Dragon Age™: Origins - Ultimate Edition

By no mean you should take this as a professional review of any sort. I have bought this game's collector edition that comes with a wood box, back than games are half the price of a new games these days. I didn't have a credit card back then, so my purchase options are only cash and I have bought it's DLC as it launches without all the benefits of dirt cheap discount as nowadays. Then came the Ultimate Edition, that includes everything at a cheaper price. I bought that too. Now come GOG, at this almost free price, without drm. Again I bought this too. This is how much I value and think of this game. At this price (discounted, in my country, a meal at a street side stall cost more than this) there is no reason whatsoever to skip this title. Compare to other games then. I never finish Witcher titles before, I hated the mechanic that makes you keep switching weapons to counter different enemies instead of let me choose to use just 1 weapon that I like, and to have to prepare for battles by taking potions, memorize all the spell names and ingredients. Those things feels like chores. There are things like those in this games too, but not feels like forced upon. Skyrim, the objectives are plenty, quest are abundant, but not to the point as overwhelming and meaningless at times as in Skyrim. CTDs are almost non-existing in this game. Though not as many mods, but still, has lots of choices in Nexus. Way more stable with mods compare to Skyrim. However, by no means I dislike Skyrim and Fallout series with all their faults. I like them even with the faults I mentioned. If Bugthesda games have plenty of value in bangs for bucks, then this game gives me the same feeling without the bugs, ctds, and frustration. Plus the characters don't look like potatoes compare to the Bethesda titles of it's age. If you are still considering this title at this price, I don't think there are much that can satisfy you in this world of gaming as it is.

Even after 10 years this game feels so good to play. It's a must play for RPG fans.

If you're a fan of KOTOR, New Vegas, or any Choice & Consequence RPG, Dragon Age: Origins is pretty much a must play title. The depth of Role Play through your character Choices, Dialogue, and Gameplay is astounding. Be a Holy Knight seeking order and the restraint of mages, be a Dread Knight who (through Arcane Warrior) uses magic and strength to bring the world under your heel, be a blood mage seeking to further their own power and authority. The game is incredible! That said, its old. KOTOR itself is known for crashing and is an older game, but DA:O outshines it here by miles. You will crash constantly and bugs that are literally eleven years old remain. For instance, one companion (Shayle) literally has an ability that does not work in the game as packaged and must be modded to function. At one point, I broke an encounter in the Awakening DLC by using a spell to turn an enemy to fight with the party, but after the fight was over they didn't attack when the spell wore off and my character literally walked through the world as the game didn't know what to do with itself. SAVE OFTEN, but its worth the fight for this masterpiece that puts modern games to shame. No game since this era of New Vegas and DA:O has come close to being a true C&C RPG. Fair warning, the first 2-4 hours of this game are abysmal. Don't judge the game off that, just push through until you get to truly explore the world map and the writing has a chance to shine.

I'm playing it in my zephurys 15 laptop with RTX 3060 and new ryzen, windows 11, it crashes randomly every 2-3 minuntes. I've tried gazillion recommendation over the internet, none of them works after 3-4 hours of troubleshooting.

Dragon Age: Origins power walked so Baldur's Gate 3 could run (and personally I think Origins is better)