# BG3 Owes Everything to One Underrated 2009 BioWare RPG

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/bg3-owes-everything-to-one-underrated-2009-bioware-rpg/
- Published: 2026-10-28T19:30:18+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-28T20:21:57+00:00
- Original publisher: Polygon
- Original article: https://www.polygon.com/dragon-age-origins-baldurs-gate-3-underrated/
- Topics: Entertainment, Gaming

## Key points

- *Dragon Age: Origins* helped shape ideas seen in *Baldur’s Gate 3*.
- Its companions, conversations and romances are central to its appeal.
- The 2009 game takes about 50 hours and shows its age.

## Summary

The article argues that *Dragon Age: Origins*, BioWare’s 2009 role-playing game, deserves more attention from fans of *Baldur’s Gate 3*. It says the older game helped establish ideas that make BG3 compelling, especially getting to know a close-knit, complicated group of companions.

Players choose a character background that shapes their experience of Ferelden and how non-player characters respond. The article highlights companion conversations, approval and romance, comparing Zevran’s flirtatious rogue to Astarion; it also notes that the roughly 50-hour game has dated graphics and glitches.

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