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Summary

Actually, if there is a role playing game that deserves an award, is this.
The gameplay is amazingly good, the atmosphere of fantasy in which the game is played is one of the best eh seen.
When someone plays this game, you can find wonderful things in a world of endless surprises, where the rpg genre reaches its zenith.

The plot, the story that the player discovers, is highly adaptable to an RPG-adventure.
It can cooperate with other group members, which can be established caring relationships that are obtained with different actions.

The mode of combat is very innovative, and while it costs a little getting used to, is very easily manageable, with many moves and spells to run, with a window dedicated to the tactics you want, and realism is enhanced when one can progress with their abilities, and specialize in 2 of the 4 majors.

The graphic quality is outstanding, the effect of blood on the characters, various effects, which are mostly in combat, talk about good editing.
The soundtrack is beautiful, when you hear those songs, is immersed in a special tranquility. In-game sound effects (collisions of swords, arrows, releases, explosions, spells, etc..) Are mejoresque other RPGs before.

Dragon Age Origins is a game highly recommended, because in my opinion is the best of 2009, and one of the best rpg of history, competing with the Elder Scrolls saga and world of warcraft.

This game is worthy of being enjoyed, and is highly addictive and fun healthy at all times, so if you want to know a really nice RPG, Dragon Age Origins is an excellent decision.

Summary

Maybe, just maybe…..the greatest game of all time. Now I've played a lot of video games, and I mean a lot of video games, and RPG's are DEFINITELY my favourite genre, and Dragon Age Origins is basically the game of my dreams, it's like a fantasy, hard to believe that something could exist that's so close to perfection. It's everything that an RPG should be. It has an EPIC story, set in an extraordinary game universe that establishes a sense of familiarity with the gamer almost instantly. It uses the element of choice to great effect, and the possible outcomes of any sub-plot are virtually infinite! There are innumerable ways to reach the conclusion, your decisions affecting that very outcome throughout the game! Apart from having a story that will keep gamers 'ooohing' and 'aaaahing' at every twist and turn, Dragon Age Origins quite possibly has some of the best cast of characters in gaming history. From Morrigan, who was instantly my favourite, what with her incredible wit, adorable sarcasm and stunning animated beauty, to Alistair, with his not so incredible wit, unwavering loyalty and almost foolish bravery, to Leliana, Oghren, who is incredibly funny, to Shale, Sten, and even Zevran. Interactions with party members are also fantastically well designed. The possibilities are endless, with 'Like' meters to show how much a character likes you, with a really high meter opening up potential romance options with quite a few characters (depending on your preference). The battles are fantastic as well, designed to perfection; the gamer can issue multiple strategic commands to their party members and have these tactics saved for later use throughout the game, and then just sit back and watch their party carry out these instructions to perfection in battle.
This game became my instant favourite, one that I will never forget. It ensured that the sequels in the series will become my most awaited and looked forward to games of all time! It has terrific replay value too, and at some point, when time permits, I do plan to play this game once again. BiOWARE struck gold with this game. Dragon Age Origins is a brilliant, flawless creation of pure genius. God Bless video game designers!

Summary

You fight with as warrior, mage or rogue during your adventure. In the beginning of the game you'll get your first friend that will fight along side you through the whole game.
The further you get in to the game the more friends you fill find to fight with you.
You will defeat big fat ogres, dragons and lots more.

The game itself is quite awesome actually.
I love the graphics of the characters, the icons. The game graphics could've been better but I kinda liked how it turned out anyway.

This game was hard in my opinion, not because of the quests or the fighting scenes. But to stop playing it mostly, it was highly addictive, not in a bad way.
It was fun playing it all along and you had to think of what you had to do all the time.

It's not like you knew where to go or what to do all the time.

I give this game a rating of 9. I really liked it.

Summary

It took me a long time to get into this game. Wow was so fantastic and revolutionary and now moving back into stop action combat seemed like a step back. I really had to wear out my interest in wow before i could play this.

So, you have to learn a new combat, class system. It takes a while. You also have to learn how to create tactics for your party members. Its a long learning curve, but ultimately worth it if you're in the right state of mind. This is really a game for people who can marinate for hours in the tolkien/dnd fantasy world thinking.

Immersion is greatly increased by the very strong backstory and role playing elements. Great care has also gone into personalizing each character. Huge and very impactful spell effects are a great draw for this game after the lackluster ones of so many other games. The graphics and character rending is absolutely top notch. Monsters look really cool and deserving of some serious punishment. Your own character and companions look wonderfuly lifelike and can be extremely customized. Sounds and voice acting are likewise excellent. There are also some solid and gratifying death animations.

Immersion can suddenly die however when you realize you have missed some really key learning of the system, have to pause suddenly in the middle of battle, or restart from your old save game for the fourth plus time. The maps are also kinda small, albeit packed with stuff.

There is an extensive crafting system if you like that sorta thing. Its ok i guess. The additional content is quite good and there is a fair amount of it.

good job ea and bioware. two of my favorite companies.

Summary

Dragon Age is a kind of game that is becoming increasingly rare: a deeply immersive single-player RPG with an interface clearly designed for the PC. It's easy to sling around the word "immersive" at any game that looks pretty, but DA isn't messing around - the world of Ferelden shows a unified sense of design and depth that blows even famously vast games like Oblivion out of the water. Coupled with consistently excellent writing and across-the-board quality character design even down to relatively unimportant NPCs, the game truly does feel like it's reacting to your choices dynamically from the very beginning, and how you play your character can have amazingly subtle effects on the way the story unfolds.
Gameplay is pretty straightforward, You control a party of up to four characters, each of whom develops a plethora of useful abilities to keep track of. The inclusion of a minor programming element will let you set up a few default actions on each character so you're not stuck frantically switching between them to make sure they drink their healing potions, but battles frequently require some degree of tactical planning.
You have an insane number of quick-access slots, and nearly the entire keyboard is bound to one thing or another. It's the kind of interface that hasn't been in vogue since before the PS2 came out. The game is extremely linear, although the frequent and varied dialog options give it the feel of a more free-roaming game, and it's very tempting to go back and replay huge chunks of the game just to see how the complex and dynamic conversations will play out. The main downside is that there's no easy way to level-grind, which is to the game's benefit to a point (no tedious circling around killing wolves) but occasionally means you can get in over your head.
What the game sacrifices in terms of sandbox free-roaming it more than makes up with in the excellent writing and characterization. An absurd attention to detail and across-the-board excellent voice acting breathes a lot of life into the game's conversations, which make up a significant chunk of gameplay. Characters are extremely varied and the interplay between them is a major draw, a trademark of Bioware's games, but Dragon Age has some of the most likable characters I've ever seen in a video game.
It's actually difficult to find things to level complaints against in this game, one small gripe is that it can be difficult to manage battles on the fly, and accurately targeting enemies with skills frequently requires tactical pausing just to line the cursor up over their relatively small active areas.
If Dragon Age were a movie, it would be rated R. I don't remember ever seeing any swearing, oddly, but the game is rife with violent imagery, extremely dark themes and frank sexuality (including a handful of relatively tasteful sex scenes and occasional demonic nudity). The game handles all of it with maturity and depth, but it's clearly not meant for children, and even parents of younger teens should be cautious.
Overall, Dragon Age is one of the strongest games to come out in recent memory, and is another installment in Bioware's increasing resume of superbly-written RPGs. Players looking for a fast-paced hack-and-slash "rpg" should look elsewhere, but anyone who likes deep and elegant plot development, memorable characters and excellent role-playing will love this game.