Dragon Age 2

[Azer249]

Dragon Age 2

Bioware today confirmed that Dragon Age 2, a sequel to last year's hit action RPG Dragon Age: Origins, is in the works. While a release date was not given, EA had previously confirmed an untitled Dragon Age product was due out in the first quarter of next year. Furthermore, an insert into the packaging for Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening strongly hinted the sequel would arrive in North America on February 1, 2011.

Box art for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.

Dragon Age 2 is set over a 10-year period, according to Bioware. It will see the player transform their character from "a destitute refugee to the revered champion of the land," with new combat mechanics for the game's three classes as well as "an entirely new cinematic experience." As had previously been confirmed for the 2011 untitled project, Dragon Age 2 will be coming out for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.

Dragon Age: Origins shipped in November 2009 to critical acclaim, and was followed in March of this year by the Awakening expansion pack. It also received a number of smaller paid-for DLC expansions.

BioWare has several major projects in the works in addition to Dragon Age II. The highly anticipated Star Wars: The Old Republic massively multiplayer online game is slated for release next year, and the firm still has to wrap up its sci-fi space opera trilogy with Mass Effect 3.

Dragon Age 2 has not yet been rated by the ESRB or PEGI.

Dragon Age II Seems Like It Will Be Very DifferentThe first details we saw about Dragon Age 2 were not shocking. New game, new hero. The second batch of details? Consider the eyes of Kotaku raised.

Over on the official Dragon Age 2 webpage, we've got ourselves some sequel details to ponder:

* Embark upon an all-new adventure that takes place across an entire decade and shapes itself around every decision you make.
* Determine your rise to power from a destitute refugee to the revered champion of the land.
* Think like a general and fight like a Spartan with dynamic new combat mechanics that put you right in the heart of battle whether you are a mage, rogue, or warrior.
* Go deeper into the world of Dragon Age with an entirely new cinematic experience that grabs hold of you from the beginning and never lets go.
* Discover a whole realm rendered in stunning detail with updated graphics and a new visual style.

"Updated graphics"? Cool. Graphics were not very good in Dragon Age 1.

"New visual style"? What's that mean? Probably not the 3D Dot Game Heroes visual style, at least.

"Dynamic new combat mechanics that put you right in the heart of the battle"? Hmm. The PC version of Dragon Age 1 (really called Dragon Age: Origins) allowed gamers to play from an overhead perspective, either pausing the action or playing in realtime. The console versions only allowed the game to be played from more of a behind-the-character perspective. The phrasing here implies a closer combat perspective, no?

Dragon Age II Seems Like It Will Be Very Different

Here are some plot details:

You are one of the few who escaped the destruction of your home. Now, forced to fight for survival in an ever-changing world, you must gather the deadliest of allies, amass fame and fortune, and seal your place in history. This is the story of how the world changed forever. The legend of your Rise to Power begins now.

Would you like to see box-art?

Dragon Age II Seems Like It Will Be Very DifferentThe dragon on those boxes looks like the dragon on some promotional artwork EA packed into this year's Dragon Age: Origins expansion pack, Awakening. That art promised something Dragon Agey for February 1, 2011.

Box Art Is As Follows:

Looks Awsome!

 

[Dark Drakan]

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I havent even done Dragon Age: Origins yet! Glad to see them continuing the series though.

 

[Azer249]

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haha same i love the first one

 

[Rad]

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I havent even done Dragon Age: Origins yet! Glad to see them continuing the series though.

Same here, never got around to play it.


But before anything I want force unleashed 2. ._.

 

[Evan]

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I was very disappointed I wasn't able to continue playing after the main story was completed. I hope they fix that.

 

[Zjuggernaut]

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I was very disappointed I wasn't able to continue playing after the main story was completed. I hope they fix that.

Meh.. Fallout's been there and done that. Reload a previous save?

 

[Daemon300]

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C'mon BioWare. Fix the damn game! I want to play the DLC's!

 

[Evan]

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Meh.. Fallout's been there and done that. Reload a previous save?

Ya I know but it's because at the end I chose to

Spoiler

Take all of Loghain's treasury as a reward

and then the game ended so I didn't get a chance to do that. I also wanted to complete some quests, learn more skills, etc. without having to buy DLCs.

 

[Dark Drakan]

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Its a hard game to simply 'pick up and play' i have to find a good stretch of time to sit down and play it. Therefore i havent touched it in ages as i rarely get uninterrupted time like that now.

 

[Tyloric]

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It's a bit soon, but hopefully they can pull it off!

 

[Gikoku]

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BioWare's been on the ball.

I may just go in for a second playthrough, still a lot of events and dialog I didn't get to experience.

 

[queenofdisco]

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I've done the main game once, along with Awakening with the same character. Had a go at going through with new heroes and just moved onto other things have yet to find the ostigar dlc in the game.

Was playing a new save, but moved onto ac2, then half way through my second AC2 playthrough I got sidetracked via red dead. I should return to bioshock 2, but its too gloomy to pick up....

 

[Purple Nurple]

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I never played the first, might rent it over the summer. Everyone seems to be giving it a good rap, so I might check the sequel out as well.

 

[Angel]

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Definitely not impressed. Bioware suck.

Little hint for them - make a game that actually WORKS before chucking out more of the same crap. Very unhappy with Dragon Age Origins and the whole thing needs a re-haul.

/anti Bioware rant

 

[Tyloric]

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Bioware suck.

fffffffffalse. <3

 

[HeroOfCrapsalot]

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Aww I was just about to make a topic on this. Looks pretty sweet though. I'm totally gonna pre order it. Didn't someone post a topic a few months ago with some unverified box art that resembled that cover?

 

[Gikoku]

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Aww I was just about to make a topic on this. Looks pretty sweet though. I'm totally gonna pre order it. Didn't someone post a topic a few months ago with some unverified box art that resembled that cover?

Yeah, I did. It was a couple months ago.

 

[Azer249]

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Sorry Gikoku didnt knwo if you posted this artical i rember the box art just thoguth ide include it got it of gamespot and facebook

 

[Gikoku]

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I didn't post this article, I posted a snippet revealing a release date and it came with some papers resembling DA2's front cover (which was months before the game's confirmation). You're fine.