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[Chuck Berry]

Gonna try and keep this as brief as possible. And prefacing by saying I wasn’t a fan of Origins and never played 2 (but should just because)

Bought it day 1 in 2014 but tossed it quickly aside because I thought the character creator sucked and I was also balls deep in Alien Isolation so it was easy to walk away from. At the time.

Fast forward almost ten years. This is real good shit. Went with a human archer build and took some time to decide to just play as Kevin Costner circa early 90s.

Love the exploration so far. Love watching the numbers go up and collecting the mats and loot. These are the days right on the brink of the icon barf crisis. Creed Unity was the same year

In 2024, it feels fuckin great to me.

I know the whole thing is “get outta the Hinterlands as fast as possible” but I love exploring and it’s not like the map is huge. It’s one of those types that looks bigger than it is and it’s got decent fast travel anyway.

So is this the real “final true” BioWare game or what? It’s early Frostbite but also pre Andromeda and Anthem.

So far so good.

 

[semiconscious]

played & replayed it. the last bioware game i enjoyed, & (caution: heresy ahead!) my favorite dragon age game...

 

[DCDW]

I played an Archer in that game as well and got bored as it felt like my attacks did squat for damage and any true damage I did was reliant on my skills which had long cooldowns. I've contemplated going back and playing a melee build. Also wasn't quite a fan of their shield system in place of healing.

 

[Chuck Berry]

I played an Archer in that game as well and got bored as it felt like my attacks did squat for damage and any true damage I did was reliant on my skills which had long cooldowns. I've contemplated going back and playing a melee build. Also wasn't quite a fan of their shield system in place of healing.

I’ve been using explosive arrows and flanking which seems to do more damage. Also going to start focusing on daggers just in case I wanna rush in with speedy melee in case I get bored

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

I played an Archer in that game as well and got bored as it felt like my attacks did squat for damage and any true damage I did was reliant on my skills which had long cooldowns. I've contemplated going back and playing a melee build. Also wasn't quite a fan of their shield system in place of healing.

The Artificer subclass was pretty awesome for an archer. It has some passives that IIRC decrease your cooldowns if you critical hit. Combine that with the archer ability where you leap backwards and spray a bunch of arrows, often you can land enough crits to reset the cooldown immediately. Then use that hook shot ability that pulls you back toward the enemy, and just repeat and spam the hell out of it.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Look at that. Frostbite 3. Their first outing.

Look at the sun rays coming through through the broken stone wall. Look a the flaming torches on the walls and the lighting beyond.

That still looks damn ok to me

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

https://fextralife.com/forums/t160988/the-thedas-machine-gun-archer-artificer-build

There’s the build I pretty much followed, it was really fun to play IMO

 

[Brigandier]

The vast majority of Dragon Age hardcore fans hate it but man I loved it, Excellent game and I loved the areas that opened up the more optional quests that were completed to get to the Dragons.

Base building was great too, Platted this game I couldn't get off it, Archer was OP lol.

 

[Soltype]

I liked the way the game handled lore and exploration, reminded me of final fantasy 12. I just wish it had better gameplay, it's not a bad game at all though.

 

[Brigandier]

played & replayed it. the last bioware game i enjoyed, & (caution: heresy ahead!) my favorite dragon age game...

Hey fellow Heretic mine too!!!

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

played & replayed it. the last bioware game i enjoyed, & (caution: heresy ahead!) my favorite dragon age game...

Truth is never heresy....preach devotee....preach

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Look at that. Frostbite 3. Their first outing.

Look at the sun rays coming through through the broken stone wall. Look a the flaming torches on the walls and the lighting beyond.

That still looks damn ok to me

It looks phenomenal to this day. I did a play through earlier this year. Maxed out in 4K it can easily pass for a current gen game.

 

[Mossybrew]

Played through the whole thing twice, I dont care what anyone says, I loved the game. Edit: looking at my PS profile I spent 308 hours with the game lol.

 

[JayK47]

It was a decent game. It just didn't feel like a Dragon Age game after playing Origins and 2.

 

[Hrk69]

I tried playing it multiple times but on PC the cutscenes are locked to 30fps. Removing the cap makes the cinematics act weird unfortunately.

It's just too jarring for me. Especially with the amount of cinematics this game has

 

[balls of snow]

I was a knight enchanter or whatever the fuck. Op as fuck and could solo a dragon on hard mode.

 

[EDMIX]

Look at that. Frostbite 3. Their first outing.

Look at the sun rays coming through through the broken stone wall. Look a the flaming torches on the walls and the lighting beyond.

That still looks damn ok to me

Truth, this is a massively underrated title

 

[Raven117]

It was fine. No where near the heart and soul of DAO, but it was good.

 

[Bodom78]

Hmmmm, I remember picking this up way back when it was a few bucks for everything.

