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Dragon Age Origins Over Achiever
November 24, 2009 by Trinity
Filed under Random Thoughts
So I finished playing Dragon Age Origins twice over and I’m still not done. Why? Because there are 25 blanks in my Achievement List! I know I’m being obsessive but I can’t help it. Actually I’m not so sure I’ll have the patience to play through all the different classes just to get the last 7 or so but I’m currently working on a must-have: “I’m Kind of a Big Deal” which you can get for completing the whole game without dying. Here’s the complete list (including the secret ones, so don’t click if you don’t want spoilers), to give you an idea of what I’m up against.
Personally, I think there should be an over-arching achievement for getting all the achievements and it should be called “Over Achiever”.
So you were able to get over the lack of positive ending in the game?
Not really.
But I’m beginning to realize why the developers did that. There was one guy who posted on the forums about not wanting to replay the game because he was quite happy with his character’s ending, so I guess an unhappy one is what drives you to play it over and over again. 
Hmm I just found this gem on the forums. It’s a response from one of the writers on the dev team, Sheryl Chee (I think the only female writer on DA:O) and it’s on one of those “romancing Alistair” threads. She says:
I understand in life you are handed situations like this that have no happy way out, but in my games I want a happy ending.