Dragon Age II: Mark of the Assassin

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5.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 131 Ratings

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  1. JamesX
    Oct 24, 2011
    4
    For a game that is centered on a character it does a remarkable job of making her less developed than even the simplistic Anders. Together with the lack of personal sense and facade of [non]-development.

    The entire story hinges on the main character's lack of morality and respect for the laws of hospitality. A conflict focused on a empty basis of the Qun that was proped up with    For a game that is centered on a character it does a remarkable job of making her less developed than even the simplistic Anders. Together with the lack of personal sense and facade of [non]-development.

    The entire story hinges on the main character's lack of morality and respect for the laws of hospitality. A conflict focused on a empty basis of the Qun that was proped up with engimatic words that ultimately just hows how pathetic it was. The contraversial ideologies of the Qun was not displayed and instead merely included more as a hook to get you to open your wallets.

    The only part that I enjoyed was the banter between the companions, and it was not worth re-installing the game to try the DLC. Save yourself the trouble and buy a book or lunch with the money you might have spent on the DLC.    … Expand
  2. Blowfish64
    Oct 27, 2011
    3
    Sigh. Another failure from Bioware, something we've become all too familiar with lately. This DLC has much promise but in the end leaves off all substance. Conversations with NPCs are virtually non-existent and the ones that are are cut short. The ending is infuriating as Bioware continues its penchant for removing all choice from the player's hand, turning their games into theSigh. Another failure from Bioware, something we've become all too familiar with lately. This DLC has much promise but in the end leaves off all substance. Conversations with NPCs are virtually non-existent and the ones that are are cut short. The ending is infuriating as Bioware continues its penchant for removing all choice from the player's hand, turning their games into the adventure genre rather than role-playing despite claiming to have listened to their fans who have repeatedly complained of this kind of laziness from the writers. The only positive to this DLC is the new scenery and enemies, but when looking at it objectively, it only looks good in comparison to how bad the original game was. One NPC even comments on that, saying that it's a nice change of scenery since all of Kirkwall looks exactly the same, a tongue-in-cheek reference to the developer's reuse of maps in the original. Guess what? Not funny. Kind of like this DLC. It's a bad joke.… Expand
  3. AGB
    Oct 17, 2011
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. If you did not like Dragon Age 2 do not worry, you won't have to reinstall the game for Mark of the Assassin, it is just as banal as its predecessor, and tinkering around the edges has not changed the experience. The mighty have fallen to the depths and they continue to present us with their findings there.

    Bear in mind that those who review this expansion favourably obviously like to play on rails with limited choices. They like corny amateur come-ons made-up by 40 year old virgins and to 'play' a long boring anime film. Despite the change of scenery to WoW forest lite, MOTA keeps the same atmosphere as its underage parent game.

    *SPOILER HERE* Case in point, there is a discussion with Felicia, sorry Tallis, where she discusses being one of the communist/borg-type Qun. This is a great chance for a grown up conversation with a touch of philosophy and real choices. However, the conversation is a big simplistic let-down, trying to masquerade as something deep. You are hit with the same bland 'yes, joke, or no' responses, apart from a ton of lore-breaking. 'Yes's' are tame citizenship-lesson-inspired non-committal approval (you can't convert your character) 'Joke' or 'light-heartedness' responses are as insipid as ever. 'No's' are just the same childish stuff. No proper challenge is made to Talis' simple Qun apologist thinking (you can't even try to unconvert her). 'The Qun just want improvement' Talis reasons while you want to bash her over the head and say 'Wake up, wanting improvement isn't unique to the Qunari'.

    It's the same level of argument as 'Cake or Death' youtube.com/watch?v=BNjcuZ-LiSY - only without any humour.

    There are more puzzles, but again, they are not challenging and only add to the childish feel of the game, so just end-up being tedious time-drains to get through and pad-out the game time.

    Combat is ludicrously simple at this late advanced stage, no fight is a challenge, just continue to bash the 'Awesome!' button. There's a new creature called 'Ghasts' - no not the ghasts of H.P. Lovecraft, or even D&D, but something akin to Warhammer snotlings - but again without the humour. As if you needed any further confirmation, yes Bioware have sold out and are unashamedly aiming for the junior market whilst including enough sexual content to rate it M in the US and 18 in the UK - and that is the real outrage, not side-boob in Mass Effect 1 (nerfed 'sexy time' NOT included in this expansion btw - and definitely no chemistry).

    So it's a way-overpriced tame and dishonest experience that just soils the DA world even further.    … Expand
  4. EastonReviews
    Jan 5, 2012
    0
    If Dragon Age was 50 times as good as it is, improved it's graphics by 100, removed the unnessisary gore, stopped making useless cash grab sequels with different names, had a decent plot, and actually lowered the price to $0.00, this game would be a quater of the way there of getting a 1.
  5. elgringo
    Dec 3, 2011
    0
    This was incredibly bland, I'm used to get quality from BioWare but since Dragon Age 2 the company seems to be on a constant downwards spiral. This game and it's DLC are the epitome of bland console ports with unchallenging gameplay. Will not waste again money on any other BioWare product.
  6. Demonbox
    Dec 4, 2011
    1
    "Cities always teem with evil and decay. Let's give it a good shake and see what falls out!"
    so i tried to shake DA2 and it's boring city, nothing fall out
    "Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, watch it! I'm huge!" so i avoided buyin DLc for this game, still i was curious, so went to a friend of mine and tried it... i'm happy i didn't pay for this, Felicia Day is good in the Guild    "Cities always teem with evil and decay. Let's give it a good shake and see what falls out!"
    so i tried to shake DA2 and it's boring city, nothing fall out
    "Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, watch it! I'm huge!"
    so i avoided buyin DLc for this game, still i was curious, so went to a friend of mine and tried it...

    i'm happy i didn't pay for this, Felicia Day is good in the Guild (or in Buffy etc..)leave her there and out of DA
    if you loved DA2 (there's something wrong in you?) you can like also this money milking content, if like many others you didn't like DA2 avoid this stuff at all costs.
    " I hit, to no effect!? I need a bigger sword!"
    Minsc comes handy again, stop buyin their games if they don't make games that suit you    … Expand
  7. faceless-1
    Apr 10, 2014
    0
    Yaaay this DLC is total garbage. Well at least it is not 100% copy pasted like dragon age II, but story and everything in this DLC is boring. Mark of the Assasin is also very short . It is same cash in garbage lik half of the original dragon age DLC, but Original Dragon age was superb RPG, where dragon age II is total trash.

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83

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
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  1. PC Games (Russia)
    Nov 23, 2011
    80
    A fine add-on offering diverse and fun gameplay variations, some of those never before seen in the series. [December 2011, p.92]
  2. Pelit (Finland)
    Nov 15, 2011
    78
    You never know what to expect from Bioware when they create a new DLC. Sometimes they are decent, more often not. Legacy and Mark of the Assassin are pleasant surprises in the continuum. The adventures are well written, Tallis is a compelling new character and the combat is challenging enough. The add-ons are solid work, but not extraordinary by any means. [Nov 2011]
  3. Absolute Games
    Nov 7, 2011
    80
    The only serious drawback of this DLC is that you cannot change the outcome of its story.
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