Dragon Age: Origins Reviews

Yet another pair of enthusiastic reviews for BioWare’s Dragon Age: Origins bring the long holiday season to a close.

Bright Hub hands out a perfect score of 5/5:

Ultimately this game does a lot of things: great story, great NPCs, great tactical combat, and an amazing amount of choices. The greatest thing to tie it all together is the amount of content that is offered. I’ve finished two playthroughs, working on my second, and can’t wait to play the next DLC package. I suppose I do have some sort of a problem, but I would blame it on Bioware for making such quality games. I can’t wait for their next epic game to hit the market.

To wrap it all up, I would suggest renting if you are still skeptical, and worse comes to worse, you’ve wasted a few dollars. Make sure you play through more than one origin story before you get too far ahead in the main story. Theres six to choose from, but the Mage is still my favorite.

And Hollywood Chicago goes with a 4.0/5:

The scope and range of the game are the strongest element of (Dragon Age: Origins,) but there is still a sense that a lot of the quests, missions, and worlds are merely variations on the same fantasy theme. If you don’t have patience with games that require a (journey) to do pretty much anything, you shouldn’t apply for membership in the Grey Wardens. I also don’t get the thrill out of long, detailed conversations that serious RPG gamers probably do. I quickly grew weary of making response choices to allies and strangers. Give me the details and let me do my thing. It feels like most of the talking in (Dragon Age: Origins) goes on far longer than it needs to, often explaining things you already know or repeating the objectives or overall plot of the game ad nauseam.

Perhaps even more remarkable than the game itself is the plans for its future. We are in the beginning of an era of gaming where the disc itself is just the beginning, as major titles like (Fallout 3,) (Grand Theft Auto,) and (Marvel Ultimate Alliance) have jumped on the downloadable content bandwagon and are releasing expansion packs for their titles. According to Bioware, they have over two years of post launch content planned for (Dragon Age: Origins,) adding up to more post launch content than all other Bioware titles ((Mass Effect,) (Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic,) (Baldur’s Gate)) combined. The trip down the RPG hole is just beginning.