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  Is this a "We're sorry"? : Godhatesfatpeople
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    with a side of "buy ME2 DLC" : veras
    • Mostly this. : Magitek
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    They're hoping to get people hooked on ME2 in preparation for ME3. If you like the free content, it might... : TylerJSmith
    • Also it gets people to use their new downloader. : Crimsonbeak
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    Definitely a "mea maxima culpa." Shame that even a free copy Mass Effect 2 won't get me to buy this game... : Memphis-Ahn
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      why would you buy a free game : Dravenport
      • as in I wouldn't buy Dragon Age 2 even with Mass Effect 2 given away with it : Memphis-Ahn
  • What would they be sorry for? : Haxim
  • It does come off that way, hahha. : The Grolar Bear
  • I think it's a brilliant marketing move. The vast majority of people who were going to buy ME2 have alrea... : Entity
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    I don't understand the hate on DA2. I liked it. :( : Tripps
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      i really enjoyed it. : dantastic
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        the writing, voice acting, character banter and cinematic presentation are all great. tell me at least on... : varsindarkin
        • I wanted to talk about the voice acting but I keep forgetting. Is it me or did the voice of Alistar do ev... : RogerDandy
    • It wasn't an improvement over DA:O like people expected. Doesn't mean it was a terrible game though. : silent prophet
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      We wanted a sequel to DA:O. We didn't get one. : master_disaster_17
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        weird, i got one : dantastic
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          How did you enable the isometric view and re-enable all the features they took out? : Rooster Cockburn
          • Possibly by crying hard enough : mexpak
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            i played on 360 : dantastic
            • Well, then you never got the DA:O I played either. So fair enough. : master_disaster_17
          • Isometric? WTF? : thetangent
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            I never really used the "isometric" view much anyway. No tears shed here. : nwillard
            • I never did either. : ashkie
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        we'd probably had to wait another 4-5 years to get Origins 2. : varsindarkin
        • I'll wait, DA2 leaves me cold. : master_disaster_17
  • I think it's a way to say "Hey look DA2 sold a lot despite the criticism" it's just trying to fluff their... : mo13
• Well. It worked. Downloading now. I'll take a free game for the obvious screw up Dragon Age 2 is. : Rockbottom97
• Sweet pc game collection +1. : OutlawSundown
• Summary: BioWare is rewarding purchases of Dragon Age 2 with a free PC download of Mass Effect 2, the com... : SporkyReeve
• Um...free game? Why would you complain about that and what would they have to apologize for anyway? The g... : AlphaBovine
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  I continue to laugh at all those who complain about DA2 but love ME2. They suffered from the same problem... : f4lln
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    umm no not really. The art design is bland, the quests are cookie cutter and half of them are just go fe... : Crimsonbeak
    • Can we get a motherfucking INF up in here please? : Rooster Cockburn
    • Totally agree about the trash loot, it was totally pointless. I would have expected the trash to be much ... : Simulacrum
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      To be so wrong you'd have to have not played the game. Or just have bad taste. The art direction is simp... : Alastayr
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        I blasted through the game in about 4 days. And did every quest except for a few in act 3 which I couldn : Crimsonbeak
        • Wow, thanks for the huge reply. I get what you're saying and you're not wrong with many of your observat : Alastayr
  • That's ridiculous if you consider their pedigree. Mass Effect started out as an action-oriented RPG. ... : Rice-Rocketeer
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  Aw... I own both, now what? : shakybonez31
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    You can give away the key, once you go through the steps to get it, to a deserving shacker. : Volatus32x
    • Which I will do later tonight as I've already got ME2 as well. : Volatus32x
    • I'll probably do this once my copy has arrived (dragon age 2 is still in the mail) : shakybonez31
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      I'm deserving. Just saying. : ColoradoCNC
      • I am more deserving! : SAS_Ale
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  WTF people there is nothing wrong with DA2! FFS! : chadg033
  • It was a decent game with some big flaws and a bunch of smaller issues. If Dragon Age: Origins was a 9 D... : Crimsonbeak
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    nothing wrong? there was plenty wrong : ashkie
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      quick list - recycled environments - ruining anders - requiring anders since no one else could be a ... : ashkie
