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I'll probably wait to see whether DA:3 is worth it, then I might play 2 to fill in the story. If 3 isn't worth playing then I won't buy 2.

Dragon Age 2 does not do anything about the story. The only thing you might need to know is that templars and mages are at war.

That's it.

DA2 suffered from a very quick development time compared to most Bioware games.

 Ouze wrote:

 Manchu wrote:
Out of DA:O or Amalur, I'd pick Skyrim.

This one... I just never got. I tried Skyim twice and just failed to be captured by the story. I don't own a copy, but my friend is pushing me into getting the legendary one.

For me, it comes down to two different interpretations of the phrase "RPG." What does "role playing" mean? In BioWare games, it means stepping into a pre-scripted role. You get to experience the story of Shepherd/Grey Warden/Hawke. Those characters already exist before you play them. IMO, a lot of games are "RPGs" by that account.

In Bethesda games, by contrast, a big part of "role playing" is that your role arises from your play. The scripted dimensions of your character are relatively minimal. Put another way, the narrative of an Elder Scrolls main quest is not as robust as what you'll find in a BioWare RPG's story arc because they have different goals: BioWare uses a story for characterization; Bethesda uses a quest for establishing setting.

Skyrim is great for players interested in developing characters through playing the game. Don't get me wrong, I have played and enjoyed (more or less) BioWare's RPGs and will continue doing so. I think of them as interactive movies. In Skyrim, however, I am actually role playing. I am thinking about my character's worldview, background, goals, prejudices, hopes, etc. I'm generating those things and that is where my character comes from. In DA/ME, I'm consuming someone else's ideas, through playing their characters.

tl;dr: BioWare makes Western JRPGs.

 Melissia wrote:
I liked Skyrim, but it's not some sort of godsend like the ME series was. [/trolololololololol]

7/10 would rage again