



The new setting, complete with new development paths and new leveling up mechanism, needs to be learned and most players will be a bit clueless the first time around. And the sickness of powergaming got only worse after the first play was through, mostly because of the knowledge gained about the game and because of the slightly set in stone structure experience of BioWare role playing games of old.ĭragon Age: Origins seems to have taken quite a few steps to actually avoid players blitzing through, looking only for gameplay advantages. I chose outcomes for quests based upon possible reward. And min maxing became second nature. I looked at character classes, racial abilities, and possible development paths thinking about how powerful character might become at some point in the future. I confess to getting through Baldur's Gate II five times, three with the Throne of Baal expansion installed.
