PC Games for 2009 We Should Be Aware Of

GameSpot’s Andrew Park has cranked out a list of PC games scheduled for release in 2009 that he thinks “you should be aware of”, and Dragon Age: Origins is among them.

This may or may not be news to you, but the developer we know as BioWare started off making hardcore nerd role-playing games for the PC, and a few years later, the studio created some obscure outer-space game about aliens nobody has ever heard of. Then, from what I can tell, it decided the key to success would be to make outer-space games that went further and further into outer space each time. In 2009, BioWare finally seems ready to return to its roots with Dragon Age: Origins, which will be a fantasy RPG, minus the Dungeons & Dragons license used for the Baldur’s Gate series, and minus the setting-free D20 ruleset used for Knights of the Old Republic. I first saw Dragon Age at the 2004 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) event and was excited by the prospect of BioWare returning to its fantasy RPG roots. Then about four years passed, and I saw the game again. Even though the developer seems to be putting a lot of emphasis on the new game’s story, I’m personally hoping for another Baldur’s Gate II-style hack-and-slash odyssey. Since it seems doubtful we’ll ever get another Baldur’s Gate game, I’m hoping Dragon Age: Origins ends up being the next best thing. (And yes, the game will eventually come to consoles as well, but it’s debuting first on the PC.)