Dragon Age: Origins gameplay and discussion thread.

**Beskar** · 09-07-2010, 23:53

Witch Hunt is a waste of money and a waste of time.

All it is, is references to DA2 with odd chatter about Kirkwall, and that concept art monster. The scene with Morrigan was a very short chat dialogue which unless you romanced her and had the special baby, all you get is basically "flemeth is a threat, bye". No answers to anything, and a lot of more questions.

**Vladimir** · 09-08-2010, 00:20

Well that's a shame. I wonder if their new (i.e. new to me) gameplay and marketing strategy is paying off.

**rajpoot** · 09-08-2010, 12:49

So I'll be paying to see an advertisement for DA2 if I get this? I mean I was really looking forward to it...

Is it not even as good as Leliana's Song?

**Beskar** · 09-08-2010, 13:51

Originally Posted by india

So I'll be paying to see an advertisement for DA2 if I get this? I mean I was really looking forward to it...

Is it not even as good as Leliana's Song?

Here it is in spoilers.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

**Beskar** · 09-08-2010, 16:28

First Picture of the Female Hawke.
http://gamescom.gamespot.com/image_v...b%3B4#site_nav

Have to admit, the male hawk is still cooler.

**rajpoot** · 09-09-2010, 10:43

After reading the above spoilers I got the DLC. It's not the grand farewell I would've liked it to be, but then I think it suits dark fantasy more, the way it is.

Not much in terms of gameplay, but as mentioned there are several references to DA2....and there are several references to DAO and Awakening a few of which made me feel all warm inside.

Two Easter Eggs;

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

Laughed quite a bit on seeing those...quite unexpected.
I'm sure there're more which I did not recognize.

Get it for the story if....get it for the ending to the Warden's tale. And get it for the speech Morrigan makes...

Change....

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

I'll bet that that speech is directed at the players as much as it was directed at the Warden.

So all in all, it wasn't what I expected. It did not have Leliana's Song's soundtrack, it did not really have that flowers and sunshine sort of ending, it created a lot more questions and gave almost no answers, and it even had a bug which prevented me from getting the ending I wanted to.....nonetheless, it's worth worth it.

**Meneldil** · 09-09-2010, 13:25

Originally Posted by Beskar

Witch Hunt is a waste of money and a waste of time.

How surprising...

I wonder why Bioware keeps releasing completely shameful DLC's for Dragon Age while Mass Effect 2 gets decent stuff. I'd be tempted to say that Bioware thinks DA players are morons and uses DA's money to fund ME.

**Monk** · 09-09-2010, 13:30

Originally Posted by Meneldil

How surprising...

I wonder why Bioware keeps releasing completely shameful DLC's for Dragon Age while Mass Effect 2 gets decent stuff. I'd be tempted to say that Bioware thinks DA players are morons and uses DA's money to fund ME.

I doubt it has anything to do with that. More likely it's due to the difference in team composition, the DA and ME teams are separate branches of Bioware. Clearly, one has got their stuff together when it comes to DLC, and the other struggles.

I haven't (and don't intend to) play witch hunt so I'm not going to comment on its quality, I doubt I could get the most out of it unless, as stated, I was a Male warden and chose the ritual. I did neither of those things. For my character, Dragon Age: Origins really ended when the credits rolled.

**rajpoot** · 09-09-2010, 13:53

Originally Posted by Monk

I doubt I could get the most out of it unless, as stated, I was a Male warden and chose the ritual. I did neither of those things.

That I second. Without a male warden who romanced Morrigan the story doesn't really mean all that much.....although, there is stuff for people who played the mage origin story...but then that's not enough to shell out the money.

**rajpoot** · 09-28-2010, 06:46

DA2 gameplay movie, GameCity Vienna.

"When I click this, something awesome happens....." I believe that was the phrase the Bioware devs have been using as their motto....So the whole thing is a lot faster. Hawke seems to be capable of killing 3 Darkspawn/sec more than the Warden. It does not look good though....atleast in the movie, it all seems way to hurried, and the blood spray and splash seems to be overdone....Still...if the story's good, all's well.

**Meneldil** · 09-28-2010, 09:11

Seems they gave up completely with the "DA is BG spiritual heir" motto. It failed quite miserably with DA, I can see why they're going for a new direction altogether.

In any case, I found DA decent, but this trailer doesn't paint me as interested. It looks like a mix of God of War and Diablo. Hopefully this means Bioware will start working on a real BG-like RPG after DA licence is dead, which hopefully will happen soon enough.

**Ironside** · 09-28-2010, 09:27

It is probably part of the exaggerating part of the story, the PC is way overpowered compared to the enemies. The health bar barely moves, so it's not really a quicker gameplay. Should also explain the vast amount of overkill death explosions.

**Monk** · 09-28-2010, 18:43

Originally Posted by india

DA2 gameplay movie, GameCity Vienna.

"When I click this, something awesome happens....." I believe that was the phrase the Bioware devs have been using as their motto....So the whole thing is a lot faster. Hawke seems to be capable of killing 3 Darkspawn/sec more than the Warden. It does not look good though....atleast in the movie, it all seems way to hurried, and the blood spray and splash seems to be overdone....Still...if the story's good, all's well.

Here's the kicker - gameplay wise it doesn't look that bad. The problem is what we're transitioning from. A tactical focused game to a more action oriented hack and slash. On its own merits it looks okay, in the context of the franchise? Eh. It'll do well on release I'm sure, but I've still yet to see media that leads me to believe it wont in some way disappoint.