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[rosey1579]

Hello mense!
I just had a moment of epiphany. We're all exceptionally talented people.
My friend was persuade, by me, to play some Dragon Age Origins. It was her first time so I briefed here a bit, before sending her off. She spent about 15 minutes making a character- She's a sims player so this comes naturally to her. She chose an elven Mage- Dawwww... Just like my first play through. She even picked winters grasp: MY first spell! That was where the similarities ended though.
When she started playing she read the instructions briefly, then proceeded to swivel the camera around helpless oh and then walk into an invisible wall. She had to go up that harrowing path and she just kept hugging that wall! It was pretty tedious to watch, honestly. Then the combat starts and she can't find the enemies. I think the wisps almost beat here.
I helped her out from there, but wow. I feel so gifted because I picked up these skills almost immediately. It was her first time, but it really puts things in perspective, right?
How was YOUR first time in this game?

[Qis]

My first time for this game is playing as Human Noble and my character turn out so ugly in the game, not like in the character creation, well i just suck at making face. I was crying at the scene where papa and mama Cousland about to die, really. Then i wondered why Daveth and Jory don't get any XP, i thought it's a bug and it is so disappointing, turn out to be they are not important character and die. I thought grey iron stuff are important because of being Grey Warden, so i coolect and keep them. Turn out to be they all are junks and have nothing to do with Grey Warden. Later i got frustrated by the Orge grab attack and killed everyone so i quit. I have no problem with controls because i have played many games, but the AI setting a bit confusing the first time. So this is my experience playing this game the first time.

[Tidus]

My first game was a disaster. I played a Dalish elf and   did ok on the mirror quest and when I entered the wilds I was to weak.. It really went down hill after that.I couldn't complete the fade so, I restarted and killed Conner and the first two games ended at the broodmother.  DA:O isn't a easy game to play the first two or three times. I almost gave up on the game but,didn't.  Now its my one of my favorite games.

 

I hope your friend keeps trying the game...

[rosey1579]

My first game was a disaster. I played a Dalish elf and   did ok on the mirror quest and when I entered the wilds I was to weak.. It really went down hill after that.I couldn't complete the fade so, I restarted and killed Conner and the first two games ended at the broodmother.  DA:O isn't a easy game to play the first two or three times. I almost gave up on the game but,didn't.  Now its my one of my favorite games.
 
I hope your friend keeps trying the game...

I remember my first time with the broodmother. I lost so many times! I remember I was soooooo close to defeating her and the game crashed. That was knackering! Now I have no problem because I've learnt to study on th solid flooring and attack from range.
I hope she sticks to the game, but I think I need to instruct her on the ways of WASD. She used Q and E to go let and right! Q and E! Why?!

[straykat]

Your friend will get the hang of it probably

 

I didn't have much trouble.. a lot of their games felt more or less the same up to DAO. So I felt at home.

[rosey1579]

Your friend will get the hang of it probably
 
I didn't have much trouble either.. a lot of their games felt more or less the same up to DAO. So I felt at home.

I played those Lego story games before Dragon Age, which was a big help to me. My friend, however does NOT play a lot of games. I gotta get her a stack for Christmas...
I never thought about how hard it could be for non-gamers... We're all so gifted!

[cJohnOne]

My first playthrough was probably a warrior but I'm trying to remember my first time as a mage.  I had trouble with the riddle with the bear.  I might of restarted to take the heal spell.  Nope I don't remember the rest!  

 

Yeah my first time with the broodmother was many reloads and I had Morrigan with the blizzard spell on easy.  I thought that was the answer back then works pretty well if you don't know to stand on the rocks.

[rosey1579]

My first playthrough was probably a warrior but I'm trying to remember my first time as a mage.  I had trouble with the riddle with the bear.  I might of restarted to take the heal spell.  Nope I don't remember the rest!  
 
Yeah my first time with the broodmother was many reloads and I had Morrigan with the blizzard spell on easy.  I thought that was the answer back then works pretty well if you don't know to stand on the rocks.

Easy is always a good answer.
I beat gatherer on easy. Then later on hard for the achievement. That was hard.
Broodie is one of the hardest enemies in the game if you don't use the solid flooring "strategy".
Ha! I wanna see my friend play her!

