BioWare has apparently spent a long time fleshing out the game world, which has a 5,000-year history and many different political, feuding factions. We were told that the game's story will be serious in tone, and will involve a lot of political intrigue and conspiracy and so on. And, of course, like in BioWare's other choose-your-own-adventure-style games, players will be able to conduct themselves in a variety of different ways during the course of Dragon Age.