Dragon Age: Inquisition

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  1. fnenamg
    Sep 8, 2023
    7
    It seems like it has just become an average RPG.
  2. Sadakoinforest
    Sep 6, 2023
    6
    The characters and lore are amazing, but the gameplay is just terribly boring.
  3. Sylvos67
    Aug 19, 2023
    5
    Why try to put MMO like quests and things in thé perfection that was Origins...

    Lost what made this franchise good.
  4. PenetratorGod
    Aug 19, 2023
    6
    Better than the second game but much worse than the first. It's an average game in short. Even if I say it's better, I have to say that I liked it less than the second game.
  5. PavelHr
    Aug 1, 2023
    7
    DA:I is an interesting case, it is an RPG and they put in a lot of effort to try to establish the world and characters but at the same time, most characters are boring. The only memorable ones are Cole and Cullen, the latter from the first few games and maybe Dorian. The rest are just poorly created, the VA saves them a little bit but there's only so much you can do. I played a maleDA:I is an interesting case, it is an RPG and they put in a lot of effort to try to establish the world and characters but at the same time, most characters are boring. The only memorable ones are Cole and Cullen, the latter from the first few games and maybe Dorian. The rest are just poorly created, the VA saves them a little bit but there's only so much you can do. I played a male Inquisitor and the females characters in the game are some of the most boring and poorly written stuff in the last decade. It's an insufferable lesbian, a token black character and an uglified 'butch' female compared to DA:2. Awful, I feel like the writers for the game are either gay men or far-left women, there is no chance there were straight staff in the writing room. They brought back Leliana and Morrigan which are from the first game and written infinitely better than the rest so there is that at least.

    The world is an MMO, great main questline plus some decent side companion quests but outside of those, it's usually collect 10 herbs and find my mirror type of garbage. One massive positive are the locations and also the animations, those were 10/10, way ahead of most other games for its time. This game would become the Harbinger of woke in gaming as it has many of the SJW points that were so popular in 2010-2015 before it morphed into the current woke when Americans elected Trump and 'creatives' lost their mind. Considering the company (Bioware) has been going down since ME3, I fully expect them to bomb and lead to layoffs when going broke with DA:4 but we'll see. This is not a bad game but only do the main questline and the side characters and slay some dragons, the rest is MMO garbage and there is some woke, though not obnoxiously much, if you also like/hate that.    … Expand
  6. CausticMisery
    Jan 28, 2023
    5
    The most boring, tedious and grindy game I've ever played. **** Bioware and **** EA.
  7. Diser
    Dec 24, 2022
    6
    Pros:
    -Nice visuals
    -References to DA:O and DA2 -Soundtrack (tavern songs are amazing) -You can play as qunari Mehs: -Flat new characters -Main story -Crafting Cons: -MMO elements are everywhere -Awful player control -Terrible animations -One of the worst quests I've ever seen -Empty open world with only one activity for you - collecting stuff -Interface -Combat system    Pros:
    -Nice visuals
    -References to DA:O and DA2
    -Soundtrack (tavern songs are amazing)
    -You can play as qunari

    Mehs:
    -Flat new characters
    -Main story
    -Crafting

    Cons:
    -MMO elements are everywhere
    -Awful player control
    -Terrible animations
    -One of the worst quests I've ever seen
    -Empty open world with only one activity for you - collecting stuff
    -Interface
    -Combat system
    -This game is more of a tycoon than tactical RPG    … Expand
  8. Ockty
    Dec 24, 2022
    5
    Far away from the first game in series. Uninstalled it after 30 minutes. Disappointed...
  9. Swimming4Ten
    Jul 15, 2022
    6
    If you want a better continuation to the Dragon Age series than Dragon Age 2. You got what you came for. Only bad thing is, it's not as good as Origins...Nothing will be better than Origins. Also no blood mages as a specialization...and they cut a lot of stuff that was in previous games.
  10. JackPlack
    Jan 27, 2022
    7
    Good game but - bugs, and wrong level up/grind system. It would be not so bad if in middle of the game i had no good perk to choose. Its really bad when as archer not using poison at, but only poison perks are remaining.
  11. ImperialKnight
    Nov 15, 2021
    6
    A very mediocre RPG game. It's a lot of repetitive quests and later in the game, some of the Keep dungeons are terribly designed. Full of obstacle courses and no clear indication of which direction is forward are signed of bad map design.
  12. Dailen_
    Sep 23, 2021
    7
    After the second part, the Inquisition looks very good. Interesting characters, the combat system has also become better. But there are disadvantages, such as: uninteresting character development, sometimes a boring plot
  13. Kotofon
    Sep 19, 2021
    7
    Dragon Age: Inquisition – ролевое приключение, разворачивающееся в мире войн между злом и светом. Возьмите управление над Инквизитором, способным остановить тьму в землях Тедаса. Расследуйте причины войны, дипломатические раздоры, секреты и интриги, которые вовлекут игрока в геймплей с самого начала.Dragon Age: Inquisition – ролевое приключение, разворачивающееся в мире войн между злом и светом. Возьмите управление над Инквизитором, способным остановить тьму в землях Тедаса. Расследуйте причины войны, дипломатические раздоры, секреты и интриги, которые вовлекут игрока в геймплей с самого начала.
  14. ZeroMajor
    Jun 2, 2021
    7
    Dragon Age: Inquisition is an RPG that gives you pretty much everything at a good scale. Good visuals, numerous quests, and different characters with other kinds of classes. However, that's also an issue.
    Its gameplay becomes tedious after a good few hours into the game, you would realize that the side quests are not that fun to do, enemies are just pure annoying rather than posing as a    Dragon Age: Inquisition is an RPG that gives you pretty much everything at a good scale. Good visuals, numerous quests, and different characters with other kinds of classes. However, that's also an issue.
    Its gameplay becomes tedious after a good few hours into the game, you would realize that the side quests are not that fun to do, enemies are just pure annoying rather than posing as a challenge, and frames dropping at times especially during portal closing moments. Good game, but its flaws are noticeable that it might not be fun to be put up with.    … Expand
  15. Danny533
    May 29, 2021
    6
    So Repetitive, Cluncky combat, Extra long Dialogues, no road is shown on map, no Suggested level for quests, Only Hinterland looks beautiful others are so bad. after spending 17 hr
  16. AltumSilentium
    Apr 20, 2021
    7
    Что-то улучшилось, что-то оказалось полностью утеряно. Сама по себе игра вполне себе неплохая но это уже не тот Dragon Age и совсем не те Bioware.
  17. Legitplayer
    Apr 10, 2021
    5
    Game mechanics and graphics are great transition between third person and first person is almost flawless and smooth

    but the story sucks hairy balls tries to be like skyrim but skyrim is miles ahead, too many female characters and after 2 hours you are stuck with trash side missions because the game doesn't want you progress and instead It wants you to do billions of garbage meaningless    Game mechanics and graphics are great transition between third person and first person is almost flawless and smooth

    but the story sucks hairy balls tries to be like skyrim but skyrim is miles ahead, too many female characters and after 2 hours you are stuck with trash side missions because the game doesn't want you progress and instead It wants you to do billions of garbage meaningless side quests the way this is done is they basically gave no **** and put creatures 5 levels above you in a normal zone which leads to main quests.
    For example you go to a lvl 4 farm area talk to the npc there he gives you a lame mission not far from the farm area you go there to do the mission and bam you are destroyed by 12 lvl elite creatures    … Expand
  18. bancandrei
    Mar 28, 2021
    5
    Combines elements of predecessors in a pretty unfortunate way: reminiscent feelings of Baldur's Gate, dialogue system of Mass Effect and an MMO open world. Story is pretty good, but can be skipped as just a setup for 4 which hopefully turns out great.
  19. Antictra
    Mar 28, 2021
    5
    Frankly before playing that game I have read a lot of bad critics... and while most of them have the point, I would not describe Dragon Age Inquisition as a bad game, rather average game, which is not a success for AAA title. While it starts good, it seems varied and with a lot of high quality features, I cannot help but feel bored after some time. There is simply no motivation to go up toFrankly before playing that game I have read a lot of bad critics... and while most of them have the point, I would not describe Dragon Age Inquisition as a bad game, rather average game, which is not a success for AAA title. While it starts good, it seems varied and with a lot of high quality features, I cannot help but feel bored after some time. There is simply no motivation to go up to the end with enthusiasm, no mystery, not enugh of specific ambance making it a special experience.

    DAI will not remain in the history of glorious creations, in no way it is comparable to the Witcher 3 or Dragon Age : Origins, still it is better than Dragon Age 2 for sure.

    The story is kind of generic, little broken, but still could be followed, like an average TV series; there are some party members that I have found interesting (Solus, Cole), amusing (Varric, Dorian) or bizarre (Sera) ... and even though they are not on the level of characters from Mass Effect series or other CRPG's mentionned before, still they manage to get the job done on the limited level. During Covid-19 confinement that game managed to keep some pace of adventure, even with all its fedexes ... however with erosion of time the boredom outweights the limited storyline/background. Romances were kind of disappointingly boring, as was the supposed villain; too bad that the main one is hidden behind a DLC paywall. It can be noted that player has some impact on the gameworld, both to modify the ending and during gamplay (the main hub area of the player changes as she/he advances, side areas are also visibly impacted : it is good; on the other hand the stakes are not motivating so that in the end the changes seem meaningless. That brings us to the player character, which somehow has quite low charisma for a role that she/he is supposed to play; even Mass Effect Andromeda protagonist left me with more memories than generic paper-cut protagonist of DAI. In the end I simple did not care at all. In time the interest of player is just extinguished, despite of big beautiful gameworld and huge quantity of (mostly meaningless) dialogues done with good voice acting.

    The areas are geographically varied and interesting to see, almost like in the Skyrim. Main issue here is maybe that they are kind of generic: we have seen that before in so many other games and the lore/sidequests hardly give the shiver to discover something particularly exciting and areas do not have that much of ambiance to keep interest beyond first several hours (compare that even to the ambiance of procedurally generated Diablo 2 !). I agree with argment concerning too big number of generic "fedex" and "collections" quests: in Witcher 3 at least it had some sens and applicability for Gwent cards and crafting schemas; here it is mostly collecting random stuff, which mostly gives some quantitative "powers" to advance the game or occasionally more or less redundant rare items. The delivery of lore in DAI was simply not interesting, despite apparent formal high quality content.

    I see the big problem with limited gameplay options: the tactical camera mode is useless and broken, in the end of the day we just use autoattack all the time and not much of tactics can be applied (it is surely not as rich as DA:O or older Baldur's Gate games series). The choice of skills to use is very limited by game's own system, that boils down to the Action "RPG" type.

    I liked the OST, loved Lace Harding voice acting (mostly because it is the same voice actress as Liara T'Soni), and found generally the game to be well done on technical level.

    It remains a solid 6/10, diminished back to 5 because of hiding important main story stuff behind a DLC (EA style players trolling) ... not a legendary stuff, but not a totally bad stuff either.    … Expand
  20. VVars
    Dec 12, 2020
    6
    The game seems very fun at first, after some time it gets very repetetive though and does not encourage you to explore more of it. The strongest aspect I see is relations with followers. I don't like the mining and crafting though. And the combat system does not seem very excitng.
  21. Norleft
    Nov 26, 2020
    7
    Este Dragon Age Inquisition es extraño, ya que no puedo decir que sea el juego perfecto o casi perfecto, ni tampoco puedo decir que sea una mierda como fue el Dragon Age 2, podemos decir que ha envejecido bastante mal, ya que se trata de un juego que salió entre generaciones y las consolas como la PS3 no daban para mucho más en su momento y eso se ve reflejado en muchos aspectos del juego.Este Dragon Age Inquisition es extraño, ya que no puedo decir que sea el juego perfecto o casi perfecto, ni tampoco puedo decir que sea una mierda como fue el Dragon Age 2, podemos decir que ha envejecido bastante mal, ya que se trata de un juego que salió entre generaciones y las consolas como la PS3 no daban para mucho más en su momento y eso se ve reflejado en muchos aspectos del juego. Pero bueno dejando esto de lado hay muchas otras cosas que no se pueden excusar por la época, decisiones en el gameplay y en la forma de llevar la historia lo cual deja muchísimo que desear la verdad, diré los puntos que más importantes a destacar me han parecido:

    Mapas:
    Hay muchos mapas, llenos de cosas y con montones de monstruos, npc´s, cosas interesantes que ver y sitios que visitar... pero.... el juego no lo aprovecha, cuando termines de completar el primer mapa para pasar al siguiente te darás cuenta de que ya has visto todos esos coleccionables del mapa o las innumerables notitas que hay por todos lados, que hacen de misiones secundarias para ganar experiencia.

