14 DAY TRIAL // BioWare has just released the second patch for its recent Dragon Age 2 role-playing game, which aims at solving some of the various problems and issues encountered by players throughout the title's massive 40-hour long single-player campaign.
Dragon Age 2 was one of the biggest games of the beginning of the year, but this doesn't mean that it didn't have any problems.
After releasing a patch last month, BioWare has now deployed a new one for the PC and Mac platforms, which solves some of the issues that were reported by players and fixes some of the glitches that were encountered by them.
As always, BioWare advises players to upgrade their graphics card drivers immediately, as both AMD and Nvidia have released new software that also includes fixes for Dragon Age 2.
Besides that, check out some of the things solved by Dragon Age 2 Patch 1.02 below.
GAMEPLAY
- The effects of various follower talents and item properties are now being properly removed and re-applied when loading and saving. - Anders's default set of tactics will now activate Haste when appropriate. - Aveline's final armor upgrade is now available during "Favor and Fault." - Aveline's Retaliation talent no longer imposes a delay when activated. - The warrior's Rally talent now functions as described. - The rogue's Lacerate talent now functions as described. - Party members who are resurrected during a fight now rejoin combat properly. - Hawke no longer gains random spells or talents after using the Maker's Sigh potion, then saving and reloading. - Potions, poisons, grenades, and runes can now still be ordered from the Hawke estate after the main campaign is complete. - Various minor gameplay issues no longer occur.
QUESTS (SPOILER WARNING) - "Duty" will now appear on the Chanter's Board even if the player accepted all of the board's quests before installing the Exiled Prince premium content. - The journal for "Duty" will now update if the player left the Docks (Night) area immediately after killing the Flint Company mercenaries. - In "Finders Keepers," the door to Woodrow's Warehouse will now open if the player steals the location to the warehouse from the harbormaster's office. - In "Finders Keepers," if the player leaves Woodrow's Warehouse before finding the crate, it is now possible to return to the warehouse to complete the quest. - In "Herbalist's Tasks," the varterral's heart is now available even if the player killed the varterral before receiving the quest. - Merrill no longer refers to the aftermath of "A New Path" before the plot has been completed. - Varric is no longer confused about which character Hawke has been romancing. - Various minor story-scripting issues no longer occur. PC/MAC-SPECIFIC FUNCTIONALITY - Varric's Embellishment talent no longer incorrectly refers to movement speed. - It is now easier to select party members by clicking on their portraits when the level-up arrow is displayed. - The game now functions correctly if the Windows desktop is set to 150% size. - The video options menu now allows a wider full-screen gamma range. - Various issues specific to DirectX 11 no longer occur. - Various technical changes should improve performance and limit crashes. While most of these fixes are applied retroactively, some players that encountered game-ending glitches need to revert to previous save games before trying to install the new patch.
You can download Dragon Age 2 Patch 1.02 right now from Softpedia.