Is this game worth buying in 2020?

[junghoonshin]

Assuming money is no object but time is limited. Is this game worth buying at this moment?

[LukanGamer]

yes of course it 1 the best games ever. (unless you not into rpgs though if that were the case I would wonder why ask).

[skullymex]

It has aged well in my opinion. If you enjoy RPGs you will not regret buying this.

[Xerica]

its a great game. if you haven't experienced you should. origins still seems the best out of all 3 story wise and character wise. combat is clunky but if you look past it and play as a pause send orders like you should, its fun and play it for the different story outcomes and backgrounds it is worth it. you can also go to nexus mods and mod it to bring it up to par graphically if you want to. i mod mine for fun all the time. although takes more though process than throwing a file into a folder. have to compile the cosmetic mods with a compiler into one file.

It has amazing shelf life is all I am trying to say I guess.

Below is one of my modded characteers ( the girl)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8xTapCavlw

[Strandly]

Still the greatest RPG ever made, imo.

[EA Latium]

A classic genre defining title. Go for it, a bit dated but didn't age bad at all.

[DarkFire]

I'll offer a slightly contrary opinion. While the story is excellent and the game offers very good value due to theoretically being highly replayable, many aspects of the game have not aged well at all. Combat is clunky beyond belief, the game still suffers from bugs that were never fixed and appears to suffer from a memory leak requiring restarts of the game every ~3-4 hours.

If you can get past the occasional bugs and the horrible combat then there's a good game underneath. I've played it through twice both of which I enjoyed but have no desire to go back for a 3rd play through.

I'd say it probably is worth it given how cheap the game is on steam.

[LukanGamer]

I loved the combat, barely any games do combos and ai.

[TheSlacker]

Also if you play at 1080p resolution or less you will be fine. Playing at 4k is impossible, even with a large tv as there is garbage UI scaling, as the game hasn't been updated in years to account for larger resolutions and the mod that is supposed to help UI scaling is not very good and only scales very little. It's also a pain to set up and is not very user friendly.

[Kalon]

I played this game back in the day, and I am now playing it again. It has aged VERY well. Its still just as good as I remember it. Absolutely fantastic game. Truly a legendary title that can (and SHOULD) be forever remembered as one of the greatest games made.
The story is good, the combat is good, the world is immersive, your NPCs are ALL interesting, and the amount of dialogue they say to eachother is outstanding both in length and quality.
I love that none of the NPCs are annoying. I genuinely wish I could bring all of them in my party all the time. The game has multiple endings that have GRAVE, WORLD CHANGING consequences...
I honestly never played DA2 or DAI...but my understanding is DAI lets you import your decisions from DAO into it. I can't imagine how the can possibly incorporate you possibly becoming queen, and possibly allowing a certain someone to possibly spawn what I can only imagine is the antichrist...

[LukanGamer]

Originally posted by Kalon:

I honestly never played DA2 or DAI...but my understanding is DAI lets you import your decisions from DAO into it. I can't imagine how the can possibly incorporate you possibly becoming queen, and possibly allowing a certain someone to possibly spawn what I can only imagine is the antichrist...

Very dissapointingly that is how, and why some like myself see DAI even further from a true sequel and more just same universe and similar happenings then already done thanks to fact DAO is Bioware while DAI is EA "bioware" .

But DAi is stil a decent game and 2 has terrific characters + Story (very well known joke bad maps, lower quaility enemies, poor combat, low customization, etc...)
So if you loved DAO so much most so for story+character suggest playing them still.

[EA Latium]

Originally posted by Kalon:

I played this game back in the day, and I am now playing it again. It has aged VERY well. Its still just as good as I remember it. Absolutely fantastic game. Truly a legendary title that can (and SHOULD) be forever remembered as one of the greatest games made.
The story is good, the combat is good, the world is immersive, your NPCs are ALL interesting, and the amount of dialogue they say to eachother is outstanding both in length and quality.
I love that none of the NPCs are annoying. I genuinely wish I could bring all of them in my party all the time. The game has multiple endings that have GRAVE, WORLD CHANGING consequences...
I honestly never played DA2 or DAI...but my understanding is DAI lets you import your decisions from DAO into it. I can't imagine how the can possibly incorporate you possibly becoming queen, and possibly allowing a certain someone to possibly spawn what I can only imagine is the antichrist...

DA2 let's you import your save from Origins (both the main game and each DLC generate a save before the end credits roll you can use), but for Inquisition there's a web browser tool called The Keep that let's you edit all the main and secondary choices from both Origins and DA2 to import as a world state for it, so you could either recreate what you have done or make another background story altogether if you so wish.

Keep in mind that until Witch Hunt came out Dragon Age's future was still unknown, Bioware didn't know yet if it was to become a franchise or remain a standalone IP, so some of the choices are not really implemented well, while some other managed to find their way better, keeping it spoiler free about the two points your raised in the end for example, the first one it's a simple cameo while the second has a part in the story.

Because of this you'll find that Inquisition ties better with DA2 in fact being its actual prequel, with Origins having having its story as foundation, its sort of a separate story, there are recurring characters but the Blight and its events are basically just part of the lore, so consider DA2 a "new beginning" in the same universe with recurring characters, but a new beginning nonetheless.

I agree with Lukan above, while there is much deserved criticism is definitely worth playing them, just keep in mind that DA2 while being good and essential story wise, it was a very rushed game and the weakest entry in the franchise as a result, Inquisition is way more polished in every aspect.

[H.U.N.K]

This game is worth buying anytime it's a masterpeice.

[Hikari.ws]

It's among the best RPG ever made, together with Oblivion and BG. I play it in 4K nicely, its gameplay controlling 4 chars is awesome, Dragon Age lore is the best on all RPG and DAO story telling is the best.

There are some nice mods around, the essential is 50 Tactic Slots that totally enhances Tactics adding new features so we can create more complex workflows and let our companions do exactly what we want them to without having to micromanage on every turn.

I love to have my warrors and mages fighting on my side while I control my rogue.

After some dozen hours fighting against bugs on Oblivion it's relaxing to come back to DAO and just play the game in peace.

GOG has the Ultimate Edition on sale DRM-free.

[Floris]

It's the best roleplaying videogame for me personally. If you aren't used to CRPG's however the combat might seem a little strange to you.

Back when I started I was only used to action RPG's but the story, characters and replayability kept me coming back and started to appreciate the combat gameplay. I can't play it on any difficulty but Nightmare now.

I recommend it with all my heart.

[Gentoo]

The graphics are not fantastic by today's standards (obviously), but the story and characters are every bit as good today as they were then. And the graphics aren't BAD. The game has definitely aged well, and I would call it easily the best Dragon's Age game.