Dragon Age vs Oblivion?

I'm interested in buying an RPG after i've finally finished R&C..

How would you compare Dragon Age Origins with Elder Scrolls Oblivion?

Thanks in advance

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I'd say dragon age is head and shoulders over oblivion. the story is much better, you can actually make a good looking character with the character creation, the side quests and characters are better as well as your characters response choices. I hate Oblivions leveling system too. If you don't already know the differences in gameplay though you should go do some research because that may be a deciding factor.

oh and listen to silverchimera if you can get them for PC, both are much better for the PC. I don't have a PC that can run them so I have them for PS3. they are good games for the PS3 just much better for PC.

I've got to agree with the overall consensus so far, Dragon Age is the superior game, if only for the depth of the story alone. Oblivion felt like an endless string of odd jobs, with the thinnest, frailest story to back it up that I've seen in an RPG yet. Dragon Age's story on the other hands grabs ahold of you within the first 30 minutes and doesn't let go. Also, the interaction between your comrades is unrivaled. The like/dislike system, gift giving, etc. It was alot of fun.

Thanks so a resounding yes for Dragon Age.. I don't have a PC so I'll wait until the new year a pick up a cheap PS3 copy then.

Thanks

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Looks like I am the only one who like oblivion better. There is no game that is even close to anyhting like oblivion till now. Hopefully elder scrolls 5 will be cooler. Dragon age is good, but oblivion is better.

Oblivion

But Dragon Age is awesome

It depends want you want really, for story line - I'd go for Dragon Age,

but for like a open-world RPG - then go for Oblivion but both are great in my opinion.

I thought Oblivion was far superior in almost every aspect. The only thing that was better in Dragon Age was the story. The gameplay in Dragon age made it a pure button masher. To me, that was the turn off of the game. I only got about an hour and a half in and gave up on the game. The gameplay was just too repetitve and boring.

Oblivion's story was awful and the main missions sucked. I never finished the main missions because they were so horrid. The side quests and different guilds you could join was where all the fun was. I particularly loved the Assassins guild missions.

To be honest though, Oblivion while is offered a lot of cool things, it really was not all that fun. I recall spending half a Saturday getting my armor repaired, fixing a sword, bartering with someone for something (can't remember what it was), and running other errands. I realized that I spent half a day doing virtual chores. While realism can add to the quality of a game, it can also add to its demise. All in all Oblvion was ok, but Dragon Age was just horrendeous, IMHO.

Looks like I am the only one who like oblivion better. There is no game that is even close to anyhting like oblivion till now. Hopefully elder scrolls 5 will be cooler. Dragon age is good, but oblivion is better.

n00pster

I agree, it's much more fun and playable i.e the circle of magi and orzammar are deadly **** boring I think and they make up around half of the game. Though I love it too and part 2 was announced a few days ago so you'll need the story. I'd definitely say you should get both.

I thought Oblivion was far superior in almost every aspect. The only thing that was better in Dragon Age was the story. The gameplay in Dragon age made it a pure button masher. To me, that was the turn off of the game. I only got about an hour and a half in and gave up on the game. The gameplay was just too repetitve and boring.

Oblivion's story was awful and the main missions sucked. I never finished the main missions because they were so horrid. The side quests and different guilds you could join was where all the fun was. I particularly loved the Assassins guild missions.

To be honest though, Oblivion while is offered a lot of cool things, it really was not all that fun. I recall spending half a Saturday getting my armor repaired, fixing a sword, bartering with someone for something (can't remember what it was), and running other errands. I realized that I spent half a day doing virtual chores. While realism can add to the quality of a game, it can also add to its demise. All in all Oblvion was ok, but Dragon Age was just horrendeous, IMHO.

HuhJustaBox

both are good games, but dragon age is definately better since it has trophy support.

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I thought Oblivion was far superior in almost every aspect. The only thing that was better in Dragon Age was the story. The gameplay in Dragon age made it a pure button masher. To me, that was the turn off of the game. I only got about an hour and a half in and gave up on the game. The gameplay was just too repetitve and boring.

