Dragon Age's Codex Entries Give The Series a Lot of Replay Value
The Dragon Age series has a lot of optional reading for its fans, from the books to the comics and the in-game codices that can be found all over Thedas. This is because the games attract players who love stories, characters, and lore. However, gamers that do not always read the codex entries they find in the castles and swamps are missing out on one of the elements that make Dragon Age so great.
In the flow of the game's story is wrapped up in the gameplay, it is understandable why codices would be skipped in the first playthrough. That is why reading all the codices is actually a great goal that adds to Dragon Age's replay value. Some players replay to make different choices, others to play on another difficulty, and some have been picking the games up again so that they can read all the codices before Dragon Age 4 comes out.
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Codex entries found throughout the games offer a lot of information about the world of Thedas, and what makes many of them interesting is that they are often pieces written by characters themselves in theDragon Age universe. As such players do not just learn about the world, but they do so through the perceptions of others like Chantry scholars, Grey Wardens, and the Dalish. In fact, some codex entries even contradict each other, which makes sense since they are based on the experiences of different individuals and cultures.
What some players may not know aboutDragon Age: Origins is that some entries differ depending on what background gamers choose at the beginning of the game. For example, a Dalish Warden will get codex entries about their own culture, while humans will get entries written by humans. Also, in all the games, certain codices update depending on the
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