Dragon Age II

Players use swords, axes, bows, and magic spells to kill hundreds of enemies, including both humans and fantasy creatures like demons and giant spiders. Battles typically result in vast amounts of blood and gore spattering both the environment and the characters themselves. Severed body parts can be seen, including a decapitated head. Players occasionally have the option of killing innocent or defenseless characters.

The player can choose whether to flirt with some characters. At first flirting simply results in suggestive responses -- “Does your dwarf shy away from the deep roads?” -- but if continued throughout the game the player’s avatar will eventually have the opportunity to have sex with other characters, both male and female. The characters do not remove their clothes, but they do embrace, kiss passionately, and throw themselves onto a bed before the scene fades to black. Many female characters dress provocatively, showing deep cleavage, while antagonistic “desire demons” bare nearly their entire bodies, including their breasts.

Words including “ass,” “bastard,” and “s--t” are heard infrequently in spoken dialogue.

Significant time is spent inside a pub, where the player's character may imbibe alcohol. The main protagonist never shows any signs of drunkenness, but other characters do become intoxicated, from both alcohol and a magical substance called lyrium, which acts as a drug.

Parents need to know that Dragon Age II is a violent role-playing game that glorifies bloody fantasy combat and features sexually-charged sequences that stop just shy of showing the act itself. It is also a true role-playing game that focuses on storytelling and character development. Players spend much of their time engaged in conversations with other characters, fostering or damaging relationships as they choose. Some of the dialogue contains cussing. They must consider the impact their actions and words have on others or be prepared to deal with the consequences.