This thread has made me want to try it. Never played the first 2 games so I have 0 attachment to the franchise (Are the games related or like FF where each is its own story?)

 

[Larxia]

The game looked gorgeous, really beautiful, and the world itself was nice.
The game's structure though... It was horrible. It really felt like playing a MMO, but alone in single player. Very boring generic repetitive mmo quests, over and over.

Here's my screenshot album from back then:

Dragon Age Inquisition

Explore this photo album by Alexandre Faivre on Flickr!

www.flickr.com

 

[vaibhavpisal]

OP are you seriously implying I should try to attempt to play this ??

 

[Hudo]

Not enough new shit in Inquisition.

 

[Chuck Berry]

OP are you seriously implying I should try to attempt to play this ??

I just might. It’s $4 on PSN for the GOTY edition

I mean at that price why not right

 

[Chuck Berry]

Hmmmm, I remember picking this up way back when it was a few bucks for everything.

This thread has made me want to try it. Never played the first 2 games so I have 0 attachment to the franchise (Are the games related or like FF where each is its own story?)

That’s basically my situation. No connection really to the first two and I’ve been totally fine learning about the world and what’s happening

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

They give you this short "chose your own adventure" type comic at the start of the game that recaps the first games and allows you to make some choices from those games which sets up DA:I.

I don't think it's necessary, but folks that like continuity/lore might like the option.

 

[RavageX]

I personally didn't understand the hate. I did play it well after it was released, a GOTY edition that had everything so maybe that was the difference.

I hate DA2 though. Felt so...generic. First one was excellent.

 

[poodaddy]

I'm glad you dug the game man.

I personally tolerated it enough to finish it, but really regretted investing that much time in it. By the end I kind of hated it. Origins, conversely, was absolutely outstanding.

 

[MujkicHaris]

DA: I is terrible. It's probably the worst game I've played in recent years. Just like Mass Effect 2. Super overrated, shallow game with over-simplified gameplay systems.

 

[Zathalus]

Base game was alright but it really shined with the DLC.

 

[GymWolf]

The real time combat looks pretty clunky...

Can i play it if i haven't played the other 2? Is there a recap of the plot?

I have the game of the year edtion on my library, a gift of amazon prime i think...

 

[Denton]

So much God damn filler. Decent story and main quests, overall 7/10 and not a point more. I expect Veilguard to fare the same.

 

[Chuck Berry]

 

[bbeach123]

The soundFX was amazing ,never heard anything like this before (at 2014) .

The linear map was great , the open world map was ok at the first 1 or 2 map . And then it feel really really fcking repetitive , same shit different skin .

 

[Sleepwalker]

I know I beat this in 2014 but honestly I can't remember a single thing about the story lol

 

[Chuck Berry]

I know I beat this in 2014 but honestly I can't remember a single thing about the story lol

I won’t either.

Most likely due to the fact that it’s mostly written by women wait what wow oh my

Oh shit did I just say that

Dragon Age: Inquisition (Video Game 2014) - IMDb

Dragon Age: Inquisition (Video Game 2014) “Writing credits” credits

m.imdb.com

Yup I did

The whole premise just isn’t interesting anyway. Yay I’m Video Game Jesus. Again.

 

[Dazraell]

I liked it more than DA2, but there were some design flaws I didn't enjoyed. Open zones were nice, but their offline MMO-like design with larger focus on activities and meaningless fetch quests with very limited stories start being annoying after a while. Main quest was much better though

 

[lmimmfn]

I'm glad you dug the game man.

I personally tolerated it enough to finish it, but really regretted investing that much time in it. By the end I kind of hated it. Origins, conversely, was absolutely outstanding.

Spot on, the first 60 hours were OK but the last 50 were a slog and only continued so I would finish it and never have to return to it.

DA:O on the other hand was sublime

 

[brenobnfm]

Best Dragon Age by country mile, game of the year, one of the best games of the decade. I wasn't even interested in the franchise after playing that ugly mess with edgy writing called Dragon Age: Origins, but Inquisition is just amazing.

 

[Regginator]

As coincidence would have it, I played through the entire Dragon Age series for the first time last year. I'd rate them 8, 6, and 7.5 respectively, and while I wouldn't call myself the biggest Dragon Age fan, I did overall enjoy my time with them.

Better late than never, but: is there a way for the combat in Inquisition to more resemble the one from Origins? I know Inquisition has a tactical camera mode, but it doesn't really work the same way. For example, when I click on the team portraits, instead of switching the camera perspective to said team remember (like in Origins), you basically only give direct commands without actually seeing the team member or their position.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Really looks great for a 2014 game

 

[P:axMagellanic]

The characters were mostly dogshit. But I liked the big bad and the greater implications for the setting. (looking like it's entirely abandoned now)

 

[EverydayBeast]

Played inquisition really, unprecedented game, has the type of energy you want in a game.