Mass Effect 2, Dragon Age "overperformed" - BioWare

BioWare say that both Mass Effect 2 and Dragon Age: Origins “overperformed” compared to the company’s targets – even though those targets were “very high and ambitious”.

[caseh]

Dragon Age: Origins was pretty epic, I only picked it up a month ago as I had completely missed the fact it had been released.

I've just completed it but now its left a huge void in my gaming habits. :( After fighting the Arch-Demon I can't see anything else giving me the same gaming experience for a while.

[Legion]

"Dragon Age: Origins was pretty epic, I only picked it up a month ago as I had completely missed the fact it had been released." What were you just released from Guantanamo or something? That game even has a sequel out now. If you have a huge void left after playing Origins then just simply pick up the Awakening expansion. Void filled.

p.s. don't pick-up Dragon Age 2 though... it lacks what Origins had.

[caseh]

Lmao, I honestly don't know how I missed it. Probably had a lot on the go at the time of release and the cover for the case doesn't stand out so I never really looked at it in any stores.

Was idling on Gametrailers and saw the review so figured i would watch it, time to kill. Within 10 minutes of watching the review I was at my local gamestore scouting a copy to buy.

Thing is, in my mad dash to buy I missed the fact theres an ultimate edition that includes Awakening and on the PSN its £15, thats £2 more than what I paid for Origins!

Is it worth £15? (approx $25)

[limewax]

Its a good bit of DLC, overpriced though, and all the other DLC is a rip off

[Spinal]

Don't pick up Dragon Age 2 but i would advise the next step to pick up Dragon Age: The Awakening. Great expansion.

[Anon1974]

I agree - I think I enjoyed the Awakening almost as much as I enjoyed DAO. However, I disagree with skipping DA2. I'm having a blast with it right now. Just read the reviews, don't listen to the hate. DA2 isn't the game that DAO was, but that doesn't mean for a second it's not an enjoyable RPG.

I sat down with an old bioware employee recently who confirmed to me what a lot of people have been complaining about recently. Bioware's focus has shifted and they've made a conscious decision to focus less on the feature rich, deep rpg's in favor of creating a more streamlined, cinematic experience that's easier for all players to experience. It simply doesn't make sense for them to work 4 years on a game and put in features that 80% of players never use. I found the comment a little disheartening, but I can't say I blame them.

[The Meerkat]

The only issue I had with DA:O was that I could never find a good looking hat for my Wizard.

Other than that it was indeed 'pretty epic'

Edit: And I still dream about Morrigan.

[Captain Qwark 9]

i agree with legion completely, DA:O was amazing, one of my fav games, the sequel is one of the biggest turds i have ever played, i only made it through a few hrs before i was like fuck this....

[dorron]

I've played DA:O. Now I'm playing ME2. Good games, just not that great. I'd give'em both 8.5/10.

[Simon_Brezhnev]

They are good games but not as great as people make it seem. I'll give them both 8/10.

[Faztkiller]

Love Dragon Age games don't really get the hate for the 2nd I thought it was better

[Simon_Brezhnev]

My problem with DA2 is when i beat it i thought i was halfway in the game. I was like wtf and havent played the game since. LOL

[padz1]

It definitely wasn't better but it doesnt deserve the hate it got. If it had been released under another name rather than a DA:O sequel then i think people would have appreciated it much more.

[Legion]

I think the main issue with DA2 was that it felt like a watered down version of DAO. It felt like you had less choice in where to go. And I didn't enjoy the battles as much.

If it was a completely different title from DAO then it wouldn't have gotten as hard a review possibly? Due to not having to be compared directly with the first game in the series which was so much superior.

As one poster highlighted a conversation with a Bioware employee "It simply doesn't make sense for them to work 4 years on a game and put in features that 80% of players never use."... with that thought on a sequel you are automatically alienating 20% of your audience by leaving out a portion of the game that they enjoyed.