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November 3, 2009

Dragon Age: Origins

Dragon Age: Origins
9.2
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Based on 68 Reviews
88
Release date
November 3, 2009
Publisher
Genre
RPG
Mode(s)
Single-player
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Summary

As the spiritual successor to BioWare's "Baldur's Gate", one of the most successful role-playing games in the industry, Dragon Age: Origins represents BioWare's return to its roots, delivering a fusion of the best elements of existing fantasy works with stunning visuals, emotionally-driven narrative, heart-pounding combat, powerful magic abilities and credible digital actors. The spirit of classic RPGs comes of age, as Dragon Age: Origins features a dark and mature story and gameplay. Epic Party-Based Combat – Dragon Age: Origins introduces an innovative, scalable combat system, as players face large-scale battles and use their party’s special abilities to destroy hoardes of enemies and massive creatures. Powerful Magic – Raining down awesome destruction on enemies is even more compelling as players apply "spell combos," a way of combining together different spells to create emergent unique effects. Players develop their characters and gain powerful special abilities (spells, talents and skills) and discover ever-increasing weapons of destruction. With its emotionally compelling story, players choose with whom they wish to forge alliances or crush under their mighty fist, redefining the world with the choices they make and how they wield their power. Players select and play a unique prelude that provides the lens through which the player sees the world and how the world sees the player. The player's choice of Origin determines who they are and where they begin the adventure, as they play through a customized story opening that profoundly impacts the course of every adventure. [BioWare]

Dragon Age: Origins System Requirements

🤏 Minimum Requirements

OS:
Windows XP (SP3) or Windows Vista (SP1) or Windows 7
CPU:
Intel Core 2 Single 1.6 Ghz Processor (or equivalent) or AMD 64 2.0 GHz Processor (or equivalent)
RAM:
1GB (1.5 GB Vista and Windows 7)
GPU:
ATI Radeon X850 256MB or NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT 128MB or greater (Windows Vista

👍 Recommended Specs

OS:
Windows XP (SP3) or Windows Vista (SP1) or Windows 7
CPU:
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 Ghz or AMD Phenom II X2 Dual-Core 2.7 Ghz Processor or equivalent
RAM:
2 GB (3GB Vista and Windows 7)
GPU:
ATI 3850 512 MB or NVidia 8800GTS 512MB or greater

Dragon Age: Origins Trailer

Dragon Age: Origins Screenshots166

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Critic Reviews68

100
This is definitely not the game for those frightened of the idea of micromanaging a game to the point where a large portion of it will be spent in a pause screen. However, as the sort of guy that has lovingly played an Infinity Engine game at least once every year for the past decade, I can think of no higher praise for this throwback than to say that Dragon Age: Origins leaves me feeling fairly confident I won't need to dig out the classics for this ritual next year.
May 6, 2024
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100
The folks at BioWare have shown that they're always looking for ways to make their games better -- each of their RPGs builds upon the previous title. Dragon Age displays this refinement, and while the story may not be completely original, it's told in a way that enthralls and enchants the player. It's the best RPG of the year -- and maybe the best of the HD era.
May 6, 2024
100
Truly epic single-player RPG with a compelling story.
May 6, 2024

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