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  • I played DA:O and still i hate the game. i dont see why people like it so much

  • @reaper1545 Because it's awesome?

  • @SkeetSkeetStreet Yet its not. ;)

  • @reaper1545 I mean...did you think this was going to be Halo or something? It delivered on all fronts as a traditional modern medieval-fantasy RPG. What's not to like about the game, if you enjoy that type of genre?

  • @SkeetSkeetStreet i love RPGs but it didnt do it. it lacked the immersion RPGs need. even the reviewer said. the plot of the game was lame. tbh i feel it was over hyped.

  • @reaper1545 so if i understand correctly you are saying that DA:O lacks immersion? I got immersed in DA:O in like the first 2 hours or something and i am pretty hard on judging if i like an RPG or not! DA:O, Bethesa RPGs, ME, Withcer 2 are absolutely amazing RPGs.. Dragon Age 2 was not that good, but they can make DA 3 really good if they give a shit... But when EA is in the mix you never know, they just go for quick money

  • @topografer yes for me playing it i never felt immersed in it. for me RPGs you feel that your the character. and gives you a reason to care. I never got that.

  • @reaper1545 We happen to disagree, alot, but anyways i respect that.. All gamers cannot like the same things, but i think this game was worth the hype really... I rarely says that about games.. And i mean rarely! :D

  • @topografer I can respect your guys opinions with it. some like it some dont. granted im guessing you both played it on the pc while i did on the console:p

  • @reaper1545 Hahah maybe! I played DA:O while i was playing on PC.. Now i play on consoles, and DA2 was deffinitely playable, but i hear origins was weird in consoles.. Could be that man i don't know

  • @topografer thats why :p im not a big PC gamer so DA2 is alot better then DA:O console wise.

  • @reaper1545 How was it not immersive, in comparison to other RPGs? I mean...I'm not a Dragon Age fanboy (played it once and was done) but I give props where it's due, and Origins certainly deserved its hype and praise. I was very well immersed, right from the start until the end. Great characters, interesting story, excellent voice acting, nice PC interface, polished gameplay that's hard to break...all of which are leagues ahead of any of Bethesda's games.

  • @SkeetSkeetStreet point one i didnt find the story that interesting just your general save the world and only you can do it, i didnt like the characters, and the console version sucked with interface.

  • @reaper1545 Well I'm curious as to what RPGs you find more immersive.

  • Is this game still have a framerate issue in PS3?

  • Still worth getting now?

  • @sonicspeedstar

    Yep, much better than the second one. So if you are going to get one get this. However, get it for pc.

  • @EVS2585 Ah ok, I don't have a computer that can run this game though, so I'll be buying it for PS3. Ty

  • I built a new rig for Skyrim(still sittin' here wrapped) as well as other new games coming out, but what am I doing? Loading Origins. This game ROCKS! \m/ (><) \m/

  • cool review,I'm thinking of picking up the ultimate edition soon,been looking for something good to play after I finish Skyrim

  • The PC version is way too hard. This is really not that great of an RPG. Go get an Elder Scrolls game if you want the best RPG experience money can buy.

  • @ZamatoElite Zamato I love you, but I couldn't disagree more. I beat the PC version without any real difficulty.

  • @ZamatoElite What If I dont really give a fuck about Elder Scrolls lore (which is fucking boring) Also doesn't the game only have like 3-4 hours of actually main story gameplay and the rest of the 70 hrs or so hours are side quest? I started the game and i'll admit the gameplay is great and all but the story so far is shit, only 4 to 5 voice actors (so far) and glitches like no tomorrow.Then again I was only about 5 -6 hrs into the game when I stopped. DA:O was an amazing RPG.

  • @ZamatoElite Also this game has to be like 15 bucks now, i would say that's nothing to get a really good RPG experience -_-

  • @ZamatoElite Elder scrolls isn't even a conventional RPG. And no, it isn't the best RPG that money can buy, seeing as both DA:O and DA2 are about $30 at the moment.

    This is that great of an RPG. Take that from someone who played and loved Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim, Neverwinter Nights, Baldurs Gate, Icewindale, Sacred and Final Fantasy.

