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  • the one thing that i didn't like about the expansion the reviewer already stated. everyone is getting into the Grey Wardens now and it just seems like its another power hungry group. would have been nice to have more then one character from origins in this one but oh well.

  • wat is the best dragon age for ps3 is it just dragon age:origins??

  • @thewizofmasta depends on u tbh, dont listen to most about ranting about DA2, its not a bad game, but personally i liked Dragon age origins, the story was better, made u care about whats going on in the world and the combat mechanics were very RPG like, DA2 was more fast paced action oriented, problem was, it was very simplied, made for an fps person going rpg u could say, the story wasnt as big or epic as DAO tho, but the characters in it were good too and it was a fun game too

  • "it wasnt broke, and thankfully no one fixed it"... unfortunately i cant say the same for DA II

  • why is there subtitles? we can hear perfectly fine..

  • @XxMrHabanerOxX Not everyone has english as their native language bro. For people like me, it is thousand times more easy to understand reading than listening, although i didn't use the subtitles on this video.

  • @XxMrHabanerOxX

    Where are the subtitles?? I can't see em?

  • my dragon age origins version was bugged the way that I couldnt get the downloadable content with the shale and blood dragon armor. There fore I wouldnt give that game a top notch character as that is a lack of service from bioware. And I have spoken with their "professional supporters" without any luck. they saw the problem but didnt do much. anyways then its a good thing one has oblivion and skyrim coming soon :P

  • @Enigmaprince So what? You can't get the OP armor at the begging? This game is one of the best games ever in my opinion.

  • @TheCrazer666

    So what? well I think you missed out abit from side missions with the shale and his attached bonus quests... I think its relevant.. plus I miss out the blood dragon armor. I havent played blood mage yet but in wiki oblivion it sounds pretty powerful and neat. so that would be nice if it was able.. atleast they gave me new code to try out at login screen but that didnt work out too lol so ya I think that sux. and ya its a cool game but imo not the best one around

  • Bioware:

    1. (Persuade): Please. Buy the game. It would do no harm but enjoyment.

    2. This game is dangerous. Don't buy it!

    3. (Intimidate): Buy it now or be forever banned from Bioware!

    4. (Cunning): The game is cheap. You would enjoy the game very much for a cheap price.

  • FATALITY *-*

  • Hey Guyz,i just want to know,when i import my Dragon Age origins Guy to the Awakening,can i change his look,so he can look a little older?AND,if i meet alistair,he will know me?:D

  • Hey Guyz,i just want to know,when i import my Dragon Age origins Guy to the Awakening,can i change his look,so he can look a little older?

  • jamister91 I know what you mean, i beat the architect in 2 minutes and it took 30 minutes + 5 group revivals to beat her, lawl ogrhen was the last one standing when i beat the bitch

  • dragon age origins GREAT GREAT GREAT GAME dragon age 2 normal

  • @Serienkiller44 Dragon age 2 is trash :P

  • @VeytheVeteran i though it was okay, 6/10 but origins is 10000000/10

  • @VeytheVeteran

    if u judge it by its own merits this game is actualy pretty good.

    think about it, what if u played dragon age 2 befor playing origins.

  • @VeytheVeteran DA2's not so bad that I'd throw it away, but it might get missplaced. It was a half-hearted effort, but there were moments, though few, that were actually exciting. If another Dragon Age comes along which we all probably suspect, they'd better make up double for 2's shortfalls.

  • There should be a Challenge mode where you could take on waves of enemies after the game is over....

  • i havent bought awakening yet but i already know of some of the challenging things like that energy dragon and the 2 dragons at once

  • the mother was real easy, the architect and the high dragon were way harder

  • @Liamoh1994 Personally I thought the Mother was alot harder than the Architect. I thought the hardest bosses were the Archdemon, Queen of the Blackmarsh, the Mother and Gaxkang the Unbound (if you aren't prepared for him)

  • @jamister91 imo the hardest bosses were the archdemon, flemeth and queen of the blackmarsh.

  • I dont know about you guys but the only reason for playing games is for ACHIEVEMENTS!!!!!

  • People Just To Let You Know Dragon Age 3 has been confirmed by Bioware!

  • @DevilKidGames Dear baby jesus lets hope its not like the second one.

