Dragon Age: Origins

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Dragon Age: Origins, developed by Bioware and published by EA, was conceived as the spiritual successor to Bioware's Baldur's Gate series. As a single-player dark heroic fantasy RPG, Dragon Age features a return to pause-and-play combat, a significant amount of interactions with NPCs, and several different origin stories to introduce you to the world of Ferelden.

In Dragon Age, your character-- either a noble from one of Ferelden's honored families, an elf who is scarred by interactions with humans, a dwarf who only knew life in his or her native city, or a mage shunned by the outside-- is called to join the Grey Wardens to investigate an unusual appearance of darkspawn, who are soldiers tainted by demonic forces. A darkspawn invasion, also known as a Blight, has not occurred in centuries-- and the Grey Wardens have also long since been through their heyday, while Ferelden itself is a land sharply divided by its internal politics.

As a squad-based RPG, your team of NPCs will be crucial for your victory-- but you have to balance an eclectic group of individuals and strive to win their loyalty, friendship, and possibly even love. A vast amount of content in DA is found in simply exploring the various cities, or talking to your companions in camp and discovering their motivations for joining you, as well as their own perspectives and views of Ferelden life.

"And so is the Golden City blackened with each step you take in my Hall. Marvel at perfection, for it is fleeting. You have brought Sin to Heaven and doom upon all the world." -Threnodies 8:13

"Change is coming to the world. People fear change and will fight it with every fibre of their being. But sometimes change is what they need most; sometimes change is what sets them free." -Morigan

"Now that the warm and fuzzy part of the day is over we can get back to the ritual dismemberments. Oh wait, it's not Tuesday is it?" -Alistait

"What? Lead? Me? No no no. No leading. Bad things happen when I lead. We get lost, people die, and next thing you know I'm stranded somewhere without any pants."

Mankind blunders through the world, crushing what it does not understand: elves, dragons, magic... the list is endless. We must stem the tide or be left with nothing more than the mundane. This I know to be true. -Morrigan

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