Dragon Age: Origins is a role-playing game developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts. The player is a Grey Warden, part of an order of elite fighters, whose task is to defeat the Archdemon and save the world from a disastrous event called the Blight. Players create their own Grey Warden character, customising gender and appearance as well as choosing a race and class. The available classes are warriors, who perform strong physical attacks; rogues, who carry out stealth attacks and steal items from other characters; and mages, who cast spells on enemies, create combo spells, and support other party members. The three choices of race are human, elf, and dwarf. The combination of class and race determines which of six different origin stories the player experiences: Dalish Elf, Dwarf Commoner, City Elf, Mage, Human Noble, or Dwarf Noble. This affects the way other in-game characters perceive the player’s character; for instance, a Dwarven Commoner would receive hatred and discrimination from other dwarves. However, all classes follow the same plot after the completion of the origin story.

Dragon Age: Origins System Requirements

Minimum:

• OS: Windows XP (SP3) or Windows Vista (SP1) or Windows 7
• Processor: Intel Core 2 Single 1.6 Ghz Processor (or equivalent) or AMD 64 2.0 GHz Processor (or equivalent)
• RAM: 1GB (1.5 GB Vista and Windows 7)
• Graphics: ATI Radeon X850 256MB or NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT 128MB or greater (Windows Vista: Radeon X1550 256 MB or NVidia GeForce 7600GT 256MB)
• Storage: 20 GB HD space

Recommended:

• OS: Windows XP (SP3) or Windows Vista (SP1) or Windows 7
• Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 Ghz or AMD Phenom II X2 Dual-Core 2.7 Ghz Processor or equivalent
• RAM: 2 GB (3GB Vista and Windows 7)
• Graphics: ATI 3850 512 MB or NVidia 8800GTS 512MB or greater
• Storage: 20 GB HD space