Hi Matt

It's great to hear your comments on DA and you have also saved me time because now I know to roll a melee character! There are so many great games coming out at the moment I haven't got to DA yet. I have such little time I'll probably wait to Xmas holidays before starting DA. I am currently playing Borderlands which is great fun (if a little brainless).

Shame about the combat in DA. I will bow to your greater knowledge on this but I think that Ultima 7 Black Gate has a lot to answer for! Whilst the game is excellent in all other respects it was the first Ultima to have real-time combat and started a new trend in other games.

As a matter of interest have you played the Witcher? I heard great things about it but I have to admit I found it a little underwhelming. DA has uniform excellent reviews so I hope I am not dissappointed when I eventually get to it.