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Its not just an extra 15 hour adventure tacked onto the 'end' but has extra content that had to be folded into the original game. The fact that he picked the work involved to argue the price point and never once tried to deny the 15 hour estimate pretty much confirmed in my mind that its not a bad guess how long the extra adventure will run (hell maybe its even less than 15 hours). I'll probably wait till its on sale for around ~$20. I plan on taking a much longer break before revisiting Dragon Age anyway. |
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02-06-2010, 09:23 PM | #262 |
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I completed my first playthrough of Dragon Age: Origins, yesterday afternoon, as a Dwarven Warrior Noble called Barnabus. I was so relieved and excited when I finally defeated the Archdemon. It took numerous restarts because he kept killing my crew and I, but I eventually managed to defeat him with just my lead character and Morrigan.
Here's some of the decisions I made that I remember to the best of my abilities: Spoiler: My thoughts of my crew. Alistair: I liked him at first, but then I eventually found him to be a whiny bastard, and he became irritating. I'll do my best to get him on his good side next time. Morrigan: She was fascinating, and scary at the same time. One of the most complex characters I've ever met in a role-playing game. Thunder: I loved having a dog by my side, and he was a pretty tough fighter, too. Oghren: He was kind of like the comic relief in the game, very entertaining to have as a partner. Finally, there's sten. I didn't use him very much, because I found him hard to warm up too. He was a tough fighter, though. Loghain was a last minute addition to the crew. I never met Leilianna, or anybody else who could join my crew. All in all, I thought the game was very good, but not one of the best games I ever played. It had a great story, and likable characters. My only complaint was that the combat was very hard, even on Casual mode. Also, I think I prefer guns, and lightsabers over swords. Regardless, I do plan to play the game again someday, maybe as a human. 4 out of 5 stars. Last edited by Dale Baldwin; 02-07-2010 at 08:12 AM. Reason: I'm neither fov nor trep :P |
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By the way, fov, and trep, feel free to put a spoiler tag, on the area where I wrote about the decisions I made in the game on the above post , in case It became spoiler-rific.
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02-06-2010, 09:34 PM | #264 |
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I really love this game . Almost finished all of the origins, and half way through a solo nightmare game.
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02-12-2010, 05:08 PM | #265 |
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I've been meaning to post my thoughts on Dragon Age for a while now:
My character was Chris Cousland, human noble origin. This prologue set the tone awesomely, establishing his background extremely well and introducing you to the gameplay piece-by-piece. It was great to explore the castle and meet-and-greet its various inhabitants. Although this origin was fairly short it did an amazing job giving Chris a unique perspective -- something else to fight for when the Blight wasn't enough, something that stuck with him through the entire game. The whole origin thing really helps make your character feel so different from everyone elses. I hope BioWare uses it again. The storyline was all kinds of awesome and truly epic. My first play through took 80 hours to complete. (Although I like to take my time on the first play through, so that's no surprise. ) I wasn't bored once. Every location had something unique, every character was interesting. I was amazed at the huge freakin' scale of Dragon Age. I was expecting it to be good and it more than lived up to this expectation. Gameplay wise it was probably the most KotOR-like game since KotOR. Definitely a complement. The writing was so deep, complex and stunningly awe inspiring. I loved the sense of urgency that slowly built as the game progressed. The atmosphere had me completely immersed from the Battle of Ostigar all the way to the final show down. I played the game primarily as a 'light side' character, but it became obvious early on that Dragon Age wasn't going to let you escape the moral grey that BioWare are so good at scattering through out their games. I'm going to talk about some story specific stuff now, so be warned! Spoiler:I was impressed by how often things would come back to the origin story, how it served as a unique driving force that kept the character going. In fact it seemed pretty essential for him to have come from that origin. Things would not be the same otherwise. I noticed my sister got her dog party member a lot later than I did and there were pretty significant differences from my play through compared to hers as a City Elf. Spoiler:Man, I feel like this is an epic ramble for the ages but I might as well continue. Here are some of the key decisions my character made through out Dragon Age... Spoiler: Last edited by D.C.; 02-12-2010 at 11:50 PM. |
02-13-2010, 03:22 AM | #266 |
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Interesting insights, D.C. After an Elf Mage and a Dalish Rogue, I'm now playing a Human Noble Warrior and indeed this particular Origin story is both heart-wrenching and surprising, shocking and infuriating. Incredible, really, and probably the best Origin story I tried (I still have to play the two Dwarves Origins).
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02-13-2010, 04:57 AM | #267 |
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Andrea, you will probably love the dwarven noble origin! Personally my two favourites are the human and dwarven nobles, although visually I prefer being a human because I somehow *feel* more for the character...
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02-13-2010, 06:00 AM | #268 |
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I found the human noble origin exceptional. If the other origins are half as good then that's a whole lot of replay value right there. Plus Awakening will have another origin of sorts too.
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02-13-2010, 07:27 AM | #269 |
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Yeah, I am really wondering what kind of new origin awakening will have. I mean, will we start as a lvl 20 grey warden and stroll in to see the final battle? Or will be start off as a rebel warden from Orlais at lvl 1 and somehow meet up with Duncan at Ostagar? I can't wait!
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03-03-2010, 01:19 AM | #270 |
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I'm now deep in my fourth playthrough (pure Mage, female City Elf).
Anyone wanna share their favourite, non-plot specific little moments? (spoiler tags still apply) One of mine was selecting the "Surprise me" option for when the madame at The Pearl brothel asked me what I prefer - the men, the women, a little of both, or "surprise me"? LMAO!!! ("A little of both" also had me loling so hard my stomach hurt) Different strokes for different Grey Warden folks, it sees.
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03-03-2010, 03:27 AM | #271 |
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Let's see, non-plot specific little moments?
Master Wade and Harren's constant bickering, and Harren saying to the player to go way in the most crude manner. Spoiler: Spoiler: These are the first that pop into my mind! Anyway, even if I'm trying to finish Mass Effect 2 first, I'm still playing Dragon Age, and I'm the midst of my third and fouth playthrough, with a Human Noble Warrior and a (female) Mage, who'll specialize only in Creation and Entropy, avoiding spells for direct damage. Spoiler: Oh, and even if ME2 is being an amazing distraction, I can't wait for Awakening!
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03-03-2010, 05:40 AM | #272 |
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Finished two playthroughs one a "good guy" and one as a "bad guy"! I already have Dragon Age Origins Awakening preordered on Amazon so I can't wait for the 16th!
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03-03-2010, 04:03 PM | #273 |
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03-03-2010, 05:53 PM | #275 |
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Thanks for the heads up!
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03-08-2010, 09:33 AM | #276 |
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After months of trying to find a proper fix for the lagging issues, I think I'm finally going to cave in and buy the console version! Ugh!
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03-10-2010, 03:22 PM | #277 |
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03-10-2010, 04:18 PM | #278 |
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It seems BioWare has entirely too much time on their hands.
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03-10-2010, 04:37 PM | #279 |
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Intrepid... for a moment, my heart skipped a beat!
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03-10-2010, 07:59 PM | #280 |
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Sucker!
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