Found this gem:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/art...views/8451-Preview-Whats-New-in-Dragon-Age-II
Some new information on crafting (simplified) and this quote on the VO:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/art...views/8451-Preview-Whats-New-in-Dragon-Age-II
Some new information on crafting (simplified) and this quote on the VO:
In Origins, you were a nameless, voiceless hero, but in DA2, you are the silky-toned Hawke, a change that may be jarring to those who favored Origins's old school approach to characterization. Which, as Laidlaw tells it, is not that many players. "People generally hated the silent protagonist," he says, but that wasn't the only reason to adopt a main character who could speak for themselves; Having the hero stand stoically while drama erupted all around them "seemed to be doing a disservice to the storytelling." Recognizing that responding to an impassioned speech from Leliana by choosing a sentence from a menu lacked a certain vitality, the Dragon Age team decided to borrow a page from their colleagues across the hall.