There’s a lot to be said about Dragon Age 2, good and bad. I hate to say it, but the too often used idiom “mixed bag” really does apply here.

Despite some of the conclusions I had probably drawn from some of the preview material and trailers, the combat had changed very little in the end. It’s generally paced faster, while still retaining all the tactics options from Dragon Age: Origins that I need. The biggest missing thing is the tactical/bird-eye view, but who uses that, I mean really. The only time I used it in Origins was at the very beginning just to see how it looked, chuckled at the novelty of it, and zoomed right back in. The farthest zoom you have in Dragon Age 2 is quite far enough for me to see everything I need to see during combat. Continue reading →