Dragon Age: Origins

Dragon Age: Origins


Overview:

A RPG following under the same play style as bolders gate and neverwinter nights. Both very solid games with a solid RPG element. Dragon Age takes those elements and exspands them while bringing nice visuals to the table.

Pros:

The visuals are stellar very little frame rate drop or shading issues which is common, especially on the ps3. The biggest drive is the story depth. The ability to change the outcome of any situation for the most part by how you respond to the NPC (non playable characters).

The game brings some nice visuals in the bigger moments. There is a large battle going on near the beginning of the game and you have to cross a bridge high above the battle. Just stopping and looking down over the bridge with hundreds of people / creatures locked in conflict while ballista flies twards the bridge is an impressive display.

The voice acting is very solid, with a well written script that will keep you engaged in the story.



Cons:

The battle system is my biggest gripe with this game. The way it’s presented in live action with 4 chars and poor AI makes for an aggravating experience at first and for a while. If a char gets knocked out in battle the come back up after the battle with negative status effects that can only be cured by high level spells or a type of first aid kit that is hard to come by and expensive to buy. You will find your chars falling in battle often enough in the beginning of the game and for a while in.

The game is far too long (90+ hrs). So only play this game if you plan on investing A LOT of time into it. The character creation is nice but limited on the Xbox 360 and playstation 3 versions.

The battle system and micro management of ALL the members of your party gets old rather fast and cumbersome.

All the above made for an aggravating play experience for me.

Score:

6.75 out of 10

If you get this game for the rpg experience I would recommend the pc version.