DRAGON AGE 2
No one picks up an RPG for instant gratification, but Dragon Age 2 really takes its time to get going. The sword-and-sorcery heavy game is framed as a story-within-a-story, as secondary characters try to piece together the history of the hero. That's your character, Hawke – another meticulously customisable BioWare lead who can be created using the gender, attributes, haircut and cheekbones your quest-loving heart desires. Although you only get to play as one race this time, a trade-off for the full voicing acting of the lead character. It's a clear nod to the sagas and epics that inspire the Dragon Age world. The only problem is, it means the game spends the early stages holding you at arm's length when what you really want to do is run straight into the murky brown olde worlde and start swishing your blade around.
