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"龙腾世纪：起源" -- Simplified Chinese spelling

"闇龍紀元 (序章)" -- Traditional Chinese spelling

"Dragon Age: Начало" -- Russian spelling

"Dragon Age: Vérvonalak" -- Hungarian title

"Dragon Age: Początek" -- Polish title

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Giant Bomb Windows Nov 03, 2009 100 GamePro (US) Windows Nov 04, 2009 100 Giant Bomb Xbox 360 Nov 03, 2009 100 Total PC Gaming Windows 2009 9.4 out of 10 94 RPG Site Xbox 360 Dec 02, 2009 9 out of 10 90 IGN Windows Nov 03, 2009 9 out of 10 90 MacLife Macintosh Mar 05, 2010 90 YouGamers Windows Nov 26, 2009 86 out of 100 86 Play.tm Windows Nov 16, 2009 85 out of 100 85 4Players.de Xbox 360 Oct 30, 2009 85 out of 100 85

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One of the loading screens in the game features the following sentence: "If all else fails, go for the eyes". This is a wink to the fans of Bioware's own Baldur's Gate 2. A character from that game, Minsk, urged his hamster companion Boo into battle with the same utterance.

During the game the player can stumble across hints which lead him to an optional and powerful foe: Gaxkang. This is a reference to Bioware's Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn in which the player could fight the Demi-Lich Kangaxx who brought headaches to a multitude of players because of his sheer difficulty.

in which the player could fight the Demi-Lich Kangaxx who brought headaches to a multitude of players because of his sheer difficulty. During the random encounter "The Crater", the party of adventurers meets an old couple standing at the edge of a crater, freshly carved by a meteorite. The man says: "How could a boy survive that? The crater is still smoking. It's a boy--five fingers, five toes, that's all that matters to me. The Maker has answered our prayers. Let's go home, Martha, and raise the tyke as our own." This is a reference to Superman.

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1UP 2009 - Best PC Game (Readers' Choice 2009 - Best RPG (Editors' Choice) 2009 - Best RPG (Readers' Choice) 2009 - "Great Start" Award for Best New Series

4Players 2009 – #2 Best Game of the Year 2009 – #2 Best Game of the Year (Readers' Vote) 2009 – Best PC Game of the Year 2009 – Best Role-Playing Game of the Year 2009 – Best Story of the Year 2009 – #2 Best Localisation of the Year 2009 – #4 Best Trailer of the Year

AceGamez 2009 - PC Game of the Year 2009 - Best RPG

Cheat Code Central 2009 - PC Game of the Year 2009 - Best RPG

Game Informer 2009 - Best PC Game (Editors' Choice) 2009 - Best PC Game (Readers' Choice) 2009 - Best Role-Playing (Editors' Choice) 2009 - Best Role-Playing (Readers' Choice)

GamePro (Germany) February 5, 2010 - Best Console Game in 2009 (Readers' Choice)

GameShark 2009 - Game of the Year 2009 - PC Game of the Year 2009 - Worst Use of Blood

Gamespot 2009 - Best PC Game (Editors' Choice) 2009 - Best PC Game (Readers' Choice) 2009 - Best Role-Playing Game (Readers' Choice) 2009 - Best Story (Readers' Choice) 2009 - Best Original IP (Intellectual Propery) (Readers' Choice) 2009 - Best Writing & Dialogue (Readers' Choice)

GameSpy 2009 - Multiplatform Gamers' Choice Award 2009 - The So Much Blood Award 2009 - The Unlock Your Creativity Award 2012 – #4 Top PC Gaming Intro

GameStar (Germany) February 5, 2009 - Best PC Game in 2009 February 5, 2009 - Best PC RPG in 2009

GameZone 2009 - Game of the Year 2009 - PC Game of the Year

IGN 2009 - PC Game of the Year (Editors' Choice) 2009 - PC Game of the Year (Readers' Choice) 2009 - Overall Best Role-Playing Game (Editors' Choice) 2009 - Overall Best Role-Playing Game (Readers' Choice) 2009 - Best Xbox 360 Role-Playing Game (Editors' Choice) 2009 - Best Xbox 360 Role-Playing Game (Readers' Choice) 2009 - Best PC Role-Playing Game (Editors' Choice) 2009 - Best PC Role-Playing Game (Readers' Choice) 2009 - Best PC Story (Editors' Choice) 2009 - Best PC Story (Readers' Choice)

Spike TV 2009 - Best PC Game 2009 - Best RPG

Yahoo 2009 - Best Role-Playing Game of the Year



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