EA Week on Steam kicks off with discounts on Dragon Age titles

by Griffin McElroy on May 2nd 2011 5:29PM

Every day this week, Steam's offering discounts on select EA titles and franchises. To kick things off, the retailer's knocked a number of bucks off the various installments of the Dragon Age franchise today, including Origins, Awakening and ... um, 2.

Dragon Age: Origins (PC) -- $14.99, down from $29.99
Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition (PC) -- $19.99, down from $39.99
Dragon Age: Origins Awakening (PC) -- $14.99, down from $29.99
Dragon Age 2 (PC) -- $44.99, down from $59.99

Source: Steam

Tags: bioware, Dragon-Age-2, Dragon-Age-Origins, dragon-age-origins-awakening, ea, pc, steam

Reader Comments (29)

For that price, I don't understand why somebody would ignore the Ultimate Edition in favour of Awakening or Origins.

@Mama Luigi
maybe they already have the original, and only need awakenings? You can't gift the one you already have, and buying only awakenings would be $5 cheaper. Or maybe someone doesn't care about paying $5 for awakenings. Don't ask me why this would be, because I have no answers. I'm just speculating.

Also, wtf, why is DA2 not mac-compatible? There's a mac version in stores..

@Mama Luigi
funny thing: in austria (and i guess every other € region) the ultimate edition costs the same as the original

That's still 25 bucks more than what I want to pay for da2

@shiftplusone

You, sir, are cheating yourself out of an excellent game.

@Temidien

Yeah, the dungeon is of excellent quality: I could go as far as to say that it's dungeon of the year.

@Raiki

+1 for the amount of joy that comment brought me

Well, I finally bit on Dragon Age Origins Ultimate Edition. I'll leave Dragon Age 2 alone until it reaches $10, likely.

I just don't like what I have been hearing and seeing from it. It should be capable in its own right but it's not what I'm looking for atm.

@Mmmmz
you realize that there's a demo, right? try it for yourself.

Is the graphics in this game way better than the console version, cause I was really disappointed on how the first DA looked on the consoles.

@KinseySS
From my understanding, the PC version of Dragon Age is totally different or very different from the console versions. The PC version is considered the best version whereas for DA2 they're all equal, for better and worse.

Plus, I know that Dragon Age has a big following for mods much like oblivion and fallout did. Though, not as substantial from what I've seen, it's still something.

@Mmmmz

PC version is still the best platform on all fronts for DA2.

@KinseySS Having played both versions, I didn't notice any significant difference.

@KinseySS The PC version is the best one in terms of graphics (smoother framerate, better textures), you're also gonna get a better inventory system, the tactical camera and mod support + you don't need a kickass PC to run the game.

@jmr1986

Well I broke in and bought it, downloading at home as we speak

@KinseySS Great!!! have fun, it's a legendary game.

Dragon Age 2 has been less than that since release on amazon direct download....

QUESTION:

Are they still giving Mass Effect 2 PC version away with DA2? I remember reading that somewhere, but I wasn't sure if it had expired or was a continuing thing...

@Wiizer

ANSWER:

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=dragon+age+2+free+mass+effect+2&l=1

@Wiizer That offer expired April 30th

@Floppypants

BLAST! I waited too long.

I mean, I've played Mass Effect 2 via PS3, but I still have my PC Mass Effect file I'd like to import and play.