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Sweet sweet murder!

So, in my last entry I discovered the origins of my character, so now what? Well, the main story starts rather slowly, but gives you a lot more background into the events happening in the world outside of your origin story. For someone that wants to get involved with the story this is fantastic, I have spent hours walking around a campsite talking to all the NPCs in turn to get the “full” story on the events unfolding. I can see that people who want to see immediate results in games really not enjoying this. It takes a large amount of investment and patience to reap enjoyment.

So, what have I been doing since last time, well I’m glad you asked…
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There's dragons in it!

As a lover of Bioware’s Baldur’s Gate series, I have had my eye on Dragon Age for a little while. The fantasy setting, the storyline and interactions led by your choice of class, everything about it pulled me in. The only thing that stopped me from jumping straight in to the deep end was a title you may have heard of called Mass Effect. While this was an excellent game I was among those that felt it was a touch on the short side, completing the main story and a large majority over three days over a Christmas break. On hearing that the amount of time need to invest in DA:O was more on par with the Baldur’s Gate, it did not take much persuading to get me to jump into Dragon Age: Origins.

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