Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition

So good that even after losing my save in a modding mishap just before the final quest of the game I started over from the beginning without a care in the world. They don't make games like this anymore.

Get the 4GB LLA patch and Qwinns Fixpack for a somewhat stable experience but expect to have to restart the game every so often because the frame rate seems to become choppier the longer the game is running regardless of the LLA patch. Use of a program such as Borderless Gaming is a good idea too because old games like this one don't have borderless window and like to crash whenever you attempt to alt tab from fullscreen.

I also recommend any mod that allows you to respec any character, if you pick the wrong ability or attribute while levelling it can kill your run, and for repeat play-throughs grab the 'Skip the Fade' mod that allows you to skip a particularly annoying segment of the game without missing out on any rewards gained during it. You could also just install the mod anyways as a first time player, literally nothing of value is lost from skipping most of that quest.

I finally finished DA Veilguard on Origin/EA, and return back to DA Origins to heal my wounds after all of my misery. And as I don't own this game on Steam, I just wanted to share my opinion about it, at least in some way. Dragon Age Origin is still great tough as always has been. Nothing changed. And I probably start my 19th playthrough. The last... Oh, who I'm even lying to?! Of course I'll play this game countless times in the future!

So now goes my review of Dragon Age Veilguard.

Crashes a lot but is absolutely worth any annoyances on a technical level for being one of bioware's best games.

this is hands down the best game ive ever played. DA2 is also brilliant, albeit less funded and more rushed. inquisition is different, but still a good romp. DO NOT PLAY VEILGUARD IF YOU LOVE THIS WORLD.

played this game growing up and its still one of the best rpgs ever made. shame its sequels are trash.

came back to play this again (with MODS of course) instead of playing the latest nonsense in the series. The dialogue, atmosphere are so refreshingly adult, dark and complex...where did these storytellers go? There are not in current Bioware for sure.

One of the greatest RPGs ever made. Bioware was one of the greatest studios ever during ME 1-3, Jade Empire. KOTOR, and DAO days, RIP.

Crashes are SO frequent that I can't so much as leave Lothering, not to mention the visual bugs. It's a shame too, because I can tell the writing and world-building is so much more intelligently and strategically thought out than it's Veilguard counterpart.

The OG, The GOAT.
I put so many hours into this game.
This game truly rest upon the highest peak of RPG games.
The modern day games are generic rpgs wearing the skin of the dead corpse of dragon age don't be fooled.

One of the best RPG ever created. Dark, believable world, deep lore, complex plot, plethora of meaningful choices. You can truly be who you want and decide the fate of the world in this game.

DO NOT BUY THIS ON STEAM

Overall yes, get the game if you somehow don't have it already but get it on GOG. Steam version is broken worse than a modern EA game. First you can't even play the actual game until you go thru a whole mod the .exe with LAA and 4GB patch episode, which also has you hunt down an non-encrypted version of the exe, because the one Steam has that you download is encrypted and thus useless to patch to prevent constant crashing. THEN even if all you want to do is have a little visual touch up because old game is old, the entire process of modding this collective migraine isn't worth the time or effort, LET ALONE IF YOU WANT TO ATTEMPT TO MAKE ANY MODS YOURSELF. SO overall advice take the money you would have used to buy it here and instead just buy it on GOG since that version actually runs ok.

Dont buy it on Steam, game keeps crashing and textures are not loading properly. Game on other platforms doesnt have this problem.

Game as for story/gameplay/characters is 6 stars to 5, the last true RPG i enjoyed .
I do not recommend to buy this version because to many crashes that force you
to download 3rd party patches .
Even then crashes still happen ,the product is flawed and it should be either fixed or removed from the market,
this involves EA even Steam ,you sell a FLAWED product to people. 0 stars to you too.

Crashes after reaching first major area about 2 hours in. Tried every fix the internet had to offer. Unplayable.

One of those games where you travel to camp and just sit there, listening to the ambient music.

And while your companions visually stand there, their dialogue and stories while you talk to them at camp sell the game itself.