  • @DevilKidGames duh ! dragon age 2 was juss a filler for us to sink our teeth into.. for now

  • @TheVirginGamer I knew that, and those need to be rude.

  • can you play this without finishing the game and how much does the level cap increase by

  • @Liamoh1994 Yes you can, you can create a new Orlesian Warden that is premade at level 18, and the level cap is 35, though I've never managed to get above 33 myself :P

  • Broodmothers again... AWW GAWD NO!!!

  • @Aitikles Stay on the rocks, and that thing is easy as pie :)

  • I will start all over so I can level up enough in dragon age to have 2 swords not a sword and a dagger

  • Do you need another game for this to work on PC?! Please tell me quickly!!!

  • @Qwetzgreen yes, you need to have dragon age origins, if your planning on playing pc, you can pick up the ultimate edition which includes the game and this expansion, as well as the stone prisoner companion quest and all other content for $40 bucks. That is if you live in North America. Hope this helped

  • @gibsonz0 yo man, thanks for the help:D

  • @Qwetzgreen anytime brotha

  • @gibsonz0 bruva!!!!

  • Do you still get to keep all your talents and get Other Ones For Example:in origins i got all my archer talents In awakening can i get dual wield Talents and still keep my archer talents

  • @RapidAero I believe so yah

  • i wish i got the ultimate edition instead o spending 30 pounds on dlc where i could of just goten everything for 3 pounds extra well u live and u learn

  • the ultimate edition costs 25 euro

  • bah.. it seems like this "expansion" just nullifies all the actions and life sacrifice of my original hero in DA:O ...like - what the hell did he die for, if darkspawn just keeps spawning

  • @Aleque If you read the story you will know that it always took mankind decades to totally erradicate the darkspawn on the surface after a blight ends -.-

  • what does it raise the level cap to?

  • Why exactly does everyone hate Dragon Age 2? I see all these comments about hating it yet no reasons so I'm just curious as to why it's hated so greatly...I can point out that the story, characters and areas to explore where better in DA1 but the graphics and combat improved in DA2, so they both have their pros/cons. Just like MW2/Black Ops and any other games with sequels. When there's a second part coming out it usually means change...

  • @TheFinalParadox7 finally someone who agrees with me lol

  • why does the reviewer say ou got back to fereldan, doesn't this take place on orlais?

  • @a80a80a80 no it doesn't its fereldan.. just a different provinice. amaranthine

  • @BlitzBlackout

    oh okay thanks for the clarification

  • @a80a80a80 no man it takes place in ferelden, in the arling of amaranthine

  • 2:30 KING KONG DRAGON AGE STYLE!

  • Poor Mike Laidlaw. Everyone hates Dragon Age 2. I bet he feels like a retard right now...

  • DA 2 was an abomination....

  • @haildeftone00 It sure was =( I mean apart from the insulting re-used environments, so much game play aspects were washed down to a point of bare minimum. It's almost as if BioWare didn't even aim to impress us! Rather impress the 14 year old COD heads who run the market. FUCK! I mean how do you even ruin Dragon Age?! I thought it would be impossible.. but EA and BioWare chose to prove me wrong.. I WANT MY WARDEN BACK in DA:3 DAMN IT !!!

  • @MeSheazam i agree completely, who needs women when we have morrigan?, i know your comment is 2 months old but who cares right?

  • wait what? anders is in dragon age awakening? i have beaten dragon age plenty of times but i havnt picked up any dlcs not that i dont want to though. i thought anders was completely new to dragon age 2 this is pretty cool though as i like anders. im gonna go scroung up 25 dollars now.

  • @sornlol1 go buy the disc version instead.. cheaper

  • Even Awakening is better than DA2 and that's saying something

  • @dessan18 totally agree i sold my origins for DA2 and now im going to sell DA2 for dragon age ultimate edition

  • I own the website dragonageawakening. C O M if you would like to purchase it from me contact me here or find me on skype at Farshay1

  • lets say i finish off the game normally as a level twenty and i import my character over to this and i reach level 30 will i got the achievement for reaching 30?

  • i am suffering from a glitch where i cant converse with any of my party member ... anywhere ...ever ... =(

  • i personaly perfer xbox 360 version than ps3 and pc...

