Some Dragon Age 2 Facts:

1-It’s faster and more brutal, less cerebral and more exaggerated,a little flashier and more accessible than Dragon Age Origins.

Hawke slashing through bad guys

2-There’s still approval. But now instead of only getting content and combat bonuses based on positive approval, you can either build a rapport or an antagonistic relationship with your companions. Negative approval means they want to show you up, or see you fall on your sorry behind, but they still stick around.

here we see the traditional wheel of ME 2

3-There are way fewer gifts, and the gifts are follower-specific. (No more giving dog bones to everyone to boost approval.)

4 races in Dragon Age 2

4-And followers can still turn on you or abandon you, regardless of how much they like you, based on your actions. (Like Leliana and Wynne at the Urn.)

this is may be kirkwall....I think

5-David Gaider confirms, that the dragon lady from the concept art is Flemeth

well,here is an old friend from origins

6-The game promises that players will be able to “think like a general and fight like a Spartan”

some place...I don't know where

7-the new protagonist has been named Hawke. He is a “penniless refugee who rises to power to become the single most important character in the world of Dragon Age.”

Is it me?....or these guys doesn't look like the darkspawn from origins?

8-Hawke (main character) will be a voiced character.

this ogre is going to get...isn't he?

9-Hawke is human.

he is doing very well for a human

 10-Hawke didn’t just survive the blight…he escaped it.

Again....very well

11-Hawke is the Champion of Kirkwall.

Flemth is back....and this time..she is hot

12-Dragon Age II is not about killing an ancient evil or about quelling another blight; Hawke is the driving force behind the narrative. Over the course of the game’s 10-year timeline, players’ actions and choices will determine Hawke ’s history, relationships, and regrets…all in service to answering the larger question: Who is the Champion of Kirkwall?
13-the game getting the ME2 conversation wheel, but this time instead of having some dialogue be a particular color the center of the wheel will show a symbol to show what kind of reply it is. (The article uses the examples of them being something like aggressive or sarcastic)
14-The PC version’s combat system remains mostly the same. “The PC version implements the same strategic approach afforded by a mouse-and-keyboard control scheme.” “Rather than try to mimic the PC experience on consoles, Dragon Age II has a battle system more tailored to the strengths of the PS3 and 360.”
15-You can choose your class between a Warrior, Rogue or Mage (as origins).


personal thoughts: some of those facts are great like: hawke will be a full voiced character....and some are disappointing like: Dragon Age II is not about killing an ancient evil or about quelling another blight.
anyway I have my full trust in bioware to make great DA game.
P.S. :there is a game play video for DA2 on the utube.com but......yeah...just been removed but here's the link for other site....by the way it's more hack and slash than RPG.
P.S. 2: don't be so hasty and judge the whole game by this clip if you watched it.