Dragon Age: Origins

Dragon Age: Origins is an outstanding game on all levels, one of the best in recent years perhaps. If there was one thing that wasn't quite so good, it was that some of the outdoor background art were a little flat-looking. Other than that, the graphics were not bad at all despite the numerous criticism it has gotten on Amazon. The characters look well-modelled at least, the colours are atmospheric and help make the world and adventure believable and the voices do sync well with the lip movements. The music has moments where it is rousing and others where it's eloquent, overall it's well written and synchronises with everything with never a jarring note. The story is rich in detail and characterisation, totally immersive in its blend of fantasy, adventure and action and you are genuinely transported into the world the characters inhabit. The game play is varied and not overly-simplistic or overly-complex(even if at times Alistair was perhaps too easy to kill, but really that's part of the fun). What was also impressive was the balance of game play and story, they added so much to one another and there wasn't a time where there was too much or little of one. The writing and the voice acting stood out the most. The writing is incredibly intelligent and thought-provoking with some well-judged light-hearted humour for contrast, doing wonderfully in giving the characters distinctive personalities and emotional impact. The character interaction is strong and never stiff. And the voice work adds so much to those qualities, everybody is wonderful and nobody bad but in particular Kate Mulgrew is quietly firm and authoritative and Tim Curry has that subtle smarmy malevolence spot-on. All in all, an outstanding game. 10/10 Bethany Cox

Dragon age: Origins you play as a Grey Warden one of the last ones and it's up to you to build an army and defeat the Darkspawn! Dragon age origins may be old but it's one of the best RPGs out there if you like playing games that are story based and have choices that really affect the world around you and the story you will love this game! You are able to Customize your character and you can choose your characters backstory. The combat may be repetitive as you most got to press A then your character does all the work for you. But the game really focus on world building. Your companions have great backstories you will grow to love them. You can also Romance them. This game really gives you the best role playing game. Overall really great story driven game!

What makes it remarkable for me is the way that it draws me into my characters and their relationships with his companions, with situations where I must chose what type of personality will that particular character have. And then I try to keep that character consistent with the chosen personality.

The amazingly constructed comedy, that put some people like me in stitches, to lighten a little a very dark and apocalyptic threat to the world that my characters are living in, the brilliant way that the story develops and throws consistent events that make sense considering all the lore of the world that has been presented and the progression of the tale, particularly in random encounters that are determined by the stage we are in the tale.

There is something really magic about DA, something that I simply had to try and capture. For me it was the first time that I felt compelled to make movies of a game and I have some 50 of them already. Because each moment in DA is unique. A battle will never be replayed the same way, the party chat will never occur in the same order, at the same place. For a particular moment in DA, there are possibly way more possibilities than I can calculate. While in other games that I love, including The Witcher and even Gothic, they all replay exactly the same. Not talking only about mechanics or the order we may choose to make those things happen. DA is Epic!

Oh, and I love Leliana so much! Thank you Corinne!!!

Amazing! Diverse and unique locations, full customization of your entire squad, extensive dungeons with creative designs and enemies, an engaging story plot, companions with complex personalities and real weight in the story, and TONS of loot!

This is one of the most in-depth games i have ever played its fun and very emersive.I have spent a total of 109 hours on it i just cant stop playing it!The story is also very good with a massive amount of extra content to find and read each statue each book each sign and quest has another piece of information to add to your codex i have spent at least 10 hours reading things from the codex and other things,the amount of armor and weapons is ridiculous each type of wep and armor has Tiers 1-9 plus the wickedly powerful special versions of the three melee weapon types and 2 ranged types they are usually much different looking compared to the normal weapons unlike for example TES:oblivion specials its also the same with the armor.I have tried all 6 origin stories on this game and have found myself liking all of them equally i enjoy how every character treats you differently depending on your race and origin.The game play is very well done its fun it take time to master and you need to use the pause and play tactic even on the console version even though there is no friendly fire unless you play it on hard or nightmare but its still needed.I finished this game with tears in my eyes and immediately starting a new save i heavily suggest this game to anyone who is looking for a fun,addicting and heart twisting thrill ride this is one of the best games of the year 10/10