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[kopitestu79]

Hi All,

i got thinking about this game today, and how l loved it.. played it religiously up until DA2 came out. i have all the DLC and the Awakening expansion. i was thinking about getting back into playing it myself so i thought i'd post here...

i was wondering if any one here still plays DAO, if so tell me about it, how often, what stories have you played, loved? even if you only play it every now and then i would love to hear from you

[Mysterygent]

Played over 20+ times, all gender/class and endings possible.

This game is the best.

[cJohnOne]

I started a Dwarf Warrior but I got to Ostagar and I haven't moved him since. I was thinking of getting back to him after April 6 which is the date of some PAX news hopefully about DA3.

[Huntress]

I don't feel like playing DAO or DA2 any more.. what for? the next hero and I bet $60 dollards will end up as the warden and hawke.
me: But.. I have already saw this ends!!! arg...
So nope.. not interested at all. I bet another $60 dollards that after da3 bioware will announce a new game/new world/new everything ..me the player will never see The warden as I have made her, or hawke fight the good fight as I wanted.. pff

Modifié par Huntress, 01 avril 2012 - 03:27 .

[Morgora]

I have DA:O Ultimate Edition and I still like to play every so often. I also haven't done all the origin stories yet! I get side-tracked by other non-Bioware games. Heh.

[metawanderer]

I am playing it right now. Even though I completed the game a year a go the similarities of uniting the various alien races was similar to my mind of Dragon Age Origins in uniting Ferelden's various races & organizations. I instantly remined myself that when I was finished with Mass Effect 3, I will go back to playing DA:O, and so I did.

[BearThug71]

I just bought Dragon Age: Ultimate Edition last week for the PC through Steam.. I literally beat the game, not even half an hour ago.

I love it.... Bout to start on Awakenings after I finish this post. But I cant believe that the Ending for DA:O didnt even get in the top 40 for Guinness Book Of World Records... So disappointing...

[gandanlin]

Recently, I took a break from playing DAO for a while, although I still was visiting this forum and posting occasionally. I had played through most of the possible origins, and the game had sort of lost some of its freshness. During that time I was playing another game (non-Bioware, gasp!) that got repetitous and boring very quickly -- on a second playthrough.

So, I just started a new playthrough a few days ago and I find that I still enjoy DAO. Even though I know some of the dialogue almost word for word, I still get drawn into the story. It may have developed a bit of an antique patina, but it is vintage. Rare vintage.

[r3dKrypt0nite]

I like getting on here and reading about peoples different character builds, ideas, or problems. That ends up getting me playing for a little while.

[Lethvienne]

I still play Dragon Age: Origins every now and then. When Dragon Age 2 came out I wouldn't touch Origins for months due to extreme disappointment. When I had first learned of a sequel I was looking forward to the story continuing and answers to questions that Origins/Awakening left up in the air. Dragon Age 2 utterly destroyed those hopes - crushed them completely - and so for the longest time I didn't have the heart to play Origins or Awakening.

However, I have finally managed to go back and enjoy Origins for what it is, even if I now know that the story will never be finished. I truly love the game and its characters, so they're worth going back and revisiting every now and again, disappointment aside...

I really like the mage story and usually play as an Elven mage. I've also beaten the game with a Dalish and City Elf. The Elven mage is my favorite though, just because as both an Elf and a mage the Warden is doubly the underdog, yet winds up accomplishing the extraordinary and saving the world. It's highly satisfying for me to see an Elven mage serving as the Warden Commander and sitting in as the Arl of Amaranthine. ^.^

For my mage, I enjoy the Arcane Warrior and Spirit Healer a lot - I'm too much of a goody two shoes to play a Blood Mage. Usually when I play a Dalish or City Elf I play as a rogue. Bard/assassin or assassin/duelist is fun, but a Dalish ranger is also nice just because the ranger class is so fitting for a Dalish Elf. ^.^

I did play as both a Noble and Common Dwarf as well, but as I don't much care for Dwarves I did not stick with the characters. I'll beat the game as a Dwarf one of these days. Maybe.

As for a human character, forget it. I played the human Origin story just to get the trophy, but after that I deleted the character. I just don't like playing humans, especially in a fantasy game. As I have said before; I'm a human every day of my life. I go to work as a human, I come home as a human, I eat and sleep as a human. Why would I ever want to play a human in a fantasy game? Just my thoughts on the matter.

Modifié par Lethvienne, 01 avril 2012 - 10:27 .

