I'm too tired to be angry any more.Now I'm just sad. But even DA 0.5 is still good game, and certainly better ( if not by much ) then most recent rpgs ( fable 4, Ego Draconis, TwoWorlds II ). DA2 fails to deliver anything new to justify the 'dumbing-down' ( or streamlining, as the industry would like to brand it ) making it inferior to its predecessor. But ME2 provided some new gameplay features, great graphics, much improved action and once more a great epic story with diverse characters, making it, in the end a superior successor. Mainly due to the ( severe ) dumbing down of the skill-system ( which wasnt the most complex to begin with ). And in the beginning, I was disappointed in ME2 aswell. Here are my cons: - Menu/Icon-Design really doesnt hold a candle to the beautiful art we saw in Dragon Age: looks like its been designed for a tron-movie-tie-in game - although Combat now looks much fancier, it's also much quicker, hence too chaotic at times and with top view removed it can be hard to keep track of everything thats happening - Enemies spawn into the battlefield, so you cant really tell how long a fight will go - Looting has lost a lot of its charm and restrictions concerning the equipment of your party members really takes away from the fun - the crafting system doesn't deserve the name - the skill trees and the associated restrictions are not to my taste - the gift mechanic has been changed dramatically, to the point of no recognition - it would also have been nice to see what the scale is on the friendship/rivalry bar, so that I know wtf 10 points in either direct are worth ( but I'm nitpicking, and I shall be the cop who stops it.erm me ) - and yes: Carver is a douche ) pros: - everything that reminds me of DA:O I was also a fan of Mass Effect. But the moment my destined-to-be spirit healer pulls off moves like 'the last airbender' I new that this won't live up to my expectations. The strange thing is, although things don't really get better as the game goes on, I still had fun with the game ( and I'm still having fun with it now ). I think that's when some people alt-tabbed to their browser, went on this site and had to let off some steam. But now DA2 was released and yes.the first 2hours of playing this long-awaited game, really disappointed me. needless to say I love that game and I'm already thinking about the approach I'll take in the next playthrough. I finished DA:O 6 times ( 4x on hard and twice on nightmare ). A sentiment, not many users ( on metacritic anyway ) seem to share. They have to be filtered out when trying to give some sort of a review.well at least to a point. A sentiment, not Expectations are a b*tch.

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