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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Deuce Traveler" data-source="post: 5680805" data-attributes="member: 34958">I know I will be lampooned for this, but I do not consider myself a Bioware fan anymore.  I liked Mass Effect 1, though I didn't think it was a good enough game to purchase the sequel.  I was annoyed by the fact that the game tried so hard to force me into a romantic plot line.  I liked the romance option in Baldur's Gate 2, but I didn't like how it was crammed down my throat in Mass Effect.I tried Dragon Age: Origins and found it very boring.  I played as a dwarf, and found the first few hours of the game to be amazing and the plot really drew me in.  However, after the game's first huge battle it quickly went downhill and became a boring grind fest.  I was hired by one village to go wipe out some bandits.  But the bandits weren't on another map, they were literally right outside of the settlement.  I tried to ambush the bandits, getting their attention, then retreating into the settlement where I figured the local militia would help me out.  Instead the folk and guards just sat and watched as four bandits and I ran around the town like some Benny Hill skit.  I also had trouble protecting my spellcasters, and had little control over how to align my frontline fighters to protect the casters.  Later, I walked through an elven forest where I was attacked every few feet by werewolves and shameless, blatant rip-offs of Treebeard from Lord of the Rings.  I also didn't like the blatant sexualization of my female party members, as I felt it catered to 15 year old boys.  Now I like my sex and all, but these characters seemed two-dimensional.  I removed my Dragon Age game from my computer, downloaded DosBox and the old Forgotten Realms Unlimited Adventure game, and have been playing fan mods of TSR modules without looking back.  I'm having a blast and the tactical options given to me in the turn-based game are a lot of fun.Dragon Age Origins isn't a game you enjoy playing as much as it is a game you suffer through so you can watch great animation and read about a fantastic story.  You can lessen much of the pain, educate yourself, and enjoy more of such benefits by reading a good book.So if DA2 improved on any of my above complaints on Dragon Age Origins, then yes, you have a better game.  As for me, I've learned an important lesson and have stopped purchasing Bioware products.As an aside, I will agree with Quickleaf.  The Witcher is a fantastic CRPG and I enjoyed the combat, puzzles, and plot.  I heard some of the puzzles were made easier and combat options reduced in the Witcher 2.  I hope not, but I enjoyed the first Witcher so much I will definitely be purchasing the second.</blockquote>

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