Dragon Age: Redemption

I saw this as someone who loves Dragon Age, but I was also dubious. Seeing it finally, I thought it wasn't terrible, but it wasn't very good either. I did like the music, which had a sense of adventure, the costume and set design while not amazing did look decent, likewise with the photography, Nyree was an interesting and fun character and Marcia Battise gives a lot of enthusiasm here. However, the story didn't always engage me. The idea was great, but the basic structure seemed thin and sometimes even padded out, then there are parts felt rushed and underdeveloped in an effort to introduce many characters. The special effects are rather tacky, granted I have seen much worse, but the blood especially looks very artificial. The dialogue is corny and stilted, and apart from Nyree the characters either got on my nerves(Tallis) or took far too long to introduce. The acting is nothing great either, Adam Rayner is wooden and while Felicia Day is good in The Guild she seems rather detached here. All in all, interesting and not awful, but fell short in terms of writing and story. 5/10 Bethany Cox

Okay is this a grand epic? No..

But is it fun to watch ? Yes.

Almost zero real production value and effects.. story is derivided dialog is stiff..

But you know somehow you can over look that because you understand what you are watching..

Yes it is fun.. and really everyone done the best with what they had..

I was just wondering what Felicia Day was up to, so I looked her up and found this film. Also starring Doug Jones as the tall prosthetically covered villain. And since I enjoyed the Dragon Age games, I said I would watch it.

It is more of a Dungeons and Dragons kind of story, but set into the DA universe. You have the Qunari elf assassin, the valiant Chantry knight, a pubescent Dalish mage and even a Reaver, trying to stop a rogue mage from opening The Veil!

Any of the DA games have a better story than this film and even action, if I may say so, but the banter between characters is fun and the film is very short. And you will say "but wait, isn't this a series?". No, I've seen it as a standalone 50 minutes long (or short) movie.

Bottom line: just scratches that indie fantasy D&D web series itch a little bit. It's really low budget and has little to recommend it. But it wasn't bad.

Like a pilot for a series. Oh, it is? Then, I'd like to see the rest of the series. The redhead is beautiful and fun. I wish she did better stunt work. Maybe they didn't pay her enough, for her to want to train for those fight scenes. Oh well. Still, fun to watch.

This show is interesting for fans of the Dragon Age video games. Felicia Day's character Fallis is even featured in Downloadable Content of Dragon Age II: Mark of the Assassin. Her character is also a major problem in this show.

Sure, the show (and Felicia's cleavage) look pretty good, given the budget they worked with. Most of the actors are likable and better than expected. But the Tallis character does not work at all. She is supposed to be bad ass, but she's nothing but annoying. Partially a Mary Sue, a too good to be true character that outwits and overpowers her foes a tad too easily too many times, she also is selfish, arrogant and heartless. That is a real bitch of a main character to relate to.

The writing seems OK, but the point where I stopped watching was when she just throws a dagger into an innocent boy, just to let him prove his healing ability. What if he had bluffed a bit and had not been proficient and just wanted to help out? He'd be dead, thank you Tallis.

I appreciate what was attempted here, but it would have been good to let one of Bioware's people write the script. They let Felicia ruin this potential by allowing her to turn it into a Mary Sue, i.e. your typical average fan fiction. Not too dreadful, but too flawed to bear watching it all the way through.