Alas, the start of something I promised I’d start sometime
in June 2012, as it’s currently December 2012 (the full dates have been added
just in case I die of old age before I release part one of this and this has to
be considered my will or a great religious epic that will be heavily misinterpreted)
I figured It might be a good idea to start this thing. I'm going to try and
keep this regularly updated, but you know how it is.
So Dragon Age: Origins (Expect me to be a little bit schizophrenic
when referring to the title, DAO, DA:O, DAGE, DA1 and, of course, D to the
ageizzle). For those of you that haven’t played it D to the ageizzle is a RPG
created by BioWare about a month after the “Dark Times” otherwise known as
Electronic Arts buying them out. DAO’s storyline is set in a medieval country
called Ferelden (that is basically England)
and focuses on ether a dwarf, human or elf (depending on what race & back story you choose) that gets entangled in a series of events that leads him,
her or it (depending on your racial stance toward elf’s & dwarfs) on a journey
that will see them become a member of a very prestigious order, meddle with the
country’s politics and save a country from the brink of civil war. Surprisingly
though, DA1 doesn't really suffer from the causal gamer syndrome that has plagued
the other EA related RPG's. Mass Effect 2 &3, I’m looking at you. Just hope
Shepard hasn't had enough of my disingenuous assertions.
Despite all the flak I have or will give Mass Effect it is
at its core very similar to Dragon Age. In my opinion they are both character RPG’s.
I also feel that Dragon Age’s story is a little less crazy banana’s stupid too,
but that’s beside the point. And with that half assed segue, I’m getting a
little closer as to why I think DA is good game, despite the terrible
repetitive game play and stupid ass difficulty curve. It’s the characters. Same reason
I bought every Mass Effect game, even though the Mass Effect series is very
deeply flawed, again in game play and even more so in terms of its story.
