Powers are mapped to the face buttons, which works particularly well for characters with a modest selection of skills, like fighters and rogues. Pausing to issue commands is still available, but fights seem tailored to be action-oriented and less about considering your options – especially since the lack of an isometric view means that you rarely have a solid awareness of the whole battlefield. Instead of executing strategies using the classic pause-and-play approach (a hallmark of the Baldur’s Gate and Neverwinter Nights series), you spend most of your time in the trenches activating abilities and firing off spells in rapid succession. When it isn’t being measured against the successes of its PC counterpart, this iteration of Dragon Age stands on its own as a mix of real-time battles and tactical combat. By no means is it the same game, but it remains a great adventure. On the other hand, the gameplay drastically changes the contours of the combat, creating a new landscape littered with familiar landmarks. In terms of content, everything in the console versions of BioWare’s epic fantasy RPG is practically identical to the PC release. After playing through the PC version of Dragon Age last month, I know these characters, I’ve seen these locations, and I’ve done these quests. This is the strangest case of video game déjà vu I’ve ever experienced.
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