Mass Effect 2 or Dragon Age Origins?

Well i dont have that much money so yeah i got to make a choice. What do you think?

If you want more hours for your money, DA will win every time. DA can involve a fair amount of grinding, which can get boring.

But both do have substantial replay value with all their character classes, and ME2 is much more tightly focused and there's more action (guns! High explosives!).

Both are awesome imo.

ME2 = About 31 hours of gameplay for me

Dragon Age Origins = 70 hours of gameplay

ME2 is more cinematic and is part shooter/part rpg, while Dragon Age is 100% rpg. The choice is yours!

They are both great. DA is more to the RPG type. Meanwhile, Mass Effect is more to FPS [+ small RPG element]. :D

They are both great. DA is more to the RPG type. Meanwhile, Mass Effect is more to FPS [+ small RPG element]. :D

protonian87

Well i dont have that much money so yeah i got to make a choice. What do you think?

Gammet25

Dragon Age MOTHERFRAKKIN Origins!!! I didn't like Mass Effect so much actually, the gameplay is kinda boring, but the story is amazing and so is the graphics and everything else, but I miss the RPG elements, I wouldn't even call it an RPG. Dragon Age on the other hand is an amazing RPG game! Buy it now!

Dragon Age MOTHERFRAKKIN Origins!!! I didn't like Mass Effect so much actually, the gameplay is kinda boring, but the story is amazing and so is the graphics and everything else, but I miss the RPG elements, I wouldn't even call it an RPG. Dragon Age on the other hand is an amazing RPG game! Buy it now!

Zebaztiano

Haven't played DA, but ME2 is an amazing experience

For me vanilla dragon age was as good as ME2 if not better.Recently i started playing DA again with mods and now i like it even more than ME 1,2 combined!! Buy DA it will give you many many and many hours of gameplay than ME2.Zillaschool

I've purchased both games, and both of them are great.

I'm glad that they are different in their implementation of a RPG: I wouldn't have bought them if they were too much alike.

For example, in Mass Effect your character (Shepard) has full voiceovers, whereas it is sadly lacking throughout DA:O (except for one-liners like "As you say").

DAO all the way, ME2 is watered down.

DAO is a Bioware game, ME2 is more like Gears of War, with a great story/presentation.

DAO all the way, ME2 is watered down.

DAO is a Bioware game, ME2 is more like Gears of War, with a great story/presentation.

haberman13

Dragon Age is easily 70 hours worth of gameplay on the first playthrough. It has so much content that its worth another playthrough:)

Mass effect 2 is more cinematic and high quality, but has a few game play flaws(like the mining.)

If you want a deep, long, epic RPG, Dragon Age. If you want yet another shooter with conversations go for Mass Effect.RichardStallman

[QUOTE="haberman13"]

DAO all the way, ME2 is watered down.

DAO is a Bioware game, ME2 is more like Gears of War, with a great story/presentation.

Gammet25

No multiplayer in either.

If you like action games more than RPG then ME2 is the winner.

I've purchased both games, and both of them are great.

I'm glad that they are different in their implementation of a RPG: I wouldn't have bought them if they were too much alike.

For example, in Mass Effect your character (Shepard) has full voiceovers, whereas it is sadly lacking throughout DA:O (except for one-liners like "As you say").

topsemag55

Get Dragon Age if you want a medieval RPG or Mass Effect 2 for a space FPS with RPG elements. It's that simple.

Get Dragon Age if you want a medieval RPG or Mass Effect 2 for a space FPS with RPG elements. It's that simple.

MaxGamer

Dragon Age is extremely boring, it has a great story but the fighting is horrible. It's nearly turned based fighting. If you're looking for more fun gameplay I would recommend Mass Effect 2, it also has amazing graphics.

havnt played Dragon Age yet, but i thoroughly enjoyed Mass Effect 2, one of my favourite games.

[QUOTE="MaxGamer"]

Get Dragon Age if you want a medieval RPG or Mass Effect 2 for a space FPS with RPG elements. It's that simple.

Gammet25

The opinions of others should factor very little into the your ultimate decision. Both are great games, and cannot be compared directly due to their polar differences. The game you purchase should be based on your own preferences to maximize the enjoyment you get out of it.

No one can tell the you which game you will enjoy more. I think it's safe to say that you'd be making a good choice either way.

Was there a multiplayer component to DAO? If there is then hands down to Dragon Age Origins.

Gammet25

There was originally, but they cut it out. Mass Effect 2 doesn't have multiplayer either.

Their is much more dialogue in Dragon Age compared to Mass Effect.JangoWuzHere

I wouldn't call that a good thing, since the vast majority of Dragon Age's dialogue is dead boring.

