Guest_C.C._*
I enjoyed ME story till the ending of 2 and early on in 3. Combat is alright and enjoy tech bursting. Overall, give it a 7/10.
Love DA:O overall but dislike the mass-effecation DA2 brought. Have yet to play DA:I but from what I've seen I already love it flaws and all. Overall, 8.5/10 discounting DA2 because it isn't to me a DA game. Between the two I prefer DA and have more time invested in DA:O than all three ME games.
What are your thoughts, BSN?
Guest_AugmentedAssassin_*
Mass Effect loyalist. 
I love both equally. ME for my sci-fi addiction and DA for my fantasy fix.
I enjoyed ME story till the ending of 2 and early on in 3. Overall, give it a 7/10
Love DA:O overall but dislike the mass-effecation DA2 brought.... discounting DA2 because it isn't to me a DA game.
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Agree with all the above (Also I consider the Shadow Broker the final boss of ME2)
My liking/dislike of them is relatively equal. I likehate them both equally.
Mass Effect, pre-ME3 anyway. DA:O didn't break new ground like ME did.
I would have to go with ME just because for all of it's flaws, I enjoyed all 3 games immensely. I like the DA universe, but I only have loved DA:O. DA2 was ok but I didn't enjoy it to the level I did DA:O. So for now I'll go with ME. That might change once I play DAI though 
Mass Effect was a cool new experience for me and ME2 went into another phase of coolness.
DA:O was great too, but it was like NWN 3 with a darker atmosphere.
ME2 was/is a guddamn masterpiece
The forum drama has undoubtedly been better than any Dragon Age or Mass Effect game.
Origins is my favourite of the lot, but I think a lot of that comes down to good timing. At the time, classical non-action RPGs were on the heavy decline outside of niche games like the Drakensang games or one man indie developers like Spideweb Studios.
The issue is that since Origins came out, there was probably a fundamental misunderstanding of what made Dragon Age successful (a modernisation of the classic RPG formula at the AAA level, in a market hungry for them). To my mind, there was this notion within the company that the writing and story of BioWare was the root cause for it's success, because BioWare's "always been good at stories". Which led to Dragon Age 2 and DA:I.
Now I'm not saying DA:I is disastrous or anything like that, but there seems to be an inordinate amount of pressure on BioWare's writing team to mask an otherwise disjointed and somewhat aimless experience. The series has kind of lost it's anchoring goal beyond continuation of the story, and DA:I looks rather like Guild Wars 2 with fancy cinematics and permanent companions.
I don't know. I mean, say what you will about Mass Effect, but the overarching design goal with regards to the player experience and the ways to accomplish that have always been set in one direction. Whereas Dragon Age is all over the place and doesn't know what kind of experience it wants to give to players, beyond snappy character dialog, sex jokes, and "the story". It all feels kind of aimless.
So even though I liked Origins the most by far, I'd have to side with Mass Effect. Even if you don't like how it turned out story-wise, you can't deny that the player experience became more refined and fine tuned in a way where you can see the progression between games.
For what it's worth, this isn't just a BioWare issue, it's something plaguing studios like Piranha Bytes too. 
I'm not really a fan of turned based style gameplay, that's the biggest reason why I prefer Mass Effect.
I'm not really a fan of turned based style gameplay, that's the biggest reason why I prefer Mass Effect.
Dragon Age isn't turn based. It takes different time for companions and enemies to strike, and there is no actual turn in it. You just can pause it and change your "tactics".
Either way its not my cup of tea.
Guest_Cthulhu42_*
I guess I'll go against the trend here and say Dragon Age. I lost most of my love for Mass Effect with the whole ME3 debacle.
I haven't gotten DA:I yet though, so if it turns out to be completely terrible or something I guess my vote could potentially flip back..
Origins. I loved ME1 and ME2, but ME3 was a big letdown. DAO was great, but DA2 and DAI were letdowns for me.
Guest_KnossosTNC_*
I'm pretty much over both, tbh. I fell in love with DA:O, then DA2 broke my heart. I found comfort in the arms of ME, had fun with ME2 and then ME3 broke my heart again.
Right now I'm semi-interested in following the release of DA:I here and elsewhere to see how things go, but there's no strong desire in me to buy it. It's pretty easy to stick with my original plan of probably buying it for the PS4 sometime in the future (I don't have a PS4 yet ^^) when all the DLCs are out.
I have seriously not a spark of interest in me for the new Mass Effect, so I guess I'll go with Dragon Age as the answer to this thread.
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