GB Feature: Dragon Age: Origins Demo Impressions

While my full preview of Dragon Age: Origins is still a couple of weeks away, tonight I’m able to share some quick impressions of the demo BioWare is showing off at this week’s GamesCom event. In addition, the first thirteen screenshots on this page depict the two separate choices that I’ve outlined within the article. Of course, a big, fat spoiler warning applies to all of this:

It was unclear how many different options you have at this pivotal point in the game, but I was shown the consequences of two of them. If you take a pinch of ash for the king and destroy the remaining ashes, both the good-natured Leliana (your rogue/bard) and the devout Wynne (your mage/healer) will turn hostile over your sacrilegious actions. Flemeth’s daughter Morrigan (the fourth member of this party) cares nothing of the urn’s fate, so a two-on-two battle erupts right in front of the artifact’s resting spot. Suffice it to say, your adventures with Leliana and Wynne are officially over. Blood is spilled yet again when you’re forced to launch a blade into the cranium of Brother Genitivi, the overzealous guide who initially brought you to this temple. But what are three deaths compared to the deaths of millions at the hands of a strengthened darkspawn army?