Mass Effect and Dragon Age, Same Universe?

I'm not sure if anyone has ever pointed this out or anything but after recently playing Mass Effect in anticipation for the sequels release, I notice that these miners would say " Thank the Maker ".
The Maker is something that gets mentioned fairly regularly in Dragon Age depending on who is in your party and such.
 
So do you think that both games exist in the same universe just in different times, I mean why not right?

Woah, really? I don't remember that. 
 
That's fucking awesome.

Maybe they're in different galaxies far, far away...

The maker is a fairly common term in Sci-Fi and Fantasy to refer to whatever than universe, or that character's, god-like entity is. But I doubt its the same universe since as far as I know Mass Effect is our universe in the future and Dragon Age is definately not our universe.

I dont know if its true or not. But if it means the possibility of space dragons I'm in, Space dragons would be awesome.

 Maker is another term for God. This is not a conspiracy, unless Mass Effect 2 has elves.

Get your religion outta this.

Mass Effect is set in our Milky Way Galaxy,  "the maker" is a politically correct way to address gods/goddess' of multicultural players.  At least that's the way i see it.

Was it only the Asari who say "Thank the Maker"?

No. They do not occur in the same world. 
 
The developers at BioWare are huge fans of Star Wars, so I think their usage of that line comes from the same line as said by C-3P0.

Please think about your threads before posting them. It will lessen the spam. Mass Effect is set in our galaxy. The Mass Relay blueprints were discovered on Mars. Dragon Age is definitely not on Earth, and has elves and dwarves and such.

" Mass Effect is set in our Milky Way Galaxy,  "the maker" is a politically correct way to address gods/goddess' of multicultural players.  At least that's the way i see it. "

"The maker is a fairly common term in Sci-Fi and Fantasy to refer to whatever than universe, or that character's, god-like entity is. But I doubt its the same universe since as far as I know Mass Effect is our universe in the future and Dragon Age is definately not our universe. "

Dragon Age is documentary, and the events occur in real time.

" I thought ME was set in 'our' universe, whereas Dragon Age is definitely not ours. "

Bioware is not shy when it comes to putting nods to one game of theirs in another. Granted, Mass Effect predates DAO, but even so.

" Was it only the Asari who say "Thank the Maker"? "

Dammit... I should have emailed the Bombcast so I could ask Casey Hudson when in the human timeline do we disprove all current religions, shifting our beliefs towards this Maker.

" I thought ME was set in 'our' universe, whereas Dragon Age is definitely not ours. "

d00d, c3p0 totaly says "thank the maker" in star wars so like that means star wars is the same univrse as mass effect and dragon age!!
 
Or maybe Bioware just put the phrase in ME and decided that Dragon Age should have an un-named deity which just so happened to use the same deity neutral term.

From what you guys are saying, it just looks like a small nod to their other series.

Wanna know something REALLY mindblowing? 
 
Bionic Commando and Resident Evil are the same universe. 
 
:O!!!

I was just thinking about how cool it would be to have a game start off like Dragon Age, then throw you into a Mass Effect world about half-way through. That would be a cool twist of fate in a hero's tale.

"I was just thinking about how cool it would be to have a game start off like Dragon Age, then throw you into a Mass Effect world about half-way through. That would be a cool twist of fate in a hero's tale. "

I noticed that when I briefly started playing Mass Effect again recently. It was kind of funny, but I wouldn't take that to mean they're in the same universe. Like has been pointed out, Maker is pretty much just another way to say God without actually saying God. Mass Effect is definitely a future us, considering you get to visit our solar system in the game. I don't think Bioware is the type of company to try and tie all of their franchises in to the same universe where it doesn't really matter or even make sense.

Mass Effect 3 and Dragon Age 2 will be the same game. 

Well that was a good conversation. 
It just came into my mind because in Mass Effect, they never go into much detail describing the humans history, I thought it could be possible. But after looking into the term 'maker' it is basically just another word for god which is unfortunate because it would be pretty awesome if they were somehow in the same universe.

Nah.

Descrption for the Blood Dragon armour in ME2 discredits anything that may point to them being in the same universe.
No mention of the Grey Wardens, but instead some kind of Combat Tournament. 

"Originally created for Earth's Urban Combat Championship, this set of armor has undergone as much or more field testing than those of modern militaries.  The chest and shoulder piece bears the logo of the Edmonton Blood Dragons, and the inside of the armor bears the signatures of the entire team."

" I don't think it's entirely impossible.  Warhammer and Warhammer 40K are in the same universe even though one is fantasy based with all the familiar trappings of that genre and the other is sci-fi, full of laser tanks and chainsaw machine guns."

Perhaps the third Dragon Age and Mass Effect games will be spun together into one massive 300 hour game called Massive Dragon Effect!

" Maybe they're in different galaxies far, far away... "

What if Mass Effect is the past and Dragon Age the future? Think about that for a while, eh... =P

" Was it only the Asari who say "Thank the Maker"? "

" @xyzygy said:

" Was it only the Asari who say "Thank the Maker"? "

Actually, I think it was the Goddess they worshipped. "

" @Icemael:   Back when I played the table-top games, it was implied that they were, but maybe changes have been made since then and for the video games.  Warhammer 40K was developed from Warhammer Fantasy Battle and there were many links between the two series.  However, I admit, I may have read more into those links than what is "canon".  That's always the problem with anything over time.  Story lines get too set in stone so that there is no room for imagination.  Confusion then permeates the whole franchise.  That's the problem with Star Wars these days.  What part of the "Extended Universe" can be called real and what isn't?   If I was wrong about Warhammer, and I probably am, I apologize.  And, before anyone corrects me further, I know the Azeroth pic was a joke from Blizzard."