Sorry, David. You say something like that, I’m gonna put it in a headline.
«If we’re on a kick re-mastering games from the aughts,» David Gaider, lead writer of all three Dragon Age games, mused on Twitter (opens in new tab), «what about Dragon Age Origins? Its graphics were behind the curve even at the time of release… can you imagine it with brand new PS5-era bells and whistles? ????»
We’ll forgive the PS5 mention to treat this question with the seriousness it deserves. Following the well-received remake of 2008’s Dead Space, and with remakes of 2003’s Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, 2005’s Resident Evil 4, and 2007’s first Witcher game all on the way, it sure does seem to be the period’s time. Though Gaider suggested a remaster rather than a remake, there’s a fine line between the two, as another former BioWare staffer, Mark Darrah, explained (opens in new tab).
Dragon Age: Origins would be a fine candidate for either. While the 2009 RPG runs on modern PCs it doesn’t do so without issue, and a version where the text isn’t too small to read at high resolutions would be a blessing. It could benefit from plenty of quality-of-life improvements too, like a toggle for hiding party members’ helmets and an option to have the dog as a companion without having to leave someone else behind to do so.
