[Solved] Looking for early thoughts on DA:Origins

Ok you early purchasers. I have read about 20 reviews and am starting to get a mixed feeling on Dragon Age. While I know most of you haven't had much time with it, what do you think? Any buggy-ness to it. Enjoying the gameplay or storyline? How do you feel about the graphics, based on how they look and how the setting "feels". I don't have a lot of extra money right now, so if I'm going to drop $50 (or $65 for the CE) I need some "real people" to give me their feelings on the game. Thanks in advance!

how big is the game world?

No idea, I am only about 6 hours in and I think I have only scratched the surface.

I also suspect that because the editing tools for this game are so robust that we will see some really really good player made content in the coming months.

I've played about 5ish hours over the last few days and just wanted to echo the sentiments shared by above. This game is absolutely amazing, and I can’t imagine myself playing through it less than half a dozen times over the next few months. Coupled with the mod community and long-term replay value..... The cutscenes are movie-like in scope (while not QUITE perfect in graphics, they are leagues above any other non-FPS i've played recently), The characters and voice-acting are fantastic, and everything about it feels polished and lovingly done. I also considered taking off work today to play it, the game is remarkably addicting.

I think most reviews have stated its a 40 hour game if you race through, 60 hours ish if you play regularly, and 90+ if you pursue every quest. Each of the 6 racial backgrounds have 1-2 hours of play and are supposed to modify the responses of people around you (so far they certainly do, I've noticed)

The only “Bug” I could think of is minor tearing when I run on “Very High” models (running i7 920 w/ 5870 on a 1080p, so I was surprised at that), turning down to “High” resolved it. My only non-bug pet-peeve to date is the conversation system- I wish it would zoom into conversations. Instead, it jumps to the characters face... which highlights the massive attention to detail (so far every character's facial expressions have matched the voice acting fairly precisely), but is rather jarring/annoying if you accidentally click on someone.

I agree, the non-DND combat/RPG system is a bit foreign, but by level 4 or so I had the hang of it and a better understanding of what I wanted to do. I think the new system is a good change overall, much more conducive to constant playing without the need for repeated resting.