• ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world
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    29 days ago

    Origins is excellent. but all of them are in different ways.

    Exactly. Origins was revolutionary at the time for it’s broad branching character and narrative options. DA2 actually had a fantastic if comparatively linear story and arguably the strongest setting of all three games. DA3 for all of its bloat had a huge beautiful world to explore and strong characters. I know it’s a controversial opinion, but I actually really enjoyed the combat in DA3 as well.

    People get really hung up on the rose-tinted novelty of Origins at the time of its release, and it was amazing at the time, but it’s hardly the best RPG ever made. I don’t know if I would even consider it part of the discussion.

    • ahornsirup@feddit.org
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      29 days ago

      The problem with DA2 was that it was a decent game but a bad sequel. I’ve come to appreciate it but when I first played it I was incredibly disappointed. I did not want a personal narrative, I wanted freedom to role-play.