
At the risk of talking in annoying generalities, let me just say that the situations in the game often ask more of you than you can give, so even your best decisions will leave weak spots in your plan and unhappiness among your followers. So much of what makes the story interesting are the unforeseen developments and elaborate setups, but I can't talk specifically about how cool they are without spoiling them. I'm kind of in a Catch-22 here with regard to discussing the plot.

The story is filled with dozens of incredibly weighty decisions that can have significant and sometimes surprising effects on the outcome. There were a few features that just weren't as well developed as we'd hoped but once we dug into the content, we found it easy to forgive these faults. It has fun combat, a good story and great sense that your choices actually matter. I'm happy to say that Awakening delivers more of the same stuff we loved the first time around. As long as BioWare didn't rock the boat too much, I was pretty much guaranteed to enjoy it. So when the chance came to dive back into Ferelden with the Awakening expansion, it was a done deal for me. Featuring an increased level cap, new spells, abilities, specializations and items, plus five all-new party members, players can continue their adventures from Dragon Age: Origins, or begin with a brand new character.Dragon Age Origins is easily one of my favorite games of the last few years and I think that I love it for exactly the same reason that many other gamers can't stand it - it's big, it's heavy on story, and it's unashamedly nerdy.



Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening provides exciting new ways for players to customize their heroes and party, including the ability to re-spec their character attributes, allowing even greater customization and replayability. Summary: Designed and written by the same team that brought you Dragon Age: Origins, the Awakening expansion pack offers a brand new area of the world to explore known as Amaranthine, featuring an epic story that will allow players to unravel the secrets of the darkspawn - and their true motivations! Designed and written by the same team that brought you Dragon Age: Origins, the Awakening expansion pack offers a brand new area of the world to explore known as Amaranthine, featuring an epic story that will allow players to unravel the secrets of the darkspawn - and their true motivations! Players face a range of horrific and terrifying creatures including an evolved, intelligent breed of darkspawn and other menacing creatures such as the Inferno Golem and Spectral Dragon.
