Dragon Age Origins!!

[Josjie]

So I'm thinking of pre-ordering Dragon Age: Origins.
I've never played Baldur's Gate .
I've watched some Dragon Age gameplay movies on YouTube and it looks awesome .

Comments? Shall I pre-order this game?

[Vivec's Tears]

So I'm thinking of pre-ordering Dragon Age: Origins.
I've never played Baldur's Gate .
I've watched some Dragon Age gameplay movies on YouTube and it looks awesome .

Comments? Shall I pre-order this game?

Baldur's gate was awesome. Well, what I played of it. I have a little mappy bandanna thingy. Or wait, was that for Neverwinter Nights?

[nyk45]

The thing that kind of turns me off for Dragon Age Origins is that it's based on an entire party rather than a single character. Baldur's Gate was cool, but I always like one character RPG's better.

[Vivec's Tears]

T Baldur's Gate was cool, but I always like one character RPG's better.

Same here. MMORPGWTFBBQs or whatever they're called always got on my nerves.

[Josjie]

Even in Oblivion and Fallout 3 I usually create my own party. In Fallout 3 I used a glitch that allowed me to have all the followers at the same time.
In Oblivion, I have a Skinned Hound, Mages Guild Associate, Dark Brotherhood Murderer, Frost Atronach, Battlehorn Man-At-Arms and a Knights of the Nine soldier following me.

I just love the whole environment of Dragon Age and the choices you've got to make.

Anyone else who's going to get Dragon Age?

[JamesF14]

Think is read this in a magazine somewhere. The graphic's are amazing.

[videogmer314]

I'll see if I can't weasel it out of my dad for Christmas.

[antftw]

As soon as I found out Dragon Age let's you choose a dwarf as your character I've been hooked. I NEED to play this game.

[Josjie]

The designers are incorporating 'origin' stories for each race and some classes in the game. For example, a Dwarf Noble will begin the game as part of the royal family in one of the Dwarven cities, and a Dwarf Commoner will begin on the streets of the city. Origin stories determine the background of the player's character prior to the main events of the game's story, forming an introduction to the game world while also comprising hours of game-play. People that the player meets during the origin story may reappear throughout the game, some of whom may be adversaries.[11]

There is no tracking of alignment as in previous BioWare games,[12] but the moral choices of the main character throughout the game will still affect the story. The player may save the world whether choosing to be good or evil, but the decisions that the player makes in the process will change the game world – deciding who will become King, for example, and affecting nations and races and their places in the world. These decisions will also influence the companion NPCs, possibly causing an NPC to leave the party[13] or even attack the player.[14]

As with the Baldur's Gate series, players will be able to issue orders to NPCs in real time or while the game is paused, and queue up actions such as spells and special attacks.[15]

Several of the game's features have been confirmed.[16] There will be three base classes to choose from: the rogue, the warrior, and the mage. These classes can be upgraded later into a specialized class. The confirmed specialization classes are Berserker and Templar for the warrior,[17] and Shapeshifter for the mage.[18] The six character backgrounds are Human Noble, Human/Elf Mage, Dalish Elf, City Elf, Dwarf Commoner, and Dwarf Noble. The game will use a party system similar to that of the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, in that it will feature the main character with up to three active party members, chosen from a large pool of NPC's in the game. The camera will be over the shoulder third person view when zoomed in, and an isometric-style view when zoomed out. The spells in the game will interact with the effects of others. For example, a blizzard spell would put out the flames caused by hitting something with a grease spell and then a fire spell.

I think I'm gonna start pretty simple with a Human Noble on normal difficulty .

Bioware announced on 8 October 2009 that two downloadable contents will be available on game’s launch, The Stone Prisoner and Warden’s Keep.
[edit] The Stone Prisoner

Downloading The Stone Prisoner adds Shale to the game, a stone golem and a party member. Shale is a powerful character and has a large backstory, with extensive voice acting, and a unique quest attached to him. The Stone Prisoner also adds new locations and items. Every new retail box contains a promotional code to recieve The Stone Prisoner for free (digital purchases will have the code e-mailed to the purchaser). Pre-owned copies of the game will have to pay $15 USD to unlock the content.[27][34]
[edit] Warden's Keep

