I really wish I played Dragon Age when I was younger, because it easily could have been one of my favorite series.
I only recently played Dragon Age Origins this year, and I absolutely LOVED it. I haven't had the feeling of being addicted to a game and finishing it in such a long time; it gave me such a nice, comforting feeling of nostalgia. As soon as I finished, I loaded back and chose a different race and gender, ready to play through the entire experience again. I didn't end up finishing the playthrough a second time because I was procrastinating on other things, but literally typing right now is making me want to go load up that save file and finish my playthrough. And tbh, since I'm on PTO for christmas I might do just that!
Dragon Age 2 just didn't do it for me, imo; however, I really do like and care about the story of Dragon Age so I watched a good synopsis of what occurred and that was enough for me. I haven't finished Inquisition yet. In my mind, the game is OK. Nothing is as great as DAO was. That was literally life-changing for me as a gamer.