[Multiplatform] Dragon Age: Origins

By Bioware

Coming out for PC, 360, PS3 at the same time, sometime Sept or later. Developers call it the spiritual successor to Baldurs Gate, so fans of that series, Planescape Torment, Icewind Dale, etc will most likely want to check it out. Not dungeons & dragons though.

Main Site: http://dragonage.bioware.com/
-you can pretty much get all the information you want here.

From wikipedia:

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The designers are incorporating 'origin' stories for each race and some classes in the game. For example, a Dwarf Noble will begin the game as part of the royal family in one of the Dwarven cities, and a Dwarf Commoner will begin on the streets of the city. Origin stories determine the background of the player's character prior to the main events of the game's story, forming 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.[7]

There is no tracking of alignment as in previous BioWare games,[8] 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 companion NPCs, and could ultimately lead to an NPC deciding to leave your party if he does not agree with your approach.[9]

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.[10]
These features are confirmed:[11]

• Three base classes to choose from: rogue, warrior, or mage, and have your own origin story that affects the game as a whole.
• Combat is real-time, tactical pause-and-play. (As in Baldur's Gate I & II)
• The camera provides an over-the-shoulder viewpoint when zoomed in, or an isometric-style viewpoint when zoomed out.
• Party-based gameplay with the player's character and up to 3 other characters chosen from a larger pool of NPCs during the game.
• Spell interactions will be a new addition (e.g. ‘Blizzard’ can put out fires, and fire spells can ignite grease from a grease spell).

People will probably say they are dumbing down the game now because its coming out for a console, but that is just the state of games now, so deal with it =D They still will have the classic isometric camera if you want to be old-school. Anyway, it's coming out with a world builder (similar to what Bethesda does with the Elder Scrolls), so mods will be a plenty if you get the PC version.

Looks like it is going to have some good lore. And they already have a novel coming out.

YOU KNOW ITS GONNA BE GOOD

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Confirmed release date

YAY

Dragon Age dawns Oct. 20 - News at GameSpot

There's nowhere I can't reach.

CG Trailer showing a Gray Warden

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Dragon Age: Origins is a fantasy-themed RPG that sees you take on the role of a Gray Warden to lead the fight on the humans' side against an invading horde of creatures called the Blight.

Dragon Age: Origins Official Trailer 4 - GameSpot E3 2009 Official Trailer

Looks like an in game cutscenes here.
Dragon Age: Origins Stage Demo Official Trailer - GameSpot E3 2009 Official Trailer

Not a fan of the music, but pretty cool nonetheless.

And gamespots E3 impressions, who actually got to see a demo of it who reveal its not all about action you see in the trailers.
Dragon Age: Origins Updated Hands-On - Preview GameSpot E3 2009

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

EXPANSION PACK !

Dragon Age Origins - Awakening

to go along with that Return to ostagar content sometime at the end of the month. We are going to Orlais apparently for about 15 hours or so. This could be false though. More or less anyone know?

I haven't even finished the game yet due to it being extremely long and deep, but I am looking forward to it.

Actually its not DLC, its retail for 40 dollars. Didn't expect that.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?