Dragon Age II DLC Debacle
The much anticipated Dragon Age II launches today in North America. RPG nerds, rejoice! Most of us probably won’t get around to playing it until after work tonight, but you’d better hussle because the first DLC content pack is already being promoted.
Wait, what?
That’s right, the company that brought you the haggling NPC in Dragon Age: Origins has topped their previous levels of irritating shilling by releasing the full game and promoting the first DLC at the same time. Remember when DLCs were actual packs that extended content after a game had been out for a while? Is there any reason to believe that The Exiled Prince isn’t just content that was ripped out of the main game to be sold for extra money later?
Bioware makes excellent games, and are widely known for the making of said excellent games, but their attitude towards DLCs is getting insulting. I just want to hit some trolls without feeling like I’m being shaken by the ankles for any spare change.
But don’t just take my word for it: Rock Paper Shotgun is downright curmudgeonly about The Exiled Prince pack.
There better be a lot of combat micromanagement, sideboob, and charming British princes in DA2 to make up for this mess, or I will TOTALLY consider not buying Mass Effect 3. For a few minutes, anyway.
So far (an hour into the game) no sideboob, no charming British princes; or charming British for that matter; or British. Combat is spiffy though.
So speaking as someone who MAY have been up until 3am playing DA2… I like it. I know the internet hates the new combat style because it’s easier, but I enjoy the over the top special effects. My low level character looks like she’s flipping out and killing stuff!
We’ll see how I feel in another 5-10 hours of gameplay, though.
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