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by Steve Watts, Mar 20, 2012 8:45am PDTAlthough it's been about a year since the release of Dragon Age 2, BioWare's RPG sequel was apparently set to receive an expansion, entitled "Exalted March." However, executive producer Mark Darrah says it has now been canceled.
Darrah revealed on Twitter that the expansion was abandoned in favor of "other DA opportunities." A sequel seems likely, given BioWare's vague hints.
He further elaborated on the BioWare forums. "You've most certainly heard the rumors floating around, and unfortunately I can't really comment on them," he wrote. "However, what I can say is that we've been thinking a lot about Dragon Age - what it means, and where it could go. This past year, we’ve spent a lot of time both going back to the 'BioWare vault' of games and re-examining them, and looking at some new possibilities that today's industry allows.
While the company prepares for the announcement of whatever comes next for the series, it's inviting feedback on what fans would like to see from the series. Given the outcry over Dragon Age 2, the obvious answer would seem to be "not that."
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Dragon Age 2 executive producer Mark Darrah has revealed that an expansion for the game was canceled in favor of "other DA opportunities."
Dragon Age 2 executive producer Mark Darrah has revealed that an expansion for the game was canceled in favor of "other DA opportunities." : Shacknews
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Dragon Age 2 was touted as many things, but being a DIRECT sequel, fans had a lot of expectations. Before release these expectations were somewhat mismanaged which resulted in an initial backlash.
This wasn't helped by the game itself. Traditionally Bioware game open up with a scene, then give you an overarching task, you can then assemble the elements of that task as you see fit e.g BG2 - exploring Athkatla doing quests to gain the requires money / KotOR - finding the Star Maps to track Malak / Mass Effect - going to different planets to find what Saren is after.
Dragon Age 2 was wholly more linear than any other Bioware game to date, the fact that the whole game took place in a single city (aside from 2 outside excursions to a Elf Camp and a coastal region) was immediately cause for concern, even more so when over the 10 year in-game span the city doesn't change at all, sorry, it aquires a Statue in one area, aside from that, nada. Hell, one character inherits a house in chapter one and it's wrecked and littered with corpses, he takes possession in that year and NEVER cleans up, in 10 YEARS!
This brings me nicely to the textures, whole areas of the game were copy pasted. You'd be in a different part of the city, or at a different cave on the coast instead of at the elf camp and the textures and even the LAYOUT would be EXACTLY the same. Major, major fail.
The plot was also terrible *SPOILERS* The central conflict between mages and templars, templars who believe all mages to be evil and obsessed with blood magic and mages who swear they aren't, decide to prove that they aren't, by becoming blood mages. It's nonsensical and renders and decision making Bioware games are famous for absolutely moot.
The characters themselves are mostly one dimensional, with a couple of exceptions (Fenris/Merril/Varrick) although they carry it well enough it still feels lacking. Not to mention the TERRIBLY handled romance options for both same sex and hetero players. It amounts to basically clicking the HEART symbol, getting an "I love you" dialogue, then both lying fully clothed on a bed with bad motion capture.
That pretty much sums it up dude.
TL:DR - Bad game is bad dude, go play the first one or the Mass Effect trilogy instead as they are all awesome.
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