Sequels always come with massive expectations, and this can sometimes break the true nature of a game: the story tells the tale of an immigrant, it's definitely more about it's characters, how they change throughout the narrative and just a big build up to Dragon Age 3; combat saw a massive improvement over Origins has well has the UI. On the downside there are many re-used places and textures, this is just lazy design and it's made even worse by the fact that Kirkwall in general is very bland and not has fun to explore like Ferelden. I can see the creators tried to make a better game, shame they field to remember what made Origins good... not to mention it's development time was way too short; but never the less, I enjoyed DA2