Dragon Age: Inquisition Review Thread

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What's the best deal for the PC version outside of VNP stuff? Tried the origin mexico thing and it doesn't work for me. GMG has it for 48$ while it's 70$ on origin but with extra stuff.
 
Vamphuntr said:
What's the best deal for the PC version outside of VNP stuff? Tried the origin mexico thing and it doesn't work for me. GMG has it for 48$ while it's 70$ on origin but with extra stuff.
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If ok with key stores check out G2A and G2Play, they often have nice deals on upcoming games.
 
All these reviews make me very happy. I was very torn between buying this or AC:Unity. Unity just looked fun, even if it is the same old AC. However with Dragon Ages reviews, I can't help but wait a week for this and buy AC when it hits a sale.
 
Tovarisc said:
Game isn't out for another ~week and because new OT rules we won't get OT before early next week.
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HoopzBarkley said:
New rules for OT, I think they are on the day of release now.
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Phlebas said:
Game is out in a week, the embargo ended early which showed during confidence in the game ad you can very well see.


OT thread are now only posted on launch day.
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Doh! I'm aware of the new OT rule, but I'm so accustomed to release day embargoes that after seeing all the reviews today, my brain just started thinking the game was out even though I knew the release date was next week. Temporary brain flatulence. My bad, thanks for the reminders.
 
Gillian Seed said:
What was the miss? Even DA2 has a solid Metacritic score. I know most of Gaf hated it, but I enjoyed it, even though I liked Origins better. And the Mass Effect Trilogy is a Masterpiece!
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DA2 was trash IMO and I wouldn't have even bothered with this game if they'd continued in the same direction. I don't really have a problem with the Mass Effect Trilogy but DA2 was enough for me to swear off the DA series. I'm really happy they turned it around, can't wait to play Inquisition.
 
so in 2 days will the new unofficial thread be that EA access thread? An OT would nullify the need for that thread but hey, those are Da rules.
 
From the Verge review writeup linked a few pages back:

Dragon Age: Inquisition has rightfully received praise for its scope, its collection of open worlds that individually feel like complete, standalone games that taken together feel impenetrable and exhausting. But what I haven't seen discussed as thoroughly is what that scope allows for, which is a staggering amount of complex politicking. From the intro screen, the game establishes two core feuding factions, and as the game progresses those factions further divide themselves by leaders and collectives with their own wants and needs, allies and enemies. The game uses its sprawling geography to literalize these groups, and where you choose to spend your time, who you choose to help, and how you do as much establishes your personal politics inside the game world.
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This why I'm not bothered by the plot being rote. If the game can deliver some interesting politicking regarding mage/templars, or other factions then that is the core of the Dragon Age world for me. DA:O was the same- the "plot" was extremely generic. But what hooked me (aside from the great characters) was the background of almost every major area and how almost every faction involved had an interesting backstory that made for some interesting dilemmas on who to side with.

In fact I'm hard pressed to come up with a Bioware game where the core story is really interesting in and of itself. Maybe ME1 but even that was still extremely cliche (sci fi where the an ancient evil has awkened and is threatening the universe? yep, seen that before).
 
This sounds an excellent game, but due to not playing DA I and II, I doubt I'll play. The story seems really unaccessble to newcomers to the series.
 
HoopzBarkley said:
New rules for OT, I think they are on the day of release now.
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It's a weird and bad rule imo. I mean, there IS a quite visible need for discussion and hyping, so other threads, that are becoming more and more off-topic are used for it. Just make a new thread for big news and keep an OT.



Are the minimum and optimal specs already released?
 
Hindle said:
This sounds an excellent game, but due to not playing DA I and II, I doubt I'll play. The story seems really unaccessble to newcomers to the series.
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you'd have to do research on the story so far and maybe on some of the stories of the game and political systems. But it's a self-contained story. You'll largely just miss cameos.
 
