Dragon Age Orgins > Oblivion ???

I picked up AC2 and Dragon Age Origins a couple days back, and I have to say that this is the true 10th century medieval game I have been waiting for since Morrowind. I was greatly disappointed by ES: IV Oblivion, mainly because it was boring as hell and way too open ended for my taste. Now DAO is out and I'm having a blast, I just wanted to find out is this the best Sword and Shield RPG this gen or is Oblivion still the best ?

Agreed, Dragon Age is superb!

DAO is like a bastard child of Oblivion.

Both games are great. Oblivion had the open map. DA: O has great story/cutscenes. I went with Oblvion but it's a matter of preference as usual.

Oblivion is like... Dragon Age but with a story that's executed worse. Dragon Age is noticeably better in pretty much everyway imo. The only leg up I can give Oblivion is the open world environment.

Dragon Age > Two Worlds >>Oblivion

Is it wrong to say I liked Two Worlds? Overall I enjoyed Oblivion more than DA:O but it's still a great game.NightmareCV

No. It's a great game. Highly underrated and underapprieciated.

DAO and Oblivion are way too different to be in comparisonhillelslovak

for me its Dragon Age origins.... oblivion IV is very boring for me dragon age satisfy my needS. Graphic,char costumization, story line

Dragon Age > Two Worlds >>Oblivion

Phoenix534

DAO and Oblivion are way too different to be in comparisonhillelslovak

[QUOTE="hillelslovak"]DAO and Oblivion are way too different to be in comparisonDaveyBoy123

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Dragon Age > Two Worlds >>Oblivion

craigalan23

Agreed. Bethesda games usually aren't any good without the modding community(which seems to be better than the actual developers)

[QUOTE="DaveyBoy123"][QUOTE="hillelslovak"]DAO and Oblivion are way too different to be in comparisonDranzarTypeF

Erm...Wha? That doesn't even make sense. Asking which is the better medieval RPG is demanding comparisons. :roll:

[QUOTE="DaveyBoy123"][QUOTE="hillelslovak"]DAO and Oblivion are way too different to be in comparisonDranzarTypeF

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[QUOTE="DaveyBoy123"] agree'dMadVybz

Erm...Wha? That doesn't even make sense. Asking which is the better medieval RPG is demanding comparisons. :roll:

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[QUOTE="DranzarTypeF"]We're not comparing games here man lol, WHICH IS THE BETTER MEDIEVAL RPG ? of course you can't compare them... DA: O is better in every way possible.

DranzarTypeF

Erm...Wha? That doesn't even make sense. Asking which is the better medieval RPG is demanding comparisons. :roll:

Dragon Age isn't medieval. It's high fantasy.

DAO easy

I wasn't interested in either at all, but played Oblivion a lot later than it came out and was highly disappointed despite the great reviews. I played Dragon Age at a friend's house and fell in love, went and got it myself. I say Dragon Age by far.

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[QUOTE="DranzarTypeF"]We're not comparing games here man lol, WHICH IS THE BETTER MEDIEVAL RPG ? of course you can't compare them... DA: O is better in every way possible.

DranzarTypeF

Erm...Wha? That doesn't even make sense. Asking which is the better medieval RPG is demanding comparisons. :roll:

God I hated Oblivion, but my brother loves it. Haven't played Two Worlds, but DA:O is amazing. So yeah, I'm going with Two Worlds.

Oblivion. I love it. DA:O is fantastic too, I haven't played the Xbox version though.

I'm getting mixed signals here.

Some people are saying that DA:O is as good/better than Oblivion. Thats a HUGE compliment. Oblivion is one of the greatest games of this generation, hands-down.

But others are saying its very 'different', which would make any comparisons null and void.

Dragon Age is the best rpg ive played in years and years.

I think its definatly better then Oblivion to be honest.

Better story, better gameplay, characters that you care more about and better voice acting.

I love the elderscrolls games but Oblivion definatly had some issues and I enjoyed Morrowind and Daggerfall a little more.
Still two good games though! Just Dragon Age I enjoyed more!

I'm getting mixed signals here.

