The itemisation in Dragon Age was horrendus. Especially for mages.

But 'random' would NOT have fixed the issue - it would have made it worse or better - randomly.

Unique items are cool but we need good filler items (the +3 swords from DnD) to appar frequently so you are always upgrading.

Farming a boss via reloading to get a good item is just NOT FUN.

+1 maybe boring, but it is also pretty clear that it's an upgrade, or it's not. I mean in borderlands there are so many guns that are slightly different that it isn't always clear if the gun you just picked up is "better" or just trash loot for the vending machine. ME2 got rid of loot pretty much all together which was disappointing. Loot is still fun to get, if the system of loot giving is competent.

I know someone mentioned DA not being re-playable. I think its somewhat re-playable because of the origins and a few choices you make. ME2, to me, is a lot less re-playable. Combat isn't going to change at all. You're still shooting a gun no matter what you do. You're still doing loyalty missions as the only thing you are supposed to do to get loyalty, your companions apparently not really caring one way or another what you do outside the loyalty missions. And while you can pick different options, you're still kind of stuck doing all paragon or all renegade options else be penalized later for mixing it up.

ME2 is a simpler game compared to DA, which isn't necessarily a good thing in my book. The planet scanning, was fun the first dozen times, after that its more like a soul suckingly boring task that you wonder wth they were thinking making you do this all the time for some minerals and a chance to find a side quest.

Is this confirmed? Those were literaly the two BIGGEST selling points of Dragon Age (at least, on the PC).

EDIT:

Apparently it seems that the camera is going to be more like NWN2's than Origins so its not totaly nerfed. Origins had this kinda strange two stage camera. I would prefer a fully fluid camera like WoW's but with panning.

The toolset thing seems to be more of a "no updated toolset at launch, maybe later".

(It does feel like they are dialing back the PC focus and putting the consoles first as usual)

If most of the info on DA 2 on this thread is true.. that's quite enough for me. Won't be buying DA2.. ..unless they make it hack'n'slash. That could work! Horrible close-up camera would be non-issue. Though not getting to choose character would still suck.

I assume being fully voiced means ME-like dialogue. That is, whatever you choose to say, the character says something else. Point #5 about DA2 being centered on character seems the only promising thing about the game. IF that simply means there won't be that grand plot of saving the world. If it's about saving the world while decorating your home.. duh.

Unless they somehow mess up Witcher 2 really badly, it should be way better game. I mean.. DA2 seems like it could be a similar game, except with horrible Bioware plot/morality and UI that will be tailored for consoles. Of course it's too early to say for sure, but meh

Looking at list of Bioware's games at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BioWare, Bioware did good games up to NWN: Hordes of the Underdark. After that everything (except KotOR 1) is kinda meh - playable and entertaining but bad in so many ways. Dragon Age was a glimmer of hope

Maybe at some point Avernum-series gets better character portraits, I'd buy that. They seem like good games, but I can't tolerate the.. art.

I was fine with having 1 race as player character+liked the sound of it being voiced, but no arial view+no toolset mean this could be one of the few bioware games I either sit out or wait to get slashed to a bargain price. Then again I've got loads of stuff I can still do with the DA:O toolset (in part because it's so complicated/takes ages to use) and I don't like the sound or look of the new art style for DAO2 either.

So basically everything is true, but let me tell you PC gamers why you shouldn't be upset that we are restricting the game for console users because it isn't "that" bad. The chances of me buying DA 2 is pretty much nil. I'll have other games that didn't strip down content, dumb down the UI for console players and generally throw out the better features of the fledgling series just so they can try and squeeze out a few more bucks per person.

I completely agree with your OP, Nesrie. Give me character customization any day. Also, I thought the voice acting in DA: Origins was Top Notch. Hell, just look at the list of talent that lent their voice to DA. Kate Mulgrew, Claudia Black, Tim Russ, just to name a few. DA:O kicked serious amounts of ass. I guess we can only cross our fingers and hope that part two will be just as awesome, but from what I'm hearing I somehow doubt it will be.