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[KnightofPhoenix]

One ending? Wasn't there supposed to be a choice?

[suemaw]

Didn't OP say he played a mage that romanced Morrigan. Maybe it's just his ending. We knew Morrigan wasn't one of the characters slated to come back in the expansion. Besides, your "happy ending is given in the DAO epilogue. This is one story after the defeat of the Archdemon.

[Zabaniya]

Diogo Gomez wrote...

But ok... the game souns good enough... I mean it's an expansion it's not like a new game... Only the ending it's "scaring" me...

You're not the only one.

[MichaelFenris]

See this pretty much confirms my biggest fear right there.



What's the point of introducing new characters, giving us new skills, armor, weapons, crafting...

if its all over in just a few hours? People are speculating about the possible release of Dragon Age 2 next year, but after DA: Origins and now DA: Awakening I'm still left wondering, where is Dragon Age: Meat-And-Potatoes. I was holding off on getting all the DLC till after Awakening came out, since they are all short and I figured it would be better to get them together and have a larger bundle of new content to play through. But seeing as how almost nothing carries over into awakenings I'll probably skip the other DLC completely (except maybe RtO) , and hold off on Awakenings till at least their next major expansion release.



I think someone is making some poor strategic design/production decisions over there at Bioware or EA.

[this isnt my name]

Only 1 ending WTF I dont remember reading that, and the ending sucks apparently, guess this is a miss for me.

[AndreaDraco]

The OP actually mentioned a choice, so I guess we'll have *at least* two possible outcomes. And then, it's possible that the OP missed something along the way or that he/she, diven his/her Origin and choices, didn't see everything in the game. I don't know. But judging based on his/her opinion alone isn't kind of rushed?

[KnightofPhoenix]

I didn't read the op, fearing that I might be spoiled. I read however some posts saying that there is one ending. I guess they misunderstood.

After quickly glancing at the op, I understood (and correct me if I am wrong, without spoiling), that the ending was abrupt and not like Origins. Well that doesn't sound so bad. Origins had tons of choices with great consequences, so a long and detailed epilogue coudl be made. I didn't expect Awakening to be the same.

But the absence of any hints about other stories is troublesome yes. I really don't want the sequel so soon, I was expecting another expansion and that Awakenign would hint at it heavily. But I guess I have to play the game and see for myself whether it does hint at something or no.

Modifié par KnightofPhoenix, 15 mars 2010 - 12:52 .

[Rixxencaxx]

i think that this game ha great budget constraints

they removed romances cause they needed to reduce dialogue lines.

In fact they removed free dialogue options in camp calling them (laundry list...cit david gaider) and allowed chat only when characters have an icon on their head.

No "laundry list" means no different options of dialogues to register and less voice over and less costs.

I fear that dragon age 2 will be similar to this more mass effect style more hack n'slash.

well dragon age was a really good game but ended with origins for me

[AndreaDraco]

I admit that I'm too pretty concerned about the abrupt ending without any hint to the future, at least for this character. Right now, though, that thing that bothers me the most is that I can't really and fully understand the new companions' interaction. I'd hate to see it streamlined like in ME2, while, on the other hand, some tweaks can certainly be welcome, of course.



Gah, I don't know. But like I said, this is one guy's opinion, so I'll take it for what it is. A pity that us Europeans have to wait until the 19th (and this is if Play.com actually delivers my copy on the release date, something I very much doubt)

[bouchee]

this review has made me into a sad panda =(

[this isnt my name]

AndreaDraco wrote...

I admit that I'm too pretty concerned about the abrupt ending without any hint to the future, at least for this character. Right now, though, that thing that bothers me the most is that I can't really and fully understand the new companions' interaction. I'd hate to see it streamlined like in ME2, while, on the other hand, some tweaks can certainly be welcome, of course.

Gah, I don't know. But like I said, this is one guy's opinion, so I'll take it for what it is. A pity that us Europeans have to wait until the 19th (and this is if Play.com actually delivers my copy on the release date, something I very much doubt)

You forgot the "" above streamlined, I hope they dont "streamline" DA like ME, if so I will probobally not play future games,  ME1 I played around 6 times, ME2 has about 1 (2 if you include me going back to choose a different import about half way through)

[Ellestor]

MichaelFenris wrote...

See this pretty much confirms my biggest fear right there.

What's the point of introducing new characters, giving us new skills, armor, weapons, crafting...
if its all over in just a few hours? People are speculating about the possible release of Dragon Age 2 next year, but after DA: Origins and now DA: Awakening I'm still left wondering, where is Dragon Age: Meat-And-Potatoes.