Some people are saying that DA:O is as good/better than Oblivion. Thats a HUGE compliment. Oblivion is one of the greatest games of this generation, hands-down.

But others are saying its very 'different', which would make any comparisons null and void.

seankane

They are both very good games, but they are DIFFERNT. The two games are not exactly the same I think thats what people are trying to say.

The main difference to me is as follows =

1. Far better story in Dragon Age

2. More exploration in Oblivion

3. THE MAIN DIFFERNCE = The Combat..... Oblivion = Real Time fighting with not alot of depth Dragon Age = A mix between Turn Based and Real time strategic combat (You can pause the combat when u want and you have a party of members and not just one person).

Two great rpgs, but each rpg does DIFFERNT things better then the other (Dragon Age = better story, better characters, better voice acting... while Oblivion = better exploration and more freedom).

You have more places to explore,options and missioning around to do in Oblivion, while Dragon Ages world feels more alive, better story and you actually care about the characters as they seem more real/meaningful

All in my honest opinion of course, hope that helps bud.

They are both very good games, but they are DIFFERNT. The two games are not exactly the same I think thats what people are trying to say.

The main difference to me is as follows =

1. Far better story in Dragon Age

2. More exploration in Oblivion

3. THE MAIN DIFFERNCE = The Combat..... Oblivion = Real Time fighting with not alot of depth Dragon Age = A mix between Turn Based and Real time strategic combat (You can pause the combat when u want and you have a party of members and not just one person).

Two great rpgs, but each rpg does DIFFERNT things better then the other (Dragon Age = better story, better characters, better voice acting... while Oblivion = better exploration and more freedom).

You have more places to explore,options and missioning around to do in Oblivion, while Dragon Ages world feels more alive, better story and you actually care about the characters as they seem more real/meaningful

All in my honest opinion of course, hope that helps bud.

kozzy1234

That does, thanks.

Personally, even as a big RPG fan, I've never been super-interested in a 'great' story. There's very few 'great stories' in video games compared to books and movies and whatnot. I'm more interested in replay value, lots of sidequests, exploration, atmosphere, and most importantly, addictive leveling and looting.

Seems to me that DA:O has at least some of these elements in spades, and while the 'great story' isn't gonna get me rushing to the stores to buy it, the other elements do sound pretty good. Not sure if I'll enjoy it more than Oblivion, but I think I might have to give this one a try(whenever I get time between MW2 and Forza 3.....).

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They are both very good games, but they are DIFFERNT. The two games are not exactly the same I think thats what people are trying to say.

The main difference to me is as follows =

1. Far better story in Dragon Age

2. More exploration in Oblivion

3. THE MAIN DIFFERNCE = The Combat..... Oblivion = Real Time fighting with not alot of depth Dragon Age = A mix between Turn Based and Real time strategic combat (You can pause the combat when u want and you have a party of members and not just one person).

Two great rpgs, but each rpg does DIFFERNT things better then the other (Dragon Age = better story, better characters, better voice acting... while Oblivion = better exploration and more freedom).

You have more places to explore,options and missioning around to do in Oblivion, while Dragon Ages world feels more alive, better story and you actually care about the characters as they seem more real/meaningful

All in my honest opinion of course, hope that helps bud.

seankane

That does, thanks.

Personally, even as a big RPG fan, I've never been super-interested in a 'great' story. There's very few 'great stories' in video games compared to books and movies and whatnot. I'm more interested in replay value, lots of sidequests, exploration, atmosphere, and most importantly, addictive leveling and looting.

Seems to me that DA:O has at least some of these elements in spades, and while the 'great story' isn't gonna get me rushing to the stores to buy it, the other elements do sound pretty good. Not sure if I'll enjoy it more than Oblivion, but I think I might have to give this one a try(whenever I get time between MW2 and Forza 3.....).

I agree 100% about videogames usually not having that great of storys. But with Dragon Age, we get one of the best storys ever in a videogames imo. I honestly was blown away by how well the story was told and what not, I usually only witness storys this well done in Foreign movies or books as you said above. Highly reccomended bud. There are tons of sidequests, addicting/strategic gameplay, fantastic story, characters that you really care about and great leveling up, along with tons of great loot to get on the way(which you said you enjoy in a rpg).

