Dragon Age II (2011)

I take back what I said about the graphics. I had configured things wrong.

Now that I've been playing for some hours the constant level repetition it's getting old. So is the inept structure of enemy encounters. Every single time a new wave of monsters appear from literally nowhere I roll my eyes and actually groan in frustration. I remember dragon age origins' combat being a lot about preparedness and placement (especially playing a mage) but there's no strategy to be have if the enemies spawn from thin air and surrounds you every time. It's absolutely awful.

On the other hand, I'm enjoying the character (can't say "the story", because so far all the loosely connected quests don't really come together into a cohesive plot). Sarcastic Hawk can be seriously funny. I laughed out loud at the line about the Templars not needing to worry about having 'cute' children. Some of the companions are fun, too. Merril has some silly lines. And I've just got to know isabella, which promises to be interesting although she should really put on some armour; is not safe going to battle pantless.

An adventure that takes place in Kirkwall and surroundings where the player can import the save of the first title for this game where he will have to help solve some problems of the city while progressing in the recognition throughout the game.

As in the previous title the player will have several companions there is his disposition to form his party and a possible romantic interest. Each of them has their idologies where they can agree or not with the player. Where some characters from the previous title will appear in this title.

There are several secondary and side quests to do if the player wants to explore the game further.

Each decision made will have a lot of influence throughout the game until the end, a feature that I love very much.

Perhaps the only neagive points I found in the game is that there is no possibility to choose another race besides the human race, however I found the design of the maps a little poor and repetitive over time. The customization of the characters in this title is much simpler than the previous title, where only the player has the “right” to change the armor for a better one.

Despite having chosen Fernis as a romantic interest, I felt that the game ended very quickly.

But in the end I really enjoyed passing this beautiful title.

Yes, the maps were ridiculous. Yes, the quests were busy work. Yes, the head mage submitting to blood magic at the end after an entire game railing against it made absolutely no sense.

But Varric's narration. The characters. The mages/templar conflict. THE BANTER. I cannot even handle how much I loved this group of characters together. They had much more of a group dynamic than DA or DAI.