Dragon Age: Inquisition Pre-Release Thread

[SausageInYourFace]

It amuses me that the first thing the german reviewer does in his conclusion is saying sorry on behalf of the whole magazine that it gave DA2 a much higher score than it actually deserved. (Even though he still maintains he liked it better than most people made it out to be. I agree with him on both statements.)

Main gripe seems to be that, even though there is a huge world to explore, its mostly filled with shitty filler sidequests. These take up hours of gametime, which hurts the focus of the MQ.

Overall they like the game and say its better than DA2 but worse than DA:O. They also say BW should have stuck to its strengths rather than trying to streamline the game in order to get the Skyrim and Assassins Creed crowd. That is something that I feared from the very beginning when BW said they are using Skyrim as inspiration. They should have tried to go back to their own roots rather than trying to be Biowarethesda.

Fun fact: The review has a whole paragraph exclusively dedicated to how awesome Sera is and how she is the most fun of all the characters in your party. Go figure.

 

[Kem0sabe]

Fun fact: The review has a whole paragraph exclusively dedicated to how awesome Sera is and how she is the most fun of all the characters in your party. Go figure.

While eurogamer reviewer said that most fun character is Dorian... discuss!

 

[circ]

Dat archery. Granted real archery doesn't look much more varied or exciting but shit, maybe add something to not make it look like you're just an archery machine.

 

[Junmarko]

This guy makes one hell of a claim in the title of his review.
"Dragon Age: Inquisition Review " The Only Game Most Addictive Game I've Ever Played Ever Made"

 

[DosBuster]

This guy makes one hell of a claim in the title of his review.
"Dragon Age: Inquisition Review " The Only Game Most Addictive Game I've Ever Played Ever Made"

Here we go, just like Skyrim, "This game is the second coming of Jesus.". I'm keeping my hype at, DA2 levels.

 

[circ]

Well you can jump down high cliffs now. That's a BioWare first.

 

[Grunker]

i really don't get people who feel jumping is an essential part of their rpg experience

 

[Kem0sabe]

i really don't get people who feel jumping is an essential part of their rpg experience

Enhances traversal, allows for more terrain diversity and more natural level design. I prefer having ability to jump and climb at will than not having it, especially in exploration focused action rpg's like dragon age, skyrim or the witcher.

 

[Immortal]

i really don't get people who feel jumping is an essential part of their rpg experience

Enhances traversal, allows for more terrain diversity and more natural level design. I prefer having ability to jump and climb at will than not having it, especially in exploration focused action rpg's like dragon age, skyrim or the witcher.

Most importantly jumping lets you squirm your way into game breaking areas.. I love it.

 

[Merlkir]

i really don't get people who feel jumping is an essential part of their rpg experience

mah immershun tho.

I'm playing Witcher 2 for the first time and it's full of invisible walls I keep running into, where only a soft shrub seems to be, or a box Geralt could easily step over. After playing Sui Generis for a while now, this just feels bad. SG at least makes me TRIP over that box.

 

[Grunker]

Developers prioritize. Some RPGs are open world, some focus on other things. Jumping isn't essential to an RPG, it's just something that some people like, not a valid thing to criticize if left out.

 

[polo]

Reviews:
"Game is shit" 9/10.
"Lots of shit" 8.5/10.
"I hate my job now" 9.5/10.

Totally not paid scores.

 

[Morgoth]

You can jump now but you can no longer assign attribute points.

Progress à la Bioware.

 

[Harold]

This game NEEDS jumping because it is an arcade kill-all-big-bloated (in both HP and size) - bosses while they send waves of shitty mooks at you; also close all those diseased vaginas popping up in the sky ITZ URGENT DEMONS ARE COMING lol jk take your time, brah, here fuck these ugly waifus who failed their Joss Whedon auditions in the meanwhile.

You know, that kind of game, so it NEEDS jumping. I sure hope there's lots of awesome(tm) fucking jumping during the sex-scenes, because it brings us back to that age-old question: How can one fuck if one can not jump?

So JUMP MOTHERFUCKERS JUMP MOTHERFUCKERS JUMP!!!!

 

[Hepler's Vagina]

Jumping, flying and other boundary nullifying mechanisms tend to reduce exploration fun imho. Exploration becomes a ploughing chore where you run up and down the map in methodical lines unhindered by cliffs or paths, to eliminate fog of war.

Now if you have (say) a fence you can't leap over but can access the other side of it by going through a house cellar ...that's my kind of exploration. I liked Avernum because it had rivers and mountains as boundaries but you only got the flying carpet at the end of the game and boats only worked in certain places so you had to actively think through how to get from A to B.

 

[eremita]

http://www.hardcoregamer.com/2014/11/11/review-dragon-age-inquisition/116693/

I like how this site is called HARDCOREGAMER yet the review, stating DAI is basically the best game ever made, is a copy/pasta from the likes of IGN, Polygon and so on...

 

[Lhynn]

People here complaining about having more freedom to move, just because its bioware. Fucking codex.

 

[polo]

It's da codex man, people here complain about everything.

 

[Makabb]

People here complaining about having more freedom to move, just because its bioware. Fucking codex.

Did you could jump in Torment, Fallout, Icewind dale, baldur's gate, Jagged Alliance, X-com ?

 

[Lhynn]

Did you could jump in Torment, Fallout, Icewind dale, baldur's gate, Jagged Alliance, X-com ?

I can jump in PnP.

 

[Turrul]

This pointless argument about jumping:

Spoiler

 

[Goat Vomit]

Most stories and decisions just provide trinkets or Dragon Age's equivalent of Mass Effect 3's War Assets, though others can unlock their own stories and decisions further down the story. Somewhat oddly they have timers of the kind you'd expect to see in an F2P mobile game, but those don't get in the way. Actual story quests are clearly labelled, and the flavour ones optional.

Dragon Age: Inquisition treats its characters with great respect; Iron Bull's description of sex among the Qunari is as honest as his admiration of a transgender mercenary is honorable.

the immature, butt-obsessed elven rogue Sera

Excellent writing there Bioware.

 

[Grunker]

Did you could jump in Torment, Fallout, Icewind dale, baldur's gate, Jagged Alliance, X-com ?

I can jump in PnP.

You can do everything in PnP. That's the point. No one can make you a game where you can do everything. Devs prioritize. When they add complex scenery with jumping, they're removing something else.

 

[Makabb]

Most stories and decisions just provide trinkets or Dragon Age's equivalent of Mass Effect 3's War Assets, though others can unlock their own stories and decisions further down the story. Somewhat oddly they have timers of the kind you'd expect to see in an F2P mobile game, but those don't get in the way. Actual story quests are clearly labelled, and the flavour ones optional.

Dragon Age: Inquisition treats its characters with great respect; Iron Bull's description of sex among the Qunari is as honest as his admiration of a transgender mercenary is honorable.

the immature, butt-obsessed elven rogue Sera

Excellent writing there Bioware.

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[pippin]

In my mind, jumping is really necessary when stealth is an important element. Otherwise it's just something to put on the back of the box.
For some reason, when I read open world+tons of meaningless quests I think more of Amalur than Skyrim. Amalur bored me to death.