Rate all 4 games

Easy at the moment:

1. Inquisition
2. Veilguard
3. Origins
4. 2

But not even DA2 is bad/trash. I still like it too (but not the same places visits )

1 DA2
2 DAO
3 DA1

Have not played Veilguard

I like all the Dragon Age games, but Veilguard may be a tied last place with DA2. I love the gameplay, but the story needs more meat.

DAO > DAI > DA2 = DATV

DAO
DAI
DA2

I'm still working through how I feel about DAVe. Overall I enjoyed it but it would go from being a bad game to a good game back to a bad game for me. At it's best it's better than Inquisition, but it's worse is as bad as my experience with DA2. For me, there's a distinct divide between the good game and the bad game. So I guess the good game is above DAI and the bad game is tied with DA2.

I for one believe that one day we might see a remake. Dead Space got a remake. It is not implausible for DAO to get one, even if it is done by a different studio under EA.

1. Origins, really the only truly amazing game of this franchise. Its one of the best RPGs of all time with a great gritty story (every major story arc is well done and has interesting choices & conflict), tons of RP especially with the origin stories (which were genius), terrific cast of characters, great worldbuilding. The combat is a bit slow especially now but that's the only flaw. Its a shame Bioware just ignored it when making the sequels

2. DA2, rushed to hell by EA but still has the more mature tone of Origins & some great characters and the Arishok & Mage vs Templar conflict are well done. But the copy & pasted levels, being restricted to one boring city and barely having any meaningful choices (no matter what Hawke fucks up) definitely it down.

3. DA:I, this is the game that changed the series tone not Veilguard. Suddenly there was no darkness in the world anymore, no hard choices and the villians became cartoony and easy to beat. The Inquisitor is the biggest power fantasy MC of the whole series, very unearned and you can barely be evil. The huge open world areas also sucked ass. It at least had some great characters like Solas, Cassandra, Dorian etc., good dialogue that doesn't sound like it came from 2024 US and most of the story missions apart from the horrific finale were still enjoyable. Still way overrated and should never have won GOTY

4. Veilguard, worst game overall. They had 10 years for this and wasted it. It has the worst dialogue of the series by far, most boring cast, shits all over lore & your choices from the previous games, it makes the setting completely disney (even more than DA:I) & dumbed down with no nuance/moral ambiguity. Everyone loves each other and is good. The other side is 100% evil. It doesn't feel like Dragon Age. Tevinter was unrecognizable from how it was established before for an example

Origins-best at the time. Best characters story etc. movement etc are great viciously dated for today’s standards. One 1️⃣ f the best endings in any video game I’ve ever played

Dragon age 2 -love my sarcastic mage hawke. Rough ending but u enjoyed the Cory dlc

Veilguard-I’m loving it since far. Blows inquisition out of the water in so many ways . My dwarf rook warden is as of act 1 of of my favorites in series. Can’t believe they didn’t tackle swimming but it is what it is. Little buggy but it’s early

Inquisition- combat is mostly horrible except for dragons. Dragons were easier to kill than bears etc. npcs are 1 closeup line and then you can’t even talk to them. Companions are great but not my favorites. Character creation was awful! Floating beards or hair!!some of the worst hair in a triple a studio. Trespasser and interesting dlc made the game fun but I’m never going back and I would for a remastered dao

I'll never touch a DAO remake.

As for silent protagonist, I can accept there are advantages and disadvantages to it, but to outright call it dated is simply wrong.

DAO - definitely number 1, followed by DAI, DAV, and finally DA2.
Origins was a great game that changed my gaming experience. No other DA game can match that. DAI delivered all I wanted and while I haven’t finished DAV yet I am thoroughly enjoying it. DAI was a good game with some great elements while I liked the game, I never loved the game.

I will have to return to this thread down the road, as I haven't played Veilguard yet. But I wanted to chime in anyway.

My ranking is currently in the form of release date. Origins is tied for my favorite game of all time, so it's first. Then Exodus for second rank, with Inquisition in third position.

I actually favor the companion roster in reverse. For the original trilogy, I found each cast of companions to have more that I favored as the series progressed. The only character I dislike in Inquisition is Sera, with me enjoying all the others to various degrees, and some being my favorites for the franchise. Inquisition also has my favorite soundtrack.

Running through my alternate world state right now, and the Inquisitor has moved up over Hawke as my second favorite protagonist. I feel like I have a better sense of who my canon and alternate Inquisitors are, and I am given more opportunities to continue to craft them as the story unfolds.

Not surprised to see DAO winning decisively. What is interesting to see is how DA2 is making a strong showing and giving DAI a run for it's money. Always thought it got too much flak back in the day.

it would have to be remade by a studio that respected what dao is lol