Comments on: Dragon Age: Origins — Like An Alcoholic Parent

By: Sinewiz

Sinewiz — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:47:20 +0000

One of the more entertaining reviews I’ve read in sometime. Additionally I would say your pretty much spot on with everything you’ve said. EXCEPT… I completely disagree with playing on casual as it makes combat an absolute bore fest. It essentially makes all your decision making in regard to weaponry, armor, spells and everything else I can think of just plain pointless. Hit X once and watch your forces mow everything and everyone down in a matter of seconds. While I’m not exactly a hardcore RPG fan I was able to play on normal and get a firm test but fair test and at least game me the illusion that my choices had a direct effect on whether I won or lost a fight. That said I did have to turn the final battle down to casual after failing 12 times just in time before my controller was being readied to be thrown through the wall. All in all though a great review.

By: Vaike

Vaike — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:13:49 +0000

Most realistic review I’ve read to date. Nice work

By: Max Citts

Max Citts — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:40:38 +0000

even with high difficultly it is no problem to play the game. IF you play the secound time, play on max difficultly, otherwise it will be too easy, thats my opinion

By: Jim Deck

Jim Deck — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:01:51 +0000

geat game!! if you have a pc fast enough to run this: play it!!!!

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Critical Hits » Critical Hits Gift Guide 2009 — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:01:10 +0000

[...] hours as you’re drawn into the immersive fantasy story and rich array of characters. While by no means perfect, it’s still a great gift for the computer RPG fan, especially if you know they’re a fan [...]

By: Chuck

Chuck — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:24:52 +0000

Best thing I can tell you is to slap that difficulty right down to “casual.”

Made the game not suck for me.

– c.

By: HappyReaper

HappyReaper — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:23:41 +0000

Just curious, has anyone else had the “hyped” game problem? The last 4 games i bought that “everyone” loved have totally blown really mean wardogs. Fallout 3 was the exception for me but Dragon Age is so far a strikeout. I have no idea how to manage characters, i read the manual, set up the tactics and watched everyone fall over dead anyways. What’s a newb to the tactical rpg to do?

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Game Review: Fallout 3 :Blue Ink Alchemy — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:04:47 +0000

[...] This is a problem that’s probably going to crop up in future games as well as some of the games I play now: DLC. Knowing that ‘Broken Steel,’ ‘The Pitt’ and ‘Operation Anchorage’ among others are available for me to download and promise new content, new equipment and new story elements, I felt like I was missing out because I don’t have enough Microsoft points to get the DLC, nor do I have enough liquid assets to change into Microsoft points. At least I didn’t have NPCs bothering me about it, which is a problem I have with Dragon Age: Origins. [...]

By: Eddy Webb

Eddy Webb — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:23:37 +0000

I played it. 30 hours later, I finished it. I put it back in its Gamefly envelope and sent it back. Again, just about everything you’ve said here I agree with (though I might do a separate review, just ’cause).

By: Stephen H.

Stephen H. — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:58:10 +0000

I enjoyed the game. Some of the choices on offer literally made me stand up and walk away for five minutes to think about the repercussions of that choice.

That’s the sign of something special.

I’d have liked more of a Sandbox feel (like Fallout 3) but I feel like I got my money’s worth from DA. At some point, I’ll revisit.

However, once I was about halfway through the game, I went back and played out the other five character backgrounds. I’m glad I did.