Dragon Age II's Next Add-On To Take Fan Feedback Into Account

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Richard Walker

BioWare is currently cooking up more DLC for Dragon Age II and is looking to address feedback from its core fanbase, while trying to appeal to new fans too. The developer declined to reveal specific details of what the next DAII add-on will include, but explained that it will look to appeal to a wider audience as it moves forward with the franchise.

"We have some new DLC that's upcoming that's going to try and address some of the comments and try and provide the fans with the things they're looking for, both the core fans and the new fans," BioWare boss Ray Muzyka told Eurogamer. "We're committing to making sure all the products in the franchise going forward are going to appeal to a wide audience, both the core and more."

Meanwhile, Muzyka reflected on how Dragon Age II performed critically after EA Games label President Frank Gibeau claimed that "we lost some fans with Dragon Age II".

"It actually drew a lot of new players in who really love it. Many people who played Dragon Age: Origins loved it as well." said Muzyka. "But also there were a lot of fans of the original Dragon Age: Origins who weren't as happy with it. Maybe they were looking for more of the same, and it was different and innovative in ways they weren't expecting.

"Commercially, it's been very successful. Critically it's been successful with a lot of new fans, and many of the old fans."

No date or details have yet been revealed for the next Dragon Age II DLC, but an announcement can't be too far off.

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  • Cool i was wondering if they were gonna do some more.
  • Hmmm' thought they had been abit slow with dlc lol
  • Better game then origins thats for sure
  • Just continue the bloody story
  • No way,,, Dragon Age 2 was a short, mismatched story, that really left to many gaps in itself. such as the Wardens in the last chapter,,,what was more important than saving a burning village ?, Flemmeth what the hell was her part in the wholestory. and in the end , your chartacter disapears like the warden in Origins,,,, come on,,,,,THINK EA ,,,THINK bioware. complete the whole story or dont do 1 at all, geese.
  • No way,,, Dragon Age 2 was a short, mismatched story, that really left to many gaps in itself. such as the Wardens in the last chapter,,,what was more important than saving a burning village ?, Flemmeth what the hell was her part in the whole story. and in the end , your character disapears like the warden in Origins,,,, come on,,,,,THINK EA ,,,THINK bioware. complete the whole story or dont do 1 at all, geese.
  • @6: I found the story to be patched together, but in a good way. Instead of the game having the usual find-out-who-the-boss-is-and-go-on-epik-world-saving-quest-with-clear-goals-in-mind story, it went on a slightly more realistic route--having the hero just try to survive and get ahead in the world, and having that lead him/her into the various fights. It sweeps the main character up in its events instead of having the main character heroically set out to do some heroic deeds. I found the change refreshing. In other words: the story was set up by the side quests, and when everything in the game is played as its meant to be, the entire narrative weaves into a damned fine story told in a slightly unconventional way.
  • By listening to the fan base they're not going to have repetitive ass maps this time around? How lazy can you be? What a huge disappointment to all the true fans out there.
  • For sure origins is way more epic
  • I've enjoyed DA2 and completed it many times and the only problem I have is the gaps between the acts as they break up the story. I knew they were going to focus on the main events as they said that early on but I wasn't expecting them to skip so much I mean they promised a 10 year long story and skipped like 7 years of it. Which is why I think the DLC should be the missing years between the main acts and should fit seamlessly into the story. They could be called "The untold chapters" or something.
  • i have played origins and i absolutely loved it, haven't played DA2 yet, but i did read the novels and david gaider really put some nice stories together there. i think DA2 is a bit TOO much in the sense of time (like 10-year time span) to make everything crystal clear to the players who are not familiar with the dragon age universe.
  • Appeals to a wider audience = has less gay romance?
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