《闇龍紀元：起源 - 終極版》是整個闇龍紀元系列的首部曲，也是BioWare繼《質量效應》之後的角色扮演史詩巨作，遊戲帶來超長篇的故事，化身新加入的灰袍守護者，召集同伴、各個勢力，挺身對抗席捲弗瑞登大陸的邪惡枯潮；玩法是半即時制的戰鬥，如同早期CRPG，角色攻擊有一定的回合與節奏，法術間有組合效果，戰鬥策略保留一定挑戰與樂趣，故事有極為豐富的對談選項，且角色的種族、出身到故事選擇，會處處影響各種小細節與最終結局，如果你喜歡歐美風格的RPG作品，這就是必玩的神作。

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DAO 採用類似柏德這類CRPG的戰鬥設計，玩家平常是即時作戰，但可以隨時透過空白鍵暫停來下達各細微的戰鬥指令，遊戲的AI除了幾種基本的預設模式外，玩家能夠充分的調整每一項細節，像是血量剩多少時補血，那個角色受傷時開嘲諷，優先攻擊對方使用法術的角...等，讓玩家可以自由選擇專心控制一名角色，或是掌握小隊每一名角色。

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2706247442

除了AI設定外，遊戲在法術與技能的組合上也有一定創意，法術之間藏有「法術組合」可以研究，像是冰霜術將敵人冰凍後，可以讓其他角色施展會造成「重擊」的技能來直接打碎敵人，又或是先對敵人施放詛咒術，在對其施展吸血咒就能獲得雙倍的傷害與血量，AI與法術組合機制，加上遊戲大量與豐富的裝備道具，讓角色扮演這塊有非常不錯的成長感受。



DAO 的劇情講述名為「弗瑞登」的大陸，每幾百年就會迎來一次「枯潮」，大惡魔召喚各種「黑暗衍生物」從地底竄出入侵地表，而幾千年來由地表上各個種族所組成的「灰袍守護者」，就是專門對抗枯潮的組織；而玩家將扮演新加入的灰袍守護者，肩負起對抗這次枯潮的重責大任，要遊走整塊大陸，利用古老的條約招募人類、精靈、矮人、法師等勢力一同投入對抗枯潮的行列。

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2704440856

遊戲主角可以從三個種族、六個主要背景中建立，這些種族與背景不僅僅是設定而已，它們除了會全程影響故事人物對你的觀感、對談內容之外，六個背景有六個完全不同的故事序章，每個序章都有達1～2小時的內容，算是RPG中非常少見、讓人驚艷的設計！



遊戲地圖為半開放式設計，在完成序章故事，準備踏上接觸與招募各種族、勢力之旅後，玩家可以自由選擇第一個想前往的地區，每個地區都有自己的龐大主線與支線任務，在任務的過程中玩家會結識各種角色同伴，同伴間有認同感，除了開啟同伴任務外還能特定角色發展羅曼史，部分角色還會因為玩家的態度轉變自己的立場與個性，就如同柏德之門2的「維康妮亞」

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2706247390

而在故事劇情選擇上，分支與選項非常多，雖然不是每項都會大來極大的不同和改變，但在各種細節上你會處處發現自己選擇帶來的結果；舉例來說，劇情中玩家會遇到一名尋找走丟弟弟的姐姐，接下任務後會在她們老家找到躲藏的弟弟，只要說服力夠玩家可以問出弟弟是回家尋找傳家寶劍想出一分力，玩家可以借用寶劍來完成任務，而在完成任務後玩家會有以下選擇：

