Difficult calls
One of Bioware’s hallmarks is a kind of moral system. Instead of Dragon Age: Origins being a completely linear experience, your character will occasionally be called upon to make difficult decisions.
These decisions can potentially affect how the rest of the game plays out. This includes how NPCs treat your character and how your party will react (more on that later in a minute).
If you squint closely enough, you can see that the game is more on rails than Bioware would have you believe – most of your choices still lead to the same main story points.
However, there is a wide variety of choices that can make multiple games different, and I liked the multiple opportunities to interpret the kinds of decisions our characters would actually make.
The system of friends
There have been times when I’ve heard it Dragon Age it’s a little too similar to Bioware’s previous efforts. However, there are some areas where they have clearly evolved, and this includes interacting with your group.
Basically, each party member has their own distinct personality and motives. This means that they will react to your decisions in different ways.
A ruthless decision can draw some characters closer to you while driving others away. And it’s entirely possible to dismiss characters altogether if they disapprove of your actions.
The reverse is also true: win a character’s affection often enough and you have a chance to fall in love with him. And you can increase those efforts by giving gifts to these characters, which is a rather artificial (but affordable) way to win more affection.
Aren’t you there for the love story? If nothing else, gaining the trust of your group is the only way to hear more of their stories. And man, man, there’s a lot of story in this game.
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