Dragon Age: Origins

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  1. Realnoobman
    Jul 19, 2020
    9
    Excellent roleplay dynamics in a fascinating fantasy world with highly good written lore and atmosphere. You can experience a Deep immersion in an enormous game in which the lives of tour team's characters and the fate of the world depend on your choices. Best One of the Dragon Age antology. Must have if you like Classic RPG games.
  2. D45T4N
    Jul 17, 2020
    10
    The best game made by BioWare, and it has mods support. Whenever you feel like new games are lacking depth and variability, just launch DA:O to understand that you are right.
  3. Kryggird
    Jul 16, 2020
    10
    One of my favorite fantasy RPGs, dark fantasy atmosphere and nice plot with many interesting side quests. Followers who not only make up a good company on this difficult journey, but also significantly influence the story itself. The abundance of various choices and decisions that you have to face make this game as interesting in the next walkthroughs as for the first time. I’ve completedOne of my favorite fantasy RPGs, dark fantasy atmosphere and nice plot with many interesting side quests. Followers who not only make up a good company on this difficult journey, but also significantly influence the story itself. The abundance of various choices and decisions that you have to face make this game as interesting in the next walkthroughs as for the first time. I’ve completed the game on all classes on Nightmare difficulty, went through all the addons and unlocked all the achievements, but even this does not stop the desire to plunge into this wonderful world again.… Expand
  4. DragonEffect4
    Jul 16, 2020
    9
    This is IMO one of the best classic RPGs to play today. I am NO good at the type of action mechanics and team building (FPS is what I mainly play). But the story is and universe is such a fantastic aspect that pushed me through to keep playing and learning.
  5. Alexsiy
    Jun 29, 2020
    10
    Simply my favorite computer game, what may be questioned only by existence of Witcher 3.
  6. greenbey
    Jun 27, 2020
    9
    A+
    Story and lore is really good.
    Gameplay is good for its time.
    Graphics are ok.
  7. pajiloy_krol
    Jun 26, 2020
    8
    This game has become something new for me. I learned that you can control four characters at once. The game is very interesting and worth playing.
  8. Bottlecaps
    Jun 26, 2020
    6
    Dragon age is a game series iv come to love over the years , but getting through origins is a slog at the worst of times and an outdated but fun mess at the best.

    Story: it is quite easy to get into the story of dragon age , a blight is coming when demons gain enough people confidence and a dragon to attempt to take over the surface world you ( who ever you chose to be i was a rouge    Dragon age is a game series iv come to love over the years , but getting through origins is a slog at the worst of times and an outdated but fun mess at the best.

    Story: it is quite easy to get into the story of dragon age , a blight is coming when demons gain enough people confidence and a dragon to attempt to take over the surface world you ( who ever you chose to be i was a rouge female elf for this playthrough) are recruited by duncan a senior grey warden into their ranks. along with 3 others who die in the joining. now you go off to fight the blight. excel everything goes wrong , the king and duncan die , there is a traitor in the king's court , you were blamed for the betrayal and are now being hunted but also the blight was not felled and its threat still looms over ferelden. it throws so much at you at once but i'll be damned if it isn't exhilarating every choice you make from now on matters to the whole country and much later the world
    Story: 9/10

    World building: as this is the first dragon age game it has to set the groundwork for the world i dont think origins is as good as 2 or inquisition but it does its best , qunari are understated as hell in this game not having horns and are instead just big people, each follower has to do with different parts of the lore , alister is a former templar and grey warden , morrigan and a apostate , wayne from the circle. ect ect , while you are getting to know your companions you get to know the world and that makes it easy to like the world. i like the idea of the blight and how its enough every time to get humanity to stop fighting( mostly) and fight it , magic is something feared but also something someone is born with not sought after making there a fear for mages outside of the circle as teh are connected to the underworld by magic. even the religion is plausible
    World building: 8.5/10

    Graphics: this game came out in 2009 but this game looks older than that feels older than that. focus was put into the story and world sure. in terms of graphics this game has aged like milk . textures are muddy and get lost in themselves , faces are awkward and so are animations , character designs are saved entirely by the art direction , why does blood have o go everywhere on the character models ?
    Graphics: 3/10

    Gameplay: dragon age origins doesn't know what it wants to be ? is it a tactical turn based rpg ? no but it has alot of elements of it. is it an over the shoulder 3rd person action rpg ? no but i think it wanted to be ? the game play is very confused and is stuck between 2 conflicting gameplay styles. not even to do with the rpg mechanics but what level of soom you play at , and depending on the difficulty what type of game this is , easy mode is hard and hard is also hard because you have to play them entirely different. also the events of the story are misleading and you end up at a later part if you follow it past redcliff the first time you are there so it gets frustrating. the actual mechanics are slow , chunky , tedious and somewhat boring. combat is the least fun thing in this game and you do so much of it down long corridor like dungeons that never end
    Gameplay 2/10

