Dragon Age: Awakening
Dec. 22nd, 2025 09:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
glitteringstarsI just recently finished Awakening, and I don't really have much thoughts beyond: "Well, the Architect gives the world some interesting wrinkles." Like, the implications of the fact Darkspawn can be de-leashed from the "dig dig dig" compulsion is incredibly interesting. I just...kind of wish it had a bit more to it beyond what the DLC gave me and the suggestion of siding with him before the Mother fight.
The companions were a delight! I still love how greasy Oghren is. Anders was a hoot. Sigrun needed more screen time. Velanna was also a lot of fun (I love prickly characters like her). Nathaniel was pretty neat. Justice is fine.
The Vigil's Keep side characters were also friggin' great. Mr. Bombadier and Wade the Smith were highlights, that's for sure.
The general DLC combat upgrades are nice touches to the base game. I didn't struggle as much with stamina management in Origins, but boy were those stamina droughts coming in clutch during the final boss. The way magic is used for melee weapons was...a choice, I guess. I know I'll miss that flexibility as I continue on with DA2 and DAI, but still. My mage Warden couldn't hit the broad side of a barn with the default sword the DLC insists on giving to the mage Wardens.
I'll be playing through the rest of the DLC campaigns before moving on to DA2. I've tackled Witch Hunt and started Leliana's Song and Darkspawn Chronicles. The last one is so friggin funny in concept.
The companions were a delight! I still love how greasy Oghren is. Anders was a hoot. Sigrun needed more screen time. Velanna was also a lot of fun (I love prickly characters like her). Nathaniel was pretty neat. Justice is fine.
The Vigil's Keep side characters were also friggin' great. Mr. Bombadier and Wade the Smith were highlights, that's for sure.
The general DLC combat upgrades are nice touches to the base game. I didn't struggle as much with stamina management in Origins, but boy were those stamina droughts coming in clutch during the final boss. The way magic is used for melee weapons was...a choice, I guess. I know I'll miss that flexibility as I continue on with DA2 and DAI, but still. My mage Warden couldn't hit the broad side of a barn with the default sword the DLC insists on giving to the mage Wardens.
I'll be playing through the rest of the DLC campaigns before moving on to DA2. I've tackled Witch Hunt and started Leliana's Song and Darkspawn Chronicles. The last one is so friggin funny in concept.
