Dragon Age II Hypothetical Re-release Questions
Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2019 3:59 am
No DA2 is not being re-released, as far as I know, I just want to know what you would want if it Was to be re-released? What features would you include in the game in order to help make it a lot more fun to play through?
For, I would include a New Game +, make getting Isabela's friendship/rivalry less of a hassle, include a few new missions set outside Kirkwall like Mark of the Assassin & Legacy and the option to choose to keep Bethany or Carver alive regardless of what class you choose, (one of the siblings will still die but now it's not restricted to the class you pick).
The reason for these specific changes are as follows, NG+ is to help make the game a little less tedious so you don't have to do Every Single Mission In The Game and can just focus on the missions you actually enjoy. The bit with making it so getting Isabela's friendship/rivalry more easily is so you don't have to take her everywhere in the game just to keep in for Act 3. Say a mission in the original release that was only 5 friendship/rivalry points is now 10 or 15 points.
As for more missions like the two DLC missions, as long as they are as good as MOTA or Legacy this gives players more areas to explore and a chance to get outside Kirkwall so you don't have to stay cooped up in the city for the entire game. I think 7 other DLC like missions, 3 for each act, would be more then enough and give players more of a chance to explore the world of Dragon Age.
And finally being able to keep Bethany or Carver alive regardless of what class you pick. Again one of your siblings will die But it's no longer dependent on what class you pick. If say, you want to play as a mage but don't want to put up with Carver's whining or want to play as a warrior or rogue but can't stand Bethany's overly positive personality now all you have to do is at the start of the game pick one of them to protect your mother and that is the sibling who will die.
I admittedly have an ulterior motive for this and it has to do with my preferred party. For me my party pretty much consists of Aveline, Merrill, Isabela, Bethany and Varric as they are the only characters I can stand/actually like in this game. However, because of how the game is set up I need a mage Healer for a number of missions and there are only two in the core game, Bethany and Anders. Unfortunately the former will always be sent off/die no matter what you do in Act one leaving you with only Anders who, as Chuck pointed out, is pervert, a fantastic and impossible to tolerate.
So having it where you can play as a Mage and keep Bethany means that I still get a character I like in my party, get to play as my preferred class and can tell Anders to F#(k off at the first opportunity instead of having to wait for the end of the game's 3d Act.
Also I would make it so the potions don't have a 30 second cool down timer (seriously who thought that was a good idea?).
For, I would include a New Game +, make getting Isabela's friendship/rivalry less of a hassle, include a few new missions set outside Kirkwall like Mark of the Assassin & Legacy and the option to choose to keep Bethany or Carver alive regardless of what class you choose, (one of the siblings will still die but now it's not restricted to the class you pick).
The reason for these specific changes are as follows, NG+ is to help make the game a little less tedious so you don't have to do Every Single Mission In The Game and can just focus on the missions you actually enjoy. The bit with making it so getting Isabela's friendship/rivalry more easily is so you don't have to take her everywhere in the game just to keep in for Act 3. Say a mission in the original release that was only 5 friendship/rivalry points is now 10 or 15 points.
As for more missions like the two DLC missions, as long as they are as good as MOTA or Legacy this gives players more areas to explore and a chance to get outside Kirkwall so you don't have to stay cooped up in the city for the entire game. I think 7 other DLC like missions, 3 for each act, would be more then enough and give players more of a chance to explore the world of Dragon Age.
And finally being able to keep Bethany or Carver alive regardless of what class you pick. Again one of your siblings will die But it's no longer dependent on what class you pick. If say, you want to play as a mage but don't want to put up with Carver's whining or want to play as a warrior or rogue but can't stand Bethany's overly positive personality now all you have to do is at the start of the game pick one of them to protect your mother and that is the sibling who will die.
I admittedly have an ulterior motive for this and it has to do with my preferred party. For me my party pretty much consists of Aveline, Merrill, Isabela, Bethany and Varric as they are the only characters I can stand/actually like in this game. However, because of how the game is set up I need a mage Healer for a number of missions and there are only two in the core game, Bethany and Anders. Unfortunately the former will always be sent off/die no matter what you do in Act one leaving you with only Anders who, as Chuck pointed out, is pervert, a fantastic and impossible to tolerate.
So having it where you can play as a Mage and keep Bethany means that I still get a character I like in my party, get to play as my preferred class and can tell Anders to F#(k off at the first opportunity instead of having to wait for the end of the game's 3d Act.
Also I would make it so the potions don't have a 30 second cool down timer (seriously who thought that was a good idea?).