Looks like this won't actually get done before Christmas, so I'm gonna try to get 5 and 4 done today then finish off the top 3 on Monday.
#5 - Dragon Age II (360/PS3/PC)
http://www.gamefaqs.com/xbox360/988966-dragon-age-ii
Dragon Age II gets a lot of flak that I don’t think it quite deserves. Maybe it’s because I was never overly obsessive about the original, I really don’t know what it is. That’s not to say that it doesn’t have problems. The game definitely does feel like a bit of a lazy effort on BioWare’s part. The dungeons are just copy+paste jobs with different corridors blocked off and the areas you end up exploring are fairly limited. Story-wise Dragon Age II doesn’t hit the same highs are the originals, and certainly isn’t as sweeping in scale. Overall, yes, the original Dragon Age was a better game. I don’t think necessarily makes the sequel bad, though.
Dragon Age II is a game I just plain had fun playing. It’s hard for me to name particular aspects of the game I really liked. I found the combat pretty enjoyable regardless of how goofy and over the top it could sometimes be. The characters were fun for the most part and the was a nice amount of content that never felt too overwhelming. Dragon Age II doesn’t do anything spectacularly, but it does everything well enough to make it a fun experience. That’s about all I got, really. Don’t worry though, I have a lot to say about the next game on the list.
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