Dragon Age: Inquisition

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  1. keplemiber
    Nov 20, 2014
    0
    I played around 20 hours on both SP and MP mode and yes I just created Metacritic account just for DA: I. Here's what I thought :

    Awful game, I played both DA: O and DA2, this game is slightly better than DA2. I'm not saying I want this game to be the next DA:O in terms of gameplay etc, I'm okay with a brand new system but DA:I simply failed in almost every aspect. The combat feels    I played around 20 hours on both SP and MP mode and yes I just created Metacritic account just for DA: I. Here's what I thought :

    Awful game, I played both DA: O and DA2, this game is slightly better than DA2. I'm not saying I want this game to be the next DA:O in terms of gameplay etc, I'm okay with a brand new system but DA:I simply failed in almost every aspect. The combat feels clunky and sluggish, the characters' textures and models are just horrid and weird, the voice acting quality is under par, the tactical camera is basically unusable on PC, the user interface is so not PC friendly (yes they said they're fixing it), the story is mediocre at best, the skills system and variation are very little, the Tactics (AI settings for characters) is very very horrible and simplified as though as this is a mobile game.

    Now for the MP, the amount of active skills you can bring to a mission is 4 maximum, so most of the time I just press and hold left mouse button to auto attack. There's not even a number indicator on both the HP bar and MP/Stamina bar. The worst part of the MP is they're using P2P for the MP, about 80% of the time I simply got dc'ed and no, there's nothing wrong with my connection, I played WoW, Diablo 3, RIFT, Dragon Nest, Battlefield 4, CS:GO, FF XIV etc perfectly and no major dc just like DA:I. I already try to clear the TCP/IP, change the DNS, turned off my firewall and AV but still dc'ed a lot. Also even when I got connected and got a "bad" host, the game is simply lagged a lot due to P2P system.    … Expand
  2. Alex2C99
    Nov 20, 2014
    0
    If you heard somewhere that there is a tactical camera in this game then you are fooled. There is NO tactical camera in this game! Period! But a virtual magnifying glass for floor textures IS.
  3. Avadon
    Nov 20, 2014
    4
    Inquisition will be very fun for you if you enjoy MMO-like design in RPG's. I quite like that, I find some care-free grinding and exploration relaxing and it helps me get immersed in the world. The game takes its time and implements those mechanics well. However, if you prefer RPG's that are shorter and more to the point (like Witcher 2), you may get bored here. The story and dialogue isInquisition will be very fun for you if you enjoy MMO-like design in RPG's. I quite like that, I find some care-free grinding and exploration relaxing and it helps me get immersed in the world. The game takes its time and implements those mechanics well. However, if you prefer RPG's that are shorter and more to the point (like Witcher 2), you may get bored here. The story and dialogue is also great and moves at a fine pace, but in order for you to not constantly wonder what the hell is going on I recommend that you refresh your knowledge of the Dragon Age world and lore, as well as what happened in the previous games. The Keep website is a good place to start and you should definitely do that, but I'd also recommend reading up on the world's different factions and what they are about, it will really help you appreciate the methodic world building that's going on here.

    Unfortunately, the game has one fatal flaw: crashing. Performance-wise, I had no problems on ultra (4790k, 16g ram, 780 Ti, Win 8.1), but it crashed probably around once every hour. All my drivers are of course up to date, and I don't have any hardware or temperature issues (just finished Far Cry 4 without a single problem). I have no idea what's causing this. Could be engine related, could be DRM-related, I couldn't say. Will they fix it? Probably, but I decided not to risk waiting and refunded the game through Origin (and kudos to them for allowing you to do so if you are not satisfied, as opposed to Steam).

    As a result, although the game seemed very interesting, I can't in good conscience rate it high if it was unstable enough for me to get a refund. You might not have problems with it though, so I guess there's nothing stopping you from checking it out and then getting a refund if you are unhappy.    … Expand
  4. periwinkles
    Nov 19, 2014
    0
    If you buy something that is super-hyped up and when it FIRST comes out, then chances are it will be buggy and you will be very disappointed. That is exactly what happened with Inquisition.

    The Problems: The combat is disorienting (camera control issues), and is more of a click fest versus strategic. The graphics are okay, but nothing spectacular. Dialogue is generic and at times    If you buy something that is super-hyped up and when it FIRST comes out, then chances are it will be buggy and you will be very disappointed. That is exactly what happened with Inquisition.

    The Problems: The combat is disorienting (camera control issues), and is more of a click fest versus strategic. The graphics are okay, but nothing spectacular. Dialogue is generic and at times seemingly pointless. Controlling character via keyboard and mouse is a struggle, especially so during combat (no auto-attack). The menus are not sized right, and thus cumbersome to work with. Too often companions will do this 'instant teleportation' where they pretty much fall out of the sky besides you if the distance between you and them gets too great. If you are looking for immersion, this probably won't cut it for you, and contrary to what has been said - I didn't find it an open world at all. Case in point - combat to me means sometimes pulling back (trying to get away). Being chased down, running for your life is fun. Inquisition, you have none of this, as NPC's seem range bound to a specific area. If you step within their area they come after you, but the moment you step out - you don't exist to them. Besides these points, the game overall is just plain boring. There is nothing that grabbed my attention. No 'wow' factor, just a big bloated, clunky game, that tries to do everything and as a consequence doesn't do any one particular thing exceptionally well.

    The last point I want to mention is the story. It is uninspired, boring, and though I realize it could get better with time - how much time we talking? If the story can't grab me within the first 12 hours, then sorry you have missed the mark

    Honestly, I really wanted to like this game. I totally bought the hype up, and preordered it. That will be the very last time I ever do that again with any game. Really disgusted with the professional/critic reviewers for giving Inquisition stellar reviews of 85% and up (one of them gave it a 100% - someone is on Bioware or EA payroll). I just can't see how anyone could play this and give it above 80% - unless maybe this is the first game they ever played and have no reference point.    … Expand
  5. Vasot
    Nov 22, 2014
    3
    The game is like playing an MMORPG game with a single player mode. The story is rather lacking with a lot of cliche moments that you find in some Multiplayer-only games it just feels like the story is forced into the game also the combat does not have any kind of strategy you just mash the most powerful combat choices and you can easily win your opponent. As for the graphics theThe game is like playing an MMORPG game with a single player mode. The story is rather lacking with a lot of cliche moments that you find in some Multiplayer-only games it just feels like the story is forced into the game also the combat does not have any kind of strategy you just mash the most powerful combat choices and you can easily win your opponent. As for the graphics the environments look great but unfortunately the animations (especially the human animations) are poorly designed they look like similar to plastic dolls which is rather disappointing for a 2014 type of game....
    Also i am having bizarre stuttering with a Core i7 3.9GHZ / 16GB Ram / GTX780 and i am not sure if it is because of this new stupid DRM called DEVUNO or because the game is just an unoptimized piece of sh*tty software because normally my system should be powerful enough to play this game even with max graphic settings    … Expand
  6. Cl1cka
    Nov 24, 2014
    3
    While the game is beautiful and characters appealing - it quickly becomes obvious that it wasn't created with PC gamers in mind...The control is beyond broken with kb+m, there is no tactical mode to speak of as it's broken as well, and in general it's so frustrating that it made me quit after 2 hours. No auto-attacks didn't help either as you have to mash buttons like you are playing it onWhile the game is beautiful and characters appealing - it quickly becomes obvious that it wasn't created with PC gamers in mind...The control is beyond broken with kb+m, there is no tactical mode to speak of as it's broken as well, and in general it's so frustrating that it made me quit after 2 hours. No auto-attacks didn't help either as you have to mash buttons like you are playing it on console. Honestly can't say how much I feel betrayed , by all the promises of "going back to the tactical mode of DAO" crap that Bioware pushed down our throats,. Also by all the positive reviews, here and in other places as well, as they are all payed for these, as no sane person would give it positive score on PC.

    I just don't understand how is it possible to **** up this bad controls on PC, when you already had them nailed down on DAO...it just feels like MMO but worse than SWTOR - their own MMO. I will be refunding the game until all this is fixed, or if not will look in other titles to support.

    Basically what Bioware did here, was to tell us to bend down little further while they are standing behind us unzipping..    … Expand
  7. gfunk1369
    Nov 20, 2014
    4
    Listen I'm not going to say this game is the worst heap of garbage to ever grace a console or PC, but I will say that if you really love RPG's and are in to challenge then don't buy this game. if you love modern warfare games or loved the second game in the series then go for it. However, if those descriptions don't fit you then I would recommend you wait for The Witcher 3, which will beListen I'm not going to say this game is the worst heap of garbage to ever grace a console or PC, but I will say that if you really love RPG's and are in to challenge then don't buy this game. if you love modern warfare games or loved the second game in the series then go for it. However, if those descriptions don't fit you then I would recommend you wait for The Witcher 3, which will be a far superior game in every respect. On a side note I have made a note of every critic that has given this game glowing reviews and will now avoid their opinions on any ever game reviews.… Expand
  8. Stevensan
    Nov 21, 2014
    4
    This game looks like a real good one, and I mean it. I will not rant here much, the others said everything.

    There is no PC version. This is like the Resident Evil 4 PC release: you are imitating a gamepad with the keyboard, because the program cant deal with the mouse. In this form this game is an autotargeting shooter colsole port. Its now more like the Diablo 3 console version,    This game looks like a real good one, and I mean it. I will not rant here much, the others said everything.

    There is no PC version. This is like the Resident Evil 4 PC release: you are imitating a gamepad with the keyboard, because the program cant deal with the mouse.

    In this form this game is an autotargeting shooter colsole port. Its now more like the Diablo 3 console version, like any Dragon Age, or any tactical game supposed to use with people with brains.

    The UI uses too big console fonts and nonsense menus-into-menus on PC. But why? I am not playing on TV, i am sitting in front of a 32" monitor.

    If we get a patch where they fix the controls and the UI I will gladly give it a 8 or 9, with no problems.

    But until then it is ridiculos console shooter.    … Expand
  9. Grum84
    Nov 21, 2014
    2
    Were bad game =(( After so long time of developing , and aftret soo many promeses .... GAme for 13/14 old boys. stubid /ease wery hard to control with keybord =((
  10. peterk426
    Dec 30, 2014
    0
    Worst game of ALL TIME!! Where should We start hmm? Ok, so first when I bought this game i had the deluxe edition, and DID not receive any of my deluxe items. Also I did the red lyrium side quest for more gear and it said it was mailed, never got it. I had to call Origin to ask for a Refund becuz the game was so bad but i decided to buy the regular version for $40 n it still sucks. ThereWorst game of ALL TIME!! Where should We start hmm? Ok, so first when I bought this game i had the deluxe edition, and DID not receive any of my deluxe items. Also I did the red lyrium side quest for more gear and it said it was mailed, never got it. I had to call Origin to ask for a Refund becuz the game was so bad but i decided to buy the regular version for $40 n it still sucks. There is absolutely no storyline what so ever, its more like do whatever you want which is annoying I wish the game had some direction... Combat targetting system is absolutely terrible. mounting is super bad. In all honesty, U guys should be ashamed to put out a game like this. The other dragon age were magical idk what happened with this one but you guys need to kick it up a notch or go hhome… Expand
  11. Deadone23
    Nov 20, 2014
    0
    -Awful visuals
    -You don't have to use Tactical mode even on Nightmare
    -Cringe-worthy dialogues
    -Not actually an Open world game (alot of invisible walls)
    -Your choices don't matter
    -Social Marxist and Misandric propaganda
  12. Ceridwen8
    Nov 22, 2014
    4
    Once again, I'm reminded *not* to trust Critic Reviews. (GG fails in every way, except the ridiculous inaccuracy of 'professional' reviewers.)

    I loved Origins - I liked *some* parts of 2. (not a lot - the combat was ridiculously simple & I'm a very casual gamer. I did not like the 'Hawke' idea, because it felt like playing someone else's story/character, but the actual character of    Once again, I'm reminded *not* to trust Critic Reviews. (GG fails in every way, except the ridiculous inaccuracy of 'professional' reviewers.)

    I loved Origins - I liked *some* parts of 2. (not a lot - the combat was ridiculously simple & I'm a very casual gamer. I did not like the 'Hawke' idea, because it felt like playing someone else's story/character, but the actual character of Hawke was agreeable enough, if weirdly passive & lacking in any heroism/heroic journey.)

    Inquisition may get better, but I doubt very much I'll play long enough to find out.

    First, I hate the combat. I really despise it. It's awkward, slow, unsatisfying and feels badly conceived. (mage was best - I tried all but 2h warrior) Character creation is ok - the hair is horrible, however. (hair matters!)

    However, while the combat would put me off, it's the story that really shocked me. Unlike the brilliant start of Origins, & the at least initially involving story of 2, I do not care in any way about Inquisition. It makes little sense - in the space of a few minutes (if that) you are moved from 'everyone hates you' to 'exalted one!' For no good reason, other than some people saw a glowing woman and decided she's Andraste. They'd seen her before, too, but you vaguely touching green stuff changed their mind. For some reason.

    It has to get better, but I don't feel compelled to find out. My character is bland. Almost nothing. Whether elf or Qunari - just - eh. (and their voices are all the same between races, so - eh. That's ok, but certainly isn't impressive..) You get drawn into the 'Inquisition' - again, for some reason, with no real input of your own.

    Truly, most off-putting is your first companion, Cassandra. I absolutely loathed her - and I say this as a feminist type myself. She seems to be yelling at you constantly, she's abusive, she's sneering, she's obnoxious. I've heard people say you have to read the comments, & the only response to that is, "No." If I wanted to spend hours with an angry companion, I could - I don't know - hang out in the subway! Or DMV.

    The name, too, remains questionable. Joining & recruiting into something called 'The Inquisition' could be comic, but doesn't exactly inspire confidence. If I can't scream, "NOBODY EXPECTS...!" then it doesn't work. Neither does Cassandra's incessant 'Most Holy' comments. She comes off as an angry fanatic, & I don't care if her back story involves sad puppies. It's obnoxious, & reason to avoid.

    Maybe the action is better on consoles - but I don't enjoy console games. Either way, the characters & story really lack whatever it takes to gain interest & keep it, & get me, at least, to play again.    … Expand
  13. Vakorg
    Nov 22, 2014
    0
    Ужасное управление, никак не оптимизировано под мышку и клавиатуру. Минимальные системы требования не позволяют играть без частых вылитов, ужасной долгой загрузки (10 мин). И за это я заплатил 2000 руб.? Желаю чтобы затраты на партирование на пк не окупились!Ужасное управление, никак не оптимизировано под мышку и клавиатуру. Минимальные системы требования не позволяют играть без частых вылитов, ужасной долгой загрузки (10 мин). И за это я заплатил 2000 руб.? Желаю чтобы затраты на партирование на пк не окупились!
  14. meanfree
    Nov 22, 2014
    2
    Corypheus is not worth enough to be a world class boss.
    And your paying DAI is like playing a beta-play-test version of badly made TES5.
    Finished one campaign in 60 hours and don't want another at all.
    Keep doing so, Bioware, and I will be so done with your games.
  15. Whatever76
    Dec 12, 2014
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Simply not worth the time on the PC. Clearly a poorly ported console game that is virtually impossible to control using a keyboard and mouse. Also, the first half hour is simply underwhelming... "Run here! Fight that! Run there! Who cares! Not me! Ooh, it's dark! So what!" The story, from what I've gathered in game and online is... just, bleurgh. Basically, a wizard did it. Nice one. Thanks.

