I'm getting 2 for the price of 1, I'll roll the dice and buy it."

Pretty clever marketing.

Hmm if only automobile industry would do that.

Sorry for the Toyota, here's a Lexus to make up for it :O:

Yep. To be fair, DA2 isn't a terrible game, but compared to ME2 it's a step backwards :yep:

If I didn't already own ME2 i might have taken up that offer. No.... i think i'll wait for two things. A GOTY edition, and for it to go on sale for 50-75% off on steam.

Aparently the whole point of the offer is to celebrate the fact they sold 1 million copies in 2 weeks. Not so bad. :hmmm: