Dragon Age II: Mark of the Assassin Preview

In addition to having the chance to get some hands-on time with the Mark of the Assassin DLC for Dragon Age II, Destructoid also chatted a bit with Tallis’ voice actress (and actress, in the Dragon Age: Redemption miniseries) Felicia Day, the results of which we can read in their preview. Here’s a sampling:

With this DLC come new side quests, enemies, character interactions, items, and lore. The DLC is also playable anytime within the original game after the prologue. In the Dragon Age chronology, it’s set right after its companion web series, Dragon Age: Redemption, which should be released around the same time. This time around, the game will be greatly expanding upon the Qunari and Orlesian cultures. Since we’re not in Ferelden anymore, Mark of the Assassin also offers brand new environments for those of you who are still taking digs at DAII’s recycled sets.

Tallis is based on her namesake from Dragon Age: Redemption, a short web series written by and starring Felicia Day . According to Day, there is a lot of continuity between what occurs in the show and in the game. For starters, the costume that was used by Day in Redemption is also used in Mark of the Assassin, as well as the weapons, fighting style, music, and facets of the character’s personality. As a Dragon Age aficionado herself, she said that seeing her and her work used for the game was probably “he most awesome thing” that has ever happened to her.

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While her infiltrator abilities have potential, Tallis herself seems to add very little personality to the group. She’s another rogue, another smart-ass, one-liner character, and between her, Varric, Anders, and sarcastic Hawke, you can imagine why Fenris is so pissed off. Also, Felicia Day may be a charmer in real life, but I find that this doesn’t always translate to her voice acting. I don’t exactly know how she wants Tallis to behave — badass, sarcastic, quirky, all at once? Nevertheless, I have always found her to sound wooden, unconvincing, and lacking in depth, even during her stint as Veronica in Fallout: New Vegas, and the same goes for this new character.