    I'm sure the console fanboys will flame me, but whatever... I'm a PC gamer with over 20 years of games under my belt: I know rushed, dumbed down, poorly thought through junk when I see it.

    Never again, Bioware. You almost broke me with ME3 - This utter garbage finished me off. I'll not waste my time and money on you anymore at least - I suppose there is a bright side.    … Expand
  16. Tamerlanz
    Nov 23, 2014
    1
    I give 1 out of 10 to this game until they fix problems with crashes, freezes and keyboard controls. It is not possible to play this game properly on PC!
  17. Throngar
    Nov 20, 2014
    0
    Beautiful, but almost unplayable as melee with these horrible pc controls, sad but true... :( I really looked forward to this game and it could be great, if the DA:O controls would be implemented, for that you can play proper with mouse and keyboard...
  18. DevilsOwner
    Dec 2, 2014
    2
    For a start: I loved DA Origins, the depth of its story and especially the characters: Morrigan made it to my list of favorites, behind Dak'kon. And I even enjoyed playing DA 2.

    But DA Inquisition I had to stop playing. The story does not develop any depth at all, the companions are equally exchangeable (maybe one exception) but what bothers me most are the extremely boring side    For a start: I loved DA Origins, the depth of its story and especially the characters: Morrigan made it to my list of favorites, behind Dak'kon. And I even enjoyed playing DA 2.

    But DA Inquisition I had to stop playing. The story does not develop any depth at all, the companions are equally exchangeable (maybe one exception) but what bothers me most are the extremely boring side "quests". Obviously made to add game time and to cover the shallow story telling.

    Bioware: You lost the ability to create immersive games. And No, I do not think that these days games need to be shallow, easy to consume, with tons of simply time consuming side quests. The success of Skyrim and Bethesda show that the majority of RPC fans think that way.    … Expand
  19. BobaFett012
    Dec 15, 2014
    2
    This is one of the worst sequels I have ever played for any particular game but for a Dragon Age game its a terrible let down. First off let me just say the controls for the PC are so atrocious, just playing the game is trying and not fun. Then they went and took all the features that made this game a great tactical RPG out of the game and made it into an action RPG. Tactics for yourThis is one of the worst sequels I have ever played for any particular game but for a Dragon Age game its a terrible let down. First off let me just say the controls for the PC are so atrocious, just playing the game is trying and not fun. Then they went and took all the features that made this game a great tactical RPG out of the game and made it into an action RPG. Tactics for your party members has been gutted and is largely worthless, attributes are there for looks only, there is no customization of them at all. The skill trees are all bland and no special ones such as the last 2 games had. There is no more click to move, click to loot, auto attack, lock on target, no more healing spells in the game. Like I am utterly speechless that they could take such an amazing game series and just ruin it by turning into another clickfest action game like so many these days.

    I have now watched EA ruin good developers after buying them up. Series like F.E.A.R. (not EA), SimCity, dead space, Mass Effect, and now Dragon age ruined, or turned into nothing more than mindless action games to appease all these young CoD/MW kids and their short attention spans. I'm sick to my stomach about PC gaming these days and I have been a PC gamer for more than twenty years now.

    At least now I know to pass on ME4, which was one of my all time favorite series, however I no longer have trust in Bioware to put out a good product that is bug free and ported correctly to the PC.    … Expand
  20. amafadag
    Dec 15, 2014
    2
    Combat is so simplistic it's borderline boring. Character animations are VERY slow and unresponsive, (e.g. Click to autoattack with rogue, animation starts - want to cancel it and move? Wait 3 seconds.)
    Tactical view is rubbish and doesn't control well, the team tactics are reduced to pathetic few options consisting of drink/don't drink, use/don't use abilities etc. Inventory management    Combat is so simplistic it's borderline boring. Character animations are VERY slow and unresponsive, (e.g. Click to autoattack with rogue, animation starts - want to cancel it and move? Wait 3 seconds.)
    Tactical view is rubbish and doesn't control well, the team tactics are reduced to pathetic few options consisting of drink/don't drink, use/don't use abilities etc. Inventory management is horrific, you can see up to 6(wow!) items max in inventory and many more such gems. Add to all of it the mod unfriendly frostbite engine and hope of the game getting better with time dies fast.

    TL;DR Boring combat, boring quests, frustrating controls, basically unmoddable.    … Expand
  21. exlibrisas
    Dec 30, 2014
    2
    I have that urge to rant about this game too. I must admit: I`ve never been a fan of fantasy RPGs and being a completionist, but I`ve been trying to play these games and be a completionist for a past year. I`ve been doing a pretty good job at understanding those complicated skill and other kinds of systems and finishing as much stuff as I can find in maps (still hate multiplayer), but whenI have that urge to rant about this game too. I must admit: I`ve never been a fan of fantasy RPGs and being a completionist, but I`ve been trying to play these games and be a completionist for a past year. I`ve been doing a pretty good job at understanding those complicated skill and other kinds of systems and finishing as much stuff as I can find in maps (still hate multiplayer), but when I bumpped into DA:I I felt... frustrated. Not a lot of technical issues, but gameplay, game paste... I wanna do stuff and move to another area, but this game makes me come back if I don`t wanna miss anything. I really hate those boring sidequests, but I gave them a try. However, in this game I cannot even do many of those as some areas are locked for certain level. And why the hell they put 12 or whatever level monsters in a starting area? I wanna leave it as fast as possible, but game makes me come back and deal with those rifts and demons when I level up! And I can`t even get to some places as moving around is so complicated. People said "leave the Hinterlands". I did. Same stuff all over the world. I wanna do thngs and move on, not backtrack! And I have to force my self to play this. I hate when there is too much stuff going on and I lose track of things. Those areas on war table - I`ll forget what I haven`t accoplished in some of those. OK, I think many people find it great to explore every inch of theese kind of games, but for me it`s nightmare. It seems like there is interesting stuff to see and to do, but all theese will have to be done later. I don`t wanna go back later! I wanna just move on and experience the story.… Expand
  22. Amathev
    Dec 14, 2014
    4
    Bought it since I liked Origins, and there were "parts" of DA2 I could enjoy.
    This was like playing a single-player MMO, having to grind and do sidequests for hours between every main quest.
    The story is nonsensical with major clichés, written like it was done by a 14 year old who's only experience with Fantasy is through videogames, using simplistic events to bring the story forward,    Bought it since I liked Origins, and there were "parts" of DA2 I could enjoy.
    This was like playing a single-player MMO, having to grind and do sidequests for hours between every main quest.
    The story is nonsensical with major clichés, written like it was done by a 14 year old who's only experience with Fantasy is through videogames, using simplistic events to bring the story forward, i.e. "use the magic sword". The story lacks basic storytelling structure and is just the good guy winning and being cool, thanks to a very bad plot device, [spoiler] time travel. [/spoiler] This might seem like a stretch, but I got more out of the "story" in Dragon Age 2. DA2 was a bad game in all respects that had three different stories going on, but atleast I can recall what those stories were. This was a generic fight between a good guy and bad guy.

    Mixed in with all that there's Freemium iphone app devices like having the player wait x amount of hours to get small rewards.

    It's amazing that an AAA game can be this bad, and yet a game like "The Banner Saga", which was made by 3 people, can make all of the same aspects for so much less and be so much better.

    In total I spent about 40 hours on the game, about which I assume 6 were around the main storyline. Nothing outside of that felt like it mattered, and as if it was thought "more time spent" = good game.    … Expand
  23. dkaizer
    Dec 23, 2014
    4
    Besides looking beautiful, ultimately DA:I fails to live up to the first game in the series. The main story does not feel epic or grand at all and there is no sense of urgency. Companions are all right but cannot compare to Mass Effect companions as I am simply unable to feel anything for them. Armour and weapon design is severely limited and uninspiring. Play the multiplayer if you areBesides looking beautiful, ultimately DA:I fails to live up to the first game in the series. The main story does not feel epic or grand at all and there is no sense of urgency. Companions are all right but cannot compare to Mass Effect companions as I am simply unable to feel anything for them. Armour and weapon design is severely limited and uninspiring. Play the multiplayer if you are having trouble sleeping. I have to mention the main story again because it is one of the worst story lines every conceived in my opinion. It would be best to have a more linear, well written and memorable product like DA:O than something fluffy without substance and generic.… Expand
  24. dydx
    Nov 23, 2014
    3
    My god, it is truly baffling to witness the number of perfect reviews this game is receiving. With a team of hundreds of “professional” game developers and a budget of hundreds of millions the result is a game that is plagued by graphical anomalies and performance issues. My two 4GB GTX 670s struggle to maintain 60fps even on medium/high settings at a measly 1080p resolution.

    I can’t    My god, it is truly baffling to witness the number of perfect reviews this game is receiving. With a team of hundreds of “professional” game developers and a budget of hundreds of millions the result is a game that is plagued by graphical anomalies and performance issues. My two 4GB GTX 670s struggle to maintain 60fps even on medium/high settings at a measly 1080p resolution.

    I can’t believe I was once hyped for the release of this game. Having played a couple of hours, it consists of a banal series of quests, vacuous writing and the most mind numbingly boring combat. I’ve never had such an intense urge to close and uninstall a game than when I witnessed my Qunari pc suddenly flip and twirl about causing me to fall off a mountainside.

    The levelling system is shallow and the whole RPG aspect of the game is completely dumbed-down to its most basic form. The UI is annoyingly large and completely disregards PC controls. The companions have no redeeming features and the poor animations in this game works against their hideous design – I have no idea what their designers where thinking. This was BioWare’s last chance to prove that they can still produce anything work playing.    … Expand
  25. Tulsar
    Nov 24, 2014
    4
    Hard to follow the story as you're lost in large areas for hours doing tedious quests in order to level up.

    Gathering enough crafting materials to make just a few items takes forever, causing you to stop every 30 seconds to pick a flower, or "mine" an ore node. PC controls are very clunky. I repeat, very clunky. Targeting is bad, Camera angles are hard to control. You    Hard to follow the story as you're lost in large areas for hours doing tedious quests in order to level up.

    Gathering enough crafting materials to make just a few items takes forever, causing you to stop every 30 seconds to pick a flower, or "mine" an ore node.

    PC controls are very clunky. I repeat, very clunky. Targeting is bad, Camera angles are hard to control. You basically become the tag-along in your party, as opposed to being the hero, because every AI controlled character is leaps and bounds ahead of what you can do stuck fumbling with controls and camera angles.

    Alot of spells share timers, so even if you want to use them, you're suck auto attacking most of the time. I don't care how cool an attack animation looks, after you've seen it for the 1000th time, it gets old.

    Undefined leveling areas. I'm constantly running into enemies that are 6 levels above me and then being lost on where to go next.

    I'm about 15 hours in and really don't feel like playing it anymore    … Expand
  26. BobZ049
    Dec 5, 2014
    2
    I'm a huge fan of Dragon Age Origins...must have replayed it 10 times because it was so fun. DA2 was a little disappointing only because I was hoping to be able to explore Orlais and Tevinter...the combat system was great for both of those games and the writers of DAO were top notch....DA2 lost some in writing but the gameplay was still fun and the game was replayable. DAI is nothing likeI'm a huge fan of Dragon Age Origins...must have replayed it 10 times because it was so fun. DA2 was a little disappointing only because I was hoping to be able to explore Orlais and Tevinter...the combat system was great for both of those games and the writers of DAO were top notch....DA2 lost some in writing but the gameplay was still fun and the game was replayable. DAI is nothing like the first two installments....I've played 10 hours hoping it would get better and frankly I'm bored. The Story had potential but the execution left me feeling cheated. What's an RPG game that doesn't give you the ability to customize your attributes? The ability trees are worse than DA2 and the combat is not fun at all. Kingdom of Amular is more fun to play than DAI. Atleast the combat in Kingdom of Amular was fun with the fate shift and the cinematic fate kills. DAI felt like a wanna be Skyrim than couldn't come close to measuring up. Bottom line is DAI isn't worthy of being in the Dragon Age franchise...and I feel I've wasted my money. If you are a huge fan of DA Origins...Do not buy this game, you will be bored and feel as cheated as I do.… Expand
  27. Unknnnnn
    Dec 5, 2014
    2
    This game made me want to play wow. - It painfully reminds of MMO. The grind is enjoyable but this game doesn't make it more enjoyable than wow makes it.

    Let me explain this bit - its like a game can't figure out whether it wants more content in its side quests to make it feel like a rich story driven RPG or less content to make it a fast-paced grind that doesn't bore you and focuses    This game made me want to play wow. - It painfully reminds of MMO. The grind is enjoyable but this game doesn't make it more enjoyable than wow makes it.

    Let me explain this bit - its like a game can't figure out whether it wants more content in its side quests to make it feel like a rich story driven RPG or less content to make it a fast-paced grind that doesn't bore you and focuses you on the action and exploring the world without constraining you too much.

    So what it essentially does - is both - Tries to put boring conversation that give you 5 options to investigate and then asks you to go to A to kill 5 Bs and after you are done - it just gives you "THANK YOU". No reason for why you asked those 5 questions - the npc will never talk to you again apart from to say "Hi, inquisitor". Nor will anything you did for him matter beyond you getting some xp and some influence that aren't even needed as you can just as easily buy them from a merchant in a 100 times bigger quantity.

    So I felt like I had no reason to play this over wow. The fact that I felt that way should tell you just how unimaginative the side quests are.

    I haven't seen other people complain about it much, but it bothers me a lot. Where are the quests that feel meaningful? Like the quest in the DA:O Alienage where I had to deal with a bunch of slavers? Or the quest where you had a chance to help out an elf by taking his virginity or to help him get a girlfriend? Or in DA:2 which many said was a bad game - the side quests included you dealing with a criminal who was mentally insane and thought demons were telling him to kill girls because they were beautiful. Or where are any sidequests at all that influence main story? They did that in mass effect - where if you screw up certain amount of sidequests - alliance between Geth and Quarians becomes impossible. Or where you actually had a chance to let the cerberus bomb explode - by entirely ignoring that piece of content. Thus dooming hundreds of krogan.

    May be I didn't get that far in the game? But I'm 70 hours in and I'm running around some yellow coloured halla to try and get its AI to go where I want it to go... I'm really not enjoying it at all. I don't know if its because I'm a completionist and don't feel happy until I clear every single quest in a location, but in no other game did it feel like too much of a chore. Not even in WoW.    … Expand
  28. fairusfarok
    Dec 22, 2014
    2
    Connection issues, Quests that are literally fetch this and that and doesn't contribute to the main story line, and also a paper thin character development. Such a let down from Bioware. If you want to play Dragon Age, stick to the first two. Dun waste your moolah on this one.
  29. Naprossen
    Jan 12, 2015
    0
    Uninteresting story, boring buttonmash combat, clunky controls, "plastic" world without any interactivity... This is basically a 1981 game with modern graphics and sound.
    NPCs are blinking statues with one line dialogues, quests are boring and pointless, all feels fake and there is no way you can get immersed in the game's world, or even suspend your disbelief for a couple seconds.
  30. AkaiKoru
    Jan 16, 2015
    0
    If you enjoy walking around expansive environments, fighting a very limited number of mobs, clicking on plants, ore, and little bags then you have found nirvana. This game is like Wow, without all of the things that made Wow any fun. Unfortunately it is NOTHING like Dragonage, which was the reason most of us bought this. I have spent the last 3 years defending Bioware for the ME3 endingIf you enjoy walking around expansive environments, fighting a very limited number of mobs, clicking on plants, ore, and little bags then you have found nirvana. This game is like Wow, without all of the things that made Wow any fun. Unfortunately it is NOTHING like Dragonage, which was the reason most of us bought this. I have spent the last 3 years defending Bioware for the ME3 ending (which I was fine with) and telling everyone that Bioware is the best. But this game has done everything it can to shatter my view of Bioware. I have only played about 6 hours, and I am thinking of unloading and reloading my dishwasher as a way to add some fun into my evening. I only paid $32.00 for this. It was about $31.50 too much.… Expand
  31. Pugiron
    Feb 28, 2015
    0
    Feces on a plate. Clunky controls, buggy all the way through, repetitive and filled with lame dialogue. The same conflict from both previous DA games, mages vs Templars, Stupid crafting system, stupid combat system, and the choice to remove healing magic means it's one fight, run back to camp, one fight, run back to camp. A stupid game for stupid people, by stupid people. The positiveFeces on a plate. Clunky controls, buggy all the way through, repetitive and filled with lame dialogue. The same conflict from both previous DA games, mages vs Templars, Stupid crafting system, stupid combat system, and the choice to remove healing magic means it's one fight, run back to camp, one fight, run back to camp. A stupid game for stupid people, by stupid people. The positive reviews from critics show how corrupt the video game review system really is. The only thing dumber are the people that still pretend BioWare is anything but EA.… Expand
  32. Muzammil_khan
    Feb 3, 2015
    0
    well what can i say about this game i love it specially the "BSOD'S". without any patch that work. it probably deserve the "CRASH OF THE YEAR WITH LIMITLESS GRINDING MEANING LESS SIDEQUEST" game award.
  33. Thanatorum
    Nov 23, 2014
    3
    This game was so disappointing, I have to create an account on metacritic !

    Honestly, I have only one problem with DA:I : it's was designed for consoles, and you can see that within the first minutes. And do you know what's the problem with games for consoles ? The UI and controls are awful on K&B and it's painful to simply play the game and you just can't appreciate the story ! I'll    This game was so disappointing, I have to create an account on metacritic !

    Honestly, I have only one problem with DA:I : it's was designed for consoles, and you can see that within the first minutes. And do you know what's the problem with games for consoles ? The UI and controls are awful on K&B and it's painful to simply play the game and you just can't appreciate the story !

    I'll just take an example, the damned left click ! If you play a warrior, you have to be right next to your foes to hit them, otherwise you just play your attack animation against the wind ! Sincerely, I think I killed more air molecules than mobs ! Worst, I have to maintain it for "auto-attack" ... Yeah ! Great ! Wonderful ! Until your opponent moves on and I returns to attack the wind !

    Did you even try the K&B during the testing phase ? (I'm talking to you Bioware) ...

    My list of complaint is all but comprehensive, unfortunately my Eglish isn't good enough to spit out all my bile so I'll end here.

    Oh, wait ! I just remembered : your companions are useless ! Or worst, because you can't program their behaviour (like ... hum ... In DA:O ?), they keep firebolling me every time ! What's on their minds ? "Hum, I see my dear is in danger ! He's fighting hand-to-hand with a gruesome demon ... Fireball !!! "    … Expand
  34. 2md
    Nov 22, 2014
    0
    Usually i dont do reviews or even rate games, i didnt even have an account here...
    but after 2 hours of of DA:I i just hat to give my frustrations an outlet.
    first of all, i loved DA:O and didnt particularly like DA2. I had hoped they would do a better job with DA:I.... they didnt. -_- DA:I isnt a PC game, its just a console port. thats pretty much everything that needs to be    Usually i dont do reviews or even rate games, i didnt even have an account here...
    but after 2 hours of of DA:I i just hat to give my frustrations an outlet.

    first of all, i loved DA:O and didnt particularly like DA2. I had hoped they would do a better job with DA:I....
    they didnt. -_-

    DA:I isnt a PC game, its just a console port.
    thats pretty much everything that needs to be said, really.

    the whole gameplay is focused for console use and the pc is just an afterthought.
    thats why the mouse/keyboard control just doesn't work, it wasn't designed for it.

    the tactic view is pointless, i think they only included it to lure pc gamers ( like me -_- ) into buying the game because they thought they learned from DA2

    if you like another "rpg like hack and slash console game" go right ahead, but if you hoped for a pc game like DA:O -> you will be sorely disappointed    … Expand
  35. Askkosh
    Nov 20, 2014
    0
    I'm sad, Dragon Age Inquisition is a standard action-RPG.
    I was expecting DAI to be a Dragon-Age-like RPG :
    - only a few skils avaible - no way to view skill when creating character : you have to play the first chapter - mouse control sucks : no click to walk - tactical mode is a joke : can't see alll enemies - can't loot or attack : when you click to attack your character slash even    I'm sad, Dragon Age Inquisition is a standard action-RPG.
    I was expecting DAI to be a Dragon-Age-like RPG :
    - only a few skils avaible
    - no way to view skill when creating character : you have to play the first chapter
    - mouse control sucks : no click to walk
    - tactical mode is a joke : can't see alll enemies
    - can't loot or attack : when you click to attack your character slash even if your target is far away
    - ... try it and ask a refund : maybe you'll find some good sides.    … Expand
  36. JohnSnowTheMeta
    Nov 20, 2014
    0
    NOTE: DO NOT BUY THIS GAME ON PC IF YOU HAVE A SOLID STATE DRIVE, THE 'Denuvo' DRM WILL BRICK IT & EVEN WITHOUT IT ONE CAUSES MASSIVE FRAME DROPS & CPU USAGE, INCLUDING CRASHES
    DA:I Is honestly one of the most disappointing games I've ever played, certainly up there with BRINK.
    From the very beginning the story has awful pacing, questionable consistency, and overall a lack of    NOTE: DO NOT BUY THIS GAME ON PC IF YOU HAVE A SOLID STATE DRIVE, THE 'Denuvo' DRM WILL BRICK IT & EVEN WITHOUT IT ONE CAUSES MASSIVE FRAME DROPS & CPU USAGE, INCLUDING CRASHES
    DA:I Is honestly one of the most disappointing games I've ever played, certainly up there with BRINK.

    From the very beginning the story has awful pacing, questionable consistency, and overall a lack of interaction and connection with the player and player-character. As the story progresses the 'meaningful choices' boil down to the same basic decisions we've seen in every western RPG for the past decade going as far back as I've been in this hobby.

    Dialogue is absolutely atrocious, as are the awkward pauses mid-conversation, and the very limited and developer-biased choices you have in them. In several points of the game when the game doesn't directly punish you for selecting certain dialogue options, you often come to points where there IS NO DIFFERENCE IN ANY OF THE DIALOGUE CHOICES; not even a different response from the people you're talking to, but sometimes from the player character as well!

    On the topic of dialogue, as with the previous games & Bioware's Mass Effect trilogy, almost every selectable option in dialogue is a summary; so there are dozens of situations where the outcome of a choice is obfuscated by the game's poor condensation of what was going to be done/said.

    The dialogue isn't the only place the game's writing suffers however, characters are bland and forgettable, or worse disgusting caricatures of transgendered and homosexual people (Which I find absolutely offensive as a gay male myself when one of the characters literally has no personality outside of LOOK AT ME IM SO GAY IM SUCH A **** I LOVE MAN ASS AND COCK.); the story is also in shambles for most of the first 2 acts, and even when everything finally ties together proper for the player to actually be involved and care about it; even I had a hard time giving the slightest damn about the story, despite having loved DA:O and enjoyed DA2.

    Another issue with the game is it's complete dismissal of the lore of the first 2 games, whether it's turning Quan into giant-horned cartoon characters and completely retconning their society and culture from DA:O, to completely bastardizing and changing things in the established history, which was one of the series' strongest points due to the numerous chances you got to delve into the histories of places and read the lore of people and events in the universe.

    (Note: There is a large issue with ignored decisons from DA:O/2, but that's too large a list to tackle in this simple review.)

    The characters don't stop at being blatant cardboard cutouts of sexualities and life choices however; what's even worse is the forced romances; an Issue from DA2 that has carried over in spades. Unlike in Bioware's ME trilogy where romances culminated at key points no matter who you pursued and gave you the option to turn that character away if you weren't pursuing anyone; DA:I seems to think that the Player-Character wants to be ridden like the town bicycle and constantly throws awfully written romance attempts at the player, which at worse cause the character to permaneatly react negatively to you if you refuse their advances, and at best you ACCIDENTALLY ACCEPT and get some of the worst, most terribly animated sex scenes I've seen since, well, DA2.

    Now then, onto the meat of the game: Combat. As many others have said it plays like a single player MMORPG. This is not a compliment. The strategic mode is effectively unneeded outside of a few select types of enemies and bosses that require frequent re-casting of certain abilities. What's worse is that almost every encounter in the game can be beaten by ordering one party member to Hold Ground a suitable distance away, while the rest suicidally charge in and endlessly respawn.

    Player Progression is laughable at best, and DA:O and DA2 both had better systems in place for the very shallow and thinned trees of progression; not to mention this streamlining of actual content led to things like the removal of most routes of Healing, leaving you with just a bag full of potions to guzzle.

    The music is actually kind of alright, though most of the other sound design is mediocre AT BEST, ranging from entirely out-of-place spell sound effects to misplaced sounds when doing certain things (Sounds of wooden floor while running outside in the snow, etc) to generally unsatisfying and silly/cartoony sound design for simple attacks and actions.

    The graphics are an absolute shame compared to the art direction of DA:O; and even DA2 had superior atmosphere. Textures and objects constantly pop-in from a pitiful distance, some models dont have hands, facial features, or feet for civilians, and things that are out-of-the-way often have 24x24 pixel textures stretched over low-poly models (This is especially bad when inside buildings).

    Final Thoughts: Absolutely mediocre game, disappointing ending to trilog    … Expand
  37. YTMND
    Nov 24, 2014
    3
    I'm disappointed by the game so much that I felt the need to write a review.

    DAI is Kingdom of Amalur added with KOTOR II, adding the worst elements of both. DAI is an enjoyable game. and some of the major choices you make are indeed engaging. But the Main story is lacking at best. The ending and the pacing is just off. and much of it seems reminiscent of the mistakes done in KOTOR II    I'm disappointed by the game so much that I felt the need to write a review.

    DAI is Kingdom of Amalur added with KOTOR II, adding the worst elements of both.
    DAI is an enjoyable game. and some of the major choices you make are indeed engaging.
    But the Main story is lacking at best. The ending and the pacing is just off. and much of it seems reminiscent of the mistakes done in KOTOR II
    The characters are interesting however after finishing it all, I can't seem to get that closure or satisfaction I gained from KOTOR I ME2 DAO or the baldurs gate game
    The MMORPG semi open world fools gamers in believing that there is more to it, but you later find out most of the missions relevant nor worth the time.

    It seems that DAI is the embodiment of what bioware was and what it's trying to be.
    Sadly, much of what it was reflects the mistakes which Bioware made
    and What it's trying to be deviates from what used to make Bioware great.

    I do think they tried harder then Dragon age II. And it is indeed an enjoyable game
    However, I truly hope they search into their masterpieces, and try to go back to their roots for their next (maybe final) installment of DA series. MMORPGS and Slacky main stories cannot be tolerated, however interesting character plots and contents are.    … Expand
  38. Grim13
    Jan 15, 2015
    2
    Dragon Age: Origins - Fantastic. From the environments to the quests and overall story.

    Dragon Age II - Terrible writing. Recycled, recycled, recycled locations. Dragon Age: Inquisition - Terrible writing. Recycled, recycled, recycled quests. ----------------------------------------------- Bioware responded to the apt criticism of an obviously rushed DA2's recycled environments    Dragon Age: Origins - Fantastic. From the environments to the quests and overall story.

    Dragon Age II - Terrible writing. Recycled, recycled, recycled locations.

    Dragon Age: Inquisition - Terrible writing. Recycled, recycled, recycled quests.

    -----------------------------------------------

    Bioware responded to the apt criticism of an obviously rushed DA2's recycled environments by going all in environment-wise... and then failing mightily by choosing to recycle piss poor quests.

    I honestly have zero hope left for the studio formerly known as Bioware.    … Expand
  39. exotikras
    Nov 23, 2014
    1
    Alright, i'm tried not look into horrible acting where main character looking like an idiot, i'm trying not look into stupid mmo like quests... but honestly that game is no different like shadow of Mordor, farcry4, assassin's creed and other consoles **** and PC controls... OMG! they are terrible... even one stupid thing, why i can't just walk, why i always running like and idiot andAlright, i'm tried not look into horrible acting where main character looking like an idiot, i'm trying not look into stupid mmo like quests... but honestly that game is no different like shadow of Mordor, farcry4, assassin's creed and other consoles **** and PC controls... OMG! they are terrible... even one stupid thing, why i can't just walk, why i always running like and idiot and sliding afterwards... EA says that they will release some kind of patch for that, but it's idiotic didn't they saw that PC controls are terrible before they release the game? And i not even talking about game it self, that is stupid like others EA games...… Expand
  40. Maxra
    Dec 1, 2014
    0
    It's unplayable on a PC. Bioware, that's a shame.
    Moreover, the game really doesn't know what it wants and, not surprisingly, does nothing in an outstanding way. It's a Skyrim-DA:O-Witcher-Mix that falls short to its competitors in all aspects. I want to mention two aspects in particular:
    First, the fights are a joke and insult my intellectual capacities. Seriously, in an RPG I want to    It's unplayable on a PC. Bioware, that's a shame.
    Moreover, the game really doesn't know what it wants and, not surprisingly, does nothing in an outstanding way. It's a Skyrim-DA:O-Witcher-Mix that falls short to its competitors in all aspects. I want to mention two aspects in particular:
    First, the fights are a joke and insult my intellectual capacities. Seriously, in an RPG I want to be challenged and to solve tough fights with my party. I don't want to want to watch cool animations without really using my brain....
    Second, how am I supposed to feel I am THE INQUISITOR if I am running around like a schoolboy earning a few more cents for collecting and delivering rubbish to some unimportant people? Guys, just remember once again when we were playing Baldur's Gate: There was not a single quest that didn't convey the feeling of our importance and that we are really changing events. Oh how I miss the old Bioware (luckily, luckily, luckily we have independent studios that have a good chance of becoming a classical bioware, just look for: divinity original sins and pillars of eternity - so in a way, let Bioware be what it wants to be...).
    Anyway, to keep it short: Many people will like Inqusition, but for RPG gamers that want challenging combat, party building and an exciting story that you shape: believe me, don't waste your money on Inquisition. If you still want to have a look at it: wait for a year until there will be special offers.    … Expand
  41. peikko
    Jan 14, 2015
    0
    As a standalone game this isn't a bad Mass Effect style game worth at least 6-7, but as the next chapter in DA RPG series it is appalling and deserves 0-2. That said DA 2 is crap and I played it for 30 minutes before giving up.