The Warden's Keep downloadable content adds the fortress of Soldier’s Peak to Dragon Age: Origins, granting the player the opportunity to understand why the Grey Wardens were exiled from Ferelden. The player can set up a base of operations with an area to store party members' surplus equipment. New talents, spells, achievements and items are also unlocked with the purchase. Warden’s Keep is only available as a paid download, costing $7 USD. Warden's Keep also comes with the Digital Deluxe edition of the game, costing 15 dollars more than the basic game.[34]
[edit] Blood Dragon Armor

The Blood Dragon Armor downloadable content will provide access to a unique set of armor that will be accessible in both Dragon Age: Origins and Mass Effect 2. The code for this product will be shipped along with every new retail copy of the game and will be e-mailed to people who purchased digital versions. The code will work across all platforms, meaning players can buy Dragon Age: Origins for the PC but use the code for the Xbox 360 version of Mass Effect 2 or vice versa.[34]

And it has already been reviewed by some websites!!

Reception
Dragon Age received a positive review from Game Informer, which gave it 9/10,[40] as well as a positive review from PC Gamer UK, awarding it 94%, calling it the "RPG of the decade"

[The Number None]

Same here. MMORPGWTFBBQs or whatever they're called always got on my nerves.

Hahaha. I couldn't agree more.

[Josjie]

Anyone who is actually looking forward to this game?

I think it's gonna be one of the best RPG's ever, based on all the info I've read and movies I've seen. And it's Bioware of course .

[antftw]

Just being by BioWare kinda guarantees it's greatness.

[videogmer314]

Just being by BioWare kinda guarantees it's greatness.

Yeah... Mass Effect and KOTOR 1 both owned.

[Dogmantra]

Just being by BioWare kinda guarantees it's greatness.

Yeah... Mass Effect and KOTOR 1 both owned.

Yeah, I kind of erased the story of NWN2 from my mind too. And the bugs. And the generally bad engine. And the annoying NPCs. And the... actually, that's it.

(Fun fact! I actually like NWN2! I just think it has flaws)

[videogmer314]

Just being by BioWare kinda guarantees it's greatness.

Yeah... Mass Effect and KOTOR 1 both owned.

Yeah, I kind of erased the story of NWN2 from my mind too. And the bugs. And the generally bad engine. And the annoying NPCs. And the... actually, that's it.

(Fun fact! I actually like NWN2! I just think it has flaws)

I've never played that or Jade Empire.

[antftw]

Jade Empire was EPIC.

[Josjie]

Just being by BioWare kinda guarantees it's greatness.

Yeah... Mass Effect and KOTOR 1 both owned.

Yeah, I kind of erased the story of NWN2 from my mind too. And the bugs. And the generally bad engine. And the annoying NPCs. And the... actually, that's it.

(Fun fact! I actually like NWN2! I just think it has flaws)

NWN1 was created by Bioware but NWN2 was done by Obsidian Entertainment
Just like KOTOR: KOTOR1 was done by Bioware and KOTOR2 by Obsidian.

And Fallout 3 was done by Bethesda and Obsidian is currently working on Fallout: New Vegas.

[antftw]

That means F:NV will suck 25 percent.

[Dogmantra]

NWN1 was created by Bioware but NWN2 was done by Obsidian Entertainment
Just like KOTOR: KOTOR1 was done by Bioware and KOTOR2 by Obsidian.

And Fallout 3 was done by Bethesda and Obsidian is currently working on Fallout: New Vegas.

It has a Bioware Logo on the box! I think they share an engine or something.

[Josjie]

Neverwinter Nights 2 (also known as NWN2) is a computer role-playing game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Atari.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e ... boxart.jpg

Where's the Bioware logo?

[Dogmantra]

Neverwinter Nights 2 (also known as NWN2) is a computer role-playing game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Atari.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e ... boxart.jpg

Where's the Bioware logo?

On the back, really small, bottom right, just above the barcode.

[Josjie]

Hm that might be because Bioware still owns the NWN license?

[Danielh]

So how many of you are gonna buy the upcoming game Dragon Age origins and why?

Also does the game take place in an open world?

[Dlarsh]

Looking foward to it. I love the games Bioware puts out, and a return to their fantasy roots (Baldur's Gate, anyone) is great.

P.S. To avoid nasty comments, I do enjoy TES more, I just also like Bioware

[RobotNixon]

Back to their fantasy roots?
WHAT's WRONG WITH KOTOR AND MASS EFFECT?

Anyways, Dragon Age looks fairly interesting,
but I would be much happier
with Mass Effect 2 myself.