Do you play the same character in Dragon Age 2?
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No, you do not play as the same character in Dragon Age 2 as you did in the first Dragon Age game, instead, you play as Hawke, a human who lived in the Ferelden village of Lothering prior to the Fifth Blight. The game allows you to customize Hawke based on gender, race, physical appearance, and one of three character classes (warrior, rogue, and mage), with one or two specializations centered around the chosen class.
Understanding Dragon Age 2
Game Overview
Dragon Age 2 is an action role-playing game played from a third-person perspective, where players control Hawke, a refugee during the Fifth Blight, who eventually becomes the Champion of Kirkwall. The game’s story is a whole new one, with no significant impact from the story of the first Dragon Age game.
FAQs
- Q: Is Dragon Age 2 connected to the first one? A: DA2 is a whole new story, and DA:O story has no significant impact on the DA2 story, although decisions made in Dragon Age: Origins can be imported into Dragon Age 2.
- Q: Do you play as Hawke in Dragon Age 2? A: Yes, the player character is Hawke, a human who lived in the Ferelden village of Lothering prior to the Fifth Blight.
- Q: Can you romance everyone in DA2? A: All love interests, except Sebastian, may be romanced by either gender, and it is possible to sleep with all romantic companions, except Sebastian, in a single game.
- Q: What is the best class to choose in Dragon Age 2? A: The Mage is considered the best class in Dragon Age 2, as they can cause significant damage to single enemies and have solid resource sustainability.
- Q: Does gender matter in Dragon Age 2? A: Some lines change, but for the most part, nothing is different, and outside of Sebastian, you can romance anyone with either sex.
- Q: What is the point of Dragon Age 2? A: Dragon Age 2 is an action role-playing game played from a third-person perspective, where players control Hawke, a refugee during the Fifth Blight, who eventually becomes the Champion of Kirkwall.
- Q: Is Dragon Age 2 easy? A: Dragon Age 2 is easier than the original, and part of that is that your enemies don’t really have their true resistances unless you’re playing on Nightmare difficulty.
- Q: Can you save both siblings in Dragon Age 2? A: No, having played all three classes, Bethany survives if Hawke is a warrior or rogue, while Carver survives if Hawke is a mage, and either way, one has to die.
- Q: Does Dragon Age 2 have multiple endings? A: There aren’t really multiple endings for DA2, as they differ only in details that ultimately don’t matter, and no matter what you do, Anders blows up the Chantry.
- Q: Can you be evil in Dragon Age 2? A: Yes, you can make evil choices and justify them as being good, or you can choose to see the choices as evil and enjoy being evil, depending on the character.
- Q: What happens if I flirt with everyone in Dragon Age: Inquisition? A: If you flirt with every character, at a certain point, it will ask you if you want to enter into a romance with someone, and it may lock you out of pursuing others at that time unless you break it off with them.
- Q: Can you avoid romance in Dragon Age: Inquisition? A: Yes, you don’t have to romance someone, since you might not find someone you want to cozy up with, and that’s perfectly fine.
- Q: Is Hawke in Dragon Age 4? A: Hawke himself makes an appearance in Dragon Age: Inquisition and aids The Inquisitor in a quest called Here Lies the Abyss.
- Q: Does Dragon Age 1 and 2 affect Inquisition? A: Decisions you’ve made in Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age 2 will impact the world in Dragon Age: Inquisition, but not by transferring your existing save games.
- Q: What is the most powerful class in Dragon Age 2? A: The Mage: Elemental Mastery is considered the most powerful class in Dragon Age 2, as it substantially increases their damage and provides some solid resource sustainability.