Well, Dave did say the combat mechanics is pretty similiar to WoW (pre-BC mind you that, the time before where you had to use crowd control abilities instead of mass AOEing in WotLK). So if you're a veteran/addict to WoW 5 man raids, you might get through pretty easily.
 
*shrugs*

I do remember Dave comparing the combat in Dragon Age: Origins to the combat in WoW. I've played quite a bit of WoW myself and while I wasn't amazing at it or anything this makes me think that I might find Dragon Age a very easy game to get into.

On a side note, is it possible to change the difficulty while playing, or do you have to start a new game?

" On a side note, is it possible to change the difficulty while playing, or do you have to start a new game? "

In a WoW five man, you only had to worry about yourself though. In DA:O, you've gotta control the entire four man party.

" Well, Dave did say the combat mechanics is pretty similiar to WoW (pre-BC mind you that, the time before where you had to use crowd control abilities instead of mass AOEing in WotLK). So if you're a veteran/addict to WoW 5 man raids, you might get through pretty easily.  *shrugs* "

maybe it's just because I truly suck at RPG's but i'm playing on normal and finding the challenge level perfect for me. Actually, during some boss fights such as the Brood Mother, I had to bump it down to casual. I don't like the tedium of re-doing a boss fight a million times, which brings me to another complaint--Casual is FAR too easy. It's either beat it on Normal or feel no reward for completing a sequence.

" After reading most of the reviews, I was left with the impression that Dragon Age was a very challenging game even on the easier modes.  But after playing a large chunk of the game on normal, I'm finding the combat to be incredibly easy.   Not to flex my e-peen or anything, but it seems the game relies on a lot of tactics not uncommon to World of Warcraft, which is a game I've played a lot more than I would care to admit.   So just a heads up to World of Warcraft addicts, or possibly other players of mmos, you may want to consider upping the difficulty level.  "

One quick tip though. AoE has friendly fire in Dragon age.

" @Looka said:

" On a side note, is it possible to change the difficulty while playing, or do you have to start a new game? "

You can change on the fly "