beautiful in spite of its proto-sjw roots, you can tell where david gaider would go politically (as he has himself confirmed in his twitter) later. plus the entire writing staff was made up of women lol, these are the people who would create woke culture later, and you can see its roots taking place in this game. it's a good game, make no mistake, but not for its political overtones.
@Calo Nord I think Dragon Age 2 has easily the best writing in terms of the companion characters' motivations and dialogue, but it fails in terms of graphics and repetitiveness. And Inquisition does an absolute shit ton of worldbuilding and exploration, but as a result the story, whill still amazing IMO, becomes disjointed and poorly paced. I love all threee games, but Origins is the best one as a whole, even if the other two do some things better.
One of the best games I've ever played. If I had to make a top 3, it'd be: 1. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2. Dragon Age: Origins 3. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic I & II (yes, they share 3rd place)
@@beageler My point wasn't about it being specifically good or bad. By "modern" I meant games that have big budget, voiced lines, don't rely only on isometric camera and texts, etc. while still being an rpg. I've yet to play a game that did this better than DAO.
If Bioware made a Dragon Age Legendary Edition. It would be the easiest money they've ever made. It would sell as good if not better than the ME Legendary Edition.
They won't do it though I bet. I see the dragonage franchise as being treated like the fallout franchise in my eyes. They're both kind of test subjects in a way and each game was significantly different from the other. Mass effect trilogy was for the most part the same and very cohesive.
@@wolfNflux I agree, but I don't think its because they're "test subjects", its because the games after DAO was made by incompetent devs. It wasn't the same devs as DAO and EA pushed for it to be more accessible for console players. DAO was made by masters, from soundtrack by Inon Zur to design by Brent Knowles (he worked on NWN and Baldur's Gate 2). The other games was made by people who didn't respected the first game and Inquisition was made by fucking SJWs.
@@thatoneguy3590 Right, but for some of us this is our ultimate game, and we've replayed it to death. We could really use a remaster, especially more character creation options, and I think DA2/DAI could use some tweaks. DA2 mostly had boring environments, although I've seen more nuanced criticisms that could improve the game, too. I loved the characters and story in DA2, though, but I'm not picky if they decided to change other things. DAI is interesting, because I fully enjoy the game, but I see there are valid criticisms. I wouldn't mind if revamped it to appease mostly the QoL stuff, like cutting out some filler quests? Or making looting faster and war tables changes without having to use mods. I think a lot of people would change their mind about DAI if they were able to play it all the way through Trespasser without the things they find annoying. I've played it enough times where even I wouldn't mind them streamlining it a bit more.
Morrigan is still probably my favourite character of all time. She is so well written and voice acted! I love DA:O so much and I cannot wait to see how Dreadwolf pans out, hoping for the bioware comeback story.
Yea Morgan was probably my first video games crush. But i honestly dread the Dreadwolf, i know that it will probably suck, but i too deep in the franchaise, so i will play it for the lore and story even if it blows.
Dragon age Origins was my introduction into RPGs and is still one of my all time favorite titles I've replayed the series more times then I can count same with mass effect
Playing Kotor as my first made me appreciate how good BioWare was getting making RPGs when this game came out. For a long time after as well. Hopefully the next Mass Effect and Dragon Age will be good like the old days.
@Garrus Vakarian If they were to treat it like the mass effect remasters. This would be a grab for sure. I have Dragon Age Origins for backwards compatibility. I'd buy it again if they announced it. I think it'd be great if they nail dreadwolf. And then went back and did a remaster for the older games. Excluding inquisition bc it still holds up well for right now.
Just a 64 bit Dragon Age would be amazing, really hope it happens. Mass Effect LE wasn't very good so I hope they don't touch the art style TOO much. Better textures and stuff would be nice though.
DA:O is still the best Dragon Age game hands down. The music, story, characters, and of course the Origin system beats out all the others. The only thing that hasn't aged well are the graphics but I think the art direction more than makes up for that.
@@morrigankasa570 . I don't know if better graphics, but definitely every character looks way better in Origins than in later installments, and especially the elves. Except for the Qunari, those look way better in DA2, sadly in Inquisition they look horrible.
@@SeventhheavenDK Actually, I prefer the look of Sten from DAO rather then the later iterations. Also prefer that in DAO, that every class and every Race can technically wear any Armor. Including Sten, with Inquisition you can't wear full armor as a Qunari and only close to proper armor as a Warrior. Anyway, I have all 3 games on Xbox 360 and using a HDMI Cable it up-converts to 1080P for all 3 games, so maybe it's the Art Style itself rather then the graphics? Either way DA2 and Inquisition are awful in so many ways.
Fun fact: The female version of this is somewhat more traumatic, in the sense that you're one of the brides and get taken along with the other women, and your groom dies instead. Also, there is a small line of dialogue where you can shock the King by mentioning your antics in Denirim just after the prologue ends.
It's been awhile, but I remember thinking they did that version of the story really well. I just think Bioware does things from a female perspective better than a lot of gaming companies, that's why it's been so depressing to see what it's become. It's not like there are a ton of games that genuinely flesh out the female version of a playthrough like Bioware has done in the past. I'm finally almost done with Cyberpunk (I needed mods to get the game playing at release, and just to the enjoy the game more, but there were many times I didn't feel like updating the mods to continue the story), and there's just something that doesn't totally click with the female V for me. Being forced to play in fpp doesn't help, but despite me making the choices for her, it also doesn't really feel like MY character. I heard the voice the actress normally uses, and preferred that, but I could see how others might think it doesn't come across as intimidating enough. I would still prefer my V to have a different type of voice that can still scare others, you can be gentle/quiet but still scary. But, maybe I feel this way because they just weren't given enough time overall.
@@davido.1233nah. Look beyond yourself and stop being so selfish. The age of something means nothing. Just because you have played / watched some form of entertainment doesn't mean everyone has. It's not some objective truth Stop trying to defend crappy selfish behaviour and pass the blame on to anyone else who challenges you. Would you do this on every new players blind playthrough on TH-cam, and then start arguing when you got muted/banned, claiming spoilers don't exist? Maybe a better option is to apologise and then refrain from doing it ever again by properly spoiler marking your comments so you are never in that position ever again Nobody is saying you can't talk about it altogether. What people do expect though is a base level of courtesy where you give people ample warning. You literally describe in detail the story and ending of an origin. Its like you don't even realise what makes this game so good. Also, flip this if YOU got spoiled on something 20 years after it was released and they just say "no spoilers your fault cause 20 years old". You can imply you wouldn't be bothered but it would probably be a lie. Someone somewhere hasn't played FF7 and doesn't know what happens and doesn't want to know
I mean I would understand if it was a big spoiler, or an important spoiler in the plot, but OP's comment was barely a spoiler. It was a fun fact thing about how even your gender will alter how people treat you (future games tone down on that tho). Being a woman or a man has no difference to the overall plot. You already know from watching the video that women get kidnapped. Is it really that shocking the player character gets kidnapped as a woman? Their comment did not spoil any major plot points, and the ending of this origin is the same for both genders, so its literally just an alternative route. Unless you're more upset about how they said what happened in the origin (brides get kidnapped and player exiled) but this video wouldve spoiled it too? If someone is reading comments before the video finishes thats...also their fault. If they spoiled a totally unrelated origin like the Mage origin I get it but they wanted to share something cool (given that the majority of players play as a man. Male shep was like 80% of playthroughs vs female shep. Human nobles were most common origin iirc. So I think sharing that gender matters in DA like this is better, because most men aren't going to bother playing as a woman).
