Originally Posted by Zomgnome
Originally Posted by khornedragon
so you can't really complain about dragon age origins story and then praise this games in my opinion.


I have played both of them and I love both of them, and although dragon age story is very nice, D2 one certainly feels much more "epic". And I like it. Dragon age felt to much like your typical dark (?) fantasy setting, and did a big mistake witch ruined much of the settings when deciding that almost all quests have a clear good\ bad paths, instead of the true dark fantasy grey way. Dragon Age had wonderfull dialouges, writtings, and some cleaver moments (endings, the scene of both of the battles), but it failed to deliver a true atmosphere and more importantly, the actual game had nothing to do with the "epicness" you felt when watching the movies (or worse, the dirty marketing they done with the trailers). D2 however never fails, it knows what you expcet to see and want to see, and it delivers it. And beacouse its also sort of more linear, it allows the story to be delivered better. Instead of breaking it into 3\4 parts like dragon age felt, and it also had some design pluses in my opinion (like less and less talking the further you go, like one podcast says, player is less intreasted in making choices the further he goes).

I also have to disagrees with what you said about items. Don't forget D2 is a loot game, its supposed to be like that. Besides, while in Dragon Age you find good stuff when looting enemies\ dungeons, you (usally) find shitty things on the market, while in D2 you always find very nice things on the market (which are random and thats good) and you never really lack money to get them. Also you have control over charms and enchanments, mostly, so you can balance stuff. It is however more satisfying to find a new weapon or armor in DA, but mainly beacouse its just so rare and there are only around 7 tiers (not like D2 has more, but you do come across new gear very often in D2 cuz its all random).



i seriously disagree with you about the good/bad choices. those are extremely fun and add a WHOLE lot of replayability. they did not ruin the atmosphere of the game. you sir are a very small SMALL minority of gamers who felt that way about dragon age. most people love those moral choices. i wish this game had more moral choices. it feels like your not your char is not really you in a sense. the game play in dragon age doesn't have that epic feel you get when you watch the movies. and the marketing thing was spot on. i HATE how bioware gave us so many spoilers about this game*cough*broodmother*cough* so there was hardly any surprise. i also think divinity 2 had a much more "epic" feel during certain parts of the gameplay, like when you turn into a dragon for instance. im still confused about weather i like dragon ages go-where-you-want-to kind of game play(like you go get the allies) or this games more linear storyline. im gonna have to go with this games though i wish i could go back and explore broken vally(i forgot to finish all the quests) but other than that its all good.

yes i realize that D2 is a loot game and i have a special hatred of loot games. they just seem so unrealistic. not only that in dragon age if you need a good weapon you can look at a guide and they will tell you the exact location of a good weapon. in this game if you need some new gear(or just trying to find a really good one) then your gonna have to go in front of a chest and save-reload-save-reload until you get what you want. that process is so tiresome and gets boring fast. and sometimes if you fight a boss in this game and you kill him chances are you might not get anything good but in dragon age you know that if you just fought through a bunch of minions and you finally defeat a boss your getting some good stuff. yes the shops in dragon age have some crappy gear but that gear stays constant unless there is a reason the stock updates. and your also going to find some good gear at a merchant also.

Last edited by khornedragon; 18/12/09 06:57 PM.