1. 歸還寶劍，導致結局中會說弟弟長大後拿著傳家寶劍學習主角四處冒險
   
2. 歸還寶劍，向姐姐索吻，獲得部分同伴讚賞，導致羅曼史中的同伴生氣
   
3. 歸還寶劍，向姐姐索吻，再說是玩笑，獲得部分同伴讚賞，導致部分同伴覺得噁心
   
4. 收下寶劍，付姊弟一筆購買費用，結局中姐姐會因為玩家贈與的金額有不同結果
   
5. 收下寶劍，不付任何費用，一些同伴生氣，甚至會自主掏團隊腰包來替玩家付費

光這樣一個小小的支線，就存在多種選擇與結果，而這就是DAO的魅力所在！！！

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1. 精彩、史詩般體驗的劇情，引人入勝的主線故事
   
   
2. 各種劇情對談選擇豐富，選項能明顯感受到來的不同的細節與結果
   
   
3. 同伴個性明確、定位明顯，有趣的情感互動系統，冒險過程中同伴相互閒聊、吐槽的對談非常多
   
   
4. 有趣的戰鬥，半即時設計，讓戰鬥節奏稍慢，但也創造了一定的挑戰性與策略樂趣
   
   
5. 豐富的裝備系統，各種神兵力器、裝備等著玩家收集
   
   
6. 有特色的法力組合，在有限的法術中摸索組合技
   
   
7. 半開放式地圖，六種完全不同的人物背景與序章故事，重玩數次仍有許多新鮮感

1. 遊戲版本老舊，用較大的解析度來遊玩會有字體過小問題（MOD可以改善）
   
   
2. 遊戲崩潰、Bug問題，遊戲的EXE檔在記憶體存取有一定問題，可以參考指南來改善這點
   
   
3. 年代久遠，加上BioWare本身捏人技術不好，美術會顯得粗糙，人物長的醜（MOD可以大幅改善）

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年代久遠，透過MOD調整，才會有最佳體驗。 個人評價 9/10

遊戲無疑是史詩般的RPG作品，但它非常需要MOD來強化與改善體驗，像是基本就要用到繁體中文化MOD，本作經過多版本的更新有一套非常出色的民間中文化可用，此外強烈推薦參考指南來調整或覆蓋原EXE檔案，可以大幅提昇遊戲對記憶體應用減少崩潰問題，最後會建議採用NEXUS上的美化MOD，來讓人物漂亮許多（甚至還能美白牙齒！）

個人是參考此指南，替換了EXE，大幅改善閃退問題：
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=233222451

1. 終極版已經包含所有DLC，不需另外購買任何DLC
   
2. 遊戲需要配合一定MOD才能玩的盡興
   
3. 推薦給熱愛歐美RPG的玩家，這是最貼近《柏德之門2》的一款遊戲
   
4. 適合願意花點時間研究中文化、MOD的玩家，使用MOD才有最好的體驗
   
5. 適合喜歡劇情豐富、劇情導向的RPG，研究各種選擇帶來不同的結果
   
6. 適合喜歡半即時戰鬥，透過不斷暫停調整目標、法術等策略的戰鬥玩法

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經典
但畢竟是十幾年前的遊戲，剛開始玩不停閃跳
載了這個就解決了：
https://www.dropbox.com/s/f20a06alvt0ymeu/LAA%20DA-O%201.05%20.exe.zip?dl=1
把daorigins放到遊戲目錄下的：\Dragon Age Ultimate Edition\bin_ship

至少玩了十幾個小時都不會有問題

買了好久都沒啥玩…一開始玩就停不下來，果真神作！
一開始不了解先玩資料片覺得沒頭莫名奇妙，建議第一次玩選左邊ORIGINS才是從頭開始。

遊戲中世紀奇幻風格的RPG，市面上很少同樣玩法的遊戲覺得很新鮮，劇情畫面也不錯會一直想玩下去.....
遊戲內容也十分豐富~大大推薦

為什麼現在玩個遊戲還得自己想辦法處理閃退、畫面模糊的問題？

My wife has played through every race/ class combination possible, hence the 1300+ hours on record. She has replayed the dwarf and human noble origins repeatedely just to know all possible outcomes (her favorite seems to be a dwarf rogue). She is so good at playing the game she can run through it up to the final battle over a weekend (friday night, saturday, done sunday noon)
i was only able to write this review because she is at work.

...I miss my wife, can i have her back yet?

I guess i should recommend it because she plays it so voraciously?

EDIT: 4/8/15: HOLY FRAK PEOPLE! :D
for those of you thave have commented:
Yes the wife thinks i am like Alistair sometimes
Yes i have a beard
Yes she slays the dragons in the family...so far... but I am slowly catching up. (well she doesn't slay them directly per se, but she sets up the dragon to be slain by some warrior/fighter, typically Aveline, Fenris, or Iron Bull)

DA 2 was just as time consuming as DA: O (but with only 700-ish hours gameplay over 2014; less choices with char-gen means less replayability for her, only 6-8 characters made this time instead of 30-40)
DA: I ( which i just got for her in Feb. as a late X-mas gift) has totally consumed her time (AGAIN!) but with her new job she has only managed 300 hours (i estimate about 25 of it are my two characters) She is frustrated she cannot romance Varric
she loves Iron Bull (who the hell doesn't he's got the best lines, along with Sera)


i told her no DLC until the main storyline is finished, she gave me puppy dog eyes, i haven't cracked...yet...

I may be a bit biased but yes i do believe she is very awesome and I can geek out with her without her eyes glazing over, alternatively i dont Glaze-out either when she geeks out at me.

