Biggest Decisions Players Have to Make in the Dragon Age Franchise
Expansive RPGs like BioWare's Dragon Age series have vast amounts of lore to help flesh out their gameplay experiences, and how players interact with this layered world has a real impact on the games. Who gamers choose to befriend, romance, support, betray — all of these choices help to shape the world of Thedas and the characters who call it home. The decisions can be so important in Dragon Age that BioWare even introduced a browser-based program called Dragon Age Keep so that players could ensure their choices from Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age 2 were carried over into Dragon Age: Inquisition despite the change in platform.
Even the most seemingly harmless actions can have lasting consequences across the series, but this level of responsibility on the player just adds to Dragon Age's authentic worldbuilding. Choices can feel weighty and important, deaths meaningful, and triumphs all the sweeter. That being said, it's not always enjoyable for players to have to make difficult decisions, especially when the route to get the «best» ending is not always clear. Across the Dragon Age series so far, there have been plenty of choices both inconsequential and important, but there are a few that stand out as some of the biggest and most impactful.
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One of the ways in which players can help to shape the world of Thedas in a profound way is by influencing the choice of leaders of various regions and factions. From Dragon Age: Origins to Dragon Age: Inquisition, the player character rises through the ranks to become an important figure; whether it's the Hero of Ferelden, Champion of Kirkwall, or the Inquisitor.
In Dragon Age: Origins, the choices of the player throughout the game
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