Also, this game is wonderful. It’s not perfect, but damn it is worthy of GOTY, at least a nominee. The story is great, the characters aren’t as memorable as say Mass Effect or Baldur’s Gate, but they still have their own personalities and morals, which works out well enough.

I’m honestly a little disappointed in the skill trees though. The specializations are quite dull, as they only unlock one line of skills. I was just hoping for more…ya know…specialization.

I also cranked all the settings up to full, which gives me about 2 fps lol. But holy shit the game looks pretty damn nice. A little glossy and stuff, but it sure looks great.
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Nice Joseph, because of this, my purchase of Dragon Age is imminent. I wasn’t able to watch Brad play it for the past few days but maybe thats a good thing since I want to play this myself.

The gameplay is fun and addicting, the dialogue deep and refreshing, and the story enthralling and chilling. I find myself wanting to just push past the side-quests in order to kill off the blight, because there’s a constant feeling that no time should be wasted, which is a sign that the game truly has pulled me in.

If you don’t like strategic combat, I wouldn’t recommend the higher difficulties. On easy and normal, you can pass by mostly just staying out of the pause section of the combat, although if you are resourceful and intelligent about your strategies then you’ll find many of the battles to be a lot easier than if you just send your group straight in to attack.

My only complaint is the like/dislike system. It’s hard to please everyone, and choices you make may bring down someone’s respect for you. You can offset this with gifts, but I really prefer to play a good and virtuous character that takes everything into consideration… which makes it hard to keep Morrigan (I want to get with her so bad) and Sten in high relations with you. But really, this all just adds to the depth of the choices you make, and is a positive aspect to the gameplay. I don’t not like the system, I just wish there was an easier way to bring everyone up to higher respects without you having to shower them with gifts and carefully plan your decisions.

I could go on and on, but I will sum the rest up by saying: This game is better than Oblivion 9 out of 10 times, get it if you show a relative interest in the RPG genre, or you’ll be kicking yourself for it. Hell, even if you don’t like RPGs, get it. There’s something for everyone.