Dragon Age II for PlayStation 3 Reviews by Gamers

I really enjoyed Dragon Age Origins and was looking forward to the sequel. The streamlining of the inventory and combat systems didn't bother me too much, but the repetition of the level design and many bugs were disappointing.

You will fight through the same dungeons, warehouses, and outdoor environments at least 5-10 times each, just with slight modifications like doors suddenly filled with concrete or blocked by rubble to contain you to one part of the map. The enemies as well are mostly repeated over and over throughout the game, and without the life-bar showing you'd never see any difference between say a weak Templar or a Lieutenant Templar with 5 times as much HP.

The lack of effort in level design and enemy hordes are even worse considering the potential this game had to show off Bioware's typically great writing and story. Each of the party members in your group have fully-explained histories and sidequests to explore, and it's fun to see how the Origins story lines are threaded through this new game.

There was one MAJOR plot point that I hated following the Dark Roads Expedition, but I can't complain too much without spoiling it. I cannot believe that I got more fanfare and celebration from finding a mushroom in a cave than I did when the life of my sister and family was changed forever. It really stuck out as an example of how this game seemed unfinished and rushed.

The bugs on PS3, even following the major patch, were present throughout the game and made a few sections unplayable. There are continuous problems with screen tearing and texture pop-in during both gameplay and cutscenes. Twice the game froze completely on the same conversation with Anders and I was forced to reboot my PS3 and load an earlier save to progress. At the end of the game I also had bizzarre problems with party members fighting invisible enemies off-map and after the credits rolled the game dumped me back to the beginning of the last boss fight. Very Poor QC!