Leliana's adventures as a bard.

Morrigan's tales of the wild lands, her mother and her philosophies on mages.

Alistair's time at the Chantry, and the secrets of his family.

Sten's customs and stone-like demeanour as he struggles to explain his unique and almost unknown culture.

Zevran's free spirit cultivated in Antiva.

Wynne's wisdom and morality - almost a total opposite to Morrigan in philosophy.

Shale's unique position as a golem with no memory of who she was. Unearthing her history and origins as you converse and travel with her more and more.

Oghren, the drunk. The comic relief. The warrior at heart.

All of this, while that music hums like a lullaby. Music that fills you with sadness. Hope? Questioning whether or not the quest you set out on can even be done.

And that is what I think is missing from most of the recent releases into the Dragon Age franchise. That dark, gritty, bleak tone that is tempered by moments of comedy and even joy.

This game was peak BioWare. And one of the best gaming RPG's to date.

Ever dreamt of babysitting a medieval soap opera? Enter Dragon Age: Origins!

With a cast featuring sarcastic elves, grumpy dwarves, and a perpetually naked Morrigan (oh, those campfire scenes), this game is a relentless rollercoaster of existential crises and dragons with attitude. You'll spend hours slaying Darkspawn, making morally questionable decisions, and desperately trying to get Alistair to shut up about his tragic backstory.

You'll become the kingdom’s hero while simultaneously being its most questionable decision-maker, leaving behind a trail of broken friendships and awkward romantic encounters that you definitely shouldn’t talk about in public

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Great game, all time classic. Better in some ways than Baldur's Gate 3 even :D
If you not afraid by old games, try it, it absolutely worth it (On sales)
Dark fantasy with blood, fear, war and good friend Oghren (Literally me fr)

Extremely solid story and tactical gameplay, good companions and dark gritty themes. Beware, later games in this series get more and more 'safe' and aren't as good. Bioware started a downward slide around the time of Dragon Age 2

This is the only good Dragon Age game in existence because of the sheer attention to detail in all the departments that matter: the art, writing, gameplay and sound design. The art of the game is intricate and carefully thought out; each race has their own culture and look about them, their own language (the studio even going as far as hiring a linguist to develop them), architecture, and the like. Even the graphics still hold up despite a decade and more having passed now. The writing is carefully crafted to be both mature and believable--the characters feel like they are real, the complex relationship between the races feel old, and the world feels lived in before you even create your character and begin playing. Most importantly, however, the world is full of beauty and love; you know while you are playing that the developers cared about what they were making and believed in it. And the music makes you feel like your adventure is worthy enough to be sung in a tavern for all to hear by a traveling bard years after your journey has long since ended. If you were to buy any game in the franchise let it be this one. If you love all things medieval this game will quickly become one of your favorites of all time and have you thinking about it years after you've parted ways with it. It's simply that unforgettable.

Unfortunately, Bioware will never make anything like this ever again since anyone with any talent at all was smart and moved on from that dying activist studio ages ago. It won't be long now before EA takes DEI Bioware out behind the shed and puts the dying studio out of its misery, burying it alongside all the other studios that EA has squandered throughout the years. This time, however, it will be well deserved, and a mercy killing for what was, and what could have been had qualified people been allowed to make video games instead of being consumed by politics and worshiping evil by churning out ugly abominations that no one wants to see, let alone play. The only justice in Bioware's death is that people who are filled with nothing but spite and hate will no longer be able to tarnish an IP that was made by better, more skilled and qualified people who knew what they were doing and loved doing it. In other words, actual nerds. I spit on these fake diversity hires who know nothing about anything and love ruining stuff out of jealousy of others. Good riddance. Go away now, and never come back.

