You no longer get skill points, because skills as they existed in Origins are no longer present. When you level up, you allocate ability points and talent points. Your inventory will be less cramped, especially since you get a storage chest early on and you aren’t carrying around crafting reagents all the time. Plus, you can still outfit your companions with rings, amulets, and belts, so the customization isn’t gone completely. If you pick up a new suit of armor that isn’t an improvement for Hawke, you can just sell it no need to look at all of your active and inactive party members to see if it’s better for them. This may sound disappointing at first, but it results in you spending much less time in the menus sizing up and optimizing equipment. This means that you can’t equip them with the helmets, boots, and gauntlets that you find in your quest.

Your allies in Dragon Age II each have a set of armor that they wear all the time.

Mages still nuke foes, but they aren’t quite as helpless when faced with direct combat. Rogues are more about precision and support, though their position in relation to enemies is less important. In Dragon Age II, the warrior loses these capabilities, focusing instead on tanking and dealing melee damage. For instance, both classes could dual-wield and put points into archery-related talents. In Origins, warriors and rogues had different roles in combat but shared similar abilities. Yes, this is a significant change from the last game…but being different isn’t necessarily bad. This is true even if you’re playing on PC, so don’t be surprised when you can’t find your zoomed-out isometric view. Instead of a deliberate and tactical approach, fights take place in third person and focus more on fast-paced action.

You’ll have to wait until the game’s March 8 release to play it for yourself, but having beaten the game, I can give you a heads-up on a few things you should know before you dive into the Dragon Age universe again.īattles in Dragon Age II feel like they evolved more from the console version of Origins than the PC. We are less than a week away from the release of Dragon Age II, and RPG fans are salivating at the thought of getting their hands on BioWare’s latest adventure.

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