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8.0 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 48 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 41 out of 48
  2. Negative: 1 out of 48

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  1. Jan 14, 2011
    8
    I was happy with this purchase. It was well worth the $20. You can expect close to 20 hours of new gameplay. You get a new cast of characters (and one old). There's lots of loot, experience, and new locales to be had. This is the best of the bunch as far as DA DLC goes.
  2. Apr 6, 2011
    8
    Thoroughly enjoyable. Higher ratio of fighting to story than in origins but it was a a great addition to the original. Took me about 23hours to beat which isn't bad for the $15 I paid for it.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 31 Critics

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  1. Positive: 26 out of 31
  2. Negative: 0 out of 31
  1. If Dragon Age didn't float your boat, neither will Awakening. Dragon Age enthusiasts, however, should consider it an essential purchase. It offers more of the same - no bad thing - in a great value package.
  2. At two-thirds the price of Origins with about two-fifths the content, a return trip to the land of Ferelden doesn't feel like the deal it seemed it would be.
  3. 83
    The gameplay systems have a similar "pretty good, but somewhat flawed" feel as the quest content.