Review Dragon Age: Witch Hunt Impressions

[VentilatorOfDoom]

Tags: BioWare; Dragon Age

<p>RPGWatcher Dhruin played through the latest Dragon Age BioDLC and <a href="http://www.rpgwatch.com/show/article?articleid=160&amp;ref=0&amp;id=79" target="_blank">shares his impressions</a>.</p>
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<p>The mage Finn soon joins the party, alongside some careless dialogue (Finn remarks on the search for Morrigan, something no one has actually revealed at that point).&nbsp; Two new locations follow - a new Dwarven Thaig and some Elven ruins - with a linear path through both and a series of throwaway encounters with shrieks, standard darkspawn and the like.&nbsp; Having imported my <em>Awakening</em> character (it didn't seem to make sense to "go back in time" and choose an older character), the combat is hack'n'slash -like.&nbsp; At no point did I really have to think beyond clicking on an enemy...and then the next.&nbsp; Even the big, new monster - the impressive looking varterral - required no more than randomly clicking some of my rogue's special abilities without any real tactics.</p>
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<p>To be fair, some of the problems aren't really the fault of <em>this</em> content but come from the DLC implementation.&nbsp; There's no real reason to care about loot or levelling, for example, because you'll (probably) never to get to use them again.&nbsp; There's some humorous banter but it felt a bit forced: I don't know these people.&nbsp; The combat is extremely dull, possibly because it has to scale to various levels (or because BioWare has pulled back from the initial difficulty?).&nbsp; Being at the end of the <em>Dragon Age: Origins</em> road, my character is an overpowered god.&nbsp; I could have created a new character (the option is provided at the beginning of this DLC) but one of the major attractions for this content is finishing a previously started journey.</p>
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<p>So, was it worth it?&nbsp; Quite simply: no.&nbsp; I'm not someone who measures content in dollars-per-hour-played but rather in terms of the experience.&nbsp; <em>Witch Hunt</em> didn't provide story closure, the gameplay was dull&nbsp; - and the two or so hours not worth the $7.</p>
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[POOPERSCOOPER]

I've heard that DA has some of the worst DLC. Like laughable DLC.

 

[Jack]

I've heard that DA has some of the worst DLC. Like laughable DLC.

You heard right.
DA's DLC is some of the worst I've seen for quite some time.
Horse armor...

 

[racofer]

I'm still waiting for them to release the patch for this DLC which fixes the dark ritual bug. Bioware is currently beta testing it.

 

[Wulfstand]

So what happens in the end? Do you and Morrigan get together again and fuck for the rest of eternity?
Somehow I feel that nothing's gonna get accomplished.

 

[Roguey]

Yes. You can also stab her in dramatic slow motion while dramatic music plays (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9nBHeV8v1U). But you're also right in that nothing gets accomplished.

 

[kris]

So what happens in the end? Do you and Morrigan get together again and fuck for the rest of eternity?
Somehow I feel that nothing's gonna get accomplished.

She reveals pretty much nothing and then she leaves through the portal to a place nothing is said about in one way or the other.

I was actually thinking the real meat of the DLC was on the other side of the portal. LOL at me.