dragon age 2 guide

dragon age 2 guide - Blood seems to be a theme in the game. A dragon made out of blood is the logo, blood pools on a parchment on the loading screen and a trail of blood mark the party’s progress on the world map.
dragon age 2 guide - Characters fight a variety of enemies, from humans, demons, darkspawn, to giant spiders and the undead. When hit in melee combat they generally spurt a sizable amount of red blood. Upon death, a large pool of blood forms underneath them, and when their corpse is looted they generally turn into bones. Sometimes in melee combat a character will pull off a more violent finishing move, such as a decapitation in which the head is lobbed off and disappears when hitting the ground.

dragon age 2 guide - A sizable spurt of blood comes from the neck and some red muscle where the head once was is shown. Another example is when killing ogres in melee, the character will jump on the ogre and stab it in vital areas in slow motion, accompanied by the usual spurt of red blood. Some magic, such as blood magic or the walking bomb spell is very bloody as well. Unless persistent gore is turned off, the player will be covered with blood when fighting enemies. A couple times during the game, the player will encounter blood in the environment, such as blood covering the floor of the orphanage, as well as mutilated corpses or heads on spikes in torture chambers.

By far the most violent parts of the games are the cut scenes of army battles, which happen several times during the game. In these battles blood flies all over the place. Thankfully, these are only a very small part of the game as a whole.

Players wishing for slightly less violent game should either play an archer or a mage, though some spells should be skipped like blood magic and walking bomb. Players cannot skip the blood and violence altogether, however.