Hindle said:
This sounds an excellent game, but due to not playing DA I and II, I doubt I'll play. The story seems really unaccessble to newcomers to the series.
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Typically Bioware makes games highly accessible to newcomers (e.g. ME3), the story itself is a branch which doesn't focus on old chars except Varric, which is why they named it DA:I instead of DA3.
 
CrichtonKicks said:
From the Verge review writeup linked a few pages back:

Dragon Age: Inquisition has rightfully received praise for its scope, its collection of open worlds that individually feel like complete, standalone games that taken together feel impenetrable and exhausting. But what I haven't seen discussed as thoroughly is what that scope allows for, which is a staggering amount of complex politicking. From the intro screen, the game establishes two core feuding factions, and as the game progresses those factions further divide themselves by leaders and collectives with their own wants and needs, allies and enemies. The game uses its sprawling geography to literalize these groups, and where you choose to spend your time, who you choose to help, and how you do as much establishes your personal politics inside the game world.
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This why I'm not bothered by the plot being rote. If the game can deliver some interesting politicking regarding mage/templars, or other factions then that is the core of the Dragon Age world for me. DA:O was the same- the "plot" was extremely generic. But what hooked me (aside from the great characters) was the background of almost every major area and how almost every faction involved had an interesting backstory that made for some interesting dilemmas on who to side with.

In fact I'm hard pressed to come up with a Bioware game where the core story is really interesting in and of itself. Maybe ME1 but even that was still extremely cliche (sci fi where the an ancient evil has awkened and is threatening the universe? yep, seen that before).
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Sounds great... almost perfect for my tastes. That's a great review, too. This along with that other quote (that I cited last page) really sum up the 'grand chessboard' side of the game well.
 
Zukuu said:
Are the minimum and optimal specs already released?
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Minimum:

OS - Windows 7 or 8.1 64-bit

CPU - AMD quad core CPU @ 2.5 GHz / Intel quad core CPU @ 2.0 GHz

System RAM - 4 GB

Graphics Cards - AMD Radeon HD 4870 / NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Graphics Memory - 512 MB

Hard Drive - 26 GB

DirectX - 10


Recommended:

OS - Windows 7 or 8.1 64-bit

CPU - AMD six core CPU @ 3.2 GHz / Intel quad core CPU @ 3.0 GHz

System RAM - 8 GB

Graphics Card - AMD Radeon HD 7870 or R9 270 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Graphics Memory - 2 GB

Hard Drive - 26 GB

DirectX - 11



* Xbox 360 controller supported

* 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card

* Online Authentication at time of installation
 
Hindle said:
This sounds an excellent game, but due to not playing DA I and II, I doubt I'll play. The story seems really unaccessble to newcomers to the series.
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Me as well :(
I'm glad the reviews are great but totally intimidated by the 80+ hours and especially that to get into the game you have to get through the first 15 hours.

For a lot of people (cough - people whose job description is being a dad) launching into this game means simply no time to play the other titles.

So it is this game OR dabbling with GTA V, PES, and so on :( what a sad choice to have to make.
 
Admiral Woofington said:
you'd have to do research on the story so far and maybe on some of the stories of the game and political systems. But it's a self-contained story. You'll largely just miss cameos.
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Kotaku mention that it's very much a direct continuation of DA II, and you need extensive knowledge of the different groups etc.

I don't have it lol.
 
jellies_two said:
Me as well :(
I'm glad the reviews are great but totally intimidated by the 80+ hours and especially that to get into the game you have to get through the first 15 hours.

For a lot of people (cough - people whose job description is being a dad) launching into this game means simply no time to play the other titles.

So it is this game OR dabbling with GTA V, PES, and so on :( what a sad choice to have to make.
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My friends are in a similar situation. With their job, and the fact that weekends they usually don't have much time to play games either, these big RPG's are a no-no. They still game heavily but now it's largely multiplayer games or single player campaigns that can be beaten faster.

