Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Dragon Age II Released

Posted by Soulskill on from the time-to-upgrade-that-video-card dept.

Today marks the US launch of Dragon Age II, the sequel to BioWare's popular 2009 RPG Dragon Age: Origins. Like its predecessor and other BioWare RPGs, Dragon Age II is non-linear and has extensive dialog, though this time the story focuses on a particular character, Hawke, whose race and identity you can't change. A demo of the game is available, and early opinions noted both the impressive art direction and less punishing difficulty settings. BioWare has also released an optional ~1GB texture pack for the PC version that bumps up the level of detail for owners of high end computers. They explained some of the technological changes they made in a couple of blog posts. It's available for Windows, OS X, the PS3, and the Xbox 360.

1 of 168 comments (clear)

  1. Oh please, DAO 1 too difficult? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    You can pause the game during combat. You can quick save at any time. You can set the tactics for the AI. Potions are incredibly easy to craft, or simply buy with the copious amounts of gold available.

    Players these days...I've beat the game twice on the hardest difficulty setting. Yes, it's difficult. But it's supposed to be. Getting a little tired of games catering to the lowest common denominator.

    Oh, I'm sorry, it makes you feel bad because you had to set the game at casual difficulty? Well then try harder. But don't ruin it for everyone else.