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Lost in the fantasy gameworld Dragon Age: Origins I Posted: 21 Nov 2009 10:01 PM PST Championed as the “spiritual successor” to Baldur’s Gate 2: Shadows of Amn (widely considered one of the best fantasy role-playing games of all time), Dragon Age: Origins carries a great deal of expectations. Big-budget RPGs are becoming rarer and rarer in this world of social gaming, online piracy, and console games that require multimillion-dollar development budgets. Further refining the BioWare approach to RPGs — tight storylines, strong character development, satisfying tactical combat, and a balance between epic storytelling and light, humorous moments — Dragon Age not only lives up to its pedigree, and it also shows that BioWare remains the preeminent developer of RPGs in the West. The most significant refinement to the BioWare formula is the “origins.” These aren’t glorified tutorials, either. Each origin, which is based on your character race and class (and similar to the Pre-Service History and Psychological Profile aspects from Mass Effect’s character creation), effectively introduces the player-character to the realm of Ferelden. I played as an Elven mage for this review, and in my origin, I learned how Ferelden keeps its wizards under tight rein, and some of the history behind this draconian treatment. I’m interested in not only replaying the Elven mage origin (to see how the story changes if I make different choices), but I’m also excited to play the other five origins. An effective tutorial helps you learn how to play the game; these origins make you feel like you’re part of the story, and even have repercussions that carry through to the end of the game.

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