You basically get to pick what your character’s back story is before you get your grubby little hands on ‘em. The last choice is by far the most unique and that is the origin story. Next, you pick your class, which is a choice of three as well: Warrior, Mage, Rogue (these branch later on). The game presents you with a 4 tier option to personalize your toon.
One thing you won’t have to worry about, regardless of your platform, is character creation.
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It’s my understanding that the console GUIs aren’t as friendly as the PC one, so buyer beware. You can hold down both mouse buttons to run as well, which is something I have really become accustomed to recently.
I remember a lot of the previous Bioware RPGs to be painful in this regard. Panning around is quite easy and is done by simply holding the right mouse button and flinging your mouse across your pad till you find a satisfactory angle. The camera actually works great! You can play with an over-the-shoulder cam ( Knights of the Old Republic) or a top-down perspective ( Baldur’s Gate). Luckily, Bioware came through for us in this department. The camera seems like one of those things that can very easily turn a game from being a must-have purchase to a rental on a lazy weekend. It is a definite change of pace from the Baldur’s Gate 2 look, which leads me to another topic: the Camera Controls. It definitely gives off an MMO vibe the way everything is laid out and how you interact with the buttons. The user interface is fairly standard as well and that's not a bad thing. If you like to play the game with its turn-based features, then this can be a hassle. The effects are nice, but can easily disrupt your ability to do things as they sometimes envelop the whole screen. The strange part for me was that the cutscenes were actually quite nice and looked a lot better than the actual gameplay, even though it appeared to be rendering everything the same way. The graphics while adventuring and fighting are just okay but and don't exactly meet what you come to expect from an A-list release in today’s day and age. Let’s start off talking about the graphics in the game - A fairly important subject, even if we are talking about a fantasy role-playing game. Do you like swords? Do you like to fight Dragons and Demons? Do you like to hear people talk throughout the duration of these things? Alright fantasy nerds, strap in, it’s going to be a nice long ride! Bioware is back to grace us with another fine example of rich storytelling, deep adventure and a good helping of fairly strong gameplay to go along with it.Ĭontinue after the jump to read Game Rant's review of Dragon Age: Origins.