I first saw this game when I was at a friend's house. Heck I have been so off the 'gaming scene' I hardly knew what new games are out there. Oh well, spending too much time in a MMORPG & saving up cash can do that to you.
While all my friends were in the living room playing some board game. I was glued to his computer, creating my first character for Dragon Age: Origins (DAO for short). I'm a sucker customizing my character. When I saw the options I was sold. Almost every part of the face can be customized down to the voice. The only thing you can't change is the body shape.
Pity, but I loaded up the game and played it a bit. It didn't take long before I was impressed. I guess its partly due to the fact that I wanted something new. But I still had to save money and too much pride to borrow it from a friend.
4 weeks later, I couldn't take it anymore. I bought the game, installed it on my PC. For two weeks I was hooked on it. Clocking almost 5 hours of game after my returning home from the office.
I finally completed the game at last but was left wanting for more. Eventually created 4 different characters and completed the game with it.
My other friend wasn't so keen on it. His gal-pal of his who happens to be a gamer, nerdraged when her party got wiped out and quit the game entirely! And he was influenced by her so much that he too decided that the game was terrible.
I must admit though, the AI can be rather idiotic and will run into ambushes and traps. Often then resulting in a party wipe. Which can be frustrating but nowhere as frustrating as playing Sims 3 and getting error codes 12.
But once you look past the stupidity of the AI, it really isn't bad. Particularly the party dynamics and how they interact with each other. The banter they have while traveling are absolutely hilarious.
Good job Bioware.
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