Zero Punctuation: Dragon Age: Origins
- Thread starter Yahtzee Croshaw
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Great game. Glad he liked it. And i rented it and finished it in a week on human. Loved it. But dont have the energy to play through again.
I'd probably be farther in the game if I stopped making new characters, I have one for each storyline. And an extra female dwarf for some reason.
I like the game a lot, even though it's the(apparantly) horrible xbox version.The big difference, my Xbox wont catch on fire trying to play it, my computer would.
I dunno, any game that gets me to stop playing fallout3* for any amount of time is pretty damn good.
*because I got drunk and saved over the character I beat the game with(DAMN YOU YUENGLING!)
I like the game a lot, even though it's the(apparantly) horrible xbox version.The big difference, my Xbox wont catch on fire trying to play it, my computer would.
I dunno, any game that gets me to stop playing fallout3* for any amount of time is pretty damn good.
*because I got drunk and saved over the character I beat the game with(DAMN YOU YUENGLING!)
"Hello, you are an Elf!!" hilarious. A lot of MY human friends have recomended this game, but they all play WOW. As for my other friends, well... they just like eating and fucking... and burning down the occasional house.
I guess so... replay value? Games are so expensive these days I'm not willing to jump on "classic fantasy rpg" right out of the gate no matter how addicting it might be.Ixal said:
fun review, congrats to the winners! the game's story looks interesting, but gameplay wise it looks point and click, not too interested in that
It is just really hard to find something specific in that codex. It is used a lot more, but there is just a fuckton of stuff.DeathWyrmNexus said:
Well, several different origin stories and each of the main quests has at least 2 different outcomes (sometimes up to 4) which influence the endgame and which ending you get. Also you are limited to 3 NPCs in the party and the interaction between them is great which makes trying out different parties interesting.Rock said:
By the way, here the character videos (all companions which can join your party except the secret one).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i2KkWJLLco&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJLSdZLdhLo&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtpLJNtMxQ0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sibKH5ViVyw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEDeMSg_phY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjeJf5hpj5w&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc_kEGtZxnQ&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVztVbwFfa0
(DLC Character from Stone Prisoner)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgo5rNfr9YE&feature=related
I may pick it up if its as halfway decent as he makes it sound. I haven't played an RPG in ages (by ages i mean 3 months).
P.S - Effing Scunthorpe problem. We can't tell anyone where we are from, because of secret yet blatant offensive language.
Sbobbahorpe... yeah.
P.S - Effing Scunthorpe problem. We can't tell anyone where we are from, because of secret yet blatant offensive language.
Sbobbahorpe... yeah.
Great review, though I'm sure, had he played longer he would have complained that his character didnt enjoy sex at all.. haven't seen a more unsatisfied stoneface since Keanu Reeves as 'Neo' in 'the matrix'
And whats with the girls wearing collars? not necklaces, but collars.. though I'm not complainin but a little turned on instead. ... And if you strip you team down to their undies they are complete clones from the neck down? ... Wynne! close you eyes and you got a 18yearold.
Whats refreshing is the choice system.. yes you got the gooddy gooddy stuff, and your usual evil replies. BUT theres no evil characters.. even Morrigan I find likeable. She's got issues, no doubt, but she isn't evil just on account of being evil.
That gay/bi/dendrophile assasin-elf. Great! finally an american blockbuster game with balls to do that. And he shuts the f*ck up about it if your not interested.. Even better.
What I didnt like in Mass Effect, was their characters was so cliché.. I think Bioware has developed LOTS since ME with Dragon Age. There's new depths. You have to be sharper to understand you team, if you want them to like you.
And your choices isnt easy.. like the dwarf-thingie where you have to choose between a "nice guy, but Bad King" and a "lying backstabbin' bastard, but Good King".
And whats with the girls wearing collars? not necklaces, but collars.. though I'm not complainin but a little turned on instead. ... And if you strip you team down to their undies they are complete clones from the neck down? ... Wynne! close you eyes and you got a 18yearold.
Whats refreshing is the choice system.. yes you got the gooddy gooddy stuff, and your usual evil replies. BUT theres no evil characters.. even Morrigan I find likeable. She's got issues, no doubt, but she isn't evil just on account of being evil.
That gay/bi/dendrophile assasin-elf. Great! finally an american blockbuster game with balls to do that. And he shuts the f*ck up about it if your not interested.. Even better.
What I didnt like in Mass Effect, was their characters was so cliché.. I think Bioware has developed LOTS since ME with Dragon Age. There's new depths. You have to be sharper to understand you team, if you want them to like you.
And your choices isnt easy.. like the dwarf-thingie where you have to choose between a "nice guy, but Bad King" and a "lying backstabbin' bastard, but Good King".
I love dragon age, though it is a bit geeky and so I do have to hide it from all my friends and pretend I'm playing Modern Warfare 2 like real manly men grrrr. Still I thought this was a nice review.
Well first just let me say, "well done" to the winners of the game contest, now on with the post.
Now for the Same answer I always give. Great work Yahtzee as usual. Although since RPG games aren't really my style I think I'll be skipping out on this game.
Now for the Same answer I always give. Great work Yahtzee as usual. Although since RPG games aren't really my style I think I'll be skipping out on this game.
My girlfriend actually PLAYS Dragon Age. And THEN we make sweet, nerdy love. So, take that, Yahtzee.
I can't call Dragon Age: Origins a dark fantasy with a straight face, either. The characters are all just too funny and lovable for me to ever think about anything much other than how gorgeous the voice acting is. "'Eees not mangy!"
I like the moral choices they give you though, in that there actually isn't a good or evil choice; all the choices make sense in context and you don't get graded at the end, aside from the fact that some of your characters will or won't approve.
Perhaps it's because of the humour in the game, but I kind of got the sense that it was ticking off all the fantasy cliches deliberately, and then playing with them dungeons and dragons style, either as an homage, or as self-aware satire. Who knows? Maybe it's just the fact that it earns so many points for having such a well-rounded and unbelievably likable cast of characters that I'm completely oblivious to its flaws. Honestly, a game hasn't made me laugh this hard in this entire console generation. I could listen to Alistair and Morrigan bicker all day.
I like the moral choices they give you though, in that there actually isn't a good or evil choice; all the choices make sense in context and you don't get graded at the end, aside from the fact that some of your characters will or won't approve.
Perhaps it's because of the humour in the game, but I kind of got the sense that it was ticking off all the fantasy cliches deliberately, and then playing with them dungeons and dragons style, either as an homage, or as self-aware satire. Who knows? Maybe it's just the fact that it earns so many points for having such a well-rounded and unbelievably likable cast of characters that I'm completely oblivious to its flaws. Honestly, a game hasn't made me laugh this hard in this entire console generation. I could listen to Alistair and Morrigan bicker all day.