  • "It's. That. Good"

  • i want to get demon souls but is this the better game?

  • @shadowkill555 Demon souls is far harder than this game. this game probably offers more in terms of content, and if you don't want to get extremely frustrated over and over again, I would definitely recommend DA:O. Also if you wanted to buy demon souls, I would suggest dark souls instead, as it is far improved.

  • should i get this or demon souls

  • @shadowkill555

    dragon age 2

  • @Spunkdude73 dragon age 2 is dragonage origins in a nutshell for me ! tooo tiny , recycled spce same dungeons tinier than origins etc ~

  • @shadowkill555 For the PS3 I'd say Demon Souls.

  • @shadowkill555 This, and forget the expansion pack and sequel exist.

  • ahhh if there only was real time combat on this one like god of war, prince of persia, assassin's creed kind, this would have been the perfect game :( I jus dont understandt how can this kind (or worse, turn based) combat can be better than the awesome real time combat as mentioned in the games above.........ahhhh, i guess ill get dragon age 2 rather than this one just because of the combat

  • @silversilk15 I felt the same way the first time I bought the game, but you get used to it and it's arguably a better game than DA2. I swear I've played through it atleast 8 times xD

  • @TheSixfeetstar lol yea so Ive heard, but I just get irritated by that turn based combat, i mean it feels so unnatural...so not my type :( Really wanted to play the game though, looks amazing

  • i just ordered the ultimate version from amazon, it will reach in 2 days, and im gonna finish my exam in 2 days also, i cant wait to play this while gf beside me giving me extra treatment LMAO

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  • best reviewer ever

  • dang this guy lost a ton of weight

  • can't wait for DA3

  • so hungry

    

  • I gotta say this is my favorite RPG ever, closely followed by Oblivion and NWN. I expect skyrim to take 2nd tho.

  • i kinda felt this was a step down from mass effect IMO

  • I can''t read the review because its broken

  • @oMylesB93o DA; Always da2 1/10 da (chucknorris)/10

  • SHALE SMASH!!! chicken.......

  • This guy is a great review. Much better than the IGN review.

  • This guy reviews the next DA (DA2).

    He lost lot's of weight but so did the game!

  • 4:08 who do you think is gonna win between a dragon and a dog...

  • Bought this game for Ps3. And for Xbox 360. I also bought the Deluxe version for PC. And now as school started, I had the luxury of being given a brand new MacBook Pro from school, and guess what..... I bought this game for Mac too.

  • @DiViNiTY1337 One dedicated Dragon Age player then :D

  • And I didnt know someone would bitch about me bitching lol.. bitch. :)

  • Yeah, I'm gonna replay this game now... :D

  • @Dingelllloyd You're thinking of Dragon Age 2

  • imma let you finish, but dragon age origins is the best RPG game ever.

  • @mami3790 hmmm dont know about that.... but its a outstanding rpg thats for sure

  • @mami3790 No, the best RPG ever is Mass Effect.

  • @kab753 thats 3rd

  • @719AO What are number 1 and 2?

  • @mami3790 cough*skyrim*cough

  • Dragon Age origins is my top favorite role playing game, the story is really good, the characters are unique in there own way and there are so many opinions and quests in the game, its fun to play it. i agree with most of the things the guy in this video said. Awakening and DA2 are also good games in my opinion too. i cant wait for Dragon Age 3 to come.

  • I bought ultimate edition, I never regretted it.

  • This reviewer is really good.

  • I'm SO disappointed in DA2. DAO was WAY better. Looks better, more tactical, nice bird view, locations...

  • For those who think DAO for PC should become a MMO, I don't agree, cause if we did that, we would make another WoW and it would ruin peoples REAL lives... AGAIN... And I think it's just more fun to talk to the screen like the game can hear you! :D

  • PC SHOULD HAVE AN MMORPG VERSION, LIKE WORLD OF WARCRAFT WHERE YOU TRAIN AND GAIN LEVELS ALONG WITH PVP

  • For some reason I couldn't get it to this game. I just couldn't keep playing it after 20 minutes. I have no idea why, I just, hate it...