Hindle said:
Kotaku mention that it's very much a direct continuation of DA II, and you need extensive knowledge of the different groups etc.

I don't have it lol.
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Like I said the continuation from DAO and DAII is that at the end of DAII the war of mages vs templars began. DAO was about something else entirely. There are party members and important NPC's from previous games but considering the Inquisitor is a brand new character you won't be bombarded with comments about the previous game. Like there is 1 returning party member, and another returning character. DAII protag makes a comeback for a bit apparently, but you shouldn't have to worry too much as the game won't rely on you knowing too much about them.

If you ever consider the game though just go to the wiki and read a bit about the universe. We could probably, as a community, point you in the right direction on what material to read.
 
Hindle said:
Kotaku mention that it's very much a direct continuation of DA II, and you need extensive knowledge of the different groups etc.

I don't have it lol.
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I have a feeling the characters or story fill you in on it's own. For example DA2 was all about Varric telling Cassandra about the Hero, she interrogated him the whole game, and in this game Varric don't let her forget how bad of a experience it was for him. Even if you didn't know about DA2 the conversations they have sorta fills you in as if you're hearing gossip.
 
Quite happy to see this is receiving nice scores and positive buzz.

Excited for next week between this being released and Far Cry 4 which I also hope is as good.

Hearing this game is a nice meaty RPG to dig into sounds great and should keep me occupied for sure with FC4. Looking forward to exploring the various areas and locales.
 
Tovarisc said:
Dragon Age: Inquisition – PC Low vs. Ultra Graphics Comparison
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Great video. For the most part, Low still looks quite good.
The lack of Ambient Occlusion and AA are quite noticeable, as well as some details in face's close ups and missing the "ripple" effect on magic attacks. But more importantly, it's easy to notice the filter used in some places, specially on cutscenes (Ultra).

Which gives the game a distinctive look, but some will likely find it annoying.
 
The moment it was announced the embargo was ending so early it was pretty clear EA and Bioware had a ton of confidence in the game. Now gamers have a week to get really hyped up for what appears to be one of the best games this fall.
 
I just mentioned it, but with the amount of people considering getting DAI who haven't played much if at all of the previous games, should we make a thread to help them out? Like list of essentials to know and to read?
 
Tovarisc said:
Dragon Age: Inquisition – PC Low vs. Ultra Graphics Comparison

Quite nice looking even on low settings.
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MY GOD THE HAIR IS PLASTIC. UGGGGHHHH.
I don't know why but the hair is really bothering me in this game. It just looks so much worse than even Origins, which is a 5 year old game. I don't get it!?


Something I haven't noticed much in reviews, but do we know how much divergence there is with the choices and consequences in the game? With the ending but also just with various quests and so on? Going back through the Keep and going through Origins, a huge part of my enjoyment there was how diverse the outcomes to quests could be. Even to the point where your Warden could live or die based on your choices at the end of the game. I'm guessing there isn't any The Witcher 2 level divergence but are there significantly different outcomes to plots based on your choices?
 
Admiral Woofington said:
I just mentioned it, but with the amount of people considering getting DAI who haven't played much if at all of the previous games, should we make a thread to help them out? Like list of essentials to know and to read?
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Heck, I played 100 hours of DAO and I would be interested in that thread. Considering there's no OT yet it might be worth it.
 
Jibbajabbawockky said:
MY GOD THE HAIR IS PLASTIC. UGGGGHHHH.

I don't know why but the hair is really bothering me in this game. It just looks so much worse than even Origins, which is a 5 year old game. I don't get it!?
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I played Origins and DA2 this summer and this hair looks better although hair has always been weak in Bioware games.
 
jellies_two said:
Me as well :(
I'm glad the reviews are great but totally intimidated by the 80+ hours and especially that to get into the game you have to get through the first 15 hours.

For a lot of people (cough - people whose job description is being a dad) launching into this game means simply no time to play the other titles.