[WobbleLikeAJelly]

I am currently on my first playthrough and I picked an elf mage, too!
After coming from Inquisition, I had to adjust to the new controls (and honestly, still try to use Inquisition buttons for menus sometimes), but am getting the hang of it I think. I've done Redcliff, the Circle, and Orzimmar, and am about to head to the Dalish camp. It's an awesome game, even knowing what happens and having played the newest installment first.

[rosey1579]

I am currently on my first playthrough and I picked an elf mage, too!
After coming from Inquisition, I had to adjust to the new controls (and honestly, still try to use Inquisition buttons for menus sometimes), but am getting the hang of it I think. I've done Redcliff, the Circle, and Orzimmar, and am about to head to the Dalish camp. It's an awesome game, even knowing what happens and having played the newest installment first.

Great! High five!
The Dalish camp is a great quest! You'll have fun!

[BlueBird]

I've also just introduced my friend to the franchise, though admitedly through the slightly prettier graphics of Inquisition (And no small amount opf fangirling over Varric. He's apparently an excellent recruitment tool.) Elven hunter, currently on the road to romancing Solas. Ouch.

 

 For the first hour or so I had to put up with her constantly grilling me over what would be a good choice in the dialogue options (She literally stopped at every single one and when I left her to it, she even rang me a couple of times xD) and squealing with delight or horror at certain parts. She was also equally terrible when she first started the game. It was so cute.

 

I've just managed to coax her into playing origins. I didnt realise how awkward some of the controls are. I also feel spoiled by the targeting system in the later games. No doubt she's going to be demanding even more  assistance when she gets stuck in.

[sylvanaerie]

My first time playing Origins was on my friend's Xbox, which I just don't have the coordination to do.  I wanted to play it so much but ended up making a toon and letting him run around playing (first a HN then I wanted to see the elf Mage).

 

I got the game for the PC the next day.  I'd been playing EQ/EQ2 for years, and after that, WoW, so I was familiar with the hotkeys and using arrow keys to move around.  Since that movement method didn't work for DA, I had to retrain to WASD and since I got used to that, my game in WoW has improved immensely as well.

 

I had the same console issues with Skyrim.  My kid got it for PS3 and I just kept running into walls and falling off stairs.  I got it for PC and had no difficulties moving around on that platform.

 

Fighting was never an issue, since the hotkeys were familiar to me and I had played BG2 previously so pausing and micromanaging the companions was easy.  It helped I could start out on Casual as well.  Still, for me, the toughest fight was the Broodmother those first couple of games (even more than the Archdemon since I learned so much more by the time I encountered it).

[Eleonora]

Warning: Long story with spoilers!

I started my very first playthrough of DAO a few weeks ago (not having played DA2 or DAI). First thing I did when I started the game was change the controls to make it feel more like Kotor. The default controls annoyed me so much, haha.

I chose a female warrior and really liked the background stories. As a Cousland, my warden really wanted to take her sweet revenge on Howe. As I was playing through the game, I was wondering if I could actually have that option later in the game. I was pleased to see how many references there were to your warden's origin story.

I played on hard from the very first moment, having played other bioware titles like kotor before and feeling up to the challenge. The first half of the game had its hard parts but it became easier as I leveled up. Still a challenging and fun experience.

The story hit me hard. Not having a "perfect" playthrough made the emotional impact even stronger. The end was, in my warden's case, surprising and bittersweet. When I was mid way through the game I expected my warden and Alistair to get a happy ending. Near the end, Alistair broke up with my warden because they might not be able to have children. Then, I refused Morrigan's dark ritual because it wrong trying to persuade Alistair to do it against his will. I mentally prepared for my warden to sacrifice herself to save everyone.
...And then at the last moment Alistair decided to suddenly sacrifice himself for my warden. I didn't expect that.

It ended my playthrough of DAO on a sad but strangely beautiful note. And hey, through his sacrifice I was able to continue my warden's story into Awakenings and the other dlcs, so that's good I guess :')

Also, the harvester from the Golems of Amgarrak dlc is an ass. Easily the hardest boss fight in the game, it sure took some blood sweat and tears to beat.

I have to say I really enjoyed this game! I'm now playing through DA2 and immediately it doesn't grip me the same way as DAO did, sadly enough. I'm hoping a future DA game might again reach DAO's level of awesome.