  • Okay Gamespot I love your reviews but can you PLEASE get rid of that annoying loud ass intro! Great Video ^_^

  • TES 4:Oblivion > DA

    im such a fanboy...

  • @Lildimxd TES 3: Morrowind > TES 4:Oblivion

  • @eusouocarameuirmao TES 2: Daggerfall > TeS 3 : Morrowind

  • @Lildimxd True

  • whats the best mage warrior or rouge?

  • @paintedplatypus Arcane Warrior (MAGE!)

  • @OblivionZealot Sooo good.

  • @paintedplatypus it depends on how you want to play the game

  • Is the text readable in this game? I had trouble with the Mass Effect 2 text, and yes I was on an HD tv.

  • @Xephon212

    It can be a little small, but there's an ui mod on the dragon age nexus forums or the bioware ones which make the text bigger. And if I'm not mistaken, even instructions on how to customize the text size to your liking if you so please.

  • @Xephon212

    Ah wait, I assume you meant the console version. Can't say about that then, sorry. if you found me2 small, my guess is this will be as well.

  • @frozenn87 Thanks for the info. I will wait til I find a cheap used copy. Thanks.

  • @Xephon212 Text can be a little hard to read, although it is readable. But yes, expect some pretty small text.

  • It's funny to see characters "drink" the health poultice

  • I am a newly person who just tried the DA 2 demo and I loved it just by the first 2 mins it has a feeling like Diablo and Mass Effect and its extremely amazing does that make me a newly aquired neerd?

  • This guy is an awesome reviewer. Good critical feedback without going on a negative tangent like most IGN reviews.

  • @tanuvasa I knew the top was going to be some guy bitching about IGN

  • @tanuvasa the ign review of this game was pretty good. no need to diss ign on this video.

  • I want a mabari :(

  • Okay GameSpot I love your reviews but you definitely need a different intro clip that sound is loud and freakin annoying! Keep up the good reviews your definitely better than IGN

  • Ogren is the best character in the game

  • Amazing game.

  • game sucks

  • Second to best game ever!

    Banjo Tooie's still buttfucking awesome :p

  • I played through this game on xbox a couple of times, Then when I had gotten my pc, it was on sale so I got it and I have to say, this game is about 8x better on pc. It was like I hadn't played it before

  • iis it bad ive dreamt about leliana twice

  • i hate when people say this game is a knockoff of LOTR, yes it has 1 similaritie thats it, anyone whos played this game know that u get so lost in this game, u dont dare talk shit about it, cause u feel ur insulting urself

  • @michaelmcevoy98 totally agree with u man...hell i like this game more than the LOTR trilogy.

  • i dont have a pc but want to play this. is it still worth the purchase on xbox 360. i like the brids eye view style play. shame you cant do that on console

  • @kiensmf Baldurs gate dark alliance on ps2 and xbox has that over head view. You don't controll a party, but you can play offline co op. It is more like a diablo style game than a baldurs gate game, but it is one of the best console rpg's in many peoples opineon. I heard that alot of people really like that game better than this game. And I think you can play it on the 360. Just a tip tho, you may like this game better.

  • @TheXLink

    i went and bought it. good bye weekends

  • @kiensmf Did you get Baldurs Gate or Dragon Age? :)

  • @TheXLink

    dragon age. if i like this i will consider getting balders gate. : )

  • I love Dragon Age Origins! Why can't the world be more like Dragon Age? :,(

  • @Se7enBeatleofDoom so you want the world to be on the verge of ending? more likely than not, you'll just be slaughtered by darkspawn lol

  • @LuffyDC Well about me mostly be slaughter by a dark pawn... that might be so... lol but you said you want to be in a world that on the verge of endin,? like your not already living in a world that i a verge of ending Fallout OUT Style! xD But Hey being slaughter by a Super mutant would not hurt anymore then being killed by a Dark Pawn! lol

  • Last time I played an RPG like this (combat style) it was world of warcraft, and its been years since i played it, so i guess I'll have to break out my WOW instincts when i buy this.

