score
9/10
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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sounds like a great game can’t wait to play
added: hey joe i just pondered what program did you use to get that demonic voice at the beginning could come in handy for my multi media class
Lolly, you’re still as sexy as ever. but…. I don’t think I could kill a demon version of you.. Especially from the ending. But… I don’t think I could stand someone copying you like that. How about you just slay ‘em all so I don’t hafta worry about it.
I want to play this game so badly. This effing sucks. Maybe soon… >.>;
And dammit, that intro was fucking awesome. Em-chan and I watched it a couple times. And replayed the ending. XD
–Rose.
too bad i have no money and can’t get this yet. Christmas can’t come soon enough, then me and my wife will be fighting over who’s turn it is to play. and then mass effect 2 a month after that…its gonna be a busy beginning of the year for us. Between playing mass effect and dragon age i’ll try and get in some time with borderlands and modern warfare 2…so many awesome games i need to play.
Aww.. I have only 22 euros and i wanna buy CoD MW2 and Dragon Age…
and then i have to buy more xbox live time cuz i wanna play these games online 
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And if i do see you in the xbox live while playing these i think im ready to die.
Oh wait i still want a cup of coffee first.
And i think i dont wanna die…. So nevermind, i just say Hi
Yo i love this game and the song at the end was played in my french class, because of the guys, its about some girl being surrounded by human sized makeup kits, wardrobes, and stuff that she has to do for guys. but catchy.
Whoa crazy I never knew that! Thanks for the info, that makes it even funnier to include in an “Angry Joe” Video!
THATS KING PETER’S SWORD FROM NARNIA! It’s Rhindon. the one your holding!
oh by the way, nice touch with requiem for a tower. very epic.
Haha. Correct! Good eye!
you must have dropped some cash for that sword. along with the spartan replica helmet. where’d you get it if i can ask? you seem like a weapons collector with your array of guns and stuff.
wait a second….thats the plastic one isnt it!!!
Are there any difference on the 360 and ps3.
Not that I know of…
A damned good Review there, Joe. I, of course, got my copy at release. Collector’s Edition, ya know. And I’m enjoying every minute of it. But enough bragging, I got to ask this, though: Who was in your Party on your first playthrough? Mine were (and still is) Morrigan, Alistair and Zevran.
Morrigan, Leliana, and Alsitar, later i switched to the drawf, cuz I was pissed off that Alistar didnt want to teach me to be a Templar. Asshole.
Hehe … he taught me … >:)
I’m almost out of cash and i was hoping to buy borderlands? should i rather buy this? im confused! and Assasins creed 2 is personally must buy game. but i still have to choose bewteen borderlands and this game…
This over Borderlands! But remember this is single player only (im also an RPG fan over FPS).
Interesting, so your chacter doesn’t speak? I actually like that in a game, let’s me put myself into the role more. Infact, one of the reasons I didn’t like Mass Effect (What is this Blasphemy!?) was because I hated my character’s voice.
Anyway, thanks for the review. It’s this or Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and since I want any excuse not to buy that one, Dragon Age is next.
Hey Joe, I completely agree with your review. This game is real quality and you can get a lot of bang for your buck. I got the PC version and I can’t imagine doing all this stuff with a controller. The silent protaganist thing does bug me a bit since you get to choose a voice anyway, but that would have been more sound files on an already full disc.
I gotta ask though, who’s your favorite character?
Besides Me? Morrigan, Leliana & Oghren.
I agree with Aggs, As I watched this I couldn’t see how a controller would make this easy. I see this more as an awesome PC game. Was going to go X-box, but if I buy I may load it up on the Dell.
I am loving every minute of this game! Although I am stuck at the Dwarf part I still love it…just gotta go finds me a walkthrough…*whistles*. Oh well. Playing a Dalish Elf Rogue.
God this game is great…next playthrough is going to be Human Noble Warrior.
Hmmm… *pushes Borderlands, FO3, and every other game off my list* game looks cool. I always have been more interested more in medevil (or however its spelled) rather than modern/fps. Hopefully this runs on my computer cuz it looks like its pretty high with the graphics. Keep up the good work Joe.
About the voice of the Player Characters, why they where left out… In Mass Effect the voice content are enourmous to had voice for each options playing as a male or female it get a lot of lines… here it would have need 3 times more??? Voice for Male Human, Voice for Female Human, Voice for female elf, voice for male elf and so on… and it’s not even taking into accounts the origins… the recordings of all thouses characters voice options would have been hellish and very very expentive… and would have taken lot of place on the DVD… the game is already 20Go installed on PC hard drive…does it would had all fit on a 360 DVD i’m not sure
I just have to say HELL YEAH to this game…Just like you creating my own char is fundamental in a game like this…I’m playing with a Human Mage and loving every minute of it =D
I LOVE this game! In my first playthrough I was a City Elf Rogue. I played neutral good. Where I would please both sides but more often would do the right/good thing. I really like the character customization, and the battle system works to my tastes – not too complicated but not too simple. The graphics were great but not the best i’ve ever seen. I would’ve liked the main character to talk. I mean you DO pick a voice at the beginning of the game. But nothing beats seeing my face on screen covered in blood. It took a while to make my face, but it was worth it. I actually haven’t beaten the game yet. I rented it, BC I couldn’t afford the game, but I will definitely get it.
