It's like kotor or WOW combat. You dont actually attack in real time. You're just watching your character perform the action.

So I'd say it's turn based.

How do you access your EA account in the 360 version? I'm not seeing any login option and I didn't input any login info. I want the items I won from DA: Journeys.

Combat is similar to Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights. You can pause at any time and give commands, select your targets, cast spells, etc. Then unpause and watch the action unfold.

I've only played a few hours so far and I'm totally hooked. I just got through the first boss fight I guess you could call it. The story just got pretty crazy. I see a lot of late nights in my future with this one.

I'd say it is more similar to Mass Effect and KOTOR. You can play turn based and queue up actions or you can play "live action" and although it is still turned based underneath the covers, it looks and feels real time.

I just finished the Elf Magi origin, and I can also see some long nights in my future. Unfortunately I haven't been able to play for more than an hour or so the last two days, but I can easily see spending 5+ hours on this on Saturday.

I did the same. My character is a Dalish Elf rouge. I'm probably 2 hours or so past the end of the Origin story. The whole dynamic of the game changes when you have a party of 4 you can switch between.

So has anyone bought the Warden's Keep DLC? Is it worth the $7?

I've only played Dragon Age about 3 hours so far, but you're certainly right about this. Although, any game that has more than 3-4 voices for hundreds of characters beats Oblivion in that department.

You may have to go to ea.com and make sure your gamertag is associated with your EA account.

You can mail it to me meantime.

Around 7.5 or 8 hours in. Having a freaking blast.

i don't play many RPG's, so I am a noob you could say. what character do i need to start with? i don't want to pick someone that i will struggle with.

For people starting out, warriors tend to be easiest. Dwarves might be good because they have a natural resistance to magic. A human or dwarf warrior would be your best bet. I'm playing as an elven rogue and it ain't easy.

Eventually you're going to have all classes in your party, so you'll have to deal with them all sooner or later.

For new players, there is a "pause at start of combat" option which you might find helpful.

Threw this in last night to try and make some headway and after making my character I about fell asleep with all the talking. Clearly I'm not in the right headspace for this game at the moment.

The talking is the most fun. You can choose to just skip through it if you wanted. But why do that?

I went to EA.com and registered my copy of the game, but I didn't see an option to associate my name with my gamertag.

I played the game a few hours and also having a blast. I'm playing as human noble warrior. I like it when you finish the battle the cutscene show you and your party members face and clothes splatter with blood.

I liked the blood effect, too. One of the reviews complained that his Mage was also bloody when he was nowhere near the battle. I have yet to see blood on the Mage in my party.

Also, I was thinking the graphics don't look bad at all to me. Maybe I just don't worry too much about stuff like that.

actually some of the graphics now that I am so far in are actually good, but not great....

I don't like how the mission structure is handled in this game...not real intuitive. You get so many, and they are not always easy to understand or read...

How far are you Fox?

I am still waiting for my copy from Amazon. Wish me luck I get it tonight.

I agree with the missions/quests. There's no real indication that you get them, they just appear in small text. I hate how small all the text is, even in HD it's hard to read.

Hmm...in the PC version you get a nice little notification in the lower left indicating that a quest has been updated.