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JLazer

Great quality!

Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2020

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Item is like new. Fine as a gift
the bonus sports cards enjoyed as well.

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Amazon Customer

Fast shipping

Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2020

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Works great

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Holliegh

Dragon age for days!!

Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2015

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Love love love this game

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Star Miller

Waste of money

Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2020

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Game didn't even work.

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Tubeguy

PAL format game, no-go on US platforms

Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2015

This is a PAL format game that will NOT play on US platforms. Nowhere in the Amazon ad could I find that info, apart from one customer review.

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ninite

super

Reviewed in France on May 3, 2015

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bien, il faut savoir un minnimum d'anglais,à conseillé pour les avertis,avoir des notions du jeu à acheter légalement pour les fans

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Rachel

I Love This Game!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 28, 2013

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I felt compelled to write a review for DA2 because of all of the negative reviews/press it has received. I love RPG's (Morrowind started me off and I've never looked back!) so when I played Dragon Age Origins I became slightly obsessed. After playing through it I was desperate for more, but was concerned about purchasing DA2 because of the amount of hate it seemed to attract....

I'm so glad that I gave it a chance because it quickly became one of my favourites. The characters and storyline are fantastic - Bioware never disappoint - and the voice acting is superb. The graphics are beautiful and I found the inventory and skill point menus easy to navigate. The story is split into three acts so you get to follow the stories of Hawke (your character) and your companions over a period of years. This really made me feel invested in the story as you can see characters and tensions between different people/viewpoints develop. I actually enjoyed the different romance options, and you find that decisions you make really do have an impact on these and other things turn out.

With DA2 you have to be a human, but you can choose between the three different classes (Warrior, Mage and Rogue). I've played through as all classes and enjoyed all of them, even as a 'pure Mage' which I usually don't go for. I found the combat to be quite fun, although it has been simplified from DA1 and I guess that is where the accusations of 'dumbing down' has come from. Personally I still enjoyed the combat in this game, and the special moves you get are lots of fun!

All of the action centres around the city of Kirkwall and the nearby coastline/mountains. This does make the game feel quite small and the maps of different areas are recycled over and over. This can get slightly annoying BUT I really did not feel that it took away too much from the overall game - once I got used to it I didn't really notice after a while.

The game gives you approx 30 hours worth of fun, and if you invest in the DLC then that obviously expands that. I enjoyed the DLC (Mark of the Assassin, Legacy and The Exiled Prince) and would recommend them all. Sadly Bioware have cancelled any further DLC in order to concentrate on producing DA3.

If you enjoyed DA1 and like the writing that Bioware produce I would suggest you ignore all of the hate and give DA2 a go - you may end up loving it!

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Adam Johnson

Not like Origins but should be taken as a different game

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 14, 2014

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I played Origins and that was amazing. No. 2 you would have thought would have followed on. The fact is it does a little and you only really hear briefly about your choice in origins.

You play as Hawke (who can either be a rogue, warrior, or mage), who starts off escaping from The Blight from her town Lothering, which if you spotted in Origins got decimated and you could no longer visit there. Your family decide to go to Kirkwall which is where practically the whole game will take place with a few exceptions where you go out of the city. You face a constant battle between keeping either the Mages or Templars in kirkwall happy (I myself always side with the Mages)

Again like in Origins you gain a party with respective classes (warrior, rogue, mage), sadly you cannot interact with them like you did in Origins which is something I really miss, especially when you have your love interest in your party.

The combat is more action based with you having to press the A button all the time to attack an opponent. The radial menu in the bottom right is much smaller and I would have liked that to be like it was in Origins so you easily tell what it was you were using.

Shopping is a necessity as your equipment that was good at one part of the game will eventually worsen as the game goes on, so it's important to keep in touch with the shops.

The continuing story and shaky balance between the Mages and Templars keep you most certainly interested. Only main hindrance is the continued use of the same map over and over again. Despite this it's still 5/5

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Michael H

Better than Origina in some places but Worse in others.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 10, 2016

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I really enjoyed playing this game, it took me a couple of hours to settle in and tolerate certain changes. Firstly, for me the combat is the major improvement. In Origins, you had to press the button once and your character will to the attacking for you, granted you had the option to use other combat skills and modes during the attack. You now have to repeatedly hit the attack button to attack, which I prefer. The over improvement is that your character now has voiceover during dialogues, although the dialogues are very Mass Effect, so you don't have as many options to choose from. Still I was not as bothered. Your new companions are likeable, although you can near enough flirt with all of them, as they seem bisexual!!! Origins made sure not all companions could be romanced, or you had to be female/male to romance some. I didn't like the fact that I couldn't customise my companions armour, which meant my inventory was constantly full of armour where I picked the stuff up and had to either destroy or wait to sell, regardless of if I found better armour. The new inventory is ok, I prefer Origins, but it near enough similar. You also can only have one weapon set now, unlike Origins you cannot switch from Sword and Shield to Crossbow, or Bow and Arrow to Daggers etc.

Story was great, and introducing us to the Qunari was refreshing. Cameos made from Origins and its DLCs came back, which was a great addition (Mass Effect is littered with Cameos). However, I did feel like I was playing a fantasy Mass Effect, and Bioware didn't help by giving us a Shephard, although I liked Hawke (your character) but the option to play as a Elf or Dwarf would of been nice. Bioware also became lazy in its mapping, they just re-mapped the majority of the areas with different objects. Now although Mass Effect did it, it was mainly on those small man-made buildings throughout planets, so its understandable they would be similar. Dragon Age has caves, which should at least feel and look different. There are some changes to the races such as the Elves, who have large ears now poking out like antennas, Origins just had pointy ears. Although Qunari now have horns, I read that not all Qunari do have horns. Although I am just nitpicking, it was ok after you get use to the changes. Bioware gave us a great game with Origins, which was going to be hard to follow, they could have done better with it but its not terrible.

Jamie

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 16, 2013

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Ordered this on the Wednesday night and it was here with me by Saturday morning. The quality of the case is good, minus the sticker mark that is left from someone removing it, but this is not an issue as it's the game I should be worrying about. Having played the game I am pleased with how it's running and it seems to be in good working condition. Would purchase from these guys again.

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