Tue, Jul 13, 2010 | 04:55 BST
First Dragon Age II screens show new visual style, medieval ass-kicking style
Oh, don’t look sad, giant Darkspawn dude. Dragon Age is back, and it looks better than ever! So come on, buck up and swallow those crocodile tears that are, in fact, probably the size of actual crocodiles.
Well, ok. You’re still a bit on the ugly side, and if events continue to proceed down their current course, you’re probably going to die. But let’s focus on the positives!
GameInformer has two – count ‘em, two – screens of BioWare’s latest fantasy opus, bringing the total count up to, yep, two. They show Hawke soaring through the air and strongly implying that he’s going to hack a few Darkspawn into itsy-bitsy Blight bites.
Click through the link for both of them.
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PC, PS3, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: bioware, Dragon Age II, screenshots
16 comments
#1
Phoenixblight
13/07/10, 5:10 am
THese are alpha screens so don’t read too much into them by the time it gets close to release we will see the darkspawn and characters to have textures and shadows and all the fun stuff.
#2
RETARDED VIKING
13/07/10, 6:00 am
HA!!!! those darkspawns on the right looks like 80′s american cartoon villains lol but seriously im digging the art style.
#3
Hunam
13/07/10, 7:29 am
I think it looks ugly as fuck to be honest :S
#4
AHA-Lambda
13/07/10, 7:31 am
Aren’t these the same screens leaked from play.com?
#5
mington
13/07/10, 8:25 am
Is this the GBA version
#6
mington
13/07/10, 8:32 am
Dragon Age 2 Following In Mass Effect’s Footsteps
PC version will retain Origins’ “strategic combat”. The console versions will feature a new combat system
You’ll also be able to carry over your save game from the first title
Dragon Age 2 is doing away with the classic “tree” dialogue system, where you’re presented with lines of text that you select, and replacing it with Mass Effect’s “wheel”
http://greywardens.com/dragon-age-2-facts/
http://kotaku.com/5585473/dragon-age-2-following-in-mass-effects-footsteps
Facts About Hawke from gameinformer mag
http://gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2010/07/09/five-facts-about-hawke-in-dragon-age-ii.aspx
#7
loki
13/07/10, 8:46 am
looks ugly and sucks
#8
Blerk
13/07/10, 8:48 am
It’s official – beards are ‘in’!
#9
Coheno
13/07/10, 9:12 am
Never had any interest in the first game, but this looks cool, and from what I’m hearing much more appealing to me!
#10
LOLshock94
13/07/10, 10:26 am
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW i really dont want this to follow in MEs footsteps why dont they keep the gameplay because didnt that guy say that this was biowares most selling title at launch so why ruin it
#11
frostquake
13/07/10, 12:41 pm
My wife saw that you couldn’t pick your character and Class and she is not going to play DA2…Sigh…kind of feels like a step backwards…I hope this isn’t another Crackdown 2 fiasco.
#12
Phoenixblight
13/07/10, 1:10 pm
Did you just compare Crackdown 2 with Bioware? Bad Frostquake
And you still can customize your character, the only thing you will be unable to pick out is the race. Everything else is customizable.
#13
DeSpiritusBellum
13/07/10, 1:54 pm
Change is all well and good, but change needs to be for the better. The way I see it, it seems like a lot of developers are out to blur any lines of genre and just make everything into the same derivative mush.
I’m not too worried about this one yet, as long as the tactical combat system is in place.
… But the conversation wheel is awful.
#14
rainer
13/07/10, 3:08 pm
Cant say I’m digging the new art style, while yes it is brave to attempt such a thing given traditional fantasy settings this looks too odd, the darkspawn to the right look like regular people not horrors from the deep.
#15
fdelfino
13/07/10, 8:45 pm
Nice it’s following ME footsteps.
The first Dragon Age was nice, so why this one would be crap? Besides, Bioware usually makes great games.
#16
Moonwalker1982
13/07/10, 9:01 pm
A new combat system sounds awesome to me, cause i disliked it alot in the first one. So much that i stopped playing, and when i think about playing it now, the thought of having to use that combat system keeps me from playing it. I really found the combat system very lame. I know alot of people didn’t but i did. Oh yes…so i say this is good news
When was this one coming again?