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Dragon Age 2: First Xbox 360 Gameplay Footage Emerged

Watch some first gameplay footage from the new Xbox 360 demo for Dragon Age 2. Hint: Click on "HD" to watch the video in a high definition resolution.

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hakeem09964826d ago

the new game animations are better .These new changes are welcome for the consoles version of the game makes for a smooth game play.
As for the PC version .i love that you can either choose this way of play it or the old pause and strategies way.I might get it for both 360 and PC.to try both version.

Christopher4826d ago

I have to admit that I didn't like one thing about the new gameplay. That ogre in DAO would have sent you falling backwards or would have picked you up for a special attack. In this one, though, it just did damage and never knocked you back with its ground slam or rush attack.

Otherwise, the attacking animations look much improved and with the ability to still tactically command/program my NPCs, I'll very much enjoy the second game as long as the story lives up to expectations.

BeaArthur4826d ago

Played it this morning, it is leaps and bounds better than Origins.

PS3BURN4826d ago

And it should! I couldn't stay longer than 3 hours playing Origins because of the bad graphics. I just couldn't....I know I should be ashamed of myself for being a graphics sl*t but I'll make up for it playing Dragon age II I guess. It's not top notch but this I can stomach.

BeaArthur4826d ago

As a comparison, it's a bigger leap (just the console version) than Mass Effect to Mass Effect 2. Graphics are vastly improved and the combat is night and day.

douchedebater4826d ago

Does anyone know if it will have a multiplayer campaign element?

KillerPwned4826d ago

Went to go play it this morning and i need gold to download it :( i think its really dumb but i will just have to wait for the PC or PS3 demo. I will get both just to get the numbers up and get free shit. Cannot wait to play this game!

Baka-akaB4826d ago (Edited 4826d ago )

what's even the point of saying it ? It's the same for every demo ever released on XBL .

You wont sway anyone fine with it , and will only appear as trolling

Roper3164826d ago

also it could only be available to plus members on PSN as well. Not sure if it is or not but some demos are, just saying..

Baka-akaB4826d ago

Except it would be for only a week at least .

awiseman4826d ago

@ baka-akaB: same for Xbox live, demos are Gold-only for a few days, then its free for ALL. Ate least its not put out for free players then made Payed only like KZ3 was on PSN, that was annoying.

Baka-akaB4826d ago

Good to know , i was under the impressions it took months to go silver

KillerPwned4826d ago (Edited 4826d ago )

I`m sorry i do not know how things run on xbox live. I mostly download stuff through PSN i just wanted to play this bad.

I`m not trying to sway anyone i was just saying that you needed gold that is all. No troll here at all.

Tinasumsum4826d ago

LMAO

Some people don't know PSN multi player is free as well.

R2D24826d ago

@Killer - Just create a new account with a new email address and you have 1 month free gold.

Just saying if you want to play it that bad.

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allyc4t4826d ago

Fun game, can't wait for the full release.

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EA Made Dragon Age and Mass Effect DLC Free On PC By Retiring The BioWare Points System

Immersed Gamer writes: "In order to replace the oppressive BioWare Points system, EA is making a large portion of the Mass Effect and Dragon Age DLC catalogs free for PC users.

For those of you blissfully unaware, EA and BioWare employed a payment system called BioWare Points on PC to pay for DLCs for titles like Mass Effect and Dragon Age. While PC gamers have been struggling with BioWare point’s unfair conversion rates and extremely scarce and cost-detrimental sales.

Console players have been allowed to purchase content in pieces through the appropriate Sony and Microsoft shops. For real money, and not BioWare monopoly bucks. In turn, console players missed out on some DLC content, such as Mass Effect 2 pre-order bonuses that have been repackaged into a DLC pack."

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TinkerNation664d ago

Great response to Ubisoft and their disgusting behavior. Ubisoft decide to take away DLC from people who paid for it, while EA give it for free to everyone when they realize their system sucks. Who would have thought that EA of all companies would be showing Ubisoft how it should be done (even if this is EA fixing their own mistakes as well).

Mobis-New-Nest663d ago

What goes around comes around and I promise you, Ubisoft will see their actions blow back on them when their diminishing sales numbers and stock taking a hit downward. That's the only way a company learns when they decide to be reactive instead of proactive.

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All BioWare Games Ranked from Worst to Best

BLG writes: "There was a time that BioWare games were the biggest deal in gaming. The Canadian developer’s legacy of all-time classics is well known. Mass Effect, Knights of the Old Republic, and Baldur’s Gate are some of the biggest names in gaming.

