Publisher : Electronic Arts
Developer : BioWare Edmonton
Offline Players : 1
Online Cooperative : N/A
Console Exclusive : No

 ‘You are a grey warden, one of the last of a legendary order of guardians. With the return of mankind’s ancient foe and the kingdom engulfed in civil war, you have bee chosen by fate to unite the shattered lands and slay the Archdemon once and for all.’

 Has anyone ever heard of that story with a noble warrior, a damsel in distress and a fearful dragon? Yeah me neither…

 Released on November 6^th, Dragon Age: Origin has swept us humble RPG fans off our feet, in a good, magical kind of way. The game is a RPG based game described as a ‘dark heroic fantasy.’

 Upon starting a new game you will be presented with a character customisation window. Here you will have to determined the gender of your hero, your race, your class and your background. Now already you are faced with crucial decisions as each choice you make will reflect your characters gameplay. For example should you choose to be an Elf, expect to be treated like a slave. If you then go on to choose to be a city Elf, your story will unfold in a way unique to that character, as will all the other background options. Next you will have to create your hero’s appearance and then finally selecting your attributes, skills and talents. Attributes work on a point based system and the skills and talents have to be learnt. There are over 70 skills and talents for your character to learn.

 Once in the game you’re going to find ourself gripped with a story leading onto your membership of the grey warden’s. As a grey warden you are expected to help fight the true cause of all this evil – the Archdemon. A simple task you may believe, but this path is not without its bumps. Players prepare yourselves for crazed assassin’s, wicked witches of the wild and demon children! Now I don’t want to give much of the gameplay away so you’re just going to have to drool over this snip-it of information.

 Moving away from the story and onto the critical analysis, it was instantly clear that this game was what it promised to be and more. The graphics in this game are beautiful (even if everything is covered in blood) and the voice acting is astounding. The flow of the gameplay is consistent and the the replay value is great (if you want to truly play the game that is).

 The best features and themes worth mentioning are that of; a multi-choice based answer system, moral dilemmas which really draw you into the lives of these characters, adult content and disturbing images, and of course a challenging game in general.

 Overall this game is simply a winner for all RPG fans. Rarely is there a game which truly ticks all the boxes, and believe you me, this game certainly does. We here at 360gamercast are willing to put our butts on the line and say to all you epic fantasy adventure fans – buy this game now!

                                                                                                                     Adam C.

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