...so, hooray? for totally life consuming video games...?

Disclaimer: This is my favorite game of all time, so I apologize for any obsessive fan-girling that may occur within this review.
tl;dr Pro's and Con's list at the bottom.

Theres so many things I could say about this game, I love it so much. A majority of my time playing is on console, where I easily have 500+ hours, as well as every achievement in the game as well as additional content. I'm not much of a reviewer (this being my first lengthy one), so to keep it simple I'll seperate it into sections.

Character Creation/Leveling-
There is a fair bit of customization when you create your character. There are 3 races to choose from (Human, Dwarf, and Elf) which all give different bonus stats. From there, you will pick your characters class (Warrior, Rogue, or Mage). All of those classes expand at later levels, with your choice of sub-classes for each (unlocked at levels 7 and 14), which are unlocked by doing different things in the game, or learning them from certain characters. So no, you aren't born with the ability to magically understand how to be a Bard, or a Templar, you need to actually be taught by someone, or learn the knowledge elsewhere. Visual choices are alright, standard RPG things like different hair, different eyes, all of which will be covered by a helmet/cowl anyway no doubt. Either way, you could always grab a mod or two for more character visuals, but I'll try to keep this review on the base game alone. When you level up there are hefty decisions to be made. Not only are there abilities for you to use in combat, there are also different abilties for out of combat purposes. Are you going to put that point into your combat knowledge, unlocking the next tier of weapon abilites? Or are you going to put it in lockpicking? The next dungeon might have a door you can't quite pick yet. Choose carefully...

Story-
The best thing about this game is the enthralling story! From character creation, based on your race, and class even changes how your story begins. Are you a human noble, living cozy in your castle? Perhaps a dwarf whose fallen on hard times, and has gone down a life of crime. Maybe even a mage, stripped from your family and sent off to the Circle of Magi to be watched by the Templars. In most cases, different events from your "Origin" story come back to either aid/hinder you based on how you handled them. This game is full of heart-wrenching decisions, where you need to decide between being the good guy, or getting something that would be extremely helpful on your quest/not put you in danger. There's a fair bit of situations where there is no clear-cut decision to be a good guy, someone is getting hurt and it will be your fault, and you can be sure it will change how certain people treat you/your story in general.

Characters-
I might have lied about the story being the best part, because the different characters in the game are amazing. I could go hours talking about the different personalities characters have, but I'll stick just to your party in this, because that's who you'll spend most of the time with obviously. Your party as it starts getting full, is a ragtag group of different people, with various different outlooks on things. Literally, you might have an apostate witch, a templar, a chantry zealot, and a drunken dwarf all at once. Each party member has a relationship bar, which goes up or down depending on your decisions and how you talk to them, which in turn effects how they treat you/open up to you. You could make someone spit in your face and leave the party for good, or even turn and attack you, or they could open up to you about their past giving you a special quest to help them with something personal. On top of balancing decisons on how it will effect you, and the world around you, you also have to think of how your party members will react to it. Each character in you party has a lot of diologue opportunities, and if you pay close attention you might be able to find them a gift relevant to something they have said, or perform an action they mentioned. You can even have relationships with some of the characters, and watch a blooming love grow, as well as listen to the rest of your party snicker and banter about you and soandso last night in a tent together. If one party member is growing affectionate of you, you can see them get jealous when they discover your relationship with another.
You know characters are a big part, when some of the ADD ON CONTENT IS FOR THE CHARACTERS. Some of the additional content in the game focuses on a certain characters past, and another on his/her events after the story. Of course based on what you did in the story, it effects it as well.

Gameplay-
If you played Dragon Age 2, don't expect this game to be as hack and slash as that one was. This is by far much more tactical. One of the coolest features is allowing you to set up your party members tactics in certain situations. You can set a condition where if 4 enemies are clumped together, your mage shoots a fireball in the center of them, or if your tank gets below 20% health, your Warrior activates an ability to take aggro off of him. On harder difficulties, you might find yourself hitting the spacebar key pretty quick to pause the game, so you can asses the situation, and assign party members specific orders.

Difficulty-
If your new to the game, start on the easiest mode for sure. This game is brutal on harder difficulties, and while the ability to set your AI party's tactics is beneficial, you will need to be able to know what abilities do what, the different sub-classes to branch down..etc. Even on easy, you'll find yourself in some situations pausing, and getting some much needed healing done, or think on how to take down a challenging foe. (Seriously, f*** Revenants). And remember to be careful when setting your Mage's tactics, there IS FRIENDLY FIRE with mage abilities. That fireball you just set to go off when the enemies clumped? You killed them, but your rogue with them.

