I mentioned Dragon Age in the previous post and considering the amount of hours that I played it – I should at least spend a little bit of time reflecting on the game. First off – I absolutely LOVED the game. I loved the deep story lines, and the ability to return to different areas/cities after certain events, and a sense of freedom in choosing locations and storylines.
I played each of the six origin stories (with a mix of character classes, races, and genders) before choosing which story line to pursue. I would have LOVED to have created a party comprised of all six of my initial characters and resolved all the story lines – THAT would have been rewarding. I know that a number of people didn’t like the endless dialogue at the camp but I was curious. Knowing the wide-range of story possibilities, I was just as curious about the options that I didn’t choose (but not enough to replay the entire game).
However, the main downside was the main reason that I loved the game. I was playing the noble human line and choose to draw some boundaries to playing the character to be as consistent as possible in each story. This though, led me to be COMPLETELY POOCHED leading into the final battles. I was pissed to say the least. My being ‘true’ to the story line – I ended up losing both my main fighter and mage. BOTH who I had carefully cultivated for the entire game. Built tactics and strategies to employ their skills then to LOSE them both at the end. I even ended up with NO mages to choose from either (thereby losing those kick-ass ice spells) and much of the good fighter equipment gone as well. I did manage to win the game and I loved the epilogue – it was like a choose your own adventure. Nice to see the designers tie in the larger impact of the character actions.
I liked the battle sequences at the end – being able to use the recruited allies – but it just about blew-up my laptop. I had to just about turn the graphics into 8 bits to make it run properly! Frustrating (hence my change to console – but still not sure how to do these games on a console – I love those PC graphics and keyboard commands).
Overall, I had a great time with this game – too many sleepless nights – but had a blast!
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Chris
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