Dragon Age: Origins from Bioware now released

[devilsgrin]

those rocks (frost shard, etc i presume) are used in making balms. (flame balm, etc) or you can use them as they are for a minor buff effect.

 

[Karn Maeshalanadae]

Looking back on this game, I do seem to remember one frustrating thing about it. The patch we had on my copy had that one bug in it where you go back to Flemeth's hut to finish Morrigan's companion quest, but Flemeth isn't there.....

Rather ticked me off at that point, actually.....other than that, and its relative shortness, it is a good game. I'd probably have to rank it #3 on my favorite games list under the PC version of Baldur's Gate and Diablo II.

 

[Connavar]

Is this an action RPG like Fable,The Witcher ? Not RPG ala FF series,turn based ?

Im not big RPG player but games Dragon Age i have always wanted to play but they were for xbox or PC only mostly.

 

[Tansy]

It's not turn based Con, more like Fable but better

 

[Karn Maeshalanadae]

Not only better, but far better, especially when one attempts to deal with the Xbox's version of Fable.

The actual stat/class selection, like in Oblivion, alone makes DAO better than Fable. Not to mention the fact that its challenge is balanced.

 

[Tansy]

I loved how diff character backgrounds were well different

I played each character up to Ostagar and when I first got it was constantly seeing how new characters panned out, really added to the game for me, especially when the decisions and dialogue affected events as you move through

 

[Karn Maeshalanadae]

Haha. I always liked being antagonistic to Alistair. His responses were hilarious with such. On the way to that one village, I forget which it was, that Alistair is about to reveal he's a prince....


"Look, I wanted to stop to tell you something."

"That you're an idiot?"

"Yes, that's it. I'm an idiot, thank you. Now we can all rest much easier with that out in the open." (Or something along those lines, has been months since I've played.)

 

[Tansy]

Apparently there is an Alastair online fansite

"Swooping is bad"

 

[Karn Maeshalanadae]

I would have far preferred a Morrigan fansite, but, c'est la vie.


And to think in certain areas Morrigan actually had some kind of conscience. My characters of course had none. When I came across the dying soldier in the forest at the start, I would simply kill him. Alistair of course would complain, and I would say, "Shut up and do as I say!"

 

[Tansy]

I always seem to play angelic characters lol, maybe cos I'm such a lil devil in real life

They aren't adverse to picking a pocket or two though

I did love Alistair's lines with Morrigan though, was disappointed with how Morrigan looked,she should have been more like in uncharted 2

 

[Karn Maeshalanadae]

I never did play uncharted 2 but, I was fine with how Morrigan looked in this. Actually, my fighter built up a relationship with her.....scary thing was, I was actually trying for Leliana.

 

[Tansy]

Lei is certainly more attractive but a little more self righteous till hardened, but she does love shoes us gals love shoes, I love Morrigan's sarcastic nature and moral ambiguity

My male char romanced both Morrigan then Lei, Morrigan wasn't pleases hehe

And finally had a female char fall for Alistair, luckily she was a noble, he was sickly sweet as a romantic interest but really cure

 

[Karn Maeshalanadae]

My first character was the worst of them all. I took Zevran due to the very fact that he was just as unscrupulous as she was (yes, a female elf rogue) but I killed that one wounded soldier and the sick dog. And I killed that one kid possessed by that demoness.



That managed to get both Morrigan AND Alistair mad at me. One of the very few scenarios where you can get both their disapproval......

 

[Tansy]

I've yet to have a nasty char lol

weird how in games I have to be inherently liked but in rl not really assed lol

 

[Karn Maeshalanadae]

Hey, it happens.


I always felt like throwing Alistair off a cliffside, to be honest....such a shame Zevran couldn't have killed him.

 

[Tansy]

I do love Zev, need to make him a nice saucy elf..hmm male or female?

 

[Connavar]

It's not turn based Con, more like Fable but better

Thanks i can finally play a game like this then. I have a bit jealous of PC,xbox gamers when i saw games like Fable.

 

[devilsgrin]

I never did play uncharted 2 but, I was fine with how Morrigan looked in this. Actually, my fighter built up a relationship with her.....scary thing was, I was actually trying for Leliana.

you had to TRY to romance Leliana? most people suffer from incidental romance with her. its almost too easy to make her fall in love with you... its practically easier, in fact, than convincing Morrigan or Zevran to join you in your tent.

 

[Karn Maeshalanadae]

you had to TRY to romance Leliana? most people suffer from incidental romance with her. its almost too easy to make her fall in love with you... its practically easier, in fact, than convincing Morrigan or Zevran to join you in your tent.

It all depends on how you play, Dev. My characters tended to be soulless monsters with no conscience, so, Leliana disapproved of most of my actions in those games.

 

[devilsgrin]

aah i suppose that would make it slightly more difficult to get leliana on-side.