Dragon Age™: Origins - Ultimate Edition

A dark fantasy RPG that is based on the formula of classics like Baldur's Gate. The graphics still hold up pretty well and if you get lost in the game's complexity you can easily put 100+ hours into it. The Ultimate Edition on GOG is DRM free, doesn't need Origin and does include the full content, If you want to get the game, get it here!

Firstly, this game definitely deserves its 91 Metacritic score. The setting, story, mechanics and everything else is top notch. And that's coming from a guy that hasn't played Baldur's gate or anything similar yet, let's say Diablo I & II are the most similar I've played. Graphics, sound, scenery are all great. Personally I would have liked a bit more voice acting done for your character (who is silent except for a few phrases in combat and similar). Gameplay wise, your party consists of you and up to 3 other characters, and the best gameplay feature for me is setting tactics for every party member, which means you can set behaviour for all of them and mainly play as your own character, taking control over other characters only if they're in a pinch and you have to manually override their behaviour. I love the story - medieval fantasy. Lots of sidequests, approval mechanics for your companions, romancing, dungeon clearing... And all of that backed up by a great 'save the kingdom/world' story which has tens of possible endings depending on your choices and RPG style. Now, the only stuff this game doesn't have going for it are bugs. Okay, there is a memory leak so the game gets sluggish after playing a couple of hours, just restart the game and it will be ok. Okay, sometimes the game randomly crashes, there is a quicksave feature so if you spam F5 you never lose more than a couple of minutes of gameplay. Okay, some quests are bugged so you have to use workarounds to make them work properly (the Wiki on this game is really good). But the worst thing is when you invest 70+ hours in your character and then a quest in the Awakening expansion decides to delete every piece of OP equipment you have been collecting for your character. I'm playing this 10 years after its release and they never got around to fixing that, so that's definitely the biggest grudge I have against this game. So be wary and make separate manual saves often! Other than that, fantastic game.

What can i say? its a great game. You get all DLCs, fairly bug free (although mod fixes worth it), and not another generic turn based tabletop clone. You get an extremely well written plot unlike all currently modern RPGs (yes BG'3' included if you ACTUALLY played it) and companions are well written from start to finish. While Awakening is not as good as you get new companions, it is a great continuation as well. Have you ever wondered how overpowered Rogue would be in a full plate set of armour while wielding 2 swords? Well, go no further. There are no class limitations outside of some fighting styles and very rarely on gear (very rare actually). Worth even the full price if you ask me, although supporting current bioware as well as EA makes it dubious although supporting GOG is worth it. on a sidenote, i recommend getting the DA2 armour packs, especially for the wardens. looks very good :D

At the beginning of this game you get to choose your race, sex, class, skills, attributes, name and some other cosmetic stylization. (Eyebrows and face tattooes!) (Hah!) There's six different beginning stories with their own origin stories, hence the title Dragon Age: Origins. All unique and worth seeing. You get treated differently based on this choice as well. This game has a special place in my heart. It's a classic and it challanged other game designers to be more innovative. I highly high-ly recommend this game.

When i first saw Dragon Age: Origins, i purchased an Collector's Editoon, who is a fragment of this marvelous adventure. This game is an oldschool RPG in his essence, but have several new addition compared with the game of his genre. So, i recommend? Absolutely! This is the game of my life. Being serious. P.S: I know that the graphics aren't the best ones, but, the lore is wonderful.