UK top 40: Dragon Age II tips the scales

By Robert Purchese Published 14 March, 2011

Fantastical for BioWare.

Beefy BioWare role-playing game Dragon Age II has completed its UK quest and topped the all-formats video game chart.

Pokemon White holds second, Fight Night Champion third and Pokemon Black fourth. Just Dance 2 rounds out the top five.

From there the top 10 runs: Bulletstorm, Killzone 3, FIFA 11, Call of Duty: Black Ops and uDraw Studio.

Film party game Yoostar 2 misses a top 40 entry.

Dragon Age II - 360 versus PS3.

This Week Last Week Title Platform(s)
1 New entry Dragon Age II PC, PS3, Xbox 360
2 1 Pokemon White DS
3 New entry Fight Night Champion PS3, Xbox 360
4 2 Pokemon Black DS
5 7 Just Dance 2 Wii
6 4 Bulletstorm PC, PS3, Xbox 360
7 5 Killzone 3 PS3
8 8 FIFA 11 DS, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360
9 6 Call of Duty: Black Ops DS, PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
10 Re-entry uDraw Studio Wii
11 16 Wii Sports Resort Wii
12 10 Wii Party Wii
13 21 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood PC, PS3, Xbox 360
14 25 Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition PC, PS3, Xbox 360
15 12 Just Dance Wii
16 15 Dance Juniors Wii
17 13 Test Drive Unlimited 2 PC, PS3, Xbox 360
18 20 Wii Fit Plus Wii
19 9 Dead Space 2 PC, PS3, Xbox 360
20 30 Just Cause 2 PC, PS3, Xbox 360
21 29 LittleBigPlanet 2 PS3
22 Re-entry Lost Planet 2 PC, PS3, Xbox 360
23 27 Art Academy DS
24 Re-entry F1 2010 PC, PS3, Xbox 360
25 14 Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds PS3, Xbox 360
26 38 Batman: Arkham Asylum PC, PS3, Xbox 360
27 Re-entry Kirby's Epic Yarn Wii
28 18 The Sims 3 DS, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
29 36 WWE SmackDown vs. RAW 2011 PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
30 Re-entry Sonic Colours DS
31 26 Kinect Sports Xbox 360
32 32 Battlefield: Bad Company 2 PC, PS3, Xbox 360
33 24 Ben 10 Ultimate Alien Cosmic Destruction PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360
34 23 Toy Story 3 PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
35 31 New Super Mario Bros. DS
36 Re-entry Fallout: New Vegas PC, PS3, Xbox 360
37 Re-entry Halo: Reach Xbox 360
38 35 Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-land Mayhem! DS
39 22 Kinect Joy Ride Xbox 360
40 Re-entry Red Dead Redemption PS3, Xbox 360

Leisure software charts compiled by Gfk Chart-Track, ©2011 UKIE (UK) Ltd.

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Comments (18) Latest comment 1 year ago

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  • Eraysor #1 1 year ago

    I've played DA and Pokemon, and Pokemon is vastly superior!

  • Mockerre #2 1 year ago

    Good job, now Bioware will know it can put out a subpar product...

  • Utopolitan #3 1 year ago

    Great, why try to make good games when the shitty ones still bring in bigger bucks?
    Edited by Utopolitan at 14/03/11 @ 09:53

  • dfua #4 1 year ago

    I'm almost ashamed to be one of those. I'm still enjoying DA2 but it feels like such a cheap rush job to cash in. The repeated dungeons are shocking, it's such a poor job they don't even try to hide it. They use the same 5 or 6 maps with the doors hastily blocked up, rocks in the way or carts blocking entrances. The loot is always in the same spots and the map even still shows the walled off area. It could also be called Dragon Age 2: Lost and Found with the amount of time you are reuniting these absurdly careless people with their long forgotten objects and remains.

    Having said all that, it's compelling enough to keep me going after 15 hours so far but I wish I'd waited for a price drop. I got the signature edition but the added content hasn't really been worth it.

  • MojoDex #5 1 year ago

    a wild Hawke appears! Wild Hawke uses ATTACK. Pokemon white faints...

  • spekkeh #6 1 year ago

    Thanks dfua, doesn't sound good. I'm all for the new direction Bioware took when it comes to innovation, but reusing assets for main story quests is just lame. And there's enough other great games frankly, so I guess I'll be holding off till it becomes dirt cheap.

  • GamesConnoisseur #7 1 year ago

    Enjoying DA2 and Pokemon equally, yes shocking re cheapo cut and paste maps, Torchlight does far bettef job with its randomly generated dungeons compared to constant reusings of assets. Not trying to hide the obvious of it is more irrating than actual reuses.

    I accept that due to memory and manpower, reuse away but do it artfully or use alternative procedural generating stuffs, but i still do quite enjoy DA2, a bit like a cousin of Mass Effect 2.

    Didnt make the grade but still quite an enjoyable company as part of same family with that certain values you appreicates, i dont think its contender for GOTY but also cant see it as 6/10 that quite a lot are suggesting. More respectable 7/10 to 8/10 would be more representative to me.

  • bad09 #8 1 year ago

    People always moan about COD topping the charts but after the banning mess of last week it's a real shame this company has a number 1.

  • stepleftstepright #9 1 year ago

    I don't like making this prediction, but EA may as well kill Bioware brand in 3 yrs.

  • rotmm #10 1 year ago

    Now the lists are up, I just want to point out that Fight Night Champion isn't a new release as it debuted at No.3 last week.

  • glottis0 #11 1 year ago

    Obviously the game was a little rushed to get out - but I think their corner-cutting was in all the right places.

    Bioware games were never great for their environment or enemy design, so they've cut a few corners in that area and focussed on their strengths: great character design/conversation, and great tactical combat.
    Both of those areas seem fantastically well done and meaty this time around. Calls of 'dumbing down' are just nonsene - playing on 'Hard' on PC, the combat is as tactical and satisfying as it ever was. All they've simplified are the menu-fiddling and inventory stuff, which bored the hell out of me in Origins.

  • linea #12 1 year ago

    I replayed BGII recently and the environments still look fantastic, I think.

    What I find interesting about Dragon Age II is how, despite being a big RPG fan and having played and loved pretty much all of their other games (including Mass Effects 1 and 2) I haven't been even slightly interested in this.

    I just hope for their sake their new audience is as passionate and loyal as their old one was.

  • coolbritannia #13 1 year ago

    Go Bulletstorm!

  • kingmong #14 1 year ago

    fan of their games since Baldurs gate and can't stop playing DA2. it's great! mage is great fun to play - haven't tried the other classes yet.

    far superior to da:o imho
    Edited by kingmong at 14/03/11 @ 14:03

  • kingmong #15 1 year ago

    I honestly don't get all the hate...

  • Bluetooth #16 1 year ago

    Interesting that people prefer Pokemon White over Black...

  • king26 #17 1 year ago

    Killzone 3 hanging in there

  • IOnlyUseSkill #18 1 year ago

    I don't really understand all the Dragon Age 2 hate either. I understand owners of the previous game are disappointed, the game is a different beast but I think the combat is much improved. Also digging the story, can't stop playing the damn game lol