When Dragon Age Journeys, the flash-built 2D Dragon Age game, goes live (at 3:pm ET today!), gamers who play while logged into their EA Account can earn 3 items that’ll transfer to Dragon Age: Origins, according to this Journeys blog post:
Q: “Is it true you can get in-game items for playing Dragon Age Journeys?â€
A: This is one of the things I am most excited about, and I’m pretty sure that you will be too. By completing certain accomplishments in Journeys, you can unlock 3 items for use when you purchase a copy of Dragon Age: Origins for the PC, Xbox 360 or PS3. By playing DAJ while signed in with your EA account, these items will automatically be added to your inventory in DA:O when you sign in with that same account. These entitlements work across all three platforms.
[SOURCE: Joystiq]
While I like this idea (something similar was done with Fable 2), I question all of these “bonus” items for DA:O. The game will have a toolset available, and if it’s anything like NWN, you’ll be able to open the official campaign, modify it — including adding all of the special items as well as your own creations — and then continue.
Of course, if you just want to play the durned thing, that’s cool too
PC has the toolset, but Xbox and PS3 owners will still have to earn the items.
That said, some of the pre-order and/or collector’s edition bonus items I’ve seen seem silly. Like faster experience gains? Do I really want that in a single player game? Won’t it mean I wind up over-powered by the end?
I just want the Golem guy you can have in your team