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Skarwael wrote:Haven't tried Awakening yet. Can't say I will, either, judging by how lackluster the original was.

What did bioware call it? The spiritual successor to Baldur's Gate? Bollocks.

Awakening has a very rough start. Not in terms of difficulty, but rather story. It really didn't flow. It felt like they just tried to shovel way too much into your head at once and get the opening scenes over with. It did -not- begin as smoothly as the first, that's for sure. And the Apostate that you meet in the intro level - it seems like they just took Alistair's character and

Though the idea of integrating RTS elements into the game seems very interesting. I haven't gotten that far into it for the aforementioned reason, but I'm certainly hoping that they executed this element well. It feels like the kind of game where you'd need a weekend to just sit down and plug away at it to actually start getting into it though.

I just got the armor set from return to ostagar. it way 2 tiers below my lvl. but i hear you can upgrade it to your llv how?

Didn't like Awakening. I find that disconcerting, as I di like the Dragon Age world, if not necessarily the Dragon Age story. I think the game has potential moving forward, but it will require some more creative narration.