Its Offical Dragon Age is the Best Game I have ever played!

[AzN]

OP I thought the game was 1 of the best game to come out within the last few years as well.

I've played a lot of games and story driven RPG like Dragon Age is rare. It was like experiencing Final Fantasy 7 all over again.

 

[RaistlinZ]

I've finally managed to have sex with both Morrigan and Leilania. :sneaky: The back and forth jealousy in the camp was fun to see. I ended up choosing Leilania,

Spoiler

knowing that Morrigan ends up leaving the group near the end anyway.

I don't think it's possible to get Morrigan to have sex with my character again. I have Leilania's approval at 100 and Morrigan's at ~85, but she shows no further interest in hooking up again. Oh well, at least I got what I was after, heh. :awe:

 

[JoshGuru7]

good game, but i completely agree with lothar on this. baldur's gate, fallout, and planescape are all much better games and just a few of the many i'd rate ahead of dragon age.

Certainly some people will honestly have this opinon. On the other hand, I suspect a lot of the people who voice your opinion would contradict themselves in a revealed preference study.

Let's say your best friend was looking for a game to play and had a voucher for one free game from any era. Would you recommend he spent his voucher on Fallout 1, Baldur's Gate 1, or Dragon Age? The price discrepancies are important because they iillustrate the aggreate demand in 2010 for each game.

At any rate, the commentary regarding the invalidity of the OP's opinion is silly in this thread.

 

[rchiu]

i agree.

Dragons age is a great game. but nowhere near the best ever. i would rank Baldur's gate, NWN and maybe Oblivion (the ability to download content, mods etc FREE makes it great) above it.

But it was well worth the $50

Well I guess that would depend on what aspect of the game you value. I loved BG2 because the relationship and the conversation you and party members could have. I loved the ability to interact with party members and the personal history and quest each party member had. I mean come on, you gotta love Minsc and Edwin, some of the conversations are just classic.

In that regard, I think Dragon Age took a step forward and that's why I loved it. NWN and Oblivion is great in their own right, but they are concentrated on the PC and the interaction with other characters are very limited or nonexistant.

If you love the drama between characters in RPG, Dragon Age is probably one of the best if not the best in history

 

[coreyb]

I agree. I loved the party banter and chose the evil ending with Morrigan at the end.

 

[masterxfob]

Certainly some people will honestly have this opinon. On the other hand, I suspect a lot of the people who voice your opinion would contradict themselves in a revealed preference study.

Let's say your best friend was looking for a game to play and had a voucher for one free game from any era. Would you recommend he spent his voucher on Fallout 1, Baldur's Gate 1, or Dragon Age? The price discrepancies are important because they iillustrate the aggreate demand in 2010 for each game.

At any rate, the commentary regarding the invalidity of the OP's opinion is silly in this thread.

something is seriously wrong with you...

 

[Mike Gayner]

I agree. I loved the party banter and chose the ****** ending with ******* at *******.

Thanks for the spoiler tags.

 

[MStele]

You have to also consider the nostalgia affect. Many people would consider FF7 one of the greatest RPGs of all time, and there might be some credence to that for story alone, but if you judge it based on game play then its mediocre at best. I loved the BG series, as well as the first two fallout games, but I also know they they were games released in a sea of games and had their own problems. It's very easy to put games on a pedestal when they represent our youth, especially when it was accompanied by that wow factor. Both games in the Baldur's Gate series had many problems that were ultimately patched out, so I don't think its fair to make them seem like they are above criticism, except for Dragon Age which is obviously inferior (sarcasm). The thing is, many of the core BG fans have grown up, so it has become the standard "the <insert here> back then were way better than the <insert> today". The truth is that in every era some games suck, many are good, and a few really do it right.

Every gamer tends to find their "wow factor" in different places. What works for one won't necessarily work for another. Dragon Age is providing that wow factor to many younger games, and that is a good thing.

 

[StrangerGuy]

I played Witcher after DAO and I feel the former is the better game by far. YMMV

 

[RyanPaulShaffer]

Sweet, yet another Dragon Age thread instead of posting in one of the many, large Dragon Age threads that exist in this forum. :\

 

[Hauk]

I am in deep love with Morigan. I mean this in the most serious way possible. What a fantastic game I am giddy with delight. Only time I was this happy after completing a game was Super Mario Bros on the NES.

That is all!!

Cheers,
Darkstar

I'm with you OP. Morrigan is snotty and bitchy, but many hot chicks are. I created a hot female fighter my first play and Morrigan wouldn't do the deed with me. I was a wizard dude on my second play and finally scored.

Very good game...

 

[JeffNY35]

At first I wanted to say no way its not even close.

However - despite some things I find it lacking such as more diverse spec and weapon choices and party combinations ( something I will always miss from Baldurs Gate series ) I find myself loving this game and not just the story/dialogue.

The Combat is very well done in my opinion. Its a good mix of strategy and eye candy.

I beat it once and I have a few secondary games going. Got a punk dwarf rogue and a elf mage - playing both on nightmare ( its not a big step up from normal surprisingly ).

I cannot remember the last RPG I Played through more than once and few I even beat. The wide open play of Fallout 3 and Oblivion I absolutely loved at first but I always hit a wall where it suddenly seems pointless and stupid.

I would rank this one right up there with Mass Effect and the Witcher for best RPGS I have played since Baldurs Gate.

Bioware has a great formula going with Mass Effect and Dragon Age. I would just like to see more fun side quests and more diversity in terms of class specialization. Both Dragon Age and Mass Effect funnel you into somewhat of the same character builds. I really miss the replay value of Baldurs gate with the whole multiclass and weapon spec choices ( Ooh Ooh maybe a Dual mace wielding Orc cleric/fighter this time etc etc. ).

From what I have seen ME2 improves in this regard slightly from ME , so hopefully Dragon Age sequels follow suit.

Best Game ever? Not quite. But, best I have played in 5 years? Still no but likely the best RPG in a long time.

 

[bullbert]

OP I thought the game was 1 of the best game to come out within the last few years as well.

Unfortunately, I think that says less about DA:O and more about the rash of mediocre 'crap' released over the last few years. Note that I am NOT trash talking DA:O, just trash talking it's most recent competition. I think the "storyline" game developers/resources are being spread too thin between single player and MMO games, resulting in few single player hits, even fewer MMO hits, but LOTS of single player and MMO "failures."

Baldur's Gate 1? I disliked it (hated probably too strong of a word) at first, and quit after about 15&#37; of the way through. And only restarted it years later after reading about the many many fans/mods/raves and really liked it once I actually put enough time into it to learn the game.
Baldur's Gate 2? LOL, it was too much different that BG1 that I quit after about 15% through and never went back to it (yet, probably never now). Someone may see a pattern developing there, but I surely do not ()