Dragon Age PS5 Remaster Collection Is Unlikely, But 'Never Say Never'
Game engine issues get in the way
by Liam Croft · Push SquareThe Mass Effect Legendary Legendary Edition is right up there with Valve's The Orange Box as one of the best deals in gaming, and if BioWare were to ever give its Dragon Age RPG series the same treatment, it would join them. There have been some calls for such a remastered collection of Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, and Dragon Age Inquisition to become a reality as The Veilguard comes to market, but it's never materialised.
That's not because BioWare doesn't want to do it, but because the different engines the three games were created using present a significant issue when trying to bundle them under one roof. As revealed in a new Rolling Stone interview, The Veilguard's creative director John Epler "would love" to see a remastered Dragon Age collection for the modern era, but giving the three entries that treatment "would be challenging as they were originally designed using EA’s proprietary game engines".
Dragon Age: Origins and its Awakening expansion were made using the Eclipse Engine, and then Dragon Age 2 used an updated version of it called Lycium Engine. For Dragon Age Inquisition, BioWare switched to Frostbite. Compared to the original Mass Effect trilogy, which were all developed using the Unreal Engine, bringing the first three Dragon Age RPGs together into a single application and having them work together represents a far tougher task.
Of course, Dragon Age: Inquisition is easily accessible thanks to its PS4 version, but Origins and the second game are stuck on PS3 for PlayStation players. Neither of them is on PS Plus Premium for streaming purposes as well, to make accessing them that bit more difficult.
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John Epler added: "I think I’m one of about maybe 20 people left at BioWare who’s actually used Eclipse. It’s something that’s not going to be as easy as Mass Effect, but we do love the original games. Never say never, I guess that’s what it comes down to."
Do you hope BioWare one day puts together a Dragon Age remastered collection? Let us know in the comments below.
[source rollingstone.com]
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- Toilet_Goat
- 6:01pm
I have an easy solution. Just remaster Dragon Age: Origins. It's been in PS3 jail for way too long
I can see how that could be a bit of a technical nightmare. Perhaps the solution would be to kinda do what Konami did with Metal Gear and just make them all seperate applications? That way they don't technically have to be under one application like Mass Effect was.
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- TheFakulty
- 6:09pm
Just remastered 1 and 2 if these are iterations. 3 is available through back compatability
I'm still waiting for that Hogs of War Remaster.
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- theSpectre
- 6:22pm
Dragon's Age Origins desperately needs a remaster. The game is borderline archaic on PS3.
I have fond memories of playing the first game and would love to revisit it - I have kept my ps3 discs and all! It really should be let out of that prison
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- JohntheRaptor
- 6:38pm
Remaster Origins ultimate edition with none of that modern audience nonsense. Just a 1:1 with performance improvements.
Imagine an Origins remake exactly as it was just a fresh lick of paint. I’m currently playing Veilguard and I must say it’s brilliant
Only one worth a F is Origins anyway.
@Korgon I think it's more a question of the amount of work "converting" them to another engine in the first place or making the engine work on newer platforms. For example Capcom still use MT Framework for "collections" and that doesn't work on Series or PS5 natively.
Whereas the MGS collection are all emulators.
@species I can’t have that, Inquisition was tremendous
Origins > vail guard, remaster that game EA and you'll make money, simples
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- Keyblade-Dan
- 6:58pm
Of course they don't want to can't go reminding people of when this series was actually good
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- Jtheripper
- 7:03pm
Doesnt fit the current agendas, dont you know.
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- ApostateMage
- 7:03pm
I replayed Origins recently and although it hasn't aged well looks wise, it's still a great game.The fade section in the mage tower is an absolute slog to get through, though.
@Mikey856 Hmm I have to say i didnt really give it a fair shot.
I didnt really like the mmo-like quests and busy work, and if i remember correctly Witcher 3 came out soon after.
and yet all Dragon age games available to play on xbox series consoles
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- RagnarLothbrok
- 7:15pm
Well the current developers at Bioware probably hate the game so no surprise there. Thats origins and 2 are the only ones of interest
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- Cloud39472
- 7:40pm
Couldn't you just remaster one at a time? If them being under one roof is the only problem of course.
Maybe I might pick up Origins on Steam. Yeah I can see why it's a technical challenge.
Yeah with 20 or so employees left from Bioware when they made the older titles. That speaks what Bioware has become today it's a shadow of it's former self.
No need, Canary is doing a great job letting me play it in 4k on my pc in all its uncensored glory.
I would certainly buy that over whatever the hell Veilguard is.
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- FuriousMachine
- 6m ago
@Fishnpeas Canary?
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