    Sound design : actually for all the flak i'm giving this game the voice acting is pretty good , every companion character is interesting and distinct but also likeable and flawed and every performance gets that. the music is great and very fitting , sound effects are obnoxious at times but they aren't just stock sound effects like most games from this era use ( Glares at black ops 1 )
    Sound design: 8/10

    9+8.5+3+2+8=30.5
    30.55= 6.1/10

    every time i start this game i think wow this is gonna be great and by the end i feel like iv been through hell and hate the game because my mind has numbed but the story and characters keep me slogging through. it's not a bad game it's just most of it has aged like cheese outside the fridge    … Expand
  9. shadow326
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    My first RPG) still playing it in 2020) Best story and characters) grey warden is forever in our hearts, it's a pity that he was not in the next games in the series
  10. Sean-M
    Jun 20, 2020
    10
    Great game with amazing story and characters. Leliana was great! Definitely one of the best RPGs that I have ever played. Still waiting for the Bioware comeback!!
  11. Bloodiz
    May 17, 2020
    9
    Великолепная игра, особенно на момент её выхода в 2009 году, да и состарилась она на самом деле очень даже хорошо, в том смысле что и сейчас в неё можно более чем комфортно играть, особенно если накатить парочку графических или геймплейных модификаций, которых в свою очередь очень даже хорошее количество.
    Жаль что в последующих частях всё становилось только хуже и хуже.    Великолепная игра, особенно на момент её выхода в 2009 году, да и состарилась она на самом деле очень даже хорошо, в том смысле что и сейчас в неё можно более чем комфортно играть, особенно если накатить парочку графических или геймплейных модификаций, которых в свою очередь очень даже хорошее количество.
    Жаль что в последующих частях всё становилось только хуже и хуже.
  12. Prometheus1241
    May 14, 2020
    10
    Classic of CRPGs!

    Dragon Age:Origins( i will call it just DAO) is the fantasy RPG game from Bioware and, in my opinion, their best game. This game has wonderful plot, perhaps, one of the best in the fantasy games, amazing characters( especially companions) and side quests. Is not it all that good RPG needs? Well, it also has good battle system, big lore and a lot of twists.    Classic of CRPGs!

    Dragon Age:Origins( i will call it just DAO) is the fantasy RPG game from Bioware and, in my opinion, their best game.

    This game has wonderful plot, perhaps, one of the best in the fantasy games, amazing characters( especially companions) and side quests.

    Is not it all that good RPG needs?

    Well, it also has good battle system, big lore and a lot of twists.

    So, surely this game is easily 10/10

    The only disadvantage is, as for me, ending. There could be much better and more ending, but well, it is good enough.    … Expand
  13. skaywalker
    May 10, 2020
    8
    для меня это одна из самых любимых RPG.
    Приятная графика, волшебное музыкальное сопровождение, интересный и "живой" сюжет.
    Персонажи, как спутники, так и сюжетные НПС уникальные, заставляют обращать на них внимание и вызывают целую палитру эмоций. Не смотря на "возраст" игры, я перепрохожу ее 4й раз, и мне не надоело) По сравнению с 2 и 3 частью, ситуации выбора здесь ощущаются    для меня это одна из самых любимых RPG.
    Приятная графика, волшебное музыкальное сопровождение, интересный и "живой" сюжет.
    Персонажи, как спутники, так и сюжетные НПС уникальные, заставляют обращать на них внимание и вызывают целую палитру эмоций.
    Не смотря на "возраст" игры, я перепрохожу ее 4й раз, и мне не надоело)
    По сравнению с 2 и 3 частью, ситуации выбора здесь ощущаются глобальнее. Ты чувствуешь себя более участным ко всему происходящему.
    Из минусов для меня - только техническая составляющая игры:
    -в оригинальной origin версии существуют графические артефакты (баги текстур окружения и ландшафта).
    -оригинальная версия имеет проблему с использованием оперативной памяти на современном железе - это проявляется в вылетах и крашах сейвов
    Указанные выше проблемы решаются использованием "пролеченного" .exe из steam mastery.
    ну и русская озвучка) иногда голос персонажей меняется, а фразы произносятся актерами с ошибкой    … Expand
  14. kabskannar12
    Apr 19, 2020
    10
    "The world's greatest role-playing game"

    There is no need for too many words or a deep examination. This game is the best role game in the world.

