monk
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Post by monk on Aug 2, 2016 6:40:20 GMT -8
I think it's was a good game rushed. It had all the elements necessary to make it great but it was pushed too quickly out the door. Way too many corners were cut. I think the only thing which survived intact was the core story and game mechanics. All the necessary voice acting, maps, side quests, … didn't get the attention they needed.
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Post by killdren88 on Aug 2, 2016 14:42:18 GMT -8
I think it's was a good game rushed. It had all the elements necessary to make it great but it was pushed too quickly out the door. Way too many corners were cut. I think the only thing which survived intact was the core story and game mechanics. All the necessary voice acting, maps, side quests, … didn't get the attention they needed. Thus the evil that is the rEApers. They see the talent, and skill displayed from developers, salivating with greed. Thinking they can produce the same results now on a set amount of time, and budget. And refusing to learn from their from their mistakes keep grinding the innocent developer in the ground, and keep pressing with the same strategy.
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Post by melzia on Aug 6, 2016 1:39:06 GMT -8
I think it could be both in a sense! A flawed masterpiece, and kind of a disaster a bit? I really liked DA2 but it's hard not to acknowledge overt issues like the levels being re-used and stuff like that.
All in all, I'm still really fond of it though.
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Post by DaFuk on Aug 6, 2016 5:46:31 GMT -8
Taken on it's own DA2 wasn't bad. It was a cool little game but DA deserved better for a second installment.
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Post by natureguy85 on Aug 6, 2016 8:31:55 GMT -8
It's neither. It had some good ideas but was poorly executed. I don't think it's very good, but I wouldn't call it a disaster and it certainly is not close to a masterpiece.
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monk
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Post by monk on Aug 6, 2016 9:48:28 GMT -8
I think it's was a good game rushed. It had all the elements necessary to make it great but it was pushed too quickly out the door. Way too many corners were cut. I think the only thing which survived intact was the core story and game mechanics. All the necessary voice acting, maps, side quests, … didn't get the attention they needed. Thus the evil that is the rEApers. They see the talent, and skill displayed from developers, salivating with greed. Thinking they can produce the same results now on a set amount of time, and budget. And refusing to learn from their from their mistakes keep grinding the innocent developer in the ground, and keep pressing with the same strategy. At first i thought it was a typo but not that i've more than enough caffeine in my system… They do seem to have this monetization mindset which hampers the more thought-provoking aspects of games. Considering they were responsible for Titansfall, which was an utter disaster on initial release, i'm sadly not shocked. Makes you wonder what would have happened if BioWare stuck to their guns a little longer before being bought by the company that got bought by EA (if i remember how the dealing went).
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Post by BaddQueen on Oct 7, 2016 7:51:12 GMT -8
i'd have to say that DAII is really good game, certainly worth it.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2017 6:25:46 GMT -8
DA2 is one of my favorite games, even considering it`s flawed and was rushed out of BW`s doors faster than light. First, it`s a tale in a tale - the entire game is just a big, outrageous story from Varric, a self-titled compulsive liar. Remember that initial crazy scene between Varric and Bartrand at Bartrand`s mansion? Before Cassandra interrupts Varric? If you consider the entire game like that, using the "sarcastic" dialogue option (I prefer to name it the clever option) almost all the time - it reflects better Varric`s style of storytelling - you have quite another game at your hand. And accepting DA2 as a story told by Varric covers up many of the game`s flaws. Like the inconsistencies between elves, qunari and Flemeth from DA:O and DA2, the repetitive thugs "action" at night in all 3 acts, the flashy combat with "teleporting" and even the 3 enemy waves combat. All figments of a crazy beardless dwarf`s imagination. Not the many fetch quests though. BW created an original story about a family trying to survive the Blight and then staying alive in Kirkwall, a strange looking old Tevinter city, and a band of companions like in no other BW game before and since. Or any RPG for that matter.
With less obvious re-use of area resources, like dungeons being more or less variations of 3 models, the same with houses (it seems DA2 has an obsession with number 3) and better side quests this game could have been a big hit. Especially since BW didn`t exploited the merchant angle of Kirkwall at all. Think of a secondary storyline about nobles and merchants competing over Kirkwall`s trade (treason, betrayal, murder, guilds) over all three acts and you have a vibrant city. Alive and dangerous. And a very good RPG.
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Post by Cassandra Saturn on Feb 16, 2017 11:39:02 GMT -8
i'd have to say DAII was rushed, EA didn't give ME2 a time, as same with DAII. it was good but it needed to be fleshed out more.. just 2 cents. overall, it was good.
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