The biggest con about DC was the RTS, and how one of the awesome things (being a dragon) was tied to it.
In the end I just couldn't stand the RTS anymore, which also means no dragon, leaving just a TBS with some political choices.
I really wish if they ever do a sequel they seperate dragon from RTS (or just drop the RTS completely).
I really loved the RTS + Dragon Commander element of the game, it was just lacking on the RTS map design, AI, and enemy opponents. As Dragon you did not really need an army, because the enemy armies could not withstand you anyway in most cases. The whole RTS part was simply to thin on the polish side.
Prototype like is a really fitting imho. Besides of that, some Real-Time Action-RPG scenes would for sure not have hurt to add as another genre into the Dragon Commander Mix. Overall I would say Larian should stay away from DC2 until someone comes along and offers them a triple A budget to do it. *grin*
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Or they have all key technologies and game elements build already from separate stand-alone games.
