It Should Not Be This Hard To Play Dragon Age Origins On PC In 2024

[ReoHays]

I had to refund my steam version, it was unplayable. I am of the opinion if a developer is going to release a game on a platform it should be playable on that platform. You can look at the stats page for steam and see where the majority of their players are as far as hardware. All games should run on the majority of their players set up at the time of the games release. Without mods or fiddling with files. DAO is one of many games on Steam that I have ran into this. It is a cash grab, because most people buy the game and spend many hours jumping through hoops trying to get the game to work. When they figure out they cant or they give up most of them have run past the point where they can get a refund. I had a point where Origin was downloading at 28kbs and it was a big program at that speed. Then I had to tweak something and do it again. Should be some consumer law that would protect us from things like this.

Here is a link about this. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/it-should-not-be-this-hard-to-play-dragon-age-origins-on-pc-in-2024/ar-BB1oPz1Y?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=EDBBAN&cvid=93c85c8df70c459499421dbfcd637013&ei=7

[Crazy Tiger]

Talk to the publisher, they're responsible for that.

People going over the 2 hour limit are responsible for that themselves.

[ReoHays]

Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:

Talk to the publisher, they're responsible for that.

Steam can also set limits to what a developer can sell on their site. Steam is the one with the problem. Other sites I have not noticed the problem.

[Crazy Tiger]

Originally posted by ReoHays:

Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:

Talk to the publisher, they're responsible for that.

Steam can also set limits to what a developer can sell on their site. Steam is the one with the problem. Other sites I have not noticed the problem.

Valve does set it all, correct. Just don't be surprised that Valve has a different view on such things than you.

It's not a problem, as far as I'm concerned. Older games sometimes need some tweaks, that's part of the beast that is called PC gaming and always has been. Heck, back in the day even NEW games required tweaking.
It's up to the publisher to make their games better compatible with newer hardware and OS. That, however, is not always profitable. And not a compelling reason to not sell such games to people who don't mind tweaking either.

Stick to consoles if you want plug and play.

[Wolfpig]

Originally posted by ReoHays:

All games should run on the majority of their players set up at the time of the games release.

Dragon Age Origins got released....2009.
Im quite sure that the majority of players had a system at the time which could run the game.

[ReoHays]

Originally posted by Wolfpig:

Originally posted by ReoHays:

All games should run on the majority of their players set up at the time of the games release.

Dragon Age Origins got released....2009.
Im quite sure that the majority of players had a system at the time which could run the game.

Imperium Galactica 2 was 1999, Star Wars Rebellion was 1998 and dont forget Balders Gate. These are just a few old games that still play just fine.

To put those aside is fine. This is just my opinion.

[Wolfpig]

Originally posted by ReoHays:

To put those aside is fine. This is just my opinion.

Dragon Age Origins plays fine too.
Just installed and started it without any problems.

Originally posted by Xenophobe:

EA's new launcher does not play nice with steam and game performance seems to take a hit, though that could just be poor game optimization too.

The first dragon age does not need any ea launcher to be played.

[Mailer]

Originally posted by Wolfpig:

Originally posted by ReoHays:

To put those aside is fine. This is just my opinion.

Dragon Age Origins plays fine too.
Just installed and started it without any problems.

To play the devil's advocate, it's not starting the game that is the problem, it is actually the prolonged gameplay that is the issue. The game by default has a strict limit on graphics memory that creeps up rapidly as you play, until it can't anymore.

Therefore many people, including myself, recommend using the fixes posted on the PCGamingWiki for a start:
https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Dragon_Age:_Origins

I was able to complete it on Windows 10, but it was definitely not a flawless install and play experience.

Originally posted by ReoHays:

It is a cash grab, because most people buy the game and spend many hours jumping through hoops trying to get the game to work. When they figure out they cant or they give up most of them have run past the point where they can get a refund.

It does not take 2 hours of in-game time to inform yourself of current caveats on the PCGamingWiki. In fact, it is adviceable that you always read up on a game's page before you even hit "Play" on any older games.

[Liquid Inc]

DA:O runs on my Integrated Vega Laptop with just 4 GB of ram... I install it, it runs... It's one of the few games that "just works".
I've never had an issue with installing and playing that game, in all the hours i've played it.

That article is clickbait BS (Or just outright stupidity on the part of the writer). No wonder it's on MSN.

Originally posted by ReoHays:

All games should run on the majority of their players set up at the time of the games release.

It did, back in 2009.... It's older than Skyrim.

Originally posted by ReoHays:

. Without mods or fiddling with files.

There are a lot worse games for that. Fallout New Vegas being one of the biggest offenders. (And it's even older) But there's a lot of games that just run as well, and some people have no issue with games that others do, because hardware differs so much.

Originally posted by ReoHays:

I had a point where Origin was downloading at 28kbs and it was a big program at that speed.

That's a Your Connection, Your PC or a Steam issue, as the program itself isn't going to suddenly not download because "it's old".

Originally posted by Wolfpig:

The first dragon age does not need any ea launcher to be played.

It doesn't need it, but you can add your old disc copies to the EA launcher, and it'll automatically update you to the latest version of the game while it's at it.

[WhitePhantom]

I've played Origins for about 90 hours here on Steam without any third party fixes or tweaks.

There is a crashing problem that can occur in certain areas, but we're talking about two or so places in a huge game. In my experience it was the camp at Ostagar, and the main area in Denerim. Both places with lots of NPCs around, and in both instances simply lowering the graphics settings allowed me to progress.

Not ideal, but the vast majority of the game is perfectly playable out of the box, and there patches to help if you want them.

[pckirk]

the problem is everyone trying to play this game in way higher graphics resolution setting.. the game was made for 800 x 600, you can bump this up to 1280 x 1024, but past that, you will start to get crashes. it has nothing to do with the memory problem, use the 4gb patch on the correct game exe file, and that allows you to use just a tad over 3gb of ram.

I have over 73+ mods, and I have no problem playing the game. the cause is overpowered GPU and using Resolutions the game engine can not use.

If any game deserved a major overhaul on the game engine and graphics, it is this awesome game. sad to see how old the game is now. 2009, and still good to play.

[Yzal]

I played it on both WIndows 10 and Ubuntu with no tweaks at all and had no issues.

Originally posted by Xenophobe:

I figured they probably added it to the Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition that's the default now ... corporate branding/telemetry is the norm these days.

They didn't.
https://steamdb.info/app/47810/history/
Last update that touched any game files was on may 30 2023. I played it this year, didn't saw anything about any ea launcher.

[pckirk]

there is still no need for an ea launcher in this game. But if they ever do an enhanced / update to this game, you can be sure it will be added..

[MrSteel300]

lol this guy bought a single player game with a second launcher on steam, bro ever heard of gog?

[ReoHays]

All of you are great. I like the respectful comments. I know what a hard time I had and I read about others having the same hard time. It is just not this game it is others as well. It may be an EA or Origin problem, but Steam is the platform we are using and I think they should take more responsibility with the product they are selling.

[ReoHays]

Originally posted by MrSteel300:

lol this guy bought a single player game with a second launcher on steam, bro ever heard of gog?

Yes I have and that is why I posted this. If they can put out the same game at a comparable price why can not Steam do the same?
You just made my case for me thanks.