    Just like the recent xcom game it appears that style takes precedence over substance with every aspect of the game streamlined down to make it "accessible".    As a standalone game this isn't a bad Mass Effect style game worth at least 6-7, but as the next chapter in DA RPG series it is appalling and deserves 0-2. That said DA 2 is crap and I played it for 30 minutes before giving up.

    Just like the recent xcom game it appears that style takes precedence over substance with every aspect of the game streamlined down to make it "accessible".

    Combat is boring and has no tactics apart from button mashing. At a certain level you can pretty much hold the trigger until the battle is over.. Revenants are a joke - in origins you could guarentee one could annihilate your party single handed until you learned how to defeat them. Try simply clicking on one of the Baldurs Gates or NWN enemies...

    NPC AI is woeful, you knock out an enemy and they ignore them.. Err, he isn't dead keep hitting him. And the NPCs.. God they are terrible - hearing Morrigan and then listening to Sera the fart joke making lesbian not elf; or Solas the elven version of Spock... Makes you miss the ability in BG to kill your own party members.....

    The best comparison is probably Mass Effect 3 with the same fuzzy characters, lame carrying through of decisions, moralistic grandstanding and "inspiring speeches". In fact, it has the same saviour of the galaxy storyline.. Plus, this game probably uses the same engine and game mechanics as ME4 will. So in fact dragonage has become a reskinned mass effect 3... Perhaps they should have called the main character shepard to keep things simple..

    Another annoyance with modern RPGs is crafting.. It has gone overboard in that one of the fun things about Baldurs Gate 1&2, DA:O was that you had to find the best weapons; they were legendary. Whereas DA:I like Elder Scrolls it is about farming dead dragons to get the ultamite bow / sword / armour. Instead of being a hero you are now a blacksmith / gardener / tanner...

    The controls are dire as well.. Jump / Collect button combined? So you are in a fight and try to jump to escape only to pick up some cloth. Or you are trying to collect something and jump about five times instead. Same with talking to people / opening doors etc.

    Character stats seem pointless as they don't seem to actually do anything? Increasing constitution doesn't seem to affect stamina (or is it willpower that increases that?). Don't know as it doesn't really matter.

    The art direction also seems to have gone a bit strange, the best rogue armour (prowler) looks like something from pride and prejudice.. It looks really awful and the heavy armour, well it doesn't really look heavy does it (battlemaster etc). Plus, the armour magically changes depending which member or your party wears it.. WTF? Darkspawn look pretty bizarre and not at all frightening, they look like they are wearing chinese coolie hats.    … Expand
  42. Oldsoldier
    Dec 18, 2014
    0
    Dragon Age Origins (the first) was a great game, I don't understand why they've changed the gameplay. Even here in Inquisition sequel, the combat system is boooooring and very worse, in tactical view you can see the 5% of battle land, characters jump... why? What's the problem with DAO system? It work, it make the game one of the best, why change it ? Biowere have lost the way with Dragon Age.
  43. xMaschine
    Dec 3, 2014
    1
    BioWare definitely put forth effort into the development and creation of DA:I. However, the gameplay, story and companion/NPC interaction feels shallow and unfufilling. With DA2 and DA:I, i've NEVER felt so unmotivated to move forward. One BioWare title gone wrong(DA2) can be overlooked, but I can't believe i'm saying that i'm bored with a second BioWare title. This is no longer theBioWare definitely put forth effort into the development and creation of DA:I. However, the gameplay, story and companion/NPC interaction feels shallow and unfufilling. With DA2 and DA:I, i've NEVER felt so unmotivated to move forward. One BioWare title gone wrong(DA2) can be overlooked, but I can't believe i'm saying that i'm bored with a second BioWare title. This is no longer the same company that produced the RPGs of legend.… Expand
  44. Hyrokin
    Nov 27, 2014
    4
    This is my first metacritric comment, and sorry for my english since i´m german speaking!
    I have played tons of RPG´s since late 80´s and nearly all of Biowares RPG´s including Jade Empire, Dragon Age, Baldurs Gate, KOTOR, Mass Effect,.....
    I bought DO:I on Origin and returned the game after 5 hours because of the tactical view. This is the worst mouse/keyboard/tacticalview ever seen on    This is my first metacritric comment, and sorry for my english since i´m german speaking!
    I have played tons of RPG´s since late 80´s and nearly all of Biowares RPG´s including Jade Empire, Dragon Age, Baldurs Gate, KOTOR, Mass Effect,.....
    I bought DO:I on Origin and returned the game after 5 hours because of the tactical view. This is the worst mouse/keyboard/tacticalview ever seen on PC.
    After spending 170 hours in Divine Divinity Original Sin this was a real disappointment !!
    This may be a great game for consols and action RPG players but I am playing Wasteland 2 now.
    PC seems to be dead for Bioware...    … Expand
  45. ShellSPb
    Nov 21, 2014
    1
    Again disappointing of year.
    Very poor optimization. Open world, and not as open as announced. Terrible control on PC. Graphics does not meet the requirements.
  46. ArioX
    Nov 19, 2014
    0
    I gave 0 because THAT IS NOT what I expected. Lets be clear - this is not as bad as DA2... but lets be serious - it is NOT POSSIBLE to make worst game than DA2. But to be in clear - this nothing like DA1 - which is BEST!
  47. Andante
    Dec 29, 2014
    1
    I am an old DA:Origins player and after much hesitation decided to give this game a shot despite its poor critics. After 1h of playing some simple questions come into my mind. We're on late 2014, technology has greatly evolved, developers have very strong tools on their hands that 10 years ago wouldn't dream of. Right? How come they can't design a decent inventory???

    Tell me, why do I    I am an old DA:Origins player and after much hesitation decided to give this game a shot despite its poor critics. After 1h of playing some simple questions come into my mind. We're on late 2014, technology has greatly evolved, developers have very strong tools on their hands that 10 years ago wouldn't dream of. Right? How come they can't design a decent inventory???

    Tell me, why do I have to navigate between dozens of windows to change a bloody armor? And why the hell are inventory icons so big? What are we, blind? Even on the old days when graphics were crap, inventories were designed to be practical and to offer a good overview of all your items, characters, skills etc. In DA:I its the complete opposite. You don't have any overview at all.

    Another thing that bothered me right from the beginning is the overall control/camera/fighting system of the game. I don't know where to start, its like the developers decided in secret to mess with their old fans. The tactical camera is only "tactical" by name because you can't see almost anything.

    No matter how much you zoom out the camera is fixed very close to the team leader and in order to see whats around you you're obliged to change the view into 3rd person!! Now imagine how confusing this can be in the middle of a battle. This poor implemented system results in many headaches making it rather impossible to create tactics and enjoy the game. You just attack the bad guy and watch out whether anyone from the party is low on health to heal him. That's the whole "strategy" of the game, poor and primitive.

    And here comes the next question. Why didn't they use the same tactical camera of DA:O which was almost perfect? Was it hard to implement? Why cant we PC users enjoy and take advantage of the keyboard+mouse combination, haven't we payed for the PC version of the game after all?? For heaven's sake I don't want to use an xbox controller for a game that should meant to be played with keyboard and mouse! I wont take it any further and speak for other flaws for the ones I mentioned are enough to spoil my experience...

    After this abomination of a game at best, I will turn my back on this company and never buy any of their filthy products again. Only pirate them, because that's what they truly deserve.    … Expand
  48. m-east
    Nov 19, 2014
    2
    Simulator black screen and download.
    +Graphics
    -Plot
    -fighting system
    -optimization
    -price
    -gameplay
    Inqusition much worse origins and the more other members of the RPG genre.
  49. junkevil
    Nov 19, 2014
    0
    i was really hoping this would be a good game, I know bioware is capable of making them, ME1, ME2 and DA:O were all great games. they dropped the ball on DA2 and ME3, they said they learned lessons and we're listening to the fans. the sad part is that they probably were listening to the fans, but making a game solely for fan service is disastrous. maybe if you think skyrim is the best RPGi was really hoping this would be a good game, I know bioware is capable of making them, ME1, ME2 and DA:O were all great games. they dropped the ball on DA2 and ME3, they said they learned lessons and we're listening to the fans. the sad part is that they probably were listening to the fans, but making a game solely for fan service is disastrous. maybe if you think skyrim is the best RPG ever and you only play games on consoles you'll like this game. if you wanted combat similar to DA:O like they promised you, you're out of luck. if you're a mouse and keyboard user, I hope you like to mash LMB a lot.… Expand
  50. EdwinFr
    Nov 21, 2014
    0
    Terrible for PC, Clunky menus and button mash combat, plays terribly on high spec system. Clearly a console port. Not fun and disappointing

    Frustrating, RIP DA:O
  51. Sibroc
    Nov 23, 2014
    4
    *This review is for the PC version.*

    I cannot talk about story, quests, characters etc because I never got to experience them. I never got to see what this game is about (which probably is a shame because it seems that there is some quality content there). After the first couple of hours I got so frustrated and angry with the mouse & keyboard controls that I had to quit. I asked a    *This review is for the PC version.*

    I cannot talk about story, quests, characters etc because I never got to experience them. I never got to see what this game is about (which probably is a shame because it seems that there is some quality content there). After the first couple of hours I got so frustrated and angry with the mouse & keyboard controls that I had to quit.

    I asked a refund immediately after.

    (For the record, DAO was one of my favorite games, I actually liked DA2 and I LOVED the Mass Effect series, ending and all, so no BIOWARE grunge here. Also no EA grunge either, they were polite and quick to refund).

    Positives: The game looks beautiful (if a little plasticy), when it doesn't crash... As I wrote the refund was issued immediately so kudos to EA/Origin for that I guess...

    As a side note it's incredible that all "professional" reviewers who supposedly played DO:I on PC, seem to be so blasé about the Kb&mouse controls. In my 20 years of gaming I do not remember ever having to quit a game because of frustration (and I have played Gothic 2). Yet it seems that every "critic" simply feels that the controls and UI are not something worth mentioning or have any impact on the rating...

    So let me me help some poor souls, if you plan to buy on PC and don't own a controller (or don't like using one) you had better wait for a patch...    … Expand
  52. Muldrossi
    Nov 28, 2014
    3
    I'm really amazed at all the positive reviews this game has. For pc the controls are really clunky, combat is difficult, not because of game mechanics, but just because you its difficult to target what you need to target. I really don't understand how all reviewers can just skip this important part over. A lesson of 60 euros to teach me to trust user reviews above critic reviews..
  53. Boglwe
    Dec 17, 2014
    3
    EA just keeps laying it on people and most people accept it; fascinating. I read all the bad reviews and all the good. The good reviews for this game must be by people whom are new to the gaming world, not playing on a PC, or simple minded (sorry). There are so many bad things with this game that it baffles me that peeps are actually enjoying this; Mobs disappear, graphics stutter, lessEA just keeps laying it on people and most people accept it; fascinating. I read all the bad reviews and all the good. The good reviews for this game must be by people whom are new to the gaming world, not playing on a PC, or simple minded (sorry). There are so many bad things with this game that it baffles me that peeps are actually enjoying this; Mobs disappear, graphics stutter, less then 30fps frequently on my gtx980, combat is silly, and poor character creation.
    I own many, many games dating all the way back to boxed version of Kings quest, The Dig, and UO. I have watched EA's steady march to greed before content since the mid 90's with the entire debacle of Ultima 9 and the treatment of Lord British. I am a gamer with a bit of extra cash sometimes so I do mind giving a company who distributed such a classic as U7 and Bards tale (original) the chance to make things good. Sooooo, after all the zero score user reviews, the high scoring critic reviews, my curiosity was peeked; could EA be handing out monies to critics, or are there that many EA haters out there that are bashing a game they never played? So, I bought the game, downloaded, starting playing via in home streaming through steamos.
    Many of the bad reviews spoke of awkward controls via mouse/keyboard. So I used my ps4 controller with my steamos; works great just like a console game should (note I said console not PC); that's my first point for the good. 2nd point pretty combat graphics for makes. 3rd is the fact that the game is refundable via Origin. That is really the only positives I found in this game. Sorry folks but it's true.
    I will not refund this game because I am Soooo curious if EA is going to patch all the problems away or is this it? I gotta know how bad a company can get, it is just so much fun watching it happen.    … Expand
  54. Antart
    Nov 24, 2014
    0
    This game may be ok for some console players but is far from the glorious way of Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights and Dragon Age Origins, so why should I enjoy a game that I have no intention to play? I wanted an RPG and they sold me an Action-RPG, it would have been better as a spin-off but this thing worth zero as the game that it's title suggest. I like ARPG as Elder Scrolls but theyThis game may be ok for some console players but is far from the glorious way of Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights and Dragon Age Origins, so why should I enjoy a game that I have no intention to play? I wanted an RPG and they sold me an Action-RPG, it would have been better as a spin-off but this thing worth zero as the game that it's title suggest. I like ARPG as Elder Scrolls but they were born ARPG, also there are plenty of ARPG in the World but really few real RPG, think about that. If you want real RPG go for Wasteland 2, Divinity Original Sin, Pillars of Eternity, Torment Tides of Numenera, that's the way lost by Bioware.… Expand
  55. farngrey
    Nov 20, 2014
    0
    Why, Bioware, why? What have we ever done to you that you hate us so much? You said you would listen to us and bring back the splendor of Origins. So, where is it? No traces of it in Inquisition. You said PC was your primary platform. Then why do you treat your most loyal fans to this rotten console port?

    This game could so great, so epic. I awaited it so eagerly and I was excited when    Why, Bioware, why? What have we ever done to you that you hate us so much? You said you would listen to us and bring back the splendor of Origins. So, where is it? No traces of it in Inquisition. You said PC was your primary platform. Then why do you treat your most loyal fans to this rotten console port?

    This game could so great, so epic. I awaited it so eagerly and I was excited when it finally arrived. Now I'm looking at a singleplayer MMO (gather X of Y, yes) with crazy camera, emasculated combat system and a storyline that couldn't be any more trite. I have no words to describe how I feel...    … Expand
  56. Avalonica
    Nov 21, 2014
    4
    Software Engine:
    Generally speaking, the story writing/momentum in Dragon Age: Inquisition is of poor quality compared to Dragon Age: Origins because the "frostbite engine" took up far to much resources/focus/time. While the "intentions/ideas" behind Dragon Age: Inquisition is fantastic, it never "rise" above the standards of an "expansion pack" on it's own. As a side-note: Dragon Age 2    Software Engine:
    Generally speaking, the story writing/momentum in Dragon Age: Inquisition is of poor quality compared to Dragon Age: Origins because the "frostbite engine" took up far to much resources/focus/time. While the "intentions/ideas" behind Dragon Age: Inquisition is fantastic, it never "rise" above the standards of an "expansion pack" on it's own. As a side-note: Dragon Age 2 was actually developed from the start as an "expansion pack" for Dragon Age: Origins.

    Dragon Age: Origins did run on the "Eclipse Engine" and Dragon Age 2 on the "Lycium Engine", while lot of bad things can be said about the "character designs" in Dragon Age 2 and lack of fluff features found in Dragin Age: Origins the "Lycium Engine" did a really good job, and here we have the core of the problem: Dragon Age: Inquisition is using the "frostbite engine" that has been butchered into something it's not meant to do, and it really shows.

    For the sake of discussion; - If BioWare had tweaked the "Lycium Engine" and put all content/resources/time there we would have had a "true" successor to Dragon Age: Origins that most players would have had a "connection with", but as of now jumping into a First person shooter/car driving engine was a terrible bad call!

    Design flaws:
    To re-invent a "working concept" is a dangerous thing, and how Electronic Art's could allow BioWare to mess with their best IP like this is for me a riddle since each years FIFA only has some new logos/text and still sell good...

    Really, if BioWare and Electronic Arts (with respect said) had swallowed their "inflated pride" and contacted Bethesda Softworks and told them about Dragon Age: Inquisition and if they could get a license to use Bethesda's own "Creation Engine" we would have had a fantastic game. Skyrim (running on the Creation Engine) with player-made mods has support for serveral companions and amazing features. So I am not the least exaggerating when I say: Bethesda's "Creation Engine" can do anything Frostbite does right now much better excluding multiplayer.

    But oh no, it had to be Frostbite, and here we are just like with Dragon Age 2, a lackluster story that somehow fails to play out as "intended". The best thing that could happen with Dragon Age: Inquisition is that somehow a dedicated player-base convert it all to a mod for Dragon Age: Origins or Skyrim.

    While the PR department did a really good job in sending out copies for "early reviews", everything got over-hyped just like a glass of water in a dry desert, and "design flaws" (aka design-compromises) with a "lackluster story" more or less (as usual) was ignored by the major reviewers.

    Why all the dual-core hate:
    While most people acknowledge that "dual cores" are in the twilight years by now, it was a strike under the belt to "code in" a software non-start routine for the owners of such computers, even if the minimum restrictions is listed as quad-core to run the game. It might even be so that the "Denuvo DRM" demands so much resources on PC so that is the main reason why dual-cores can't play the game (food for thought)...

    Multiplayer co-op:
    I found a quite alarming newsflash on the internet "EA to "retire" online support for select games" - and my logical question now is what will happen with the co-op multiplayer and "the keep" when EA decide to retire Dragon Age: Inquisition?
    Source: http://www.pcgamer.com/ea-to-retire-online-support-for-select-games

    When looking on the "EA Online Service Updates" (their own official list with all titles they terminated support for) I see that the Dragon Age franchise already got hit "Dragon Age Legends for Facebook and Google+".
    Source: http://www.ea.com/1/service-updates

    With a future like this in store for Dragon Age: Inquisition I would think it really would benefit the game with the following changes (mentioned for the sake of discussion).

    a. include a offline co-op mode
    b. include co-op LAN support
    c. include co-op Direct IP support
    d. include "The Keep" as a DLC (for "future compatibility") since something similar was done for Mass Effect 2 when a port was done for Playstation 3.

    People who buy DA:I should not have a "critical parts" of the game "die on them" just because they don't have internet access or EA shut down support for their game (remember what happened when Gamespy shut down multiplayer support?)

    Final words: Dragon Age: Inquisition does not play well in a semi-open corridor environment. The Frostbite Engine is a fiasco and the Lycium Engine, Unreal Engine or Bethesda's "Creation Engine" had done much more justice to Dragon Age: Inquisition.

    Final Score: Buyer beware!    … Expand
  57. ComicBookGuy
    Nov 19, 2014
    0
    A step up from 2 and still 10 short of anything near Origins. The developers angle of politicizing their content rather than producing anything worth playing is obvious. It's the same old story really: Create controversy, agues those who disagree with valid points of 'isms' and cash the money before anyone release what ride they were just taken on.

    Awful characters, awful voices, muddy    A step up from 2 and still 10 short of anything near Origins. The developers angle of politicizing their content rather than producing anything worth playing is obvious. It's the same old story really: Create controversy, agues those who disagree with valid points of 'isms' and cash the money before anyone release what ride they were just taken on.

    Awful characters, awful voices, muddy ugly graphics, more money in marketing than development.

    Another typical EA game really.    … Expand
  58. simonpd38
    Dec 12, 2014
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. i loved DAO to the core, and i actually love DA2 as well. but no game has made me more exited then DAI, But christ was i dissapointed with the Keyboard+mouse, its so frustrating i can't play it, i get so fxxxxx mad after 30 minute's, i played mage which seems to be the only class capable of Keyboard+mouse, but rogue and warrior for me are almost impossible to play, ive tried them to level 3 and forget it i quit, and the fact u can't even run using mouse like almost every fuxxxx game prior in the gaming HISTORY have been using, including DAO, and DA2, is beyond my understanding, it's a set back that is just unbeliveble how they could actually come up with this piece of crap controlls! i mean did they even try itthem self???… Expand
  59. Protp
    Nov 25, 2014
    0
    Let me guess EA is again using the employes to make accounts and try to boost the score.

    The game is one awful port like others have mentioned, nice graphics with mediocre gameplay, crappy controls and some bugs. No worthy of a huge review since i got my refund and the first line sums up the experience Honest score 4/10 score 3 of those points goes to origin refund policy the other    Let me guess EA is again using the employes to make accounts and try to boost the score.

    The game is one awful port like others have mentioned, nice graphics with mediocre gameplay, crappy controls and some bugs. No worthy of a huge review since i got my refund and the first line sums up the experience

    Honest score 4/10 score 3 of those points goes to origin refund policy the other one left to the "game", for using the troll squad again and boosting 10 all around here is your 0 enjoy it.    … Expand
  60. DragonAge3Sucks
    Nov 24, 2014
    0
    I created this accout, just to write this review. The game is terrible, DO NOT BUY IT. Terrible optimization, keyboard/mouse controls are horrible, "tactical" camera is a joke, combat/quests are: "mindless console button smashing, which might please a 5 year old that really think that smashing bottons really is great "gameplay" and really makes him think/feel he is accomplishing anythingI created this accout, just to write this review. The game is terrible, DO NOT BUY IT. Terrible optimization, keyboard/mouse controls are horrible, "tactical" camera is a joke, combat/quests are: "mindless console button smashing, which might please a 5 year old that really think that smashing bottons really is great "gameplay" and really makes him think/feel he is accomplishing anything other than being witness to a terrible movie that not even remotely resembles what people would define as a RPG and a million lightyears away from the tactical combat in dragon age: origins.… Expand
  61. GrumpyPoo
    Nov 25, 2014
    0
    Even though my PC is better than the recommended requirements, Dragon Age: Inquisition caused it to crash every 5 to 15 minutes. Hours of troubleshooting with EA's customer service didn't help, nor did any of the suggested solutions posted in various forums. It was completely unplayable. So glad I was able to get a refund. Single worst purchase I've ever made.
  62. Abschmatzer
    Nov 26, 2014
    0
    Bioware stated in August that DA:I is game "From PC-Gamers for PC-Gamers". What we have now is just a bad console port. More like "A game from a greedy company, which cared once about the community which made them big, for console gamers".

    You can smell console in every aspect of the game. Some examples: - confusing console interface - bad controls, because they were designed for    Bioware stated in August that DA:I is game "From PC-Gamers for PC-Gamers". What we have now is just a bad console port. More like "A game from a greedy company, which cared once about the community which made them big, for console gamers".

    You can smell console in every aspect of the game.

    Some examples:

    - confusing console interface
    - bad controls, because they were designed for a gamepad and just ported to the pc
    - no need of tactics, just dumb attackbutton-smashing, because thats what concole gamers like

    If you liked DA:O, then DONT BUY THIS GAME!!! At least not in its current version.    … Expand
  63. JamesTheThird
    Nov 20, 2014
    0
    To start with I must mark that this is not the review of the game, because to rate a game you first have to be able to play it and I will NEVER EVER play a game with DENUVO protection system. I urge all the players to check what this "new technology" does to your SSD drive before you order it. The attitude of EA is unacceptable. I will never buy any more EA games unless they change theirTo start with I must mark that this is not the review of the game, because to rate a game you first have to be able to play it and I will NEVER EVER play a game with DENUVO protection system. I urge all the players to check what this "new technology" does to your SSD drive before you order it. The attitude of EA is unacceptable. I will never buy any more EA games unless they change their policy. I will however pre-order Witcher 3 to support developers that don't use any DRM whatsoever. If you love games and you are a keen player I ask you to do the same, unless you like to be perceived by EA as a potential pirate that has to be monitored and has to have his computer scanned all the time.… Expand
  64. KarStar
    Nov 20, 2014
    4
    I'm a new metacritic user for the simple sake of sharing my disappointment with the game. I really like DA 2 because it felt more like an interactive movie with some decent action scenes. Yes, the on-rails gameplay and zone reuse was horrible, but it was still a fun game. I saw how my decisions changed the environment and each time I had to make a choice I felt the weight of it. It wasI'm a new metacritic user for the simple sake of sharing my disappointment with the game. I really like DA 2 because it felt more like an interactive movie with some decent action scenes. Yes, the on-rails gameplay and zone reuse was horrible, but it was still a fun game. I saw how my decisions changed the environment and each time I had to make a choice I felt the weight of it. It was also my introduction to the DA series. I tried DA: O but just couldn't get into it. I've played through ME 3 and part of ME 2. I really enjoyed SWToR, with it's fully voiced dialog and good class stories.

    It is true that the reuse problem in DA 2 is gone with this game. But "open environment" is really not. It's some very large zones that you can load into--if you've unlocked them. This is not the complete open, wander where you wish, land of an ES or Fallout game. What Bioware has done right is to sprinkle treasure chests around to encourage exploration. And there are plenty of interesting things to see and do. But I'm already less interested in crawling over every inch--since, in many cases, invisible walls prevent it.

    Many seem to think the dialog is disappointing. It's certainly not up to my expectations nor to the level of other Bioware creations I've played. DA 2's group banter was so entertaining. Event the characters in Mass Effect were worth talking to. It was one of Bioware's big selling points with me. What happened?

    But arguably the biggest problem I have with this game is the character textures and complete lack of facial expression. It's the uncanny Valley of Plastic Skinned Robots with every dialog cutscene. The graphics and animations just don't feel like they are up to standards for a single player game. Is this a result of having MP in the game? Is the engine just not able to handle better?

    As far as controls go and combat. I started playing as a dual wielding rogue, but find that in combat, I spend more time using Varric. I just don't understand how the devs missed this so badly. Melee is a pain. Tactical camera? Yeah, don't use it so much as I haven't found it to be very useable. I must blame consoles. If a game is designed for consoles, the PC interface fails. With DA 2 and ME 2 & 3, I was constantly jumping into the tactical mode to manage a fight. It just seems easier to stand back with range and let the NPCs run around. The statement from the game's producer that said PC user experience won't suffer was complete and utter BS. Menus and character control very much favor a console controller. Why do I still believe what these people say?

    I'll keep playing just to finish it, but unless some fixes are incoming, I don't recommend this game. And I'll take a wait and see attitude with any new Bioware game.    … Expand
  65. karnage1999
    Nov 24, 2014
    2
    First game ever in my 30+ years of gaming I've asked for a refund on. I really wanted to like this game. As a DA:O fan I loved the lore and tactical feel as well as I bought the story and all the filler in between. DA:I is a mess, one big mess of partial systems trying to work.. but don't.

    The tactical Camera, terrible, not worth using. The graphics are poor at best. Expect frame    First game ever in my 30+ years of gaming I've asked for a refund on. I really wanted to like this game. As a DA:O fan I loved the lore and tactical feel as well as I bought the story and all the filler in between. DA:I is a mess, one big mess of partial systems trying to work.. but don't.

    The tactical Camera, terrible, not worth using.

    The graphics are poor at best. Expect frame rates in the low 20's at best. During actual engagements this causes a mess and you cant make out what's going on at all. My rogue would flank and stab at the air while registering hits on the enemy. Debuffs and buffs happening at the same time. Too many things going on at once.

    Lip movements are not even close to the dialogue. Shiny hair and immovable facial features. After awhile you will start to dread any conversation and quickly escape to something else.

    Armor/Weapon design is BRUTAL. I purchased the DA:I special edition and my coveted Dragon Armor looks like it was designed by Liberace himself. My dark rouge prancing around in Gold and Furs with shiny coins all over the front screaming left me swapping it for lower versions. I got some Dragon type dagger that looked like my moms Sterling silver serving fork with a lion on the handle.

    The Audio seem ok, but get used to the same sound for footsteps drilling into your head like a badly tuned set of drums.

    I give this a 2 because Origin online has the great game guarantee and they allowed me to return this game for refund, very respectable. I suggest that if you are thinking of this game but it on Origin and try it. Let the experience speak for itself.

    I am actually questioning the critics scores on this one... Average user score is 5.4 but the Critics are 8.4? Seems like shilling to me.

    Save your money and disappointment.    … Expand
  66. yshmzhan
    Nov 27, 2014
    0
    I love DAO.

    But Dragon age 2 is a huge disappointment.

    This one, I even wanted refund (this is the first time in my life I wanted to refund a game I purchased) but obviously it is non-refundable. It is not like DAO at all. It is kind of like skyrim, but far worse.

    What is EA thinking these days?
  67. Capetown
    Dec 1, 2014
    4
    Dear Diary,

    today i played Dragon Age: Inquisition again. First i did one of those main-quests where there are cool movies. It started with an awesome movie. After that i needed to clear 3/3 spots from bad creatures because they were overwhelming my people. then there was another awesome movie and after that i was somewhere else. In that new place i needed to search for 8/8 memories    Dear Diary,

    today i played Dragon Age: Inquisition again.

    First i did one of those main-quests where there are cool movies.
    It started with an awesome movie. After that i needed to clear 3/3 spots from bad creatures because they were overwhelming my people. then there was another awesome movie and after that i was somewhere else. In that new place i needed to search for 8/8 memories and 5/5 fears, that was so amazing! Because it wasn't easy. There were so many cool fights on the way it was really awesome. When i was done, there was another fight and then a great movie again. How exciting!

    After that i went to a new area to explore. First i met an elf. He wanted to join me - i have no idea why - but then there was a papa-elf that didn't like me and he didn't allow that. So i started some quests to get that papa-elf to like me. I collected 4/4 glyphs, 3/3 parts of a key, a talisman and a letter for the elfs. Plus i lead some kind of elk to one of the elfs.

    Sadly papa-elf still didn't like me too much. And then something really bad happend. By accident i attacked one of those elks next to papa-elf and killed it. This is a bad thing because the elfs think those elks are holy. I was so afraid papa-elf would be very angry with me, but luckily he didn't even notice.

    So i went on to help the elfs. I collected 5/5 Spindleweed, 10/10 Elfroot, 10/10 canine leather, 5/5 iron, 3/3 bear pelts and after that, papa-elf really liked me. He allowed that first elf i met to join. Since then i haven't seen or met that elf, nor have i any idea where he might be. But i feel very happy, that i managed it!

    Until now i had very much fun, but then i went into a cave where i had to do something. I had no idea what had to be done and there were no questmarkers at all. That's just unfair! So i went to the internet and there was a video about what i had to do. I don't know how that guy from the internet knew what had to be done. I guess he must've been a developer.
    So before i played on i emailed the developers, that their game is far to complicated and that the next game had to be a little easier. I'd like to have fun ALL the time.

    After i was done with that stupid cave i met a dragon. Awesome! There was a huge fight with great graphics and even explosions and fire! But it was far too hard and the dragon killed me. I wanted to lower the difficulty but i was playing on easy already and there was no easier level. After another 8 tries i was able to kill the dragon. That fight was far too hard.

