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IGN UK: Dragon Age: Origins Review

Bioware's achievements in all this are incredible. It cannot be stressed enough at the depth of the universe they have conjured. Every corner you look, there is a sense of age, of something old. Entire mythologies for multiple cultures have been brewed up, entire religions mapped out in their own belief systems, history that stretches back hundreds, if not thousands, of years. Cities look lived in, worn – majestic and squalid places that spill with times gone by and a sense of place. The castles look like they have been there for centuries, and truly, there is an uncertain sense that they have been. That Ferelden and its inhabitants were waiting patiently in the wings for all this time, waiting for their chance to shine.

Presentation - 10
Graphics - 8.0
Sound - 8.5
Gameplay - 9.0
Lasting Appeal - 10
Overall -
9.2 / 10
BIoodmask - contributor
Published: 46 days 16 hours ago | Review | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 | PC
 
 

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Lucreto - 46 days 16 hours ago
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Good score I can't wait for the game.
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Lifendz - 46 days 15 hours ago
1.1 - I'm intrigued
I can't get Mass effect 2 cuz I only own a PS3 so this is my shot to get a Bioware RPG. Also love the whole Golbin, Orcs, and Elves type of RPG. Only problem is that I just bought Uncharted 2 and NBA 2k10, and 11/10/09 marks the end of all my free-time. I guess I'll have to pick this up sometime next year. Maybe during the summer. Too many games!
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pogibaldy - 46 days 14 hours ago
1.2 - I'm "pre-downloading" this game at this very moment...
through Steam. I'm thrilled. I'm happy to see the overall scores, from Game Informer, IGN, and many more are all high. The lowest I have seen is a respectable 8.4 from IGN AU. Should prove to be a worthy purchase.
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Alvadr - 46 days 13 hours ago
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Awesome, what would Xmas be without a great RPG to sink all that free time into
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pogibaldy - 46 days 13 hours ago
1.4 - Apparently somebody doesn't like Steam?
Look at my comment above. It boggles my mind every time someone on N4G "disagrees" with a statement...that contains nothing but a positive assertion. Like, "I'm legally downloading this title on Steam Right now" and somebody disagrees. What on Earth are they even disagreeing with? They can disagree all they want, but the physical reality is that the information actually is downloading as I type. Kind of like saying "Microsoft owns XBox and Sony owns Playstation" and somebody disagreeing. It's just silly.

Edit: haha, it just happened again! Cracks me up ;) Whoever it is, I at least owe you some thanks for making me laugh. Game on!
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Controversy - 46 days 13 hours ago
1.5 - @ Pogibaldy
I know what you're saying. I see disagrees all the time for statements of simple fact like "I pre-ordered that game." With that kind of comment a disagree is simply humorous. It's like disagreeing that the world is round, not flat.
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kingdavid - 46 days 10 hours ago
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Must be the ps3 fanboys. Theyre so used to pressing disagree with everything xbox that its become a routine for them to do it with everything:P
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darkride66 - 46 days 8 hours ago
1.7 - Looking forward to this.
It's nice to see Bioware return to their roots. I couldn't ever get into Mass Effect. Sci-Fi where whenever you talk to someone they launch into their entire life story. No thanks. Give me good ole sword and sorcery any day. That's where I always felt Bioware shined.
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conker121 - 46 days 16 hours ago
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Very good score and a much better review then the IGN AU review who cares what a bunch of aussies think.
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K-Gamer - 46 days 15 hours ago
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you mean a much better score, there's nothing wrong with the review

And yes, I care what Aussies think
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Bubbles - 46 days 15 hours ago
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who cares what Conker thinks
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StarScream4Ever - 46 days 13 hours ago
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The folks down there are reviewing the console version of the game. I guess the PC version stands out among the console brothers.
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dchalfont - 46 days 12 hours ago
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Negative feedback for you old chap, have a pleasant evening, greetings from down under ;)
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i3eyond the Circle - 46 days 15 hours ago
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Guys the only Bioware games I've played were Mass Effect and Jade Empire.

With this game I see why they are one of the most renown devs.
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SCWARD - 46 days 15 hours ago
4 - Fantastic
There is no other developer that puts as much TLC into there RPG's and more importantly the story line of there RPG's. Bioware is in a class all there own. Kotor jade mass and now this for console owners, they sure know how to show us the love.
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conker121 - 46 days 14 hours ago
5 - who cares what Conker thinks
Well considering AU is worst then Ger when it comes to editing there games that come to there shore I want nothing to do with any review comeing from them.
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Immortal Kaim - 46 days 13 hours ago
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If you're going to insult an entire nation, please learn how to spell. Moron.
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dchalfont - 46 days 12 hours ago
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Dragon age was not censored in any way...I don't know what your trying to say, "the australian censorship board censored left4dead 2....therefore every game review from aus is irrelevant" :S
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kingdavid - 46 days 10 hours ago
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Looks like the top of the tree n4g brains trust is at it again!

What a stupid comment conker.
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GentleGiant - 46 days 13 hours ago
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Fantastic review, now I really can´t wait until tomorrow.
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dchalfont - 46 days 12 hours ago
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"The two-handed weapons have particular weight, massive man-sized Swords of Doom that swing laboriously through the air, coming down on hapless, gibbering foes with the crushing finality of a collapsing house"

Then again: "and happily there's an entire branch of skill-tree unlocks based around thumping someone in the face with a shield, which never, ever gets old."

Descriptive writing for the win
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AliTheBrit19 - 46 days 12 hours ago
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Had this title on my Lovefilm rental list

Played it at Eurogamer Expo

Cancelled the pre-order

Nuff said.
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GentleGiant - 46 days 11 hours ago
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Sorry to hear that the game made you think instead of just plainly react like in simpler games. :P
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Bundkrans - 46 days 7 hours ago
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Omg, I dont get why people whine over agree's and disagree's! wtf?! "Whine whine, people dont agree with me, whaa whaaaa!" :S Jebus!
Im gonna buy this game and play the living **** out of it! Cant wait! Disagree?! ZOMG! What to do? oh.. play DA:O!

Laters!
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Bigpappy - 46 days 7 hours ago
11 - Gamestop invited me to a midnight launch
I don't do midnight launches or camp outs. I am a grown man. Love Bioware games though. Maybe tomorrow.
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Gameplay999 - 46 days 7 hours ago
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It appears that the art direction is very strong, exactly what I was hoping for.
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kicks1989 - 45 days 19 hours ago
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I guess uk loves rpgs and Bioware
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