Very addicting, fun, and has a great replay value!

User Rating: 9 | Dragon Age: Origins PS3
I'm going to rate this on three different factors:

storyline
battle system
miscellaneous

Storyline:
The storyline is very immersive and entertaining throughout the entire game. It never seems to disappear unlike some games that are released nowadays. However, some aspects of the storyline are a bit cliché but also keeps a state of realism. Your actions can always take a turn for the worse or come out just the way you wanted them to. I also must stress that there is not always a happy ending to each quest or task, which gives you a feel of all different emotions. Not to mention if you play through a second time most likely you will get completely different outcomes, considering you don't pick the exact same responses or character backgrounds.

Storyline Score: 9.0


Battle System:
The battle system works by selecting your target and then basically watching your character cut them up to pieces. Sometimes it can be a bit boring but you do get special abilities which you can use. One thing I did not enjoy was that your other characters do their actions through what you set prior to battle. Unfortunately they do not always follow the prior instructions you set for them which is very aggravating at times. It's also easy for your character to disregard your attack instructions because they are simply too close to an object or a bit hooked on an invisible boundary. Sometimes battles which should be relatively easy end up being extremely hard because of a large amount of enemies. For the most part though it's quite solid.

Battle System Score: 8.5


Miscellaneous:
-There a few bones I have to pick and some other things to praise. I simply despised the codex in this game, something that Bioware is quite well known for. Unfortunately every time the codex is just utterly annoying. I simply do not want to read pages and pages and pages and pages of material about their extremely over complicated world they created. Some codex is okay but a line needs to be drawn somewhere.

-One thing I really thought was neat was the way different classes fought using different types of armor. Give a rogue heavy armor and they don't fight very well since they are more attuned to leather armor. You certainly can't use anything lighter than plate with a warrior either.

Miscellaneous Score: 9.5