


To this end, BioWare have crammed in more than 500 new objects, two new specialisations for each class, five more recruitable characters, loads of new skills, spells and abilities, and some useful objects that were glaring omissions from the main game, such as stamina potions. As you'll be doing just as much dungeon and forest crawling as you did in the first game (25 hours worth, if the figures are to be believed) then it's a shame you'll be doing it with a bunch of people you don't like much.īut enough character assassination, Awakening is all about big lists of new stuff being added to the main game.Īnd that's really what an expansion should be about: expanding on what came before. Frankly, they're not as interesting to roam around with. The new characters just can't replace the ones you spent so many hours with. (Actually, one of them isn't new, he's just a guy from the main game I didn't care about much.) This is perhaps one of the biggest letdowns about Awakening, which does all the basics exactly right. When Awakening, the first proper expansion in what will likely be a long list of new material for BioWare's epic RPG, kicks off, you've got a load of new people wandering around with you. (Critically acclaimed winner of more than 50 awards including over 30 'Best of 2009' awards.Spending a Long time with a group of characters to push my rogue archer to the end of the main Dragon Age game, meant I got to become familiar with them. Fight new enemies, learn new skills and spells, and explore an all-new area of the world, Amaranthine.Ĭollect new rewards, gain new party members, and more as you delve deeper into the Dragon Age storyline. The story of the Grey Wardens continues as you are named their commander. Explore a stunning world, make complex moral choices, and engage in bone-crushing combat against massive and terrifying creatures.ĭragon Age: Origins - Awakening Expansion Pack

With the return of mankind's ancient foe and the kingdom engulfed in civil war, you have been chosen by fate to unite the shattered lands and slay the archdemon once and for all. You are a Grey Warden, one of the last of this legendary order of guardians.
