I am having a blast with it... now that its working right.  Extremely frustrating launch for me that forced me to wait until yesterday to start playing... meh on how they chose to handle DLC and their crazy online beta website makes me want to punch myself.  BUT - completely thrilled about everything else with the game.

I just hit level 6 and added Sten to my party, who appears to be quite the badass.  Loved the huge battle on the kings side that happened a little earlier.  Felt so much like being a part of the 2 towers.

Here's a link to my online profile.  You need an account on the bioware site to view it though:  http://social.bioware.com/playerprofile.php?char_id=109551&nid=2267340322&game=dragonage&display=character

Lord ****zu - hehe.  The site blanked out shit from your name? 

I'm a human male warrior, starting out for the 4th time after I was dissapointed at my character's looks and voice the first two times, and threw away the third one right before becoming a Grey Warden after (finally!) learning how to activate my Deluxe/PreOrder bonus. So far, the game hits the perfect spot between the hardcore roleplaying of Baldur's Gate 2 and the 'dungeon crawler with a plot' of Neverwinter Nights and I'm *loving* it. Worth $65? worth it, completely.

Raven X, It is much easier the other way

Hi guys, I'm really interested in getting Dragon Age but am worried about its performance on my PC.

Will I be able to run it at 1900x1200? (without AA)

Here are my brief specs.

XP Service Pack 3

Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU    Q9550  @ 2.83GHz (4 CPUs)

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT  1GB

3326MB RAM

I believe so, my system is inferior to yours in nearly every way and it runs quite well at 1280x1024 and max settings (but no AA). In fact, it runs markedly better than Mass Effect, despite looking better to my eyes. My specs (all stock, no OC):

Athlon X2 5200+

4 GBs of DDR2 RAM

ATI HD4670 1GB

Windows 7 RC 64-bits

Ha, I have a 9500 1 gig memory; one of the first dual cores; and just 2 gigs memory, and I can run it with maxed setting and 2x AA.  The graphics are not that "great", so it should not strain you machine in the least.

And yes, I got the game, love it, and have played it every spare moument since I got it.  You know you got a great game when, "while" you are playing it, your thinking of all the other ways your going to play it the second and third time through.  This game seems to have max replay value.

Talking to other party memebers, bah, I just give them gifts and orders

Thanks for the reply. Now I'm really drooling, knowing that I might stand a chance at running it well at my native resolution.

I went with a female human rogue but I am not sure about the choice. 

I played BG/BG2/NWN as a rogue(NWN2 for an extremely brief, unsatisfying time).  I like the idea of the class but it may be time for a change.  I may end up switching over to a warrior or mage...  it will be interesting to see how all of the origins come together and intertwine.  I need to get all Val Kilmer on it and switch completely into a new mindset.  I'm going to go and tell my wife she needs to start referring to me as Mauxe, the dissatisfied and potentially explosive human mage with a giant chunk of a chip on my shoulder....

Well, on Redcliff I decided to go for the panoramic route (y'know, paying a visit to the mages and such) and I must say, I had to fight some of the best RPG bosses ever to finish it. I also did both DLC quests, fairly fun with interesting rewards for both of them, but I wish they had been longer, specially that of the Keep which didn't expand on its backstory as much as I would've wished.

Some of the out of the blue banter between your team can really surpise you.  I was wandering around, searching the countryside for something or other, when Morrigan and Alister start banter stuff that made me laugh so hard I had to stop playing. 

Oh, and just wait till Sten (Achie Bunker meets 300) starts telling the women in your party "Their place".

And what I'm really starting to both love AND hate about this game is when you make decissions about your party, quests, and this sides you take, well, there is really very little black and white, good or evil, so it makes it kind'a hard to choose.

Tom Chick has a very good series of blog entried regarding DA.

Very good look at some of the strategy involved:  http://fidgit.com/archives/2009/10/dragon_age_pwning_ogres.php