Anyone bought Dragon Origins?

[Vteckidd]

http://dragonage.bioware.com/


I was thinking about picking it up, i dont really play RPG but this one looked pretty cool. Im about to beat MW2 and im going to be out of town in DC for a week pretty much by myself so i wanted a game i could play for a long time.

Anyone have it? reviews?

[Skorcher]

I haven't tried it yet myself, but my best friend got it and said it's great. I think I'll be picking it up in the next week or two.

[HyPer50]

I downloaded it last week. Pretty good so far. I've only played 1 of the 6 or 7 different "origins", and I still haven't beaten the one I'm on, so the game seems to be pretty big with lots of replay value. Pretty fun game tho, similar to Mass Effect.

[Andr3w]

I may pick it up soon. Made by BioWare so it has to be good. Mass Effect and Knights of the Old Republic are some examples.

[YoshiFD3S]

The gameplay itself is fairly generic, with skill/talent trees, etc..

One of the ways the game separates itself is with the Tactics system that allows you to configure each of your 4-total controllable characters for different tactics ranging from "Attack Nearest Enemy" to "Defend Currently Controlled Character" or "At Enemy Health < 75% Use Shield Bash"

It lets you basically configure each of your 4 total on-screen characters based on their strengths/weaknesses.

Example. My character is a Rogue, so I have Alistair, one of my party members equipped with a sword/shield, and I have him:

Attack Enemy > Attacking Controlled Character > Activate "Threaten"

So that he takes away my threat, and I can continue to attack from behind.

I like that aspect of the game, and I DEFINITELY enjoy the controllable storyline aspect of the game.

Example: If you are like "blah blah blah...*click click click*" through cut-scenes, you could potentially be missing out huge by just clicking "NOTHX, STFU, BAI"

Prisoner: "They put me in jail. I'm so hungry...Do you have any food?"
Me: "No, sorry. Why are you in jail?"
Prisoner: "Blah blah blah...So, will you give me food? If you do, I'll give you a key to a chest with items in it.."
Me: "You have no pockets, and the guards searched you. Where is this key?"
Prisoner: "I ate it. So, give me some food and 10 silver, and I'll....'give' it to you."
Me: "...How about I just kill you and take it?"
Prisoner: "Oh noooohhhhzzz!!!"

*stab....grabs key from stomach*

Guard: "Hey, WTF, why did you kill that prisoner?"
Me: "He lunged at me...I was defending myself."
Guard: "Works for me!"


I LOL'd hardcore when this happened.

hahaha...

Overall, it's a fun RPG. Nothing revolutionary, but if you enjoy the Mass Effect conversation system, and the replay value, it's a good buy.

I recommend buy it for PC first, then PS3 if you have one, then XBOX 360 lsat....Graphics are notically worse on the 360. I wish I had known that before I bought it for 360..

:/

[Maverick]

i liked it while i played it, but when mwf2 came out i returned it and got cod.