Dragon Age II

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4.7

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 5052 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,397 out of 5052
  2. Mixed: 1,198 out of 5052
  3. Negative: 2,457 out of 5052
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  1. Woolee
    Sep 29, 2021
    8
    Going into this game, I had extremely high hopes, most of which were smashed against the cliffs of mediocrity. Dragon Age II is nothing more than a half-hearted attempt to cash in on the incredible success that was Dragon Age: Origins. That said, the game has both positive and negative features that one must take into account.
  2. Xerenis
    Nov 14, 2021
    6
    Combat was really fun BUT the story is short and boring . The side quests are very repetitive with the same locations over and over again
    Hawke was a very likable character , but unfortunately was the protagonist of a forgettable and mediocre game
  3. Nick7000
    Mar 9, 2023
    6
    Нуууу как бы прикольно, но как бы нет. Первая часть значительно лучше.
  4. AgentLvi
    Jun 18, 2023
    8
    Great game. The story is decent. The scoring is great, visual is really amazing, the voice & sound is also amazing
  5. Uarabei
    Feb 21, 2022
    5
    A big step back from the first part.

    It can be seen that the developers were in a hurry to release it. Everything happens in one city and it's tiring. The story is not as cool as the first part. You need to try very hard to complete the game and not quit it in the middle. You just have to push yourself and force yourself to play. Unfortunately, the ending was disappointing, as well    A big step back from the first part.

    It can be seen that the developers were in a hurry to release it. Everything happens in one city and it's tiring. The story is not as cool as the first part.

    You need to try very hard to complete the game and not quit it in the middle. You just have to push yourself and force yourself to play. Unfortunately, the ending was disappointing, as well as the game as a whole.    … Expand
  6. PaddysPub
    Aug 18, 2022
    7
    I believe this to be a very good game, just not as good as Dragon Age Origins. EA did a number on Bioware, forcing them to release the game at this state but the story has some very good twists, especially a few dark ones i did not see coming. The characters in this game are more interesting than the ones in Origins, and the tactical mode is set aside - which is good for me.
  7. andreasmoon
    May 30, 2022
    1
    Well, they tried to do Mass Effect with dragons to approach more casual gamers. And they failed miserably.

    Reasons: 1. Best feature of Origins (origin stories) is missing. 2. Stupid and useless conversation wheel that nobody asked for. Your character can either be well to nice, complete douche or comedic dufus that takes nothing seriously. And half of the time the character says    Well, they tried to do Mass Effect with dragons to approach more casual gamers. And they failed miserably.

    Reasons:
    1. Best feature of Origins (origin stories) is missing.
    2. Stupid and useless conversation wheel that nobody asked for. Your character can either be well to nice, complete douche or comedic dufus that takes nothing seriously. And half of the time the character says something very different than what the wheel suggested.
    3. Horrible color pallet (everything is shades of brown and gray). Lifeless city of Kirkwall as the entire setting for the game.
    4. Atrocious one dimensional companions. The dog from the first game has more personality than most of the new ones combined.
    5. Awful anime style combat, with endless and boring spawns of same enemies.    … Expand
  8. maintitle
    May 31, 2022
    7
    It is late 2011. You sit, excitedly, booting up the second game of my new favorite franchise. The characters are lively. You are excited to learn more about them. You are excited to be here.

    It is 9:30 Dragon. The Hawke family arrives in Kirkwall. Sometimes with a brother, sometimes with a sister, always with a mother and a sarcastic elder sibling. They look up on the chains of    It is late 2011. You sit, excitedly, booting up the second game of my new favorite franchise. The characters are lively. You are excited to learn more about them. You are excited to be here.

    It is 9:30 Dragon. The Hawke family arrives in Kirkwall. Sometimes with a brother, sometimes with a sister, always with a mother and a sarcastic elder sibling. They look up on the chains of the city of Kirkwall, hopeless as an old drunkard reveals his lies.

    It is early 2012. Those chains shall be yours, for the next sixty hours.