@@SeventhheavenDK While I understand your comment, I admit I'm a bit confused because many game companies don't even define either term properly. The way I understand it a Remake: Would be remade from the ground up, changing a few thing for the better (see FF7 Remake as prime example) Remaster: Is simply put like an overpriced GOTY, includes a few visual upgrades but nothing better than w.e. said year (said game released), all DLC included and maybe if lucky a previously unreleased content. I hope that helps to clarify at least my comment in saying a Remake IMO. 👍
@@spawnmovies . Well, I guess it depends on opinions. I, for instance, don't think FF7 changes were for the better. And precisely, Dragon Age Origins story is perfect as it is, making a Remake could actually do a disservice to the game by "reimagining" things and ruining what is already epic. Another example is Resident Evil 3 Remake, a game that was cut in many aspects, DAO is a massive game. If it gets a Remake do you truly thing they will keep everything? Will they cut content? Or will they dumb down every subquest to the level of the boring and lifeless subquests of Inquisition? Also, DAO is a game that for today standards is very bold and daring. I am very sure that a Remake will also censor A LOT of the "sensitive" topics that Origins touched during its era while at the same time will go very woke like Inquisition. Probably an Origins Remake will also suffer of many retcons to make it more "friendly", "light" or "woke". A Remaster IMO will do what is only needed, update the graphics a little, fix the bugs (like in Mass Effect), but at the same time keeping the epicness of the game as it is, while also (and most important) make it available for modern consoles with all its content, as nowadays the only way to play it on consoles is via a PS3/XBOX 360, and to deliver a truly functional and definite version for the PC, one that doesn't need of mods to work properly or workarounds to avoid constant crashes. But as I've said, opinions. If you liked FF7R probably you won't have any problems if Bioware coughs on the original material of Dragon Age Origins.
@@wolfNflux you can beat Morrowind. Sure, I replay Morrowind far more, but DA:O is much more refined with a hell of a lot less gameplay problems and bugs. Also, a ton of Morrowind lore is obscure or outright outside of the game itself. Dragon Age lore is easily accessible in game.
I just played it for the first time back in March/April! Absolutely loved every second of it. And I have definitely played the soundtrack while working many times. This is terrific.
Once you play it then play the next 2,you will see how the writing,story,characters and everything just dropped off hard.The old bioware is gone who made first dragon age and mass effect games,now filled with hacks.
@@johnnyboogalo4897 Except that the 'hacks' that made DA2 and DAI were were same team that made DAO, you find the same senior devs in the credits unlike Mass Effect which did see important changes betwee 1 and 2.
@@johnnyboogalo4897 Please don’t do that. If a person hadn’t experience a game yet, don’t discourage them by trashing it. It will create prejudice. Let them create their own opinion.
@@ODUBlue I would form your own opinion on the other games. I played the games in order and expected to hate DA2 after loving DAO. Now DA2 is my personal favorite of all 3 (I won't get into why but I just found the story refreshingly different for a fantasy setting). It's very different from DAO, though, so don't expect the same thing. DAI is also very different from the first two games.
Not a lot of DA fans realize it, but all of the mural art, even in and especially the DAO opening, are all lore important. They contain a wealth of DA knowledge and history for deepdiving, brainstorming and more. Dragon Age murals are super important to pay attention to.
I'm 34, this makes me feel so old. I loved this game. Got it on 360. Played the crap out of the game. Replaying it over and over. Love this game. Man they don't make games like this no more.
BioWare doesn't, some studios do tho :) Like Wasteland 3, another absolutely incredible rpg by InXile that puts action adventure games like Fallout 4 and Cyberpunk to shame.
I find your comment very interesting. In fact, no one ever did create a game like this one. While so many games feel like we already played it, redoing the same boring task, too many icons, microtransaction and so on, this one makes you forget about money with immersive music, compelling situation and complex choices. It simply goes beyond what a video game is supposed to do, in our mind. Going back at Tetris and Super Mario, you know the most popular video games, it's really not what DAO is all about. It's like a Tolkien or George R.R. Martin book, only we are the main character living through or own good/bad decisions. Replaying it with different choices, in that moment, it become clear how much efforts and love Bioware team did put into that game in those years. I think it took 5 years to create DAO, and it shows.
Couldn't agree more about the character creator. The fact that the prologue consisted of six uniquely different origins felt so impressive at the time of the game's release. And it still is! Shame that we haven't seen many other games doing the same, it really adds to the character building which is important for any RPG. Only games I can think of doing something similar is Guild Wars 2, ESO (although One Tamriel removed the borders of the starting areas) and SWTOR, with the latter giving you a unique story experience from start to end depending on your chosen class.
@Garrus Vakarian Never started playing WoW, I imagine it would have consumed a big part of my teenage years! Doubleagent reaching level cap without leaving Wandering Isle is a neverending origin story.
I love this game so much. Played it for the first time last year after I got the urge to play Inquistion for a second time. After playing through origins and DA2 for the first time and inquisition a second time I gotta say Dragon Age Origins is my favorite of the series with inquisition a close second! Morrigan best girl!
Easily one of the best games of all time. Watched a full playthrough by Many a true nerd earlier, had to play it myself again as well. Played it when it came to back compat on Xbox, and of course played it when it first came out. And I know there are still a bunch of stuff I haven't seen or done in the game yet.
While human may be the most "vanilla" of the race choices, my favorite origin in this game is human noble because of the fact that (no spoilers) later in the game you can have a MAJOR effect on the future of all of Ferelden with them. You can still do it without the human noble but I like how having that origin interacts with that choice. That and you get an early start with your Mabari, which is always a plus :)
That one is my second favorite, my favorite is Dwarf Noble. You can get the highest starting Gold of all options and makes it easier to get the Legion of the Dead Dwarves to agree to join the Dwarf Army without needing 3 or 4 Persuasion. Also in one of my current playthroughs I have a Dwarf Noble Rogue who is using Longbow and it's entertaining seeing a Dwarf with a Bow bigger then them and still being effective:)
@@nofoxgiven6561 Well if you also plan on playing Dragon Age Awakening & Dragon Age 2. Human Mage might be the most impactful, since the last name is the same as Hawke's mother's family.
This is so crazy because I also just went back and started replaying this gem of game. Was my introduction into rpgs as an 8 year old. Asked for how to train your dragon but through the language barrier the GameStop employee gave my grandma DAO instead.