[kopitestu79]

interesting post by all, really is a mixed bag out there which really shows how much legs DAO has, even if DA2 was rubbish

[PGaither84]

I have only completed the game once. I have started a few times and didn't like my characters or my choices, so I have quit a number of times.

My first complete play through was as a female elf mage. I think I want to be a female city elf rouge next. I normally don't like elves, but the Dragon Age twist makes them more appealing to me. I like the idea of a city elf saving the world, a world that shuns her.

In my first play though, I was the healer and used Alistair, Liliana, and Sten almost exclusively. I wasn't that impressed with Liliana, so as the rouge I can replace her with the PC. I can use Wynn this time as my healer. I want to keep Alistair as my tank and I don't know who I want to have as my 4th party member. I might stick with Sten, as I like his character. I don't like Zev or the Dwarf, and the Dog was never that interesting to me. I don't dislike the dog, but I like it when characters react and interact in conversations... and Dog doesn't.

[kopitestu79]

how about using Morrigan as the 4th in a caster dps/support type role, she can melt hearts and faces all at once!

[hussey 92]

the first time i played i was a human noble warrior, and then do to my annoying perfectionism, i did the same thing on my second playthrough to get an even better warden to import to awakening.

Now I'm playing DA 2, and am already thinking about doing another Origins playthrough.

Since Dragon Age 2 recycles environments, it seems unlikly that I'll do to many playthoughs for that

[Mountain Man]

I bought the Ultimate Edition several months ago and finally finished Awakening for the first time last night (70-hours from beginning to end). I still wanted more, so I immediately started a Dwarf commoner and plan on going through the entire game again. There are so many possibilities in this game. It's been a while that I've encountered a game with so much genuine replayability.

[BearThug71]

I havent gotten DA2 yet... I know many were upset about the game... But DA:O was soooo great that.... That I might have to get DA2 lol

[Bhryaen]

kopitestu79 wrote...
... i got thinking about this game today, and how l loved it.. played it religiously up until DA2 came out...
... i was wondering if any one here still plays DAO, if so tell me about it, how often, what stories have you played, loved? even if you only play it every now and then i would love to hear from you

Having avoided DAO like I usually avoid popular things because popular tends to be the equivalent of hyped, I only just began playing DAO a couple months ago, so I'm one of those "still" playing DAO because I'm new to it. And thus DA2 isn't even on the horizon for consideration, my "religious" playing of DAO only just underway... I seem to share the "perfectionism" a few mentioned, constantly starting and ditching chars based on their builds or appearance, especially when learning new things about the game or acquiring new mods that alter gameplay qualitatively. Almost got too sick of seeing Ostagar from redo's to play DAO anymore... almost... I've spent hours on the game just in the character creator alone... then subsequently deleted the chars. lol Fortunately that time doesn't get logged in the character story or my games would be an average of 200+hrs... Then there's the time taking screenshots and editting them (since I haven't found a mod that strips the screen down to the base camera yet). It's pretty much a DAO-every-day thing at the moment...

There's just so much to enjoy about the game, it offsets the irkiness, clunkiness, and limitations of other aspects. I've already done all the origin stories (couldn't help my curiosity, regardless of any "achievement" points), and though I love the city elf origin, I overwhelmingly prefer the dwarf areas and experience due to how much content was developed for it, and find myself humming the background music of Orzammar as well when I'm not playing. Orzammar feels like home, particularly as a dwarf commoner. I guess being told I'm not welcome everywhere I go feels like home. lol... I also like the mage identity, so I totally wish I could play a dwarf mage somehow. If only someone would spend days and days of their lives reworking all the spells to be deliverable from a dwarf height, I'd use that mod in heartbeat!

I'm not sure about the replayability of DAO over the long run, but it's extremely engaging initially and does have countless different game-changing decisions that affect later outcomes... so there's a heap of fully voiced and cutscened content to discover by playing slightly differently. Companion interactions are quite good- both for the voices and the writing- and have repeatedly gotten me chuckling. I just a few hrs ago discovered the Cadash Thaig: such a picturesque area that you can't get to except by *spoilers*. The charm of the game is both in the plethora of such discoveries and how the origin stories play into the later story- even when you're not playing that particular origin. All the interlacing storylines are brilliant. The quality of the character creator is another plus, and using the standalone CC I've amassed a number of chars (and various versions of them) in the wings- whether or not they ever get brought into an actual game...

Modifié par Bhryaen, 02 avril 2012 - 09:18 .

[Lethvienne]

BearThug71 wrote...

