I finally completed Dragon Age Origins today. Being only able to play on weekends, my first run through of the game took over a month.

I romanced with Morrigan, chose Anora to be queen, and had Alistair executed. I smiled when Anora announced Alistair’s execution. In my opinion, both Alistair and Leliana were whiney sods that annoyed me to no end. Pity I did not get to wed Anora though.

I stayed away from game guides, following  the story along and making my decisions without knowing their consequence.  The result was me killing Wynne and gimping my group by not having a pure healer. It bothered me initially since it was quite an issue early game, but once I had Morrigan pick up the Spirit Healer specialization, it became a non-issue. It even worked out better, because I didn’t have a waste a precious party slot on a pure healer. Instead, I have a hybrid that can deal massive area-effect dps, yet still fall back on healing when needed.

My party set up would freak out min-maxers, but it turned out to perform very well in the long run. With Morrigan as healer/dps, Shale as a meatshield, Leliana as an archer and myself as dual-wielding fighter, my little party when around and making darkspawn whimper.

The Archdemon was a long fight, but in terms of difficulty, Flemeth was probably the hardest fight in game.

It would probably be sometime before I attempt a second run and, letting my obsessive-compulsive personality run free, explore every single dialog option and it’s consequence.