[themikefest]

I don't recall much about my first playthrough. I'm sure it took me a few moments to get use to the controls. I know I didn't recruit everyone

[AshenSugar]

I tried to get my brother in law playing Origins a couple of years ago after me endlessly raving about it every time we met. He's an experienced gamer and I thought he'd love it as I thought we share similar tastes in games. He bought it, installed it, and played it for a bit.

 

When I next saw him, I asked him how he was getting on with Dragon Age Origins, and his reply was 'Oh, I played for a bit, then grew bored and uninstalled it. It was far too linear'.

 

When I asked him to explain what he meant by 'far too linear', he wasn't really able to properly explain, it was just 'really linear'. I was wondering if he'd just played the introductory origin section of the game, and got no further, but apparently he got as far as Redcliff.

 

No I don't get it either, but I suppose it takes all sorts to make a world.

 

And in case you are thinking that maybe he was used to TES-style open world games, and felt hemmed in by Origins, he also found Skyrim 'really boring, with too many fetch quests'.

 

 

As for myself my first few minutes of playing Origins made me wonder if I'd made a mistake. I was hopelessly lost, didn't know how to navigate properly with the map, endlessly wondering around Highever, not knowing where to go. I didn't understand how the inventory system worked, thought that each party member had a seperate inventory, and couldn't work out why giving a health poultice to one party member made it appear in the 'wrong character's inventory'. Didn't really get the pause-based combat system and just did everything in real time, and Ostagar was a total nightmare, of getting constantly lost, backtracking, and unable to find anything or anybody.

 

It was only when entering the Kokari Wilds, and experiencing the freedom of an open area, and freedom to explore and hunt Darkspawn that the game properly started to bed in and sync with me. By the time I met Morrigan, and fell hopelessly into fan love with her I was utterly hooked beyond all reason.

 

First playthrough was still a mess. I made a million mistakes, didn't touch half the content, missed a tonne of side quests, built my Warden and party members in a stupid, haphazard manner,  and made stupid choices... but it was still magical. I distinctly remember 'saying farewell' to Denerim just before heading out for the final part of the game, and feeling a bitter-sweet sadness that it was all over and I was leaving. I absolutely lived every part of the game, utterly immersed until my personality was submerged within the role of the Warden.

 

Still feel that way even now when I play, which is why Origins is my favourite video game, and probably always will be.

[Eleonora]

I made a lot of stupid mistakes on my first playthrough as well, but it's all part of the experience.

My stupidest mistake was not noticing I had the graphics on the lowest settings until I finished the game. I thought the graphics looked a bit flat, not to mention everyone's eyes looked pretty bad (all black, no iris colours), but I figured it was because it's a relatively old game. (A bit like Mass effect 1) When I finally changed the graphics the difference was like night and day.

I also didn't bother doing all the quests in Ostagar (and later Lothering) because I didn't realise we wouldn't be able to return there. Not buying that one backpack from the quartermaster kept bugging me the whole playthrough.

Awakening went pretty bad as well. I think I missed two companions, and Velanna and Sigrun never went through the Joining because the game was really rushing things in the end. I didn't even know the companions had personal quests.

[olnorton]

My stupidest mistake was not noticing I had the graphics on the lowest settings until I finished the game. I thought the graphics looked a bit flat, not to mention everyone's eyes looked pretty bad (all black, no iris colours), but I figured it was because it's a relatively old game. (A bit like Mass effect 1) When I finally changed the graphics the difference was like night and day.

Funny you say that, I played all through ME1 @ 1280X720 the first time because I didn't see the slider that showed higher resolutions.

[MerAnne]

I didn't have much trouble learning the  mechanics of the game, but I was another who missed completing some quests because I didn't know that I wouldn't be able to go back.  Daddy Cousland asked me to go talk to my brother so I looked for him instead of exploring.  Little did I know that once I spoke with Fergus, there wouldn't be an opportunity to explore...

 

By the time my GW got to Lothering, I had learned my lesson, but there were still things that I missed.  I learned the importance of saving frequently so I could go back and change my mind about what I wanted to do!   Since I also hadn't discovered mods on my first playthrough, the missed quests also caused my GW to be at a lower than optimal level to finish the end of the game.  I did it, but it wasn't the easiest!

 

So far, DAO will always be my favorite because of the immersion and feeling the need to 'see what happens next'.  I just didn't feel that with DA2.  Inquisition..... well, maybe someday, but DRM and Origin are such a pain to deal with that I don't see it happening any time soon.