    Once the dragon was gone i searched for 16/16 shards, marked 15/15 poi, established 3/3 camps, closed 11/11 rifts and burned dead bodies in 4/4 places and blew into a horn. Awesome! Plus, i finally found a ring i needed to deliver to some person. This time it was no wedding-ring though...
    The person i brought the ring to was so happy! To thank me, she asked me to find 10/10 supply chests and her friend wanted me to collect 7/7 letters for him.

    Once i did all that i was done in that area and didn't had anything left to do there, it had been a LOT of fun again though.

    But then mama told me it's bedtime so i have to wait until tomorrow to play further.

    Dear diary, i had no idea RPG's are so much fun! I thought they are just boring and you have to think all the time when you play them. Dragon Age: Inquisition is just so awesome and fun to play. Next to wonderful quests there is just so much of great fighting and so much to collect and search for. I still wonder though, why there was yet no tower to climb to get into the next area.

    But before i'll start playing tomorrow i have to write another email to the developers, because that fight against the dragon was far too difficult.    … Expand
  68. NoiNorac
    Nov 19, 2014
    0
    Buy used.
    "this game has become a landmark achievement in failure."
    As a fan of Dragon Age: Origins I must say this is, without a shadow of a doubt, the worst Bioware game that EA has published to date. Everything from the writing to the animations are atrocious, and the ending beggars belief in how horribly handled it is. Breaking every promise that was given to us and pandering far    Buy used.
    "this game has become a landmark achievement in failure."

    As a fan of Dragon Age: Origins I must say this is, without a shadow of a doubt, the worst Bioware game that EA has published to date. Everything from the writing to the animations are atrocious, and the ending beggars belief in how horribly handled it is. Breaking every promise that was given to us and pandering far harder than any title I know of, this game has become a landmark achievement in failure. The combat is also very poorly done but that's somewhat forgivable since this is an RPG where story takes precedent. Sadly, the story here is, as I said, horribly written (which is the most I can say without giving away spoilers).
    Honestly the only saving grace which really can't even be called that considering how poorly written this tripe is, is Cassandra. Her voice actress, her character and admittedly even her design are all well executed. Sadly the rest of this game can be executed in a different fashion, by being purchased used.

    EA does not deserve your money for a product so poorly designed, so atrociously written, and so mind-bogglingly constructed.    … Expand
  69. rtc07
    Nov 19, 2014
    0
    I made an account in the hope of saving you $60. I'm usually pretty generous in my opinions of games, but this is terrible. DAO was a great game, DA2 was meh, so I was hoping this would be a bounceback. I was wrong.

    Most of the reviews complained about the graphics (which are fine), the story (which is meh), or the voice actors (which are horrendous). I can deal with those things if the    I made an account in the hope of saving you $60. I'm usually pretty generous in my opinions of games, but this is terrible. DAO was a great game, DA2 was meh, so I was hoping this would be a bounceback. I was wrong.

    Most of the reviews complained about the graphics (which are fine), the story (which is meh), or the voice actors (which are horrendous). I can deal with those things if the combat is fun. It isn't.

    I am struggling to put in to words how bad it is, you almost have to experience it for yourself. I played a mage for a couple hours and a melee character for a couple hours. The mage wasn't too bad. It's pretty much point and click. The melee was beyond useless. The camera jumps around like crazy, from 15 feet behind your character to almost a first person view, especially against bosses. This makes it incredibly frustrating to actually land attacks. So many miss, and with the long attack animations makes for a death sentence.

    The "tactical camera", if you can call it that, is barely higher than the zoomed out 3rd person view. It doesn't give even close enough to a big enough view of the battlefield.

    The camera is so bad that you'll constantly be accidentally clicking new party members trying to focus your attacks as the camera has a seizure.

    The WASD controls with Q and E to strafe are so clunky I feel like I'm playing Super Mario Brothers on Nintendo.

    There's a reason the console user reviews of this game are 2-3 points higher - it's a blatant console port. I'm going to give it a whirl with a controller, but if you plan on playing this game with a keyboard and mouse (which worked beautifully in DAO), save your time and money.    … Expand
  70. ShockTrooper_BR
    Nov 23, 2014
    0
    So, my faith in Bioware as symbol of the greatest RPGs in history is now completely lost.
    Now, its just a label whith the only purpose - make more money for the Big Greedy company.
    Awful controls, weird tactical camera, console simplification in many aspects, MMORPG-style quests, cutted skills tree, a lot of bugs and technical issues, avoiding game even from launching... This, and many    So, my faith in Bioware as symbol of the greatest RPGs in history is now completely lost.
    Now, its just a label whith the only purpose - make more money for the Big Greedy company.

    Awful controls, weird tactical camera, console simplification in many aspects, MMORPG-style quests, cutted skills tree, a lot of bugs and technical issues, avoiding game even from launching... This, and many others things, makes gameplay just indigestible.

    So i wont buy it, and i wont give it a single score, becouse IMO such approach in RPG game developement is not acceptable and shouldn't be encouraged.    … Expand
  71. Surenkin
    Nov 19, 2014
    3
    This game treats the player character exactly like a trained waiter at an overpriced French restaurant treats a customer. Please, right this way, MONSIEUR, how was your day today, everything good? *without listening to response* Ho-ho-ho that is perfect! A menu for you, MONSIEUR, and if MONSIEUR needs anything, please call.

    Then brings you one mayo-covered potato in a comically large    This game treats the player character exactly like a trained waiter at an overpriced French restaurant treats a customer. Please, right this way, MONSIEUR, how was your day today, everything good? *without listening to response* Ho-ho-ho that is perfect! A menu for you, MONSIEUR, and if MONSIEUR needs anything, please call.

    Then brings you one mayo-covered potato in a comically large plate and charges 69 euros.

    Honestly, this isn't even infuriating or annoying. It's just boring. Characters bicker, **** and moan at each other and about everything in the world, but the moment they address you it HAS to be in this bland, artificial tone of fake and unearned respect.

    "Warden/Champion/Inquisitor, clearly you're the only one deserving of respect in this joint of half-wits and whores. What do YOU think of my incredibly private opinions that you've never demonstrated any competence or interest in whatsoever? Oh, I see your point. Hmm, perhaps you are right. Now go kill 10 monsters and report back. You are awesome."

    This is the AAA games business formula. They're not telling you a story or giving you a game to play, they're just servicing your presumed needs. Mostly a manufactured feeling of power and control over a fantasy populated by one-dimensional fetishes.    … Expand
  72. YavielsNight
    Nov 19, 2014
    0
    I played Origins and DA2. I dont compare them, I soly look at Inquisition and try to explain abit of background why I say its only 3 out of 10.

    Origins had a stunning story back in that day for me. When I saw the last cutscene I was just woow - Blown away! And I could'nt think of other things this day. I never experienced anything like this, only in extremly rare good movies. Not only    I played Origins and DA2. I dont compare them, I soly look at Inquisition and try to explain abit of background why I say its only 3 out of 10.

    Origins had a stunning story back in that day for me. When I saw the last cutscene I was just woow - Blown away! And I could'nt think of other things this day. I never experienced anything like this, only in extremly rare good movies. Not only the story had depth, also the fighting mechanics, characters itself and their skillpath. The world itself made me want to know more.

    DA2 was disappointing at first. Only this one city as location? I was wrong: 1 small city and 3 small recycled maps with a namechange. Absoluty no-go. Story was okay tho, enjoyable. I dont agree on the lack of tactic. The camera was very well done, I diddnt miss a thing.

    The soundtrack and immersion in both games - very good.

    - - -

    Dragon Age Inquisition
    I was excited for over a year since I heard of its release. I never preordered before but this is how it worked out for me.

    The controls: Worse than Dark Souls console port, which I deleted straight away. I cant express how F*CKING bad this is. What idiots tested this on PC!?

    The Story: Boring. Where are the heads of todays developer? The plot was the most important part once. The only reason its called Dragon Age is of marketing it seems. Very Few intersting parts, nothing cool or epic. It hurts to see another franchise ruined.

    Voicing/Animations: Wow, just wow how bad. Its 2014. No expressions.

    + + +

    The only 3 good things are following:
    Excellent character creation, next level
    Sountrack as usual
    Graphics

    So, basically its not worth to play it. + Its an insane(!) struggle to fight against the camera and movement.
    Everybody who gives DAI a higher score - stay away demon!
    I wont give up because I hope Bioware patches the controls ASAP so it becomes playable.

    Meanwhile 03/10 imo and pardon my english, very late.    … Expand
  73. Dessembrae
    Dec 19, 2014
    4
    I wanted the story and depth of DA:O with the visceral and intense combat of DA2.
    I got neither.
    But, on the plus side, DA:I has something new to offer. The new AI is leaps and bounds ahead of both DA:O and DA2 in terms of godawful idiocy. One could almost believe that it's human. And that it hates you. And your family. All in all, if you liked Dragon Age Origins or Dragon Age 2 (I    I wanted the story and depth of DA:O with the visceral and intense combat of DA2.
    I got neither.

    But, on the plus side, DA:I has something new to offer. The new AI is leaps and bounds ahead of both DA:O and DA2 in terms of godawful idiocy. One could almost believe that it's human. And that it hates you. And your family.

    All in all, if you liked Dragon Age Origins or Dragon Age 2 (I liked both), then do not play this game.

    Summary
    -Combat is terrible, mechanics are really really clunky, bugged, slow, and impractical. Expect to get pushed back by auto-attacking your enemy so that your next auto-attack misses from the distance. Expect to get stuck on a pebble. Expect to miss your opponent because you tripped him and you can't reach him when he's lying down.
    -Story is impersonal. At no point do you feel drawn into your character and immersed.
    -Conversation options feel fairly limited, and unlike the two previous games, I frequently felt that my desired path through the dialogue was unavailable. Prepare to be religious at worst, reverent at best.

    -Dumbed down, and then dumbed down some more. For those who enjoyed the combo system of DA:O, and then sort of could appreciate the team combo-setup system of DA2, this new version is terrible. The new AI system (that you aren't allowed to customize anymore) is so damn terrible that a pidgeon would offer superior tactical choices.
    -Ugly people. For some reason, Bioware decided that everyone should be ugly. No more hotties (male or female), now it's ugly for everyone. (Note that this one is pretty damn subjective.)
    -Why the hell are Qunari talking about transexual lifechoices? What in the nine hells does this have to do with Dragon Age? Take your ideological agendas elsewhere you douchenozzles. I seriously recommend you switch your lead writer. (I think he/she would be happier in HR anyhoo.)    … Expand
  74. kenny187
    Nov 25, 2014
    4
    This poor PC port compelled me to write my first review. First off I have to say the game isn't terrible, it's not great, but not terrible. Unfortunately I haven't been able to get that far into the game due to game breaking bugs. I'm on my fourth character now due to said bugs. My first character, a Qunari, wasn't able to level up because the Character Record was locked forever afterThis poor PC port compelled me to write my first review. First off I have to say the game isn't terrible, it's not great, but not terrible. Unfortunately I haven't been able to get that far into the game due to game breaking bugs. I'm on my fourth character now due to said bugs. My first character, a Qunari, wasn't able to level up because the Character Record was locked forever after leveling in the prologue. My second attempt, a Dwarf, was stuck inside the area of the first cut scene with the spiders and the glowing lady after the cut scene was done playing, unable to do anything. I tried another Dwarf and it did the exact same thing.

    Bugs aside though unfortunately you can tell this is a poorly done console to PC port, the "tactical camera", if you could even call it that, is clunky and weird and obviously made for console controllers and not keyboard and mouse. The tactical aspect of this game, and a big selling point for most PC gamers that bought the previous DA games, is completely swept aside and irrelevant in this game due to poor AI programming and lack of tactic scripting the player was able to due in the previous entries. Bioware has obviously catered to the console and casual players with this entry by getting rid of the need to use your brain and instead just running into groups of enemies and slashing away at them instead of giving every engagement thought and planning. And that's fine for console gamers, but PC gamers 9 times out of 10 are not 12 and want to use our brains to gain the advantage in battle and make the experience of every enemy fulfilling and not seem like your just slashing away at a mindless drone.

    The graphics are decent if your rig can handle, if not be prepared for hair that looks like it's wrapped in saran wrap. Also, the cutscenes are locked at 30 fps in-game rendering, why? If they were pre rendered cutscenes it would be a different story, but when your normally getting well above 30 fps and a cutscene kicks in and your all of a sudden shot down to 30 fps it's very noticeable and creates stuttering effects. Why was this decision made? I guess it'll just go down as another corporate mystery that we plebes will never know, just like why Destiny was cut and hacked like a Jeffrey Dahmer victim. Also the UI is not that great, giant buttons overtake the bottom of your screen, and a simplistic mini map that shows no detail at all except for icons and your pointer. And good luck seeing any loot unless your standing right next to it.

    But in the end the game has a bunch of shiny things, and unfortunately in todays gaming industry that's all it needs to make money.    … Expand
  75. Aegisholder
    Nov 25, 2014
    3
    I was incredibly excited about this game and now I am just disappointed. Only 6 hours into the game I knew it was a mistake and after 20 hours I attempted to return it to EA, but was too late. The combat does not feel meaningful, nor do the choices. I feel nothing for any of my companions, and find myself skipping through the dialogue, feeling safe I am missing nothing important. There isI was incredibly excited about this game and now I am just disappointed. Only 6 hours into the game I knew it was a mistake and after 20 hours I attempted to return it to EA, but was too late. The combat does not feel meaningful, nor do the choices. I feel nothing for any of my companions, and find myself skipping through the dialogue, feeling safe I am missing nothing important. There is non of the drama and dark fantasy feeling that made DAO and DA2 good games. In fact I am forced to admit that I enjoyed DA2 more.
    I expect a lot more from bioware and wish I could return this terrible, and disappointing waste of space and money.    … Expand
  76. aleferra
    Dec 25, 2014
    2
    Bunch of features removed to be able to release to consoles, no tactics at all.

    tactical camera is bugged, and is useless.

    really boring and dissapointing
  77. SlippyTheChimp
    Jan 17, 2015
    2
    One word: Consolitis! What did i even expect from a game that still gets developed for 10 year old consoles... Its a shame what devs nowadays dare to sell as a full price AAA title. A game for PC gamers by PC gamers? Well, go **** yourself Bioware, sincerely - a real PC gamer.
  78. Killga
    Nov 20, 2014
    0
    Another typical EA letdown that at first sight even seems worse than the ME3 disappointment. I was one of the few that actually liked DA2, yet I had to stop playing DAI yesterday after 2 hours as it was just unbearable.
    First, the character generator is easily on par with that of ME3 - just terrible! All pre-made faces look awful. DA1 and DA2 (also ME1 and ME2 but not ME3) had decently    Another typical EA letdown that at first sight even seems worse than the ME3 disappointment. I was one of the few that actually liked DA2, yet I had to stop playing DAI yesterday after 2 hours as it was just unbearable.
    First, the character generator is easily on par with that of ME3 - just terrible! All pre-made faces look awful. DA1 and DA2 (also ME1 and ME2 but not ME3) had decently pre-made / stock appearances. Its even more shameful as the first NPC you see (Cassandra) has actually a very nicely made facial design.
    Speaking of NPC as nicely as Cassandra looks, they completely messed up Varric and the Elf. Just terrible. In general the body designs seems awkward too.
    Combat view/perspective is also terrible and the ability trees seem to be a further step back compared with DA1 (very good) and DA2 (decent).
    The UI also seems to be much less intuitive and assessible than DA1 and DA2.
    The biggest failure in my opinion is the attempt to put DAI into a realistically looking environment. Maybe it is because the realism is poorly designed (see faces/bodies/motions) but to me the much less realistic design of DA1 and DA2 seemed to work a lot better.
    The bottom line is I really wanted to like this game but after just 2 hours I removed the disk, which really is a as bad an indication as it gets. Right now playing DA1 or even DA2 one more time seems to be more enjoyable.    … Expand
  79. HapaxHog
    Dec 9, 2014
    0
    My. God.