  • can get it for £5.99 from amazon now lol

  • 0:26 can you get that armor?

  • Just so you know, 'Draught' is pronounced 'draft'. Americans, sigh.

  • I thought that the voice in the begging was the reviewers voice lol

  • if they make Dargon Age into an MMO, it will be better than WoW

  • im playing this now and uh i got to the part where you choose where to stay the city or the keep and i chose the city and i had all uprgrades and i left my favorite party members there and now its saying i cant go back ....wtf ? it was suited up that fucking dwarf said it couldnt fall you lied to me damit you lied to me :( i had quests to do and everything there .

  • wered u get that armor oghren has?

  • @criipple you get it in the first game in the brecilian forest and in the ruins. Its called juggernaut armor. you have to find each piece by fighting the different revanents in the forest

  • does your character come back in this if he made the ultimate sacrafice or do u have to make a new character

  • If they make Dragon Age Into An MMO id never leave my house again >.<

    Thumbs up if you would buy Dragon Age MMO!!!!

  • @ashdragon1 if they made it pay to play i won't buy it ._.

  • My alistair wears the same armor as the first cinematic in this vid..

  • I liked WoW when I played my 14 day trial, but I don't really want to pay monthly for it. I would compare the controls to this game, but I think that's it.

  • i need some to help me......can u get dragon age awakening for pc without having origins for the pc?

  • uhh... dude, the world o dragon age is called theadas, and ferelden is just a small part of it. in dragon age awakening, you are not in ferelden, but in amaranthene

  • @TheCrazer666 Amaranthine is in Ferelden. It is an Arling.

  • origins is freaking fun at ps3 <3

  • i feel i want to get this now.

  • hmm a question. Do you first complete DAO then after that u buy this and...?

    What do u do with this beacuse u need the DAO for this.

    I don't got DAO but i was wondering about buying it then when i'ved completed the game maybe buy this XD

  • 4:52

    That poor genlock...

  • So you're saying pausing the game every 2 seconds as a caster, while as a Melee character you walk up to and bash whatever you want isn't broken?

    My team popped so many potions it was retarded. The AI sucks unless you plow tons of points in to command.

    THE one thing that made the original game were the characters and story with the "occasional" cool spells... This expansion was a waste of money.

    Oh yea... this game had NOTHING to be fixed... B.S.!

  • @MRKetter81 maybe just the way you built your party affected the amount of potions you chugged. Melee characters walking in and bashing things up is traditional. While magic users are also traditionally harder to play. it's classic =P I personally can't say that this expansion is better I haven't played it so i trust your judgement along with everyone elses who says it's not as good. I just thought I'd point those things out. No offense.

  • @theman3561 None taken... This expansion doesn't fix much at all, and breaks what was so awsome about the original.That's my gripe with this video review

    The game play for the original is fun... but far from needing no improvements.

  • I just got the Ultimated Edition of DAO which came with all this and I must say, I can not wait to jump into awakening!

  • I am a huge fan of Dragon Age and I love the Awakening. But there are some this that I didn't like about the game:

    1.) In my opinion, it as a pretty short game. (Although it's partially my fault since I went too straight to the plot. lol)

    2.) I kind of would've liked it when the old characters came back as a minor character

    3.) Only being able to go through the land of Amaranthine was unsatisfying, I wish the Origins places were there too.

    4.) don't have conversations when talking to chara.

  • @tjdudangel but it was an addicting game that I just love lol..

  • @tjdudangel i feel the same way. It was a good game but the first one was better. The game was too short and they didn't let you have convos with the characters like in the first game. With the old characters i feel instead of bringing back oghren (not that i didn't like him) they should have brought back either the character you romanced with or morrigan or something along those lines it would have made the game a little more interesting.

  • @bobsmartz lol yeah I'm right with you especially about Oghren XD There's a part in the Origins once you've defeated the Archdemon where you have a conversation with Zevran, and he says he might hang around with the Grey Wardens a bit more, and I thought that he should've been in the Awakening :P

  • I got ultimate edition for christmas and I dont miss my social life at all. Who needs one?

  • @MeShezam lol I'm sure your social life missed you.

