User blog comment:Lancer1289/All Good Things Must Come to an End/@comment-1679409-20130227054348/@comment-1679409-20130227170309

"Did you have a problem with the graphics from DA1? Even though the game came out later than ME1 it seems like worse graphics. I'm finding it's preventing me from really getting into the storyline."

DA:O and ME used different engines for whatever reason. The Mass Effect series used Unreal 3 while the first Dragon Age used the Eclipse Engine. I really don't know why they did that. Is Unreal 3 unable to handle a game like Dragon Age: Origins? When BioWare switched to a new engine for Dragon Age II, they switched to the Lycium Engine. For whatever it's worth, both Dragon Age III and the untitled Mass Effect game are said to both be using the same engine: the Frostbite 2 Engine.