That’s why now, 12 years later, we’re telling the story of how Dragon Age: Origins was made from the perspective of the developers who made it. Related: Interview: Allegra Clark On Going From Dragon Age Livejournaler To Dragon Age Star Things would be boring and predictable and homogeneous to the point of purposelessness. Kings would be paragons and evil would be absolute. Elves would eat leaves and dwarves would eat rocks. Without Denerim and darkspawn - seemingly ordinary now, but only because of how successful their subversion was then - video game fantasy would look quite different.

It was in development before CD Projekt Red’s The Witcher, it launched two years prior to Game of Thrones airing on HBO, and it proved that not all fantasy had to be derivative of readily palatable “high fantasy” tropes. Whether you personally prefer Shattered Steel, Jade Empire, or Star Wars: The Old Republic is largely irrelevant - Dragon Age: Origins represents the most pivotal moment in BioWare’s storied history.Įven outside of BioWare’s wheelhouse, Origins changed the entertainment industry. Serving as the bridge from classics like Baldur’s Gate and NeverWinter Nights to flashier efforts like Mass Effect and Anthem, it took the sense and sensibilities of the widely lauded ‘old BioWare’ and reappropriated them for a modern iteration of an iconic studio. Dragon Age: Origins is the quintessential BioWare game.

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