Ack. I just realised it's a $5 DLC pack, rather than something a little more substantial. So it'll be RtO-ish in content. Yeah, I might pass too. Strange that Bioware would even bother with "an alternate history".
Ah well. Maybe something to pick up down the track and play prior to Dragon Age 2 (when it's perhaps cheaper and packaged with other DLC).
New Dragon Age: Origins DLC - The Darkspawn Chronicles NOW AVAILABLE
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Chris Priestly
, mai 05 2010 04:13
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#77
Posté 05 mai 2010 - 05:10
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Whoever in Bioware came up with the idea to play as Darkspawn, can you make them taste Alistairs cooking 
so they know not to come up with ideas again 
so they know not to come up with ideas again
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Posté 05 mai 2010 - 05:13
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cool. I hope Alistair and Morrigan keep the same abilities they have in the main game with the same tactics. I could see them being really hard bosses!
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#80
Posté 05 mai 2010 - 05:14
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Chris Priestly wrote...
Think of this adventure as your adventure, but YOU were never around to take part. Dragon Age: Origins was always the tale of the Grey Warden you created and how he or she became the mightiest of Grey Wardens and stopped the Blight. This adventure takes place as if your Grey Warden had never existed.
You play as a hurlock vanguard and use your new "Enthrall" ability to recruit your fellow darkspawn as allies. Partner with shrieks, genlocks, ogres and more. You will encounter characters from Dragon Age: Origins both party members like Alistair or Morrigan (for example) and NPCs who try to defend Denerim and stop the Darkspawn without your Grey Warden to guide them. As the darkspawn, you will have to defeat them to destroy Denerim.
If you choose to play Darkspawn Chronicles you can unlock 3 new achievements and, if you complete the story, you unlock the powerful new BlightBlood sword that you can use in Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age: Origins Awakening.
The Darkspawn Chronicles costs 400 BioWare or Microsoft points and will be available on May 18 for the PC and Xbox 360 and on the Playstation 3 with date to be announced shortly.
+ New abilities - always fun
+ New items - always fun
+ New trofees - sort of a must these days, but I really don't care about trofees
+ New areas or at least new perspectives
? any new armor?
? dialog?
? bebws?
for $5 PS3 I'm in
#81
Posté 05 mai 2010 - 05:15
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Love the concept! Can't wait to rip Alistair apart...
#82
Posté 05 mai 2010 - 05:15
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instant buy for wondering is it cross-compatible or only for Origins? (I would guess this would be like a weird dream sequence that knocks out the PC and they dream this up)
#83
Posté 05 mai 2010 - 05:16
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Seems like an interesting concept, but I'm on the side saying that we want to progress our own characters, rather than play as the bad-guys in an alternate reality.
The only pull for me is the reward you get for completing the content. At least that will add to my existing Dragon Age experience.
The only pull for me is the reward you get for completing the content. At least that will add to my existing Dragon Age experience.
#84
Posté 05 mai 2010 - 05:16
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Kudos for originality, but I find it a little jarring to see the DA world through the eyes of anyone other than my character. I think I'll skip this one as well. Probably will check out the inevitable videos on youtube out of curiosity though. 
#85
Posté 05 mai 2010 - 05:17
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So psyched for this add on. It should be very cool.
#86
Posté 05 mai 2010 - 05:17
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If it was an alternate point of view then I'd consider it acceptable, this however is just a "what if" scenario without the Warden, seems a bit pointless to me.
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Posté 05 mai 2010 - 05:17
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Sounds like a fun idea. Will wait until I get more info about it though before deciding anything.
Better yet, give the Darkspawn player the option to cook Alistair. So that he's at least good for something...Lintanis wrote...
Whoever in Bioware came up with the idea to play as Darkspawn, can you make them taste Alistairs cooking
#88
Posté 05 mai 2010 - 05:17
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Haexpane wrote...
Earion-Lun wrote...
"Complete the module and unlock an epic Darkspawn item in DA:O and Awakening"
and what do you think about this?????
I think that is the reason I will buy this DLC. Bioware knows I like epic items.
But why? You can simply recreate any item (unless it has some really unique looks) in the toolset.
