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Dragon Age: Inquisition |OT2| Leave the damn Hinterlands!
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Infinite_Daremo
Member
This post is beautiful :')
Buggy Loop
Member
Would this game hit me in the feels like KOTOR did? I mean in terms of world immersion and caring about upgrading my characters? I've had a hard time caring for RPG games for a while now.
MagicWithEarvin
Member
That dude is chugging all my potions on Nightmare even with end-game equipment. I even gave him Guard on Hit armor, and some stuff from the Vanguard tree. I think I'm going to switch him to Sword and Shield, honestly. 2H Reavers are very squishy.
Glass Shark
Banned
This game is too much for me. I really regret buying it, even on sale. I'm sure it's great, I just can't get into all the complexities of it.
The choice you have to make...fucking hell. It seens the way I played Origins made it basically the worst choice of them all too.
*end of quest spoiler*
Hawke or Alistair. :'(
SlowRevolution
Member
is there a way to manually get out of the fight stance? sometimes I'll run past a random enemy that I don't feel like fighting, and I'll end up walking super slow with my sword out for what feels like forever.
SJRB
Gold Member
L1 and select "disengage". You and your entire party will immediately get out of fighting stance.
SlowRevolution
Member
Thanks!
MagicWithEarvin
Member
There's a Disengage option to the left of the Mount option (on PS4).
Edit: beaten
CrichtonKicks
Member
I would pay someone to write a comprehensive guide to all meaningful, useful, and overall interesting quests in this game.
For example (and probably one of the most obvious) - Crestwood's "Still Waters" quest. That had an interesting story behind it, as well as some interesting side quests you found along the way. I particularly liked having Cole along for that one.
I'd love to know all of the quests that lead you to interesting locations like Valammar (in the Hinterlands):
I'm sure there are other locations like that in the game that could easily be missed. That was tucked away behind a waterfall, and I had no quest to take me there. I stumbled upon it by accident (coincidentally looking for treasure behind a waterfall, but this was the wrong one).
Some of the areas are just too big to explore and find all this stuff
You must have missed the journal/note for that quest- you need a key to get in (found in the gorgeous Castle/Estate in the Southwest of the Hinterlands) so you must have had the key in your inventory. It's a part of the main quest chain for the Hinterlands:
The Carta is paying people to pose as bandits and keep them away from their operations in the Hinterlands. That Dwarven ruin is the Carta's base of operations int he area.
In general if you follow the main quest chain for each area then you are likely going to be sent to the more interesting areas and dungeons.
figadapaura
Member
Just killed the last dragon and no trophy popped. Loaded up the previous autosave and killed the dragon again and the trophy popped. Weird.
Still, nice to have it.
Still, nice to have it.
GwyndolinCinder
Member
On the last boss and mm loading screen bug?
MagicWithEarvin
Member
Just killed the last dragon and no trophy popped. Loaded up the previous autosave and killed the dragon again and the trophy popped. Weird.
Still, nice to have it.
How tough were the last 3 dragons at Emprise? Gonna try to solo all 3.
Delta Assault
Member
Just had my first legit crash to desktop.
*sigh*
*sigh*
Dick Justice
Banned
With reaver spec, I didn't find the dragons that hard once sufficiently levelled up. Spamming Dragon's Roar and Devour works wonders. Had Blackwall tanking, motherfucker was never even in danger of losing his guard.
figadapaura
Member
Not too bad, actually. I'm not playing on Nightmare or anything, so they went down pretty fast.
Begaria
Member
I'm sitting here, listening to Suikoden music, while also thinking about how much I want to be at home playing Dragon Age: Inquisition. I started thinking about the plot structure of both games when it suddenly hit me: DA:I is a remake of Suikoden 1. Hear me out!
In both games, the protagonist inherits a mark on their hand that becomes the center of their power, and a huge part of the overarching story:
Both protagonists in their respective games gets pulled into a group of outcasts trying to stop whatever evil is happening - The Inquisition and The Liberation Army:
I'm going to lack pictures for this one due to spoilers, but let's just say something happens which requires both parties in both games to leave their original HQ.