I played this to death back in the day. So much replay value and memorable characters and storylines. I also really liked how they handled the main villain as he wasn't a typical over the top power hungry boss, he's just a guy doing what he believes in as a soldier, not to mention you can even add him to your party which was just mind-blowing at the time. Don't think any game has ever topped this since, hope dreadwolf at least comes closer to capturing this experience than everything they've made since da2
This is my favorite game of all time. I’ll never forget playing it for the first time at release - I was in high school at the time. It blew me away then and it still does.
This game brings such memories, its one of my favorite games of all time, I only wish dragon age 4 can come close enough, but origins still remains to this day the best dragon age.
I remember buying DA-O and hating the look of the game and thought I wasted my money. I'm pretty sure 100s of hours later I played every possible starting class to see the story from every perspective....one of the best
How did you get over that - what you said you thought initially, if you read my comment that I have put. I would be interested to know if you felt the same and how can I get to feel like you feel now about it. Cheers
@@yuna1971 honestly the story is so great I looked past it. Initially I turned down the difficulty to get to the story beats faster and it was worth it ...then on future playthroughs I cranked it up
What i find a really massive Win for this game is that the world is static... meaning its not a different world depending on what origin you pick. F.e. Regardless of your origin pick these events will always take place: 1. Hawe betrays the Cousland 2. Jowan flees the circle and becomes a blood mage 3. Merril's clan will find the tainted Eluvian and Tamlen dissapears 4. Bhelen does the coup and Gorim is exiled 5. Leske is still punished for interfering with the Proving and is jailed along his friend The only difference is that if you are not playing as that character then they are dead by the time you get to that zone. Kinda makes it believable that Duncan actually visited all these places but you (as the new waarden recruit) are the only one he found
i can't tell you how many times i played this game back in they day, probably close to 20, i no longer own it sadly but if ever i can afford a new Xbox i'll be playing this on the backlog for sure, really wish companies would make games like this again
Love how much you love it Matty... just awesome. I think I managed 3 full playthroughs over the years. I would love to do another one but I don't think I take another journey into the Fade! Aargh. lol
2:29 Funny thing: DA:O has a lot of references and homages and inspirations to another big fantasy series, The Wheel of Time. There is actually a proper easter egg, a serpent shaped ring, that in WoT is the Aes Sedai ring, the female sorceresses that have their base in an isolated tower.....yup.
I'm on the middle of Mass Effect Andromeda. After that, I will start my 4th playthrough of Dragon Age, and this time I will play the DLC of Inquisition. Those rpgs are truly amazing
I just beat andromeda this year, and I've got to say I enjoyed it actually! It obviously pales in comparison to the trilogy, but I genuinely had a blast with it
Is anyone just twitching watching Matty pick dual wielding skills and then fight sword and shield? 14:48 This game still holds up so well for anyone with the patience for the style of combat.
Man I remember falling in love with Morrigan (like literally), I think is my first crush on video games. She was so well written and played. Epic character.
Red dead redemption and Oblivion first time used an hdmi cord blew my mind, never upgraded my tv I think it must of already been HD but for the life of me I don't remember the TV but man the difference was insane
I've been on the fence about buying this game. It's my genre but I really didn't know much about it. You've convinced me to get it. That and as of today (12/25/22), The ultimate edition is on sale on Steam for less than $5. Thanks Matty!
My niece just did her first playthru after watching me play for years and loved it. Love watching her get into bioware games and seeing someone else love these games so much.
I played DA Origins for the first time ever in early 2022 and I already feel nostalgic. Fell in love with it the instant I heard that campfire music. It's so beautiful.
Great trilogy game. You make me want to go back and play dragonage again, after I play my guardian in skyrym anniversary edition. Thanks mate. Great streaming.
This game is not getting old at all. Interesting, exiting storyline. You REALLY have a choice here. You can play again and again and it never will be boring. huge lore, good characters. My favorite game ever and also my first RPG. From this one I have started my RPG journey. It is the only game I have on all my computers and will never delete 💕
I've played this game so many times... I just finished another playthrough on nightmare and started a new one. This game is just absolutely amazing. I think I know pretty much everything about it, and it still doesn't get old. On my newest playthrough I'm trying to make more of the "evil" choices, though some of them I will never be able to make, no matter how many times I try. You can be such a piece of shit in this game! I hope Dreadwolf will have even half as much variety in its choices. And I really wish they would bring back the origins. It gives you such a great opportunity to really get to know your character and roleplay them. My favourite character I've ever played in this game was Clara Brosca, casteless dwarf, who had been told that she was worthless scum so many times, that she even believed it herself. When she was recruited by the Grey Wardens, she felt for the first time that her life mattered, and she swore to dedicate her life to becoming the best Grey Warden ever. On the surface she received a blessing from an Andrastian priestess, which likely wasn't a big deal for the priestess, but to be accepted enough by a human she had never met for her to give her a blessing, and to hear of a god who loves all his children, including her, made her incredibly happy. I imagine she started praying to the maker regularly and she quickly became a devout Andrastian. She was utterly selfless, devoted to the maker, and dedicated to the Grey Wardens. A real goodie two-shoes, but it just developed naturally and the game did a great job of putting me in her head. And even with the same origin, it could have gone in a completely different direction, I've played other casteless dwarves with completely different personalities and outlooks on life. The origins give you a great framework to understand your character, but they still give you a lot of room to take the character in different directions.
I remember when I was young, I picked this up on sale. I said to myself at first impression, "the graphics are not great, did I make a mistake?" A few months later, got all achievements, completed all endings and DLC, waited anxiously for the next Dragon Age installment. I learned a valuable lesson not to judge a game by graphics. Plus it got me playing RPGs.
Even today is in my top 3 of favorite games ever (together with Divinity Original Sin 2 and Suikoden 2), and even today is my favorite Dragon Age in the franchise (together with my favorite protagonist, the Warden is so cool, especially the responses he/she can give).
One of the greatest rpgs to ever come out. The jank and the slow(er) combat aside, 14 years later this game is still better than some releasing nowadays
This brings back the memories. This was also my first game on an HGTV. I had a tube TV at the time & couldn't bring myself to buy a new TV bc my old TV was still working, but this game forced me to buy one bc the text was too hard to read on my old TV.
Lived off the early 2010s re-playing this game. It's one of the few games with random dialogue I still remember to this day. Definitely right up there with my favorite games of all time.