This game was kind of my companion during serious depression when I was a teen. Put close to 1k hours in it back when it came out on the Xbox. Every couple years or so, I'd replay it for nostalgia reasons. I bought this Steam version way back in 2018, I believe. I recently started playing it again, but never bothered to post a review before, so here are my thoughts:

It's quite broken, like, literally. So many annoying bugs that were never fixed, though some can be bypassed with community patches and mods. Story is good, gameplay is mid and very repetitive but still enjoyable, balancing is pretty wack, dialog is mostly excellent, a lot of quests in need of serious rework, performance is absolutely terrible.

I play in 3840x2160 with the HD Remaster mod, and obviously maxed settings.

I have a PC with an i7-13700K, RTX 4080, 32GB DDR5 RAM and a 7000 MB/s SSD. And it can't hold a stable framerate, lol. I even got dips to like 35 FPS or lower in some scenarios, in particular with auras. Loading times are surprisingly (and annoyingly) long still. Yeah... game performance is inexcusably bad.

I still recommend it - despite all the heachaches it may give you from time to time - because it's a game that you just have to have experienced at least once. The characters and the world building are wonderful, despite some shortcomings.

Here's a couple things you want to keep in mind before you start playing this on modern PCs:

- Google "Dragon Age Origins 4GB Patch" and install that right away
- The game may still crash when loading certain saves or during certain fights, i.e. Denerim [1]
- Go to Nexusmods and download these mods [2]
- Either download Process Lasso or find a way to restrict the CPU resources [3]
- When you are transitioning areas, re-cast all buffs and auras [4]
- Save and reload often, and make sure to always have a more recent save available [5]
- Do this if you are missing the DLC stuff [6]
- Saves are stored locally, just FYI. Steam Cloud does not automatically store your character saves

[1] To fix the Denerim crashing problem, turn down all the graphics settings to LOW before you load your Denerim save. This has worked for me. The 4GB patch doesn't prevent crashing. Some fights, won't spoil which, have so many effects going on that the game apparently can't handle. If you still crash after turning graphics to low, also disable Frame Buffer Effects and turn on V-Sync. This got me through a certain fight where it would always crash when the boss would transition into phase 2.

[2]
- Download the "Dragon Age Origins Unofficial Remaster" mod
- Download the "More Hairstyles" mod
- Download the "Character Respecialization" mod (*)
- Download the "Expanded Inventory" mod
- Download the "Faster Movement in AND out of Combat" mod
- Download the "Qwinn's Ultimate DAO Fixpack v3.52" mod
- Download the "FtG UI Mod - More Readable Fonts and UI" mod
- Download the "CharGenMorph Compiler" mod
- Download the "Awakening Silverite Mines Bugfix" mod
- Download the "Lock Bash" mod

Trust me on this. It will play much better with these mods.

(*) Careful with this one. If you respec a character that has a specialization, you can't spec into it again until you unlocked it.

[3] I.e. Task Manager -> Eco Mode. Kinda funny how this 2009 game can make my CPU pull ~170W if I don't do this, lol. (While still running like s**t.)

[4] This only applies when you get the Party Select screen. If you switch out companions, your buffs will not apply even if already enabled. You have to re-cast them all. This also applies to you, so turn them off and on again. Best to check your character screen (C) every now and then to make sure. Download the "Spell Miasma Sustained" mod if you want to use that particular aura.

[5] This is because it can happen to soft-lock yourself with a corrupted save. The game also has some weird bugs where performance may degrade over time, so simply reload your last save and it should work fine again for a while.

[6] Go to your Steam folder at:

steam/steamapps/common/dragon age ultimate edition/redist

and run the following .EXEs:

- DAOUserviceSetup_Steam.exe
- DAOU_UpdateAddinsXML_Steam.exe

This will add all the DLCs from this edition.

Well I tried. I wanted to play it. Even got about an hour in, but without mods or with mods the game keeps crashing. Looks like I won't get to finish this.

