What, I would have guessed halfway!
So uh, look forward to my review coming soon to a forum near you
I was surprised by how quickly the end came rushing up. Like once you get to the Landsmeet it's time for EXCITEMENT and then wait what it's over
There are also the DLCs and expansions for Origins. Awakenings is a good 20 hours or so if you go through and do all the sidequests and stuff.
Awakening was way shorter than that for me, but yes there is always games 2 and 3. I was really fired up for #2 by the time I finished #1.
Depending on how slow you play (I play really slowly), Awakening can be half a game. It was for me. I might be exaggerating slightly, but it was a very long DLC.
Not a bad one, too.
Oh hell yes the Landsmeet, one of my favorite parts of Origins.
Also, everything dwarves in the Dragon Age series is either a snoozefest or incredibly fascinating there's no in between and it's all Very Important.
That's how it worked out in my latest playthrough too. (With Alistair and Anora I mean.)
Who's your party for fighting the archdemon?
Myself, Leliana, Alistair, and Wynne. I have the most money and everything invested in them so they're the best I have. My A Team, as it were.
I think I know the issue. I get the dragon down to 50% HP like... very quickly, and then it summons all of these Darkspawn, right? Well I thought I HAD to defeat all of the darkspawn before I could fight the dragon again and it seems that is not so. And gosh are there a lot of darkspawn. So Imma try again while mostly focusing on the archdemon instead of the minions
I won !!!
It was rough when the darkspawn first started showing up but I don't know what happened, at one point they left me alone with the Ballista and I could just shoot at the archdemon from a distance while he did nothing until I won.
The ending was nice, catching me up on how everything went. I had fun and sometime down the line I will replay it differently. Also I will get II at some point
Congrats
Are you going to play the DLC? Awakenings is pretty much a direct sequel (although with mostly new party members). Darkspawn Chroncles lets you play through bits of the game AS A DARKSPAWN and you get to kill all the heroes (which made me feel like a monster, honestly, haha.)
I think my favorite DLC was Witch Hunt even though it was far, far too short. I loved the party members I got in that one.
And since you like Leliana you will probably like Leliana's Song!