    Por lo que se ve aquí prefirieron cantidad a calidad y esto me parece con diferencia de lo peor del juego, ya que hay ciudades, pueblos y pequeñas aldeas que parecen estar muertas, no coges misiones de personajes que te cuentan que ha ocurrido ,no, eso solo pasa en las principales, de normal en cada mapa encuentras 300 notas que dicen donde hay un tesoro o que paso, o quien mato a quien o x, y las ciudades normalmente pasas por ellas una vez como máximo o si una misión principal o de compañeros te hace volver. Estamos hablando de un juego que para completarlo y completar absolutamente todos los mapas y secundarias que tiene he tardado casi 100h cuando Origins haciendo exactamente los mismo duro la mitad 50h o 60h y se me hizo MUUUCHO más llevadero y divertido, ya que las ciudades se sentían mucho más vivas y las secundarias no se sentían como simples coleccionables.

    Compañeros:
    Hablando de algo muy bueno que tiene este juego son los compañeros, al igual que Dragon Age 2 les han dedicado más tiempo y más misiones y tipos de relaciones, de hecho, como única cosa mala que vería en este aspecto, es el hecho de que tengas que ir apropósito siempre, a hablar con ellos y sin saber si tienen algo nuevo que decir. Ya que como unas 2h de mi gameplay son de ir andando por la base central de la inquisición, buscando a los compañeros y escuchando sus frases predefinidas ya que no han avanzado aun en su historia y para cuando lo hagan no me van a avisar y me puedo perder su dialogo único. Eso me parece un punto bastante malo y podrían haber puesto o añadido una notificación en sus cabezas o en el mapa para saber si quieren hablar contigo, pero la verdad que la cantidad de opciones que tienes con ellos, como pueden acabar y la cantidad de cosas que puedes llegar a tener con cada uno me parece una LOCURA y de los mejores aspectos del titulo, me recordó mucho a Origins, New Vegas y otros muchos juegos que no te llevan de la mano y se modifican a TU historia tal y como tu la quieres.

    La historia principal:
    Uffff, esta muy bien podríamos decir, porque si que se amolda a lo anterior jugado en Origins y Dragon Age 2, ya que puedes ver aquellas decisiones de dejar a X o Y vivo o a X personaje le paso X cosa y etc.... En ese aspecto esta muy bien, pero sinceramente la historia que cuenta este Dragon Age Inquisition realmente no da para tantas horas, perfectamente podría ser un juego lineal de unas 12h si quitamos mapas y contenido que literalmente es paja, ya que la historia principal no pasa por todos los mapas y muchas veces te obliga a hacer secundarias, ya que pega saltos muy grandes de nivel. No esta mal podríamos decir, pero no esta a la altura de sus dos anteriores y del guion que tiene a estas alturas la saga, la verdad para el siguiente menos puntos en el mapa y curraros más las cinemáticas y dungeons de la historia, que el boss final y la cinemática que le sigue son una vergüenza, cuando lo que te están contando en verdad es superinteresante.

    En resumen es un buen juego si te fijas en el contenido y en lo que ofrece no hay duda de que pillarlo es muy buena opción y es un titulo que merece la pena jugarlo y rejugarlo apesar de sus cosas malas, pero esta lejos y muy lejos en mi opinión de ser un Game Of The Year de su momento, apesar de todo lo que hace bien.    … Expand
  22. tikend
    Oct 29, 2020
    7
    Weak story compared to previous games, not interesting characters, boring open world gameplay.
  23. Alex3Hard
    Sep 1, 2020
    5
    Приятная, красивая графика. Музыка - супер! На этом плюсы заканчиваются. Анимация персонажей непосредственно в геймплее - приятная, но вот в катсценах - ужас какой-то, как и лицевая анимация. Лучше, чем в "Андромеде", но худшая в серии DA и ME. Сюжет спорный, мягко говоря. Чем-то напоминает Санта Барбару, но эпичную, т.к. эпика в игре - ну просто до тошноты много. Персонажи "пресные"Приятная, красивая графика. Музыка - супер! На этом плюсы заканчиваются. Анимация персонажей непосредственно в геймплее - приятная, но вот в катсценах - ужас какой-то, как и лицевая анимация. Лучше, чем в "Андромеде", но худшая в серии DA и ME. Сюжет спорный, мягко говоря. Чем-то напоминает Санта Барбару, но эпичную, т.к. эпика в игре - ну просто до тошноты много. Персонажи "пресные" какие-то (только Сера интересной показалась). Геймплей - катастрофа какая-то. Сразу рекомендую играть на легком уровне сложности, что бы поскорее проходить ужасные бои. Ну и квесты и прочие "активности" - мракобесие чистой воды. Одни из худших в индустрии. Не считая основной сюжет и миссии напарников, которые могут кому-то и понравиться. К покупке не рекомендую. Скорее всего, вы и бесплатно не осилите эту игру. Следующую DA4 уже даже не жду. Особенно после просмотра "трейлера" с геймскона, где про саму игру не сказали ни слова, зато поделились ОЧЕНЬ важной информацией о том, что в биоварах работают ИСКЛЮЧИТЕЛЬНО разные люди всех мастей, полов, ориентаций, гендеров и прочее. Ведь именно эта информация меня как геймера и интересовала. Ага.… Expand
  24. PrincessRose
    Aug 21, 2020
    7
    I love Dragon Age games mostly, Love the story, exploring, choices and of course the interesting characters.
    But the game consists mostly of repetitive fetch quests and trying to collect things.
    And the character interaction, dialogue and main missions are only a small percentage. This game is not as good and lacks the depth Origins had. Some areas I hated, I never liked the Deep    I love Dragon Age games mostly, Love the story, exploring, choices and of course the interesting characters.
    But the game consists mostly of repetitive fetch quests and trying to collect things.
    And the character interaction, dialogue and main missions are only a small percentage. This game is not as good and lacks the depth Origins had.

    Some areas I hated, I never liked the Deep Roads and I absolutely hated the Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts mission as I like taking my time and hate anything being timed as I dislike feeling like I have to rush to complete something.

    The combat was sort of ok.
    Occasionally get the game freezing and then crash.
    A very fun game and enjoyed the game a lot.    … Expand
  25. Prometheus1241
    Aug 13, 2020
    6
    Dragon Age: Inquisition( i will call it just DAI) is a strange game.
    It has bad battling system, but yet it is very spectacular with different effects.
    It has bad plot, but has great DLCs plot.

    It has the worst and the best bioware's villains in one game!

    Damn, it is quite hard to judge this game. But for a lot of grind quest and bad side quest, dead world i can give it 6/10.
  26. laertan
    Feb 4, 2020
    7
    This is really controversial game with awesome features as well as terrible decisions.

    Good things: 1. Exceptional interaction with backstory - your decisions in previous games really affects world; 2. Awesome deep lore (I can't say the storytelling is good, though); 3. Decent graphic; 4. Quality & design of visual content: statues, interiors, paintings; 5. Many various types of    This is really controversial game with awesome features as well as terrible decisions.

    Good things:
    1. Exceptional interaction with backstory - your decisions in previous games really affects world;
    2. Awesome deep lore (I can't say the storytelling is good, though);
    3. Decent graphic;
    4. Quality & design of visual content: statues, interiors, paintings;
    5. Many various types of locations (developers probably have listen to critic towards DA2);
    6. Charismatic and nefarious antagonist;
    7. You can judge your prisoners! I have waited for this feature to return since DAO:Awakening;
    8. There are interactions with environment for all types of classes - mage can create bridges, warrior can break the walls;
    9. Balanced choice of companions - we have 3 mages, 3 rogues and 3 warriors.

    Bad things:
    1. Stereotyped plot;
    2. Badly written and generally boring companions (with exceptional Cole and Solas);
    3. Bad romances. Seriously, even in DA2 romances were more exciting!
    4. Excruciatingly slow and boring combat;
    5. Huge empty spaces in all locations (ther reminded me of Mass Effect 1 - in a bad sense);
    6. Quests like "gather 30 flowers" - I would really like to look into eyes of man who thought smth like "yeah, it's great idea, players will enjoy this!"
    7. Bad design of locations - sometimes you have to go across half of the map to climb on a mountain, and no, you can't give your hero a target and click on it like "go there". Even in DA2 that was possible;
    8. Max level reached too fast.

    Overall it was not a bad game. Not complete disaster (like I thought it would be when I first saw it). But still Bioware can do much better then this.    … Expand
  27. srt8cat
    Jan 28, 2020
    5
    While the gameplay and graphics are great, the characters are horrible. Especially the female characters, They are downright ugly and it's not just their looks but also their personality and attitude towards other characters. After Andromeda and Anthem it time for for EA to can this studio. Bioware had a good run, but then SJW's and feminists took over. Truly sad. Oh well. With their lastWhile the gameplay and graphics are great, the characters are horrible. Especially the female characters, They are downright ugly and it's not just their looks but also their personality and attitude towards other characters. After Andromeda and Anthem it time for for EA to can this studio. Bioware had a good run, but then SJW's and feminists took over. Truly sad. Oh well. With their last 2 games bombing, they got what they had coming.… Expand
  28. Geralt123
    Jan 25, 2020
    6
    Pros
    ====
    - Very nice sceneries and graphics, even for 2019 - Huge world with huge maps - A lot of skilltrees with a ton of skills - If you use the tactical mode in combat, it can be quite funny to use all the skills and spells - Some interesting charcters - Lots of loot - Main Story is ok, maybe a bit lackluster - Very long game (min. 100 hrs) Cons ==== - Too many fetch    Pros
    ====
    - Very nice sceneries and graphics, even for 2019
    - Huge world with huge maps
    - A lot of skilltrees with a ton of skills
    - If you use the tactical mode in combat, it can be quite funny to use all the skills and spells
    - Some interesting charcters
    - Lots of loot
    - Main Story is ok, maybe a bit lackluster
    - Very long game (min. 100 hrs)

    Cons
    ====
    - Too many fetch quests. This is too much!!!
    - Play like an MMO
    - Side quests lack of emotion
    - A bit repetetive combat
    - Dialogues are very superficial and often meaningless
    - Inventory is messed up, but you will get used to it

    So overall I would rate this game 6/10. It can be fun to play if you don't mind doing many fetch quests and want to relax a little. But please don't expect something like Witcher 3.

