This game does a lot of things I like. Although I don't like the characters here as much as I liked them in Dragon Age 1(Anders gets a serious downgrade), I still really liked the story and rivalry/friendship system. It's nice to be able to have conversations and disagree with companions without it resulting in them leaving or not getting their bonuses for maxing out a "good" relationship status. I also liked that this game was willing to try something new; this isn't some grand adventure to save the world, it's a small scale story about a refugee from the blight starting from scratch and becoming a champion. I heard a lot of complaints about that from other reviews but I personally don't mind rolling the scale back a little bit, especially if it's used to build up a new threat(given how thouroughly the last game deals with the darkspawn).

All of that said, I'm really struggling to beat this game, and it's because the game design is small scale too. I'm not exaggerating when I say it ALL takes place in the same city. Caves and buildings are recycled too, you'll find yourself crawling the same dungeons over and over again. I don't mind the small scale story, but when it comes to locations and dungeons, a little variety would have gone a long way. It's not even that big or interesting of a city, not that I need this to be an open world game but if you're gonna set a whole game in a single city, atleast make it a big one with interesting locations and things to do. By this point, the only reason I'm forcing myself to try and beat this game is so that I can move on to Inquisition. And that's not really a good excuse to spend time on a game, so I'm gonna drop it here and move on with a save editor.

I do think there are good parts to this game, and I think people can I have fun playing it. Again, I also think it does a lot of interesting things as an RPG. But man does the sameness wear down on me. If you like DA:O, give this a try.

This game does a lot of things I like. Although I don't like the characters here as much as I liked them in Dragon Age 1(Anders gets a serious downgrade), I still really liked the story and rivalry/friendship system. It's nice to be able to have conversations and disagree with companions without it resulting in them leaving or not getting their bonuses for maxing out a "good" relationship status. I also liked that this game was willing to try something new; this isn't some grand adventure to save the world, it's a small scale story about a refugee from the blight starting from scratch and becoming a champion. I heard a lot of complaints about that from other reviews but I personally don't mind rolling the scale back a little bit, especially if it's used to build up a new threat(given how thouroughly the last game deals with the darkspawn). All of that said, I'm really struggling to beat this game, and it's because the game design is small scale too. I'm not exaggerating when I say it ALL takes place in the same city. Caves and buildings are recycled too, you'll find yourself crawling the same dungeons over and over again. I don't mind the small scale story, but when it comes to locations and dungeons, a little variety would have gone a long way. It's not even that big or interesting of a city, not that I need this to be an open world game but if you're gonna set a whole game in a single city, atleast make it a big one with interesting locations and things to do. By this point, the only reason I'm forcing myself to try and beat this game is so that I can move on to Inquisition. And that's not really a good excuse to spend time on a game, so I'm gonna drop it here and move on with a save editor. I do think there are good parts to this game, and I think people can I have fun playing it. Again, I also think it does a lot of interesting things as an RPG. But man does the sameness wear down on me. If you like DA:O, give this a try.