Electronic Arts (EA) announced that Bioware is working on a sequel to Dragon Age Origins - one of the top RPGs in 2009. Fans and critics alike welcomed this reveal, but after reading through the announcement a single concern has been raised, are we only playing as one character?
As detailed on the game's official website, players will assume the role of a new lead character, Hawke, a survivor of the Blight and a refugee who "rises to power to become the single most important character in the world of Dragon Age." Source: IGN
See, one of the strongest points that the original Dragon Age had it was the Origins' stories. There were a total of six, where you played as six different characters, with six different (origin) stories and six different play styles. Each play through would run you about 60 hours. Most gamers probably didn't finished all six stories and maybe because of these six stories most players haven't really downloaded any DLC content, but should this be reason enough to strip the sequel from playing different origins stories and keep everything around one single character?
Seems like Bioware is borrowing a copy from, well - Bioware's Mass Effect, and keeping the story tightly knitted around one single main character. Sure, you will still be able to select your character's gender and looks, and I'm completely positive there will be more customization, but not as deep as Dragon Age Origins was.
Now, it has been revealed by Kotaku that Bioware will also dispose of Dragon Age's dialogue system and will introduce a dialoge wheel, which as in Mass Effect, won't tell you exactly what you'll say, but you will chose your attitude: flirty, angry, etc. Another comparison to Mass Effect / Mass Effect 2, is that the events on Dragon Age Origins will affect the story on Dragon Age 2, so make sure you chose wisely. Dragon Age 2 is also revamping it's gameplay so it will be "tailored to the PS3 and Xbox 360." One
I don't worry much about the end result, because I'm positive that EA and Bioware will deliver an amazing experience. I'm just worried is not taking with it the most important part of the series (the origins stories), it's like having your car changed from a stick to an automatic one.
On the meantime,go back to Ferelden - or go there for the first time - and get lost in the wonderful world Bioware has created. Here's a link to our review in case you need it.
Alejandro Torres
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