    In the end I was able to enjoy it by experimenting with all the skills and leveling up a lot.    … Expand
  29. persi
    Jan 12, 2020
    7
    UPD: I finished the game last year and decided to change this review. While I still think that the story is quite weak, overall I managed to enjoy the game - thanks to a few really interesting characters and side quests in the best traditions of the Dragon Age series.
    Game mechanics are not perfect, but after tweaking the playstyle one could find a balance between tactical moves and    UPD: I finished the game last year and decided to change this review. While I still think that the story is quite weak, overall I managed to enjoy the game - thanks to a few really interesting characters and side quests in the best traditions of the Dragon Age series.
    Game mechanics are not perfect, but after tweaking the playstyle one could find a balance between tactical moves and action shooting.    … Expand
  30. thepiosek
    Jan 3, 2020
    6
    Pros:
    - Open world
    - More romance options than in previous DA - Graphic is quite good - Nice system of upgrading stuff - Main story isn't bad (but only main story) - You can upgrade your living place Cons: - IT'S open world, but it's fulfilled with poor quests like just go and find something and over and over again, that makes game really boring to start play again eg to try    Pros:
    - Open world
    - More romance options than in previous DA
    - Graphic is quite good
    - Nice system of upgrading stuff
    - Main story isn't bad (but only main story)
    - You can upgrade your living place

    Cons:

    - IT'S open world, but it's fulfilled with poor quests like just go and find something and over and over again, that makes game really boring to start play again eg to try new character
    - commanding comrades is simpler than in previous DA games to that extend, its completly useless. your companions are just walkiing around and dying and you can not command them to stay behind or something. this is the biggest degression and thing i really really dont like.
    - Idk about other platforms, but character control is much more annoying that it was (with mouse and keyboard)
    - there is no option to SPRINT with your character, its so painful. and it should be implemented on such a big open areas.
    - jumping is poor implemented, you feel like a puppet in the theater when jumping, sigh.
    - enemy AI is poor as your companions AI.
    - The only one thing I really loved in Dragon Age 2 was dynamic melee combat. Here combat is less dynamic and worse than in DA2. Another degression.

    I could say that DA: inqusition is someting between DAO and DA2, but it is not.
    It's much worse than DAO and different than DA2.
    DA3 is just retarded child of DAO and DA2.

    If they are planning Dragon Age 4, they just should take everything from DAO and add dynamic combat from DA2 and it would be masterpiece.    … Expand
  31. Kovasz
    Dec 25, 2019
    5
    I was skipping this title for a long time, as I've heard a lot of negative critics. But now I've just decided to check it out, maybe they've fixed the flaws, I thought, and it's not that bad after all these years.
    Well, the game looked promising at first, and after a few hours in, the world, the characters, the graphics, etc. are looks good, but the actual gameplay itself... they've made    I was skipping this title for a long time, as I've heard a lot of negative critics. But now I've just decided to check it out, maybe they've fixed the flaws, I thought, and it's not that bad after all these years.
    Well, the game looked promising at first, and after a few hours in, the world, the characters, the graphics, etc. are looks good, but the actual gameplay itself... they've made a REALLY simple battle mechanics. The good old tactical mechanism is completly gone (well, not completly, as there is an option for it, but it's 1) useless 2) needles). What you got instead, is an equally simple and bad 3rd person hack-and-slash solution, where all you have to do is keep pulling the trigger to attack and unleash your skills/spells, when they're refilled. That's it. No tactics, no skill based 3rd person action, it feels and plays like a mobile game, really.
    And although everything looks interesting, I'd love to explore the world (there seems to be a LOT to do), I'm just bored by this unchallanging combat and lame looting.
    Also, the levelling is too slow, and when you finally level up, all you get is ONE (1) skill point. Are you kidding me? Some FPS/non RPG games have more RPG elements than this game.

    Bottom line: I really wanted to love this game, as I loved DA:O and also DA2 (yes, it was more simple, but I still liked it), I wanted to play a good fantasy RPG, but this just feels like a mobile-like, single player MMO.    … Expand
  32. Mendax89
    Dec 10, 2019
    5
    The downfall of Bioware.
    Boring game, with boring characters, boring story, boring gameplay.
    There's nothing good about this AAA.
  33. MazrimTaim14
    Oct 30, 2019
    7
    Game is still enjoyable even though it deviated from the previous 2 games. Enjoyment is subjected and it is greatly affected by our personal experience. Coming from a player that really didnt enjoy Origins and 2, this was a breathe of fresh air for me. Yes, i know a lot of complaints are coming from that the game is serviceable by playing thru a controller instead of mouse and keyboard butGame is still enjoyable even though it deviated from the previous 2 games. Enjoyment is subjected and it is greatly affected by our personal experience. Coming from a player that really didnt enjoy Origins and 2, this was a breathe of fresh air for me. Yes, i know a lot of complaints are coming from that the game is serviceable by playing thru a controller instead of mouse and keyboard but it didnt dampened my experience since i did play it with a controller.

    Story is interesting without the convoluted mess. Gameplay mechanics are simplified but I see this as a jump similar to the jump to Fallout 3 from 2.    … Expand
  34. Hawk0
    Sep 13, 2019
    5
    Сюжет банален, но играть интересно, да и сам мир весьма красив на высоких ползунках так что 10
  35. CasperWenneke
    Jul 11, 2019
    6
    First of all, this is not a Dragon Age game, it doesn't feel like it at all. The story is boring and dry. Only thing we hear all the time is "you are the chosen of andraste" "look at the cool mark on his hand" "inquisitor". this is a random guy/woman who got a weird mark on their hand and wants to bang people. I even prefer the gameplay from Dragon Age: Origins better than this one, it'sFirst of all, this is not a Dragon Age game, it doesn't feel like it at all. The story is boring and dry. Only thing we hear all the time is "you are the chosen of andraste" "look at the cool mark on his hand" "inquisitor". this is a random guy/woman who got a weird mark on their hand and wants to bang people. I even prefer the gameplay from Dragon Age: Origins better than this one, it's stiff and weird. Dragon Age 2 improved on it alot, but while Inquisition tried to make it more action pact, that wasn't at all what it needed. The graphics in this game was quite good, but nothing special everyone just kinda looked the same for some reason and the expression weren't that good. All the romances and characters are boring except for Varric of course. Everyone is some whiney peasant, who needs your help for everything and oh lord the romances can get awkward. everyone is either gay or too weird. And why would anyone even bang some person who just jumped out of a portal claiming they say god or something like that. There is no origin or originality to the, main character. Just a boring and stale dude/chick. This game should have been writin better and had a longer development time. And the horses where really just (retarded) they ran so weird, that i didn't even use one through my playthrough. Boring and repetetive game overall… Expand
  36. rageous
    May 25, 2019
    6
    The PC version of this game is really let down by an absolutely terrible interface. It exists in an uncanny valley between the first two games in the series, where rather than having improved the controls it instead has made a clunky mashup hybrid.
  37. LifeHistory
    Mar 13, 2019
    5
    it's hard to describe what is wrong with this game. It's just an empty shell of a game. There is no soul to it what so ever. Everything feels empty and soulless from the story to its world to the gameplay. Even though the world is detailed and beautiful it still misses soul and life.

    I thought DA-Origin was one legend of a game. I skipped DA2 because its really bad. Now to inquisition.    it's hard to describe what is wrong with this game. It's just an empty shell of a game. There is no soul to it what so ever. Everything feels empty and soulless from the story to its world to the gameplay. Even though the world is detailed and beautiful it still misses soul and life.

    I thought DA-Origin was one legend of a game. I skipped DA2 because its really bad. Now to inquisition. The story and writing here is really boring and bad. There is nothing important pushing you to want to play the game to know more. The combat feels limited there are not that many spells and ability for every character which makes the gameplay limited and repetitive.

    It feels like an MMO with cheap rpg elements. it does not exceed 6-7/10.    … Expand
  38. QuatokyTonberry
    Jan 23, 2019
    7
    Gameplay: - Very Good
    Story: - Good
    Visual: - Amazing
    Music and sound: - Good
    *Microtransaction in multiplayer
    *Lots of grinding
    Score: - 7 (Good)
  39. Nightiscold
    Dec 26, 2018
    5
    (played 100 h on hard before writing)

    I like the predecessor dragon age orgins for its great characters, captive story, and dark atmosphere. Finished it directly after release within 70 h and enjoyed it every minute. Inquisition is sadly nothing on the same level. The only point where the game excels is the art and graphical design. The world is amazing, but much else is on poor to    (played 100 h on hard before writing)

    I like the predecessor dragon age orgins for its great characters, captive story, and dark atmosphere. Finished it directly after release within 70 h and enjoyed it every minute.

    Inquisition is sadly nothing on the same level. The only point where the game excels is the art and graphical design. The world is amazing, but much else is on poor to mediocre level. The worst is the combat system which is very boring on hard difficulty, there is mostly no challenge but on the other side combat takes forever because enemies have extremely high health pools. This is the reason why it did take me 100 h to finish the game (without DLC content) and because in general the experience was boring I had to take 2-3 years in breaks to find motivation.

    In conclusion, inquisition is what you get when the marketing department says: make something that looks great and is simple to play on consoles, do everything else when there is time left in-between. Interestingly, this game got far better reviews than for example Fallout 76 which is a more interesting game. For me it is on the same low level as dragon age 2. However, when you are a fan of the dragon age world you can do not much wrong with the GOTY edition for 10€ on sale.    … Expand
  40. Daermon
    Dec 19, 2018
    7
    After the Tresspasser DLC the game is better. But the game is not Dragon Age Origins quality. Story is ok, have good charachters (Varric, Cassandra), but many charachter is sh*t, and the world is open, but empty lifeless. Gameplay and the full game not too bad, but not too good.
  41. Benden
    Dec 16, 2018
    5
    What did they do to the Dragon Age saga...
    Gone are the days when the first opus was such a nice surprise. Even with all it flaws, I prefer the previous opus : at least skills, ui, interactions, story were good.
    Here we have some kind of boring MMO mechanics, kinda meh RTS elements killing the game.
    It's long, boring, blend. Shame really.
  42. Ploppy0
    Oct 17, 2018
    5
    Pros :
    -Graphics are good
    -Some entertaining companion dialogue -Dubs are good -Some event in the main story line Cons : -A world with no consistency -No lore explanation or good sidequest to remind things, with background characters -Dull combat with no strategy, whatever the difficulty -Few classes are fun to play, Mage will all play the same for example. -Terrible side quest    Pros :
    -Graphics are good
    -Some entertaining companion dialogue
    -Dubs are good
    -Some event in the main story line

    Cons :
    -A world with no consistency
    -No lore explanation or good sidequest to remind things, with background characters
    -Dull combat with no strategy, whatever the difficulty
    -Few classes are fun to play, Mage will all play the same for example.
    -Terrible side quest with mmorpg fedex quality that nobody care
    -Boring collecting on maps with marker everywhere
    -Tons of pointless things to do to increase some xp bar that unlock things you don't care, and don't even know what it does
    -Half open world with tedious level design, 4 years after Skyrim it's a shame.
    -Blank NPC and world
    -Disastrous UI to manage equipment, with pointless crafting
    -Another "save the world" quest where you are the hero but still have to do chores.
    -Most NPC made ugly on purpose because of the dev team political agenda
    -Only 2 option(on8) for a male hetero romance

    DA:I is a RPG for people who don't want to play a RPG, the game fail at almost everything this genre should provide. It's not a terrible game, it's average for common users... But it's a bad RPG.

