PC Gamer Sweden:
Pros:
- Excellent voice acting
- Toolset
- Great story and characters
- Well done game world
Cons:
- Loading screens too long sometimes
- Engine can't handle big areas that well
95% (1% higher than BG2)
PC Zone UK:
Pros;
- Fascinating fantasy world
- Entertaining companions (they pick Alistair as the show stealer)
- Stellar twisting, turning storyline
- Addictive character development
Cons:
- Difficulty all over the place
93%
Gamestar Germany:
Pros:
- Characters: the first RPG where your Party Members really have a huge impact on the story -> aside from atmosphere it also adds to the replay value
- Classes and Talents: many possibilities
- Quests: hands down the best quest-design ever seen. He especially liked a quest which consisted only of one 10 minute long conversation, where the player and his/her companions could heavily influence the outcome. Quality comes at the cost of quantity. There are not as many Side-quests like in Mass Effect for example.
- Tactical combat: very exciting, tactical battles
- Presentation of the story: film-like cut-scenes. Great conversations. Characters you really care about and which will stay in the players mind even long after the game is beaten.
- Beautiful locations
Cons:
- Graphics: One can clearly see that the game was in development for like 5 years. On the other hand graphics are very coherent (they call it the "WoW-Factor") especially in cut-scenes and conversations.
- Linearity: The game is more linear than BG2. There is very little Exploration. In most areas you can only go from A to B without any sideways ("hose-levels").
- Silent PC
- Too few items: there are only a hand full Weapons and Armors in the game (although you can enhance them individually with runes)
Overall the campaign takes 30-40 hours divided in roughly: (= meaning main story length)
- 40% fights
- 30% cut-scenes and conversations
- 20% Character-management (leveling up and so on)
- 10% Exploration
92% (third highest RPG score of all time)
Also there's a page with 10 other guys giving their short rating for DA, all of them gave it 5/5.
PCGames Germany:
Pros:
- Great Plot
- Great Combat sequences
- Diversified Quests, different solutions possible
- Great replayability due Origins
Cons:
- Washy environment textures
- Levels backdrop-like
- Too much blood, which can not be disabled
91%