English: Still the best Dragon Age game until today and probably forever! :)
Best OST, best story (stories, actually), best characters/companions, best visual design, best gameplay design including the epic tactical battles. :)

Anyway, I highly recommend to use mods to upgrade the little bit of outdated graphics.
Modders use tons of own textures, plus textures from DA: Inqusition and The Witcher 3 for example to upgrade, enhance the visual fidelity of this great old, Dark-Fantasy Action-RPG, made in DirectX 9 and released originally in 2009. :) With mods installed, you can get also cut-contents back and various tweaks and fixes in dialogues, nuff said. :)

Hungarian: Ismét éppen újrakezdtem a Dragon Age: Origins-t, hozzácsapva pár cut-content-et is, amik utólag lettek rekonstruálva modderek által, rengeteg dialógus is... Van ami csak glitch/bug miatt nem volt jelen a párbeszédeknél mint lehetőség, van ami meg ki volt vágva fejlesztési idő hiánya miatt, modderek meg szépen helyre tettek mindet. Még teljes extra cinematic jelentek is vannak olykor. Plusz grafika is feltupírozva modokkal nagyon komoly, igen korrekt szintre emeli a játékot ahhoz képest, hogy DirectX 9-es játékról van most itt szó ugye. Modderek pl. átvettek textúrákat az Origins-hez az Inqusition-ből, de pl. a Witcher 3-ból is hozzá... Szóval modokat Nexusról ajánlom hozzá mindenképpen! :) Ezenfelül máig ez a legütősebb Dragon Age játék, sztori(k)ban, karakterekben, meg mindenben. :)

This is still the best dragon age game in the series, it is a mature type of game with dark themese that is not plagued with some activist agenda with token characters that fill a quota. i originally played origins through a few times on ps3, then a few more hundred hours again on steam. great game with choices that really matter, all the characters are all well thought out and well written. voice acting is top notch, odd that i played 200 hours originally on ps3 but now cant imagine gameplay on origins using nothing but k/m.. highly recommended.

Sincerely,
another 'Fu****g tourist.'

The graphics are ugly. The gameplay is clunky. You have to quicksave every 5 minutes for fear of a crash.

But somehow, I loved this game. The writing and world-building are fantastic. There are so many ways to roleplay and/or go about any situation you come across. It makes overcoming all of the issues worth it.

If you decide to try this yourself, I recommend looking in to some bug fix, QOL, and texture mods.

A little torn on this game.

Played for the first time in 2024, and I don't have the nostalgia like a lot of fans of the Dragon Age series do. It was pretty tough to get through, and the characters weren't super likable. That being said, it's still a pretty good RPG with quite a bit of replay value since decisions impact the story. I think I recommend it overall specifically because of the effect it had on gaming.

The main thing I would say, is that I went in expecting a masterpiece due to the glowing reviews from the people who recommended it to me. My first time playing FFX was in 2022, and that had a much larger impact on me even though they are both from a similar era.

If you plan to play this game for the first time, go in with tempered expectations. The builds are really cool, and I was nearly invincible as an arcane warrior by the end. The part that is going to be tough is the repetitive combat, lackluster interactions, and general janky feel of the game (give it some grace for it's age).

Definitely wish there was a "maybe" recommend for how I feel about this, but the good outweighs the bad if you like RPGs.

The first time I played this was in 2011, and I absolutely loved it, but unfortunately, my graphics card died, and I had to stop playing. I'm glad I decided to pick it up again in 2024 and finally complete it. It's still a fantastic RPG, maybe one of the greatest. The story and characters are excellent. The gameplay is a bit dated, but still enjoyable if you're into CRPGs. Old Bioware made some great games. If you want to play it, buy it on sale for just 3.99€.

Kimileri için olan biteni hatırlama, kimileri için neymiş bu Dragon Age bir bakalım, benim gibileri içinse geçmişi yad etme olan Dragon Age Origins çıkış tarihi, günümüz standartlarında ketum kalması gibi durumlar tamamen bir kenara bırakılarak mutlaka oynanması gereken safkan bir RPG oyunu.

İster üzerine epeyce düşünülerek yapılmış bir seçim olsun, ister pat diye verilmiş ani bir karar olsun her ikisinin de sonucunu görebileceğiniz ender oyunlardan biri Dragon Age Origins. Yavaş yavaş, acele etmeden hakkını vererek oynayıp ufak tefek kusurlarını göz ardı ettiğinizde ağzınıza pastacı dükkânını boca edecek muhteşem bir oyun Dragon Age Origins.

