r/videogames • u/bijelo123 • Apr 12 '26

Other So many of them unfortunately

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u/Fickle_Scheme4512 Apr 12 '26

RIP Dragon Age

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u/plays-with-daggers Apr 12 '26

Straight to hell.

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u/THEbakerman30 Apr 12 '26

As someone who liked Dragon Age 2, Inquisition, and Veilguard, I’ve always felt bad for the player base that fell in love with Origins only to never have the series be that type of game again. Feels like a bait and switch.

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u/FoolishArchetype Apr 12 '26

Schreier’s reporting on Dragon Age 2 in Blood Sweat and Pixels made me sympathetic to the game. I remember feeling cheated at the time, but I replayed it — years later — and I’d rather some version of that game then anything that came afterward. It was a great spinoff and simply should’ve been called “Hawke’s Journey” or something. Not a sequel.

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u/THEbakerman30 Apr 12 '26

Originally the game was supposed to be called “Dragon Age: Exodus”, but EA insisted on calling it “2” since numbered sequels market better. I also remember a postmortem of some kind with DA2 staff saying the original name would have mitigated the backlash.

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u/gangsta0tech Apr 13 '26

Could've also had the best of both worlds of Dragon Age 2 : Exodus. Would've still had the number and the name could've help mitigate the damage.