Hello All,
Well just finished my play through of Awakenings and like to share my concerns,
I had some slow battles in DA;O the worst being the end fight in DA;O but this mod was absolutely terrible and I kept the same in game settings as I used for the O.C. so why the slow play and why did it take so very long to get game feed back from battles and quest advancment info during and after. WOW!! I didn't know if what I was fighting was dead yet or not and then even after it was all over , at times is was a good 15 seconds before I got quest advancment info before I knew what was happening. I did think it may be due to having quite a few saves made, but I played with only 2 saves and experienced the same thing. This would be my biggiest complaint overall with Awakenings, as for other things, I did decide to actually try to log in once and when I did all the DLC went back to unauthorized

Oh... No..... logged out started again and all was fine again

so not sure whats going on there.
I tried the manual of focus with my mage and ended up losing points ???? Why does my new sword look like Starfang?
My other concern was the ending, when I finished I was able to view cut-scence and then view the finishing histories of players but afterwards it went stright back to the Mother scene again and again, not a real big deal as I finished but m question is, Was there anything missed ( Achievments ) that I should ave recieved after viewing the finishing histories of the characters? I would have thought it would go right to the start again screen.
All in all though I really liked Awakenings The story was good, the areas were great, Good feel to everything I felt as though I was really interacting with everything and wanting to explore, there were some good surprise moments for people with a nice set of desktop speakers playing with the volume up a bit. And I always did like puzzles so that was a plus for me as well.
I have played DA2 for about 15 min, trying to get this OC DLC out of the way, I will say this based on that 15 min. for DA2 the designers have to go back to the OC look and textures because DA2 has lost allot with that new look, in those 15 min. I felt like all I was doing was clicking an icon rather than interacting with anything. The designers made a good thing with DA;O and the DLC for that series and they should have stuck with that, DA2 looks and feels only like a regular game now. The Charaters in DA;O played with depth, you actually wanted to get to know them. DA2 is no different then those fantasy books you could buy with multiple choice in them and the charcater looks in DA2 are more cartoon-like not like DA;O where they had nice textures to their cloths and better facial expesions, and like things.
Well thats it, Cheers all and if anyone needs any system info for anything please feel free to contact me.
And if any DEVs read this PLEASE go back to the OC designs and textures for DA;3 and keep the original people who did the story lines for the OC and Awakenings.
My Motto..... " If It's Not Broke, Don't Fix It "
Sincerely, Wil SilverHeart