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Dragon Age: Origins (2009)

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The newest and most awesome CGI trailer released by BioWare for the up and coming Dragon Age: Origins. Enjoy.

Game Info -

Dragon Age: Origins, (previously known as Dragon Age), is a computer role-playing game currently in development by BioWare. BioWare has announced that the game will be released on PC and Xbox 360 on November 3rd, 2009 in North America, and November 6th, 2009 in Europe. The PlayStation 3 version will follow later in November

Dragon Age: Origins utilizes a new game engine named Eclipse. It has been confirmed that a toolset for creation of fan-made content will be available for download once the game is released. It is a single-player only game and BioWare co-CEO Ray Muzyka describes Dragon Age: Origins as a 'spiritual successor' to the Baldur's Gate series, though it is not based on Dungeons & Dragons.

Story -

Over the past 400 years, the world has slowly decayed and civil war has erupted. It is up to you, one of the last remaining, legendary warriors known as the Grey Wardens to reunite the shattered lands as you attempt to fend off impending doom caused by the re-emergence of an unearthly force that has risen to bring about Armageddon. Choose your past, shape your present, and determine your future as you embark on a heroic journey in a world where sacrifices must be made to emerge victorious. How will you decide to save mankind?

Gameplay -

The designers are incorporating origin stories for each race and some classes in the game. For example, a dwarf who is noble will begin the game as part of the royal family in one of the dwarven cities, while a dwarf commoner will begin on the streets of the city. Origin stories provide an introduction to the game world and hours of game-play. People that the player meets during the origin story may reappear throughout the game, some of whom may be adversaries.

There is no tracking of alignment as in previous BioWare games, but the moral choices of the main character throughout the game will still affect the story. You may save the world whether you are good or evil, but the decisions that you make in the process will change the world around you deciding who will become king, for example, and affecting nations and races and their places in the world. These decisions will also influence your companions, and could ultimately lead to a companion deciding to leave your party if they do not agree with your approach.

As with the Baldur's Gate series, players will be able to issue orders to NPCs in real time or while the game is paused, and queue up actions such as spells and special attacks.

These features are confirmed:

* Six unique origin stories, each with a story that affects the game as a whole.
* Three base classes to choose from: rogue, warrior, or mage.
* Three playable races, dwarf, human or elf.
* Party-based gameplay with the player's character, plus up to three other characters chosen from a larger pool during the game.
* Combat is real-time pause-and-play tactical. What this means is that you select an enemy to begin attacking automatically, and at any point can pause the game to select commands.
* The camera provides an over-the-shoulder viewpoint when zoomed in, or an isometric-style viewpoint when zoomed out, although on the console editions, zooming, and therefore the isometric-style viewpoint are unavailable.
* Spell interactions (eg. Blizzard can put out fires, and fire spells can ignite grease from a grease spell).
* Depth-of-field effects which can be switched off via the options menu.

Trivia -

~ Dragon Age: Origins was first announced during E3 2004.
~ Dragon Age: Origins is the first BioWare game developed for the Playstation 3.
~ The developers have cited 'realistic' fantasy fiction such as George R.R. Martin's "A Game of Thrones" and fantasy paintings by artists such as Frank Frazetta as inspiration for the game.
~ BioWare will release a 'developer-grade' toolset (the same one that they used to make Dragon Age: Origins) to allow some modification and customization of the game and the creation of new and unique stand-alone games.
~ It has been announced that the retail version of Dragon Age will not use the SecuRom copy protection software used by other EA games, opting instead for a standard disc check.
~ Bioware announced on 8 October 2009 that two downloadable contents would be available on games launch, The Stone Prisoner and Wardens Keep.
~ There are currently two novels set in the Dragon Age universe. The first, Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne was released March 3, 2009. The second Dragon Age novel will be titled Dragon Age: The Calling. It is currently scheduled to be released on 13 October 2009.

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