A masterclass in rpg design, Dragon Age: Origins delivers an unforgettable experience from start to finish.
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Verdict
92%
Steam
90
IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Very Positive on Steam (92% positive from 11K reviews)
Critically acclaimed (90/100 critic average)
Compelling narrative and story
Rich open world to explore
No significant drawbacks reported
Dragon Age: Origins is a 2009 role-playing video game developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts. It is the first game in the Dragon Age franchise. Set in the fictional kingdom of Ferelden during a period of civil strife, the game puts the player in the role of a warrior, mage, or rogue coming from an elven, human, or dwarven background. The player character is recruited into the Grey Wardens, an ancient order that stands against monstrous forces known as "Darkspawn", and is tasked with defeating the Archdemon that commands them and ending their invasion. The game is played from a third-person perspective that can be shifted to a top-down perspective. Throughout the game, players encounter various companions, who play major roles in the game's plot and gameplay.
Runs well on modern hardware.
Last updated 7d ago
Smash that pause button! Game is quite nice, but goes so hard into roleplay that mechanical choices also come with the pricepoint of being utterly evil.
don't jump in looking to not have issues i've had too many crashes and its not amazing other then that fire story and decent combat for it's time still learning the gameplay
I thought about whether to recommend this game or not, but I'll still go ahead and say that I do not recommend it in 2026. Even though it's a classic and is awesome in most aspects, it won't even launch without modding—which is very sad—and it keeps crashing. Throughout my time with it, the game crashed at least 50 times, and I couldn't even finish the story because one of the crashes corrupted my save file. It's just sad how an irresponsible company can let a legendary game like this go down to trash.
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