[Gogan]

Thanks Grupp.

I started playing DA2 today. Feels a lot like the difference between ME1 and ME2. Graphics and UI are all a lot more streamlined, if not a bit simplified. Combat is a lot more fun imo. Playing a rogue in DA:O was a letdown -- backstabs, stealth, pickpocketing barely played a part in the game. It's much more action-oriented in DA2. I really love the skill trees in DA2 as well -- lots of interesting choices there. Definitely agree about the storyline so far. It started off great, but they totally abandoned the dwarf-as-a-storyteller aspect used in the beginning. Now it's just seemingly meaningless side quest after side quest. Agreed about the same environment being a bit boring. Too bad. The game feels a lot easier too. I had legitimate difficulty on Normal mode in DA:O. But I'm breezing through Normal on DA2. Not a big deal though.

More fun so far, but far less interesting story-wise.