  • WoW is a mmorpg and this is a single player RPG that has nothing to do with online interactions. How can u compare them? Some people are so fucking dumb its hilarious, how can you even write while being so stupid.

  • this game doesn't some with the original dragon age origins does it?

  • 1:45 epic screen tearing at the knights right shoulder.

  • it might be a good game but it will never be as good as world of warcraft

  • @mitsospower12 why the hell are you comparing it to an mmo? retards that don't understand video games, that's all thats left playing WoW

  • runescape for ps3

  • i finished it in 6.30 hours

  • @supremeG1000 or did it only feel like 6 hours? for all you know it was more like 13 hours

  • @frown151 mabye lol it was so fun though

  • i bet kevin vanord married alister!"

  • I love everyone that compares this to WOW when in all actuality its more like Final Fantasy 12......

  • @SethZankuten if people are comparing this to WoW it is the same as comparing fallout new vegas with black ops.

  • @SethZankuten its nothing like ff 12 :P

  • @SethZankuten In my opinion it can be compared to neither WoW or Final Fantasy... Honestly I would say it could be compared only to other Bioware games, like KotOR or Mass Effect.. No FF game or really any other RPGs (and certainly not MMORPGs) out there really have quite the same game impacting choices of morality that Bioware brings to the table. Don't get me wrong, plenty of them try and some are decent... But none are truly on par with Bioware in my opinion. Is why I'm excited for SW:OR

  • @SethZankuten lol what? no! its not like anything, its exactly like dragon age!!

  • @sornlol1 No disrespect Dragon Age is my favorite RPG.

  • @Solareffects If you do all the side quests, get all the good loot,play through all 6 of the origins and get all 4 different endings its a lot of game play. If your not into click-n-kill games with good story like Fallout and Diablo you probably got bored really fast.

  • I play both DA:O and WoW and i must say wow's gameplay is much more dynamic, which should be the case since you're controlling only 1 character.

    I feel that warrior and rogue in DA:O are extremely boring classes with very shallow talent trees that repeats the same talents with a different name. Whats the difference between shield defense, shield cover and shield wall?

  • @SimpleReally one is more like a wall, the other a defence and the other a cover. ;-P JK, i know what you mean!

  • just like wow tho

  • Ok first off the game is about $18 to $20 on amazon so now the games worth the money. Second If you really look at the game its actually pretty good still. The new abilities are great and the new skills are also good (and actually useful) Third

    @MarkVanSlobbe Thats really ridiculous.

  • I just started playing awakening and im pretty dissapointed. It feels like you're being thrown into another story. There's just too much from the start. After I've been to the first city my journal was flooded with 20+ quests...

  • My only complaint about Dragon Age: no matter if you kill either just a small rat, or an enormous legion, your armor is always covered in the same amount of blood. Rather unrealistic, no?

  • @MarkVanSlobbe LOL dude you need to give less shit about stuff.

  • @MarkVanSlobbe Whenever I kill a squirrel, I rub it on to my body and smear its fluids all over me !

  • @MarkVanSlobbe and thats a bad thing? it was designed for gore and blood and your complaining? what the fuck has happened to world

  • wtf it said reinstall

  • COOL

  • it sucks...

  • I like this review format. I don't need to look at the reviewer's face, I want to see game play. Kudos to you gamespot :D

  • fuck this looks so good i want to cum in its mouth.

  • Thankyou. A perfect guide for a newbie like me.

  • TO EVERYONE!!!

    all DLC (without bugs) will be available in the Ultimate Edition end of October 2010 :)

    for the ps3, xbox360 and PC..wait until they come out on disc with the main game before you pay for them as bugged DLC

  •  hey, looks good! one critical unanswered question that are on many "Dragon Age Collector's Edition add ons" Is it incompatible with any of those or are these bugs being brought to the attention of Bioware? I think i is an important question and the reson I haven't bought the game(expansion Awakenings) is it is still unanswered.

    I wish it were because looks like fun otherwise

    fun I'll miss out on if it is incompatible with the Collector's Add ons.

  • i would like to play this but there is NO way im paying 39,99€ for an expansion i mean i bought Origins for 29,99€ why the hell would an expansion be more expensive than the game itself, sorry just not worth the money for more 10 hours of gameplay maybe?if you think about it, buying everything of dragon age(game,expansion,dlc) will make you lose about 120€ is that how games will cost in the future with this new DLC bullshit??? id rather save 10€ more and wait for mass effect 2

  • @thyrf1ng then download it from the net...

