Dragon Age: Origins

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. Your origin defines your place in the world and how others see you. Downloadable content will provide you with exciting new stories and ways to expand your Dragon Age experience beyond the original game. Just remember: for every choice, there is a consequence. Stand at the heart of the storm sweeping across Ferelden. Issue orders, build your own tactical AI, or take control of any party member to lead the charge. Control your perspective as you guide a party of four into battle. Use the provided toolset to author your own adventures to share with friends. Race, appearance, abilities, and equipment all affect how you look. Deep customization gives you control over your character in Dragon Age. Choose the fates of nations, people and, ultimately, yourself. What you do will affect how you are perceived. 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.

View larger. 3 classes and 3 races to play as. 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. 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. 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.

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.

System Requirements: Minimum Recommended OS: Windows XP with SP3 / Vista with SP1 CPU: XP: Intel Core 2(or equivalent) running at 1.4Ghz or greater AMD X2(or equivalent) running at 1.8Ghz or greater / Vista: Intel Core 2 (or equivalent) running at 1.6Ghz or greater Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4Ghz Processor or equivalent RAM: XP: 1GB or more / 1.5GB or more 2 GB (XP) / 4 GB (Vista) HDD: 20GB Video: XP: ATI Radeon X850 128MB or greater, NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT 128MB or greater / Vista: ATI Radeon X1550 256MB or greater, NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT 256MB or greater ATI 3850 512 MB or greater, NVIDIA 8800GTS 512 MB or greater, AMD Phenom II X3 Triple-Core 2.8 GHz or greater Other: DVD-ROM drive for physical disc play; Mouse/keyboard/gamepad for gameplay 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. 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. 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. 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.

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). View larger. Gritty, brutal action. View larger. Stunning 3D environments. 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. This uncertainty allows for a variety of possible dynamics within the party ranging from open hostility, all the way to romance. 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. 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. The game features three character classes--warrior, mage, and rogue--and three races of being--Human, Elf or Dwarf--that can assume these classes. 6 possible hero Origin Stories. View larger. Party-based combat using NPCs. View larger. Story In Dragon Age: Origins the survival of humanity rests in the hands of those chosen by fate. From BioWare, the makers of Mass Effect, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and Baldur's Gate comes Dragon Age: Origins. Betrayed by a trusted general in a critical battle, you must hunt down the traitor and bring him to justice. To be a leader, you must make ruthless decisions and be willing to sacrifice your friends and loved ones for the greater good.

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. Players can also quest alone if they so choose, but with the chance of survival are slim. 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. View larger. Frightening enemies and bosses. 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.