I havent gotten DA2 yet... I know many were upset about the game... But DA:O was soooo great that.... That I might have to get DA2 lol

I really wouldn't recommend that. While Dragon Age: Origins was a truly great game Dragon Age 2 did not add anything good to the franchise. Dragon Age 2 does not follow the same RPG format of Origins; it does not have strong - or even interesting - characters, it does not have a well thought out, in-depth story and it does not answer any of the questions that Origins left us with.

Dragon Age 2 failed to pick up where Origins left off. In fact, it does just the opposite. Rather than continuing with the interesting stories that Dragon Age: Origins started, BioWare chose to completely ignore everything that happened in the game in favor of starting anew - completely - with a new hero and a new, very poorly devised, plot. Truly, Dragon Age 2's plot is paper thin; as though they just threw it in there merely so the character would have some  feeble excuse to do things. It's the sort of story even a non-writer could come up with in 15 minutes of casual thinking.

As far as the games Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age 2 are concerned, their only similiarity is their shared name. Otherwise, you would do well to consider them as completely separate - no relation to one another whatsoever. They just both happen to take place on Thedas. Everything that RPG lovers enjoyed about Origins was removed in DA2.

On the other hand, the combat was improved somewhat. That's really all Dragon Age 2 has to offer over Origins - and a voiced protagonist, though I view that as one of DA2's negative features as it greatly limited the player's freedom of choice; no real moral choices, a set beginning and you are forced to play as a human, period. If combat is what's most important to you and you don't mind recycled environments with nary a new sight to be found no true plot to be had and a soulless, utterly static, cookie-cutter 'hero' , then by all means give it a try. However, if it was Origins' story, characters and its plethora of moral choices that gripped you, Dragon Age 2 will prove to be a terrible waste of money and time. My advice would be to rent it before you actually buy it. That way, if you don't like it, you won't have to regret throwing away your money.

That is just my humble advice, though.

Modifié par Lethvienne, 02 avril 2012 - 10:15 .

[cJohnOne]

I enjoyed DA2 if you see it as just a side story it's not that big a deal. Sometimes you see the same cave in the game but I don't find that to be that bad either. I'd Google Dragon Age II demo and download the demo and try for myself. If you don't get excited by that then maybe it isn't the game for you. A lot of people didn't like the demo but the sections on the demo to me are fun.

[tschamp]

I am playing it right now, but I like DA2 more. I find DA: O boring and slow pace. I can only play for 30 minutes before I save and do something else.

Modifié par tschamp, 03 avril 2012 - 01:15 .

[Bhryaen]

cJohnOne wrote...
I enjoyed DA2 if you see it as just a side story it's not that big a deal. Sometimes you see the same cave in the game but I don't find that to be that bad either...

Not to down DAO, but a few travel encounter areas are repeated in DAO as well- both along the road and particularly the Denerim street encounters. I won't count the "repeated" origin areas since it's just fantastic to return to the origin area a second time to find things dramatically changed. Not sure about the scope of DA2 though: the extensiveness of DAO areas make those few repetitions quite bearable, whereas a smaller scale game with repeated areas might be a bit bleh.

[Conor1320]

I have picked it up recently, I bought it just over a year ago and forgot about it, I barely played it at that time... Shame on me.. I am now 8 hours in on my first playthrough as a Human Noble, and I must say, I have been missing out this whole time. DA:O is such an amazing game, god the cutscenes felt so epic at times, and the story is great.

[tankdogg937]

I came rather late to the party. I never even knew about DAO until I saw the previews for DA2 and thought it looked interesting. Heck I never even played ME1 or ME2 until just a month before ME3 was to be released. Yes I know I'm a freak!!! Anyways a big tip of the cap to BioWare's marketing team. They reeled me into two of their game series by their latest games advertisements.

I'm currently in my 4th play through of Origins and Awakening. My first play through was as the basic Human Noble, warrior class. Secondly I went with a rogue City Elf. My last play through was a casteless Dwarf. Now I'm working with a Human mage.

[Rachey187]

I've picked it up recently. Playing through it for the 15th time... just ordered the Ultimate Edition and will play through that when it gets here. Love the game. I pick it up every now and then when i get bored of Warcraft... I could play it forever.

On a side not, has anyone seen the Dragon's Dogma game? It's set to be the GOTY 2012... it looks epic! It's supposed to be the nearest thing to Dragon Age: Origins you can get without playing Dragon Age. I'll be buying it and giving it a bash