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Dragon Age: Origins - Darkspawn Chronicles Xbox 360
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56 out of 100

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5.1 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 18 Ratings

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  • Summary: You now fight as the Darkspawn! The city of Denerim, jewel of Ferelden, girds itself for war. As a hurlock vanguard, you alone hold the power to make thralls of your fellow darkspawn and drive them into the heat of battle. Heed the archdemon's call Denerim must burn! [Electronic Arts]

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 5
  3. Negative: 1 out of 5
  1. IGN
    65
    While a few of the Darkspawn, the Ogre and Shriek, are fun to play around with, the short length, lack of customization options, and absence of any real character interaction make this bit of content too straightforward to be especially memorable.
  2. Pelit (Finland)
    65
    The worst of all of Dragon Age: Origins DLC. A short and uninspired trek through the final battle of the game from the baddie's perspective doesn't warrant any cheers as it fails to deliver any emotions or story into the field. [June 2010]
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  3. Eurogamer
    40
    Another hour that just offers the bare minimum of gaming, another shrug of disappointment.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 3
  3. Negative: 1 out of 3
  1. Stub
    7
    A novel first attempt at making a Dragon Age add-on (as opposed to add-in) DLC. The new (to the player at least) abilities and party members are fun for as long as it lasts. I wish BioWare had allocated more resources and time to this DLC since it shows more promise than the other cookie-cutter DLC offerings they produced for Dragon Age: Origins. At the end of Darkspawn Chronicles I had a feeling of accomplishment that none of the other DA DLCs provided, so it at least delivers on an emotional level despite the utter lack of dialog (apparently there was no voice over budget for this project). However, Darkspawn Chronicles would have benefited significantly had the player's experience with the protagonist been longer than a mere 1.5 hours. Feels like a gem in the rough that BioWare failed to sufficiently polish before release.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. pyrocloud7
    6
    To be honest this was my least favorite DA:O add-on. It is very short and somewhat pointless. The premise here is that you are a Hurlock commanding Darkspawn units during the siege of Denerim. This story takes place outside of the DA canon, in a story where the warden died during his joining and Alistair led the Wardens. There is no story here, but it is a fun little option to play.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  3. Vicissitude
    3
    This five bucks wasted for one or two hours of pointless combat. Save your money. Try Awakening, Warden's Keep, or Stone Prisoner if you want DA DLC>… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes