Dragon Age: Leliana’s Song DLC Review
| Game Name: | Dragon Age: Leliana's Song DLC |
| Platforms: | PS3, PC, Xbox 360 |
| Publisher(s): | EA |
| Developer(s): | BioWare |
| Genre(s): | RPG |
| ESRB Rating: | M |
One of the great things about Dragon Age: Origins is all the interesting characters that you meet and recruit. Now through DLC there is an opportunity to go back and experience some of those characters backstories. This DLC in particular focuses on the Bard, Leliana. In Origins we got to experience the resolution of Leliana’s story, but only got hints of what she went through before joining your team. Now BioWare has just released “Leliana’s Song” which chronicles her final adventures with her mentor, Marjolaine, and her two companions, Tug and Sketch and how she got into the chantry.
Like most of the Dragon Age DLC you get to experience around an hour and a half of extra content that fills in the gaps of story that was touched on in the main game. There is nothing new in terms of the gameplay, everything you experienced in Origins is here. The only differences I could find were a couple of new areas that we never played through before and it seemed as if there was more slowdown as you transitioned from moving around freely into a battle.
However most players are not going into this looking for anything new in terms of gameplay, it’s all about the story and extra content that matters. For the most part this is where it delivers well. All the voice acting is top notch and done very well, the music is phenomenal as usual, and the story is melded into Origins nicely. Seeing how Leliana goes from a life of mischief and crime and into the chantry is great to see, especially when we only got the story through dialogue.
So is this worth your time and money? Well it’s up to the player. I personally loved Dragon Age and thought that this was one of the better DLC’s as far as story content is concerned, plus you get to transfer some of the items you get into the main game. It is $7 and if you are done with Origins and are looking toward the next game then you can skip it. Personally I found it to be a nice return to the land of Ferelden and any excuse to play more is a welcomed one.
