Dragon Age: Origins Review- TD Reviews

The spiritual successor to the acclaimed Baldur's Gate is here in the form of Dragon Age: Origins. Does it live up to Bioware's reputation? Find out in TD's video review.
Note that this review is primarily of the xbox 360 version. Also, a lot of this review boils down to my personal preferences and opinions on how i want a game to be, so rpg fans my feel differently about Dragon Age than i do.

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[SamuraiRikaKai]

@oEDLIo There is nothing wrong with playing it on the console -_- This PC vs 360 vs Ps3 is so stupid :P It is the same game both ways

[oEDLIo]

The biggest fail from your part was playing it on console.

[xLordOblivionx]

@watermage25 Yes, yes, yes, yes, and oh....YES.

[watermage25]

should i get this game over dark siders?

[animalruless]

i totaly agree that for dragon age origins a mouse and keyboard are needed to truly get into the gameplay. but the thing i disagree on is that you said the 3 other character are mostly played by the computer, you can indeed have the computer take control of those 3, but you also have the option to put in your own form of strategy for each character. you can make em do even nothing but standing there until they die from to many blows to the head :P

[ImTylerDurden99]

it's not actually that i'm comparing the two games, but rather that im stating that i prefer the fast, fluid, visceral combat seen in ninja gaiden over the slow, sluggish, poor-controlling combat seen in dragon age. while da offers a much more tactical combat approach, i personally would rather play out battles in real time at utilize quick timing, skilled combos, and awesome finishing moves rather than pause the game every second to use healths, switch weapons, etc...just a preference

[shaktiX]

i dont think you can compare gameplay of dmc or ninja gaiden with dragon age. The gameplay is suppose to be tactical, atleast on the pc version. The reason you say this gameplay is from the stone age is ppl want to cater to beer guzzling pretzel munching tards who just wanna see things die at the press of a button. Im a fan of dmc but u cant really call the combat tactical tedious platform puzzles have been getting more irritating than puzzling especially in dmc4.

[ImTylerDurden99]

the boss battles are amazing, but the puzzle elements are often more tedious and frustrating that what i bargained for. overall, i wish i had played both games back in their hayday, but even to today's standards they're fairly enjoyable. definitely pumped for god of war 3

[ZenOfEmotion]

@ImTylerDurden99

yeah they would :)

[ZenOfEmotion]

@ImTylerDurden99

well.. yeah that was an exageration on my side (personally i love ng2 and yes it is deep)

But you get the idea: how do you see yourself pulling combos with a party of 4, while casting spells, flanking etc. - it would have to be a different game, diferent genre..

The stop and go thing happens on the console versions where you can't issue more than one order without un-pausing.. among others things..

Stone age or not, BG2 is still waay above many.. in depth ;)