I played it just a few months ago. I use autohotkey to unlock the mouse when I press pause which makes the camera a lot less of a pain, which is why I struggled with it after isometric games when it launched. It's a great game once the camera issue was resolved, especially being able to write ai for your allies etc
Funny story about DA:O, it was my first ever BioWare experience while also knowing literally nothing about BioWare games. After a full 2-year binge of only Skyrim, I wanted to play something, anything, that wasn’t an open world. I snuck into my older brother’s room, read the back of the box, looked like those old SpongeBob adventures I liked as a kid, and casually stole his PC copy for myself. My teenage mind was not prepared for this greatness I knew nothing about, and chose literally on a whim
I went back on this last year. Played as a mage, something I’d never done before on my many many previous playthroughs. Damn it was good. I genuinely loved playing through Dragon Age Origins again. In my opinion it’s the best in the trilogy. Yeah it’s the most dated graphically. But it’s gritty and dark. The characters are better the story is great and the music is epic. DA2 is brilliant and DAI is a good game, but it could certainly be better.
What are you talking about? I have Dragon Age Origins Ultimate Edition, Dragon Age 2, and Dragon Age Inquisition all on Xbox 360. The Graphics and overall systems are 10 times better in Origins then in the other 2.
@@morrigankasa570 well I’ve never heard of the ultimate edition for Origins. I’ve just got the original, with all the DLCs. All I was saying was The first one’s graphics do look dated compared to the other 2. However that isn’t a detriment to the game as I think it’s the best.
@@MaxFusion01 How do they look dated? In Dragon Age 2 you have frickin noodle arms, clunky armor, and chunky weapons(except the double sided blades), also the character creation isn't as good as Origins. Then in Inquisition it's very much the same except for Qunari who do have proper "meaty" bodies.
I remember playing this on an old laptop with the graphics settings all the way down. It didn't run the best and I still had one of the best roleplaying experiences and it's still one of my favorite games of all time. I think I even bought it on xbox 360 too. Can't wait for the next in the series.
A trick to making the early game easier is to remember that specializations remain unlocked when you replay the game. For example, once you have unlocked spirit healer in your first play though, you won’t have to wait until Wynne joins your party in subsequent play throughs to use it.
The best Part of Origins is the second game Awakening. The party dialogue between Oghren, Andres and Nathanial is the funniest stuff in any video game ever. This video game is in my top 10 easy.
New to the channel but literally just started a couple of runthroughs of this game with my wife (who has never played but asked to because she saw me playing)
Peak Bioware, I miss those days. I remember during that there was a campaign online of Mass Effect 2 vs Dragon Age. Sci-fi vs Fantasy and I was loving being surrounded by so many awesome RPGS
Dragon Age 2 and Dragon Age Inquisition have far worse graphics & systems then Dragon Age Origins+Awakening! Love the Arcane Warrior & Shapeshifter Specializations for Mage!!!
I would looooove a remaster, but I'll play it like it is. I've probably played this through about 7 times, and I still hit things happening that I've never seen before.
This is probably one of the few rpgs where it really felt like you could be immersed with the story. I love the side quests it had and how some of them even get referenced later in the story. It had so many amazing moments that felt like an episodic adventure similar to Avatar: The Last Airbender. The fact that even if you go the same race/background, your entire playthrough can be so different and have different endings is just fantastic.
Honestly having just beat the game again quite literally 10 mins ago, it still holds up, combat of course is dated but what can we expect with a 14 year old game, the lore, the world building, the characters you meet and how the choices really really come down to thought out reasoning, this recent play-through solidified this game as one of my all time favorites
DAOs story still holds up as one of the best RPG stories you can experience
Can’t argue with this.
Great story, though I've never personally been able to enjoy the combat system.
Nothing Tops Planescape torment, DAO and Baldur's gate 2
Together with Witcher 3 and Morrowind.
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In my eyes, this is the best Dragon Age game. The characters, the stories, the music, everything. Fucking beautiful....
You're right, tbh its not even close...
it really is, good parts of the other games sure, but this was the peak
Starting from different starting points, the story, everything! Everything! There has never been a true sequel
beautiful in spite of its proto-sjw roots, you can tell where david gaider would go politically (as he has himself confirmed in his twitter) later. plus the entire writing staff was made up of women lol, these are the people who would create woke culture later, and you can see its roots taking place in this game.
it's a good game, make no mistake, but not for its political overtones.
@Calo Nord I think Dragon Age 2 has easily the best writing in terms of the companion characters' motivations and dialogue, but it fails in terms of graphics and repetitiveness. And Inquisition does an absolute shit ton of worldbuilding and exploration, but as a result the story, whill still amazing IMO, becomes disjointed and poorly paced. I love all threee games, but Origins is the best one as a whole, even if the other two do some things better.
This game is still to this day truly amazing.
It's dated--but, as far as gameplay goes it's probably got the best combat system of the 3.
It is very dated, recently started playing it and god the crashing. 😤
@@nickjordan8996 Yeah, easily the best combat.
Probably even better today
One of the best games I've ever played. If I had to make a top 3, it'd be:
1. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
2. Dragon Age: Origins
3. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic I & II (yes, they share 3rd place)
Gold standard for modern rpgs to this day, in my opinion. Perfect balance between rpg mechanics and cinematic/adventure storytelling.
For modern ones yes, modern ones are usually pretty bad. But back then it was good but not that special.
@@beageler My point wasn't about it being specifically good or bad. By "modern" I meant games that have big budget, voiced lines, don't rely only on isometric camera and texts, etc. while still being an rpg. I've yet to play a game that did this better than DAO.
@@eduardocunha9006 Fair enough. The word for that would be archetype, gold standard means it is the best, AFAIK.
If Bioware made a Dragon Age Legendary Edition. It would be the easiest money they've ever made. It would sell as good if not better than the ME Legendary Edition.
They won't do it though I bet. I see the dragonage franchise as being treated like the fallout franchise in my eyes. They're both kind of test subjects in a way and each game was significantly different from the other. Mass effect trilogy was for the most part the same and very cohesive.
@@wolfNflux I agree, but I don't think its because they're "test subjects", its because the games after DAO was made by incompetent devs. It wasn't the same devs as DAO and EA pushed for it to be more accessible for console players.
DAO was made by masters, from soundtrack by Inon Zur to design by Brent Knowles (he worked on NWN and Baldur's Gate 2). The other games was made by people who didn't respected the first game and Inquisition was made by fucking SJWs.
It doesn’t need a remaster imo, the original graphics and gameplay are still good to me, I like playing older games
@@thatoneguy3590 Right, but for some of us this is our ultimate game, and we've replayed it to death. We could really use a remaster, especially more character creation options, and I think DA2/DAI could use some tweaks. DA2 mostly had boring environments, although I've seen more nuanced criticisms that could improve the game, too. I loved the characters and story in DA2, though, but I'm not picky if they decided to change other things.
DAI is interesting, because I fully enjoy the game, but I see there are valid criticisms. I wouldn't mind if revamped it to appease mostly the QoL stuff, like cutting out some filler quests? Or making looting faster and war tables changes without having to use mods. I think a lot of people would change their mind about DAI if they were able to play it all the way through Trespasser without the things they find annoying. I've played it enough times where even I wouldn't mind them streamlining it a bit more.
Apparently their excuse was that they don’t fit together because each protagonist is different in every game.