  • is this game worth $20 should i get it for 20 or no?

  • @iPWNEDURAZZ It's worth much more then 20$. Plus Awakening dlc. This game is worth every penny.

  • @MurphinYourGirl yea ur rite i bought it yesterday played it for only 30 mins and i fell in love with it, now i cant stop playing it

  • @iPWNEDURAZZ Did you just ask that. This game is so damn amazing. But thats the price i got mine for idk know if i was going to like it but i played it and i loved it and im still playing it right now.

  • @TheEman119 And what did you gain from reading them all?

  • i bought the regular game in may 2011, it came with the code 4 the stone prisoner and blood dragon armor dlc , i read the fine print , EXPIRES April 2010

  • play it on pc for best experience! I mean I never tried it on ps3 or xbox but RPG were made for pc,to play with mouse and keyboard!

  • I got the Ultimate Edition for $30, I feel like a damn thief!!!!!

  • @Ex101 i got it for 10 on steam! i feel like i stole a bank!

  • @StanleyIRichards Fereldan is a nation.

  • @fighter5091 We are talking about consoles that are actually made for video gaming.

  • @Sonny565 but are weaker and have worse graphics, COD on pc 1080p COD on xbox or ps3 600p at max even if you put on a large screen, pcs are WAY better for gaming

  • @Sonny565 No, that's the part where the consoles get pwned, PCs can do much more than gaming and gaming IS better on PC.

    With double resolution avalible, better graphics and better games.

    The PC can also be played with for example an PS3 controller if you don't like the mouse and keyboard.

    And as I said, the computer is better at gaming even though that's not what it's made for, and that pretty much pwns everything from PS3 to Xbox 360. (Except for N64 which pwns all. (Best invention ever.))

  • ha ha ps3 won again !!!

  • @mr007ocean Nawh, the PC won, and always will!!!

  • one

    word WITCHER

  • @damirex123 You forgot one word: SUCKS

  • @damirex123 Dragon Age and Witcher are so different that I wouldn't even compare one with the other. Both games are damn good. Not much point arguing which is better, when you can play and enjoy all of 'em.

  • Damn, the 360 version looks like crap

  • TOO COMPLICATED FOR DUMB PEOPLE LIKE ME!

    ARRGHH!

  • Stopped at 0:25. GREAT STORY TELLING? Yeah, right. This game's THE most overrated RPG of all time, respectfully. It beat Diablo 2 and FF VII by mere stupidness. 

  • @c1k4ml3kc3 agreed the game is shit

  • I miss Greg Kasavin, he was the best RPG reviewer Gamespot ever had, but this guy is really good, he's not IGNnorant at all xD

  • graphics are not that great on console versions....

  • k, I know I'm not alone when I say that I did not pour over every word in the codex. fuuuck that sht

  • All these reviews are putting me of from geting it for the xbox :S

  • This review... I like! :)

  • @iaintblackhomey This game on PC...I want :)

  • very small text plus long hours of reading equals very bad for the eyesight.

  • very small text plus long hours of reading equals very bad for the eyesight.

  • A Lot of reading a VERY SMALL TEXT OR FONT equals very bad for your eyesight.

  • I thought Fereldan was just a province, and Thedas is the world which Dragon Age resides in.

  • Did anyone actually bother to read all the scrolls and codex entries etc?

  • I got this at a flea market for 3 dollers :)

  • @issahusban No way! :O

  • Long single player games are vital to the health of the game industry! otherwise If It gets totally casual/watered down then the hardcore buyer will feel abandoned & the new fickle generation of nothing but casuals will abandon it once they get older.Grow the industry with the ppl who helped you start it make room for everyone not just SWITCH TO SOCIAL-CASUAL GAMES.This whole hobby is turning into FACEBOOK (ugh) & possibly ending up like the music industry=dead in deep album form only singles :(

  • We need a Planescape Tornment Sequel/franchise revival like they gave fallout, that will truly revive the true rpg & keep the view al top down like this games pc version option,Fallout was best in topdown view/isometric also, just add HD, but a sequel to that rpg could revive the whole genre & kill world of warcraft & finally Half-Life 3 needs to hurry up & come to swiftly kill off the online CoD craze (fun but gettin out of hand & long in the tooth/unoriginal).Kill the social game craze NOW plz

  • SPELLFORCE is the father of this game.