      Bioware is the most perfect game ever made. It is even more wonderful than the Mass Effect series.
  15. GraysonUA
    Mar 31, 2020
    8
    Класний епічний сюжет, класні персонажі компаньйони, цікава рольова система, битви з тактичною паузою мені сподобались.
  16. Wiebe
    Feb 26, 2020
    10
    The best RPG ever, amazing story and unlike most BioWare games the choices are deeper than 'good' or 'bad'. I wish I could erase my memory so I could play this game for the first time again.
  17. laertan
    Feb 7, 2020
    10
    Awesome story, deep lore, long and complex dialogues, unqiue companions with their own unqiue identity (personal quests, gifts, original reactions to events and so on), epic battles, great music, very good romances. Don't know what to NOT love in this game. If I had to find a dark spot on the sun, I'd say that inventory was to small.
  18. Topfpflanze
    Feb 3, 2020
    10
    For me just the best RPG ever. The last and the most opulent work of Bioware before it got deconstructed. NPCs you can interact with, and party characters who have exactly that: Character. It depends on how you play it, it ranges from very easy to nearly unbeatable. A story line that you will keep in your memory.
  19. Luccio26
    Jan 26, 2020
    9
    Story: 3/3
    One of the first Bioware games I sunk my teeth into. This is still to this date one of the biggest time sinks I've put into a game. 4 play throughs all unique and all came out with very different endings. The dialogue felt meaningful all the way through. You know the story is good when you're more excited about the scenes in between combat than the actual combat. You will need    Story: 3/3
    One of the first Bioware games I sunk my teeth into. This is still to this date one of the biggest time sinks I've put into a game. 4 play throughs all unique and all came out with very different endings. The dialogue felt meaningful all the way through. You know the story is good when you're more excited about the scenes in between combat than the actual combat. You will need to do a lot of reading as your character doesn't speak so just a heads up. However you won't be dissapointed. I would highly recommend a play through as a mage as the circle of magi storyline is one of the most memorable. Its ability to transport you into its world is second to none.
    Gameplay: 2.5/3
    Remembering this game was first released in 2009 so the combat is very dated however going on my experience with the game I quite enjoyed matching up combos with my party. The party system felt nice and clean and the synergy between your party was noticeable if you had a elf and a dwarf in the same party, they would not get along and you would have to work around certain situations. Small detail, but sometimes they are just as important. The mage felt the most fun to play. The melee classes left a little to be desired as thr clunkiness became apparent however remembering if you go and play this game today, you will definately not enjoy the combat. Great customization, and lots of collectables to help flesh out the lore outside of dialogue.
    Sound: 2/2
    Meaty sword sounds, and bludgeoning of maces. Bow slings and fantastic sounds of horns and drums in battle. Voice acting is fantastic aswell.
    Art Design 2/2
    For the time this game was fantastic. Blood splatters after battle, plenty of diverse locations and they nail the medieval landscape and battlefields.

    For those who like a good story, and aren't afraid to do a lot of reading, the payout of this game is huge. Over 100 hours of game play. With so many play throughs. 9.5/10    … Expand
  20. Panixxo00
    Jan 25, 2020
    10
    Adoro questo capitolo di questa fantastica saga, spero in un futuro Dragon Age molto più simile a origins
  21. PHDIKOULAS
    Jan 20, 2020
    6
    I see many putting 10 on this game.If this is a 10 what would baldurs gate 2 be?or planescape torment?150?

    Anyway, review is for the ultimate edition of the game,and dosent have spoilers.it has many dlcs which i thought were in game but they are played on their own,they arent in the main game so i cant comment on them. You can play them separately Although its a mediocre game it    I see many putting 10 on this game.If this is a 10 what would baldurs gate 2 be?or planescape torment?150?

    Anyway, review is for the ultimate edition of the game,and dosent have spoilers.it has many dlcs which i thought were in game but they are played on their own,they arent in the main game so i cant comment on them. You can play them separately

    Although its a mediocre game it shows why bioware was once the best rpg maker. You can see that old bioware here and there. The story is great, The characters are well fleshed out and you actually care about them,all of them have their personal stories and the main story itself is gripping with many twists here and there. In this game you actions have consequences.

    The only absolute crap part is the moral grey area which many rpgs try to incorporate in their games and fail miserably,this game is no exception.

    That said the game has quite a few flaws but they dont ruin totally the whole game experience(eg the journal that dosent say where you must go among other things).