So it is this game OR dabbling with GTA V, PES, and so on :( what a sad choice to have to make.
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Please don't let that turn you off the game! There are a bunch of resources that could catch you up to date pretty quickly :)

Wiki - http://dragonage.wikia.com/wiki/Dragon_Age_Wiki It's a lot of reading I know, but basically everything you need to know is on there. You don't need to read too deep into it, just basically click on the respective game and through the list of characters, and you'll get the gist of what happened in the plot lines. They aren't super complex or anything :)

After you've done that, go to http://dragonagekeep.com/ to basically make your save state to carry forward into DA:I.

Use this as a companion guide with the Keep, as it basically fills you in on what choices you're choosing, and what the different outcomes mean: http://thedialoguewheel.wordpress.com/

There's also a really nice lore series being made by Shoddy Cast that covers a ton of stuff. Definitely check it out as well! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwsL5uSMbwM&list=PL7pGJQV-jlzAYFb3DMtimVGD3kT1HEVIH

If all else fails, there's absolutely no shame in playing the games out of order. I actually beat DA2 before DA:O, and it didn't hamper my enjoyment at all going backwards. It's definitely an option :) DA:I will definitely fill you in on a lot of the stuff you missed in the previous games.
 
Hindle said:
Kotaku mention that it's very much a direct continuation of DA II, and you need extensive knowledge of the different groups etc.

I don't have it lol.
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Here I just finished a playthrough of DAO and DA2 so I can help you:

Mages - can shoot fireballs but also tend to get possessed by demons if stressed
Templars - watch mages and lock them in towers so we don't have too many demons
Chantry - the pope (the Templars are their knights)
Darkspawn - the orcs from LOTR, run around killing everybody for no reason, led by the Archdemon which is a cross between Smaug and Sauron
Grey Wardens - special knights that kill Darkspawn and help kill Sauron every couple thousand years when he shows up
Elves - poor people, some of them live out in the woods and cosplay Iorveth from Witcher 2
Dwarves - awesome, also exactly like LOTR dwarves
Qunari - STEN, rigid philosophy people, Sten was just a guy but in DA2 they have horns

Don't think there's anything else important. At the end of DA2
all the mages broke out of their towers and templars stop existing because they failed at their job of keeping the mages in the towers
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I haven't really looked at any DA3 material so I don't know if they introduce any other groups, but I'm sure they'll explain them if they do.
 
RoboPlato said:
I played Origins and DA2 this summer and this hair looks better although hair has always been weak in Bioware games.
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Specifically, I was referring to that PC comparison video. The Inquisitor must have slathered grease all over her head it was so shiny. WHY?

I have no intention of playing Assassin's Creed Unity but from what I've seen at least the PBR there makes stuff like hair and cloth look so much more natural. Whereas so many of the surfaces in Inquisition look like they're plastic and overly shiny, regardless of what material they're supposed to be.
 
saunderez said:
DA2 was trash IMO and I wouldn't have even bothered with this game if they'd continued in the same direction. I don't really have a problem with the Mass Effect Trilogy but DA2 was enough for me to swear off the DA series. I'm really happy they turned it around, can't wait to play Inquisition.
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Wait what? That's how I felt but none of these reviews are convincing me to rush out and buy this
I've seen no mention of expanded combat systems, open world options, dynamic quests or anything else. Sounds like a bigger but latest version of the game to me. I dunno I'm gonna wait for twitch. Especially the combat you essentially do nothing but set your auto attack priorities
 
Do we know the details of the default world state that's in the game? At least the major stuff. Just for curiosity sake. Mass Effect had a terrible default world state, with most of the previous party members / major npcs dead
 
JerkShep said:
Do we know the details of the default world state that's in the game? At least the major stuff. Just for curiosity sake. Mass Effect had a terrible default world state, with most of the previous party members / major npcs dead
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I assume it's the default set of choices that are on the Keep (and probably human noble origin for DAO).
 
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