Glitches/Bugs-
There are of course some glitches in the game, scaling from minor textures on occasion, to something that could ruin a combat situation and make you die. Some of the notable ones include:
-Enemies not spawning in missions if you leave a set area/charge their spawn
-Your attack speed going back to default if it gets insanely high
-Your character not being able to get good placement in combat, making him run in place
-A certain party members arm getting stuck in place like she's waiting for a bird to perch on it
-Gifts not giving the appropriate amount of points on the relationship bar
And you might find a couple others. Fortunately, the major ones are fixable by mods that are readily avalible on sites such as Nexus mods. However as I said before, I'm reviewing this based on the base game.

Pros and Cons-
Pros:
-Amazing story!
-Heart-wrenching decisions, some with no clear-cut good or bad answer.
-Characters and how they react to what you do!
-Your party cast, and the relationship bar!
-Manageable AI tactics for your party!
-Harder difficulties are brutally challenging.
-You can wrangle nugs!

Cons:
-A few glitches/bugs. Nothing that ruins your gaming experience for more than a few moments.
-The lack of sun you'll be getting isn't good for your complexion.
-After playing this Dragon Age 2 is a big let-down. :(

My rating of course, is a 10/10! While there are a few bugs and glitches, they aren't so notable that it ruins your gaming experience more than just a few minute, if that. The story is just phenominal! The game is challenging, on the harder difficulties each battle you win feels like an achievement You find yourself stocking up and using everything you have on boss battles, most of the time narrowly making it through. This game is a must play if you haven't already!

And be sure to check nexusmods for some great mods!

Activate the Ultimate Edition's DLCs for Steam Edition:
- Go to "<steam_installation_folder>\steamapps\common\Dragon Age Ultimate Edition\redist\"
- Run these 2 files: "DAOU_UpdateAddinsXML_Steam.exe" and "DAUServiceSetup_Steam.exe"
- Run the game, in the game opening menu "Other Campaigns" menu should be activated.
- Go to "Downloadable Contents > Installed Contents", all the DLCs should be listed here.

10/10.

You will still need to download all the promotional and exclusive items that *do not* come with the ultimate edition for some reason. You can find them all here:

https://dragonage.fandom.com/wiki/Downloadable_content_(Origins) , all the files with "_PROMO_".

Run DAUpdater.exe under Dragon Age Ultimate Edition\bin_ship and install the files.

There is also a missing file that you can find here: https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonage/mods/1110 to see the console commands you type, if you ever want to use them.

There are some unofficial patches for this game that I highly recommend(they are complementary to each other):
https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonage/mods/4689,
https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonage/mods/4384,
https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonage/mods/4434

There is a game breaking bug in the awakening expansion where you can lose all your equipment! Be sure to check out this mod: https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonage/mods/1762. Please note that some people say that the mod doesn't work, so the safest solution is to strip your main character naked before entering the dungeon. Unfortunately I didn't know about this bug and lost all my equipment...will need to play awakening all over again. You have been warned.

閃退？還好能解決！不然就是浪費了這遊戲！

很好玩，我很享受，但一邊玩會出現突然閃退情況，因為好玩，所以我也堅持繼續，只能常常存檔，但到了玩到進入Denerim，就進化到是在 load save 的畫面中閃退，load 哪個 save 都閃退，根本不能進入遊戲。如果大家遇到這情況，應該是遊戲太舊，我們的畫面太靚，遊戲支援不到，可以在 configure 中把 "Gaphics Detail" 和 "Texture Detail" 調低。我是分別從 very high 和 high 調到 Medium 就可以繼續遊戲。

This is a very involved and complex game. The story line is intriguing and the quests are challenging. (Please note: I'm 74 years old, so what might not be challenging to younger players can be challenging to me!) The game play, for the most part, works well. Some of the battles are difficult, but with persistence, wise choice of skills, equipment, and supplies (and reference to a good walkthrough), the battles can be won. I am pleased that the game can be played solo, as I'm reluctant to play with strangers. I've had some bad experiences with that in the past. Mistakes are unavoiadable, but live and learn. Or maybe that should be, die and learn! I could wish backpacks were easier to obtain and a little more plentiful. But, again, a good walkthrough can help with locating and obtaining the maximum available number of them. Having the downloadable content to keep the adventures going just increases the enjoyment. The complexity of the game, requiring a good deal of study and learning to build player skill, ensures that I'll play it again and again.