Dragon Age: Origins - A Review
Dragon Age: Origins is the new RPG from Bioware, a company known for RPGs - and it has delivered once again. Dragon Age is a well-crafted, long-lasting game that can easily take up to 40 hours to complete- or more, if you like side-quests.
One of the biggest strengths of Dragon Age is the party system, in which talking to party members, saying things they like to hear, or giving them gifts, will make them like you more, which can unlock special bonuses such as permanent boosts to your current abilities or completely new ones.
Another good thing about it is that choices you make may end up having no impact until much later in the story, which prevents people from, should they make a choice they don’t like, simply reloading from before that choice was made.
Of course, it does have some weaknesses, such as the ridiculous difficulty which permeates even small fights-you will find yourself dying quite often in the beginning portions of the game, as well as the tenuously built and unwieldy crafting systems, which do not feel completely thought out.
Still, Dragon Age is a fun if occasionally lurid game. It has an impressive story and excellent graphics and voicework, which come together to elicit some very real feelings in most players. Overall, I would recommend this game to anyone who enjoys RPGs-although the length and difficulty might scare some away, it’s still a very fun game.