Morrigan is still probably my favourite character of all time. She is so well written and voice acted! I love DA:O so much and I cannot wait to see how Dreadwolf pans out, hoping for the bioware comeback story.
Yea Morgan was probably my first video games crush. But i honestly dread the Dreadwolf, i know that it will probably suck, but i too deep in the franchaise, so i will play it for the lore and story even if it blows.
@@battlefuta9953 I feel you, I'll be happy if it's even half as good as Origins tbh
I like how she walked like she had no knees and arthritis in her hips in inquisition
The broodmother section still fills me with dread just thinking about it.
First day, they come and catch everyone
Dragon age Origins was my introduction into RPGs and is still one of my all time favorite titles I've replayed the series more times then I can count same with mass effect
Playing Kotor as my first made me appreciate how good BioWare was getting making RPGs when this game came out. For a long time after as well. Hopefully the next Mass Effect and Dragon Age will be good like the old days.
One of the greatest RPGs ever made.
This game should be remastered. Keep everything how it is. And just up the graphics. The game is awesome
@Garrus Vakarian If they were to treat it like the mass effect remasters. This would be a grab for sure. I have Dragon Age Origins for backwards compatibility. I'd buy it again if they announced it. I think it'd be great if they nail dreadwolf. And then went back and did a remaster for the older games. Excluding inquisition bc it still holds up well for right now.
More than the graphics - fix game bugs that we currently are patching through mods.
Just a 64 bit Dragon Age would be amazing, really hope it happens.
Mass Effect LE wasn't very good so I hope they don't touch the art style TOO much. Better textures and stuff would be nice though.
It should be remade, by InXile
@@lordkhan wasn't very good? interesting take lol I though LE was incredible.
DA:O is still the best Dragon Age game hands down. The music, story, characters, and of course the Origin system beats out all the others. The only thing that hasn't aged well are the graphics but I think the art direction more than makes up for that.
Origins has far better graphics then the other 2 in the series!
@@morrigankasa570 . I don't know if better graphics, but definitely every character looks way better in Origins than in later installments, and especially the elves.
Except for the Qunari, those look way better in DA2, sadly in Inquisition they look horrible.
@@SeventhheavenDK Actually, I prefer the look of Sten from DAO rather then the later iterations. Also prefer that in DAO, that every class and every Race can technically wear any Armor. Including Sten, with Inquisition you can't wear full armor as a Qunari and only close to proper armor as a Warrior.
Anyway, I have all 3 games on Xbox 360 and using a HDMI Cable it up-converts to 1080P for all 3 games, so maybe it's the Art Style itself rather then the graphics?
Either way DA2 and Inquisition are awful in so many ways.
Somehow their cutscenes were also much better animated than Inquisition's.
One of the greatest games ever made!
Fun fact: The female version of this is somewhat more traumatic, in the sense that you're one of the brides and get taken along with the other women, and your groom dies instead. Also, there is a small line of dialogue where you can shock the King by mentioning your antics in Denirim just after the prologue ends.
It's been awhile, but I remember thinking they did that version of the story really well. I just think Bioware does things from a female perspective better than a lot of gaming companies, that's why it's been so depressing to see what it's become. It's not like there are a ton of games that genuinely flesh out the female version of a playthrough like Bioware has done in the past.
I'm finally almost done with Cyberpunk (I needed mods to get the game playing at release, and just to the enjoy the game more, but there were many times I didn't feel like updating the mods to continue the story), and there's just something that doesn't totally click with the female V for me. Being forced to play in fpp doesn't help, but despite me making the choices for her, it also doesn't really feel like MY character. I heard the voice the actress normally uses, and preferred that, but I could see how others might think it doesn't come across as intimidating enough. I would still prefer my V to have a different type of voice that can still scare others, you can be gentle/quiet but still scary. But, maybe I feel this way because they just weren't given enough time overall.
Dude why u spoiling origins for people 😒
@@nezkeys79 It's a 14 year old game, there are no spoilers in a game that old!
@@davido.1233nah. Look beyond yourself and stop being so selfish. The age of something means nothing. Just because you have played / watched some form of entertainment doesn't mean everyone has. It's not some objective truth
Stop trying to defend crappy selfish behaviour and pass the blame on to anyone else who challenges you. Would you do this on every new players blind playthrough on TH-cam, and then start arguing when you got muted/banned, claiming spoilers don't exist? Maybe a better option is to apologise and then refrain from doing it ever again by properly spoiler marking your comments so you are never in that position ever again
Nobody is saying you can't talk about it altogether. What people do expect though is a base level of courtesy where you give people ample warning. You literally describe in detail the story and ending of an origin. Its like you don't even realise what makes this game so good.
Also, flip this if YOU got spoiled on something 20 years after it was released and they just say "no spoilers your fault cause 20 years old". You can imply you wouldn't be bothered but it would probably be a lie. Someone somewhere hasn't played FF7 and doesn't know what happens and doesn't want to know
I mean I would understand if it was a big spoiler, or an important spoiler in the plot, but OP's comment was barely a spoiler. It was a fun fact thing about how even your gender will alter how people treat you (future games tone down on that tho). Being a woman or a man has no difference to the overall plot. You already know from watching the video that women get kidnapped. Is it really that shocking the player character gets kidnapped as a woman? Their comment did not spoil any major plot points, and the ending of this origin is the same for both genders, so its literally just an alternative route.
Unless you're more upset about how they said what happened in the origin (brides get kidnapped and player exiled) but this video wouldve spoiled it too? If someone is reading comments before the video finishes thats...also their fault.
If they spoiled a totally unrelated origin like the Mage origin I get it but they wanted to share something cool (given that the majority of players play as a man. Male shep was like 80% of playthroughs vs female shep. Human nobles were most common origin iirc. So I think sharing that gender matters in DA like this is better, because most men aren't going to bother playing as a woman).
Finally started this one for the first time a few weeks back. With no nostalgia I can still honestly say it's unreal and holds up extremely well.
This game is freaking amazing! Needs a remake like asap
Do you truly think a Remake will make justice to this game? I doubt it.
I would prefer a remaster.
@@SeventhheavenDK While I understand your comment, I admit I'm a bit confused because many game companies don't even define either term properly. The way I understand it a
Remake: Would be remade from the ground up, changing a few thing for the better (see FF7 Remake as prime example)
Remaster: Is simply put like an overpriced GOTY, includes a few visual upgrades but nothing better than w.e. said year (said game released), all DLC included and maybe if lucky a previously unreleased content.
I hope that helps to clarify at least my comment in saying a Remake IMO. 👍
@@spawnmovies . Well, I guess it depends on opinions.
I, for instance, don't think FF7 changes were for the better. And precisely, Dragon Age Origins story is perfect as it is, making a Remake could actually do a disservice to the game by "reimagining" things and ruining what is already epic. Another example is Resident Evil 3 Remake, a game that was cut in many aspects, DAO is a massive game. If it gets a Remake do you truly thing they will keep everything? Will they cut content? Or will they dumb down every subquest to the level of the boring and lifeless subquests of Inquisition?
