Thursday, December 9, 2010

Dragon Age II Preview

Dragon Age II was recently announced for a release date of March 2011.  The game takes a large departure from what fans might have expected.  When BioWare developed Mass Effect 2, they reinserted the first protagonist, Commander Shepard into an all new story, all of your past decisions from Mass Effect 1 carrying over into the storyline of the second game.  While your decisions from Dragon Age and the ultimate outcome are imported into Dragon Age II, your designed character is not the protagonist.  Instead, you play as Hawk, a Lothering refugee who rises to power.  Several characters from the first game return such as Flemeth and Isabella, but for the most part, it seems Dragon Age II aims to tell its own unique story.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xx0pU-B_yA

One of the main advantages to having a set protagonist rather than a customizable one is that now, the protagonist will have a voice actor behind them.  This was not the case in Dragon Age: Origins due to the level of customization available.

The combat will remain the same at its core, however, developers are saying they are revamping the entire skill system, along with making combat look a lot better.

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