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Sort o’ spoilers. Dragonage: origins

My thoughts on Dragonage: Origins so far.

1. Warriors/Rogues appear to be fairly ‘weak’ at the start. I’ve not seen any real mage play so far (my character is a sword n’ board warrior), but from hearing how powerful mages are I presume it’s down to the above mentioned classes requiring skills to become ‘good’, whilst a mage simply requires spells.
2. It’s a shame the Dog can’t be given skills or abilities, nor does it make sense why he’s removed when you join up with the Grey Wardens joining quest.
3. You can’t tab between the characters and quick selects are awkward. Combine that with the annoying system of macro-ai, seen in the latest FF games, frustrates me somewhat.
4. Some skills simply aren’t explained very well and lead to some confusion as to the use/purpose/point.
5. My elf wench got killed at the start without me being to do anything. Not impressed :(
6. The graphics close up are… bad. Some of the cut scenes are awful. It feels like we’ve gone back 4-5 years in time. Light reflecting cloth? There’s also a bazillion shades of brown.
7. I currently feel overwhelmed with skills I simply havn’t chosen due to being given 3 other characters to contend with, none of which I truthfully like, in personality or play style.
8. The way Elves are treated by Humans has me curious and makes me want to replay as an Elf. Hmmm…
9. I’m missing so far that ‘thing’ that makes this game a bioware game. It feels like an EA game oddly enough. Here’s hoping it’s just early start jitters.