Blindrooster said:
The more I see about this game the more worried I am. The combat doesn't look too fun, to me. I personally HATE hack and slash games. sure, you can still stack moves for yourself and party mmbers but the fighting just looked like hack and slash.
It may not be so bad on the PC - pause and play is still "optional". Although, if it is optional, that means that the combat can be done just by running in and button mashing, which is worrying. That would not work on the PC version of Origins.
For Electronic Arts, retarding the franchise down is a very logical business move - all the people who want a thoughtful, tactical RPG will STILL buy DA2 because simply put, there is nothing better on the market (FA:NV excepted), no matter how much they whine on forums. AND THEN, all the Diablo, Sacred, Dungeon Siege, and Mass Effect customers will rush out to buy a title that was previously too hardcore for their tastes.
That said, even as a hack and slash, the story should be good enough to make this a good buy, although only when they release the 'ultimate edition' (Dragon Age DLCs are notorious rip offs, and DA2 as a popamole is now no longer so tempting as to make me want it exactly at 8am on 1 March).
