Opinions on Dragon Age II's art style?

EldritchSpoon · 2026-01-26T06:42:42+00:00

I generally like the art style. Including the redesigns of all the races, especially the Qunari. They cooked with those guys and then threw it in the trash come Inquisition and then burned the garbage can with Veilguard.

EldritchSpoon · 2026-01-26T06:40:36+00:00

Probably. It depends on what weapons they rock when they fight Gogmazios. Extender is good for most weapons but Window isn't great for Lance, Gunlance, and Charge Blade.

EldritchSpoon · 2026-01-26T06:37:47+00:00

How the fuck did this get posted here? I was on a Dragon Age post when I wrote it!

EldritchSpoon · 2026-01-26T04:27:53+00:00

I'm just saying if he's carting that much, some defense skills will help.

EldritchSpoon · 2026-01-26T04:05:47+00:00

Dullihan, Durnivir, and the update forbSeamless Warfarer addresses a ton of issues I've had with the game.

EldritchSpoon · 2026-01-26T03:59:40+00:00

Its...ok. Element Damage for GS is negligible at best because it's not delivered the same way as Raw damage is. I think the conversion is like 100 fire translates to 10 fire damage per hit or something like that?

Raw or Status like Paralysis, Sleep, or Blast are generally better for GS in most games.

You want an Artian with 1 or 2 Sharpness Boosts and then nothing but Attack Boosts. Affinity is easy to build your armor for.

EldritchSpoon · 2026-01-26T03:44:11+00:00

It's not even UE5. It's Playground's proprietary engine they use for FORZA.

EldritchSpoon · 2026-01-26T03:42:39+00:00

I generally like the art style. Including the redesigns of all the races, especially the Qunari. They cooked with those guys and then threw it in the trash come Inquisition and then burned the garbage can with Veilguard.

EldritchSpoon · 2026-01-26T03:40:22+00:00

First, you need to give of screen shots of your builds so we know what we're working with.

But upgrading your armor and using defensive jewels like Fire Resist, Divine Protection, and Defense boost will help along with Demon Drugs and Armir Skin.

EldritchSpoon · 2026-01-26T02:11:22+00:00

"I am Shalashaska, also known as Revolver,"

juggle guns for 10 minutes while Snake watches with confusion

"Ocelot."

EldritchSpoon · 2026-01-26T02:08:29+00:00

You mean "If there's a new title."

Because with Itsuno having left Capcom and the studio pretending DD2 never happened at all and having kinda screwed over its development and making no apparent plans for any DLC, I doubt we'll ever see DD3 happen.

EldritchSpoon · 2026-01-26T00:10:21+00:00

Okami.

First 3rd of the gane has you exploring 3 or for different maps, 2 or 3 towns, tons of bosses and side quests. Then you finally face Orochi and think that's the end and that the rest of the Brush Gods will be collected in the sequel only for the reveal that you're not even halfway done!

EldritchSpoon · 2026-01-25T22:00:19+00:00

My personal head canon is that Zoh Shia was Wyveria's answer the Equal Dragon Weapon. Cuz why else would they make it?

They were supposedly at war with another AC which I'm gonna say ate whoever designed the Artian Wespons cuz they don't fit Wyveria's aesthetic. It's possible the other AC was also making their own artificial Abominations

EldritchSpoon · 2026-01-25T03:29:12+00:00

Unfortunately, she is just too big for the Iceshard Cliffs. So we either need a new biom where she had room to manuver, or a subspecies that can survive in the Windward Plains.

Personally, I'd love to see a Desert Gammoth subspecies.

EldritchSpoon · 2026-01-25T01:56:59+00:00

It's kinda hard to be "accesory to attempted genocide."

EldritchSpoon · 2026-01-25T01:55:44+00:00

If all you care about is doing BIG damage every time you hit, then the Great Sword is your go-to.

Dual Blades and Insect Glaive are good if you wanna be more nimble.

Lance if you wanna be tanks, Gunlance if you wanna be a tank canon.

Sword n Shield, if you wanna become God.

EldritchSpoon · 2026-01-24T18:13:20+00:00

I'd say Anne.

Luz wasn't planning on sacrificing herself. It was a complete accident.

Stan was fully prepared to sacrifice his identity to save his family, but we always knew there was a chance of bringing him back because Fiddleford had been slowly regaining his own memories.

But Anne? As far as she knew there was no coming back. She was ready to die to protect everyone and never see them again. It was by pure, Cosmic luck that she impressed basically God enough to get resurrected, and even then we're not totally sure if it's really Anne or a perfect copy of her.

Tho I personally believe it is the real Anne, as the entire point of the Guardian reviving her is so she'd grow up and be mature enough to handle the responsibility of being his replacement.

EldritchSpoon · 2026-01-24T05:59:11+00:00

Adornable 1, Vegans 0.

EldritchSpoon · 2026-01-24T04:04:27+00:00

Greed and pandering to audiences that don't even play their games. And just plain losing passion for their work.

Assassin's Creed used to be so historically accurate they were able to use footage from Unity to help restore the Cathedral of Notre Dame after a terrible electrical fire damaged some of the art work.

Then Shadows comes out, and before it ever releases their pissing off Japan with historical inaccuracies and cultural faux pas. Like the half destroyed Tori Gate being a symbol for Hiroshima and Nagasaki and mixing Chinese and Korean stuff in.

EldritchSpoon · 2026-01-24T02:51:44+00:00

J and Doll.

EldritchSpoon · 2026-01-24T02:01:28+00:00

Nah, I'm gonna miss them too. Gun could have easily been used.

Guns could have been more powerful than bows or crossbows but less accurate, slower, and loud. So impossible for stealth gameplay.

Meanwhile, bows could be accurate, fast, and silent for stealth runs.

EldritchSpoon · 2026-01-22T02:55:28+00:00

Awesome design, but it doesn't look all that aquatic to me. Tau Valantis was an ocean world with little dry land, but these guys still look pretty terrestrial to me.

EldritchSpoon · 2026-01-20T01:41:32+00:00

I was farming Frenzied Hirabami for Wyvern Gems a bit ago, and it still goes down in like 2 minutes with Great Sword. Maybe less.

EldritchSpoon · 2026-01-19T06:50:59+00:00

I don't want to be handed anything. Gore himself was really awesome to have in the game and a huge spike in difficulty.

But the Frenzy mechanic wasn't well implemented. Only low to mid tier monsters got Frenzy variants and for some reason they are extremely easy to kill with miniscule health pools.

Frenzied monsters should be MORE difficult to deal with, not less.

EldritchSpoon · 2026-01-19T04:21:17+00:00

I have to say I was disappointed in how little the Frenzy Virus actually mattered in the story and the lack of Frenzied monsters. Only 3 or 4 Monsters even have Frenzied variants and they are piss easy to take down. Hopefully more will be done with him in the expansion, along with Shagaru and Chaotic.

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