Boss Fight Books: Dragon Age II (Series #40) (Paperback)

Rushed through development in just a year to capitalize on the runaway success of its predecessor, Dragon Age II's writing team had only a few months to write an entire game before handing it off to voice acting and development. The result was an often ramshackle sequel featuring a smaller world, fewer companions, and repetitive quests--as well as some of the best characters, dialogue, and storytelling Bioware has ever put to screen. <p> </p><p>Based on new interviews with DA2 writers David Gaider, Jennifer Hepler, Lukas Kristjanson, as well as editor Karin Weekes, author Charlotte Reber tells the wild behind-the-scenes story of how a team at the top of their game made the best of an impossible assignment to create the series's first fully voiced protagonist, its charmingly unreliable narrator, and a crew of unforgettable party members to bother, befriend, and romance. From DA2's inception to its mishandled marketing campaign to its volatile reactions from players, Reber's book raises a mug of ale to the game that was--and the game that might have been.</p>

Rushed through development in just a year to capitalize on the runaway success of its predecessor, Dragon Age II's writing team had only a few months to write an entire game before handing it off to voice acting and development. The result was an often ramshackle sequel featuring a smaller world, fewer companions, and repetitive quests—as well as some of the best characters, dialogue, and storytelling Bioware has ever put to screen.

 

Based on new interviews with DA2 writers David Gaider, Jennifer Hepler, Lukas Kristjanson, as well as editor Karin Weekes, author Charlotte Reber tells the wild behind-the-scenes story of how a team at the top of their game made the best of an impossible assignment to create the series’s first fully voiced protagonist, its charmingly unreliable narrator, and a crew of unforgettable party members to bother, befriend, and romance. From DA2’s inception to its mishandled marketing campaign to its volatile reactions from players, Reber’s book raises a mug of ale to the game that was—and the game that might have been.

Book format	Paperback
Fiction/nonfiction	Non-Fiction
Genre	Home, Hobbies, & Garden
Publication date	September, 2026
Pages	212
Subgenre	Video & Mobile
Series title	Boss Fight Books
Number in series	40
Edition	1
Publisher	Boss Fight Books
Language	English
Is collectible	N
Editor	Karin Weekes
Recording time	0 min
Retail packaging	Single Piece
Assembled product height	7 in
Assembled product weight	0.2800 lb
Bisac subject heading	Games & Activities