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Dragon Age Origins: Awakening Review

By Ron Burke

Posted on March 17, 2010

Many games are jumping on the DLC bandwagon, but the concept of an

Welcome back, Warden

As you regain your much-lauded position as Commander of the Grey Wardens, you find yourself immediately embroiled in a battle to prevent Vigil

With the Darkspawn skirmishers rebuffed, your immediate concern is to bolster the defenses for Vigil

With the expanded skill list, you have to know there will be all new loot. In fact, the Tiers go up to 9 now, giving access to some incredible new weapons and armor for all classes. Although it doesn

Everything Old is New Again

Some of the issues with Dragon Age: Origins are present and accounted for here in the expansion. The icons for your characters are still set off from the side of the screen, eating up precious screen space to accommodate a 4:3 aspect ratio instead of making it a floating object. Similarly, there were audio problems where characters would talk but there was no audio, or they

The audio isn

Ron Burke

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Ron Burke is the Editor in Chief for Gaming Trend. Currently living in Fort Worth, Texas, Ron is an old-school gamer who enjoys CRPGs, action/adventure, platformers, music games, and has recently gotten into tabletop gaming.

Ron is also a fourth degree black belt, with a Master's rank in Matsumura Seito Shōrin-ryū, Moo Duk Kwan Tang Soo Do, Universal Tang Soo Do Alliance, and International Tang Soo Do Federation. He also holds ranks in several other styles in his search to be a well-rounded fighter.

Ron has been married to Gaming Trend Editor, Laura Burke, for 28 years. They have three dogs - Pazuzu (Irish Terrier), Atë, and Calliope (both Australian Kelpie/Pit Bull mixes), and an Axolotl named Dagon!