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inFocus – Dragon Age II Review

Dragon Age Origins was perhaps the best RPG released this generation. After some time, Dragon Age 2 has finally hit the shelves. Unlike the fist Dragon Age, where the story was more like an ongoing adventure from start to finish, Dragon Age 2 is told by a future companion of our hero named Varric, who is being interrogated by an agent of the chantry about the main character (Hawke) for unknown reasons. His tale starts from the beginning where Hawke and his family are fleeing the Blight shortly after the events of Ostagar in Origins. They basically flee Ferelden and make their way to the city of Kirkwall, where Hawke’s mother originally hailed from.

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Tempjf4791d ago (Edited 4791d ago )

Unfortunately, I never played either of the Dragon Age's. Besides, I heard this one had some serious loading and freezing issues on all 3 platforms. I'm gonna assume it's a fair score thou.

showtimefolks4791d ago

its more like a 6/10 going from me2 to this it was like playing 2 different bioware games one with quality other not so much

combat while quick is lacking
story makes little sense
long long loading
bad animations
EVERY DUNGON ROOM IS THE SAME ITS LIKE FIGHTING IN THE SAME LOCATIONS FOR THE WHOLE GAME.(and this is a long long game so its hard to ignore that)

glad bought it used from gamestop will get my money back tomorrow and maybe put it towards

brink
la:n
infamous
duke nukeum
shadow of damned

wait for this to get to 15dollar range than get if you must

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There are no "thoughtful" ads in video games, EA

There are no thoughtful ads in Video Games, EA. Leave them be.

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northpaws17d ago

I think the only type of games that can gets away with it would be sport games, having those sponsors ads on the side like on real life.

But don't put freaking Doritos ads in Star Wars or something, it breaks the immersion. If it is a pop-up ads, then big no.

Hofstaderman17d ago

EA can thoughtfully eff themselves.

Makersbreath217d ago

EA coming back for the crown of being perceived as the worst company in gaming.

Chocoburger16d ago (Edited 16d ago )

One of my favorite series is the THPS franchise, and it was packed with ads, but it didn't bother me. Posters for skateboard companies, JEEP, and Nokia phones. It did sort of fit in with the game world, but that was the past, these days ad would be intentionally intrusive or unskippable loading screen type of imagery. Ugh, I know EA would do it in a horrible fashion. Screw them.

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Report: Sexual Misconduct Investigation Conducted at EA, Suspects Named and What They Did Revealed

EA senior staff has been investigated for sexual misconduct involving female coworkers, and these said people have been named publicly.

isarai23d ago

Aye just call Phil, i mean he somehow made Bobby Kotick's scandal disappear and gave him a few million dollar high five on the way out.

Cacabunga22d ago

I wonder if it will be censored with some in game ads.

MrBaskerville20d ago (Edited 20d ago )

Microsoft did, Phil Spencer played a minor part. He instigated the buyout that led to Kotick escaping all his controversies while getting a golden handshake.

Someone on Twitter calculated that the people hired in Tango and Arkane Austin could get a decent salary for roughly 17 years for the money Kotick was paid.

InUrFoxHole19d ago

Yeah some thing tells me Kotics $ was already guaranteed before MS made the deal. As for the studios... Let's be honest here... none of those studios made system sellers.

XiNatsuDragnel22d ago (Edited 22d ago )

EA about to go down like Activision and then Phil saves the day saying.this is good for the industry and consolidation will help create competition. /s.

MrBaskerville20d ago

Then they shutdown Codemasters and studio behind Jedi Survivor.

Atleast they could hardly do much damage that EA hadn't allready done. EA has shut down most of their studios by now.

ravens5222d ago

What's up with all these horny creeps. You gon be horny, fine. Just not at work take care of that shit before you go in. Rub one out if you have to. Don't be a creep at all. ESPECIALLY at work. But don't be one AT ALL.

Extermin8or3_22d ago

I mean part of the issue is that things transpired outside of work....

MrBaskerville20d ago

That's the thing he mentioned about not being a creep at all.

KwietStorm_BLM22d ago

You think deviants care where they are? Work sometimes makes it an even better situation for them because they can abuse their power.

mudakoshaka22d ago

Nerds think they are Gods when they are making video games.

NotoriousWhiz22d ago (Edited 22d ago )

"it seems that according to EA, given the events transpired outside of work between two adults, and the fact that once investigation has started that the alleged perpetrators didn’t do it again, the investigation is considered closed. [...] The victim still has to work with the people that harassed her."

Yep, EA is disgusting.

Extermin8or3_22d ago

I mean the fact stuff happened outside of work puts EA in quite a difficult position legally. These women don't seem to have reported the matter to the police which kinda ties EA's hands on what they can do. If they don't file reports of the crimes then yeah from EA's perspective it is stuff that happened outside of work. The only exception is the guy that apparently referenced things in the slack channel for work, spending on what he said proving it may be very hard and he may well be able to get away with plausible deniability. I don't like EA and I think these people need to be dismissed but without any legal action being taken, EA can't really do much without risk of being sued themselves for unfair dismissal etc.

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EA to Spend Billions Boosting Share Prices After Mass Layoffs

EA has announced it will engage in a shareholder-pleasing share buyback program just a couple of months after mass layoffs at the studio.

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Yi-Long26d ago

Well, anything to make those shareholders happy, I guess. They're all that matters in this industry nowadays.

badboyz0926d ago (Edited 26d ago )

EA stocks haven't been profitable in over 5yrs. They better hope Take-two don't get the FIFA license lol.