    DA:I is the perfect example of how AAA game and huge prod value can still be meaningless if you don't put some real talent for the writing and the game design.
    You can have the best engine and the best technician your game will still feel like an empty shell.    … Expand
  43. Mobile
    Sep 20, 2018
    6
    ENG RU
    Modern Dragon Age. With a bunch of stuff that you need to find, collect, destroy, capture, while running back and forth, on large empty locations with regular spawn enemies. The calculation is made for a new audience, new players, it is for them and made a "similar" gameplay, and old men and fans, and so will not pass by, they will buy everything. To ugliness stretched gameplay in    ENG RU
    Modern Dragon Age. With a bunch of stuff that you need to find, collect, destroy, capture, while running back and forth, on large empty locations with regular spawn enemies. The calculation is made for a new audience, new players, it is for them and made a "similar" gameplay, and old men and fans, and so will not pass by, they will buy everything. To ugliness stretched gameplay in which you can get bogged down by 3-5 times more game hours than you need or would like. So the game can be mastered and for a modest 20-30 hours and forget. Not the first part of course, not never Witcher 3, takes its place and is entitled to be called Dragon Age (modern), following the fashion trends.
    Современная Dragon Age. С кучей хлама, который нужно найти, собрать, уничтожить, захватить, бегая при этом туда - сюда, по большим пустым локациям с регулярным спавном врагов. Расчет сделан на новую аудиторию, новых игроков, именно для них и сделан "подобный" геймплей, а старички и фанаты и так мимо не пройдут, они все купят. До безобразия растянутый геймплей, в котором можно увязнуть на 3-5 раз больше игровых часов чем нужно или хотелось бы. Так игру можно осилить и за скромные 20-30 часов и забыть. Не первая часть конечно, не разу не Witcher 3, но свое место занимает и вполне вправе называться Dragon Age (современной), следуя модным тенденциям.    … Expand
  44. Nerp47
    Aug 17, 2018
    6
    While to me Dragon Age Inquisition's main story felt bland and boring, where the game really shines is it's characters. when playing the game for a while you really start feeling like you're building connections and relationships with these characters, and interactions feel human and realistic,also being able to change your world state or previous game history, was a nice way to revisitWhile to me Dragon Age Inquisition's main story felt bland and boring, where the game really shines is it's characters. when playing the game for a while you really start feeling like you're building connections and relationships with these characters, and interactions feel human and realistic,also being able to change your world state or previous game history, was a nice way to revisit the old games quickly or refresh your memories if you hadn't played them in a while. Another thing i really liked was the amount of choices in dialogue. Being able to control what your character says almost every time he/she speaks was nifty even if useless. The music is also phenomenal but seems to be rarely used to great effect and only really has any emotional impact right at the end of the game.

    Where the game falls flat is with it's bad but playable Mouse and keyboard controls, useless Tactical Camera, War Table feeling like a tacked on mechanic to fool players into thinking there's more content then there really is, useless and unrewarding chores like finding crystals or connecting star constellations whenever you go to an open area to explore that makes doing anything but big side quests or the main quests feel tacked on or boring, and the inability to transfer previous game saves on pc which felt like a bad attempt at making the experience ever so slightly worse for pirates.

    The only side activities i really enjoyed were the dives into the history of Thedas. Either the side quests that involved previous characters or just historical figures of thedas, or the walls of text that enlighten you about previous events in the world, that probably no one would read unless they really cared about the history or world of the game.

    In the end it feels like a good game for anyone looking for a good story and some fun game-play but not for anyone looking for a classic RPG. I would love to see a Dragon Age Inquisition 2, but i also want a true sequel to Origins and Dragon Age 2    … Expand
  45. Justmygaming
    Aug 15, 2018
    7
    While your team probably isn't as memorable as that of Origin's, they aren't downright forgettable in my opinion. It's a good game, with some interesting decisions, my issue with the game is it feels like a slog to get through at times. The sheer amount of basically worthless fetch quests is tiring, and it could take a week or two to complete the game. I recommend only doing side quests toWhile your team probably isn't as memorable as that of Origin's, they aren't downright forgettable in my opinion. It's a good game, with some interesting decisions, my issue with the game is it feels like a slog to get through at times. The sheer amount of basically worthless fetch quests is tiring, and it could take a week or two to complete the game. I recommend only doing side quests to gain power and quests for your companions, other than that it's a waste of time. Some hubs could feel so large that it gets tiring and overwhelming. The villain in this game is the least fleshed out villain in all the Dragon Age Universe, and the ending isn't anything massive, but the DLC does flesh out the story a lot more.… Expand
  46. MelkortheKind
    Aug 11, 2018
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I have spent 314 hours of my life on this game playing every class and almost all the races (except Qunari). I am a huge fantasy fan and Dragon Age has one of the best lore foundations IMO (their interpretation of magic, dwarven culture, elven history, vast and intricate history of Thedas including the various religions etc. is just amazing!) This being said the game is the one thing it should never have been and that is average. I will list shortly the pros and cons and then give a short conclusion to why this game is heart-breaking.

    Pros:
    + Great lore still there although somewhat hidden or of less importance
    + Voice acting is pretty decent
    + Some weapons and armour looks cool although the variety is poor
    + Skyhold probably the coolest castle in any RPG I have seen although it’s not important in any way.
    + Mounts look cool although not very useful
    + Graphics is good especially the Emerald Graves (but by no means great)
    + Companions are much better than DA2, but not nearly as good as DAO, that being said it is light years better than any other non-Bioware RPG
    +Dragon fights are cool and can be exciting (where is the dragon fight at Skyhold?)

    The Cons
    - One of the most boring combat systems I have ever played, even WoW is better.
    - The ridiculously small number of abilities that are tied to your attributes I mean it has at most 5 active abilities per tree and ~4 passives. WHY?!?
    - Gone are the days of personalizing your character, dexterous warrior, strength rogue, tank mage NO, now you must follow a simple tree. IMO you could just leave your companions to auto level up.
    - The game's balance is broken as an example the arcane knight can kill Hakkon Wintersbreath 1v1 on nightmare with Even Ground, Walk Softly, Rest Easy, and Rub Some Dirt on It trails active. While the warrior and the rogue cannot survive even one hit.
    - Its pacing is of and that negatively effects the story as you are constantly busy with side quests and don't feel the rush to do any main quests (and you must do side quests to complete main quests this ties in with next point)
    - I am a completionist and must finish and area before continuing to the next area and this is really challenging in the beginning (Hinterlands) but as you level it becomes tedious even with trails active.
    -The collectables is irritating to a completionist and the amount of it is just ridiculous and why lock the coolest (dragon decor) behind Multiplayer or DLC.
    -Controls and PC optimization is really bad
    -AI can be infuriating and the tactical screen is useless, the AI do not obey basic commands
    -I feel that a lot of good lore was disregarded for this Mage/Templar war, it’s not bad, but come on, they trampled on the Wardens, making them into scared puppets.
    - It has a bad replayability as your choices are actually inconsequential so the only reason you will replay it is to try different races and classes and even that does not make a big difference as in DAO and then the grinding on top of all this just kills all motivation there was to do it.
    - The DLC’s are average and they feel like they could have been added to the base game (except Trespasser), some areas in the base game (hissing wastes, Storm coast etc.) have no real impact on story just like DLC and are only there to farm for Power and to lengthen the game.
    -Lastly and most damning, who is this game made for, kids? It has sex violence and all the other goodies, but its gameplay is for dummies (it literally has no learning curve), gone are the dark or gritty dialogue options (killing all the elves in DAO as an example) and the story is predicable with no real branching of narratives just one big grind fest.

    In conclusion the third instalment of my favourite fantasy RPG series has truly disappointed me. It is by no means a bad game in fact in 2014 it was probably the best RPG, but that's not saying much when the competition was that bad. I will probably never come back to play this game, which is sad because I have over a 1000 hours in DAO and still play it. Most worrying of all is that recently (2018 I think?) EA announced that they feel that single player games are dying and DA:I is proof of their mentality in 2014 already!! It is a MMORPG in an action-RPG skin. I have no problem with Action RPG's not everyone likes games like Divinity: Original Sin 2, but this game is neither. It tries to be tactical but is not and the “action” is boring. This game has made me worried that all companies will follow this trend of reaching for a wider audience (dumbing down) and creating larger and longer games that feel emptier and more tedious (Shadow of War). Lastly a good game is not measured in the game’s length or size or graphics, but in how emotionally attached you become to the world and its story, characters etc. and in this regard the game fails spectacularly.    … Expand
  47. PappyBakesCakes
    Dec 30, 2017
    7
    The best of this game is the best of Bioware - the scenery, world building and 1 on 1 interactions. The combat is decent but this game bleeds a sense of overproduction, although this may die down the further you progress. The main culprits here are the overwhelming number of side quests and "items" you can collect... it may not be to far to say this game is more of a collect-a-thon thanThe best of this game is the best of Bioware - the scenery, world building and 1 on 1 interactions. The combat is decent but this game bleeds a sense of overproduction, although this may die down the further you progress. The main culprits here are the overwhelming number of side quests and "items" you can collect... it may not be to far to say this game is more of a collect-a-thon than and RPG as it certainly does not discourage one from playing it that way. I found (after a second playthrough) that I enjoyed the game a lot more when I focused on things that actually drew me rather than just chasing every tick that lights up[ on my mini map but there is still this sense that a lot of the side quests, not matter how unique, seems incredibly hollow and almost pointless... if it were not for "its for the war and inquisition etc."

    *rant*The bards music is excellent but just like all Bioware games I've played so far the music is not compelling or interesting at all besides that one little do-dad that is played the whole game. The sound design is okay or decent but I just cannot take fighting a dragon as seriously when nothing is playing in the background or if it is just like "do dedede dumdum doooooo dooooo dum dum" but I also cant hear it and it jsut stops sometimes. I heard there were issues trying to use the Frostbyte engine to develop the necessary systems, and it does show in some places if you look hard enough, but this is still an underutilized catagory imo. I will give them that the quality of the music is good but it just does not work with the rest of the game.*endrant*

    Overall, I found this game provides a lot more good than bad although one might need to discipline themselves in order to avoid over-stimulation and boredom.    … Expand
  48. Trenos
    Nov 30, 2017
    7
    This game was so close to be as good as first Dragon Age, seriously, things like combat system, music or companions are amazing, the story is good too, but the biggest minus of this game are side quest., they so suck. Still this game is worth playing.
  49. Kaszmiro
    Oct 31, 2017
    7
    This game had so much potential... But it got wasted
    +main quests are long and interesting
    + beautiful locations
    + good feeling of leading army

    - side quests dont have any plots behind them
    - locations feel empty and without any life
    - completely bad system that forces us to do repetitive quests
    - unsatisfying combat
    - skills look similar and dont have very big impact on combat
  50. Canisrah
    Oct 30, 2017
    7
    I came to this game wondering whether Bioware would return to form and make something good - it's been a while since they release anything worth having and for me Inquisition represented the last time I would shell out for one of their games.

    Glad I did - it's absolutely a triumph and it would appear Bioware have found some of their old spark again. The scope is epic and the atmosphere    I came to this game wondering whether Bioware would return to form and make something good - it's been a while since they release anything worth having and for me Inquisition represented the last time I would shell out for one of their games.

    Glad I did - it's absolutely a triumph and it would appear Bioware have found some of their old spark again. The scope is epic and the atmosphere and story is great. There's always stuff to do and if you get bored doing one activity you have move off and do something else for a while. They seem to have borrowed a bit from Skyrim - though that is hardly a bad thing.

    There seems to be a lot of mmo mechanics in there and collection type questions but all in all it comes off well. The visuals are great and the music is brilliant. Characters are engaging (for the most part) though they aren't as good as the companions in the Mass Effect Series.

    Not much to complain about here - some activities can get a bit tedious but on the whole - really, really good game.    … Expand
  51. silverwolf42
    Oct 21, 2017
    5
    Bioware seems to have completely forgotten what DA:O made so great and just unleashed a collection playground. While looking gorgeous and having nice music, the characters are blant. I couldn't care less for any of them. How is that possible? The first one managed to have so rich and deep characters, which I loved and worried about.

    DA:I Is just a huge map with icons, running around,    Bioware seems to have completely forgotten what DA:O made so great and just unleashed a collection playground. While looking gorgeous and having nice music, the characters are blant. I couldn't care less for any of them. How is that possible? The first one managed to have so rich and deep characters, which I loved and worried about.