    It is early-to-mid 2012. Friends exist here. People you care about. But... but. You tire of the walls. Walls, everywhere. Brick and sandstone, gravel and stone. Linearity and repeated cycles. It is 9:34 Dragon.

    It is mid-2012. The outside has walls. You cannot see it, but you know they are there. Invisible walls, a linear path, the same grass, the same stone. Same as the sandstone and brick. Everything has one road, everything repeats, again and again. New places are old, but old places are never new. It is 9:34 Dragon, it is mid-2012.

    It is late summer 2012. You reach an end. The city burns, the chains seem to break. It has been six months, it has been sixty hours, it has been seven years. It is 9:37 Dragon, it is August 2012.

    It is late 2012. You return. It is 9:30 Dragon. It is early 2013. You return to your friends. It is 9:34 Dragon. It is late 2014. It is 9:37 Dragon. You look down. The shackles were never broken. One ties you back, the other ahead. It is late 2016. It is 9:30 Dragon. Sandstone and brick, friends and companions, also locked in the walls of the prison that you can see and not see. Friends you return to. To make sense of it all. It is late 2018. It is 9:30 Dragon.

    It is late 2019. It is 9:34 Dragon. The shackles never released you. You are tied, backwards and forwards. You may never leave here. You shall always return. It is mid-2021. You are tied, backwards and forwards. It is 9:37 Dragon. The walls. Sandstone and brick. Invisible and visible. It is mid-2022. It is 9:30 Dragon.    … Expand
  9. Nekrips
    Aug 13, 2022
    5
    This game itself is not bad enough. But against the background of the first part, it looks rather weak. I would call it more of an extension than a separate full-fledged continuation of the Age of Dragons series.
    An interesting big town with different districts. Slightly improved combat system. Interesting characters with different stories. Good graphics and sound.
    But the plot is not    This game itself is not bad enough. But against the background of the first part, it looks rather weak. I would call it more of an extension than a separate full-fledged continuation of the Age of Dragons series.
    An interesting big town with different districts. Slightly improved combat system. Interesting characters with different stories. Good graphics and sound.
    But the plot is not very interesting. Monotonous locations that are repeated many times. Poor sidequests. Backtracking. Lack of diversity. Global decisions that you made in the previous part are almost not reflected in this game.
    Unfortunately, this game does not live up to its status as a sequel.    … Expand
  10. cheerful_dirge
    Dec 21, 2022
    8
    The game doesn't deserve so much hate. It's still a good game despite the small game world. The atmosphere, plot and companions are excellent.
  11. TastieToasty
    Apr 13, 2023
    5
    You can tell that the game was made in ONE year.

    Story is meh Characters are really good. Your choices do not really matter and in the end your Protagonist is not important in the Story as all the things would have happend even if he was not there. The Rival system is cool The Fights are a hit or miss, it is fun for the first 10 hours but it gets boring. The map is ugly and    You can tell that the game was made in ONE year.

    Story is meh
    Characters are really good.

    Your choices do not really matter and in the end your Protagonist is not important in the Story as all the things would have happend even if he was not there.

    The Rival system is cool
    The Fights are a hit or miss, it is fun for the first 10 hours but it gets boring.
    The map is ugly and really really really repetitive.    … Expand
  12. PenetratorGod
    Aug 19, 2023
    7
    I didn't love it as much as the first game, but I didn't hate it. It's not a bad game.
  13. Crimson9
    Dec 13, 2022
    2
    Its amazing to think that despite how invested Dragon Age Origins got me into this world, I could barely stomach playing 2 hours of this game at first. I had to quit after that for a while but eventually forced myself to play a few more hours.