Oblivion's story was awful and the main missions sucked. I never finished the main missions because they were so horrid. The side quests and different guilds you could join was where all the fun was. I particularly loved the Assassins guild missions.

To be honest though, Oblivion while is offered a lot of cool things, it really was not all that fun. I recall spending half a Saturday getting my armor repaired, fixing a sword, bartering with someone for something (can't remember what it was), and running other errands. I realized that I spent half a day doing virtual chores. While realism can add to the quality of a game, it can also add to its demise. All in all Oblvion was ok, but Dragon Age was just horrendeous, IMHO.

frostybanana

Personally, I think the story is one of the most imporant part of any game. It gets you to care about the characters and truly become enveloped into that reality. Howvever, if the gameplay is so horrid, the story doesn't matter. That is why I couldn't play Dragon Age. It just seemed like a very mundane button masher. I only played it an hour and a half and could already tell that it had a much better story than Oblivion, but the gameplay made it unplayable for me. Just my two cents. BTW, I think all games should focus much more on story. I love MGS, Jak and Daxter, Heavy Rain, etc. The story is what seperates the great games from the good games.

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I thought Oblivion was far superior in almost every aspect. The only thing that was better in Dragon Age was the story. The gameplay in Dragon age made it a pure button masher. To me, that was the turn off of the game. I only got about an hour and a half in and gave up on the game. The gameplay was just too repetitve and boring.

Oblivion's story was awful and the main missions sucked. I never finished the main missions because they were so horrid. The side quests and different guilds you could join was where all the fun was. I particularly loved the Assassins guild missions.

To be honest though, Oblivion while is offered a lot of cool things, it really was not all that fun. I recall spending half a Saturday getting my armor repaired, fixing a sword, bartering with someone for something (can't remember what it was), and running other errands. I realized that I spent half a day doing virtual chores. While realism can add to the quality of a game, it can also add to its demise. All in all Oblvion was ok, but Dragon Age was just horrendeous, IMHO.

HuhJustaBox

Personally, I think the story is one of the most imporant part of any game. It gets you to care about the characters and truly become enveloped into that reality. Howvever, if the gameplay is so horrid, the story doesn't matter. That is why I couldn't play Dragon Age. It just seemed like a very mundane button masher. I only played it an hour and a half and could already tell that it had a much better story than Oblivion, but the gameplay made it unplayable for me. Just my two cents. BTW, I think all games should focus much more on story. I love MGS, Jak and Daxter, Heavy Rain, etc. The story is what seperates the great games from the good games.

dragon age is the better game...just dont expect it to be the spiritual successor to baldur's gate...its not even close....it doesnt even use d&d ruleset or the forgotten realms lore....so its nothin like that advertised....but then im a tabletop d&d fan....so i knew what to look for...its a good game dont get me wrong....but it wasnt at all what they advertised it as....spiritual successor to baldur's gate....which is one of the best crpg adaptations of the d&d ruleset and one of the best presentations of aebir-toril

Oblivion eats that game alive

Bethesda>Bioware

I'm thinking I'm in the minority saying Oblivion is better...I love both games a ton, but I just like have Oblivion is an open world. It lets you connect to the game better imo. Of course both are best on PC though. I've had a couple game-breaking bugs on Oblivion and the graphics for Dragon Age are just downright awful for both PS3 versions. I've only played Oblivion on PC and I didn't have any trouble there and I've heard the graphics are supposed to be much better on the PC for Dragon Age.

You should be able to find both for pretty cheap. However, I'm pretty sure that free time is going to be more of an issue with these games ;)

oblivion is way better than dragon age in my opinion

Personally prefer oblivion over dragon age. Both are fun games though. Of course FallOut 3 is a much better game than both of them and it's also a RPG.

Dragon Age!

