Warning! Warning! Spoilers for Mass Effect and Dragon Age (not many but they are there).
Okay, I've said that Dragon Age is kinda like a medieval version of Mass Effect. A lot of people said "Oh no, the games are nothing alike other than they were both made by BioWare." Well, sorry to break it to you, but they are more alike than people think.Here are my observations on how they are alike (Disclaimer: Them being alike isn't a bad thing, they are both great games and deserve to suck away hours of your life... you will enjoy... you will enjoy... as long as Action RPGs are your thing). I have only played through a bit of of Dragon Age so far but I'm on my 10th playthrough for Mass Effect (that doesn't include Mass Effect 2). Here we go:
1: The Main Characters join a special elite organization that wields incredible influence/powers as part of the main plot: Specters (Mass Effect), Grey Wardens (Dragon Age)
2: There is a big nasty evil that people don't completely believe is out there: Dragon (Dragon Age, at least at the point where I am in the game), Reapers (Mass Effect)
3: You can pursue a romance with one of your cohorts: I'm not going to bother listing who.
4: There is a place for you to speak with members of your party/crew: The Normandy (Mass Effect), The Campsite (Dragon Age)
5: Your choices carry over to future games: too many to list.
There are other similarities between the 2 that are more than just standard rpg stuff. Though Dragon Age has more RPG elements than Mass Effect. Combat in Dragon Age has a delay, making it like turns in combat, kind of annoying actually.
The games being similar isn't a bad thing, like I said before. But with these specific things in common, I consider Dragon Age to be Mass Effect Medieval... okay Mass Effect D&D
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