This particular dragon is at a very mature age.
After my bout with Dragon Age: Origins, my attachment to the series was such that playing Dragon Age II was almost inevitable. At the moment, I've almost finished the first of three acts in this dark fantasy RPG, and am deeply enjoying it. While many RPGs and adventure games have a strong focus on travel and wandering, Dragon Age II is interesting in that the entire game is centered around one city - Kirkwall - in which you start at the bottom and work your way to the top, though not without getting your gauntlets dirty. The restriction to one city could be cynically seen as a ploy by the developers to reuse the same assets and environments over and over, it does establish more connection between the player and in-game locations than is usual. As for the combat, it's as good as I remember from Dragon Age: Origins. Fighting happens in real time, but liberal use of the pause button is encouraged in order to plan strategies moment by moment. I've heard through the grapevine that Dragon Age II is a terrible game, but either the game is saving its full awfulness for acts two and three, or certain grapevines are going to be rendered as credible as a blood mage claiming innocence in a recent series of disappearances.
No comments:
Post a Comment