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[JokerMM]

Never played these games before, but i remember clearly people saying it's one of the greatest RPGs ever made.
it's on sale rn on steam and i'm thinking of getting origins and inquisition.
how does origins holds up in 2023?

 

[Skifi28]

Character models aside, it holds up quite well. Just don't expect something at the level of Baldur's gate 3 as far as complexity goes, but the combat is still quite nice and tactical. Stay away from 2, Inquisition is fine but very repetitive and has more of a modern open world approach filled with icons that mostly waste your time.

 

[mansoor1980]

1st one great
2nd one good
3rd is ok

 

[Fbh]

Origins is the best.
Visually it probably doesn't hold up (I remember the console version was pretty ugly even back then) but the story and characters are still enjoyable and the gameplay feels more "classic" Bioware than stuff like Mass Effect.

2 feels like they asked the interns to make a sequel in a third of the time and with a fifth of the budget of the original.

Inquisition (3) has the best production values (the music in particular is great) but the story and gameplay are meh.

 

[semiconscious]

i thought it was ambitious, & interesting, but i'm also the guy who could never finish either it or the second game, but really enjoyed/replayed inquisition...

 

[Mowcno]

I played the 360 version of Origins on my Series S the beginning of 2021. I managed to have a good time with it but it is very dated. So much so I thought it was Biowares game before Mass Effect not after, it has not aged well. If you can get passed the visuals and the janky looking interface it's a great game though.

 

[Draugoth]

Never played these games before, but i remember clearly people saying it's one of the greatest RPGs ever made.
it's on sale rn on steam and i'm thinking of getting origins and inquisition.
how does origins holds up in 2023?

Dragon Age Origins is very dated, but is still the best game of the franchise because of the CRPG aspect. If you want to play Dragon Age, you need to have that i mind. Whomever Dragon Age 2 and Inquisition hold up very well.

If you plan to start Dragon Age, also get Dragon Age 2 because the story if very important for Inquisition and it carries over.

The LORE of the Dragon Age series is absolutely fantastic. So if you want to get around the dated aspects, you need to get into the story.

Also, in order to carry your choices from DA2 to Inquisition, you need to use Dragon Age Tapestry. This also very conveninent because you can pick the best outcomes without having to play 100 hours of DA:O and DA: II https://dragonagekeep.com/

If you want, you can watch the video below to have an idea of the setting of the game so you understand what's going on:

 

[nowhat]

2 feels like they asked the interns to make a sequel in a third of the time and with a fifth of the budget of the original.

Apart from the interns, that's pretty much what happened. EA wanted a sequel in like a year and a half, with predictable results.

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

Loved DA:I (i picked up soooooo many herbs)

Moar Plox!

 

[Skifi28]

Apart from the interns, that's pretty much what happened. EA wanted a sequel in like a year and a half, with predictable results.

Don't forget that they wanted every time you press a button something awesome to happen. Great design philosophy for a CRPG sequel.

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

Just don't expect something at the level of Baldur's gate 3 as far as complexity goes

Exactly

Dragon Age Origins >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Baldoooooor's Gate 3

 

[Complistic]

It's one of my all time favorite games. Its a game with a vision behind it for sure.

 

[IDKFA]

DA:I is a great RPG and easily best DA game, but one of the greatest RPGs ever made? I personally wouldn't go that far.

 

[stn]

Origins is most definitely in my top 5-10 games of all time. Make sure you get the DLC as well, it is all excellent.

 

[Krathoon]

Yeah. They really cut corners with Dragon Age 2. It felt like it was made at a game jam or something.

Way too much asset recycling.

I was kind of like what they pulled with the side missions in Mass Effect 1.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Dragon age origins was cool.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

Inquisition is fine but very repetitive and has more of a modern open world approach filled with icons that mostly waste your time.

It literally took me 9 years of off and on playing to finish inquisition, every map is the same shit over and over again; I wish more of the game was like deep roads or trespasser, of course you don't need all that power to finish the game, and you can just kinda beeline the main story, but the completionist in me is not going to finish an RPG without trying to do everything.

 

[Krathoon]

Yeah. Inquisition is simply too damn big. You have to force yourself to focus on the main questline.

Kind of like Elder Scrolls.

 

[Krathoon]

What was great about Origins is that you can actually finish it.

It is way more focused.

 

[Krathoon]

I guess they still have that Dragon Age Inquisition website where you can build your save file if you lost it.

Yes. They still got it.

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