Also, DAO is a game that for today standards is very bold and daring. I am very sure that a Remake will also censor A LOT of the "sensitive" topics that Origins touched during its era while at the same time will go very woke like Inquisition. Probably an Origins Remake will also suffer of many retcons to make it more "friendly", "light" or "woke".
A Remaster IMO will do what is only needed, update the graphics a little, fix the bugs (like in Mass Effect), but at the same time keeping the epicness of the game as it is, while also (and most important) make it available for modern consoles with all its content, as nowadays the only way to play it on consoles is via a PS3/XBOX 360, and to deliver a truly functional and definite version for the PC, one that doesn't need of mods to work properly or workarounds to avoid constant crashes.
But as I've said, opinions. If you liked FF7R probably you won't have any problems if Bioware coughs on the original material of Dragon Age Origins.
A remake from the current bioware?... No I'm ok, I'll stick with the classic.
Still available on pc, just port it on consoles
This game is arguably one the best rpgs to come to gaming. Absolutely raised the bar in rpg games and hasn't been surpassed since its release.
Can't beat Morrowind :) Although this was an amazing game
@@wolfNflux you can beat Morrowind. Sure, I replay Morrowind far more, but DA:O is much more refined with a hell of a lot less gameplay problems and bugs. Also, a ton of Morrowind lore is obscure or outright outside of the game itself. Dragon Age lore is easily accessible in game.
@@patrickshade3844 Truth. I personally enjoy the mysterious nature of morrowind. All depends on preference I bet
Definitely, this and Divinity Original Sin 2 are my favorite.
@@wolfNflux I'd actually argue that none of the ES games come close to feeling like you're immersed in conversation and character interaction than dao
I just played it for the first time back in March/April! Absolutely loved every second of it. And I have definitely played the soundtrack while working many times. This is terrific.
Once you play it then play the next 2,you will see how the writing,story,characters and everything just dropped off hard.The old bioware is gone who made first dragon age and mass effect games,now filled with hacks.
@@johnnyboogalo4897 Already uploaded into DA II. My Hero of Ferelden was an Elf mage w/ a bow named Vex'ahlia. Such a great memory
@@johnnyboogalo4897 Except that the 'hacks' that made DA2 and DAI were were same team that made DAO, you find the same senior devs in the credits unlike Mass Effect which did see important changes betwee 1 and 2.
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Please don’t do that. If a person hadn’t experience a game yet, don’t discourage them by trashing it. It will create prejudice. Let them create their own opinion.
@@ODUBlue I would form your own opinion on the other games. I played the games in order and expected to hate DA2 after loving DAO. Now DA2 is my personal favorite of all 3 (I won't get into why but I just found the story refreshingly different for a fantasy setting). It's very different from DAO, though, so don't expect the same thing. DAI is also very different from the first two games.
Not a lot of DA fans realize it, but all of the mural art, even in and especially the DAO opening, are all lore important. They contain a wealth of DA knowledge and history for deepdiving, brainstorming and more. Dragon Age murals are super important to pay attention to.
I'm 34, this makes me feel so old. I loved this game. Got it on 360. Played the crap out of the game. Replaying it over and over. Love this game. Man they don't make games like this no more.
BioWare doesn't, some studios do tho :)
Like Wasteland 3, another absolutely incredible rpg by InXile that puts action adventure games like Fallout 4 and Cyberpunk to shame.
I find your comment very interesting. In fact, no one ever did create a game like this one. While so many games feel like we already played it, redoing the same boring task, too many icons, microtransaction and so on, this one makes you forget about money with immersive music, compelling situation and complex choices. It simply goes beyond what a video game is supposed to do, in our mind. Going back at Tetris and Super Mario, you know the most popular video games, it's really not what DAO is all about. It's like a Tolkien or George R.R. Martin book, only we are the main character living through or own good/bad decisions. Replaying it with different choices, in that moment, it become clear how much efforts and love Bioware team did put into that game in those years. I think it took 5 years to create DAO, and it shows.
Couldn't agree more about the character creator. The fact that the prologue consisted of six uniquely different origins felt so impressive at the time of the game's release. And it still is! Shame that we haven't seen many other games doing the same, it really adds to the character building which is important for any RPG.
Only games I can think of doing something similar is Guild Wars 2, ESO (although One Tamriel removed the borders of the starting areas) and SWTOR, with the latter giving you a unique story experience from start to end depending on your chosen class.
@Garrus Vakarian Never started playing WoW, I imagine it would have consumed a big part of my teenage years! Doubleagent reaching level cap without leaving Wandering Isle is a neverending origin story.
I love this game and it’s IMO the best of the series. I’ve done 3 full playthrough each one still felt fresh.
I love this game so much. Played it for the first time last year after I got the urge to play Inquistion for a second time. After playing through origins and DA2 for the first time and inquisition a second time I gotta say Dragon Age Origins is my favorite of the series with inquisition a close second! Morrigan best girl!
I hope one day they'll give dragon age the Mass Effect legendary treatment
Easily one of the best games of all time. Watched a full playthrough by Many a true nerd earlier, had to play it myself again as well. Played it when it came to back compat on Xbox, and of course played it when it first came out. And I know there are still a bunch of stuff I haven't seen or done in the game yet.
I've beaten origins a million times at this point but watching MATN play the game inspired me to unite Ferelden against the 5th blight once again.
Get the Ultimate Edition!
I just started playing it again last week. I definitely missed the old school bioware writing.
While human may be the most "vanilla" of the race choices, my favorite origin in this game is human noble because of the fact that (no spoilers) later in the game you can have a MAJOR effect on the future of all of Ferelden with them. You can still do it without the human noble but I like how having that origin interacts with that choice.
That and you get an early start with your Mabari, which is always a plus :)
That one is my second favorite, my favorite is Dwarf Noble. You can get the highest starting Gold of all options and makes it easier to get the Legion of the Dead Dwarves to agree to join the Dwarf Army without needing 3 or 4 Persuasion. Also in one of my current playthroughs I have a Dwarf Noble Rogue who is using Longbow and it's entertaining seeing a Dwarf with a Bow bigger then them and still being effective:)
Mage origin was the most fun for me, debating human/elf origin.
@@nofoxgiven6561 Well if you also plan on playing Dragon Age Awakening & Dragon Age 2.
Human Mage might be the most impactful, since the last name is the same as Hawke's mother's family.
@@nofoxgiven6561 For me the mage was the most boring but post "origin" mage is awesome! I just don't like the mage origin at all lol.
@@currangill430 I hated the loss of Mage Dalish, had to mod it back
One of the best game ever made!!!! God it's so good. We need a remake so bad. 💜💜💜
Dwarven Commoner is my all time fav origin. Its so poetic, and fits perfectly with the rest of the game. A masterpiece of writing
Up there as one of my favorite games of all time right up there with kotor! Man! These were the days!! Hopefully we get the rebirth of this bioware!!
