Dragon Age II Preview

Just when we thought the hands-on previews of Dragon Age II were behind us comes this short impressions piece over at MMORPG.com. Once again, it’s based on several hours with the game at BioWare’s Edmonton headquarters:

Fans of the old game are going to find a number of things improved, including much better visuals, a new but not-too-different art style, a streamlined UI, improved combat mechanics, archery that doesn’t suck, and a dialogue wheel to replace the old dialogue lists. They’re going to find some things the same as the overall gameplay experience and storytelling mechanics stay delightfully true to the original game, and they’re going to find at least one thing that has the potential to disappoint them in the fact that humans are the only available race.

This choice is not made out of laziness, or to purposely anger elf fans everywhere, but has a purpose as this time around, Bioware is looking to tell a specific story with the game. That story is of the champion, Hawke, a human male or female who went from the life of a refugee to become the Champion of Kirkwall.