Comments on: Review | Dragon Age: Origins

By: Dragon Age – A Love Letter « ElectricDeathRay

Dragon Age – A Love Letter « ElectricDeathRay — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:18:56 +0000

[...] Denby coins a splendid phrase in his review over at Resolution. Dragon Age, he declares, is not non-linear but multi-linear. Snatching the concept right out from [...]

By: Avast Ye, Mythical Beast. « For the Gamer Good

Avast Ye, Mythical Beast. « For the Gamer Good — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:01:37 +0000

[...] and mythology. Daniel and Lewis have been asking me recently, and after reading Lewis’ excellent review, most of which I completely agree with, I thought I’d hit you folks with some thoughts of my [...]

By: Lewis Denby

Lewis Denby — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:41:29 +0000

It’s worth mentioning that I thought the actual interactions between characters was fantastic. The banter’s convincing, and the coyness between interested parties is really cute. But it’s all a means to an end. I would have been much more impressed if you did that for the whole game, then even right at the end, the girl/guy said “What? Oh, no, no, I don’t like you like /that/.” Y’know?

(That said, I was pleasantly surprised that an unrelated relationship-thing happened on its own, without my direct influence. Which I won’t spoil, but it was a really natural moment.)

RE: the gifts – I didn’t notice that. Is that the case? All I noticed is that different characters have a preference of which sorts of gifts they like.

By: Christos Reid

Christos Reid — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:05:01 +0000

Fantastic review, Lewis, really did emulate my feelings on the game. I started in Orzammar as a Dwarven noble, and loved every minute of it, especially returning later with a Dwarven golem and watching their reactions shift accordingly.

I’m not all the way through yet, though I’ve already had two 12-hours-plus play sessions, As for the romance, dwarf-fellow has fallen for Liliana, and though I’m not in it for the nudity (I tend to feel very awkward when it crops up, especially the she-demon who seems to enjoy herself a lot, and the werewolf leader), I think their relationship seems pretty impressive. I think because gifts stop having a major effect after two or three, you’re forced to talk to speed things up, and it’s sweet watching her burst into song and then get all embarassed as Grumnir (my toon) tells her it’s lovely and finally gives her a kiss. A little clunky at times, but nice. I plan to have an elf rogue (male) fall in love with one of the male characters too, as I’d like to see if they deal with it any differently.

Great review, expect a blog on it sometime this month.