    DA:I Is just a huge map with icons, running around, jumping in fights and that's it.
    No soul.
    at all.    … Expand
  52. Skitte
    Sep 23, 2017
    5
    Finally, I've got to play this on PC. I have waited for a sequel for so long and... here I am. To be honest, there has been a love-hate relationship betwenn me, the player, and the game. I have both pros and cons. There are small frustrations and big ones. I won't stay and write a lot of rows to be hard to read, so I'll try to make it as simple and personal as I can
    Pros:
    - The game    Finally, I've got to play this on PC. I have waited for a sequel for so long and... here I am. To be honest, there has been a love-hate relationship betwenn me, the player, and the game. I have both pros and cons. There are small frustrations and big ones. I won't stay and write a lot of rows to be hard to read, so I'll try to make it as simple and personal as I can
    Pros:
    - The game looks absolutely beautiful. From the Coastal regions, to the Desert and The Hinterlands, this is one of the most beautiful games I've played in recent memory. They have put so much attention to detail and created atmospheric places, in response to DA2's style.
    - The Inquisitor has been given a bigger and better overhaul in personality and dialogue and options than its predecesors. There are few times when the dialogue seems tiring or rushed out. I loved how many branching paths you have in your relationships.
    - The gear is quite diverse and good looking (well, except staffs mostly)
    - The animations are better than expected.
    - Voicing is actually impressive and diverse.
    - The story is enjoyable, but I'm not sure I really enjoyed it as I enjoyed the first one's story. It was easier to catch up, yes, but at the same time, the quality in writing and main plot, it feels a little downgraded.
    - I actually liked most of the side quests I did. They were vast and not all of them were go there and give or kill that which didn't make me quit my game when the main plot made me burnout.
    Cons: Here are some of my reasons why I gave this game, a 5.
    - The mounts are goddamn horrendous. The horse animation is so poor and its speed... and sometimes it is completely unresponsive.
    - WHY IS IT SO HARD TO CLIMB A BARELY CURVED VALLEY? The slipping is annoying at best. You have to destroy 2 keyboards in order to climb a small path to find something that shouldn't have been put somewhere you can't normally go.
    - Textures pop-up. It happened most of the time.
    - T H E L O A D I N G S C R E E N S A R E ------------------- UGH. First of all, I have no idea why they put those reading cards there if those go away in max 10 seconds ... and then... ANOTHER BLACK SCREEN LOADING. Like... Why didn't they leave the card loading screen instead of... Damn. THEN. It takes minutes to load. And I'm above the requirements with a lot. It took me 2 minutes once to be able to cross a small room and then, whoa, another loading screen. Damn EA. This broke the immersion for me. I didn't want to think that everytime there was a loading screen I had time to go eat something. Players shouldn't feel that way. You fkd up at this chapter. Badly.
    - TECHNICAL PROBLEMS EVERYWHERE. Few were the times when after a loading screen I would be able to keep playing because the game would freeze with sound still working or the screen would turn white, also with the sound on.
    - I had a lot of errors with DirectX and from what I read, you messed around with the engine and with even a little overheat or hiccup from the GPU, the game would crash.
    - Frame drops in most of the areas. While there wasn't a vast drop, it's noticeable.

    All I want to say is that I love(d) Bioware more before when their games were actually made with heart and care. You'll notice immediately that the game is a port. It was primarily made for consoles which hurt the PC community. What I said here isn't necesarily good. It is good for the Bioware we actually know nowadays, not for the Bioware it once was. The voicing could've been better. The skills could've been done better. Somehow, it feels rushed. And the requirements are waaay overboard for how bad it was done, for PC. All in all, I had hopes... and they were crushed. And I am not saying it's bad. Not at all. It was handed poorly and it could've been way better.    … Expand
  53. Redremba
    Sep 20, 2017
    5
    I would NOT play/buy this game, it is a disapointment. The controls are totally screwed made for controller and therefore limited A LOT, only 4/8 spells can be actively employed at any time, MORE IS NEEDED. Controls also make camera and its movement UNBEARABLE and the tactic view, the one from above (reached with select button) Is NOT USEABLE for gameplay/fights. Playing on PC you WILLI would NOT play/buy this game, it is a disapointment. The controls are totally screwed made for controller and therefore limited A LOT, only 4/8 spells can be actively employed at any time, MORE IS NEEDED. Controls also make camera and its movement UNBEARABLE and the tactic view, the one from above (reached with select button) Is NOT USEABLE for gameplay/fights. Playing on PC you WILL need a controller because mouse and keyboard control are NOT WORKABLE. If you think that you can overcome these deficiencies, you will be playing an uninpsiring, dull and anticlimatic story, it is in a beautiful setting though. Very limited gear to be found and a short level cap, 16-19 and you are ready for endgame. I reached level 27 clearing out a lot of really boring sidequests and end game was WAY to easy...BAD BALANCE IN GAME MECHANICS ASWELL...Im REALLY glad i bought ultimate edition at great discount years after the game came out so I did not waste that much money on the game. HOW IN THE HELL CAN THIS TITLE BE GAME OF THE YEAR, it must have been the WORST year for gaming since gaming started.… Expand
  54. Ahkhsteamuun
    Jul 22, 2017
    6
    Dragon Age: Inquisition is a game that tries to do a lot to make up for the failure that was Dragon age II. It has an open(ish) world, the scope of the plot is massive, the characters are varied and numerous, the world looks genuinely pretty. This game is supposedly a repudiation of the 'less is more' philosophy that had taken over RPG design and had even infected Dragon Age 2, at leastDragon Age: Inquisition is a game that tries to do a lot to make up for the failure that was Dragon age II. It has an open(ish) world, the scope of the plot is massive, the characters are varied and numerous, the world looks genuinely pretty. This game is supposedly a repudiation of the 'less is more' philosophy that had taken over RPG design and had even infected Dragon Age 2, at least that's what it wants you to think. The game is undeniably massive, and yet it's only briefly impressive.

    A lot is thrown at you early on: you are literally the messiah, are made leader of an international peacekeeping organization, and you are shoved into a war room to plan your next moves; all of this within 30 minutes. By this point in Origins you would have maybe finished your origins mission and been recruited into the Grey Wardens, having only been introduced to the main plot of the story. In Inquisition, the pacing is all over the place. No sooner are you proclaimed to be the messiah than you are given menial chores to build up the Inquisition's strength. You'd think that skipping all of the buildup normally present in RPGs would make the game more epic, but you'd be vastly overestimating the competence of the people who wrote this story. The game is really about doing chores so the plot moves forward. I don't mean this facetiously, gathering pelts and rocks is what will get you the power points needed to pay for the main quest missions. It feels almost surreal to say that you have to pay for main quest missions with points in a single player game, but this is the sick experiment this poor game series has been forced to undergo. The result is a sparse main quest divided by hours of busywork, totally devoid of fun or passion.

    The point where you discover the banality of the main quest is also where you realize that the game doesn't play any better as time goes on, either. Your skill set is very limited, and especially as a mage you'll be bored to death of what you're made to use over and over and over. Spamming is the essence of combat in this game. I guess there's a tactical camera in here, and a crafting system, and some collectibles you can find, but none of this matters or makes the game more enjoyable. The tactical camera gets caught on everything and is generally useless, crafting is a grind-fest, and the collectibles serve no purpose beyond torturing those obsessed with such things. The amount of filler content only adds to the drudgery, and the whole game suffers as a result. The characters could have been written to be more interesting, but instead they're just kind of there. Of course which character you're going to find likable in a game like this is subjective, but I I promise you that you won't find very many of them interesting. Indeed, the whole game is largely uninteresting. Once you've played long enough that the graphics cease to impress, there's not much else to keep you engaged.

    So if Inquisition is a repudiation of the "less is more" design philosophy, then it seems to have gone too far. A good game should be an experience greater than the sum of it's parts, but Inquisition seems to have been designed around the idea of cramming in as many parts as possible to trick people into thinking that it's deep and interesting.

    TL;DR - If you're the kind of person who values quality over quantity then you will not enjoy this game.    … Expand
  55. MalFet1999
    Apr 28, 2017
    5
    There's so much to do! Enemies to fight, collectibles to hunt, quests to complete, NPCs with lots to say, and romance to be pursued. With the exception of a few strange resolution textures this game is just beautiful, especially when gazing across a map or off into the horizon. The shame is that not one moment of it is fun.

    I'm not a superfan of Dragon Age to begin with. I played    There's so much to do! Enemies to fight, collectibles to hunt, quests to complete, NPCs with lots to say, and romance to be pursued. With the exception of a few strange resolution textures this game is just beautiful, especially when gazing across a map or off into the horizon. The shame is that not one moment of it is fun.

    I'm not a superfan of Dragon Age to begin with. I played through DA:O and had fun, then let it go. The bad reviews for DA2 scared me away. So I didn't approach this game with any great expectations. I just hoped I would enjoy myself. Unfortunately, it feels like several individual teams made each element, and then smashed it all together.

    It's lovely to look at, and absolutely full of deep lore and excellent voice acting. But it doesn't have a soul.    … Expand
  56. sikfuk
    Apr 8, 2017
    6
    Aside from the main story, the game is not immersive in any way shape or form. the combat and the main story were the only reasons i enjoyed the game at all.
  57. Cervant
    Mar 30, 2017
    7
    I enjoyed the first 5 hours, the other 45 hours was a pain. Also, the items colors is too pastel, I really hated taking my Warrior to the field with a pinkish armor, or else. Okay, it was a good idea to use the color of the resources you gather for the crafting, but the color just don't fit.

    If you like doing meaningless side-quest, or grinding for poorly develop items, this game is for    I enjoyed the first 5 hours, the other 45 hours was a pain. Also, the items colors is too pastel, I really hated taking my Warrior to the field with a pinkish armor, or else. Okay, it was a good idea to use the color of the resources you gather for the crafting, but the color just don't fit.

    If you like doing meaningless side-quest, or grinding for poorly develop items, this game is for you. But to be honest, I was expecting something better, I believe they tried to make this game too big and get lost in the way. So, if you want to enjoy the game, just do the Main Quests with the Companions Side-quests.

    And the bugs, I get a lot of crashing and my config. are goods. Or my companions doing nothing even if I "help" them (give direction). Or a quest where I had to find the Harlequin and it doesn't appeared ever. Oh well.

    I was willing to give a 3/10, but I think the guys who work on this game doesn't deserved a 3/10. Maybe they were not ready for the release. Who knows.

    My only hope for the future is : Please don't spoil Mass Effect.

    EDIT :
    Well, now Mass Effect is out and it's not that good. :(

    Also, I had to make a new game, because of a bug on DA:I. And I enjoyed my new play through, 2 years later. I think the hot fixes and all the patch make the game more playable. So I changed my note from 5 to 7/10.

    It's a good game.    … Expand
  58. Blackhawk1189
    Mar 23, 2017
    5
    Dragon Age: Inquisition begins with an epic, pleasantly bewildering and deliciously exhilarating opening sequence, fraught with new enemies, unique dangers and an obvious call to save the world. Unfortunately, the tense energy of the first hour of gameplay doesn't persist much further beyond this point, and I found completing the game to be more of a chore than a goal worthy of pursuit.Dragon Age: Inquisition begins with an epic, pleasantly bewildering and deliciously exhilarating opening sequence, fraught with new enemies, unique dangers and an obvious call to save the world. Unfortunately, the tense energy of the first hour of gameplay doesn't persist much further beyond this point, and I found completing the game to be more of a chore than a goal worthy of pursuit.

    First and foremost, the actual gameplay is enjoyable. The character build variety, the crafting and leveling systems are all fairly intuitive and easy to figure out. The drive to improve your gear and build persists throughout most of the game. And the combat is just plain fun - chaining together massive combos and dealing unreal damage as my Knight Enchanter Mage made me feel like I was in control of the battlefield at all times.

    Second, the main story line is fairly well done and executed. The missions are varied, involving a variety of different locations, mission objectives and plot twists. But, for me, this is where the positives end, and the negatives begin.

    The game's biggest problem is a lack of direction and creativity with the content outside of the main story line. Players find themselves constantly unlocking new zones to explore, and upon arrival, you're usually given the exact same smattering of quests to go find shards, close some rifts and kill a couple of elite enemies. Ten or 15 zones without much variety in how you must approach each zone.

    And it's not like the side quests involve compelling characters, cut scenes or heart-wrenching decisions like you might get from a game like The Witcher 3. Instead, the character you meet are ultimately without character and rarely play a role in what's next for the Inquisitor.