    Tldr if you find this game for 20 bucks get it,great story but a game with many flaws.    … Expand
  22. Patrick73
    Dec 11, 2019
    10
    Dragon Age: Origins è la sublimazione dei videogiochi di ruolo di stampo occidentale. Un gameplay tattico e complesso unito ad una storia coinvolgente e una scelta di dialoghi senza pari lo elevano ad uno dei migliori titoli nella storia del medium videoludico. Semplicemente un Must-play.
  23. Mendax89
    Dec 10, 2019
    10
    The last great game from Bioware.
    Everything is amazing, lots of contente.
    You can't go wrong with this one.
    A must play.
  24. chronoT
    Sep 2, 2012
    9
    DAO is overall an awesome third-person RPG that has a great story and nice graphics with the right PC. The voice acting is very well done, although I still wish that your character talked as well. The game opens up in the beginning so you have options on where to go first and what you want to accomplish. The dungeons are large, well-made, and fun. To this day this game is definitelyDAO is overall an awesome third-person RPG that has a great story and nice graphics with the right PC. The voice acting is very well done, although I still wish that your character talked as well. The game opens up in the beginning so you have options on where to go first and what you want to accomplish. The dungeons are large, well-made, and fun. To this day this game is definitely worth playing on the PC if you haven't already.… Expand
  25. LordDecky
    Nov 22, 2019
    10
    This game is one of the best RPGs ever, with an emotional story, complex and detailed world, memorable and interesting characters9
  26. Genek13
    Nov 20, 2019
    6
    Somehow this game was an average for me. All other Bioware games was amazing but this one (and sequel) was forgettable and overall ok.
  27. AndreAlexandr
    Nov 14, 2019
    9
    The game that brought me back to videogames from my dark days...

    Shouldn't be the most graphically stunning or have the better mechanics, but the world where it happens, its lore, storytelling and the greatness of go from a "no one" that lost everything to become a hero... Theres no words to explain the feel of be rewarded this way! The only thing you know when playing Dragon Age is    The game that brought me back to videogames from my dark days...

    Shouldn't be the most graphically stunning or have the better mechanics, but the world where it happens, its lore, storytelling and the greatness of go from a "no one" that lost everything to become a hero... Theres no words to explain the feel of be rewarded this way!

    The only thing you know when playing Dragon Age is that you'll need to take your time and, most times, abuse the pause button to figure the best position and tactics for your team, otherwise, you'll be slaughtered by the not so friendly game difficulty.

    This being said, just pick your favourite class, choose a background and go kill some darkspawns, making the plot evolve in the way you are most comfy through lots of different dialogue lines that can change the route you are traveling.    … Expand
  28. LaDix
    Nov 12, 2019
    9
    Amazing game, this was not the first dragon age game I played, I stated with DA:I, and now I can kinda of see why people say this is the best of them all.

    Good things: - The Story, **** amazing, there is so much things you can say and do to make a in-pact on the game. - Talent tree, big and thought out, and the specializations is cool. - The world is so DEEP - The characters is    Amazing game, this was not the first dragon age game I played, I stated with DA:I, and now I can kinda of see why people say this is the best of them all.

    Good things:
    - The Story, **** amazing, there is so much things you can say and do to make a in-pact on the game.
    - Talent tree, big and thought out, and the specializations is cool.
    - The world is so DEEP
    - The characters is actually interesting
    - What you chose to say in the convention, is actually is what you say, sins your C is stum.

    Bad ****
    - Orzammar and Deeps road, hate that place, way to big and boring IMO.
    - To few romance options.
    - My game crashed alot with was kinda annoying.
    - The armor is **** boring but realistic, but I do wish there was more cool/sexy/special looking armor.

    But all the bad things, is just small personal things I have about the game.    … Expand
  29. BigcatAlicia
    Nov 11, 2019
    10
    Good character design and well-presented story. Even after all these years, it's still one of my favourite rpg game. I love this game.
  30. BreezyEzy
    Oct 23, 2019
    10
    Completed this game several times. The best game that will remain in my memory forever.
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#3 Best PC Game of 2009
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#4 Most Discussed PC Game of 2009
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#4 Most Shared PC Game of 2009

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Metascore
91

Universal acclaim - based on 67 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 66 out of 67
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 67
  3. Negative: 0 out of 67
  1. Gameplayer Sweden
    100
    If you're into rpgs, or rather if you love roleplaying in general, there's really no need to waste time reading any reviews of this game. The same goes if you regard games like Planescape: Torment, Fallout 2 and the Baldurs Gate-series among the best computer games ever made. Because this game is everything a person like you look for in a game, and so much more. Be aware though, Dragon Age: Origins is not a revolution of the genre, rather it is an evolution, where Bioware has refined everything that made them into a formula as close to perfection as possible. Without a doubt one of the strongest Game of the year-candidates so far this year and a game we will remember with warm feelings many years to come.
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  2. PC Gamer
    92
    An outstanding story-driven RPG with fantastic writing, RPG depth and tough tactical combat. It's BioWare's best RPG since Baldur's Gate 2. [Holiday 2009, p.38]
  3. GamingXP
    92
    Dragon Age Origins will keep you in front of your computer for hours! Graphics, sounds and the controls couldn’t be much better!
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