Then again, I guess that applies to just about everything in Dragon Age - sure, it was a polished big-budget RPG experience, but the story is disappointingly straightforward, only a few of the characters are interesting, the dungeons are mostly awful (you spend a ludicrous amount of time hacking your way through corridor after corridor of basic enemies, with very few puzzles or exploration to break up the monotony), the combat isn't particularly compelling when compared to older party-based RPGs like BG2 or IWD, the pacing and difficulty curves were completely messed up, and the environments and setting are as bland as they are cliche'd.

Mass Effect 2 is a more shallow RPG (not that I'd say that DAO was particularly deep either - Bioware tends to focus more on style than substance), it wasn't as long, and the story kinda failed compared to the first game, but it made up for it by actually being highly entertaining. I wouldn't call it a great RPG and I wouldn't normally pick a shooter over a party-based RPG, but...Mass Effect 2 gets my vote.

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[QUOTE="MaxGamer"]

Get Dragon Age if you want a medieval RPG or Mass Effect 2 for a space FPS with RPG elements. It's that simple.

MaxGamer

The opinions of others should factor very little into the your ultimate decision. Both are great games, and cannot be compared directly due to their polar differences. The game you purchase should be based on your own preferences to maximize the enjoyment you get out of it.

No one can tell the you which game you will enjoy more. I think it's safe to say that you'd be making a good choice either way.

Dragon age, more content, better story, better rpg gameplay. Mass effect 2 has better graphics and optimazation though.dakan45

DAO all the way, ME2 is watered down.

DAO is a Bioware game, ME2 is more like Gears of War, with a great story/presentation.

haberman13

Well i dont have that much money so yeah i got to make a choice. What do you think?

Gammet25

[QUOTE="Zebaztiano"]

Dragon Age MOTHERFRAKKIN Origins!!! I didn't like Mass Effect so much actually, the gameplay is kinda boring, but the story is amazing and so is the graphics and everything else, but I miss the RPG elements, I wouldn't even call it an RPG. Dragon Age on the other hand is an amazing RPG game! Buy it now!

Gammet25

I just giving my opinion. Go and buy the Dragon Age Origins first. And then play it and at the same time try to save same money for the Mass Effect 2.

By the time you finish the Dragon Age [that include main storyline + side quest + DLC + time to explore the massive map + or just boring] which eventually will take you plus minus 70 hour, you might already have enough saving to buy the Mass Effect 2.

And trust me when i said they are all worth of your single penny to buy!! Eventually making into your priceless collection.

Hope that help, because i did that to myself!! And i'm happy :)

well, it depends...on whatever simple or complicated especially since the one who asks the question says nothing about his own gaming preference...

anyway, DA:O is a vast water-down of Bioware's very own BG2; ME 2 is overall an improvement from the original.

about what Bioware's really good at, the NPCs, ME2 beats DA:O hands down.

add: (slight spoiler)

btw, ME2 isn't much worse than DA:O in the role-paying department, or in other words, neither of them is really anything great. DA:O has more races and cIasses and orign stories for sure, but the alignment system is broken for both: Grey Warden X is virtually the same as Y Shepard.

in the choice-consequence department, ME2 actually is better as the NPC loyalty system is tightly bounded into the main narrative (or the lack of it...).

I would have to say Dragon age.

It has more hours of gameplay and a better story. While, the graphics aren't as good as Mass Effect, they don't burn your eyes out like some older games. I got Dragon age and I have not regretted the purchase.

And if you don't mind the way the combat is (pausing quite regularly to give out commands to your party and watch them perform the action) then I would say, get it!

Dragon Age is better in every category except story and cutscenes. If you find yourself drawn to games that focus on flash over substance get mass effect 2, if you like your games with that old school substance over style mentality get dragon age.

[QUOTE="dakan45"]Dragon age, more content, better story, better rpg gameplay. Mass effect 2 has better graphics and optimazation though.Moloch121

Why do you need to pay for them ? Just download them off the internet with all the DLC included .

ME2 has amazing graphics and a great storyline . Dragon Age is quite nice , but not that great .

ME2 is better than ME1, but it still not something i spent much time on. Just ran through the main plot, was done in a day or two.

Dragon Age i played for a week or more and highly recommend it. Deeper characters and far more content. Fundamentally, fantasy rpgs are

what Bioware is best at, not star trek. The world of ME just does not feel alive to me.

ME2 is better than ME1, but it still not something i spent much time on. Just ran through the main plot, was done in a day or two.

Dragon Age i played for a week or more and highly recommend it. Deeper characters and far more content. Fundamentally, fantasy rpgs are

what Bioware is best at, not star trek. The world of ME just does not feel alive to me.

Both Bioware, both great games, however I'm going to have to say Dragon Age.

ME2 is better than ME1, but it still not something i spent much time on. Just ran through the main plot, was done in a day or two.

Dragon Age i played for a week or more and highly recommend it. Deeper characters and far more content. Fundamentally, fantasy rpgs are

what Bioware is best at, not star trek. The world of ME just does not feel alive to me.

Dragon age origins is the best!