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Don't hold me to it but I believe you only need to activate it the once and then you don't need to ***** with the Origin client any longer.

yeah, I'm sold on that one, but I somehow doubt it'll actually let me download it.

Nope. So who wants to buy the game, burn it on a CD and mail it to me?

Edited, Apr 5th 2012 1:34pm by Xsarus

Amazon game download sales are all US only. Supposedly it's easy enough to get around if you use a (fake) US billing address since it's just the purchase that's restricted, not the download. But living in the US I never tried.

Edit: Use a Google string like "amazon game downloads fake us address" and you'll find numerous accounts of it working from various people. Use your correct credit card information/address, just a US address in the billing field.

Edited, Apr 5th 2012 2:24pm by Jophiel

Awesome. Glad it worked for you.

I get the impression that it's a loophole only in the PC digital downloads section. Supposedly it doesn't work in their Android marketplace.

Oh, it can Google. I just like having other people do my work for me.


Thank you Joph.

Downloading now. New thread before weekend ends!

I'd also appreciate separate threads for "Leliana's Song", "Witch Hunt", "Awakenings" and that one with Shale.

At least one of those threads should be started in the Dark age of Camelot section of the forums.

Awakening is the only one really worth picking up, and only comparatively. The rest are completely unnecessary.

Honestly, I didn't think Awakening was all that great. I enjoyed Witch Hunt way more, and it was a fraction of the content. Awakening's story will be important for DA3, though, from dev interviews.

Stone Prisoner is nice--Shale's easily one of the best characters. I got it for "free" (collector's edition), but would have bought it.

Return to Ostagar adds a ridiculously powerful set of heavy armor--it's perfect for Alistair, if you are going to use him as your tank. It also exposes some story elements, but it's not integral.

Warden's Keep adds two new abilities, but they're nothing special. Not terrible, but won't be central to any play style. Builds on the history of the Wardens in Ferelden. But, most importantly, it gives you a storage chest that you can use to upgrade items that can scale with level. Also gives you access to one of the best swords in the game.

Golems I have, but have yet to play.

Witch Hunt is really the link between DAO and DAIII, from what I can tell. It's pure story stuff, but completely outside DA:O's plot, beyond the fact that your Warden is the main character.

Leliana's Song is a "telling" of her past as a bard, and how she came to the chantry.

Darkspawn Chronicles is an alternate reality where the Warden dies (Spoilerin the joining) and so Spoilernever gathers the army to defend Denerim. You play as a Darkspawn Lieutenant.

Idiggory ran them down well enough. I'll only add that Stone Prisoner, Warden's Keep and Return to Ostagar are all integrated into the main game. You'll find tips or NPCs along the way who'll send you in the direction for them.

Leliana's Song, Witch Hunt, Golems of Omfdsnsadfhg and Darkspawn Chronicles are all "stand alone" one-offs. Awakenings is as well, although it's larger than the rest. Witch Hunt you play as an epilogue to the DA:O story, Leliana's Song is a prelude where you play as Leliana herself.

Edited, Apr 6th 2012 8:56am by Jophiel

Awakening affects the story line of DA2, if you import the character. The rest don't.

I like the golem companion. The golem story is okay but not compelling.