Karakterleri, hikâyesi, müzikleri, olay örgüsü, inanılmaz detaylı her yerinden bir şey fışkıran dünyası, gülmekten yerlere yatıran diyalogları derken bu gidişle "Zabbaha kadar" övmekten incelemeyi bitiremeyeceğim. Siz en iyisi oynayın oynattırın.

Not: Mümkünse GOG sürümünü oynayın o çok daha sorunsuz. Yalnız GOG sürümünde oyuna 5-6 saatlik içerik ekleyen premium dlclerin aktifleşmemesi sorunu var. Bunlar oyun içinden hikâyede belli bir yere geldikten sonra erişebileceğiniz dlcler, ana menüdeki play other campaings seçeneğinden erişemiyorsunuz bunlara. Çözebilirseniz veya çok da önemli değil derseniz kesinlikle GOG sürümünü öneririm.

Not 2: Önce Origins sonra Awakening ardından Leliana's Song sonra Golems of Amgarrak en son Witch Hunt şeklinde oynayın. Sakın Awakeningi bitirmeden Amgarrak (nasıl isimse) ve Witch Hunt'a asla bulaşmayın ki bunlar zaten kronolojide de Awakening sonrasında geçiyor. Leliana dlcsi ise Origins öncesinde geçiyor ama bazen sonra oynamak daha iyidir. Bu da o durumlardan biri.

Not 3: Oyuna detaylıca bir rehber yazmıştım. Banane senin rehberinden deseniz bile mod kısmındaki ilk 2 maddeyi mutlaka uygulayın. Bu sizin çok daha sorunsuz bir oyun deneyimi yaşamanızı sağlayacak. Oyunun işlemciye aşırı yük bindirmesi sorunu var ve çözmenin yolu bu. Yukarda bahsettiğim ufak tefek kusurlardan biri buydu.

Şu oyuna remake'i geçtim remaster nasıl gelmez hâlâ aklım almıyor. Ulan EA yatacak yerin yok...

The game just doesn't run. It will crash and close, every time, before you ever get to any gameplay. Do not waste your money.

this version is super buggy and crashes often .
but the game itself is a masterpiece

Dragon Age Origins is a good, albeit very flawed game. The FIRST thing you should know is how to run this game on modern hardware, since it likes to crash all the time. This is because the game's launcher can't use more than 2GB of RAM. However, the fix is INCREDIBLY simple. All you need to do is follow this guide and replace the default EXE with one that can utilize 4GB of RAM. It takes like 5 seconds to do and that'll fix the problem.

As for the game itself, let's start with the good. The writing is fantastic, as one would expect of 2000s Bioware. They really didn't pull any punches and things can get pretty dark (not in the tryhard edgy way). The companions are great, and hearing the banter between them is hilarious. I never get tired of listening to Alistair and Morrigan bully each other. The most unique thing about this game though is how it handles the different races. You only have three to choose from: human, elf and dwarf. If this were any other fantasy game, the only difference between the races would be stat differences. But in Origins, you actually get six different opening chapters depending on what you pick. A dwarf noble is going to have a completely different experience than a city elf. It doesn't make a HUGE difference on the broader story, but it helps flesh out the world and encourages multiple playthroughs.

Now onto the not so good...which is most of the gameplay. This game looks like a third person action RPG, but it plays like a traditional real-time-with-pause CRPG. In an attempt to alleviate the constant need to pause and micromanage, Origins implemented a system called Combat Tactics. These are essentially scripts that let you dictate your party members' AI. If your party member is below 50% health, make them use a health potion on themselves. If an enemy has strong armor, make them use an ability that breaks through that armor. This sounds great on paper, but there are two problems. Characters only have a limited amount of tactics slots (I think 10 is the max), so between consumable items and abilities you don't have much to work with. The other problem is that you actually need to spend skills to increase the amount of slots, which can take away from other things. Mages don't really benefit from the Cunning stat, but you'll still need to invest 16 points into Cunning if you want them to get all the slots. Final Fantasy XII greatly improved on this idea with the Gambit system.