    This is perhaps the best looking RPG I have ever seen. Unfortunately, due to whatever pathetic attempt at optimization passed at Bioware it is practically unplayable. Before the moneybags with dual Nvidia Titans start whining, the fact that changing the graphical settings on this game changes almost nothing in terms of performance shows that Bioware made very little effort    My. God.

    This is perhaps the best looking RPG I have ever seen.

    Unfortunately, due to whatever pathetic attempt at optimization passed at Bioware it is practically unplayable. Before the moneybags with dual Nvidia Titans start whining, the fact that changing the graphical settings on this game changes almost nothing in terms of performance shows that Bioware made very little effort to properly adapt their game to anything resembling a range of machine hardware, I would indeed be extremely surprised if they even tested the game on anything other than the PCs used to create it.

    This is a very sad state of affairs indeed, and hopefully Bioware recognizes that they have an obligation to put equal amounts of effort into opitmizing the PC release of their game as much as the console versions.

    This is appalling for a series that found it's home on PC.

    Absolutely disgraceful and disgusting, it's sickening to see such little effort accompany such huge promises and ambition, truly disparaging to the very core.    … Expand
  80. JakeMartinez
    Dec 2, 2014
    0
    While an improvement over the terrible Dragon Age 2, the third installment of this series suffers from a plethora of faults, chief among these being a combination of trope ridden MMORPG style play contrivances such as theme park areas, fetch quests, every attack is SFX-AWESOME, and painless failure states. The narrative itself is about par for the course for Bioware these days, which is toWhile an improvement over the terrible Dragon Age 2, the third installment of this series suffers from a plethora of faults, chief among these being a combination of trope ridden MMORPG style play contrivances such as theme park areas, fetch quests, every attack is SFX-AWESOME, and painless failure states. The narrative itself is about par for the course for Bioware these days, which is to say, something a 13 year old fan-shipper might write in her spare time and entirely uninspiring - even the return of fan favorites from Dragon Age Origins isn't a big enough tide of good will to lift the leaky boat of this once well respected company.

    Multiplayer is pointless co-op (go play a real MMO!) with no PvP and gaudily offers you buffs for RL money, like health potions. Yes, EA has once again saddled another game with pointless multiplayer and micro-transactions.

    I'm really disappointed in this series, especially considering it started out with such an excellent title. It's fallen so far that they are even retconning their own lore at this point, as I had to roll my eyes at Iron Bull completely disregarding the Qunari caste system laid out in the first game in what I can only imagine is some bizarre "politically correct" need to make a repressive caste driven warrior race seem "less sexist".

    This game is going into the trash heap of "games I wish I had never bought", right next to it's predecessor and Mass Effect 3. I consider this title the final epitaph for what was once a respected and renown studio.    … Expand
  81. Incanatrix
    Dec 17, 2014
    0
    Typical EA quality, no surprises. I load up the game for the first time, and bam: poor optimization with low FPS despite having a triple SLI 680 set-up, using the correct driver intended for the game, flickering effects on bushes and trees, etc. I don't purchase a game to mess around with the settings and google search fixes, I just expect the game to work. This is why I never touchTypical EA quality, no surprises. I load up the game for the first time, and bam: poor optimization with low FPS despite having a triple SLI 680 set-up, using the correct driver intended for the game, flickering effects on bushes and trees, etc. I don't purchase a game to mess around with the settings and google search fixes, I just expect the game to work. This is why I never touch EA/Ubisoft games.

    On the plus side, the one thing that Origin has going for it is the "great game guarantee". Refunded this piece of trash in a matter of 1 hour.    … Expand
  82. Varnhagen
    Nov 27, 2014
    3
    Sunk roughly 50 hours into the game and nowhere near completion. Though that hurts my pride as a completionist, it's the perfect time for a review.

    Bioware had a lot to make up to their players, after the rushed disappointment that was Dragon Age II and the debacle known as Mass Effect 3. They took their time and it shows. And while they heavily improved on the shortcomings of    Sunk roughly 50 hours into the game and nowhere near completion. Though that hurts my pride as a completionist, it's the perfect time for a review.

    Bioware had a lot to make up to their players, after the rushed disappointment that was Dragon Age II and the debacle known as Mass Effect 3. They took their time and it shows. And while they heavily improved on the shortcomings of "Inquisitions" precursor, they opened themselves up for a whole world of stupid design decisions.

    The positive:
    ++ Graphics
    Frostbite shows it's teeth. Marvelous textures, great faces, superb lighting. The metal shaders are supreme and some scenes border on photo-realism. On the other hand, hair looks garbage. It's as reflective as a shiny armour and gives a super-greasy impression. It's beyond me, that no one noticed it during development, as it detracts from the immersion and ridicules many a serious scenes.
    +++ Sound
    Great Music, great effects. I especially like that allies under attack, are either calling for help or other allies try to draw your attention to their plight.
    ++ Level Design
    Large semi open-world maps are enticing players to be explored. Never a dull corner, always the urge: "Just that ridge." Only drawback, some areas are so thick with enemies, that fast enemy respawn and long ways to replenish supplies means, that you're fighting some battles 2 or 3 times, before you break through to a nearer camp site. Especially on higher difficulties, where you burn through your healing potions like water in the desert.
    ++ Characters
    Great NPCs, great allies. Good depth of character, and good character development for the main cast. We know that Bioware can create great characters, but their integration into the world lacks. It's mostly unimportant who you take on missions. No special story tidbits and only minor quibs that are interchangeable. Follower quests are mostly "Fetch Crap" missions.

    The mehs:
    +- Crafting
    Exhaustive system and every piece of equipment can be crafted and modified by modifieable mods. Stats and textures change based on the ingredients. But I'm not comfortable with having to grind for the resources as it leads to a lot of useless fights while farming. The ocasional armor and weapon can be crafted with the resources you gobble up while exploring. Having all your companions equipped to their best is a tiresome task to undertake.
    +- Items
    Most non-crafted items are vendor-trash, uniques are far and few between and mostly bland in appearance and stats. Merchants are garbage dumps, as they stock nothing of particular interest. I've got loads of cash with nothing to spend it on, so I'm thinking about investing in that Orlesian mad man.
    +- Story/Dialogues
    Won't spoil it for you. Just: I've seen better writing. It still occasionally shines, and Biowares past genius glimpses.

    The neeeeeeeeeeegs:
    --- Skill trees and leveling
    I hate it. No more sustainable skills. Everythings active now. Even basic attacks. I hate that mmo-crap. No influence over how the attributes are raised, instead buying some skills will raise them. No talents, no traps, no lockpicking, no coercion, no persuasion. Every chest opens, most doors are opened by all roques, no matter how they are skilled. Overall: Less possibilities for truly unique and great builds, more blandness. But hey: Players won't **** it up at least.
    -- Potions
    They are useless. You can equip at most 2 different potions per character in addition to healing potions. And since you can't enter your inventory mid-combat and adapt by swapping useless potions out and useful ones in it's pretty much pointless. Fill those slots with grenades and go postal.
    --- AI
    Tactics screen is gone, the alternative is ridiculous. Expect your mages to **** up your party with their aoe, lest you micromanage them. Expect your 2-handed guy to **** up your party then. Solution: Dumb it down, disable friendly fire. The rock, paper, scissors buffs from DA2 have been dumbed down even more...
    ---Combat
    Is ****ed up. Balancing is garbage. For a game that's mostly about fighting, Bioware sure messed it up.
    ---Camera
    A joke. How am I supposed to coordinate an attack, when it's impossible to get all your allies in one screen? Camera hangs on every corner, pray, that no chandelier whacks your zoom even closer.
    ---UI
    Console UI for a PC game. It's deficient, and it shows everywhere. Mouse not working on some menus unless you RMB first.

    9 in favour 17 against: 26% is my score. Sure, go ahead and buy it if you're a fanboy like me. But do expect to rage regularly, because there is a beautiful game buried underneath a pile of bad design decisions. And that grows ever more in you, as "Dragon Age: Inquisition" will be rubbing your nose into its deficiencies for a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time.    … Expand
  83. Tebe87
    Nov 30, 2014
    4
    After 5 hour of playing, I finally gave up and dropped it. It feels like a big theme park MMORPG. Even Bioware admitted this game was originally meant as an MMORPG, then they changed their mind and developed it a single player game. But for what I have seen, this game can be called a single player only because you are alone in the game, but it keeps definitely a MMORPG structure.
  84. Parkergk
    Dec 2, 2014
    1
    Well, I was going to give the game a zero, but the voice acting is fairly good, and the graphics aren't horrendous, but certainly not what I was expecting..

    All metal in the game has really weird shininess.. And Skyrim still looks way better. Other people have covered the issues with this game in enormous detail by this point, so, there's not a whole lot for me to say.. The combat    Well, I was going to give the game a zero, but the voice acting is fairly good, and the graphics aren't horrendous, but certainly not what I was expecting..

    All metal in the game has really weird shininess.. And Skyrim still looks way better.

    Other people have covered the issues with this game in enormous detail by this point, so, there's not a whole lot for me to say..

    The combat is lackluster to say the least, you basically hold down the RMB or R key the entire time.. The tactical mode might as well not even exist.

    I really dislike all the MMO like cheesiness in the game (flashing text flying all around during fights, crazy spells and animations, how gold/items/chests are just laying around in random locations like the middle of the floor, etc.)

    Says the game is "open world", I don't know what they think open world is because I've been travelling along guided paths the entire time.

    I never played DA:II, but I was an enormous fan of Dragon Age: Origins, one of my favorite games by far. I had hoped this game would be a continuation of all that made DAO awesome, but I was wrong.    … Expand
  85. Nicholay
    Dec 6, 2014
    1
    I wanted to like this game. I went in with giddy memories of Origins after setting my save state on the "Keep" website. Dragon Age II didn't bother me as much as some. It was a step in the wrong direction, but Inquisition looked like a fresh start for the series. I could not be more disappointed. I hate this game.

    The only positives about DA:I are the nice and varied environments and    I wanted to like this game. I went in with giddy memories of Origins after setting my save state on the "Keep" website. Dragon Age II didn't bother me as much as some. It was a step in the wrong direction, but Inquisition looked like a fresh start for the series. I could not be more disappointed. I hate this game.

    The only positives about DA:I are the nice and varied environments and the music.

    Negatives:

    Piss poor PC port. Terrible controls. Useless tactical camera - I didn't even bother trying to use it after the tutorial. Non-mappable mouse buttons. 30FPS locked cut scenes (have to search online for a fix) in a "story" driven game. Lots of bugs and crashing: I had to create my character twice because of a bug.

    Mind numbing combat. Was this even play tested? Hold mouse button until the fight's over. That's it. Harder difficulty just means bullet sponge enemies. No tactics whatsoever. I was avoiding combat about 5 hours in. Alpha Protocol combat was better than this. Let that sink in.

    Fake open world exploration. Running around with a sonar ping telling people what items to pick up is not going to attract the Skyrim crowd. Paths are cordoned off using rocks and steep elevation making you run through a set path to get to the objective (which are all just listed on the map).

    80% of the game length is fetch quests. I just stopped bothering after a while. No payoff at all. The best you get is a Mass Effect 3 style conversation where you click on the NPC and get a couple dialogue lines back (not even in cutscene form to get a look at their face). Bioware seems to like that technique now because they use it on most of the companion dialogue as well. Just stand there and listen to the dialogue.

    No RPG elements. You cannot allocate stat points. Each skill tree is basically like a League of Legends character. All you do is put points in and end up with the same build as any other character of the same class. No meaningful choice of clothing. The Inquisitor outfit is very similar across all classes and if you don't like it (guess if I do...) then you're screwed wearing the Generic Adventure Gear(tm). Crafting is minimal and mostly just more grinding for materials. All it does is alter the arms/boots and colour.

    Anyway enough ranting about that stuff. Afterall this is a Bioware game so it's all about the story and characters at the end of the gay... I mean day.

    Bland main story that takes 20 hours to get going. 20 hours. I almost stopped playing right before that point. Antagonist with good potential goes nowhere. None of your (few) choices matter in the end and there's a sequel bait at the end of the credits. Worked out really well for Mass Effect 3 I guess so Bioware did it again.

    Main character is so flat that he/she makes Commander Shepard look like Hamlet. I'd rather just have a voiceless protagonist like DA:O or even Hawke with some personality role playing than what Inquisition has. No dialogue choices that create character, no morality or personality system, just click all the responses until the dialogue comes to a close. In most cases it would be better to have mass autodialogue to skip the process of pressing 1,2,3,4 in every cutscene. The choices you do make have no weight in the world. I know a lot about DA lore and it just had no emotional impact the way it was written. Just poor overall.

    Characters are cardboard cutouts at best and cringe worthy at worst. Complete hatchet job by the writers. I wanted nothing to do with some of these characters which is a shame because there was potential in their concept. I never thought I'd pine for the days of Anders and Zhevran, but even they would be preferable to these fanfic tier "characters." I found myself embarrassed at many points by the dialogue.

    Thought I'd just wash my hands of this game with my thoughts. Critic reviewers are either paid off of have poor taste. Either way have proven themselves without merit.

    1/10. The best entertainment value I got out of this game is when the cast breaks into song out of nowhere. Absolutely hilarious. Unfortunately the writers were trying to be serious.    … Expand
  86. inoxtomas
    Dec 19, 2014
    1
    first review, (forgive my English, it's not my mother language)

    this game is really too boring, seems like an MMO single player

    collect 10 of these, kill 7 of that, and go on..story is 'ok' nothing special, world is big, true but full of useless thing to do..

    combat is clunky to the hell..don't buy..if u want an rpg buy divinity instead of this crap..
  87. Pugnares1
    Dec 20, 2014
    4
    If you were a fan of DA:O, KOTOR or ME, and you use a PC, you'll probably be disappointed with this game. I had really high hopes for it, and really wanted to enjoy it, but it is to games what the Phantom Menace was to movies.

    For: Graphics are pretty and the music suits the style and mood. That's probably about it. Against: Wow, where to start....(takes deep breath). DA:O was    If you were a fan of DA:O, KOTOR or ME, and you use a PC, you'll probably be disappointed with this game. I had really high hopes for it, and really wanted to enjoy it, but it is to games what the Phantom Menace was to movies.

    For: Graphics are pretty and the music suits the style and mood. That's probably about it.

    Against: Wow, where to start....(takes deep breath).

    DA:O was superb in both it's story line and AI tactical scripting. It was a game where the decisions I made had consequences on things that mattered. Nothing I have done in two playthroughs of Inquisition has mattered. All dialogue choices seem to have the same final result, If a companion approves or disapproves it doesn't matter. If I finish any of the kill X of Y quests it doesn't matter. If I run around planting flags like the game wants me to, it doesn't matter. Whatever I do on the tactical table doesn't matter. It's hours and hours of looting, grinding and farming for no real reason at all. Well, that's not terribly satisfying.

