Dragon Age II Reader Review  Dragon Age II is an average game.
Let's get that out of the way first. Normally I wouldn't go out
of my way to rag on an average game, but DA2 systematically
strips out all the promise, mystery and depth that Dragon Age:
Origins went to great lengths to establish. In every way but one
this is an inferior title to its predecessor and it's just
baffling. Clearly there were budget and timing issues at work
but the drop in quality and quantity in this sequel is so brazen
and so staggering it leaves me little choice but to chalk up
this mess as possibly the biggest disappointment of 2011. And
it's only March.  Looking at the large scale of the game, the
overarching narrative blows. Is 15 hours enough time to make a
fair judgement of something like this? If not, it should be.
There is nothing driving the momentum of DA2's plot and
characters are shifted up so often that it's hard to establish
any real camaraderie. There were many significant plot threads
and narrative cliffhangers that