Since I know there are no opionated people here...

[jannifer]

I'd just like to hear what anyone who cares to comment has to say. DAII has come down enough in price so that I'm considering buying it. I've heard all the criticisms -- lack of story, lack of character development, hate the convo tree, horrible elf morphs, repetitive areas and so on. However, does the game have anything to recommend it? I like series, and I like to get all the installments thereof. However, if DAII is an utter waste of money, I'll just keep replaying DA:O/Awakening and bide myself in patience for DAIII. (And, I really hope they come up with an actual name for the next installment.)

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[twist_shimmy]

I enjoyed it. The combat is improved, and I actually prefer the DA2 elves to the DAO ones. (In fact, I installed a mod to make the DAO elves look like DA2 elves.

Behold:





I'm a completionist; I have to play every game in a series if I'm going to finish out the series. And in all honesty, DA2 had improvements over DAO. Since it has a linear story, it doesn't have the replayability, imo, but it's worth getting and playing.

[jannifer]

Yes, I tend to be a completionist also. I am determined to get every single achievement available for DAO. I only lack four or five. :)