Dragon Age: Origins Reviews
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Site of the Gaming Dead gives it a perfect 5/5:
If you're a fan of RPGs Dragon Age is the best of its kind. If you liked Baldur's Gate, Dragon Age is a true successor to the throne. The things it does (wrong) are common place elements of every other RPG and the things it does right are so well developed you can hardly believe this is new ground for Bioware. Dragon Age: Origins has done for the RPG genre what Half-Life 2 did to first person shooters. Expect to see good things out of this genre and this franchise in the future.
Hellforge does the impression thing:
Indeed, it is quite refreshing to play a game wherein the player isn't penalized for not being a pushover, or labeled 'evil' for demanding recompense for her efforts. Why would anyone risk life and limb to be repaid in worthless gratitude? It's interesting to note that most characters will not even bother to reward you if you do not ask them for a reward, and not asking for a reward gets you very little benefit.
Tawkn has awarded the game with some sort of gold trophy:
I really enoyed the 50+ hours it took me to beat Dragon Age: Origins. While I felt a wall half way through my first play through because I felt there was too much filler between pivotal story moments. But when I could see the light at the end of the tunnel I was definitely feeling the "just on more turn" effect. When I was not playing Dragon Age I was definitely thinking of it, my thoughts were constantly focused on how I handled the last major decision or trying to figure out where everything was heading. Dragon Age pulled me into its universe and kept me there for 50 hours and I am happy to keep going back.
And Bite My Review doesn't leave us with a score:
I tend to personally rate a game based on my regret after having actually shelled out money for the title. I bought into the deluxe version of the game, as it offers you the opportunity to play with a party member that is mostly made of stone (His name is Shale, but I call him Ben), so that was a considerable chunk of change for a single player game. After playing this game for a week and a half, I don't regret the purchase.
