I am very hard to please when it comes to video games. I want entertainment, challenge and a good storyline. Dragon Age: Origins has all of these and more. This game is by far the best that I have played in my life, hands down. It gives you the same thrill of a movie without locking you out of making any choices, quite the opposite. This game has so many possibilities there is no way you could play it just once. I played through my first time as an elf mage, who was entirely morally good. I was so entertained and captivated, this was a challenging game that was not frustrating. If I failed at a certain part I was not stuck I always had something new to try.
I have no complaints, and observed very few bugs or problems, most of them probably could have been computer related instead of game. Also, this game is beautiful especially if you have a computer that can handle the highest settings of graphics. The voice acting was impressive, more like an animated movie than a video game, and also the voices matched the movement of the characters lips as well. The story is impressive, and the lore is so extensive its surprising that this game is not based on a book.
There was only one problem I came across, when I was doing the human noble origins as a warrior. I would get to a certain point where you need to get through a certain door. The door was locked (it wasn't supposed to be) and I even created a new character and had it happen again. I eventually got past the bug by skipping the side quest to get the family treasures (sadly, they are very good items) There are polishing issues in this game. If they had kept it for a few weeks to clean up these few issues, this game would be near perfect in my book.
CONTROLS: The controls of the keyboard were typical to rpg type games, but I found they didn't get in the way as I went through the game. This is a group based tactical game where it is important to balance characters and also control their positions on the battlefield. Unlike Mass Effect, BioWare's other famous rpg this is not an fps based game. I actually do really like fps games but every once and a while I like something different. This is certainly something different.
Times Played through: WARNING SPOILERS
female elf mage, Alistar romance, Alistair dies
female dalish elf warrior, Leliana, character dies
female human noble warrior, Alistar, pact with Morrigan
Number of Characters 10
Kills: 2339
Damage dealt: 544711
Friendly-fire damage dealt: 746
Greatest damage dealt: 435
Contribution to party damage: 563
Hit rate: 821
Most powerful foe slain: 0
Injuries: 87
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9.5/10 and well deserved
The series based off of a Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin is up for 13 Emmy awards. THIRTEEN. I hope that it wins all of them, for anyone who didn't see the first season you are missing out, and for anyone who hasn't read A Game of Thrones, which is what the first season is based off of you are missing out even more. Also, the fifth book was released just a few days ago, you know what I will be doing the next few days.
