Looking for an RPG like Dragon Age: Origins

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Benpasko said:
ninja666 said:
It's a Star Wars game, isn't it? I hate Star Wars. Will I like this game regardless?
As a fellow Star Wars hater, kotor is amazing. Specifically Kotor 2, if you're a fan of obsidian and REALLY don't like Star Wars. You'll need the restoration patch for that game though (totally worth it). Both games play pretty much identically to DA:O, as well.

Also, NWN2 isn't tied to the first game, so go nuts. It's another really good one.

Also, I've seen Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines in this thread. That game is a classic and you're doing yourself a disservice if you haven't played it.
Yeah, one of the greatest things in KOTOR 2 was the way it took a piss on the Jedi and the whole idea of light side vs dark side, since to the galactic at large they look like two factions in the same religion. It's good for those who rolled their eyes at the calvinistic nature of the whole series.

That and the question it puts up on whether the force was even a good thing at all.
 

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ninja666 said:
Damn, isn't there a game that has both good combat and good story? Cause it looks like I have to sacrifice one to have the other, even in those cult D&D titles I've been missing out.
There is. You just have to be patient or at least give the titles a try before judging.

There was skeptics about Dragon Age Origins story and game at it's time. The Combat was clunky, strategic options were limited (in comparison to some of the games here) and the overarching story was weak (once again in comparison to some games here). These games aren't perfect either, but they have their charm. Try them, most of them are extremely cheap as well.
 

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ninja666 said:
BiggyShackleton said:
You could always wait for DA:Inquisition?
Why would I? It's a direct sequel to two previous games, out of which I can't stand playing the original, and there's no doubt that knowledge of the story will be needed, and since Dragon Age has a non-linear one, it means I'd have to complete both games to be able to enjoy Dragon Age: Inquisition.
You really won't need know the previous games for Inquisition. Dragon Age II can be played without knowing anything about Origins, and Inquisition looks like it's going to be the same way. You're not following the same sets of characters (although some companions pop up again, but Bioware knows that there will always be new players to a franchise and reintroduces them accordingly), you're a different person in each game and the events of each game don't interact all that much with each other except as what basically amounts as background lore. For Inquisition they're also releasing the Keep, which lets you customise the game to what you like. Pick and choose events, since they won't be carrying over save games like they did with II (which was absolutely useless anyways since all it did was give you minor dialogue changes and maybe a different side quest or two). You won't need to play the previous games at all.
 

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Frission said:
You just have to be patient or at least give the titles a try before judging.
Well, since the idea of a game demo has been forgotten since 2008, and I don't have tons of money laying around in my house, I'm not able to buy all of these just to try them out and I'm thrown back just on the people's opinion about the game and my personal tastes. I'm aware there is another way, but better not to discuss it here.

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solemnwar said:
Well, even if I won't need the previous games, there will still be an awareness of not playing the two previous games and missing out on something haunting me through the whole campaign (yea, I'm that kinda guy).
 

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Ok, i'm gonna say nwn2 is your best bet, DA:O was basically bioware doing a d&d game after they lost access to the licence (although nwn2 was obsidian, they're practically just biowares less famous little brother...).
The mechanics are very similar; both DA:O and NWN2 use a "turn-based" combat system that is simply hidden to look real-time (same as all the D&D games Iv'e played tbh), I've always thought nwn2's OC to be quite fun myself with some enjoyable characters and a reasonably interesting story, also the mask of the betrayer expansion is a direct sequel, story wise so i wouldn't recommend playing that before the OC.
It's really not all that hard and most of the confusing stats were simplified by this point, the class system also gives it a huge amount of replayability in order to try many different builds (with both expansions there are somewhere in the region of 12 base classes and 20+ Prestige classes), one of my all-time favourite games.

I do feel i need to point out that rogues are generally much weaker than in the DA games but this is offset somewhat by them being the only class capable of opening chests (without breaking the contents) and by far the most proficient at detecting and disarming traps.

TLDR; NWN2 is the closest RPG I have played to DA:O, interesting characters, fairly weak overall story with the odd interesting plot point and almost identical combat 'style'.