Do you mean to imply that Origins is in any way short or small?

As for Dragon Age 2, the way I look at it is that most of the man hours in the development of Origins were probably not things that would have to be redone for the sequel: the engine will be an iteration of the existing engine, the gameplay is already solid, the world well-developed—DA2, I would think, would need only a story arch of its own (whether a direct continuation of the first or not) and additions/tweaks to existing mechancis. I think that seems a very reasonable fit into 1-2 years of development, and that's not considering how much may very well have overlapped with the development time of Origins.

In a nutshell: I think that the difference in workload between creating a franchise (a brave new world, as the song goes) and creating a game is not insubstantial.

Modifié par Ellestor, 15 mars 2010 - 01:08 .

[Brockololly]

I can deal with altered dialogue systems and gameplay tweaks and changes, but if the story and character interactions are nerfed, then thats a huge disappointment for me. To me, thats what separates a Bioware game from all the rest, and expansion pack and limited budget or not, if Awakening, at almost the full price of Origins, is lacking in a decent conclusion or decent story, I'll be a very sad panda.



Right now the thing that most concerns me is the ending- I hope its not necessarily as grim as I'm thinking it may be right now, but at least the OP got me mentally prepared to lower my expectations a bit.

[Booglarize]

 Honestly, at this point I don't really care what else they've screwed up with Awakening - all I want is for my character to not get unceremoniously killed off for good in the end. If I can just have that much, I'll be content.

/yes, my standards really have gotten that low

Modifié par Booglarize, 15 mars 2010 - 01:23 .

[Brockololly]

Booglarize wrote...

 Honestly, at this point I don't really care what else they've screwed up with Awakening - all I want is for my character to not get unceremoniously killed off for good in the end. If I can just have that much, I'll be content.

/yes, my standards really have gotten that low

At this point I might be with you- if you have dirt low expectations, its awfully hard to be disappointed, right?

[Skadi_the_Evil_Elf]

Crapola. I have to wait another 2 or so weeks before I get it. This isn't making my waiting time warmer or fuzzier....

[Kabraxal]

This talk on the ending bothers me. I hope it isn't a cheap cop out from Bioware, but so far that is exactly what it sounds like.

[JamieCOTC]

Wow. That sucks. I'll wait another day or so, but if the "bad ending" is confirmed, I'll cancel my order.

[Booglarize]

 Man, I can't wait for someone else, anyone else to wrap up this game and let us know what ending they got. In fact, I hope OP's completing a second run right now.I really don't want to believe the worst, but I still need to know what to expect - whether it's just mildly disappointing or KOTOR II-level bad.

[Bryy_Miller]

KnightofPhoenix wrote...

One ending? Wasn't there supposed to be a choice?

Doesn't mean there wasn't.

[tpet2086]

Sounds like this expansion should have been 10 to 20$ cheaper. Oh well, I have it pre ordered with 5 characters ready to go.So "bad ending" or not I still love playing Dragon age and any content I can get my hands on is good enough for me while I wait for Dragon age 2.

[Wolfaura]

Thanks to the OP for posting your review.



I love DAO But this expansion seems as I thought it would be, lacking, half hearted, disapointing and a rush job, just quickly put out as a cash grab. I'd rather have a much more polished product and pay more for it. So Iam going to save my $'s for something better.



Iam sort of happy with my characters ending in Origins, she seemed to have a happily ever after ending with Alistair as his loving queen, even though it seemed like there were lose ends saying it's not the end, there's no way I want to spoil it by playing Awakenings. And having it turn to a bad ending. I'll just pretend my character spent the rest of her days happy with Alistair and occasionally off fighting dark spawn.

[Bryy_Miller]

Rixxencaxx wrote...

they removed romances cause they needed to reduce dialogue lines.

No. They removed romances because it didn't make any sense, gameplay or storywise, for the expansion. And it wouldn't make any sense for a 15 hour game.

[Kabraxal]

Wolfaura wrote...

Thanks to the OP for posting your review.

I love DAO But this expansion seems as I thought it would be, lacking, half hearted, disapointing and a rush job, just quickly put out as a cash grab. I'd rather have a much more polished product and pay more for it. So Iam going to save my $'s for something better.

Iam sort of happy with my characters ending in Origins, she seemed to have a happily ever after ending with Alistair as his loving queen, even though it seemed like there were lose ends saying it's not the end, there's no way I want to spoil it by playing Awakenings. And having it turn to a bad ending. I'll just pretend my character spent the rest of her days happy with Alistair and occasionally off fighting dark spawn.

If it is a bad ending, I think most fans will ignore Awakening.