The other problem with the gameplay is just good ol' fashioned jank. If you're walking up stairs, you WILL get stuck on the stair at the very top. This happens almost every single time. The AI, both friend and foe, can have real bad pathfinding. In fights where groups get clustered together, it's common to see an enemy jiggling in place as it tries to run past other enemies to get to you. This also happens to your allies, where they'll get stuck on someone and can't execute their attack. The absolute WORST instance of this was a "boss fight" down in an abandoned dwarven city. You're forced to fight in a small arena, and there's this giant statue thing in the middle of it. Your companions will target enemies, and then run face first into the statue and wiggle in place. Throughout the entire fight I was constantly having to switch to different party members and MANUALLY MOVE THEM around the statue, otherwise they'd be stuck in place and die. But even without those issues, the friendly AI isn't very smart. Your allies will have a lot more abilities than there are tactics slots, and the abilities that aren't assigned will go unused. They simply default to regular attacks. So you're going to be doing a lot of micromanaging whether you like it or not.

I really like this game...but to be perfectly honest, it hasn't aged very well. It's frustrating, clunky and janky. The writing is really the only thing that saves this game and makes it worth playing.

For a game that came out in 2009 this game easily holds up to this day. Despite the issues that need to be fixed before booting up the game and mods that is needed to be installed so the game doesn't crash this game is a masterpiece. Sucked in every second, felt that I needed to help all my companions and each choice I made had a big impact. The world and atmosphere will suck you in within the first hour of gameplay. 10/10

I can't recommend this game on the basis that it's unplayable. I've tried multiple fixes and every time it crashes while loading or shortly after. I'm surprised EA is just letting it die.

A legendary dark fantasy story with interesting companions and excellent world building.

Would be nice if it worked. Takes a TON of effort to get it to run at all, and even then it crashes constantly. TBH, it should be removed from the steam store.

game constantly crashes. you'll get stuck and frozen mid cut scenes, during fights the game will completely close out on you.

EDIT: 6 hours more into the game and i have found yet more game breaking bugs not fixed after countless years of being released.

setting my graphics on medium stopped a majority of the crashes. there is a glitch where NPC's get stuck and won't continue the quest story line. you have to forcefully move them with friendly fire ( if you have an ability that offers knockback) or change your resolution, reenter cut scene, and hope that fixes the bug. its worked twice for me now so far.

Loved the game when I played it on the Xbox 360 six years back, and wanted to buy it here to play through the DLCs I missed out on the first go around.
I'll open it up and play it for a few minutes, but every time it hits a loading screen it closes out and I have to restart. It'll get me through the loading screen it crashed on and just crash on the next one.

The game is also unable to register some inputs like the mouse wheel to scroll in and out, so when I can actually got through character creation and the first bits of dialogue I can't move past the first tutorial prompt. I look up the issue, get recommended to rebind the input, go into my settings to change it, and guess what? It crashes again.

My PC isn't the best but it should be more than enough to handle a game from fifteen years ago, as well as support controllers if the mouse wheel won't work.

Great game, but the Steam version is buggy trash. When I tried to play it would bring up the launcher, but then would crash when I tried to start the game. I tried a bunch of solutions from the forums, but none of them worked. I still couldn't get the game to start. I am running Windows 10, so maybe people with an older OS will have more luck.

I uninstalled the Steam version and tried getting it on the EA app. The game started immediately with no issues. No need to adjust anything. I can't speak for the GOG version, but the EA version seems significantly more stable than the Steam version. Do buy this game, but not on Steam.

A very fun game. Story, gameplay, and characters are excellent. Unfortunately you do have to mod it a little to have it work properly but the process isn't very hard.

