Dragon Age: Origins

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#1

I just pre-ordered Dragon Age: Origins…I’m normally not into the fantasy genre but this game looks great! It’s made by Bioware who put out some (Mass Effect, Knights Of The Old Republic 1 & 2 etc.) Sex,violence, another epic story from Bioware…what’s not to like!!!

There’s a Frak load of videos, here are a few there are better ones out there

Mass Effect fans check the 3rd video out!!

More goodness at the official site:

http://dragonage.bioware.com/

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If you pre-order this from game stop (360 or PC versions) you get exclusive armor for both Dragon Age and MASS Effect 2!!!

Grey Warden/Mass Effect Armor

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#2

Been awhile since Ive played an RPG, and I really enjoy Mass Effect, but Im stunned at how awful those models look. Ill probably still buy it, lol.

#3

The ONLY reason I am going to buy this title is because, I loved Mass Effect, the Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 1 and 2. As of late Bioware has the t RPG/action market cornered HANDS DOWN!!!

#4

Nice post. I want both Mass Effect 2 and Dragon Age. However, as a PC-only player (I don’t own any console), I fear they’ll include Securerom in the installation like they did for Spore and Mass Effect 1. I investigated digital purchases to see whether they were Securerom free, but no dice. They have Securerom also.

One day, I’ll get a small-ish hard drive for a windows installation just to play Mass Effect 1, but no time soon.

That’s how I feel about SWTOR (the MMO), but I won’t be getting/playing it.

Square Enix is still in the game, but they are console only these days.

#5

Anyone else getting this game tomorrow? I’m extremely excited about this game and can’t wait until 10am tomorrow so I can get my copy. I may end up loving this game much more than ME and since ME is my favorite game ever that’s saying a lot. Bioware has really upped the replayability on this one with all the different origins, romances and decisions. I can’t wait to see them all play out. As an added bonus my favorite band has one of their new songs featured in the game.

#6

I’ve had it pre-ordered for a while. Although it’s not out here until Friday. Hopefully the postal strike which is going on at the moment won’t effect delivery. I plan on spending a good part of the weekend playing it. I read the first of the prequel books ‘The Stolen Throne’ yesterday. It’s not too bad, at least I’ve a general idea of the background story before I start playing.

#7

The Stolen Throne was a good novel (especially for a first book by the author) but I think the second prequel, The Calling was a better set up for the game as it focuses more on the Grey Wardens and Darkspawn.

I hope the postal strike doesn’t effect you getting the game when it comes out there.

#8

got this showing up today via Amazon Release Date delilvery! :smiley:

I didn’t know there were prequel books or I would have at least TRIED to read them (ugh I’ve worked 60+ hours the past 3 weeks and 50+ the month before that so I haven’t exactly had tons of free time)

I might get one or two hours or playtime in this entire week until the weekend though :frowning:

#9

I had no idea this was out so soon! Guess Im going to the store…

#10

Got my copy at 10 this morning and I’ve been playing pretty much non-stop since then. Love the game so far. Having read both prequel novels made the first part after my characters origins more interesting as several characters from the books make an appearance.

#11

only got to play about 40 minutes of it tonight (sigh…lol) but really am liking it so far

KOTOR style combat mixed with a little ME is nice

love the atmosphere as well

doing a Human Noble Warrior for my first play through, I had thought it would take me a bit to get use to the game combat wise and that warrior would be the easiest to start with, while the combat turned out not to be hard I’m sticking with the human because I think I can already see me doing the beginning stories for everyone at least once I think

#12

Ah crap. I just looked on Amazon and DA doesn’t have any DRM. I wish I had pre-ordered it for a cheaper price. Now, I’ll wait for the price to go down. I can’t justify spending $40+ on a game atm.

#13

Amazon pre order came today. Didn’t get a chance to play it, but I can’t wait. <3 Bioware.

#14

You should enjoy it. I put in a good ten hours or so today and I’ve had so much fun playing it, even when I get my a$$ handed to me in a fight.

#15

I’ve got The Calling ordered, but it was hard to find someone to ship to Ireland for a reasonble rate. I saw someone on Amazon selling a copy for something around £700 before shipping. Quite ridiculous. I managed to find a very reasonbly priced copy. I got word that my order has been shipped and I also got word that there are parcels waiting for me in the local post office. The two events seem to close together for me to assume that it is Dragon Age waiting for me, but there’s a chance. I do have other stuff ordered as well.

#16

I ordered the Player’s Guide. Gonna order the game when a certain retailer has it available on its site.

sigh I hear an echo in my wallet.

I’m afraid how well my 3-year old PC (E6600 [2.4 GHz dual core], ATI X1800 Crossfire, 2 gig RAM) will handle the game. It’s above the min reqs, but leaves a lot to be desired. I might install it on my laptop which I got last year, but I prefer the 5.1 speakers on my desktop.

#17

I picked up my copy yesterday and I love it!!! Bioware has done it again!! If you enjoyed Mass Effect you WILL enjoy this game!

Also like I said previously if you can get down to your local GameStop and get your paws on a there’s still a good chance that you will still be able to get the “Blood Armor,” that will be usable in Mass Effect 2 along with some other in-game goodies.

Fass

#18

Just ordered my copy. 5 days…or so…

#19

Ordered my deluxe/collectors edition last night, figured the ME2 goodies and the Stone Prisoner bonus quest were enough to justify the extra 10$. Hopefully amazon delivers it before Im back to work next week so I have time to play it.

#20

I played A LOT, last night and I’m still enjoying it. If I had one complaint (a very minor one) is in the Xbox version is during combat the control/targeting takes a little getting used to.