by bele04 Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:47 pm
Anyone finished the game yet? I'm close to finishing the game and here's some of my thoughts.
The battle system and questing system is better IMO. I really hated these two in DA1. Mas fast paced ang battles and better execution of skills all around. Better tactics slots as well. The questing system is both a hit and a miss. I liked DA:O's quests better but loved DA2's system wherein they tell you the areas where you need to go for these quests. I'm glad they spared me hours of my time finding the right person for the specific quests.
Story wise, my main problem is that there really isn't much to the story if you skip the sidequests. significantly less ang main plot compared to the first dragon age.
I like the character conversations in DA2 better. Alistair > varric, isabella > morrigan, aveline and leliana, these two I really hated. LOL.
I found the flemeth dragon battle in DA1 to be a lot harder than all the dragon battles in DA2. My char is a dual dagger rogue and the strat is basically to have the rogue use a bow, put the entire party on hold and have melee chars hide behind a wall or something, and have one char hit the dragon or evade the attacks and run around a lot while letting your ranged chars do all the damage. I found varric, aveline or fenris to be a great bait for boss battles. aveline and fenris for their toughness while varric for his movespeed.