Dragon Age II Preview

After making the trek home from Germany's GamesCom event, the editors at Dealspwn have slapped up their own preview of BioWare's Dragon Age II. Most of the text is based on whatever information the could squeeze out of lead designer Mike Laidlaw:
In spite of the abundance of questions designed to circumnavigate the tight lips of Laidlaw and co. they were having none of it and so we didn't get to find out a huge amount about the actual story, however a few interesting points came out of the Q and A at the end. First of all, you'll be able to import save games across from both Origins and Awakening, although it won't impinge upon the gameplay in DA2 too much, there'll be a load of contextual stuff a narrative boon rather than tangible rewards. Laidlaw wouldn't tell us if we'd get to meet our character from before, but the wry smile on his face suggested something to that effect. The timeframes will certainly overlap, a character talking in the demo as to how King Cailan was betrayed suggesting the same.

He did hint, however, that we might see Flemeth's adopted daughter return, although not in those exact words: '˜We are in no way finished with the Morrigan story and, all things considered, it might be a while until we are.' was basically what we got, but it certainly sounds intriguing indeed and was the best we were going to get out of him with the beady eyes of two EA PR reps looking on.