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(93 customer reviews) 121 of 123 people found the following review helpful
A Warden's Work Is Never Done,
December 1, 2010 Annihilatrix1138 (CA, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dragon Age Origins: Ultimate Edition (Video Game)
DRAGON AGE: ORIGINS will probably go down as one of the best games that I've ever played. It's an RPG of a dying breed. Your character is silent, the lore is extensive, and success only comes about after trial, error, and numerous deaths. A game that all but demands that you invest yourself emotionally and fill your character's shoes as much as possible. It follows the classic D&D tradition that few games submit to these days (not even DRAGON AGE II will be in the same vein) and a masterful story that only the good writers at BioWare could deliver.
If you haven't had a chance to play this game, start with this "Ultimate Edition." No question about it. DA:O is certainly good enough as is, but BioWare released a series of add-ons since its release that aren't quite worth the price tag they were given. This collection, on the other hand, is a great deal. Buying DA:O, its "expansion," and every piece of DLC at release would have cost you a grand total of $160. Unacceptable and...Read more
42 of 49 people found the following review helpful
One of the Greatest Games I have Played in long time,
November 3, 2010 Whatsawhizzer - See all my reviews
= Fun: This review is from: Dragon Age Origins: Ultimate Edition (Video Game)
I have had a great deal of difficulty getting into any given game recently, and it has often taken some pretty impressive games for me to put in more than a couple of hours. I started by getting the original Dragon Age: Origins preowned, and within a week, I knew that I would be purchasing this copy. It simply offers too much downloadable content and expansions at too great a value to pass up. I will rate the game as a whole, for those of you who don't know about Dragon Age.
Graphics: I have often heard people speak ill of the graphics of Dragon Age. I suppose the graphics are only slightly better than that of Xbox 360 games that came out on release day, but definitely not as poor as PS2 graphics that some people claim it sports.
Considering what they have done with the game, I can't say I would complain about the graphics. Every single piece of armor shows on every character on every cut scene. Cut scenes change based on what you have done and who is in your party,...Read more
15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Breath Taking,
October 30, 2010 Chase M. Hildebrand (South Dakota) - See all my reviews
= Fun: This review is from: Dragon Age Origins: Ultimate Edition (Video Game)
Now before I get into the game im going to state this. To enjoy this game to its fullest there is alot of reading. The game plays like a classic rpg some what similar to that of guildwars and it requires alot of patience and if you dont have any of that you will not enjoy this game.
Now to the main review this game is simply amazing. There is so much depth in it you will spend just as many hours in this as you did in fallout 3. Alot of games you dont know a whole lot about the universe you are put into well thats not the case with dragon age. All around the game there are codex entries that you add to a journal and they describe in great detail of the world around you. You may even get so into it you feel like you are part of the game.
On my first play through I managed to beat the game in 20 to 25 hours and thats only because I didnt even come close to everything there is to do in this game. I mostly focused on the main story and ignored the codex entries. This...Read more