In my opinion Oblivon "was" better and if they come up with the next edition, it would be far better than Oblivion 4 and Drangon age. Games are fun and I think Oblivion was fun to play. I have both and stopped playing Dragon age after 1 hour. Silly silly gameplay in Dragon age. But I will try Dragon age once again. I think both games are sold at reduced prices so buy both and see the difference!

Oblivion is much better in my opinion. DA:O was very, very repetitive and tedious, there was graphical and texture problems for me, and the story wasn't very interesting. Oblivion has a much bigger and detailed world and there's much more to do and it's just more fun IMO.

Dragon Age is a better quality game in my opinion, with a better story/characters, a better leveling system, and a more diverse world to explore, while Oblivion has a LOT more to... so really, while both games are good, Dragon Age is better, but shorter, and Oblivion isn't quite as good, but will last you hundreds of hours.

Looks like I am the only one who like oblivion better. There is no game that is even close to anyhting like oblivion till now. Hopefully elder scrolls 5 will be cooler. Dragon age is good, but oblivion is better.

n00pster

Dragon Age takes thinking in each fight, oblivon you chose how you play which ever play style you like more go for it.

They are very different actually. Oblivion is a lot more accessible. It really allows you to do whatever you want and has a strong emphasis on exploring and sidequests. Dragon Age is a lot more focused and linear. It works well for the game but there really isnt a lot of exploration. What you do in Oblivion feels insignificant but in Dragon Age you make a lot of decisions that really affect the outcome of the game. The combat is much different too, Oblivion has pretty much strictly skill based combat while Dragon Age relies heavily on strategy and stats.

Basically it comes down to this:

If you want a good story, tactical/traditional CRPG gameplay, dialogue then go with DA

If you want an open world, accessible, and simple RPG with a lot of content, go with Oblivion.

both are very very def types of rpg's. my self i had more fun with Oblivion. Both are great games and oblivion had for me WAY more replay value, of course i also had oblivion on my pc not ps3 which opended up the game a LOT do to mods

Obsidian didn't make Oblivion, Betheseda did, btw.bussinrounds

Sht my bad was thinking of fallout vegas not fallout 3

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I thought Oblivion was far superior in almost every aspect. The only thing that was better in Dragon Age was the story. The gameplay in Dragon age made it a pure button masher. To me, that was the turn off of the game. I only got about an hour and a half in and gave up on the game. The gameplay was just too repetitve and boring.

Oblivion's story was awful and the main missions sucked. I never finished the main missions because they were so horrid. The side quests and different guilds you could join was where all the fun was. I particularly loved the Assassins guild missions.

To be honest though, Oblivion while is offered a lot of cool things, it really was not all that fun. I recall spending half a Saturday getting my armor repaired, fixing a sword, bartering with someone for something (can't remember what it was), and running other errands. I realized that I spent half a day doing virtual chores. While realism can add to the quality of a game, it can also add to its demise. All in all Oblvion was ok, but Dragon Age was just horrendeous, IMHO.

HuhJustaBox

Personally, I think the story is one of the most imporant part of any game. It gets you to care about the characters and truly become enveloped into that reality. Howvever, if the gameplay is so horrid, the story doesn't matter. That is why I couldn't play Dragon Age. It just seemed like a very mundane button masher. I only played it an hour and a half and could already tell that it had a much better story than Oblivion, but the gameplay made it unplayable for me. Just my two cents. BTW, I think all games should focus much more on story. I love MGS, Jak and Daxter, Heavy Rain, etc. The story is what seperates the great games from the good games.

oblivion do what you want when you want any way you want with any weapon, spell, tactic or trickery you choose. I didnt like the small areas in dragon age and loading in between. My friend beat it many times and says he hates oblivion but i think oblivion is more fun. Every few months i go back to this game.

I've had endless amounts of fun with both. But I would say that DA's incredible story and characters bags it the win.

They both suck.

In fact..it will be another 10 years before gaming will be adequately developed to make proper rpg's..untill then its hack en slash blood fests.