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Posté 05 mai 2010 - 05:18
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Fizzeler wrote...
instant buy for wondering is it cross-compatible or only for Origins? (I would guess this would be like a weird dream sequence that knocks out the PC and they dream this up)
I agree it shouldn't be history it should be a dream sequence. Although a bug patch would of made me more happy cant wait to serve my darkmaster im interested in how there going to imply this would it be messed up if in the dream it shows your charater die???
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Posté 05 mai 2010 - 05:19
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I'll buy it, I always wanted to be a darkspawn at least once to be the one to carry out the so-called "Maker's punishment".
#91
Posté 05 mai 2010 - 05:20
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This sounds like a lot of fun. I was actually fooling around with testing our Module, and turned myself into a Hurloc skin for fun. As I ran around, I thought, "Wouldn't it be cool if ... ". And then I read this and started to feel spooked out!!
Nice job!
Nice job!
#92
Posté 05 mai 2010 - 05:21
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Unseen_Reaper wrote...
Fizzeler wrote...
instant buy for wondering is it cross-compatible or only for Origins? (I would guess this would be like a weird dream sequence that knocks out the PC and they dream this up)
I agree it shouldn't be history it should be a dream sequence. Although a bug patch would of made me more happy cant wait to serve my darkmaster im interested in how there going to imply this would it be messed up if in the dream it shows your charater die???
The entire dream sequence thing helps with the idea of Crosscompatibility, but so far it makes the most sense to be put in Awakening, so you can go like "Here is what would have happened if you dies during your Joining"
#93
Posté 05 mai 2010 - 05:21
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Chris Priestly wrote...
Think of this adventure as your adventure, but YOU were never around to take part. Dragon Age: Origins was always the tale of the Grey Warden you created and how he or she became the mightiest of Grey Wardens and stopped the Blight. This adventure takes place as if your Grey Warden had never existed.
You play as a hurlock vanguard and use your new "Enthrall" ability to recruit your fellow darkspawn as allies. Partner with shrieks, genlocks, ogres and more. You will encounter characters from Dragon Age: Origins both party members like Alistair or Morrigan (for example) and NPCs who try to defend Denerim and stop the Darkspawn without your Grey Warden to guide them. As the darkspawn, you will have to defeat them to destroy Denerim.
If you choose to play Darkspawn Chronicles you can unlock 3 new achievements and, if you complete the story, you unlock the powerful new BlightBlood sword that you can use in Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age: Origins Awakening.
The Darkspawn Chronicles costs 400 BioWare or Microsoft points and will be available on May 18 for the PC and Xbox 360 and on the Playstation 3 with date to be announced shortly.
I don't know maybe im just in a bad mood today(unlikely cause I made major progress in a paper this morning \\o/) but you made it seem even less appealing somehow.
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Posté 05 mai 2010 - 05:22
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For 5bucks why not!? Hmm lets see buy a pizza or be a darkspawn vanguard that leads an assault on denerim that shows a twilight zone verson of it you didn't save the day plus an epic item. Um ya im gona go with the Darkspawn Vanguard. Lol 
#96
Posté 05 mai 2010 - 05:24
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I would feel horrible crushing the good guys (even the ones I don't like ).
I'll wait until more details emerge before making a decision this time.
).I'll wait until more details emerge before making a decision this time.
#97
Posté 05 mai 2010 - 05:24
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This looks like fun, nice little distraction.
#98
Posté 05 mai 2010 - 05:24
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Chris Priestly wrote...
The Darkspawn Chronicles costs 400 BioWare or Microsoft points and will be available on May 18 for the PC and Xbox 360 and on the Playstation 3 with date to be announced shortly.
May 18th?! Thats crule of you, I will be away for two weeks from 17th
#99
Posté 05 mai 2010 - 05:26
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Cell1e wrote...
So I have to keep waiting for some more nice story and romance dlc...sigh...
Anders' Spicy Shimmy DLC.
But being hurlock is also cool.
#100
Posté 05 mai 2010 - 05:27
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It would be awesome if this was what was canonized going into DA 2. Rofl
