Dragon Age: Origins
Shares rank 13 of 33 role-playing games by recommenders
Praised as BioWare's last great game and a well-regarded party-based RPG. Critics find the real-time-with-pause combat clunky and it scales poorly on 4K monitors.
Praised as BioWare's last great game and a well-regarded party-based RPG. Critics find the real-time-with-pause combat clunky and it scales poorly on 4K monitors.
11 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 82%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 4.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
BioWare's last great game
“The last impressive things they shipped were Mass Effect and DA:O.”
Comment from 21 Oct 2026 in “EA is shutting down BioWare” “Their last really good game was Dragon Age: Origins.”
Comment from 21 Oct 2026 in “EA is shutting down BioWare” Well-regarded Dragon Age series entry
“dragon age origins and dragon age 2 had the spirit of it, and felt like a party-based tactical RPG”
Comment from 21 Oct 2026 in “EA is shutting down BioWare” “The first dragon's age was absolutely ace too.”
Comment from 21 Oct 2026 in “EA is shutting down BioWare”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Clunky combat and RPG design
“Realtime with pause is a horrible monstrosity. It combines the worst parts of action and turn based.”
Comment from 21 Oct 2026 in “EA is shutting down BioWare” “The first game is really clunky as an RPG and is really mostly saved by the characters and story.”
Comment from 2 Sep 2026 in “The 'Dragon Age' Debacle That Gutted EA's BioWare Studio (2025)” Poor scaling on 4K monitors
“it doesn't scale very good on a 4k monitor without 3rd party software but other than that it's a great show of backwards compatibility”
Comment from 23 Jun 2026 in “Steam Machine”
Other role-playing games people recommend
The four most recommended other role-playing games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldur's Gate 3 | 71 | 11 | 87% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 | 58 | 10 | 85% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Ultima VII Revisited | 24 | 7 | 77% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Disco Elysium | 23 | 1 | 96% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Dragon Age: OriginsThis page | 9 | 2 | 82% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
9 of the 11 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“DLCs worth every penny & then the modded content”
“The first dragon's age was absolutely ace too.”
“Realtime with pause is a horrible monstrosity. It combines the worst parts of action and turn based.”
“The last impressive things they shipped were Mass Effect and DA:O.”
“Probably one of the best game studios ever, IMO.”
“Their last really good game was Dragon Age: Origins.”
“dragon age origins and dragon age 2 had the spirit of it, and felt like a party-based tactical RPG”
“The first game is really clunky as an RPG and is really mostly saved by the characters and story.”
“it doesn't scale very good on a 4k monitor without 3rd party software but other than that it's a great show of backwards compatibility”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.