Two completely different games so it mostly depends on what kind of gameplay you prefer. Though in my opinion DA:O is better because of it's story and to me it was less boring than Oblivion.

Both games are great though.

It depends want you want really, for story line - I'd go for Dragon Age,

but for like a open-world RPG - then go for Oblivion but both are great in my opinion.

DaAzub

agreed. i have to admit i liked oblivion a bit better cuz of the gameplay and the open world. i just really liked it cuz of the environment. there was nothing like just riding your horse through the land listening to the relaxing music. i liked the battle system better too (i always played in 3rd person). man, if oblivion had a good story and stuff like cutscenes i think it would be one of the best rpgs. too bad it was kinda lifeless.

i recently finished dragon age and i enjoyed it as well. its a good game. but i have to admit, i mostly played it for the story/choices and stuff. dragon age is much more involving story-wise and i loved the fact that there was so many choices. but i really hated the battle system. i just couldnt get into the battle system, literally almost every fight i would just get my party to attack, and just wait till either i died or the enemy did. the only thing i actually did in the battle was heal, and maybe move around a little.

also, another thing i liked about oblivion was how pretty it looked. the land looked really nice. i really like rpgs that have nice looking environments, thats why i tend to like jrpgs a bit more (i love final fantasy). western rpgs always tend to be more dark and like lord of the rings type of feel. jrpgs tend to be more happy, optimistic prettier looking games. man i think if oblivion had story structure like dragon age it would be an amazing game. i hope the next elder scrolls game has a good story.

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It depends want you want really, for story line - I'd go for Dragon Age,

but for like a open-world RPG - then go for Oblivion but both are great in my opinion.

idunnodude

agreed. i have to admit i liked oblivion a bit better cuz of the gameplay and the open world. i just really liked it cuz of the environment. there was nothing like just riding your horse through the land listening to the relaxing music. i liked the battle system better too (i always played in 3rd person). man, if oblivion had a good story and stuff like cutscenes i think it would be one of the best rpgs. too bad it was kinda lifeless.

i recently finished dragon age and i enjoyed it as well. its a good game. but i have to admit, i mostly played it for the story/choices and stuff. dragon age is much more involving story-wise and i loved the fact that there was so many choices. but i really hated the battle system. i just couldnt get into the battle system, literally almost every fight i would just get my party to attack, and just wait till either i died or the enemy did. the only thing i actually did in the battle was heal, and maybe move around a little.

also, another thing i liked about oblivion was how pretty it looked. the land looked really nice. i really like rpgs that have nice looking environments, thats why i tend to like jrpgs a bit more (i love final fantasy). western rpgs always tend to be more dark and like lord of the rings type of feel. jrpgs tend to be more happy, optimistic prettier looking games. man i think if oblivion had story structure like dragon age it would be an amazing game. i hope the next elder scrolls game has a good story.

Oblivion is the CoD of RPG's... oversimplified to cater for kids who just complain even the simplest things too hard cos it aint handed to them on a plate....JohnF111

Yeah but CoD sucks and Oblivion is awesome lol. In my opionion anyways.

To answer your question tho, i loved both games , and are among the few games i just wouldnt trade in. As people have explained they are both very much so different styles of RPG, but im sure you would enjoy both to be honest. You will find yourself playing several playthroughs of both, so i would recommend them both really.

Oblivion is the CoD of RPG's... oversimplified to cater for kids who just complain even the simplest things too hard cos it aint handed to them on a plate....JohnF111

And DA:O is the The History Channel: Battle for the Pacific of RPGs, Oblivion may be not be a confusing game, but the game itself is huge and much more complex than DA:O, I really don't see how DA:O is so "hardc0r3!!!!111," it's extremely linear, you just spam the same attack with the X button, occasionally casting as spell, the game also has terrible graphics, and tons of technical problems. Oblivion manages to be a much larger, more complex, and far longer and more entertaining experience while still being able to be easily accessible to RPG novices while not ostracizing hardcore gamers.