Dragon Age: Origins Review
The Short Version: Dragon Age is Hands Down the Best RPG of 2009! With a Hundreds of Hours of Gameplay, an Engaging Story and Compelling Dialogue there is so much Value packed into this title it deserves a place in your Game Library. Do not overlook this title in this busy season!
The Review:
What you’ll Like:
• Truly Epic 50+ Hour Experience in a Single Play-Through!
• 6 Unique Origins Stories with unique story modifications.
• Excellent Dialogue from Interesting Companion Characters.
• Great amount of Variety and Customizations Options.
• Choices are meaningful with Real Consequences.
What you’ll Hate:
• The Main Character does not Have Spoken Dialogue as in Mass Effect. WHY?!
• The PC Version is Superior to the Console. No Over Head View.
• Graphics could use a bit more work.
• Its a Rare Occasion, but sometimes the Quests Drag on too long (im looking at you “Fade Quest”).
Final Verdict:
9/10
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i think i have about 250 hours of play on this game according to Steam. no shit
The companions are top notch. the rock guy was hilarious, Alastair was just awesome. Building a pimp team was fun. Cant say enuf good things about it.
Still pissed they took the format, which seemed like they were just laying the groundwork for a new system free from the D&D rule set, and just said Fuck all that!, for Dragon Age 2
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Joe called for a voiced players character – now look what they did with DA2. There’s always a price for everything, in this occasion it completely ruined the sequel.
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Thank you da2 took away everything i loved about the original mainley the origins i would have loved to have been a qunari or moaybe a antivan crow that would have been badass
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Yeah, i want the old Dragon Age: Origins back, Baldur’s Gate style! Not that stupid EA crappy, DA2…
I played through it because i just had to see if it was as bad as it felt from the start, and oh yes… It was even worse, what killed my interest in the start was the dull characters, and music. Then the story, fighting, and enemy spawns amongst others.
Mindless hack and slash is what DA2 is, i tried playing through a 2nd time but just no, never again lol.
Also, when my brother died in the start of the game, i laughed. I was like, should i have cared for that character? And the rest is forgetable, the only exception is the dwarf, but not enough to redeem the horrible writing, story, music etc. Still, i know far worse games, but i would have given it a 5/10.
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It’s the theme from requiem to a dream.
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What the hell is the name of the kickass 8 bit beat that starts around the 2 minute mark? I know I’ve heard it before somewhere, but I can’t remember where. :<
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I am already on my 10th play through drawf mage is going to be legen… wait for it dary
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i like the city elf the best
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Aw, why didn’t you mention the Zevran romance? Or Alistair? Ladies enjoy the game too. ;3
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Does anyone know where to get that kickass epic battlesong from this review 3:23 in and 4:23 out?
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Weird coincidence that I visited this page for the first time ever today! That was my montage and the song used was Lux Aeterna by Clint Mansell. Extremely epic song!
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i bought this game cuz joe said so,
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There is a penalty for dying in Fable 2 mate, you loose all un gathered experience.
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Fortunately, Dragon Age 2 -will- have main character voice acting, along with many other improvements over this one.
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Hey Joe!
I definitely agree with your review, though I started to wonder, what would be your top 5 rpgs? It’s quite hard of a decision, but I’d much appreciate it if you gave your opinion on this question =)
Cheers
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Being a huge fan of this game, I will have to agree. While Joe was correct that the PC version is Vastly superior to the console versions ( MODS FTW) I would have to say that sometimes having a controller would be nice as well. This game has not only spawned quite the following ( I have heard rumors of a fan made DAO movie using the tool set that the PC version has) It has its own table top version that is rather decent for those that play them ( I happen to be one of them). So To you Joe, I give your review a thumbs up as it was correct on all angles of the game. PC version has better graphics then the console BTW.
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this game is bad ass and even if your not a fan of rpgs (I dont know why you would not be) you should give this game a try.
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Graphics do not make the game nor does the main characters voice acting. They have many “voice sets” for the character but there was to much dialogue to get them all voiced. Everything else I agree.
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