    Every element of Origins has been either simply done worse here, been removed, or made more casual and shallow.
  14. MrMurdock69
    Dec 11, 2022
    5
    This game is not even close to the master piece DAO is, and considering all the issues with development, It's ok game on it's own way.
  15. Giero
    Jan 4, 2023
    7
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  16. TianLong1
    Mar 31, 2023
    8
    Better graphics and more stylish fights than in Dragon Age origins, but you cant really move around the world like you did before because you are stuck in one city. The fight system is more action-focused and the animations are very cool, every hit feels impactful so i can see what the devs were going for. The relationship and romance system are still in the game and they can have anBetter graphics and more stylish fights than in Dragon Age origins, but you cant really move around the world like you did before because you are stuck in one city. The fight system is more action-focused and the animations are very cool, every hit feels impactful so i can see what the devs were going for. The relationship and romance system are still in the game and they can have an impact later on, the story is rather compelling because it makes you want to take side one way or the other.… Expand
  17. Magical_Viktor
    Apr 30, 2023
    6
    Существуют просто Зло и Большое Зло, а за ними обоими в тени прячется Очень Большое Зло. Очень Большое Зло, Геральт, это такое, которого ты и представить себе не можешь, даже если думаешь, будто уже ничто не в состоянии тебя удивить. И знаешь, Геральт, порой бывает так, что Очень Большое Зло схватит тебя за горло и скажет: «Выбирай, братец, либо я, либо то, которое чуточку поменьше»Существуют просто Зло и Большое Зло, а за ними обоими в тени прячется Очень Большое Зло. Очень Большое Зло, Геральт, это такое, которого ты и представить себе не можешь, даже если думаешь, будто уже ничто не в состоянии тебя удивить. И знаешь, Геральт, порой бывает так, что Очень Большое Зло схватит тебя за горло и скажет: «Выбирай, братец, либо я, либо то, которое чуточку поменьше»
  18. Guilola
    Sep 3, 2023
    6
    Os gráficos são bonitos, os personagens são apaixonantes e o mundo é muito rico, entretanto, o jogo não foca naquilo que é esperado do 1, que é a continuação do flagelo! A narrativa focada em outro lugar e sem mostrar as consequências diretas de nossas escolhas no 1 jogo acaba empobrecendo a história!
  19. Dannior
    Jun 28, 2023
    6
    La calidad del juego baja drásticamente comparado con el juego anterior, pese a que me encanta la saga me es imposible soportar muchos errores como su sistema de habilidades, su diseño de mundo mapas completamente repetitivos y tediosos, la progresión en el juego es casi nula, siento que mi personaje en el nivel 1 quita lo mismo que en el 25. Solo salvaría la historia, los personajes,La calidad del juego baja drásticamente comparado con el juego anterior, pese a que me encanta la saga me es imposible soportar muchos errores como su sistema de habilidades, su diseño de mundo mapas completamente repetitivos y tediosos, la progresión en el juego es casi nula, siento que mi personaje en el nivel 1 quita lo mismo que en el 25. Solo salvaría la historia, los personajes, la ambientación aun asi siento que no fue lo suficientemente desarrollado ni aprovechado. Y es una lastima se ve que era un juego que tenia ambición pero le falto tiempo. Igualmente lo recomendaría si te encanta la historia y estas dispuesto a aguantar esos fallos.… Expand
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#36 Best PC Game of 2011
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#5 Most Discussed PC Game of 2011
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#19 Most Shared PC Game of 2011

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Metascore
82

Generally favorable reviews - based on 45 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 38 out of 45
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 45
  3. Negative: 0 out of 45
  1. PC PowerPlay
    Apr 18, 2011
    90
    Moving even further from the classic RPG, strong story and clever combat are nonetheless still found within Dragon Age II. [May 2011, p.52]
  2. Gaming Nexus
    Apr 12, 2011
    58
    Despite some advancement in storytelling approach and liberal borrowing from Bioware's Mass Effect approach to gameplay, Dragon Age 2 on the PC has a lot of bugs and is populated with re-used settings that make this feel like a play performed on a stage with two sets.
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  3. CPUGamer
    Apr 11, 2011
    85
    For a rushed product that is still battling bugs, the currently offered product still provides 40 hours of challenging and engaging gameplay. This combines to provide a good, but not great gaming experience.
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