Dragon Age - Origins Review

After pushing into more action-oriented fare with "Mass Effect" and "Jade Empire," BioWare returns to the fantastic RPG formula laid out in "Knights of the Old Republic." Combat is perhaps a bit more active, though it can be paused at any time by opening up an easy-to-navigate radial menu, which provides quick access to all spells, talents, inventory items and so on. Console versions of the game allow up to six quick use talents/spells/items to be mapped to face buttons (X/Y/B on the 360, Square/Triangle/Circle on the PS3), with the right trigger used to switch between the two sets. Perhaps not as adaptable as the controls afforded by a QWERTY keyboard, but functional nonetheless.