Ten days ago, we previewed Dragon Age: Origins, BioWare’s latest RPG offering for the PC, Xbox 360, and Playstation 3. We’ve now had almost two weeks with the game (Evan on the PC, Bobby on the PS3), so we should have a full review for you soon, right? Well, one small problem. Dragon Age is a huge game. Almost two weeks in, and both of us are less than 10% finished with the game, according to the in-game statistics. We have both played for hours and hours, though, so we have enough of a feel for it to give you our first impressions. Read on for our thoughts on Dragon Age, from both a PC perspective and PS3 perspective.
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Like Baldur’s Gate? Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic? How about Mass Effect? Well then, prepare yourself… BioWare’s newest masterpiece has hit stores and is preparing to rock your world! Dragon Age: Origins has been officially released for PC, xBox 360 and Playstation 3. Dragon Age, touted as the “spiritual successor of Baldur’s Gate”, is a single player role-playing game that is a based in a completely original world and setting created by BioWare. There has been much buzz on the game, which has rarely scored below 90% in reviews to date and has been touted by some as the best RPG of the decade. Many gamers and fantasy fans, myself included, have been anticipating this game for years. I am so excited that I find myself especially glad that my 34th birthday is less than a month away…
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Remember the good old days, when games were hard? I mean really frustrating, “throw the controller at the television because there are no save points and I just died — again!!” hard? Most people I know have fond memories of Donkey Kong, Zaxxon, Pac-Man, Centipede, Pitfall, and many, many more. As they should, too, given that retro-games are and retro-gaming is generally awesome!
In light of this, I have investigated several Abandonware and Retro-Gaming sites, tried them out and compiled you a pretty little list of six sites to help you scratch your retro-gaming itch online.
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