So I Finally Decided to Buy Dragon Age

It was on sale for like 15 USD. I'm such a cheapskate...only game I bought the week it came out was Terraria... That aside, I thought I'd ask all of you how do you rank Dragon Age 1 compared to more recent games? I ask because a lot of people seem to rank games that are (not antique but) pretty old, like oblivion, devil may cry, and Team Fortress 2, much higher than a lot of the more recent games, like the Witcher 2. Since I bought it I thought I'd get your opinions, how does DA1 compare on your scale?Darkhell153

It will be all of personal choice, but dragon age origions is one of my favorit games. Not sure if you mean dragon age 1 or dragon age 2, personally if you mean dragon age 2, most games out are better than it IMO. But if you mean dragon age 1, then I say it stands on even ground if not better than most the games that are out right now. Again this is my own thoughts on the matter and everyone else's may vary.

It was on sale for like 15 USD. I'm such a cheapskate...only game I bought the week it came out was Terraria... That aside, I thought I'd ask all of you how do you rank Dragon Age 1 compared to more recent games? I ask because a lot of people seem to rank games that are (not antique but) pretty old, like oblivion, devil may cry, and Team Fortress 2, much higher than a lot of the more recent games, like the Witcher 2. Since I bought it I thought I'd get your opinions, how does DA1 compare on your scale?Darkhell153

Play the game and try it out for yourself. If you ask in the forums there always be a mix of views. Personally, I love the game. One of the best RPGs that came out this gen.

It's one of my favorite games too. What I like about it are the characters...:D

DA:O is one of my favorite games.

3rd best RPG released this gen, right behind Gothic 3 (1st place) and NWN2: MotB (2nd place).

This game blows. I almost died of boredom while playing it.dangamit

Most people who play RPGs liked DA:O, myself included.

Just remember to look over your stats and skills before you make your choices when you level-up.:)

One of the best games to come out recently. It's a super long game, and I've beaten it 4 times now, and I'm actually playing it again right now! Keep it mod free your first time through but afterwards to don't be afraid to mod. Also, keep going through, the people who say it's boring probably either hate RPGs or got bogged down by the difficulty, it can be tough sometimes. Also, the fade sucks, but it won't last forever! It's the only part of the game that is just really really bad. Anyway, enjoy!

I thought it was awful. Was one of the most boring games I played recently, story was uninteresting, the "romance" stuff in the game was laughable at best. Although I never finished The Witcher, I thought some of the more intimate scenes I played were presented in a much better way.

Never got very far in the game. I've been meaning to play through it again at some point, and REALLY finish it.. but I keep dropping it for something else.

It'll never be anything as awesome as BG, so I keep thinking I should just go ahead and play that again instead.

edit: Thought I'd mention, the best RPG I've played in the last few years was most definitely Risen. Even with the last 1/4 of the game being the way it was, still blew me away.

It's good (for a modern "RPG") but not great and it has some pretty glaring flaws (hackneyed story, too many trash mobs, banal characters, useless skills, etc.) that I overlooked only because it was Bioware's first attempt at an honest cRPG in a very long time. I tried playing it a second time recently and was thoroughly bored but, for a single play through, it's not too bad. Be warned, The Deep Roads section of the game is mind numbing.

I love the game, I tryed to play the expansion though and just lost interest, having come back to DA after 4 months it was just a little overwhelming, way to many spells.V4LENT1NE

I was half way through awakening and I lost interest too...

Its alright, I liked it a lot first game through but by the second run I started finding faults with it and the system where a blob of ink trails across the map as appose to you actually travelling vexed me.

I love DA:O personally. The only thing that bothers me about it is that it killed all my RGP fun in older games because relatively speaking it looks amazing. Anytime I try to play NWN2 or BG2 I just end up wanting it to play and look like DA. Also I agree that you should do your first play through without mods and then mod the crap out of it. The last play through I had a party of three hot ass mages with one hot ass rouge. I used a respec mod and had all my mages balanced out and Leliana running around as a backstabbing killer. For me having three mages in DA:O= hours of fun.

It's a very good game, but the expansion is much worse. Basically none of the dlc are worth it as well. The game is also very unbalanced. Some skills are so much better than others that it makes you wonder what the developers were thinking.

That aside, I thought I'd ask all of you how do you rank Dragon Age 1 compared to more recent games?Darkhell153

It's okay to ask for opinions, but keep in mind that not everyone that posts in this forum is a PC gamer. The PC Version of DA:O outperforms the other platforms (see review).

The vast majority of PC gamers will tell you DA:O is a good game.