A very detailed look at Dragon Age.

If you are like me, you have been frustrated with Bioware's terrible Dragon Age marketing campaign of blood, sex, and Marilyn Manson; and even more frustrated by gaming journalists lack of real coverage of this spiritual successor to Baldur's Gate. Well, I've found a site that not only really cares about the game, but actually does a good job of going into legitimate detail on a preview build of the game.

Link: http://gamebanshee.com/previews/dragonageorigins3-1.php

Was especially glad to read:
Many such scuffles will occur as random encounters while we travel across the overland map. This aspect of the game doesn’t open up until after you’ve finished your origin story and have become a Gray Warden, but from the small glimpse I was given, it looks quite promising. On the very first instance that I opened the world map, there were nine locations available for travel: Redcliffe Village, Redcliffe Castle, Lothering, Brecilian Outskirts, Denerim, Lake Calenhad Docks, Circle Tower, Frostback Mountains, and the Party Camp. There was plenty of blank parchment ready for uncovering and “to…” markers at the edges of the map, as well, which leads me to believe that there’s quite a bit of exploration to be done. Here’s to hoping that Mike Laidlaw’s analysis of 80% of the game being non-linear is spot-on.

Dragon Age fans rejoice.

Brad

PS: Here is a video to help make Nicks decision a little easier. He loves shit like this.