Over the past several days, RPG fans have been talking about a potential modern-day revisit to Thedas. The main reason for this speculation about a remake of Dragon Age: Origins is an errant post on 4chan, which eventually found its way to several other platforms like Reddit and, then, the entire internet.
According to the anonymous leaker, the remake, Dragon Age: Reorigins, is currently in the early stages of development. The same source adds that it will be similar to a recent Electronic Arts remake, Dead Space, focusing on enhancing the gameplay without altering much of the story, save maybe for emphasizing branching paths based on player choices - a hallmaker of a BioWare RPG.
While there's plenty of reasons to celebrate the potential re-release of the beloved 2009 RPG, if the source is correct, exercising a high degree of skepticism surrounding it is a must. After all, the post comes from 4chan. Not to mention, the financial expectations mentioned seem unrealistic for a relatively niche title like Dragon Age.
If you check out the post, it claims that EA needs Dragon Age: Dreadwolf to sell "dozens of millions" of copies and impress gaming audiences. The latter isn't too difficult. For all its criticism, Dragon Age: Inquisition still won GOTY at The Game Awards in 2014 and was largely praised by critics and even audiences, and it still sold less than 10 million copies.
