And Things Of Dragon Age: Origins

After our last rather cynical few comment thread chats about Dragon Age, a source from within EA (who will have to remain anonymous) got in touch to say that the cynics were wrong, and that the game really is the modern equivalent of the famed Baldur's Gate games. It is, our source insists, one of the great RPGs. Do we believe them? I mean, it's all within towing their company line, isn't it? Well, despite some scepticism induced by terrible marketing, I do hold out that this is going to be a thoroughly enjoyable RPG. Bioware aren't exactly short on talent, and this game has been years in the tweaking. That said, I'm kind of looking forward to both Alpha Protocol and Mass Effect 2 more, because they're both looking bold and non-fantasy. But then again, the collector's retail edition of Dragon Age comes with a cloth map (see below). And that kind of changes things... Terrible map-lust.

Anyway, GamesCom trailer below. It's good. And Darkspawny.

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Cloth map!