The main character, like their Dragon Age: Origins predecessor rises from nothing to become an important figure, the difference this time – it isn't an immediate climb, but instead a ten year epic. Instead of a chronologically linear storytelling mechanism, the player is instead treated to a 3rd person and often unreliable narration.

It's adventures followed a fixed path toward an inevitable conclusion with side adventures and later downloadable add on content offering some alternate perspectives on the main game's characters and events.ĭragon Age 2 breaks with this traditional approach.

The Warden's tale was fairly standard as fantasy RPGs go – from small fry you develop into a serious player within the kingdom of Ferelden. We came to see the gothic and often very bloody fantasy setting through the eyes of a hero pressed into greater calling through destiny as the Warden. Heroes often come from auspicious origins – that was the story told in the first Dragon Age game as players gained insight into the world of the game thanks to an eternal conflict between inhuman darkspawn and the people of Thedas.

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