Dragon Age: Inquisition

Dragon Age: Inquisition Review

Azurephile gives this an astounding "Must Play" on the Ghost Scale

This achieves something special, and it would be a shame to miss it.

Azurephile gives this a "Must Play" on the Ghost Scale

This achieves something special, and it would be a shame to miss it.

Review

Recommended

Import saved date from previous games

Visually superior to Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age 2

New battle system

Strongly open-world RPG including mounts

Dragon Age: Origins was difficult to get into. In fact, it wasn’t until my third attempt at playing it that I finally made some progress and finished it. The combat system was definitely something I had to get used to. The graphics weren’t quite up to par with today’s normal, but they weren’t horrible either. In the end, I enjoyed DAO. I’ve seen some replay value in it, so there’s a chance I may play it again.

One of the things I’ve loved about the DA series is the ability to import saved games. I... Read All

jdodson Admin wrote on 04/11/2017 at 04:13am

So after playing them all it seems like you like DAI a bit more than the others? Makes sense, again i've heard good things about it from friends though I don't think they completed it.

Azurephile Super Member Post Author wrote on 04/11/2017 at 06:02am

I haven't finished DAI yet, but I think I do like it best of the three. I liked DA2 more than Origins and I still liked Origins. So, I think it's all good. I think that at some point I got used to the game and cared about the characters and what I was doing. It's pretty cool.

Azurephile Super Member Post Author wrote on 04/18/2017 at 01:04am

Does Origin tell you how many hours you've spent playing a game? I wonder what my hours look like for DAI. Well, I know the game can tell me, it's in the title of my saved games. It does auto save, some what often, so it seems unnecessary to save so often. I ran into that with DAO, having to make sure I saved, so I don't lose progress after getting killed.

This game really looks comparable to a shiny new car. There are a lot of shiny things in the game.

Leveling up seems to take a while. I'm only level 20 or 21 right now. But, I feel more powerful than ever. I killed one or two Higher Dragons on my own, but another two or three were destroying me when I was about level 17. The dragons were higher leveled than me, around 20. Once I came back to those fights when I reached 20, they were so much easier. Honestly, I think my mage is more powerful than anyone else in my part. My character is a Warrior, but I keep another Warrior (Cassandra), a mage (Vivieene), and a rogue (Sera) with me.

I'm still enjoying it!

Travis Admin wrote on 04/18/2017 at 02:08am

yep, when you click on a game it tells you in that panel, far right of the play button.

Azurephile Super Member Post Author wrote on 04/18/2017 at 04:17am

I see it! I've been playing by right-clicking the icon in my system tray and then clicking on the game. Thanks, Travis! Origin says I've played DAI for 50 hours.

Azurephile Super Member Post Author wrote on 05/01/2017 at 05:38am

I finally finished DAI and I really liked it. It was fun, interesting, and looked good. If there's another DA game, I will certainly be interested.

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There is a new Dragon Age game in development by EA that looks interesting. The trailer features Morrigan, one of the characters in Dragon Age: Origins. Dragon Age 2 was reviewed poorly and because of this I wonder how EA will handle this latest incarnation.

Are you interested in the upcoming Dragon Age: Inquisition?

scrypt Supporter wrote on 06/30/2013 at 07:49pm

Dragon Age 2 got a bad rap, I think, because most people wanted a more polished Dragon Age: Origins. The combat in DA:O was frustrating, and the AI not as intelligent as you'd like it to be, but the character building and varied story arcs made it rich and inviting. The fans seemed to take offense that this richness was left behind in favor of a more action-oriented, linear game. DA 2 actually reviewed well with the media, probably because, objectively, it's a pretty good game. The fact that it feels nothing like DA:O, and shows little association with the original characters, makes it feel like less of a sequel, and more like a smaller sub-story, like Dark Fury in the Riddick series, or Halo 3:ODST. Bioware/EA set the fans up by putting that number "2" in the name, which everyone hopes will mean "more of the same, and better." In this case it meant "This is not the sequel you were looking for, but it's still a good game on it's own merit. We probably should have named it something else." It might not have sold as well, but the expectation would have been more realistic. Regarding DA: Inquisition, until we see gameplay, the best I can say is that it's really cool to see Morrigan again. Her story is a big part of what I loved about the first game, so my hope is for some resolution there. The title seems to imply a dark conflict elicited by some schism between the Chantry, or the Templar Order, and the Circle of Magi. I just hope it brings back that richness from Origins. At the very least, with Frostbite 3, it should be gorgeous to look at.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 07/01/2013 at 04:15am

I you bring up a good point about peoples expectations of Dragon Age 2. I enjoyed the first game but the didn't love the fighting and walked away from it because of how that all worked. With smaller battles it worked well, but they slammed more guys into them and it became really hard to work out a plan to win.

I loved the story and Morrigan was part of what I really liked. Perhaps I should pick it back up and turn down the difficulty to just enjoy the story elements that were so fantastic.

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