First Dragon Age II DLC, The Exiled Prince, announced

I love these ‘buy extra content for a game that’s not out for months!’ announcements.

These RPG’s are always to much game for me anyways, i was perfectly content with the size of mass effect 2 without any of the add ons.

i got the free dlc missions for AC brotherhood on the PS3, didn’t touch it until after i had completed the game and by then i had lost interest and didn’t complete the missions

the only dlc i’d be interested is a proper episodic continuing narrative, as side mission….i can take um or leave um

Does the standard edition not get the project $10 shit then?

I just bought the ‘complete’ edition of the first one in the sales so I’ll probably be playing that until the ‘complete’ version of this one comes out!

Does the Signature Edition come with a helmet

If you mean can you open the dvd case and put it on your head then yes, it does.

WTF Removing the content from game and then selling

@6 i’m gonna try that when i get home

@7 have you been in a coma these past 3 years

@4, me too. In fact I’ve had dragon age since it came out, but it was cheaper to buy the Ultimate edition, which comes with absolutely everything, than to buy it individually from bioware. Btw, Bioware points on pc have ensured that I will not be purchasing any pc Bioware games until a complete/ultimate edition its released. Absolute fucking rip.

I think I’ll just wait this time. I got in on the ground floor with the original Dragon Age and to be honest it is one of the finest games I’ve ever played. The DLC I felt was very poor though. Awakenings was good but it failed to offer any real challenge as the higher levels are way too buff.

The second one has been pretty off since it was first announced. The lack being able to choose exactly the line your character says and having the wheel instead kind of irritates me but also the changes to the battle system and a more console focused approach are very off putting to me. The whole pre-order DLC thing is also causes a bit of ire with me as it does with all games because it’s almost taken a step too far, punishing people who perhaps can’t afford to drop cash as soon as a game comes out. I know I’m trying to limit my gaming spend these days as I really need to start saving for a place of my own.

All in all, Dragon Age 2 so far has been a confusing mess of the PR department, alienating the core PC audience that the original built as well as legitimate customers because they need to be more careful with game purchases. The GOTY edition that’ll contain everything a year after release is the best thing when it comes to Bioware games as the game has been out a while so peoples real opinions begin to shine through (think the Oblivion backlash) and all the DLC and gubbins are thrown in for free, making a package that has very good value to customers.

Post has been updated with a bit of back story on the vengeful prince.

I’ll be waiting a year as well for an Ultimate Edition. DLC for DA:O got way out of hand and it looks like EA/Bioware didn’t learn a thing.

This will not be a day 1 buy for me, the simple reason being: Signature edition is not available on Steam.
I think I’ll just wait until its on a sale and buy the deluxe version then, shame on you EA. I thought you were cool.

What I think a lot of you don’t understand is:
The game is already finished, and is just going through bug testing. While some of the team is working on polishing and checking for errors in every area, the rest often moves on to a new project, or to DLC. That is the case here. BioWare is not robbing you of game content. They are not removing content already in the game, only to charge for it in the future. [The same is true with books and movies. They are finished months before release, but need time for editing, publisher approval, promotion, printing, and distribution] LRN2LOGICB4MAKINGSUCHSTATEMENTS.
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Agreed with Hunam
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That is all.