Why should I play Dragon Age? And some questions too about the game?

[burgbrand22]

Questions:
1. Are the optional quests more story driven, action driven, or MMO driven (kill x number of creatures, go find missing person or item).
2. Is the story predictable (good guys must go destroy this great evil) or unpredictable?
3. What makes Dragon Age different from other rpg's?

I have been playing the Witcher (and I do like it), but the "go talk to this person" quests are getting tiresome. If Dragon Age is like that, no thanks.

 

[Cpt_Oblivious]

The optional quests seem to have a sort of story as the more you do the more you unlock, though they are mostly MMO-types such as "Deliver a message to three people" etc.

The story is the basic good guys go kill the bad guys, but it's unpredictable in the choices of how you go about doing this.

It's pretty, it's good and very fun apart from one area.


I'm not sure if it's like The Witcher as I haven't played that, though if you're a fan of RPGs I'd definately recommend it.

 

[Meggiepants]

Fairly predictable, but there were parts that even I had trouble figuring out. Like, if you don't start as a dwarf character, playing the dwarf quest later on can be a bit tricky to figure out who is the good guy and who is the bad guy.

I'd actually recommend that, because it makes that part so interesting. And then it's even more interesting when you get to unveil the mystery first hand as you play a dwarf.

It has grindy parts, but I didn't get tired of the grind until close to the end.

As far a the difference from other RPGs, definitely the companion relationship thing, where they have an affection level toward you that is quite significant to how they react to you, and what sidequests you can get. It's a lot deeper than most RPGs that have that kind of stuff.

 

[Lizardon]

I think what sets it apart is the story and the sheer depth of the game and the world they've created.
I wouldn't say it's too predictable but yeah the whole "you are the only one who can save the world is there"
The gameplay is nothing new, at the end of the day it's really just a good fantasy RPG that I think you should play.

 

[Elora Fea]

The optional quests can get a little bit samey samey at first but the further you go with them the more in depth and interesting they can get. It is really just a case of sticking with them till they actually get interesting!

I guess the basic stroy is very much your standard good versus evil but the game itself doesn't really have a moral compass, you can be a really bad person and no one will care that much! I mean your party might disapprove but thats it.

In a lot of ways you can make the story more or less interesting. You can just get on with the primary quests and still have a good story or you can talk to party members and follow their personal quests which are in some cases very very interesting. As I said the optional quests get good towards the end of a sort series of connected ones sometimes but you have to stick at them through the boring stuff.

As an RPG I would recommend it, I don't think it is biowares very best thing ever in the world but it is good. Don't know how it compares to the witcher, I couldn't get into that game and gave up on it fairly fast

 

[Flippincrazy]

I've just started out playing Dragon Age Origins, and so far the story has been pretty predictable. But there are four main things that stand out to me.
1. The dialogue is simply awesome. Not only the detail in characters backgrounds, but also their random talking with one another, on more than one occasion I couldn't help but laugh at interactions between characters.
2. Detail in general, it's just such a...real world, as everything is really well fleshed out and sometimes believeable.
3. Optional Quests are pretty awesome, sometimes you do things to back up areas of the main quest and give you an increased chance of success (like Mass Effect 2), and even when they r gress to simply find and kill the combat system makes up for it.
4. You can play as mother-fucking dwarf with a big-ass axe. Honestly, what more can you want from a game? Well you could be a dwarf using two axes at once....AND THAT'S POSSIBLE!!!

 

[Kpt._Rob]

Why should you play it? Well, if you're asking for my advice the answer would be that you shouldn't. Personally speaking, I didn't find the game very entertaining. But, everyone else, their grandma, and their grandma's dog seems to be in love with the game, so that doesn't mean it's right. It just means that it is possible to not think it's the greatest thing since sliced bread.

 

[Instant K4rma]

The story in the big picture is a little generic, of "Good guys kill Bad Guys", but what takes place in the middle is wide open to diversity, based on the choices you decide to make.

Some of the side quests are more MMO type, but not many that I can recall. A good chunk of them are story based.

If I had to pick something that made this game different? How the game delivers the story it's telling. The voice acting in the game is outstanding, and all of the characters seem so real if you let yourself get immersed and taken in early on. For me, it's all about immersion with DA:O. I get so into the game, it's ridiculous, and the game does a great job of drawing you in. I would recommend Dragon Age to anyone in a heartbeat.

