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Former BioWare producer Mark Darrah thinks the studio failed to 'prepare' fans for how different Dragon Age 2 was: 'People look at it and they're like, well this sure isn't Dragon Age: Origins 2, which it isn't'

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Dragon Age II
Genres · adventure, rpg
Release · Mar 8, 2011
Developer · BioWare
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