    Furthermore, although the main story line is mostly well done, I never felt a real sense of urgency. The final mission was completed within about 10 minutes and it felt like none of the decisions I made up to that point had any real impact on the ending. It was very different from a game like Mass Effect 2, where your ability to build trust with your companions not only impacts the ending but whether or not you (and they) survive. I felt no real motivation to get to know most of the companions outside of my core group, and at the end of the game, the extra companions weren't even involved in anything substantive.

    Some of the DLC's are also underwhelming from a story perspective, featuring few cinematic cut scenes and little connection to the new environments.

    Overall, DA: Inquisition may temporarily fill an RPG gaming void, but the feeling won't last much beyond the first 10-15 hours of gameplay.    … Expand
  59. PEnchan707
    Mar 21, 2017
    6
    Up front I'll tell you now, I thought DA Origins was very good and DA 2 very poor. Also, I'm scoring this game based on its status as a AAA game with the legacy of DA Origins to live up to.

    This game is better than the 2nd and tries to address many of it's faults. It has large and varied locations, many of which are beautiful to behold. The combat has less button mashing and is    Up front I'll tell you now, I thought DA Origins was very good and DA 2 very poor. Also, I'm scoring this game based on its status as a AAA game with the legacy of DA Origins to live up to.

    This game is better than the 2nd and tries to address many of it's faults. It has large and varied locations, many of which are beautiful to behold. The combat has less button mashing and is closer to Origins, most of the characters are more interesting and engaging (though still nothing to shout about) and the plot feels more coherent.

    However, there are many things that are still lacking. As mentioned above, though the characters and story are an improvement over DA2, as a story driven Bioware Rpg, they are still mostly sub-par. Some are cliched, some are shallow, some seem like they come out of a modern day sitcom. The script is uneven, as are their motivations and reactions to events.

    The combat is the main problem though. Increased difficulty changes nothing about enemy variety, tactics or ability use. They simply have crap tons of health, meaning your tactics are exactly the same, just that the battles take longer and end up in a game over screen more often that on easier settings. Worse still, getting you characters to stay still and do what you say is horrible. If you don't turn off their AI they do some terribly stupid things, like running up to shoot people with bows point blank and getting caught in AoE attacks alongside the melee character currently engaging a foe. If you turn off their AI, you have to micro manage them and given that moving around the battle is atrocious due to the awfully fiddly camera and lack off high above view, this is a colossal chore. Worse still, even then they still sometimes ignore your commands. Put a mage and crossbowman on a high vantage point (to get skill tree bonuses) and guess what? They'll get down and move closer to the enemy based on it's movement, or they'll just stop shooting for no reason.

    Enemies are moderately varied, but for a game this big, it wasn't that good. Speaking of big, the areas are very large and give a great sense of adventure, visually speaking, however most of the things to do involve collect items and going to placemarkers, Ubisoft style. It's bland and repetitive.

    The crafting system seems like it had potential but there was very little variety to the properties you give weapons and armour and just getting the resources to do so is tedious.

    I think it's worth mentioning that this game won awards in a particularly weak year for big, AAA games or popular franchises, particularly multi-platform games. Even then, it didn't win a particularly large amount of awards. I feel Alien Isolation (niche), Shadows of Mordor (new franchise), Bayonetta 2 (WiiU exclusive), Dark Souls 2(niche), Divinity Original Sin (kickstarter based turn based strat) and Mario Kart 8 (WiiU excl) were all far better games, and that's just off the top of my head. Some of them still won GOTY awards though, in preference to DA:I, in spite of their disadvantages compared to a mass-appeal, hugely hyped and marketed, multi-plat, 3rd game in a popular series.

    I'm sure they'll make at least one more but I don't feel the need as I think this series has nothing left to offer in its current form and with its current direction. I also think it got inflated scores partly because people were so relieved it wasn't as awful as DA2, but I'm just guessing :)    … Expand
  60. KittyWhisky
    Mar 20, 2017
    7
    Dragon Age: Inquisition is an average game - no more, no less. I am a big fan of the first game - there was a great script, great world, great characters, mediocre combat system. The second game have a good combat system, but everything else was bad. In Dragon Age: Inquisition combat system is good, but the plot is weak, characters are good, but worse than the first part.
    In your first    Dragon Age: Inquisition is an average game - no more, no less. I am a big fan of the first game - there was a great script, great world, great characters, mediocre combat system. The second game have a good combat system, but everything else was bad. In Dragon Age: Inquisition combat system is good, but the plot is weak, characters are good, but worse than the first part.
    In your first playthrough of Dragon Age: Inquisition seems like a good game. There's a great story Missy, but they are few! The plot of the game is extremely small, and the main villain empty. Almost the entire game consisted of running around the locations, the destruction of countless enemies, and performing boring tasks.
    The game is very beautiful, and the world to explore nice. Nice to just walk around lakaly, but this is the first hour .Afterwards just tired. One of the main problems is the influence points. The game consists of a dull grind and a few good story missions.
    The game has beautiful music that is pleasant to listen to. The characters are drawn beautifully, and a romantic line, some of them are really good, and sometimes reveals more of the character.
    The problem is that the second time through the game do not want to. You will return the memories of the grind and you will not go further than the first location. Lore the game has moved on, and the story is sometimes really good, but the game immersed in the endless grind.    … Expand
  61. Honestfella
    Feb 15, 2017
    5
    The Game had ONE 1! 1 massive big PROBLEM. And you know what it was? Was it the camera system for pc users? No, The romance options? No.
    It was THE SIDE QUESTS! They are LITERALLY fetch quests with no Roleplay,story and substance...
    Ya hinterland is bigger than DA:O But with no quality like the first one... I loved DA:O even the smallest quest led to some sort of choice, or even OP    The Game had ONE 1! 1 massive big PROBLEM. And you know what it was? Was it the camera system for pc users? No, The romance options? No.
    It was THE SIDE QUESTS! They are LITERALLY fetch quests with no Roleplay,story and substance...
    Ya hinterland is bigger than DA:O But with no quality like the first one...
    I loved DA:O even the smallest quest led to some sort of choice, or even OP specialization.
    If you wanna buy this game, then be prepared to fetch and return and fetch and return...
    Gool old bioware is gone guys. And You should blame EA for that.    … Expand
  62. stef_h
    Jan 21, 2017
    5
    "Easy" and "Normal" difficulty is way too easy.
    Must be made for people who cant even hold the gamepad in their hands.
    Even on "Hard" there is no need to use the tactic menu once. But on "Nightmare + individual settings" it gets a decent RPG, where you have to plan your actions and have to use the tactic menu and not just lolrush all enemies. On "Easy" "Normal" and "Hard" the game    "Easy" and "Normal" difficulty is way too easy.
    Must be made for people who cant even hold the gamepad in their hands.
    Even on "Hard" there is no need to use the tactic menu once.
    But on "Nightmare + individual settings" it gets a decent RPG, where you have to plan your actions and have to use the tactic menu and not just lolrush all enemies.
    On "Easy" "Normal" and "Hard" the game feels more like an action game like Diablo.
    But on "nightmare + individual settings" it becomes a pretty good RPG.
    Update: Game turns out to be no fun anymore at level 12. You are completely overequipped and overpowered. Not a single fight in this game is a challenge anymore. I even tried to edit the difficulty with the difficulty-mod at nexus but only effect is that the fights take a little bit longer due to more enemy health but your warrior still will tank just everything and cant be harmed.    … Expand
  63. AbeMC
    Jan 19, 2017
    7
    Dragon Age: Inquisition is possessed of a large, beautiful world, some great characters, action-oriented combat and some required grinding for loot. Tactics are there, but are rarely needed. Experiencing the real ending to the game requires the purchase of the Trespasser DLC. A good game whose world is almost too large for its purpose.
    Total installed size on my hard-drive (GOTY edition    Dragon Age: Inquisition is possessed of a large, beautiful world, some great characters, action-oriented combat and some required grinding for loot. Tactics are there, but are rarely needed. Experiencing the real ending to the game requires the purchase of the Trespasser DLC. A good game whose world is almost too large for its purpose.
    Total installed size on my hard-drive (GOTY edition with all DLC): 39.2 GB.

    The story starts well. Fade-rifts are opening all over Thedas. Some creature known as Corypheus seeks to corrupt / gain the power of the land's ruling factions, gathering earthly power as he attempts to elevate himself to god-hood. Is he a demon? A magister? Or some new kind of darkspawn? One of his Fade-rites goes badly wrong, and the player-character gets spit out of a rift with some kind of magical mark on their hand. The Chantry's Divine was killed by the rite (or is she merely trapped in the Fade?), leaving behind confusion and angry factions pointing fingers. In the midst of this, Seeker Cassandra Pentaghast (from Dragon Age 2) initiates the Inquisition to close the breach in the sky left by Corypheus's rite and seek those who assisted him.

    This all happens in the first hour or so of gameplay. BioWare created a fantastic setting of investigation, exploration, and expansion as the Inquisition becomes yours, to be built and used as you see fit. Large-scale faction missions (and unlocking new areas) are strategically plotted from the War Room. The Inquisitor builds his / her squad (up to 9 companions are possible), and can spend a large amount of time talking to them, helping them, and, yes, romancing them (some restrictions apply!). Some characters return from previous games. Varric and Cassandra are selectable squad-mates (both from Dragon Age II). Hawke is not a member of the party, but does join the Inquisitor for a mission. Leliana (from Origins) is an advisor, and has a large supporting role to play; Morrigan appears about half-way through. There are also call-backs to the previous games in other ways (with the right choices, the ruler of Ferelden will cameo!). It's all the good stuff we've come to expect from BioWare.

    Much of Inquisition is spent exploring areas that are unlocked via the War Room in search of Power Points. There are deserts, lush forests, ice plains, and snowy mountains. The missions that fill these areas vary from helping a widow recover her wedding ring to seizing fortresses from Corypheus' Venatori. While out exploring, be sure to stop and loot any items you see to acquire “resources” - ore, gems, plants and schematics. You'll need them to craft upgrades. There is a lot of loot to be had – almost too much. After a while I just wanted to move on with the story. But that's impossible if not enough Power Points have been accumulated to unlock the next major mission. Some grinding is required.

    Dragon Age Inquisition's combat is a refined version of Dragon Age II's: slick, swift, and action-focused, with little need to pause the game. I liked the combat of Dragon Age II much better than Origins, so to see it developed further was something I appreciated, but if you were a fan of the older system expect to be disappointed. Party AI is decent this time around. The Tactics menu itself has taken a severe hit, being smaller and with fewer options. If micro-managing the combat was never your thing, prepare to love the combat of Dragon Age: Inquisition. If you were longing for a return to the depth and detail of Origins, prepare to dislike Inquisition's combat – a lot.

    On top of this, the final boss of the main campaign (sans DLC) just isn't that impressive. I was expecting the Inquisition's castle to be assaulted, and to fight hordes of demons (and perhaps also darkspawn) in the corridors, fighting up to the highest tower or lowest dungeon, to be greeted with the final boss. This does not happen. There's some teleportation involved, some cool magically shifting landscape, a three-stage battle, and – that's it. It's strangely anti-climatic. It's only after seeing the post-credits scene that we realize who the REAL threat is – but you'll need the Trespasser DLC to deal with them. After all that time spent gathering resources and steeling myself for the implications of the final boss, it is a deliberate fake-out by BioWare. The final boss is over so quickly, and the post-credits reveal occurs so suddenly that if you didn't purchase at least Trespasser, be ready to yell in rage at the obvious DLC-bait.

    So Dragon Age: Inquisition is a mixed bag. I love long, grindy games if they're set in a gorgeous world with plenty of things to do. Inquisition delivers by the truck-load. The story is enjoyable, the characters a pleasure. The combat is an evolution of Dragon Age 2's, the final boss is disappointing, and you have to DLC the real ending. Get the Game of the Year Edition, it's the best bargain. Good, but not great; 7 out of 10.    … Expand
  64. Nyakuya
    Dec 19, 2016
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Después de 70 horas de juego en ORIGIN, creo que es tiempo de remarcar lo bueno y lo malo de este juego.