Joe, once again, awesome vid. Much better than the video review I did. Mine was a really quick spontaneous thing just so I could give my praise, but I didn’t go into much detail. Plus I couldn’t get very much footage. But before I ramble on too much. Joe is tha man! Can’t wait for more!
You know what Joe?
Your very cool unlike James Rofle or TGWTG you respond to the comments you get on your website, and thats cool.
I agree with you Joe .
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Another epic masterpice from Bioware .
I would have given it a 8 but still.
The ending pissed me off so much that i uninstalled the game as fast as i could
I’m playing on the PC with medium settings and the graphics are stunning. Curse those console limitations eh?
I’m going nuts with the PC’s maximum graphics!
Graphics could’ve been better, of course, but they aren’t bad.
The Fade quest was a little lengthy, I can give you that, but I LOVED it! I dunno why, I just did!
And I don’t mind the main being voiceless.
But 9/10 is a good score indeed. I’d give it 9/10 or 10/10 since I’m enjoying the hell out of it. (10/10 doesn’t equal perfect in my head, it equals “I’m recommending this game to anyone, not even people not asking me”… kinda)
Ive bought Borderlands and Brutal legend last month and im only buying assasins creed 2 in this month (have to save money), i think that this is a great game, but im not gonna have for christmas, because i know theres a lot of DLC coming for this game, so im waiting until the “GOTY” version releases.
Anyway whats up with that electronic bullshit music, you used to play badass heavy metal in the background…
This or The Legend of Zelda: Spirit tracks….hmmm
id love to play the game, but the guys at gamestop lost the collectors edition i pr-ordered!! I agree that the graphics are not the best ive seen, but you must admit there is areally god artwork. and do not forget the fact that they have been working on this game since 2004 maybe before, so a little outdated graphics are to be expected even if i think they did a great job. i cant wait to receive my copy. and finally nice review Joe, keep up the good work.
This definitely pushed me into making this a definite holiday game for me. You and I tend to have similar tastes in gaming, so I do follow this site. Well, and the videos are entertaining. (Especially loved the great parody of the FMVs from Need for Speed Most Wanted you did in Shift)
I played the heck out of Borderlands, and I still continue to do so with the Zombie Island expansion (which is hilarious, by the way) and am almost ready to make a second character since I’ve pretty much maxed out Mordecai and gotten a good set of legendary weapons for him.
Still, I’m gonna have a time trying to figure out who I want to play first in Dragon Age. I’ll also probably pick up the PC version. I believe I have two computers that should run it well enough, but likely play it on my 17″ Gateway laptop with its high end graphics card. I hear you on the main character issue. I guess since I’ve played so many games without an audibly speaking Main character, that I’m used to it; but Mass Effect did bring me to a new level of care for my character seeing them speak and emote based on my choices. I really felt my character developing a cool personality in Mass Effect. Then again, it absolutely ruled in not only how your character (and others) spoke; but they nailed the body language along with facial expression. They truly competed with good performance from live actors and I couldn’t say that about any other game I’ve played, so far. But I don’t want to get off base or turn this into a talk about Mass Effect. I figure within a week or two, I’ll pick Dragon Age up.
I LOVE THIS GAME nuff said XD
I love the acting on the dwarf porn baw chicka bow bow
Just got this game a few days ago. I have only put in 6 hours so far, but the story and characters are incredibly compelling. Also, I love having to make difficult decisions that will affect the future of my game time. It’s a little scary too. What if I visit the Circle of Mages to save the lives of both mother and child and something bad happens in the meantime? Should I have just killed the hellspawn child or sacrificed the mother! AHHHHHH!
Is the song at beggning an 8-bit version Crossing the Rubicon by The Human Abstract?
Dwarven Porn??? Joe…you are sick…and also, you forgot KOTOR, considered to be one of the greatest RPG’s of all time? Yeah…anyway, looks cool, but as I said earlier, I’m getting a new video card for my PC, so I’m going to get that.
I was wondering if it is a poss or a neg on the extra DLC that you need to buy ( heard you can not play any of the blood classes without one of the DLC or get the Shale character for your party).
well looking how good bioware did with this is game .
i think they could make an excellent mmorpg game and maybe …….wait for it…………better than world of warcraft
Actual there KOTOR is becoming a MMORPG, they are making it, do not know who the other peps but here is the website. http://www.swtor.com/
i understand the no speach thing is a downfall, but no worrys, fallout 3 had no character speech but was still an epic game.
Dwarven action! LMAO! I am definately not playing a dwarf… that would be WAY too awkward lol!
as always joe another great review, but i have a question, when you are going to do the borderlands review, that was your most anticipated game, when is the review out?
This game is AMAZING allthough i can’t finish the broken circle quest … getting bored of dieing so I made a new char and its annoying me knowing whats gonna happen (become a grey warden , people die ext.. )
dude do you have any of the add ons and are you buying the expansion pack dragon ade ascension
sorry i meant dragon age :awakining
I want to get this game but I am busy with Fallout 3 and other games.
you should buy this i like it better than oblivion with guns
dude tell me were you that awsome jacket man i want one just like it
you have to tell me were you got that jacket its so awsome ive looked and cant seem to find one so were you get maybe you could give me a store name or somthing so i can get a jacket like yours cause i love it
i really love dao for the story, allthou it could be a bit mroe surprising with the location /like not in every location u just knowthat u will have to fight billions of enemies to obtain goal…/. but my main complain is that it is stressed to much on the fight itself rather than development of character so it becomes a bit tiering since fight eventually become schematic and so the re-playability drops