From what we can tell Bioware’s upcoming RPG, Dragon Age: Origins, is going to be choke full of gratuitous sex, unrelenting violence, and of course dragons. What else could you ask for? This one might be worth upgrading your video card for (or freeing up some hard dirve space for as the install is going to require 20 gigs). The system requirements for what is being referred to as the spiritual successor to the Baldur’s Gate series have been released by Bioware and you can check them out below. Along with PC, the game is slated to be released for Xbox 360 and PS3 on October 20, 2009.

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Had the opportunity to see a gameplay demo for Dragon Age then got to try it out.

Right away the character interaction stood out. Much like previous Bioware games most people have come to expect some fantastic storys and characters. It seems they’ve taken it to a new level. In the demo you are the team leader. Depending how you interact with particular charcters depends on how others will view you. When a character trusts in your leadership their character attributes increase. If they don’t trust you they’ll leave the party.

Onwards to the hands on impressions. I got to play the demo on the 360. Apparently all the console systems will look and feel the same. In terms of the controls it was a little difficult at first but then there wasn’t a tutorial given. After a couple of minutes using the controls I began to undestand how things worked. The load times were nice. Nothing to long. The graphics look great was actually suprised how well it ran. The attacking is all done with the A button. Magic is assigned to the others. Left stick controls your character while the right controls the camera.

Overall the game felt great. Load times were nice and the game moved quickly. Looking forward to taking the final version of the game for a spin.