This is so crazy because I also just went back and started replaying this gem of game. Was my introduction into rpgs as an 8 year old. Asked for how to train your dragon but through the language barrier the GameStop employee gave my grandma DAO instead.
I played this to death back in the day. So much replay value and memorable characters and storylines. I also really liked how they handled the main villain as he wasn't a typical over the top power hungry boss, he's just a guy doing what he believes in as a soldier, not to mention you can even add him to your party which was just mind-blowing at the time. Don't think any game has ever topped this since, hope dreadwolf at least comes closer to capturing this experience than everything they've made since da2
One of the few games that would really massively benefit from a modern remake or extensive remaster.
This is my favorite game of all time. I’ll never forget playing it for the first time at release - I was in high school at the time. It blew me away then and it still does.
This game brings such memories, its one of my favorite games of all time, I only wish dragon age 4 can come close enough, but origins still remains to this day the best dragon age.
My all time #1 game! Ive played through all origins and have beaten the game on nightmare on multiple occasions. Hoping DA:D is as great as I hope!
Including all the DLC?
I have Dragon Age Origins Ultimate Edition on Xbox 360 which includes all the DLC, it is so good
I remember buying DA-O and hating the look of the game and thought I wasted my money. I'm pretty sure 100s of hours later I played every possible starting class to see the story from every perspective....one of the best
How did you get over that - what you said you thought initially, if you read my comment that I have put. I would be interested to know if you felt the same and how can I get to feel like you feel now about it. Cheers
@@yuna1971 honestly the story is so great I looked past it. Initially I turned down the difficulty to get to the story beats faster and it was worth it ...then on future playthroughs I cranked it up
What i find a really massive Win for this game is that the world is static... meaning its not a different world depending on what origin you pick.
F.e. Regardless of your origin pick these events will always take place:
1. Hawe betrays the Cousland
2. Jowan flees the circle and becomes a blood mage
3. Merril's clan will find the tainted Eluvian and Tamlen dissapears
4. Bhelen does the coup and Gorim is exiled
5. Leske is still punished for interfering with the Proving and is jailed along his friend
The only difference is that if you are not playing as that character then they are dead by the time you get to that zone. Kinda makes it believable that Duncan actually visited all these places but you (as the new waarden recruit) are the only one he found
i can't tell you how many times i played this game back in they day, probably close to 20, i no longer own it sadly but if ever i can afford a new Xbox i'll be playing this on the backlog for sure, really wish companies would make games like this again
Now I am going to have to play this again, thank you!
Love how much you love it Matty... just awesome. I think I managed 3 full playthroughs over the years. I would love to do another one but I don't think I take another journey into the Fade! Aargh. lol
Conclusion: It's amazing
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Funny thing: DA:O has a lot of references and homages and inspirations to another big fantasy series, The Wheel of Time. There is actually a proper easter egg, a serpent shaped ring, that in WoT is the Aes Sedai ring, the female sorceresses that have their base in an isolated tower.....yup.
I'm on the middle of Mass Effect Andromeda. After that, I will start my 4th playthrough of Dragon Age, and this time I will play the DLC of Inquisition. Those rpgs are truly amazing
I just beat andromeda this year, and I've got to say I enjoyed it actually! It obviously pales in comparison to the trilogy, but I genuinely had a blast with it
Is anyone just twitching watching Matty pick dual wielding skills and then fight sword and shield? 14:48 This game still holds up so well for anyone with the patience for the style of combat.
Man I remember falling in love with Morrigan (like literally), I think is my first crush on video games. She was so well written and played. Epic character.
Red dead redemption and Oblivion first time used an hdmi cord blew my mind, never upgraded my tv I think it must of already been HD but for the life of me I don't remember the TV but man the difference was insane
Just started playing this game a week or so ago. Love it so far, thanks for the vid!
I've been on the fence about buying this game. It's my genre but I really didn't know much about it. You've convinced me to get it. That and as of today (12/25/22), The ultimate edition is on sale on Steam for less than $5. Thanks Matty!
My niece just did her first playthru after watching me play for years and loved it. Love watching her get into bioware games and seeing someone else love these games so much.
I played DA Origins for the first time ever in early 2022 and I already feel nostalgic.
Fell in love with it the instant I heard that campfire music. It's so beautiful.
Great trilogy game. You make me want to go back and play dragonage again, after I play my guardian in skyrym anniversary edition. Thanks mate. Great streaming.
This game is not getting old at all.
Interesting, exiting storyline. You REALLY have a choice here. You can play again and again and it never will be boring. huge lore, good characters.
My favorite game ever and also my first RPG. From this one I have started my RPG journey. It is the only game I have on all my computers and will never delete 💕
I've played this game so many times... I just finished another playthrough on nightmare and started a new one. This game is just absolutely amazing. I think I know pretty much everything about it, and it still doesn't get old. On my newest playthrough I'm trying to make more of the "evil" choices, though some of them I will never be able to make, no matter how many times I try. You can be such a piece of shit in this game! I hope Dreadwolf will have even half as much variety in its choices. And I really wish they would bring back the origins. It gives you such a great opportunity to really get to know your character and roleplay them. My favourite character I've ever played in this game was Clara Brosca, casteless dwarf, who had been told that she was worthless scum so many times, that she even believed it herself. When she was recruited by the Grey Wardens, she felt for the first time that her life mattered, and she swore to dedicate her life to becoming the best Grey Warden ever. On the surface she received a blessing from an Andrastian priestess, which likely wasn't a big deal for the priestess, but to be accepted enough by a human she had never met for her to give her a blessing, and to hear of a god who loves all his children, including her, made her incredibly happy. I imagine she started praying to the maker regularly and she quickly became a devout Andrastian. She was utterly selfless, devoted to the maker, and dedicated to the Grey Wardens. A real goodie two-shoes, but it just developed naturally and the game did a great job of putting me in her head. And even with the same origin, it could have gone in a completely different direction, I've played other casteless dwarves with completely different personalities and outlooks on life. The origins give you a great framework to understand your character, but they still give you a lot of room to take the character in different directions.
I remember when I was young, I picked this up on sale.
I said to myself at first impression, "the graphics are not great, did I make a mistake?"
A few months later, got all achievements, completed all endings and DLC, waited anxiously for the next Dragon Age installment. I learned a valuable lesson not to judge a game by graphics. Plus it got me playing RPGs.
Still the best dragon age game
by far lol
My favourite game of all time ..... love it , and my Morrigan :)
I remember getting this game for Christmas as a teen and playing it for months. Such an amazing game and one of the best RPGs of all time.
Even today is in my top 3 of favorite games ever (together with Divinity Original Sin 2 and Suikoden 2), and even today is my favorite Dragon Age in the franchise (together with my favorite protagonist, the Warden is so cool, especially the responses he/she can give).
