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Originally Posted by essendoubleop
Thinking about getting this game fox XBox 360 on Black Friday. I have a couple questions. Would you recommend this game over Fallout 3? I haven't played either. DA is $35, F3 is $20. Can you control and upgrade multiple characters or only the main character? I used to play Baldur's Gate back in the day and I see some similarities with this game, though I couldn't imagine playing BG on a controller. Would the gameplay be that much worse on the XBOX360 than the PC?
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They're two completely different games. I loved Fallout 3 and I loved Dragon Age: Origins. I don't think I could recommend one over the other. They're both really, really good.
You can control every character in your party as if it were your main in real time. Each one also levels up (even those who stay in your camp so that you don't end up having your main party at level 13 and your reserves stuck at level 3).
As for the controls. Honestly, I think the game is terrible on the console just for the interface alone. Eventually you will have 20+ spells for your mage and around 10-15 for your normal characters. On the PC it's as simple as clicking an icon on the icon bar on the bottom of the screen. On the console, you only get 6 slots per character and if you want to switch out spells or abilities, you need to go through a wheel menu. Do that a few times per battle and you will be pretty frustrated with the game. Honestly, I could not imagine playing this game on a console.