Dragon Age: Origins Videos and Preview at IGN

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Dragon Age: Origins Videos and Preview at IGN

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Perhaps to put salve on the wounds of Dragon Age: Origins being delayed for two whole week, IGN has [url=http://uk.media.pc.ign.com/media/682/68 ... l:2n6p4so1]a bunch of new videos[/url:2n6p4so1] as well as [url=http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/101/10126 ... l:2n6p4so1]a hands-on article[/url:2n6p4so1] up.

These videos and articles focus mostly on the Human Noble origin (which, together with Dwarf Noble, Dwarf Commoner, Mage, Dalish Elf and City Elf, forms the six origins that the game takes its name from). As such there are some spoilers for that origin. No spoilers for the other origins or the rest of the game, and of the movies the opening cinematic, throne battle and character creation video are definitely spoiler free.

Here’s the videos:


[center:2n6p4so1][b:2n6p4so1]Dragon Age: Origins PC Games Gameplay - Intro Cinematic[/b:2n6p4so1]
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[b:2n6p4so1]Dragon Age: Origins PC Games Gameplay - Human Noble Intro Cinematic[/b:2n6p4so1]
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[b:2n6p4so1]Dragon Age: Origins PC Games Video - Human Noble[/b:2n6p4so1]
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[b:2n6p4so1]Dragon Age: Origins PC Games Gameplay - Throne Battle[/b:2n6p4so1]
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[b:2n6p4so1]Dragon Age: Origins PC Games Gameplay - Character Creation[/b:2n6p4so1]
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Next to the videos IGN also has on article up, titled “[url=http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/101/10126 ... l:2n6p4so1]Dragon Age: Origins Human Noble Hands-on[/url:2n6p4so1]”. The article is an interesting read as well, though the second half contains spoilers for the Human Noble origin as well (they’ll say when they start to include spoilers).

Here’s a (spoiler-free) excerpt:

[quote="IGN":2n6p4so1]First, we should probably discuss character creation, since you actually need to create a human noble before you get to play one. Humans can play as warriors, mages, and rogues, though human nobles can only play as warriors and rogues. Human mages are an entirely different origins story, which means that they have a different starting point and plot. Not surprising, but the character creation system is built off of the one found in Mass Effect; you use sliders to choose and adjust facial features, such as eye height, jaw width, cheekbone height, ear size, and much more. Mass Effect fans will probably recognize many of the facial parts, such as the eyes. One nice thing is that you can adjust your character's in-game portrait; remember the old days when BioWare supplied hand-painted portraits for your characters? Now you can pose your character's face, and even adjust their facial expression. There's something cool about having a wry smirk for your portrait.

BioWare designed the rule set from scratch, and D&D veterans might need a while to adjust to the different feel of the rules. Character abilities are divided between strength, dexterity, willpower, magic, cunning, and constitution. Strength affects the amount of damage you inflict in combat, dexterity lets you dodge attacks, willpower improves your stamina (which power your skills), and magic is important mainly for mages, though it has its uses for other classes. Cunning is a bit unusual, as it's mainly for rogues, but it's important for combat tactics as well. Then there's constitution, which mainly affects your health points. Each time you level up you get three points to distribute between these abilities, which sounds like a lot but you'll quickly discover that to use some of the best gear in the game often requires a particular ability score in the 20s or even 30s.[/quote:2n6p4so1]
Sounding quite good. :)


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