UGO's E3 2005 Game Guide
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Dragon Age is an open-ended RPG which features a top down party-based "combat mode" and a third person camera exploration mode. The game contains both single player and multiplayer campaigns. BioWare states that the storyline in Dragon Age will change the game's opening chapter and thus the subsequent missions and quests that are available to the player. Like many modern RPGs, the player's actions will affect how the game develops. Players can choose to either liberate hapless peasants from the oppressive rule of malevolent dictators, or they can enslave the people themselves and spend the game fending off and quashing rebellions. The developers are going to such lengths to create an original world that they've even enlisted the help of a linguist to create a language and a backstory that predates the player's adventure by five thousand years. Though it is not a direct sequel to either Baldur's Gate or NeverWinter Nights, this game is considered the "spiritual successor" to the past RPGs that the company has created.
