Dragon Age: Origins

1001 Video Games

Dragon Age: Origins appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

DLC

The standard edition includes one-time use codes for The Stone Prisoner downloadable content (adding a quest for a new party member), as well as a code for Blood Dragon armor - which unlocks for both Dragon Age: Origins and Mass Effect 2 (as a futuristic version).

References

• One of the loading screens in the game features the following sentence: "If all else fails, go for the eyes". This is a wink to the fans of Bioware's own Baldur's Gate 2. A character from that game, Minsk, urged his hamster companion Boo into battle with the same utterance.
• During the game the player can stumble across hints which lead him to an optional and powerful foe: Gaxkang. This is a reference to Bioware's Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn in which the player could fight the Demi-Lich Kangaxx who brought headaches to a multitude of players because of his sheer difficulty.
• During the random encounter "The Crater", the party of adventurers meets an old couple standing at the edge of a crater, freshly carved by a meteorite. The man says: "How could a boy survive that? The crater is still smoking. It's a boy--five fingers, five toes, that's all that matters to me. The Maker has answered our prayers. Let's go home, Martha, and raise the tyke as our own." This is a reference to Superman.

References to the Game

Dragon Age: Origins was parodied in an episode of "Die Redaktion" (The Editorial Team), a monthly comedy video produced by the German gaming magazine GameStar. It was published on the DVD of issue 04/2010.

Sales

On February 8, 2010, EA announced the game has sold over 3.2 million units worldwide.

Awards

• 1UP
  • 2009 - Best PC Game (Readers' Choice
  • 2009 - Best RPG (Editors' Choice)
  • 2009 - Best RPG (Readers' Choice)
  • 2009 - "Great Start" Award for Best New Series
• 4Players
  • 2009 – #2 Best Game of the Year
  • 2009 – #2 Best Game of the Year (Readers' Vote)
  • 2009 – Best PC Game of the Year
  • 2009 – Best Role-Playing Game of the Year
  • 2009 – Best Story of the Year
  • 2009 – #2 Best Localisation of the Year
  • 2009 – #4 Best Trailer of the Year
• AceGamez
  • 2009 - PC Game of the Year
  • 2009 - Best RPG
• Cheat Code Central
  • 2009 - PC Game of the Year
  • 2009 - Best RPG
• Game Informer
  • 2009 - Best PC Game (Editors' Choice)
  • 2009 - Best PC Game (Readers' Choice)
  • 2009 - Best Role-Playing (Editors' Choice)
  • 2009 - Best Role-Playing (Readers' Choice)
• GamePro (Germany)
  • February 5, 2010 - Best Console Game in 2009 (Readers' Choice)
• GameShark
  • 2009 - Game of the Year
  • 2009 - PC Game of the Year
  • 2009 - Worst Use of Blood
• Gamespot
  • 2009 - Best PC Game (Editors' Choice)
  • 2009 - Best PC Game (Readers' Choice)
  • 2009 - Best Role-Playing Game (Readers' Choice)
  • 2009 - Best Story (Readers' Choice)
  • 2009 - Best Original IP (Intellectual Propery) (Readers' Choice)
  • 2009 - Best Writing & Dialogue (Readers' Choice)
• GameSpy
  • 2009 - Multiplatform Gamers' Choice Award
  • 2009 - The So Much Blood Award
  • 2009 - The Unlock Your Creativity Award
  • 2012 – #4 Top PC Gaming Intro
• GameStar (Germany)
  • February 5, 2009 - Best PC Game in 2009
  • February 5, 2009 - Best PC RPG in 2009
• GameZone
  • 2009 - Game of the Year
  • 2009 - PC Game of the Year
• IGN
  • 2009 - PC Game of the Year (Editors' Choice)
  • 2009 - PC Game of the Year (Readers' Choice)
  • 2009 - Overall Best Role-Playing Game (Editors' Choice)
  • 2009 - Overall Best Role-Playing Game (Readers' Choice)
  • 2009 - Best Xbox 360 Role-Playing Game (Editors' Choice)
  • 2009 - Best Xbox 360 Role-Playing Game (Readers' Choice)
  • 2009 - Best PC Role-Playing Game (Editors' Choice)
  • 2009 - Best PC Role-Playing Game (Readers' Choice)
  • 2009 - Best PC Story (Editors' Choice)
  • 2009 - Best PC Story (Readers' Choice)
• Spike TV
  • 2009 - Best PC Game
  • 2009 - Best RPG
• Yahoo
  • 2009 - Best Role-Playing Game of the Year

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