But then, they each come across an abandoned, but completely usable fortress as a center of their power:
Due to your role up to this point, how essential your mark is, and your leadership up to this point, in both games you're thrust to the forefront and become the leader of the entire organization. Your Liberation Army/Inquisition then goes on through a bunch of areas earning allies, tricking out your fortress, and using your mark to restore balance.
Thus, irrevocable proof that DA:I is a remake of Suikoden 1
In both games, the protagonist inherits a mark on their hand that becomes the center of their power, and a huge part of the overarching story:
Both protagonists in their respective games gets pulled into a group of outcasts trying to stop whatever evil is happening - The Inquisition and The Liberation Army:
I'm going to lack pictures for this one due to spoilers, but let's just say something happens which requires both parties in both games to leave their original HQ.
But then, they each come across an abandoned, but completely usable fortress as a center of their power:
Due to your role up to this point, how essential your mark is, and your leadership up to this point, in both games you're thrust to the forefront and become the leader of the entire organization. Your Liberation Army/Inquisition then goes on through a bunch of areas earning allies, tricking out your fortress, and using your mark to restore balance.
Thus, irrevocable proof that DA:I is a remake of Suikoden 1
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
Yeah, I certainly think so. After finishing my first playthrough at about 60 hours (I didn't do near everything), I started a new one with a different race and class. 30 hours into that one and I'm still loving it.
You have to restart the fight.
Well, it's easy enough to go back and get 100. So many ways to do it, and it's pretty quick.
figadapaura
Member
You don't necessarily need 100, do you? I thought you just had to choose a specific option at the end. On my first playthrough I didn't get it even though I had max approval.
figadapaura
Member
yes
Playing an archer. Turned Sera into a Dagger wielding rogue but I feel the AI is incapable of playing melee rogue. Too squishy and doesn't flank. Doesn't really seem to do any more damage than an archer would either. Might have to stick with 3 ranged or make the second melee a bit of a tank as well.
The Last Wizard
Member
Don't hold your breathe, almost 3 weeks now-_-
Nope, I think it's based on what you do during the final "conflict".
WonderCheese
Banned
Thanks, appreciate the input!
Shadow Broker
Banned
Please quote me so I know to read.
So I'm going threw an ordeal with FedEx because they lost my PS4 replacement.
Can someone give me PS3 impressions of this game? Does it run good and look good?
I already own this for the PS4 but can't play it and it's driving me crazy cause I've been waiting for this game since I finish DA2.
Is it worth picking up on the PS3? It'll be the digital version.
So I'm going threw an ordeal with FedEx because they lost my PS4 replacement.
Can someone give me PS3 impressions of this game? Does it run good and look good?
I already own this for the PS4 but can't play it and it's driving me crazy cause I've been waiting for this game since I finish DA2.
Is it worth picking up on the PS3? It'll be the digital version.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Yeah, I got the achievement despite not having max approval. Had 98.
figadapaura
Member
Yeah, I got it the second time around when
I chose to confront Florianne myself. Didn't do that the first time and I ended up fighting her instead. Figures that's what it means by getting the court's approval.
Deified Data
Banned
Took me five hours. I spent forever exploring the Frostbacks and Haven. I wanted my armor crafted in ram skin so I got it into my head to go hunt rams in the outskirts without a party. Needless to say when I got to the Hinterlands and realized Varric could kill the things in one hit from a distance I was pissed.
Finished the game at 94 hours, goat
Still have a shitload of stuff to do as well sogood.gif
Anyway ending was good, was expecting a bit longer sequence since it felt a bit rushed compared to other story missions
Great closure anyway and now i'm dying for dlcs to be announced
Donnow if i'll continue on this profile or start a NG on Nightmare...everything ended up like i wanted in the end so making story decisions again is something i don't wanna do...we'll see
Only one downside in this game...the DRAGONS
They need more moves for fucks sake, the design and everything else is amazing but other than that every fight was too similar to the one before
And Dorian my forever husbando <3
Still have a shitload of stuff to do as well sogood.gif
Anyway ending was good, was expecting a bit longer sequence since it felt a bit rushed compared to other story missions
Great closure anyway and now i'm dying for dlcs to be announced
Donnow if i'll continue on this profile or start a NG on Nightmare...everything ended up like i wanted in the end so making story decisions again is something i don't wanna do...we'll see
Only one downside in this game...the DRAGONS
They need more moves for fucks sake, the design and everything else is amazing but other than that every fight was too similar to the one before
And Dorian my forever husbando <3
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
I remember spending six hours upgrading Sera so she could be my animal-killer (I even named her Bow Ramkiller 4000).