One of the greatest rpgs to ever come out. The jank and the slow(er) combat aside, 14 years later this game is still better than some releasing nowadays
This brings back the memories. This was also my first game on an HGTV. I had a tube TV at the time & couldn't bring myself to buy a new TV bc my old TV was still working, but this game forced me to buy one bc the text was too hard to read on my old TV.
I'll take any DA:O content. Matty, may I request the game volume be turned up in future videos? It's very quiet compared to your mic.
Lived off the early 2010s re-playing this game. It's one of the few games with random dialogue I still remember to this day. Definitely right up there with my favorite games of all time.
I played it just a few months ago. I use autohotkey to unlock the mouse when I press pause which makes the camera a lot less of a pain, which is why I struggled with it after isometric games when it launched. It's a great game once the camera issue was resolved, especially being able to write ai for your allies etc
Can't even count how many times I played this, my god this game is a masterpiece would love if they would remastered it, it would be so amazing
Funny story about DA:O, it was my first ever BioWare experience while also knowing literally nothing about BioWare games. After a full 2-year binge of only Skyrim, I wanted to play something, anything, that wasn’t an open world. I snuck into my older brother’s room, read the back of the box, looked like those old SpongeBob adventures I liked as a kid, and casually stole his PC copy for myself. My teenage mind was not prepared for this greatness I knew nothing about, and chose literally on a whim
I went back on this last year. Played as a mage, something I’d never done before on my many many previous playthroughs. Damn it was good. I genuinely loved playing through Dragon Age Origins again. In my opinion it’s the best in the trilogy. Yeah it’s the most dated graphically. But it’s gritty and dark. The characters are better the story is great and the music is epic. DA2 is brilliant and DAI is a good game, but it could certainly be better.
What are you talking about?
I have Dragon Age Origins Ultimate Edition, Dragon Age 2, and Dragon Age Inquisition all on Xbox 360. The Graphics and overall systems are 10 times better in Origins then in the other 2.
@@morrigankasa570 well I’ve never heard of the ultimate edition for Origins. I’ve just got the original, with all the DLCs. All I was saying was The first one’s graphics do look dated compared to the other 2. However that isn’t a detriment to the game as I think it’s the best.
@@MaxFusion01 How do they look dated? In Dragon Age 2 you have frickin noodle arms, clunky armor, and chunky weapons(except the double sided blades), also the character creation isn't as good as Origins.
Then in Inquisition it's very much the same except for Qunari who do have proper "meaty" bodies.
I started playing this game and part 2 over again
I remember playing this on an old laptop with the graphics settings all the way down. It didn't run the best and I still had one of the best roleplaying experiences and it's still one of my favorite games of all time. I think I even bought it on xbox 360 too. Can't wait for the next in the series.
It was a load of fun, a lot of inspiration from Tolkien and enjoyed being a grey warden fighting to stop the blight.
I love the lore of Dragon Age.
One of my favorite series. The books and comics go together great with the games too.
A trick to making the early game easier is to remember that specializations remain unlocked when you replay the game. For example, once you have unlocked spirit healer in your first play though, you won’t have to wait until Wynne joins your party in subsequent play throughs to use it.
We need a all time best rpg tier list Matty! Love your work #, keep up the good work!
This game will for ever be my favourite game 🫡
I just started a mage elf on this game a few days ago . Mr Matty is clairvoyant
I remember i only bought this when it first came out because i wanted the armor pack for mass effect it came with lol. Great decision
Dragon Age Origins sets the standard for it’s name.
I’m hoping one day they remaster it, regardless, it is so well done!
One of the all time greats.
Just started playing it for the First time yesterday this video is Perfect Timing
This game. My heart! I absolutely loved the tactics menu in DAO. I think I'll go replay it again :).
The best Part of Origins is the second game Awakening. The party dialogue between Oghren, Andres and Nathanial is the funniest stuff in any video game ever. This video game is in my top 10 easy.
I love this game. Doing a full series run now and am on inquisition. I love all the games but this one is special. Bioware's best game for me.
Jade Empire is great. I loved it.
Ps. I love Dragon age too but...John Cleese is in Jade Empire!
New to the channel but literally just started a couple of runthroughs of this game with my wife (who has never played but asked to because she saw me playing)
Peak Bioware, I miss those days. I remember during that there was a campaign online of Mass Effect 2 vs Dragon Age. Sci-fi vs Fantasy and I was loving being surrounded by so many awesome RPGS
I actually just replayed dragon age origins and dragon age 2 about 2 weeks ago absolutely love them
This game is still one of my favorite games to beat multiple times and the awakening disk is awesome
DA:O holds up all-around so well. DA:2 & Inquisition could have really used DA:O's Attribute system for Battlemage/cross-class potential.
Dragon Age 2 and Dragon Age Inquisition have far worse graphics & systems then Dragon Age Origins+Awakening!
Love the Arcane Warrior & Shapeshifter Specializations for Mage!!!
I would looooove a remaster, but I'll play it like it is. I've probably played this through about 7 times, and I still hit things happening that I've never seen before.
Do you have all the DLC?
It is even greater with that!
@@morrigankasa570 I definitely do have the DLC.
@@julilla1 ALL of them?
One of the major factors that makes Dragon Age stand out from other fantasy games is the worldview of Mages.
Played for the first time this year and had a blast. The only bad thing was the constant crashes to desktop.
This game claims for a remake asap
Probably not going to be a mass effect type of package for the dragonage trilogy unfortunately. They're sitting on another cash cow but whatever
@@wolfNflux Maybe if DA4 does well, they might consider it
@@SeigoSaiga Yeah hope they do myself. My guilty favorite out of the 3 games is actually dragonage 2, but I'm in the minority on that one probably.
Somehow for all these years I missed the fact that Mass Effect came out before Dragon Age Origins
This is one of my favorite games of all the 3 dragon age games. DA2 was because the blood magic in that game is so freakin awesome.
I think I remember you did a dragon age origins review not that long ago... Not complaining, I just wanna make sure I'm not crazy! Lol love DAO
i hope dreadwolf carries some of that epicness and grandiosity that origins had.
This is probably one of the few rpgs where it really felt like you could be immersed with the story. I love the side quests it had and how some of them even get referenced later in the story. It had so many amazing moments that felt like an episodic adventure similar to Avatar: The Last Airbender. The fact that even if you go the same race/background, your entire playthrough can be so different and have different endings is just fantastic.
This is one of my top 5 favorite games. Awakening is a must have wit this as well.
The several backstories you can start and play through *chefs kiss*
I remember the very first two HD games I played were perfect dark and fable 2 for the 360. Two amazing microsoft games that I wish got a PC release.
Honestly having just beat the game again quite literally 10 mins ago, it still holds up, combat of course is dated but what can we expect with a 14 year old game, the lore, the world building, the characters you meet and how the choices really really come down to thought out reasoning, this recent play-through solidified this game as one of my all time favorites
I remember naming the dog, Boots, back when I played this game.
I still play it often and always name the Mabari, Fluffy.