Awakening allows players to import their Origins character, provided that they survived the events of the first game, or create a new level 16 character. Even more worrying, there have been reports that these foul creatures are even more intelligent than before.

However, instead of retreating back to the deep roads as expected, it seems that the darkspawn are instead still lingering on the surface. This also means that there will be a few spoilers in this review for Origins.Īwakening is set six months after the events of Origins, which saw your character defeat the Archdemon and put an end to the blight. Since the original game is required to play Awakening we are going to assume that everyone interested in the expansion has played Origins first, as they should. Awakening is the first full-fledged expansion for the game, which means it’s longer than the bite-sized DLC before it, but not quite as long as the original game. Thankfully, they managed to deliver a title that lived up to the hype.

By the time Dragon Age: Origins was released Bioware had already built up quite a reputation for creating quality role-playing games, which meant expectations were quite high.

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