Dragon Age™: Origins - Ultimate Edition

I recently played Tyranny and i was so disappointed. It's apparently hard to find a satisfying recent rpg, one that can hold comparison to Baldur's Gate. Some time ago i tried Divinity Original Sin and although it was entertaining, game-play-wise, the writing was so silly that i had to quit. Tyranny had good premises, a rich lore, a captivating design, but i felt the game itself was a bit arid, a game that sings praises to itself. It is no question to find in rpg games profound characters or entrenching moral dilemmas. What is needed are, simple, memorable characters, a well designed world, entertaining dynamics. Dragon Age has it all. The writing is top notch, with voice acting for every character. The dialogue options are immense. The game design, seems to me, has established groundbreaking features that are still implemented ( party dynamics, abilities.. see Tyranny). There are good bargains around the net and they are worth every penny. Having started it ten years ago, still searching for a good rpg, I recently decided to buy it and so far i'm having a blast. One of the delevopers (Ray Muzyka) described it as a spiritual successor to BG, true statement.

Dragon Age Orgins is a classic RPG. rather differant from it's sucessors DA2 and DA:Inqusition, orgins feels like a halfway point between modern RPGs, and old school isometric RPGs of the past. Anyone who loves games such as baulder's gate or pillars of infinity needs to play dragon age orgins.

There are no words to describe exactly how much this game did bring to my life. Excellent graphics, well detailed and designed story and, of course, lots of hours of fun. Highly recommended. People, if you are doubting, this is worth!

I love RPGs and this is one of my all time favourites. It is old, but still the graphics don't feel dated while you're playing. It's immersive and I particularly enjoyed how you can make it as fast or slow paced as you want - sometimes I want to quickly find out where the story is going, other times I just want to "be" in the world, and DAO allows you to do both. I'm a player who prioritizes characters, world building and story over game play and combat, and DAO really deliver on all three fronts. The supporting cast is diverse and well fleshed out and I honestly came to view some of them as friends, stupid as it sounds. There is a lot of lore to uncover and immerse yourself in as well if that is your thing. That being said, the gameplay and combat is good as well. The combat in particular took a while for me to get into as I haven't played any games with parties and a focus on strategy before, but I quickly got into it and came to love it. Figuring out what strategies to use against what enemies, what party members worked well together, etc, became one of me favourite parts of the game. Play it! Especially if you can cop it on sale, I got it for about 5 dolars and honestly in retrospect I would have spent full price on it. I spent about 50 hours on it, playing about two thirds of the side quests.

every RPG fan should play it, most of all those CRPG or wetsern RPG fans