I played the first game in interesting conditions. But almost all of these discussions (once you’d removed the details relevant to someone’s playing the weaker 360 version) seemed to come down to expectations. Sitting with colleagues who were also reviewing it, many loud-voiced, arm-waving conversations took place as we passionately disagreed with each other about its merits. Obviously the original Dragon Age was a divisive game, and my adoration for it is not shared by all. I’ve tried various mental exercises, most frequently: If this weren’t a BioWare game, weren’t a sequel to Dragon Age, what would I think of it? Where would it rate in the history of RPGs? What’s taken me so long is in trying to identify how it fell short. This is about trying to understand why this time that’s not enough. There’s tough subjects covered, including a plot that asks whether you can sympathise with a paedophile, the pursuing of serial killers, and fights with giant bronze statues. The game gets much right, with some lovely quests, fun chats, interesting characters, and moving stories. Read without bearing this in mind it could look like an overtly negative review. What follows is a critique of where I think Dragon Age II went wrong. Does that mean it’s terrible? Absolutely not. Am I disappointed by Dragon Age II? Very much so. The iTunes rating system of 1 or 5 seems to be infesting our realm, and it’s important to recognise disappointment in context.
Such is the lunatic binary nature of people’s responses to games that its having fallen short of its own predecessor, and indeed its own expectations, seems to create a desire to loudly deride it. It would be madness to say that Dragon Age II is a bad game.
As such, the below contains information that could spoil the story of the game.
I’ve been playing the game almost every day since my WIT of the first few hours, now on my second play through, just trying to get my head around what it is they got wrong. You may have noticed the lack of a full Dragon Age II review on RPS.
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