As long as you are american...

After my review was there ever any doubt?

This game is pure awesomeness..it's a masterpiece...a must have for all RPG fans!

Aw man... this is awful. This might mean I actually have to buy this game. SIGH.

Yea!!!

The most surprising thing is, I've yet to encounter a negative opinion of the game. Any. At all. Not just gaming websites, but regular users as well, opinions pretty much range from "best RPG of this generation" to "best RPG ever made". Me, I bought it on Steam as Impulse is NA-only, and its preloading slooooooowly... no biggie, as its not released until a couple hours 'round here (it was apparently pushed forward a day, was gonna be tomorrow).

First game I pay full price for since Medieval II, and the first I've encountered such universal acclaim for since Half-Life 2. Let's hope it lives up to it.

Me :Yay

Parents: its rated Mature

Me:.......

When you look at it there isn't anything really "Mature" about it. There's no swearing, no actual nudity ,the closest it comes is a bikini type scene and one disgusting looking monster with 10 breasts has nipples. They aren't sexy looking nipples either as they are on a demon chick monster.

I think by "Mature" they mean all the blood and violence and the mature nature of the themes dealing with death, betrayal, and choices between right and wrong.

If I had a 14 year old son, I'd let him play DA:O. I'd say realistically the cut off age for being able to understand a game like this is around 12 or 13 depending on how smart your kid is. Then again, when I was 12 I was reading at a college comprehension level.

My friends all hate its guts. See they cut out the player item stash/party headquarters and made you pay for it in the form of DLC. To add insult to injury there is a quest NPC that has a link to purchase the DLC IN HIS DIALOG. And the top it all off once you talk to that guy you get a quest entry that stays in your journal that again tries to sell you the expansion content.

yeah. i love this one!

Me, I bought it on Steam as Impulse is NA-only

I would have done the same, except Steam wants €50. They're just too expensive to consider anymore after they changed from $ to € at 1:1 conversion ratio (or rather, the publishers are keeping that default). I bought a lot of games via Steam prior to this change, zero after. But I suppose the publishers have done their price elasticity calculations and my spending habits are in the minority.

Living in Belgium, I ordered it at Amazon UK at 32.32 £ or around 36 € (Including shipping). Which would have been more or less the same as if I bought it on Impulse and still a lot cheaper then buying it at a local store at around 47 €. I got a message this yesterday that it's on it's way, so either today or monday I should have it...

I'll wait till shortly before X-Mas before buying it. First off coz I won't have the time to play it till then anyway and secondly coz till then major probs that might arise, once more people are actually playing it, might be already solved.

          Tamren, the DLC you complain about was made after the PC version was completed, what........3 months ago?  They didn't "cut it out", it was developed beside and after the fact.  Considering how many hours you get in the main game, that the DLC is multiple hours on its own, and that the DLC is what.....$7?  How is this a big deal?

          I hate microtransactions, and I'm not a fan of DLC.  My kid gets pissed all the time because I won't let him buy items on XBL and various DLC for games he plays unless he can convince me it's worth it.  Even considering that, I plan on buying it.

          Beyond these silly complaints, the game is great.  Several of my friends and I bought it, and all of us are loving it so far.  Great story, fun gameplay, decent graphics, and I can see replaying it several times which is crazy considering how big this game is.

In that you obviously don't actually GET it. Over at the Dragon Age Board peeps are outraged by the fact that they can't dl the content they have paid for. Typically EA, if you ask me...