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    Dragon Age: Origins

    Game » consists of 20 releases. Released Nov 03, 2009

    Dragon Age: Origins is an epic fantasy role-playing game featuring a rich story, personality-driven characters, and tactical, bloody combat. It is considered a spiritual successor to the Baldur's Gate series.

    Which origins story is the most fun to play?

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    #1  Edited By Sadaiyappan

    Don't spoil anything.  I played through one of the origins stories (just the beginning I haven't finished the game yet) as a Darish Elf Rogue and it was alright.  Nothing spectacular.

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    #2  Edited By Captain_Insano

    I have only played through 3. I found the Mage one to be okay, the Human Noble to be pretty boring but the Dwarf Noble was a really enjoyable one. 
     
    The Dwarf Noble though was my first playthrough so that also helped my impressions but I just found the story to be pretty interesting as well as the ins and outs of dwarven culture.

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    #3  Edited By Atlas

    I've played through two - first time with Human Noble, second with City Elf. City Elf was way more dramatic, but Human Noble set up the story better.

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    #4  Edited By jimi

    Dwarf Commoner.
     
    YOU GET TO BE A GLADIATOR DUDE!

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    #5  Edited By Jayge_

    City Elf, followed by Dalish Elf.

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    #6  Edited By BC_

    I liked the dwarf commoner origin the best

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    #7  Edited By xyzygy

    Dwarf Noble was actually the only interesting part of the whole game to me. The rest of the story was so, so unoriginal and bland. The only thing that kept me going in that game were the characters.

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    #8  Edited By AndrewB

    Dwarf Commoner or Noble, I hear, is good.

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    #9  Edited By AltonBrown

    City Elf as a lady. Feels good to murder those human scum.

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    #10  Edited By JFetch

    Dwarf Noble is awesome storywise, as it takes twists and turns. It's full of political intrigue.

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    #11  Edited By whitewolf2435

    I played them all, and the only origins I didn't enjoy were the elf ones. The others are longer and seem to set up the story better.

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    #12  Edited By intoblivion

    Just started my Human Noble (How generic) am I lol and it seems a bit long winded to be honest.
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    #13  Edited By Rapture

    I played a Human noble and mage (elf)
    storywise i think the human one is kinda lame, you cant kinda tell

    is a cunt on first sight because of his looks, and the mage i is kinda more interesting as you see a loser 
    like
     
    in terms of gameplay the mage one is cooler because you can play around with a lot of spells but you fight lesser enemies than the human one.
     
    Overall i like the Mage one better because you'll learn a lot of the background of the circle of magi and what it is before the "incident".
     
    Sorry Saidaiyapan, i have to add some spoliers in.
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    #14  Edited By LiquidPrince

    I played Human Noble as female. It was pretty fun.

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    #15  Edited By mrjared

    I'd go with Dwarf Noble. You get to be a prince / princess, lots of political intrigue that ties into the main quest later on (much more so than other origins) and if you want, you get to steal a lot of glory and become a gladiator. It's definitely the most involved of the Origin stories. 
     
    Oh yeah, they also toss in a love story for good measure, too.

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    #16  Edited By BawlZINmotion

    I thought the City Elf origin story was pretty cool. It starts off rather slow, but it's total Braveheart. I also liked the Mage story, probably more so because it meshed well with the Erl of Redcliffe quest line.

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    Dwarf Commoner was the funnest and awesomest for me, human noble was OK, but i hated that you only got one choice. also Dwarf noble was kind of cool but not as much as commoner, and the elf ones felt too boring and easy, especially city elf, compare the stuff you have to do as human noble to city elf and you'll find city elf is super easy.

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    #18  Edited By threeve

    My first playthrough was as dwarf noble and I thought it was great.  The provings are pretty cool (and easy, but that wasn't really a bad thing).  Indeed though, I was very eager to get back to Orzammar and see how I was received and

     
    Since I finished I went back and played the human noble origin which I thought was great - shorter than the dwarf one I think, but I got some laughs from the giant rats in the kitchen and while it started a bit slow it turned into a very tragic and fairly exciting tale.
     
    The mage origin I also played after finishing the human one, and of those 3 it was the worst to me.  It might be better on a first playthrough, but I still don't think it would be as good as the others.
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    #19  Edited By veiledmuffin

    I haven't played either of the elf ones, but out of the other 4, easily the dwarf noble.

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    #20  Edited By FunExplosions
    @Sadaiyappan:
    City Elf and Dwarf Noble are the most dramatic and engaging experiences. That being said, none of them add a whole lot to the overall experience. It's a shame that the human's get such a lame one.
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    I thought they were all pretty spectacular, except for the Dalish elf one which I found kinda blah. 
     
    Personally, I enjoyed the Dwarf Noble origin and being a royal prick to anyone who approached me... plus... your dwarf companion (the name escapes at the moment - Gorin, I think...) is pretty cool.

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    #22  Edited By metal_mills
    @Jimi said:
    " Dwarf Commoner.  YOU GET TO BE A GLADIATOR DUDE! "
    There is also a mind blowing moment that you'll only understand if you've played through once before. It was a mirror universe moment.
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    #23  Edited By SteamPunkJin

    I've done them all (and not really much else - but I digress) I think they go in the following order:
    City Elf  - most catalyzing events
    Mage - since magic is 'hot' issue in the game it's interesting to get more of the mage perspective
    Dwarf Noble - great side kick and decent set up (also crosses over slightly w/ the Commoner story - but you'd have to play it 1st to get the reference)
    Dwarf Commoner - pretty straight forward but fun enough (see above - maybe you could make the connection playing this second - but you'd have to remember some names)
    Human Noble - predictable but solid - no major complaints but nothing to praise either
    Dalish Elf - BORING. That is all.

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    i liked the city elf origin the most.

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