Then I realized my mages did it just fine.
Freezasaurus
Member
Severe issues? WAT? Fallout: New Vegas had severe issues. AC: Unity had severe issues. The bugs in Dragon Age: Inquisition are mostly minor irritations that can be fixed by avoiding certain things or reloading a save. There's a reason I keep a dozen or so saves at different points. The bigger the game, the more bugs you're going to have to deal with. Remember the Elder Scrolls games? Yeah.
Deified Data
Banned
Inquisition's getting plenty of shade in regards to bugs, believe me. But I won't lie and say it's ruined the game for me.
Seriously GAF, how come no one complains about the glitches and the lack of patch to this day ? Unity got destroyed by everyone yet everybody's forgiving DAI's many severe issues ...
On Xbox One at least there are what I would call severe issues. Game crashes back to dashboard at least once every few hours. There are too many audio bugs to mention and conversations freeze leaving you with no option but to quit and reload. So yeah I would say I have encountered severe issues.
You can't just excuse a game for being big and expect it to be a bug fest. But oh it's ok it's a large game so let's give it a pass.
1) There was a day 0 patch.
2) There was a major holiday weekend right between launch and present.
3) All "Huge RPG"s have significant issues at launch. No amount of QA can smooth things out when a game is this huge. Hell, the most significant bug, the so-called Banter Bug, took a week to really come to light after it sold on the order of a million copies. Yes, there are bugs, but they're in the process of QAing the next patch, and developing the 2nd and 3rd.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Seriously GAF, how come no one complains about the glitches and the lack of patch to this day ? Unity got destroyed by everyone yet everybody's forgiving DAI's many severe issues ...
Um... everyone's complaining about the lack of a patch. Just in the PC Performance thread.
Some of these glitches are ridiculous.
Freezasaurus
Member
Okay, granted. Those are serious issues. I've been playing the PS4 version, and I run into a little glitch now and again, and in 60 hours, my game has crashed to the dashboard exactly three times. So I was wondering where these grievous issues I've been hearing about were coming from. The answer seems to be "other platforms". It makes me wonder what the lead platform for this game was.
It's nuts. Could have finished by now. If I don't hear anything next week I think I'll just bite the bullet.
I've never even gotten the biggest bugs (banter/gender/voice). The latter two are avoidable and the first one has some fixes you can try. People's experiences seem to vary wildly (ex. some people getting constant crashes/unable to load the game on PS4/Xbone, others having no issues at all, etc).
Vs. ACU with a bunch of visually arresting bugs regardless of platform on top of a game no one was really waiting for or eager for.
There are people on almost every page of this thread complaining about bugs though. I have never really understood posts like these- should we all throw down our controllers and stop playing the game we enjoy in protest? "Why don't you complain more? This other game got more complaints than this game!" is the weirdest demand. I don't complain more because it's a good game and I'm having fun, and I think that's the case for a lot of the people who play it.
PS the game has a pc performance thread so some complaints are probably going there.
LB to get up the circle, and it's the bottom choice.
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
Seriously GAF, how come no one complains about the glitches and the lack of patch to this day ? Unity got destroyed by everyone yet everybody's forgiving DAI's many severe issues ...
Oh I've been complaining.
But Unity got shat on as bad as it did because there was already a PR disaster looming over it, and it was fueled by PS4 vs XBO fanboys. DA:I is broken on every platform, has no "parity" looming over its head and hasn't received nearly as much press attention. Therefore, fewer people care.