The second one is fantastic. It does end poorly, but the gameplay is better in every way. The combat is a HUGE improvement. Anyone who told you to avoid DA2 is an idiot.
I have, I have only one Let's Play planned that would be blind, and that would be Ryse this weekend. and I'll be streaming it most likely.
Well, thanks for the insight, I'll def check out DA2 then when I get around to it! Ryse is a game I've been looking forward to, so I'll check that stream out when it's up.