Well, you get a “first taste” of the “Free Marches”, the primary setting inDragon Age II. Completing specific goals inDragon Age Legendscan earn you up to five exclusive items forDragon Age II. If you get picked for this closed beta for a social game, you’ll also get aJade Empireinspired Death’s Hand Armor for your hero inLegendsonce it enters open beta.
Finally, if you buy and log in toDragon Age IIby March 15, you’ll receive the BioWare Signature pack forDragon Age Legends. This gives you Hawke as a companion, a couple of items, and an “exclusive” to show your friends that you really, really like Dragon Age.
Seriously though, do we really need a closed and open beta for a social game element of a franchise? Perhaps it will drive interest and a sense of jealousy if your friends are spamming your feed with a game you may’t even play yourself, but it makes you wonder if that’s going to drive more sales. I’m all in favor of trying out new avenues — social games included — but a closed beta kind of goes against the idea of surfing the wave of virality to generate new users.