    Then there's the watered down group AI which makes combat pretty unenjoyable. Call me old fashioned, but I like my tanks tanking, my healer healing, and my dps dpsing. As I can't instruct my group on how they should behave, I can either micromanage them (oh joy !) or let them follow their innate, and bizarre decisionmaking. The tanks doesn't care if a rogue is bashing on my mage, the ranged dps choose to get close and personal, every fight becomes messy and chaotic.

    Which also leads to the combat controls. This game would appear to have been designed with consoles and button-mashing in mind. The abilities you have are fairly uninspired and are frequently on cool-down which means that auto-attack something you're doing regularly. Except....to auto attack you have to move your cursor around with the mob and mash the left button. I'm flummoxed why Bioware would have thought this was a good idea. Sure, I 'can' do this, but I'd just as much prefer to stick hot needles in my eyes. It pretty much means that any melee character is nigh on unusable and is a real deal breaker.

    All in all, I can't help but be disappointed with this game. If you're after a console button masher with a lot of things to click, you might like this. But if you're after a fresh, shiny new DA:O, I'm sad to say that it's step in the other direction.    … Expand
  88. bohemond1944
    Dec 21, 2014
    0
    I have never been so disappointed with any game like DA:I. The game actually makes me concerned that people are following the evolution shown in the movie Idiocracy, because this is a completely dumbed down attempt at a single player RPG. Sure it's pretty, but it has no substance and actually destroys key elements that made DA:O and other Bioware RPGs so good, the leveling up/skillI have never been so disappointed with any game like DA:I. The game actually makes me concerned that people are following the evolution shown in the movie Idiocracy, because this is a completely dumbed down attempt at a single player RPG. Sure it's pretty, but it has no substance and actually destroys key elements that made DA:O and other Bioware RPGs so good, the leveling up/skill tree/crafting/ substitution of button mashing instead of tactical party management all seem aimed at a 12 year old audience. Absolute trash.… Expand
  89. Rasturl
    Nov 21, 2014
    2
    -Can't remap mouse buttons, extra mouse buttons not supported.
    -Can't ''click to move''
    -Can't ''click to loot''
    -No screen-edge mouselook
    -No mouseover ability tooltips on your action bar
    -No key to select all party members at once
  90. Muckbeast
    Nov 21, 2014
    0
    A game that could have been great is ruined by its horrible PC controls, camera, and UI.

    1) When you take your finger off the W key, you don't stop moving. You glide/skate for a while after. 2) The strafe keys don't strafe. Your character turns and kinda glides a bit (see #1) and it is motion sick inducing. 3) When you hold down RMB to start controlling the camera, it immediately    A game that could have been great is ruined by its horrible PC controls, camera, and UI.

    1) When you take your finger off the W key, you don't stop moving. You glide/skate for a while after.

    2) The strafe keys don't strafe. Your character turns and kinda glides a bit (see #1) and it is motion sick inducing.

    3) When you hold down RMB to start controlling the camera, it immediately jerks the camera and your character significantly

    It seems to treat wherever you hold down the RMB as if you held it in the middle of the screen and then moved it to that spot

    Instead of every other 3rd person game on the planet that doesn't start moving the camera until AFTER you hold down RMB.

    4) No lock on to targets. You have to manually follow them. This is particularly bad because of #1 through #3

    5) Terrible lack of visual indicators of your current target. It is a very tiny + symbol in the middle of its body.

    No circles on the ground. Nothing like normal.

    6) You have to hold down LMB or R to keep attacking.

    7) Only 8 ability slots. Terrible. Absolutely Terrible.

    8) No ability to swap between ranged and melee weapons.

    9) If you click on a lootable item from more than a few feet, nothing happens. Your character doesn't walk to it and pick it up.

    10) Searching is horrendous. You have to spam V to search. It highlights items for a half second. Brutal.

    11) In general, it is like they haven't played any MMO or 3rd person game from the last 10-15 years.    … Expand
  91. LD9000
    Dec 4, 2014
    3
    You won't believe how bad the tactical camera in this game is is until you actually use it.
    I've played dozens of games where a player controls multiple characters from a top down camera, and never had any issues before
    This game is a travesty when it comes to controls - the camera cannot be zoomed far enough, it cannot be angled to look up (as when I have to close a rift hovering 30    You won't believe how bad the tactical camera in this game is is until you actually use it.
    I've played dozens of games where a player controls multiple characters from a top down camera, and never had any issues before

    This game is a travesty when it comes to controls - the camera cannot be zoomed far enough, it cannot be angled to look up (as when I have to close a rift hovering 30 feet in the air). Ability targetting is so bad that I have trouble managing 12 abilities between 4 characters, while in other games I could easily manage 40.

    When a battle takes place in the woods, or in a cave or under a bridge, it turns into a clusterf*ck, where I can't really see who is who, and definitely cannot pull 4+enemies from my party using a single character with a taunt.

    Without tactical camera, this game can be played on easy, maybe normal difficulty, otherwise the party AI is retarded - it would rather blow all of it's load on a friggin sheep that got aggroed by an AOE blast than on actual enemies. But what is the point of all these RPG character advancement if I have to play a game on easy?

    Exploration seems good so far, faction management shows promise, dialogue is ok, but the combat system is dreadful    … Expand
  92. derbenji
    Dec 1, 2014
    0
    terrible characters, terrible gameplay, terrible bugs, terrible writing, terrible game.
    feels like some 10 year old wrote the dialogues for his gender studies class.
    also the love scenes are cringey as hell and most women look like men.
  93. LordRaijin
    Jan 23, 2015
    2
    I'm giving this game a low rating not because I hate Dragon Age but because I’m emotionally attached with the series, and story, and how hurtful I am to see such game go down the toilet.

    For an open world RPG you barely have any interactions with any objects whatsoever. You can't sit on chairs, you can't ask for a drink in the tavern, unable to climb up on rocks (I felt like I was    I'm giving this game a low rating not because I hate Dragon Age but because I’m emotionally attached with the series, and story, and how hurtful I am to see such game go down the toilet.

    For an open world RPG you barely have any interactions with any objects whatsoever. You can't sit on chairs, you can't ask for a drink in the tavern, unable to climb up on rocks (I felt like I was participating in a Slip N Slide pool party), you can't sleep in your bed, and now you can no longer have your character to enjoy the entertainment (humor mind you) of a prostitute in a brothel like you could the previous two games. For a game that is rated M for mature with nudity and sexual content (It indicates it on the box!) I am highly disappointed that theirs lack of it. The only nudity and sexual content you'll ever get to see is if you're finalizing your romance with one of your companions, and it's a one time deal the rest is kissing, that’s it!

    The amount of fetch quest is annoying and outrageous. Theirs a crazy ancient Darkspawn trying to destroy the world, and as the Inquisitor I am forced to do trivial task (to rank up power points to do main quests) of doing assistant work for a hunter too lazy to hunt food for his people. I must kill and gather up certain amount of ram meat to feed his villagers.... BORING!!!!

    If you go on YouTube type in “Digiexpo 2013 - Dragon Age: Inquisition Gameplay” and watch the entire 31 min and 40 seconds video. You'll see Bioware showing off the Pre-Alpha of the game. You notice that the none of the content that was shown on the video was ever released in the finial version of this game. What we purchased is a whole different game considering to what was advertised to us. They took all of the fun things out, and put nothing but boring fetch quests, and boring skyhold war table quests that you yourself are incapable of participating. This is fraudulent misleading and deception on the behalf of Bioware and EA to their consumers. I can only hope that a Dragon Age fan, who happens to be a good attorney, will step up to the plate, and uses his/her skills as lawyer to open a class action lawsuit against Bioware and EA for this deception.

    And whoever in Bioware/EA office thought that it was a great idea to run around Skyhold wearing undergarments (The infamous tan pajamas) is either suffering from a dysfunctional disorder of the mind or putting us all on. Either way were not given a choice to wear our regular armor in Skyhold.    … Expand
  94. Vilquar
    Dec 19, 2014
    3
    This game screams MMO, quests are boring and bland, npcs do not care in the least about you, and the armor looks like garbage until higher levels. Combat is ok honestly, not wow but ok. Dialogues make me want to stab someone in the eye, you feel like a total errand-boy for any peasant you have displeasure of meeting. I do not understand what's with DA approach to early game armors and howThis game screams MMO, quests are boring and bland, npcs do not care in the least about you, and the armor looks like garbage until higher levels. Combat is ok honestly, not wow but ok. Dialogues make me want to stab someone in the eye, you feel like a total errand-boy for any peasant you have displeasure of meeting. I do not understand what's with DA approach to early game armors and how pathetic they look. Just because it's low level doesn't mean it has to be an eyesore, just don't make it as flashy. I don't even want to comment on disgusting headgear, not really a surprise there too. Typical AAA game where all the budget went into cut-scenes, and romance rather than an actual gameplay. Would be 4/10 if it at least was on steam, but nope better make it as obscure as possible - Publisher's logic.… Expand
  95. zoimos
    Dec 10, 2014
    4
    Controls are awful making it really difficult to get into the game and gave up after a few hours, game was clearly made for the xbox and hardly any time or thought was put into the PC version. Tactics you can't give any conditions for use with abilities only the option to auto cast randomly.

    Graphics look good on high settings and the world looks fun to explore, as the controls stopped    Controls are awful making it really difficult to get into the game and gave up after a few hours, game was clearly made for the xbox and hardly any time or thought was put into the PC version. Tactics you can't give any conditions for use with abilities only the option to auto cast randomly.

    Graphics look good on high settings and the world looks fun to explore, as the controls stopped me progressing far into the game I can't really comment on story or characters.

    Hopefully controls will be in a future patch and it will be playable with a mouse and keyboard but I shouldn't have to wait weeks/(months?) after buying the game to be able to play it

    If you like RPGs like Origins you will be disappointed as this is a game for consoles and Bioware isn't the same company that will make games like that anymore    … Expand
  96. RoiDesCastors
    Dec 12, 2014
    0
    I have not even started playing, and I am already utterly aggravated by the game. I live in Luxembourg, and always like to play my games in the original version, which in this case would be english. Why, in 2014, is the developer trying to force me to play it with a french voice over pack? Why is it almost impossible to find a link to download an english voice over pack? Why was theI have not even started playing, and I am already utterly aggravated by the game. I live in Luxembourg, and always like to play my games in the original version, which in this case would be english. Why, in 2014, is the developer trying to force me to play it with a french voice over pack? Why is it almost impossible to find a link to download an english voice over pack? Why was the english voice over pack taken down from Origin? Is it really that complicated to allow players a choice about the language they want?

    I've been spending the last two hours looking for a solutions all over the net, but there is next to NO official response to this problem. Excellent way to show people you don't care a bit about them. As for customer support... no, I actually don't even want to start ranting about them...

    Thoroughly disappointed in you EA and Bioware. Making good games is not enough if you treat the players like that.    … Expand
  97. brindle88
    Nov 20, 2014
    1
    I have never seen such a highly hiped up game rate so badly with user reviews. Critic reviews......blah what a load of corrupt lying wankers. They openly criticise games like this because they do not want to make enemies with the big gaming studios.....shame on you critics........your comments get more worthless as every year goes by
  98. Ivan665
    Nov 22, 2014
    0
    Dragon Age: Inquisition is the last game by EAware I ever cared to be interested in before its release. Every single thing in this game is the definition of cliché. Bioware were never good at creating a thrilling or fun game play. "Not boring" tactical fights and running around finding "secret" stashes, in between the cut-scenes and dialogue, were the highest point they could get some ofDragon Age: Inquisition is the last game by EAware I ever cared to be interested in before its release. Every single thing in this game is the definition of cliché. Bioware were never good at creating a thrilling or fun game play. "Not boring" tactical fights and running around finding "secret" stashes, in between the cut-scenes and dialogue, were the highest point they could get some of their games to. Anyone who played their old games did so because of the story and the characters. In DA: Inquisition both the game play and the story and characters are brutally degraded to a new level of low. This fact alone makes me... well not sad because I don't care about EA games, but it does bring some nostalgia for BG, IWD and Kotor in me. Which the game itself failed to do so. The game could be played at most once, and in a rush besides that, if the player can stoically withstand the horrible game play. Only to go through the lackluster story that doesn't bring up any emotion. The characters along the way are hollow and develop poorly if at all. I wont go into details because they are just a bad joke gone wrong and don't deserve your attention. Draw your own conclusions.
    TL:DR You better play something else if you want to have fun or want a rich characters and a good story. If you have played and liked any of the following: BG 1/2, Neverwinter 1/2, Morrowind/Oblivion/Skyrim, Kotor 1/2, DA: Origins, even Kingdoms of Amalur, Fable 1 or whatever, I sincerely promise to you, that you WILL be disappointed by DA: I.    … Expand
  99. buttergnome
    Nov 21, 2014
    0
    First, if you like good RPGs, then don't be fooled by the reviews. This is nothing like DAO, and not much like DA2. One reason the PC version is getting such terrible reviews is the controls (it is, basically, impossible to actually play the game. Bioware did nothing to make the controls appropriate for a PC. Kind of like Bethesda did with Skyrim, but much, much worse.) But there areFirst, if you like good RPGs, then don't be fooled by the reviews. This is nothing like DAO, and not much like DA2. One reason the PC version is getting such terrible reviews is the controls (it is, basically, impossible to actually play the game. Bioware did nothing to make the controls appropriate for a PC. Kind of like Bethesda did with Skyrim, but much, much worse.) But there are plenty of other reasons to give this game a big fat "0" if you want a good RPG. Things like wooden facial expressions. Things like poor cutscenes and dialogue that reads like it was written by a 12 year old. Wait, that's not fair to 12 year olds; it's like it was written by a 12 year old moron, not a normal 12 year old. The graphics, even set to max quality on every setting, are incredibly disappointing. Cutscenes are choppy even on a system playing the actual game itself of 60+ fps. If you want a basic unthinking and repetitive action game, then you might think this is OK, IF the fix the controls or if you already own a game console controller which you can plug in. There are already plenty of repetitive actions games (which can be incredibly fun, no doubt), but that's not what Bioware and Dragon Age were always about. With this realease I think we can safely say that Bioware no longer really exists. What exists where Bioware used to be is something else, maybe something trying to become ID software.

    It would be nice if Metacritic had a review system for their "professional critic" reviews, because just like DA2, it's completely obvious that these critics reviews had to be bought. The game is basically unplayable. How can an unplayable game get good reviews, period?    … Expand
  100. purtusufu
    Dec 22, 2014
    0
    I wouldn't describe this game as a disappointment. My expectations for this game were that it would be a terrible mess. The game came out and it's a terrible mess. Good job Bioware/EA, you did not disappoint.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 45 Critic Reviews

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  1. Hyper Magazine
    Feb 9, 2015
    90
    Best Dragon Age so far, hands down. Pity about the naff writing. [Issue#257, p.51]
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  2. GameOver.gr
    Jan 22, 2015
    100
    The masters over at Bioware have done it again. This epic journey into the world of Thedas will steal more than 100 hours of your time, hours so full of superb gaming that you'll never forget them.
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  3. Eurogamer Portugal
    Jan 14, 2015
    80
    Despite numerous shortcomings, the new BioWare project is undoubtedly worth your attention. One of the best RPGs of 2014.
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