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        recycled environments and loot are the only two valid complaints, really. Story was fine, Anders was fine... : sharpie
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          Anders was ruined. They took a great character from DA:O - Awakenings and completely neutered him and mad... : ashkie
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            Also the story basically resulted in you realizing the following: Mages are dicks and crazy. Templars are... : ashkie
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              Not to mention there was really no overarching story. Act 1 is just go to deep roads get idol, promptly : Crimsonbeak
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                In Dragon Age: Origins, Bioware created a legitimately compelling original fantasy world. It was full of... : Londash
                • They can do the latter while still having a compelling story from start to finish. This game is essential... : ashkie
                • Go away with your reason and observations. Did you not hear the man? No overarching story. Your life jus : Alastayr
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                  I've seen a lot of people giving them credit for trying to do an interesting political story in a more no : veras
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                    I can't speak for your version of the events, but to me it was clear that Meredith was a very draconian a : Alastayr
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                      I didn't see her as power hungry at all. She had a very specific history with mages going wrong (i.e her ... : ashkie
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                        So you'd agree with her that making every mage tranquil is necessary and justified? And that the Right of : Alastayr
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                          Ser Alrik acted alone in the "Tranquil Solution" and Meridith (and the Chantry) disagreed. If you looted ... : ashkie
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                            Yeah sorry it's late. I'm misremembering but remain adamant that between Orsino and her, his arguments we : Alastayr
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                              You mean acted the way that 95% of the mages acted? The point I made awhile ago was really that there was... : ashkie
                              • But I will concede that the best story elements came from the companion quests and not the main story lin... : ashkie
                  • I'd agree with this. I like DA2's narrative ideas a lot more than I liked any of Origins', but its execut : Arceihn
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              Qunari aren't crazy, just dicks. : breadsticks
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                From a design perspective the Qunari re-design is so much more awesome than their lameness in DA:O. : Simulacrum
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                  they were a lot better. i wish i could have had that mage qunari join my SQUAD : ashkie
                  • I seriously thought that this was going to happen and was excited because I desperately wanted to get rid... : YamatoTwinkie
          • He was awesome in Awakening, especially if you got his kitten, Ser Pounce-a-lot. : deject
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          My problem was the tactics menu being so small on large screens. The DA:O tactics screen had at least 10 ... : Dragzeela
          • that was also shitty. forgot about that. : ashkie
  • I don't understand how people can honestly say there was nothing wrong with DA2 with a straight face. Th... : doozer667
  • There's quite a lot wrong with it, actually. : Ellissd
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    I liked the game a lot and was still disappointed by things in it. I really think they fucked up by calli... : Rauol Duke
    • I just can't get into it. I just took the disk out and played some Reach instead :( : Dave-A
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  OK here is the important question. Can you activate this copy of ME2 on Steam? : Aztiel
  • No, EA Downloader only. But it is free, so who cares. : f4lln
• If we already own Mass Effect 2 can we give this copy away? : johnlocks
• I assume it cant be added to steam? : Unleashed
• can we give the key to other people? : jrsX
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  Well I think this makes up for the Issac armor DLC problem I had. ME2 for the PC was pretty nice I heard.... : ghost in my shell
  • Yeah it is a good game. : Crimsonbeak
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  Alright...anyone want a ME2 key? I was finally able to sit down and get it so now I'm ready to give it a... : Volatus32x
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    No one? : Volatus32x
    • shit I'll take it : pukerat
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      I, too, expected replies already. I do not have it, but if someone ACTIVELY wants it, I'd step aside. : AxeMan808
      • And pukerat beat me anyway. : AxeMan808
  • I would love one, I really want to play it on a PC. But only if any of you have one to spare. : kainen1
  • I've had my finger on the Steam buy button a few times this month. Now thinking about just getting DA2 to... : sixfoot6