Dragon Age 2 - Reviews at GameCritics and Kotaku

Sometimes I like spoilers and I'm glad I read this review although I'm only a few hours into the game. [SPOILER ALERT] I have been wondering when I would get to venture outside of the city, and now that I have learned that I can't, it will make deciding whether or not I continue with the game much easier. I'm very open to a single setting - I enjoyed The Witcher very much, but to me The Witcher also didn't seem as black boxed (click on a door to enter a dungeon) as DA2 does to me - even though both games used this mechanic.

I'll probably stick with DA2 because I like the lore, but I am definitely not enjoying it as much as DAO. jm2c