Product Keys Required?

[Stevepunk]

When I launch the game I keep getting messages from steam telling me a couple of product keys and that they are required to play the game but the game has not asked me for these.

Do I need to do anything?

Surely the game should just run from steam like any other game without the need to manually enter info (though the config menu was really weird - it launched an external application - so anything is possible I guess).

[Ilja]

That information is old. You do not need to type any product keys, or sign in to any third party site (like Bioware or Origin). All content - including DLCs - is distributed with Steam download.

[Stevepunk]

Originally posted by Ilja:

That information is old. You do not need to type any product keys, or sign in to any third party site (like Bioware or Origin). All content - including DLCs - is distributed with Steam download.

Yeah everything seems to be ok. There is a long list of installed DLC and nothing in the "Available" list which was confusing at first but I assume that means available for purchase.

The list of installed DLC is too long to go through but it includes Awakening and a bunch of armor and other crap so hopefully I should be GTG.

(though upon checking the controls, the movement keys seem to be WQSE instead of WASD - the plot thickens)

It does tell me I need to log in for achievements, but I guess I'll find out if that's true or not upon playing the game. I assume that steam achievements would be automatic..

[Ilja]

If you did not see gameplay DLCs, then make sure to run required executables from installation folder.

Activating DCL content in Ultimate edition
http://steamcommunity.com/app/47810/discussions/0/523898291489266758/

[Jaster Phoenix]

Originally posted by ⎝Stevepunk⎠:

Originally posted by Ilja:

That information is old. You do not need to type any product keys, or sign in to any third party site (like Bioware or Origin). All content - including DLCs - is distributed with Steam download.

Yeah everything seems to be ok. There is a long list of installed DLC and nothing in the "Available" list which was confusing at first but I assume that means available for purchase.

The list of installed DLC is too long to go through but it includes Awakening and a bunch of armor and other crap so hopefully I should be GTG.

(though upon checking the controls, the movement keys seem to be WQSE instead of WASD - the plot thickens)

It does tell me I need to log in for achievements, but I guess I'll find out if that's true or not upon playing the game. I assume that steam achievements would be automatic..

Those are EA achievements I think. I dont see any listed on the library page.

[jjs82x]

You have to take action (as described) to get the DLC.

As far as key codes and access to the game: you are being taken care of automatically (enjoy: it doesn't always happen). You are good to go.

[Stevepunk]

Originally posted by Ilja:

If you did not see gameplay DLCs, then make sure to run required executables from installation folder.

Activating DCL content in Ultimate edition
http://steamcommunity.com/app/47810/discussions/0/523898291489266758/

What is the DLC exactly? I have the dwarf merchant appearing in my camp, selling me the gifts that either increase or reduce favor by 50 (feels a bit like cheating so I assume this is DLC pay to win).

[Undead Rufus]

Originally posted by ⎝Stevepunk⎠:

Originally posted by Ilja:

If you did not see gameplay DLCs, then make sure to run required executables from installation folder.

Activating DCL content in Ultimate edition
http://steamcommunity.com/app/47810/discussions/0/523898291489266758/

What is the DLC exactly? I have the dwarf merchant appearing in my camp, selling me the gifts that either increase or reduce favor by 50 (feels a bit like cheating so I assume this is DLC pay to win).

Bodahn appears in your camp anyway. The gifts and pranks DLC just add the weird items to his inventory.

They are kind of cheating, just meant to be funny or entertaining. The negative favor gifts, I presume, are there for those who want the stuff but not the easy approval. I wouldn't call any of it P2W, since it was released on April Fools Day some five months after the game.

[BeTheChange]

I've heard that you can use the product keys to link your game file to an origin account, if for example you wanted to link your progress to an origin account, you could import your game file to one of the later games, like DA2 & DA:I, which has an impact on which characters survived and appear in the other games and the choices you made in DA:O have an impact on the later games as well.

Sadly, importing a Dragon Age: Origins file doesn't seem to be worth it, given none of the sequels have lived up to the original game. So far, at least. DA2 had potential but was ruined by its bugs, and DA:I came close; but the ending sucks. At least from what I've heard. I'll probably do it anyway though.

So, to sum it up, even though you own the game through steam, you can still link it (using the product keys) to an Origin account to record your progress and import a character over to a later game.