  • is it true that the 360 version has a saved file corruption towards the end?

  • Steam just put this game at $20. Never played it before, but after watching a couple of reviews, I think I'll buy. I always liked Gamespot's reviews because they seem (in general) to be more in-depth than the IGN ones.

  • Oh man! This game was so freakin' good! Gotta play it again and again and again...... :D

  • PC better? they are all the same to me besides the mods pc gets but i don't care i stll had fun playing it on the good old 360

  • Just saw his DA2 review. Maker he's lost alot of weight. xD Good for him!.

  • @zhijn haha i totally noticed that too!! haha watch the mass effect 2 review then the Deus Ex Human revolution review. HOLY SHIT.

  • Lol by seeing this video, i remembered how good this game was. And sadly i understood how much worse is dragon age 2.. I mean DAO was an epic journey full of surprises and rewarding moments, with great dialogues, character and great climax. Plus it was way bigger and more challenging

  • LOL just bought the 360 version and now I hear that the PS version is better :D

  • THANK YOU. This is what i was saying about the IGN review, they had to end it with their usual comments "ps3 has bad frame rate blah blah blah" but they almost never say SHIT about the xbox version. If you are gonna comment about stuff like that that most gamers won't compare or even notice that much, then do it for BOTH systems and fairly.Thanks Game Spot for being more balanced. Even if the xbox version was better, at least point out all the problems on both sides, not just on ONE console.

  • "original fantasy setting"

    lol

  • this game is great

  • WTF this guy is skinny at the dragon age 2 review!

  • @diauddin88 SOMEONE has been at the KFC Family Bucket lol

  • Too bad they fucked up DA2 so bad. 

  • at 0:38 you sad That console version's Suck,which is true,but why are you playing on the console?

  • @TheNemke360 They reviewed all three versions and but footage of all three.

  • @tomroxelf most shown is Xbox360 version

  • @TheNemke360 its a lot easier to capture gameplay off of a console.

  • @fliipsid3 why is that ?

  • @TheNemke360 PVR's record more efficiently because it doent use system hardware to record and it compresses files to a much smaller size compared to popular PC recorders like Fraps, which use up a lot of system hardware to record which results in framerate drops, and it comes out as an ungodly file size.

  • i love this game!! one of the best rpg's indeed! Alistair is sooo cute and hot if he was real he could join me in my tent anytime ;)

  • ahhh templars..... so common in games

  • watch the dragon age 2 interview the reviewer has lost a load of weight

  • Is this the very first Dragon Age in the series? If I decide to get it, just wanna make sure I don't get the sequel or something.

  • @valypaly3 yeah it's the first seeing as DA 2 comes out tommorow

  • Yes, this is the first installment of the Dragon Age series. The DLC "Witch Hunt" continues the story and leads up to the events of Dragon Age 2, the sequel to Origins.

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  • i really hope dragon age 2 can surpass its presecesor but from what ive seen, heard and played it seems it ill but well find out next week

  • After playing the demo of dragon age2 on the ps3 and finding out that the same people who made mass effect made the dragon age series, i have decided to order dragon age on the ps3 i cant beleive i walked pass this tittle and never knew it was made by the same people who made one of the best rpg's on next gen gaming.

  • @DicemanProductions I started to do the same thing but then i decided not to since part two was coming on on the 8th of march and i want it so. I decided to just buy part two. I'm hoping they fill me in on the story like mass effect two did.

  • who's the the fire eyed guy from the trailers? is he a part of the story?

  • at 6:22 this guy think hes sweet with the camera pulling away and the screen dimming and he got that last word in there just before the video went out

  • Great review. But I still have ONE question. Is this game open-ended, or is it a story driven game, where you don't go to misions for yourself??