    Lo bueno:

    - Sistema de expediciones desde la mesa de guerra.
    - Sistema de cartas de personajes que cambian de imagen según lo ocurrido en sus misiones.
    - Podes crear armas y armaduras con diagramas y materiales, podes ponerles nombre, cambiarles el color, y engarzarles runas.
    - Subes de nivel la inquisición y en base a ello ganas puntos que podes utilizar para obtener ventajas únicas.
    - Mapas gigantes para explorar con mucho loot y coleccionables (aunque muchas veces inservibles).
    - Misiones secundarias decentes.

    Acá terminaría todo lo bueno que tiene, y quiero dejar algo en claro. Este dragon age es infinitamente mejor que los demás en cuanto a exploración, pero flaquea en lo básico de los Dragon Age. Como el trato con los compañeros, las conversaciones y las elecciones.

    Lo malo:

    - Literalmente no importan un carajo tus elecciones. De las 70 horas de juego que llevo, las elecciones más importantes fueron elegir si los templarios se unian a mi como grupo o como personas libres, si los guardias grises se quedaban a ayudar o eran desterrados, quien debia morir en una parte en la que literalmente no era necesario que nadie se sacrificara, y quien sería el nuevo rey o algo así de Orlais (ni me acuerdo porque fue una mision super aburrida y toca huevos. Una misión muy parecida aunque más aburrida que la de Dragon age Origins cuando tienes que elegir al nuevo rey de Orzammar).
    Acabo de spoilear las eleciones mas importantes de la historia, ¿acaso les ha molestado?, porque estoy completamente seguro de que no. Ninguna de estas elecciones es relevante y aún así son las más importantes...
    - No podes repartir tus estadísticas, ahora cada vez que subas de nivel a diferencia de los otros 2 dragon age, no podes repartir tus stats, ya que se reparten automáticamente.
    - No podes configurar el comportamiento de tus compañeros. Ya no puedes poner cosas como "Si un enemigo ataca a X compañero (por ejemplo al mago), entonces protegerlo"... Como extraño estas funciones...
    - Mi pc me sobra para jugarlo con graficos en alto a 60 fps, y aún asi tengo problemas como que las pantallas de carga tardan 3 minutos enteros, tanto cada vez que abro el juego como cada vez que cambio de mapa.
    - POP-UPS de graficos y sonidos, ya que al terminar de pasar una pantalla de carga y seguir jugando los graficos parecen de minecraft pintados con acuarelas y los sonidos no se escuchan. Los graficos y el sonido tardan 1 minuto o 2 en acomodarse, y ciertos npc y objetos tambien cargan de la nada.
    - Incontable cantidad de bugs diversos que he grabado y subido a mi cuenta de youtube.
    - Cada tanto el juego se Freezea (se tilda) y se queda así durante 10 segundos o más. (Es el único juego de todos los que tengo que lo hace, así que no, no es mi disco ni es virus).
    - Las conversaciones normales (el 90% de las totales) se realizan sin animaciones, los personajes se quedan parados duros y las bocas apenas se mueven para simular que hablan... patético considerando que en el dragon age origins y en el 2, esto estaba mucho mejor currado.
    - Traducción pésima, tu personaje dice "naranja" y traducen "melones", y este ejemplo que acabo de dar es equivalente. Elijes "No te creo" y tu personaje dice "No te ayudaré", ¿Que mierda tiene que ver no creer con decidir no ayudar?, elecciones de mierda...
    - EXP mal repartida. Matar 4 enemigos en varios casos da menos exp que matar un animal...
    - Inteligencia aritificial retrasada, en doble sentido. Tus compañeros aveces se quedan trabados.. Tambien al tomar decisiones a la mitad de tus compañeros las desaprueban sin razón alguna. Ya no puedes formar amistad con todos, y ya no hay consecuencias si tus compañeros te odian. (En dragon age origins, si te comportabas como idiota se iban de tu grupo).
    - No se puede acercar la cámara. La cámara de este dragon age ya de por si está alejada de tu personaje, y no puedes acercarla... Yo siempre utilicé la cámara cerca de mi personaje, así que lógicamente ESTO ES MUY INCÓMODO.

    Como dragon age le doy un 5, ya que no cumple con lo básico de un Dragon Age. Como juego anónimo le doy un 7, pues mediocre pero aceptable. Como Simulador RPG de exploración le doy un 8, (le bajo 2 puntos por los BUGS).
    Este es sin duda el peor Dragon age por lejos, pues sin duda el Dragon Age 2 aunque sus escenarios eran estúpidamente pequeños y con gráficos repetidos, respetaba la escencia de Dragon Age. Hablar con tus compañeros y con las personas era una delicia. Me encantaba entablar conversaciones y avanzar en la historia siguiendo las misiones y tomando muchas elecciones que tenian varias consecuencias y cambiaban el rumbo de la historia. En Inquisition, ningun eleccion cambia el rumbo de nada...    … Expand
  65. valerian
    Dec 10, 2016
    6
    For what is, assuming DA:I wants to be a Michael Bay medieval film, it is a solid game that achieved what it intended. Big budget, flashy non-buggy gameplay, ‘epic’ scenes, and lots of fanservice. Asides open world, it achieved its goals, and thus it’s a solid game.

    However as a Dragon Age game, which originally was based off much different roots, this strayed even farther off than DA2    For what is, assuming DA:I wants to be a Michael Bay medieval film, it is a solid game that achieved what it intended. Big budget, flashy non-buggy gameplay, ‘epic’ scenes, and lots of fanservice. Asides open world, it achieved its goals, and thus it’s a solid game.

    However as a Dragon Age game, which originally was based off much different roots, this strayed even farther off than DA2 and is very disappointing.

    PROS:

    +Vivienne and Dorian are the most consistent written characters.

    + Races are back, plus qunari.

    + Frostbite Engine can make very beautiful environments at times

    + You can make good looking heros in the CC. If you avoid Tumblr and refer to real life photos that is.

    + The game tackles faith and belief, which is something you can roleplay your character.

    + For my hero, I was satisfied with his story, dialogue, and the mistakes he was forced to make

    ++ Astariums

    +++ Loghain wasn’t butchered.

    CONS

    - Bad writing couldn’t rescue the save the world plot

    - A very bland open world was the cause of this

    - And Sera too, probably.

    - Alistair’s face is forever mauled.

    - Many other things others have nitpicked.

    Overall, as a standalone game it delievred what it aimed.

    But as Dragon Age game, this has shown how little of the old Bioware remains.

    Read the GlassDoor reviews and you will understand why its old self will never come back.

    C grade, overall.    … Expand
  66. aburnstorm
    Jun 19, 2016
    7
    Needed some serious development on the play through side. An engaging story, but clunky interface and options really hindered its playability. I hope they take note that over complicating things does not make them more immersive, but simply less enjoyable. Streamlined in method of interaction does not mean you have to dumb down the interface. This would have been okay, but because theyNeeded some serious development on the play through side. An engaging story, but clunky interface and options really hindered its playability. I hope they take note that over complicating things does not make them more immersive, but simply less enjoyable. Streamlined in method of interaction does not mean you have to dumb down the interface. This would have been okay, but because they didn't let us fix it like we could with Skyrim, the game was not as salvageable.… Expand
  67. Vagiclean
    Jun 10, 2016
    6
    Why all girls very not beautiful, but other gays?!... Where the child Morigan from the gray guard!? The screenwriter in fire together with game!!! Any game still so didn't disappoint ((
  68. auuus
    May 13, 2016
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is probably the worst designed good game I've ever played. I mean, the game is, in itself, quite nice. The main story is decent, the world is wonderful, the war table-mechanic is fantastic and certain parts of the game is breath takingingly beautiful and extraordinarily thrilling.
    But the design of the game is terrible. Why on earth did BioWare have the idea to force your character to make a two second animation every. Single. Time. That you loot something. In a game in which you loot thousands and thousands of stuff. In the second game, you automatically recieved all the loot after the fight.
    The AI is clunky as hell. Your companions will spend most of their time standing right in front of you in doorways.
    There's plenty of clipping issues as well. Unreachable loot, enemies disappearing and reappearing, etc.
    There's always rocks in your way that neither your character nor your horse-like-animal are able to run through or above, forcing you to slow down your pace.
    The game is open world, but a lot of time there's only one way to reach the things you're after, which means that the open world mechanic is there simply to force you to spend more time searching for the right way.
    The fighting is sooo slooow. It's not really hard, but everything takes forever to die.
    The characters move clumsily, meaning navigating in close quarters just feel weird.
    And, on a more personal note, I dislike most of the companions (exceptions: Varric and Iron Bull, and Dorian a bit). They're whiny and annoying. In DA:O, the companions where mostly awesome (exception: Sten) and in the second game even the annoying companions had good storylines, dealing with real issues. But in this game you feel too disconnected from your friends. Not even Leliana retains her charm and spirit from the first game.

    This game was obviously made for console, which is sad because I'm still having fun playing it. But it could have been so much better. I loved the first game, and I liked the second. But this is nowhere near as good as them and nowhere near as good as it could have been if it just hadn't been so clumsily designed.    … Expand
  69. Lautasantenni
    Mar 29, 2016
    5
    After finishing the game with over 140 hours of game play time, I was *really* impressed, the game play was good, characters brilliant, lore details fascinating and the ending nothing short of epic. And most of all, that Bioware did not repeat the same mistakes they did with Mass Effect 3.... that is, until I played the Tresspasser DLC, the Epilogue chapter to the Dragon Age 3. You did itAfter finishing the game with over 140 hours of game play time, I was *really* impressed, the game play was good, characters brilliant, lore details fascinating and the ending nothing short of epic. And most of all, that Bioware did not repeat the same mistakes they did with Mass Effect 3.... that is, until I played the Tresspasser DLC, the Epilogue chapter to the Dragon Age 3. You did it again Bioware, you pulled a full retard mode in the last 5 - 10 minutes of the game. A character with motivations so dumb and contradicting that you'd think it is a joke.

    I'd say that If you enjoyed Mass Effect 3, including the starchild ending, this is for you. If you didn't... this will just give you flashbacks to that and another headache.    … Expand
  70. chronoT
    Mar 22, 2016
    6
    I am sorry to all the fanboys out there but I was very saddened to load this game up and discover it is an offline single player MMO. This is especially disappointing because the game has amazing graphics and the combat is fun if that is what you prefer. Beyond these two points though, there isn't much of a game here, and it is a chore overall to play. Besides the fact that I am not a bigI am sorry to all the fanboys out there but I was very saddened to load this game up and discover it is an offline single player MMO. This is especially disappointing because the game has amazing graphics and the combat is fun if that is what you prefer. Beyond these two points though, there isn't much of a game here, and it is a chore overall to play. Besides the fact that I am not a big MMO RPG fan, the overall presentation of this game is still a let down to any die hard Dragon Age fan that fell in love with Origins. One day I envision a DA game that will live up to its' expectations, a true fantasy RPG with a good story, not a mmo-like sandbox that sends me all over collecting blankets or doing other useless chores that aren't even fun.… Expand
  71. Chidawg66
    Mar 16, 2016
    5
    I really, really wanted to like this game. Dragon Age: Origins is one of my favorites, but man... is this game not designed very well in terms of story or side quests. I was burnt out playing this game cause I had little interest in the story or side quests. If you want a better experience, Witcher 3 is a HELL more fun to play than this game. This game could have been great but lacksI really, really wanted to like this game. Dragon Age: Origins is one of my favorites, but man... is this game not designed very well in terms of story or side quests. I was burnt out playing this game cause I had little interest in the story or side quests. If you want a better experience, Witcher 3 is a HELL more fun to play than this game. This game could have been great but lacks characters and story and you can literally be stuck in the Hinterlands for hours.… Expand
  72. RMDsilva
    Mar 10, 2016
    7
    First off: it's an acceptable game. Enjoyable, but nothing spectacular.

