Dragon Age: Origins Collector's Edition

Choose the fates of nations, people and, ultimately, yourself. Issue orders, build your own tactical AI, or take control of any party member to lead the charge. What you do will affect how you are perceived. Use the provided toolset to author your own adventures to share with friends. Stand at the heart of the storm sweeping across Ferelden. Control your perspective as you guide a party of four into battle. These playable sequences introduce the world and let you decide how your character becomes a hero, setting the tone for the entire story to come. Just remember: for every choice, there is a consequence. Downloadable content will provide you with exciting new stories and ways to expand your Dragon Age experience beyond the original game. Your origin defines your place in the world and how others see you. Race, appearance, abilities, and equipment all affect how you look. Become immersed in a dark and heroic fantasy world realized with BioWare’s trademark depth and expertise, enriched with its own unique lore and brought to life by some of the best artists in the industry. Deep customization gives you control over your character in Dragon Age.

In addition, the game features extreme character customization, a new game engine, party-based gameplay utilizing non-player characters and a built-in personal history system for each hero character rooted in a variety of possible origin stories. The inclusion of subtitle "Origins" in the game's title refers to the six unique origin stories available to new heroes as a new game begins. Key Game Features

• BioWare’s deepest universe to date with over 80 hours of gameplay and more than double the size and scope of Mass Effect.
  • Travel throughout dozens of environments and fully immerse yourself in a shattered world that is on the brink of utter annihilation.
  • An epic story that is completely shaped and reactive to your play style.
• Complex moral dilemmas offering no easy choices.
  • Tailor your Dragon Age: Origins experience from the very beginning by choose from six different origin stories.
  • Decide how to handle complex issues like murder, genocide, betrayal, and the possession/sacrificing of children without the security of a good/bad slider to tell you what to do.
• Full character customization allowing the player to sculpt a hero in your own image or fantasy.
  • Elaborate character creator allows you to create your own hero unique from anyone else.
  • Shape your character’s personality and morality based on the choices you make throughout the game.
• Engage in bone-crushing, visceral combat engaging in battle against massive and terrifying creatures.
  • Unleash legendary powers and choose from over 100 different magical spells and skills.
  • Experience the adrenaline rush of brutal combat, beheading your foes or casting spells that make enemies explode from within.

Bonus Items Included with Dragon Age: Origins Collector's Edition for Xbox 360:

• Tin case.
• Bonus DVD including:
  • A making of documentary
  • Soundtrack
  • Trailers
  • Wallpaper
  • Concept art video
  • Strategy tips
• Cloth map.
• 3 pieces of exclusive in-game content:
  • Bergen’s Honor: A massive helmet made out of dragonbone (+2 to armor, +25 physical resistance, +6 to attack).
  • Grimoire of the Frozen Wates: A special book that adds +3 to all attributes when read.
  • Final Reason: A magical staff of immense power (adds to damage, spell power, and fire damage).
• "The Stone Prisoner" unlockable bonus quest and unlockable character, Shale.
• Exclusive in-game item for use in the upcoming title Mass Effect 2.

View larger. Stunning 3D environments. View larger. 3 classes and 3 races to play as. There are many different endings to the game based on the origin story of the character and the choices you make as you play through the game. From BioWare, the makers of Mass Effect, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and Baldur's Gate comes Dragon Age: Origins. Gameplay Dragon Age: Origins is a 3D oriented RPG based in a dark, heroic, fantasy realm where moral choices have a lasting impression on the people you meet, the members of your own party and the world around you. Although most game elements, such as weapons, magic, etc., are available to any character, each class and race has different strengths, abilities and affinities which lend themselves to better utilizing different elements. As you fight your way towards the final confrontation with an evil nemesis, you will face monstrous foes and engage in epic quests to unite the disparate peoples of a world at war. The game progresses in real-time via a pause-and-play tactical combat system that allows the player to check inventory levels, equip a character, etc. Dragon Age: Origins is a single player game based on party-based gameplay and combat where the player can join, control and quest with up to three non-player characters (NPCs). A romance with a seductive shapeshifter may hold the key to victory, or she may be a dangerous diversion from the heart of your mission. To be a leader, you must make ruthless decisions and be willing to sacrifice your friends and loved ones for the greater good. This uncertainty allows for a variety of possible dynamics within the party ranging from open hostility, all the way to romance. An epic tale of violence, lust, and betrayal, Dragon Age: Origins is a single player role-playing game (RPG) set in a fantasy game environment, and featuring three playable character classes, accessible in the form of three races. View larger. Spell combining abilities. Each of these has an impact on the player's motivations and his or her experience, and renders a unique prelude, path, and possible ending(s) to the game. Convincing NPCs to join you, and treating them well may be necessary depending on the varying sentiments between the player and the NPC, or between the NPC's in the party based on the chosen history written into the origin story accepted at the beginning of the game. in a slight vacuum. Additional features found in the game include: a combination of a standard loot system and a currency system based on gold silver and copper; advanced character customization functionality; the use of poison, traps and herbalism; dual-wielding skills; and "spell combos," which allow players to chain together different spells to create a unique effects. You are a Grey Warden, one of the last of an ancient order of guardians who have defended the lands on the continent of Thedas throughout the centuries. 6 possible hero Origin Stories. The game features three character classes--warrior, mage, and rogue--and three races of being--Human, Elf or Dwarf--that can assume these classes. Betrayed by a trusted general in a critical battle, you must hunt down the traitor and bring him to justice. Players can also quest alone if they so choose, but with the chance of survival are slim. View larger. Story In Dragon Age: Origins the survival of humanity rests in the hands of those chosen by fate. View larger. Party-based combat using NPCs.