I finished DA:O and the expansion. I enjoyed it despite the repetition. The characters in this one are good but a bit odd in the sense that it's a type of personality that doesn't seem like it could exists. Story was alright, definitely not as epic as the were trying to get it to be but still enough drive to continue on.
I'm glad this DA:O has tactics, I've played a lot of DA2 and man the game has changed for the worse. Very little planning now and the mage doesn't feel like a mage. Those attacking animations are so bad with the stuff, it's like it was catered to children. Teleporting bosses is a load of shit, they tried to make the combat faster but the cooldowns still stay the same which made the mage just use it's staff and those weird animations over and over and I just sat there waiting for everything to die.
What's with having the same dungeons with sections blocked out?!
GOD! The dialog choices and the voice of your avatar suck. Why didn't they just make it like the first one? Why can't I see what my character is about to say? Never pick the 'humerous' option, it's always inappropriate and just plane wrong. When someone dies in front of you, you don't make a witty remark about how he/she shouldn't have done something. I didn't even realise what the story was until I read it on a forum, I thought I was still in the beginning stages of the game.
I'm getting close to the ending I assume, since the story is being told. Such a downgrade so far, hope the ending is good at least.