While BioWare’s quality has fallen off lately, there’s no denying the quality of titles in their portfolio. That’s why we’re going to dive in and rank every BioWare game from worst to best. By every, I do mean every BioWare game, even the ones you completely forgot about!"

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Orbilator822d ago

Ranked from worse to even more worse more like, they been on free fall for a fair few years now and I personally don't think any of there earlier games have aged well

autobotdan822d ago

Wow to think at one point in their history they made a Sonic the Hedgehog game..crazy

chicken_in_the_corn822d ago

Anthem is crazy underrated. I really enjoyed it. ME1 is Bioware's best imo

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Michiel1989822d ago

I actually put quite a bit of hours into Anthem but i dont think its underrated. It was a huge mess, server issues, gameplay issues, crashes, no endgame loop, too few different enemies, uninteresting gear. too few dungeons.

It for sure had potential and if they could have managed to keep the same gameplay of the classes but without the rest of the issues, this game could have been huge, but in the state in which it launched it was such a letdown. They partly fixed some of the issues, but it took too long. A grinding game like this needs to hook players from day 1.

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'Dragon Age' and Why It Sucks to Play Cult Favorite Games

Delving into a well-loved game or series years after its release, when it already has an enthusiastic and devoted fanbase, can be incredibly difficult. People can be casually mean on the internet without intending to, and that happens a lot when you say you don’t like something they do. Fans of the franchise take their love of the game very seriously. They’re fervent and devoted, which has its charms, but it can also feel like you’re disappointing them when you decide their thing is not your thing.

Snakeeater25946d ago

All dragon age games are terribly boring

Kerppamaister946d ago

Why'd you play DA2 if you thought 1 was boring?

Snakeeater25946d ago

Because of the reviews, I thought they could do better specially gameplay wise and the third one was even worst

spss11946d ago

I've never been able to complete a Dragon Age game. They always felt too rigid in design. I eventually think "why am I playing this over Witcher 3?" or pretty much any other rpg.

arkard946d ago

The same reason you read a different book, or watch different movies. Different world, characters, lore and story.

jeromeface946d ago

Idk, because maybe you completed the witcher 3? Not all of us like repeating a game over and over just because its the best in genre.

spss11946d ago (Edited 946d ago )

@arkard
Never found the story or lore of DA interesting. Inquisition was just generic evil dude with demon army wants to conquer world and you're the chosen one.

@jeromeface
I've played through Witcher 3 once, at the same time I was playing DA Inquisition. Hence the example. I never finished Inquisition and went on to complete Witcher 3.

Yui_Suzumiya946d ago (Edited 946d ago )

Well the first bored me but I loved 2 and 3. I could never get into The Witcher or Elder Scrolls but I enjoyed those as far as medieval themed RPG's go.

SegaSaturn669946d ago

I played inquisition and thought the story was pretty well done. Voice acting as well.

Lost interest when i found an ultimate weapon that could only be wieldable postgame. Like wtf would they let me even obtain it for?

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phoenixwing946d ago

Is it really a cult following if it's in the millions?

IanTH946d ago (Edited 946d ago )

lol Definitely a fair point. When a game is made and published by one of the largest video game companies on Earth, has at least 12 million sales between DA:O/DA2/DA:I, DA:I noted as being BioWare's most successful launch, and made EA enough money to greenlight a 3rd game? I'm thinking it's tough to argue that's niche :-p

If you take cult following on the face of it - a group of people who are highly dedicated & passionate about something - the author wouldn't be wrong. But they have to know that term is most widely associated with the group being small/the object being obscure, so it can't really apply here.

melons946d ago

Yeah, in what universe is a series with three games, a fourth on the way that's sold millions and is published by EA a "cult favorite"? Next you'll be telling me The Witcher 3 is a plucky and underrated indie.

IanTH945d ago

I've heard about this hidden gem called GTA V...

jznrpg946d ago (Edited 946d ago )

Cult favorite? It’s well known and sold fairly well and they are making a fourth game . I don’t see it anywhere near cult favorite status . I really enjoyed the first game and the third was pretty good (with failed mmo faults you could notice) but the second game was lazily made garbage .

Yui_Suzumiya946d ago

Second was the best game which is the biggest hot take I've ever had, lol

ElvisHuxley946d ago (Edited 946d ago )

Loved the first one, second was pretty good. Couldn't even get through the third one. Don't have high hopes for 4, but hey, nowhere to go but up hopefully.

moomoo319946d ago (Edited 946d ago )

DA: Origins was cool, but I got Mass Effect 2 at the same time and goddayum there was no comparison imo.

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