Comments on: Dragon Age Origins: Review (no spoilers)

By: The End of an Age…a Dragon Age that is! «

The End of an Age…a Dragon Age that is! « — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:33:34 +0000

[...] over at Hadcore Casual had some of the same thoughts as I do, and Tipa at West Karana also had some more thoughts in her review of the game. Don’t get me wrong, I still think this is a great game and I [...]

By: Bronte

Bronte — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:43:51 +0000

Fantastic review my friend. Very entertaining to read, especially #9 in your list above. That kid cracks me up.

You spoiled the ending though! We have to kill the Archdemon? WHAT?

Just kidding.

By: Dragon Age PS3 - First Impressions - We Fly Spitfires - MMORPG Blog

Dragon Age PS3 - First Impressions - We Fly Spitfires - MMORPG Blog — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:43:36 +0000

[...] couple of good, thorough and insightful reviews, I’d recommend both Tobold’s review and Tipa’s over at West Karana. Their reviews are for the PC version of the game though whereas I bought the Playstation 3 [...]

By: We Fly Spitfires

We Fly Spitfires — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:11:47 +0000

Awesome review :) I just picked it up for my PS3 on Friday so been playing it slowly.

The only thing that’s *really* bugged me so far is that I made my character to be an old, ugly balding man… and then I started the game and it turned out the story wanted me to be a young kid! Huh? I look older than my “dad”!!!

By: Tipa

Tipa — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:34:49 +0000

I’m not really sure there CAN be spoilers. Your starting and end points are fixed — like in any hero journey, you start out weak and end up defeating the bad guy.

By: Longasc

Longasc — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:21:44 +0000

Really nice recap list. I would not have minded spoilers, they usually make me more hot for a game than I already am, but I am probably in a minority in this regard.

By: Links of the week « Welcome to Spinksville!

Links of the week « Welcome to Spinksville! — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:25:43 +0000

[...] through earlier, but haven’t had time yet to marshall my thoughts. In the meantime, check out what the effervescent Tipa has to say in her DAO [...]

By: Tipa

Tipa — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:25:05 +0000

Considering how hated blood mages are, that might just be the way to go if you’re playing on “evil” mode :)

By: yunk

yunk — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:57:36 +0000

I have been saving before anything that looks big so I can try it a few different ways, which I guess limits the replayability (I can’t wait to see what happens!). I have a hard time replaying things, other people put it on harder difficulty, I usually put a replay on easy cause I’m just looking around. I’d like to try and make a blood mage though. I just have a 2h berserker, maybe he’ll go reaver.

By: PeterD

PeterD — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:21:26 +0000

The DLC really has little to do with defeating the Archdemon. Yes, you’ve already defeated the Archdemon, no you don’t need that stuff to do it. If you enjoyed playing the game though, is there really any reason not to pick up some DLC to experience some more content? Warden’s Keep is more than just a quest and a suit of armor. There are a couple of quests and you essentially establish a base of operations with additional vendors to buy and sell stuff. You also get to learn more about the history of the world, which is possibly worth it if you enjoyed the lore of Dragon Age.

From the sounds of things, DA offers a lot of replayability — your playthrough is sounding pretty different from mine. I’m playing a Mage and many of my quests have played out differently. I also didn’t get to do the block puzzle during the golem quest, I made a choice that removed that option :(

I haven’t beaten it with my Mage yet, but I’m looking forward to playing through again with a Warrior, and maybe again with a Rogue (we’ll see). I’m currently on an MMO hiatus (more or less), and Dragon Age is filling my time admirably. Once I’m done with it, I’ll get back to Torchlight. By then it’ll be February, and maybe I’ll try STO. We’ll see.