And since you said you are enjoyign Forza3 and Modern Warfare2 (two games that im enjoying alot myself), makes me want to say GET IT even more now hehe. As Forza3 and Dragon Age are my personal Games Of The Year (With Modern Warfare2 being Multiplayer of the year for me).

Havin had each of them on release day i say all 3 are great games.. TW has its flaws but still great adventure/rpg although i never stuck around for patched multiplayer had a lvl 50+ necro and beat it, Oblivion is prob the fan favorite and if you can get into it you'll love it had lvl 30+ mage, assassin/archer, tank. On DA:O i have had lvl 18+ Assassin lvl 18+ Mage and 14 Tank atm its great just having so many rpg elements, equip and pretty great story line, Dragon fights are epic and with some good difficulty adjustments the game can be quite hard ha, when you adjust difficulty its just harder to kill everything.

My fav DA:O although Oblivion was prob one of the greatest

It is and should be without question that Oblivion is so far the best medieval-style rpg ever made as nothing comes close. So I hope that there is another game like The Elder Scrolls 5 soon that has the exact type/style of gameplay.

Never played Oblivion so Dragon Age wins :P

It is and should be without question that Oblivion is so far the best medieval-style rpg ever made as nothing comes close. So I hope that there is another game like The Elder Scrolls 5 soon that has the exact type/style of gameplay.

ghstbstr

In your opinion of course :P

In my opinion, to me Morrowind and Daggerfall are better games in the Elderscroll series. I still enjoyed Oblivion alot though, just had more fun with the previous ones in the series.

I agree 100% about videogames usually not having that great of storys. But with Dragon Age, we get one of the best storys ever in a videogames imo. I honestly was blown away by how well the story was told and what not, I usually only witness storys this well done in Foreign movies or books as you said above. Highly reccomended bud. There are tons of sidequests, addicting/strategic gameplay, fantastic story, characters that you really care about and great leveling up, along with tons of great loot to get on the way(which you said you enjoy in a rpg).

And since you said you are enjoyign Forza3 and Modern Warfare2 (two games that im enjoying alot myself), makes me want to say GET IT even more now hehe. As Forza3 and Dragon Age are my personal Games Of The Year (With Modern Warfare2 being Multiplayer of the year for me).

kozzy1234

Convinced!

Will be my next purchase for sure. :D

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It is and should be without question that Oblivion is so far the best medieval-style rpg ever made as nothing comes close. So I hope that there is another game like The Elder Scrolls 5 soon that has the exact type/style of gameplay.

kozzy1234

In your opinion of course :P

In my opinion, to me Morrowind and Daggerfall are better games in the Elderscroll series. I still enjoyed Oblivion alot though, just had more fun with the previous ones in the series.

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[QUOTE="ghstbstr"]

It is and should be without question that Oblivion is so far the best medieval-style rpg ever made as nothing comes close. So I hope that there is another game like The Elder Scrolls 5 soon that has the exact type/style of gameplay.

craigalan23

In your opinion of course :P

In my opinion, to me Morrowind and Daggerfall are better games in the Elderscroll series. I still enjoyed Oblivion alot though, just had more fun with the previous ones in the series.

Yeah... light is too weak and heavy is too heavy... ya know?

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[QUOTE="kozzy1234"]

In your opinion of course :P

In my opinion, to me Morrowind and Daggerfall are better games in the Elderscroll series. I still enjoyed Oblivion alot though, just had more fun with the previous ones in the series.

RobboElRobbo

Yeah... light is too weak and heavy is too heavy... ya know?

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[QUOTE="ghstbstr"]

It is and should be without question that Oblivion is so far the best medieval-style rpg ever made as nothing comes close. So I hope that there is another game like The Elder Scrolls 5 soon that has the exact type/style of gameplay.

craigalan23

In your opinion of course :P

In my opinion, to me Morrowind and Daggerfall are better games in the Elderscroll series. I still enjoyed Oblivion alot though, just had more fun with the previous ones in the series.