So Pike and Mister Adequate may have inspired me to go get Dragon Age: Origins on PC. And I am not disappointed. So many things are new! Tactical mode, whaaaa? More in-depth tactics, get out? I can tell people to move to point, shut your face?

Playing on PC has also introduced me to the wonderful world of modding! I've already completed it once on Xbox so I had great joy in getting remeshing, texture updates etc. The game looks decent now! Especially in the faces. One mod I got basically revamped everyone's look, and it was pretty noticable. I got a mod that tweaked my companions as well. Only got to Ostagar, but I met up with Wynne and she actually looks her age somewhat, instead of a thirty year old with grey hair. Kinda looking forward to seeing more people.

I also got other mods. Apparently there's a mod that introduces an entirely new character in Ser Gilmore, which is also fully voiced, so looking forward to see that work. I got an extra dog slot as a fifth party member so Dog is actually useful. Also various weapons and armour mods. The best thing I got was a universal dye pack which allows me to tint my stuff! Eeee!

I'll still getting used to keyboard and mouse though. I only ever play The Sims 3 on PC so I'm getting used to using wasd for movement. I still have to keep pausing every few seconds in combat, especially when trying to get backstabs. Is there an easier way for that? Or do I just have to keep pausing and directing people to move to point whenever an enemy shifts?

Playing as an archer really helps me appreciate tactical mode though. I can just zoom way out and direct myself to stand back and fire shots. I forget how slow archers are to become good though. So many useless talents to get to the good stuff like Master Archer and Scattershot. Ugh, why do they have so many sustaineds?

Doing the City Elf origin. I'm gaying it up with my character and I really wanted to say with my character during the whole arranged marriage business "I'm gay! Leave me alone!". Would've been nice, but I'm content to just go "I don't like this" and be done with it. Looking forward to playing some more later!