EDIT: Oh, and for all of you Dragon Age fans, BioWare made their announcement today: http://dragonage.bioware.com/da2/

 

[veloper]

Questions:
1. Are the optional quests more story driven, action driven, or MMO driven (kill x number of creatures, go find missing person or item).
2. Is the story predictable (good guys must go destroy this great evil) or unpredictable?
3. What makes Dragon Age different from other rpg's?

I have been playing the Witcher (and I do like it), but the "go talk to this person" quests are getting tiresome. If Dragon Age is like that, no thanks.

All WRPGs (and JRPGs) are like that.
This game isn't for everyone. If DA were a game for you, you would have already known.

 

[Sephychu]

The optional quests seem to have a sort of story as the more you do the more you unlock, though they are mostly MMO-types such as "Deliver a message to three people" etc.

The story is the basic good guys go kill the bad guys, but it's unpredictable in the choices of how you go about doing this.

It's pretty, it's good and very fun apart from one area.


I'm not sure if it's like The Witcher as I haven't played that, though if you're a fan of RPGs I'd definately recommend it.

Which part did you not like?


Dragon Age is great fun to play. At the beginning, the side quests are quite monotonous, but the main quests are momentous and really interesting.

Story line is very BioWare. "I am [Important figure from absolutely nowhere], and I request the help of [important figure previously existing] to help me fight [world consuming chaotic evil]."
However, there are some points you couldn't predict, but whether those appear or not depends entirely on choices you make.

It isn't different from other RPGs. It combines the best elements of BioWare's other RPGs for a refined and great game.

 

[CarpathianMuffin]

It's essentially THE fantasy game. As in it's the amalgamation of everything that's good about fantasy in one nifty package. Not a terrible lot of originality, but you don't come in expecting that.

 

[Axolotl]

It's essentially THE fantasy game. As in it's the amalgamation of everything that's good about fantasy in one nifty package. Not a terrible lot of originality, but you don't come in expecting that.

Odd, I viewed it as everything bad about fantasy RPGs brought together into one package.

 

[Cpt_Oblivious]

The optional quests seem to have a sort of story as the more you do the more you unlock, though they are mostly MMO-types such as "Deliver a message to three people" etc.

The story is the basic good guys go kill the bad guys, but it's unpredictable in the choices of how you go about doing this.

It's pretty, it's good and very fun apart from one area.


I'm not sure if it's like The Witcher as I haven't played that, though if you're a fan of RPGs I'd definately recommend it.

Which part did you not like?


Dragon Age is great fun to play. At the beginning, the side quests are quite monotonous, but the main quests are momentous and really interesting.

Story line is very BioWare. "I am [Important figure from absolutely nowhere], and I request the help of [important figure previously existing] to help me fight [world consuming chaotic evil]."
However, there are some points you couldn't predict, but whether those appear or not depends entirely on choices you make.

It isn't different from other RPGs. It combines the best elements of BioWare's other RPGs for a refined and great game.

The Deep Roads. That was just horrible.

I'd also like to add that the banter and conversations between your party when out on the road can be very funny and one of the little details in the game that make it that bit better.

 

[Nwabudike Morgan]

It's pretty much the CRPG has we have known it for all these years brought to a state of near perfection. It doesn't break much ground, it just does everything you'd expect from a western fantasy RPG very, very well.

 

[L4hlborg]

The Deep Roads. That was just horrible.

And the mage tower lasts forever.

But apart from those 2 parts, the game is awesome. I pretty much agree with everyone else here, so I'm not gonna repeat the "slightly predictable but blaa blaa blaa" thingy.

 

[burgbrand22]

Questions:
1. Are the optional quests more story driven, action driven, or MMO driven (kill x number of creatures, go find missing person or item).
2. Is the story predictable (good guys must go destroy this great evil) or unpredictable?
3. What makes Dragon Age different from other rpg's?

I have been playing the Witcher (and I do like it), but the "go talk to this person" quests are getting tiresome. If Dragon Age is like that, no thanks.

All WRPGs (and JRPGs) are like that.
This game isn't for everyone. If DA were a game for you, you would have already known.

lol dude you managed to say absolutely nothing

 

[veloper]

Questions:
1. Are the optional quests more story driven, action driven, or MMO driven (kill x number of creatures, go find missing person or item).
2. Is the story predictable (good guys must go destroy this great evil) or unpredictable?
3. What makes Dragon Age different from other rpg's?

I have been playing the Witcher (and I do like it), but the "go talk to this person" quests are getting tiresome. If Dragon Age is like that, no thanks.

All WRPGs (and JRPGs) are like that.
This game isn't for everyone. If DA were a game for you, you would have already known.

lol dude you managed to say absolutely nothing

the game will be too hard for you.