This game has grabbed me unlike any other. And why? I have no idea! Maybe it's the amazing character development? The fact that you actually care about everyone in your party, the fact that you can play the game more than once and not be bored! I'm on my 4th playthrough of Origins and it's like a whole new story! There's your same basic plot, sure, but there's new stories and responses for your character, different ways that the rest of your party/ NPC react to him/ her. I love it!
I've even got 2 Dragon Age books, The Stolen Throne and The Calling. I still need to get Asunder though, but that's my next buy ;) I really like the books though, they're written David Gaider; the man responsible for writing the stories for Baldur's Gate 2 and KOTOR. The books focus on the story before Origins - like The Stolen Throne is about Maric and Loghain and the Orlesians, while The Calling is about Duncan and The Gray Wardens. So if you're a nerd like me you'll love the books as you would have a total feel for the characters, surrounding and you notice how things from the book may be mentioned in the games! CONTINUITY!! :D
But yes, I have set a wee challenge for myself. My original plan was to play through Origins, Awakening then Dragon Age 2 under certain rules then essentially do one giant game review. I would play as a male Elven Mage, be in a romance with Morrigan - no shagging about! - don't be an arsehole; try and be as fair as possible and not just kill everyone for profit (it helps things with Morrigan if you just leave her in camp to do this as she's a bit of a "survival of the fittest" character and is quick to disapprove of niceness :P) and lastly, doing the "ritual" near the end. Then, I will play through Awakenings (truth be told, I haven't played through that yet so it will be all new for me anyway) importing that character. So when it comes to Dragon Age 2, there will hopefully be some sort of reoccurring story or new dialogue since DA2 focus' mainly on the Mage VS Templar story.
So yeah, that is my wee challenge. I was going to to it then blog about it as I go, but realistically I don't have the time and I am too scared to give away spoilers. I seriously say though, that if you haven't played this game and you like games like Oblivion, Skyrim, Final Fantasy or even if you just like Fantasy books or stories in general, check this game out!! You have loads of story, DLC and character development to grab you and enjoy!
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