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Mixed or average reviews- based on 35 Ratings

  • Summary: (Downloadable Content) Your memories of the battle of Ostagar will haunt you for years to come. It laid waste to your order and claimed the lives of many great men and women, including the brash young King Cailan and your mentor, Duncan. Now, there are rumors that a fellow survivor of the battle has escaped from captivity and is seeking the Grey Wardens' help. The time has come for the Grey Wardens to make their return to Ostagar and exact their revenge upon the darkspawn. [Electronic Arts] Expand
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 7
  2. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. The existence of a big-budget, very traditional computer role-playing game (CRPG) alone makes Dragon Age: Origins a huge accomplishment.
  2. 85
    Return to Ostagar doesn't add anything revolutionary to the Dragon Age experience. You'll know exactly what you're in for from the moment you load it up. With that said, it's every bit as good as the content that came with the original game, and it gives the Warden a chance to tie up one of the campaign's loose ends.
  3. It doesn’t bring anything new to gameplay, but considering DA:O’s battle system was already pretty darn good, no one can fault them for not trying anything new.
  4. An absolutely worthless addition to the game. [Apr 2010, p.107]

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 1 out of 3
  1. 7
    Some pretty good weapons and armor in this DLC. While the narrative is rather short, it does add a level of depth, particularly if you have Allison & Wynne in your party. Overall: Not brilliant, but a decent DLC that at least adds to the main story. Expand
  2. While being too short, it really was a decent story. Returning to where a tragic battle was fought was a meaningful experience if you are a roleplayer. Expand
  3. Dragon Age Series Review #6: This is an inital placeholder text for a coming extended multi-part review of the Dragon Age series. For the time being I score this DLC 0/10 and wish to note that ALL dragon Age DLC is 0/10, adding nothing to the core games, but simply gauging customers with trivial tid-bits. Expand