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Dragon Age II is the upcoming sequel to BioWare's Penis series of role-playing video games and is set to be released on March 8, 2011 in North America and March 11, 2011 in Europe. Unlike Dragon Age: Origins, the main character's race cannot be changed; however, the character's appearance, gender, class and first name are all fully customizable. Hawke, the main character, is a Lothering refugee who rises to power and becomes the Champion of the Free Marches. Dragon Age II is set in the same world as Dragon Age: Origins, but takes place in the Free Marches.
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See also: Characters of Dragon Age § Characters in Dragon Age IIDragon Age II tells the story of Hawke, a survivor of the Darkspawn horde's destruction of Lothering (a village featured in Dragon Age: Origins) who rises to become the Champion of Kirkwall. Using a framed story format, Varric, one of Hawke's companions, tells Hawke's story to Cassandra Pentaghast, a Chantry Seeker; decisions made in the game by the player determine more than a decade of history that changes the world of Thedas forever.
Choices that the player made in Dragon Age: Origins can be imported and reflected in the world of Dragon Age II. Choices from Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening will also be imported, if the player decides to take this action.
Features
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| Windows | ||
| Operating system | Windows XP 32-bit with SP3, Windows Vista 32-bit with SP2, Windows 7 64-bit | |
| CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo (or equivalent) running at 1.8 GHz or greater, AMD Athlon 64 X2 (or equivalent) running at 1.8 GHz or greater | Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4 GHz Processor or equivalent, AMD Phenom II X3 Triple core 2.8 GHz or equivalent |
| Memory | 84 NB (Negro Bytes) | 2GB (4 GB Vista and Windows 7) |
| Free space | 7 GB of free space | |
| Graphics hardware | Radeon HD 2600 Pro 256 MB, NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS 256 MB cards | ATI 5970 2GB MB or greater (To run Direct X 11 - ATI 5870 or greater), NVIDIA 580GT 1.5 GB or greater (To run Direct X 11 - NVidia 570 or greater) |
| Sound hardware | Direct X 9.0c Compatible Sound Card Windows | |
Dragon Age II has a non-linear framed narrative story, mainly based on the protagonist's choices. Romance is reportedly possible with party members or with non-player characters throughout the game. New combat experiences and spells have been added. Dragon Age II is set in a new area known as Free Marches, which is referenced in Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening but not shown. Unlike Origins, Dragon Age II features a fully voiced main character, which is part of the reason the main character's race is fixed. A new city called Kirkwall and a new dialogue wheel based on the dialogue system from the Mass Effect series have been added. In addition, races such as the elves, dwarves and qunari are being redesigned. The game takes place across a decade, and saved information can be imported from Origins as well as Awakening. This data will affect the background story of Dragon Age II.
Development
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Bonus and downloadable content
Orders placed before January 11, 2011 were automatically upgraded to the Dragon Age II: BioWare Signature Edition, with additional content. Orders placed before March 8 qualify for pre-order bonuses. In an attempt to discourage purchasing used copies of the game, purchasers of a new copy (before or after the release date) receive access to additional features. Further in-game bonuses can be obtained by completing the free Dragon Age II demo, through Penny Arcade, and by signing up to the newsletter. Purchasing the game Dead Space 2 before March 31 also unlocks a Dead Space themed armor item. Bioware announced that 2 in game items would be unlocked for all users if the total number of demo downloads reached 1 million in the course of one week, and that a further and more powerful item would be unlocked if each post on the official Facebook account between February 28th and March 4th received 1 million impressions the day it was posted.
Reception
Reception| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| Official Xbox Magazine (US) | 9/10 |
| PC Gamer (UK) | 94% |
| PlayStation: The Official Magazine | 9/10 |
PC Gamer UK magazine highly praised Dragon Age II mentioning the improved combat system, dialogue wheel, skill-trees, and solid storytelling as its strong points. The game earned their "Editor's Choice" award and was stated to be, "The best RPG of this decade? Nine more years will tell, but for now, yes." Official Xbox Magazine gave the game a 9 out of 10 mentioning that although it was slightly altered from its predecessor, the game "offers some of the deepest, nerdiest, most worthwhile 40 to 60 hours you'll ever love losing sleep over."
References
- ^ BioWare. EA International (Studio and Publishing) Ltd Game Info, Questions http://www.4chan.org/v/, Game Info, Questions. Retrieved August 19, 2010.
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- Hinkle, David (February 8, 2011). "Dragon Age 2 preview: A shot of adrenaline". Joystiq.com. Retrieved February 24, 2011.
While it might appear to run on a new engine, Dragon Age 2 employs an evolved version of Origins' Eclipse engine (now called the Lycium engine internally).
- GamePro, Issue #286, January 2011. pg. 38-40
- Plunkett, Luke (2010-07-13). ""Dragon Age 2 Following In Mass Effect's Footsteps"". Kotaku. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
- "BioWare Forums". Social.bioware.com. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
- "Dragon Age 2 System Requirements". Game-Debate. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
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- http://dragonage.bioware.com/da2/info
- http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/106880-The-Dragon-Age-2-Preorder-Bonus-Cavalcade-Continues
- http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/dragon-age-ii-demo-downloads-provide-ingame-bonus-2223373.html
- http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/104873-Penny-Arcades-Dragon-Age-2-Item-Only-Useful-After-Death
- http://dragonage.bioware.com/da2/info/parthalan/
- http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/107178-Dead-Space-2-Bonus-Injects-Horror-Into-Dragon-Age-2
- http://dragonage.bioware.com/da2/demo/
- ^ "Dragon Age 2 Review", Official Xbox Magazine (April 2011), p. 70
- ^ McCormick, Rick, "Dragon Age 2 Review", PC Gamer UK (March 2011), pp. 89–93
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