  • @GoznerPeter i wish i could, but i only have ps3 system at the moment, but when i have enough cash oh hell yeah im gona get a better computer and lke predooo said long live piracy \m/ these game companies must think we are made out of money haha that's why piracy is getting more popular every year, dlc's are just promoting piracy ;)

  • @TheRealArngrim I dont know about that one, but yeah when others have at least 10x more money than you then I dont think its a big deal to just get some games from the internet.

  • @thyrf1ng

    i bay first game and expansion for 6€ :D ... long live piracy :D

  • i am downloading game free right now

  • @predooo People like you are the reason these companies go bankrupt

  • @Pietersmieters

    The average wage in the state is 250 eur :) becouse of that we all buy pirate cd ....

  • @thyrf1ng ME2 has been out since January

  • In the awakening u can find a high dragon in blackmarsh if u find all the dragon bones in blackmarsh. i have completed origins like 5-6 times and i want the Traverler achievement but carnt seem to get it have been to everybit of fereldon i think anyway if u wanan help me message me and ill give u my xbl gamtertag

  • megakeeper man download from him this game for free

  • The only boss that challenged me in Awakening was the final boss, and after I figured out how to kill it, wasn't that hard...

    I had a lot of trouble with the archdemon, my Characters are meant to be able to handle picking out the most powerful enemy and killing him first, if it is a boss I usually go after the weaker enemys, but the archdemon had infinate, the only battle I had to lower the difficulty on. :(

  • @ReynoldAckerson on the highest difficulty i killed it with ballistas and had my army do the fighting it was easy just took a while

  • Lol sorry about my first post lol but do you need xbox live to import characters

  • Do u

  • If you played Dragon Age : Origins and loved it, the only thing I can say is do not buy this. It's an enermous let down in every aspect. Little if any imagination was used to make up the storyline, as your past decisions are not present and future decisions make little difference. Poor cast of characters crown the last adventure of the Protagonist.

    Something to pick up from the discount cart to have fun for a weekend with.

  • @Kulmataklaus *Sniff,* I know! It's so sad! *Cries.*

  • this game looks like a bad copy and paste of World of warcraft....

  • @SubliminalReviews ,,,,,,,,,..............wow, you just have to play this game then darlin, you just have to play it

  • @Jon8huang play which game?

  • @SubliminalReviews Dragon Age

  • @SubliminalReviews Then you are an idiot. No, I will not appoligize for speaking the truth!

  • its on the deal of the week thing on xbox this week, should I get it, or can I rent it somewhere?

  • @kingy133 get it, unless u play none stop it will take u longer than one rent

  • alistair,morrigan and the other companions from the original dragon age are present in awakening?

  • @BobbyTLP

    no they're not, the only character returning is oghren

  • short an easy

  • ok, imo, i disagree with this video. i got DA:A today, and I'm having the time of my life with it. while the thought of playing DA:O again makes my stomach turn. the characters are great and the feeling of the game is very good. the original to me was just boring and weird to play.

  • PLEASE HELP. . .

    How many hours does it take to get through Awakening? I'm not even close to finishing Origins yet but when I do, should i buy Awakening or just rent it and save my money for DA part 2?? (debut trailer comes out 8/17)

  • @BeneathTheSurface79

    They claim 15 hours, but that's presumably dependent on play-style.

  • hey can you import your characters back to dragon age origins? please answer

  • @DrAgOnFaBleA

    I don't have it yet, but it seems like an unlikely option. DA:O didn't allow you to reuse characters that had already progressed part way or finished because it would be game-breaking and they probably felt it added nothing when things had already happened to the character. How would an import feature work? Where would they fit in? It just doesn't make sense to import a character from this back into Origins.

  • @Darkstalion You actually can import your old character if you want. That way you can continue leveling your character and also get new specializations!

  • @redneckemperor

    I meant from Awakening back into origins. Awakening is meant to happen after Origins, after all. It makes sense to import from Origins to Awakening but not the reverse.

  • Hi,

    after you complete Awakening are you able to carry on the playn unlike in Origins