It's very simple. If you liked ORIGINS, you will enjoy AWAKENING. You really don't need to read any further.
But in case you do, a few thoughts.
It's short. 25(ish) hours if you follow all the side quests (I did), but it's an expansion so I cannot really complain about that. I did notice a few (very few) "graphics anomalies" but no actual bugs and I'm halfway done on my second playthrough. Character development for the other members of your party is somewhat limited, and you won't really develop the same depth of relationships as in ORIGINS. You will encounter some (OK, two) "old friends" from ORIGINS, but only one will actually rejoin your party (one of my personal favorites though). And, as you may have heard, the ending is somewhat abrupt. I would've preferred something like the ending of ORIGINS where you talk with your party before you all go your seperate ways and they roll the epilogue cards. And AWAKENING's cards are not necessarily in keeping with events as you experienced them.
HOWEVER, it's a good story, the gameplay is there, the voice acting is still very good (IMO), and the interface wasn't overhauled so you will feel very comfortable very soon. I suppose that could be good OR bad depending on how you felt about the interface, but I liked it so I consider this a plus. AWAKENING does play a little differently if you don't import your ORIGINS character, but not significantly so. Mostly in the sequencing of events and how people react to you. I've tried it both ways and it works quite well either way. The only reason I gave it 4 stars for the overall rating is because I can't give it 4 1/2 stars. It's really a great expansion, but because of that there are fewer surprises and some of the "WOW" has now worn off.
But if you liked ORIGINS..., oh yeah, this where we came in.Get more detail about Dragon Age: Origins Awakening.
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