Dragon Age: Origins gameplay and discussion thread.

**Meneldil** · 03-13-2010, 21:11

Yeah, I liked it too. Unlocked all achievements, played the game 3 times and almost know it by heart. Still, I don't think I'll remind it much in 10 years.

**Krusader** · 03-14-2010, 05:15

DA:O was good, but not rememberable as other games.

As for Awakenings, Bioware stated it has 15 hours of gameplay did they not? Considering the word was 60-80 hours for DA:O and I used 45 on first playthrough with all dialogue, I'm not keen on dropping 30 € for what I think is 10 hours worth of content, if not less. RtO was also very little for the price.

**Mailman653** · 03-14-2010, 06:00

Originally Posted by Krusader

As for Awakenings, Bioware stated it has 15 hours of gameplay did they not? Considering the word was 60-80 hours for DA:O and I used 45 on first playthrough with all dialogue, I'm not keen on dropping 30 € for what I think is 10 hours worth of content, if not less.

That's a good point, I easly must of done 8+hrs on the first day without even noticing how much time I spent playing the game. Spending what I think is half the price of the original game on an expansion that I might might finish in a day and a half doesn't seem like a good investment dispite it's appeal.

**Meneldil** · 03-14-2010, 09:58

I think the advertised lenght is more like 30 hours, but I might be wrong on this.

**frogbeastegg** · 03-14-2010, 11:28

I liked DA:O a lot more on the first playthrough than the second. Some of the area design is very poor, and the pacing is all over the place. There were plenty of places I didn't want to revisit and none I looked forward to seeing again. Presentation is the another killer. Visually the game is bland, generic, boring and occasionally downright ugly, both in terms of design and in terms of graphics. The conversations are boring to watch and are years behind those of the original Mass Effect. The third and final blow comes from the plot - it's rubbish. Comparing what we got to what Bioware promised I do rather wonder if they a)read any fantasy books which aren’t aimed at young adults and b)played their own game.

The companions are mostly very good. They're one of the game's strongest points, and most of my better memories of the game involve standing around chatting or the pithy little comments they interject into conversations with other characters. I do like the challenge presented by combat and I like the need to think of tactics. The character building system is decent, though the skills are not balanced as well as they need to be. No good and evil metre, hurrah! Individual influence with your party which ebbs and flows in a reasonably natural manner, hurrah!

I shall pick up Awakenings when I can find it for a reasonable price. At first they insisted there would be no disc based version for the xbox, and the price they've been throwing around is far more than I'd want to pay. A few days ago I noticed a disc based version has quietly slipped onto the release schedules; roll on the discounts.

**Krusader** · 03-15-2010, 21:30

Rock Paper Shotgun has a short article with videos of companions, as its coming out tomorrow in US and Thursday/Friday in Europe:

RPS article

I'm just not that interested in this expansion really. When Steam has a Thanksgiving/Christmas sales again, I'll pick it up.

**Secura** · 03-15-2010, 21:52

Oh snap... the DLC is out at the end of the weekend?

I was saving my points for Rock Band DLC this week, but I've been waiting for Awakening for a while. >.<