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Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition

Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition

BioWare · released Oct 25, 2010

RPGPCPlayStation 3Xbox 360

Explore a stunning world, make complex moral choices, and engage in bone-crushing combat against massive and terrifying creatures. The Ultimate Edition includes Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening and all nine content packs.

79
VGC Score
Stablehigh confidence
84%
At launch
86%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
92%
Player sentiment
85%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

What players say

Why the number is what it is: aspect mentions counted across 301 sampled Steam reviews (240 positive / 61 negative), recent and most-helpful. Plain keyword counting, fully reproducible; nothing here is written by a machine.

What positive reviews talk about

  • Story & writing33% mention it
  • Bugs & crashes23% mention it
  • Combat17% mention it
  • Visuals & art9% mention it
  • Controls & UI6% mention it

What negative reviews complain about

  • Bugs & crashes74% mention it
  • Story & writing16% mention it
  • Controls & UI15% mention it

Satisfaction by hours played

Same score, different games: see how sentiment holds up the longer people play.

Under 5h

42%

55 reviews

5-15h

79%

53 reviews

15-40h

86%

57 reviews

40-100h

94%

77 reviews

100h+

92%

59 reviews

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)0
All-time Steam reviews86%791000
Metacritic user ratings0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)85%7874
Calibration prior (typical game)7250

Scoring window: last 30 days (no significant patch detected) · 208 reviews sampled · 210 total reviews in window · weighted 145.5 up / 26.3 down · computed 1h ago · full methodology →

Patch history

No patch announcements found on Steam yet.