Highly disappointed with Dragon Age Origins.

I recently bought a copy of Dragon Age Origins on the Xbox 360 from Wal-Mart. I was almost 100% that I would love this game, I've enjoyed most of Bioware's other games and I read and watched numerous Dragon Age Origins reviews from websites all over t he internet including Gamespot's review on here. They all said that the PC version was a little better, but the 360/PS3 versions are not quite as good but still a great game. So I decided to buy it. I did and I have to say that it's a pile of steaming crap. First of all the visuals are majorly outdated. Games from like 2006 right after the 360 was released have far better visuals than this pitiful port of a game. At one point I saw some trees and some logs that looked like PS1 stle cardboard cut-outs. The characters animations are shoddy, and your main character never even speaks. For all I know he or she doesn't even have a voice. The combat is boring and lame, this is really ridiculous. I feel like I've been robbed and bamboozled. If anyone even recommends you this game on the 360 or PS3 don't believe it. This game is absolute trash, and should not have even recieved anything higher than a 5 out of 10 on any review site under any circumstances. The worst part of this entire deal is the fact that I paid $60 for it from Wal-Mart, and their return policy is that once it's been opened it can't be returned. So I'm just out 60 smackers which is kind of a big deal this day in age. Anyone have anyway to get around this policy?

Thank you for your opinion and I'm sorry that the game didn't work out for you. I think you'll find that you're amongst the minority when it comes to just how great this game really is. Maybe someday you will pick it up again and enjoy it better the second time around.

On a side note, most of your dislikes about the game were it's graphics. That's kind of sad considering it such a huge game with so much to do, so much to explore, so many different ways to tackle quest, and so many different ways to treat your party to see what happens next. This game has so much indepth story that its sad that you couldn't even get past the fact that it doesn't try to shine in terms of graphics, but in terms of gameplay, story elements, and characters it was one of the best games of 2009.

disliking a game because of its graphics...? You have some problems. If it bugs you that much, just get a PC gaming rig.

after playing mass effect 2, i couldnt play 10 min of DAO. worst graphics ive ever seen, my dad thought it was a ps1 game

I agree with you 100%. I wrote a pretty scathing review of it a few weeks ago (based on over 60 hours of playtime) and I was not impressed with any aspect of the game. Not the graphics, not the combat, not the story. Everything about the game falls flat of expectations and is of low quality.

Anyway, my suggestion is to put the game on eBay. For a like-new copy you can probably snag a good 50 bucks for it. Or sell it through glyde.com. It's incredibly simple, just go to the website and check it out.

This.

i also bought the game expecting to LOVE it, but was disappointed in the end. Its not a bad game, just not what i expected.

Thank you for your opinion and I'm sorry that the game didn't work out for you. I think you'll find that you're amongst the minority when it comes to just how great this game really is. Maybe someday you will pick it up again and enjoy it better the second time around.

On a side note, most of your dislikes about the game were it's graphics. That's kind of sad considering it such a huge game with so much to do, so much to explore, so many different ways to tackle quest, and so many different ways to treat your party to see what happens next. This game has so much indepth story that its sad that you couldn't even get past the fact that it doesn't try to shine in terms of graphics, but in terms of gameplay, story elements, and characters it was one of the best games of 2009.

i also bought the game expecting to LOVE it, but was disappointed in the end. Its not a bad game, just not what i expected.

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