I'm almost finishing Dragon Age Origins, lacking only to play some DLCs, but I can say that is a perfect game for anyone who likes a good fantasy RPG, with the presence of dragons, epic quests, spells and knights in armor.
The history is rich and complex and your choices will lead to different endings. Now that I played all the six origin stories (according to which race and class you choose, the game has a different beggining), I can realize the care that the producers had to the history, because everything is interlaced.
One of the things that I liked most is the personality of the characters. There is a templar who likes to joke all the