If I could rate this game I would rate it 3/5 stars. Which has nothing to do with the game itself or the story but simply because the game is basically unplayable unless you go about patching it.
If you choose to purchase DAO I can't recommend enough installing:
-The 4 GB Patch (Found on https://ntcore.com/4gb-patch/)
-QUADO Fixpack (Found on Nexus)
It's very important you read the instructions in order to install properly, otherwise you will need to verify the integrity of the game files and you'll have to start the patching over.

I also highly recommend you set your graphics/texture settings to medium. It makes the game look pretty ugly and dated (not that it wasn't before) but if you treat is as a nostalgia trip is easy to ignore.

Dragon Age: Origins isn't a pretty game, it's poorly optimized for PC, and it doesn't hold up well to other games from its time but it's still an excellent game. I find the story interesting, especially the different paths you take depending on your race and upbringing. It makes the overall RPG experience that much more immersive and really allows you to get into the head of your character. The game play is nothing crazy, but it's still challenging even on the lowest difficulty. It's very much a game where choices matter as this can have an overall affect on the plot and on your chosen party and your relationships with your party members.

I can't recommend this game enough if you're willing to take the time to patch it.

So good very impressive for a 2009 game. Be warned the Port is very rough and may need some google searches to fix problems and may still crash every now and then. I was able to get the game in a stable condition and am enjoying it.

A classic all should play if you like RPGs. Be sure to look for the Memory Fix in the guides as it is very helpful. The writing, and companions really make this game and I would advise people play on higher difficulty to play with the use of poisons, potions, and traps.

Great game! It's sad none of the other titles in the series play like this one... Welp! Good to know my head cannon won't let me go past this first game, so I'm good.

Absolute classic. Unparalleled story-telling. Games like this one and Witcher 1 shows how good some of our childhood classics are. We had great taste oldies.

This is about the technical issues only, not about the game content or the story.

I'm sure this is a great game and I would really like to play it and get to know the series as Veilguard drops soon and I wanna dive into the lore but in 2024 it's simply unplayable.

First, the game just refused to even launch, crashing all the time at the point of clicking "Play" in the menu and kept redirecting me to a dead website for "DLC activation".

I managed to launch the game after some manipulation with game files but it's still working very poorly.
Textures are messed up (and I've set the graphic settings to a minimum) and the game keeps crashing in the most random moments.

I'm extremely patient but it managed to drive me insane.

Very disappointed.

Only works with the fixes listed in the discussions/guides. Worth taking some time to add mods for improved visuals and gameplay. Took me a day of tracking down and getting all of the fixes and mods in place, but I'm enjoying the storytelling (and Alistair) just as much as when it came out. Not enjoying the casual misogyny but it hasn't driven me crazy yet. Neutral Female Armor and Practical Morrigan Robes are really must-haves to get through it.

Holds up wonderfully in 2024. I've only ever played inquisition but got this and DAII as part of a bundle. At the beginning I was having some crashing issues but after a quick youtube search I found a patch fix and now it works wonderfully. I am playing it on a 49inch widescreen monitor and it does have supporting resolution, looks beautiful. The characters and story has soul, a lost art in today's gaming landscape!

Just download the patch and it will run smooth as silk. The game is still a timeless classic, modern hardware just needs a helping hand. I love this game, play it or don't, the only person you are robbing of joy is yourself.

If you can look past the jankiness, bugs and performance issues on modern day hardware - you'll find the pinnacle of western RPG's. Fantastic storytelling, an amazing world to immerse yourself in, endless replay-ability and choices that not only matter but carry over to future titles. They just don't make 'em like they used to.

where you slay Darkspawn, save the world, and most importantly, try to charm Leliana, the rogue bard with a mysterious past and killer fashion sense. Forget the Archdemon—your real mission is winning her heart, which involves offering her random flowers and listening to stories about shoes. It’s an epic tale of battles, awkward flirting, and hoping the Maker helps you not embarrass yourself.

10/10 would try (and fail) to impress Leliana again.

Good game but unable to play on windows 11 due to EA being a shitty company.