    If you compare it with the previous games though... It's pretty sad. The story.. it's not terrible. It's enjoyable. There's some decent enough twists. The characters are okay. Some of them are quite enjoyable, but nothing really spectacular. Slightly above mediocrity, essentially. The bad is that the choices,    First off: it's an acceptable game. Enjoyable, but nothing spectacular.

    If you compare it with the previous games though... It's pretty sad.

    The story.. it's not terrible. It's enjoyable. There's some decent enough twists.
    The characters are okay. Some of them are quite enjoyable, but nothing really spectacular.
    Slightly above mediocrity, essentially.
    The bad is that the choices, well, are there really choices? And this system of "pick from 3 vague hints and maybe you'll get something related" is getting old.
    And where are the excellent characters from before? They even managed to make Morrigan boring...

    The combat is fun, but forget tactical. It should be pretty obvious to anyone in game dev that "action" RPGs with skills that depend on positioning NEVER work for anything remotely tactical. Just becomes luck and grinding.

    That said, some techniques made combat enjoyable enough, if you didn't take it seriously..
    But this meant that all character building and levelling was essentially meaningless. And the difficulty must be horribly scaled: even trying to use some cheats to level more SLOWLY, I managed to outlevel the final boss by too much and had way too many resources without even trying.

    Then comes to the rest. Grinding throughout the world was enjoyable sometimes, just boring most of the time. So many archaic mechanics, like not being able to auto loot everything around you, made the game even more of a chore.

    I did spend more than a 100 hours of it, so I admit it's not terrible. But there's no excuse for it not being better. And this way, I can't recommend anyone actually paying for this.    … Expand
  73. cossayos
    Mar 7, 2016
    7
    The game is certainly one of the better Bioware efforts. Large world, much to explore, if you're into that kind of stuff and some interesting characters.

    Three reasons, why I don't rate this any higher. This doesn't even try to give the appearance of being ported to PC. It's just playable on PC. Slapped on. Smoothly, I give them that. But if you haven't got a controler to hook up,    The game is certainly one of the better Bioware efforts. Large world, much to explore, if you're into that kind of stuff and some interesting characters.

    Three reasons, why I don't rate this any higher.

    This doesn't even try to give the appearance of being ported to PC. It's just playable on PC. Slapped on. Smoothly, I give them that. But if you haven't got a controler to hook up, you're in for some fingerbreaking experiences. I am among the lucky ones, owning an Xbox controler, which I haven't hooked up for several years. So I can enjoy my game, but this isn't any excuse for the shoddiest port I've ever seen. I tried to play it with keyboard and mouse, as I'm used to, but that's hard labor and not at all an ejoyable experience. Folks, nothing wrong with designing for consoles, but if you want to cater to PC also, take care of the controls and the UI. This is abysmal.

    Second minus is combat. I much rather play my games relaxed and don't care much about combat difficulty. But this is even too easy for my tastes. It boils down to button mashing. Nothing else involved. The major thing, you have to look for, is friendly fire. It does much more damage to your party than the enemies. So I turned it off, since my party killing their own, doesn't add to the absent challenge anyway.

    Third minus, as is usual with every game today, are the FedEx quests. It's not my biggest gripe, since it happens all over the board, with every game. As opposed to others, I don't even find it boring, since I always had a collector instinct in games. These quests give you some reasons to explore the maps and there's almost always some interesting loot involved. Minus nonetheless, since it shouldn't be an excuse to not include at least some challenging quests.

    So, it's a 7 for me. An enjoyable experience, given that I have a controler. It would be much less, if I was stuck with keyboard and mouse. This, for me, is the cardinal sin on the PC platform.    … Expand
  74. albodoin
    Feb 8, 2016
    7
    The first hours were painfull to play because I tried too much to get into the story, but as soon as I started to skip most of the dialogs the experience was far more enjoyable. If you concentrate on the loot, gameplay and customisation it is where the game shine, also there is a ton of side quests! If you can forget everything about the story and concentrate on the core gameplay it's aThe first hours were painfull to play because I tried too much to get into the story, but as soon as I started to skip most of the dialogs the experience was far more enjoyable. If you concentrate on the loot, gameplay and customisation it is where the game shine, also there is a ton of side quests! If you can forget everything about the story and concentrate on the core gameplay it's a really fun experience. One last thing, the game is better if you go for nightmare mode at first.… Expand
  75. IQLeisner
    Jan 9, 2016
    5
    I'm not sure whether I'd reccomend this game, even to a hardcore DA fan. After pouring some 45+ hours into it, I'm struggling to find the motivation to fo to the end. It's not horrible or unplayable, but it just sort of... exists.

    THE GOOD: You'll never run out of things to do. There's plenty of fairly interesting side quests and lots of lore to be discovered. The graphics are also    I'm not sure whether I'd reccomend this game, even to a hardcore DA fan. After pouring some 45+ hours into it, I'm struggling to find the motivation to fo to the end. It's not horrible or unplayable, but it just sort of... exists.

    THE GOOD: You'll never run out of things to do. There's plenty of fairly interesting side quests and lots of lore to be discovered. The graphics are also pretty amazing, and the lip sync is fairly good. If played with a controller (you SERIOUSLY should), the gameplay feels natural and intuitive. The soundtrack is GREAT.

    THE BAD: After playing DA: Origins, it's impossible not to find almost every character in this game utterly irrelevant. The story is ok, but has some REVOLTING moments, in which the best parts of an adventure or the toughest bosses are defeated in a CUTSCENE, without a hint of a fight. The graphics are gorgeous but the action during the cutscenes feels unbelievably weird and unnatural, as if it all were some badly rehearsed play. I find the game completely unplayable without the faster looting mod, and I have to say they really messed up the looting system. The "hack and slash" combat is not very rewarding and the tactical camera is basically useless. The voice acting for the main character (male) is poor as well. As mentioned before, the game is terrible without a controller. And what the hell happened to the party's tactics and leveling up?

    So there you have it. I won't say "don't play it", cause, again, I think it's playable. But if you're looking for a deep, meaninful and engagin experience, I suggest you look elsewhere.    … Expand
  76. Adalaide78
    Dec 23, 2015
    5
    I was very excited about this game, I have loved the previous games very much. That makes my disappointment feel that much more cutting. The story doesn't feel as in depth. Sure, there is a lot of things in the game to do, but so much of it has nothing to do with the story at all and has no impact on the game. By the time the actual bad guy is revealed the game is half over. It's extremelyI was very excited about this game, I have loved the previous games very much. That makes my disappointment feel that much more cutting. The story doesn't feel as in depth. Sure, there is a lot of things in the game to do, but so much of it has nothing to do with the story at all and has no impact on the game. By the time the actual bad guy is revealed the game is half over. It's extremely anticlimactic. Finishing after that feels more like a chore than an enjoyable epic journey. And, as stupid as this is, 2/3 of the way into the game I've still been unable to talk any of my companions into sleeping with me. Just not very Dragon Age-y. There are things that are right. The openness of the world and the combat are huge improvements for sure. It just would have been great to see that more of what you do tied into the story, not just 95% side things that change nothing. Overall, it isn't necessarily a bad game, just a very disappointing one.… Expand
  77. amplitudelolz
    Dec 17, 2015
    5
    It is late 2015, Witcher 3 and Pillars of Eternity is already out, dont waste your money on this garbage. Look, compared to this, Dragon Age 2 is the king of rpg-s. This is probably not the first user "review" you read, you already know all the crap about this game (after 8 or 9 cosmetic patches) being a terrible console port hack'n'slash fetch quest fest single player mmorpg simulator -It is late 2015, Witcher 3 and Pillars of Eternity is already out, dont waste your money on this garbage. Look, compared to this, Dragon Age 2 is the king of rpg-s. This is probably not the first user "review" you read, you already know all the crap about this game (after 8 or 9 cosmetic patches) being a terrible console port hack'n'slash fetch quest fest single player mmorpg simulator - even the Garrison missions from WoW (one of WoW's biggest badge of shame) got into this single player game in a dumbed down version, what a joke. Practically the ending was sold as a DLC called Tresspasser.

    I can recommend this game only if you are too much of a Dragon Age lore fan and absolutely want to know the continuation of the story of Thedas - even if it transforms the world from Origins into a wonderland of rainbows and unicorns and the lore from the previous games got butchered to match the terrible gameplay. Now, if you can bare through all the incredible ammount of social justice warrior/political correctness content you can get a decent hollywood-kind-of generic saving the world plot in the universe of Dragon Age. Of course you should play this on casual difficulty because setting it higher only makes the tedious and easy fights longer and avoid side content as much as you can. If you really want to waste money no matter what, go ahead and buy it. The actual players are spoken - not those advertising agents called gaming journalists -, you have been warned.

    In my experience when the difference between user score and "pro" score is this much it usually means the developers changed the direction of the franchise and the old fans dont approve. Thing is it is actually true in this case but if you rate this game ignoring previous dragon age games it is still a mediocre (less than mediocre on PC because of control/interface) crap. Hopefully in a few years the new consoles (PS4, Xbox1) will be overpowered by the PC-s again and the originally true pc game franchises ruined by the currently mainstream console gaming can be saved. Probably DA will be down the drain by that time and not many will give a crap about it if it comes to PC.

    I give it a 5 (now after all the patches) because the game technically works and has potential to be fun for some morons and to show respect for the artists who created the fantastic music, the beautiful landscapes and some voice acting. Because nothing else is in this game matches what should be in an AAA PC game released in 2014, especially not now in 2015 after Witcher 3.    … Expand
  78. rpm
    Dec 15, 2015
    6
    This is not technically a "review" because, though I've tried a half dozen times to play it, Dragon Age:Inquisition has just not interested me enough to keep going. It is like if you pay for an expensive meal but your first couple of bites are really bland and uninteresting so you only continue to eat because you paid for an expensive meal and you're hungry. I plan to keep trying but thereThis is not technically a "review" because, though I've tried a half dozen times to play it, Dragon Age:Inquisition has just not interested me enough to keep going. It is like if you pay for an expensive meal but your first couple of bites are really bland and uninteresting so you only continue to eat because you paid for an expensive meal and you're hungry. I plan to keep trying but there are little things that have already really turned me off to this game...and little things add up. For example...

    When I want to interact with something (or someone) I have to be right next to it/them. In many games, if you want to interact with something/someone you can click on it and your character will move to it.

    Second, when I do stop to talk or interact with someone/something, my companions look like they drank too many energy drinks and cannot find a spot to settle. During dialogues it looks absurd for my companion's to nervously move around in and out of the camera view. Ok people, just chill! I'm trying to have a conversation here!

    Third, there are several interface design choices I dislike. It seems quite console oriented and not designed for PC. I am not AT ALL a fan of console games or PC games that function like console ports. Just for one example, it is unclear when leveling up whether a skill is selected, selectable, or "unselectable". This comes down to too subtle indications via color and contrast choices.

    Forth...Inquisition? This name brings up two memories for me and neither is conducive to my wanting to be a part of this organization and in no way elicits any sort of "heroic" feeling. First, I of course think of the Spanish Inquisition and their horrible reputation for torture, murder, etc. in the name of religion. Why would I want to be part of an organization called the "Inquisition" when the sole reference in most people's minds to the word is a part of human history most people would be ashamed of or disgusted by?! The second memory that comes to mind is Monty Python and their spoof of the Spanish Inquisition (torturing people with a "comfy pillow"!). These two memories have applied a permanent uncomfortable mixture in my mind of disgust and giggles. Either way, there is no room for any positive connotation of the word Inquisition.

    I absolutely loved DA:O, played through DA:2 even though the repeating locations really bothered me, but I can't get into this one yet. Several review sites express the necessity of sticking with it and that the first 10 or so hours are very boring.

    I do plan to keep trying to get into it as it was expensive meal and I am pretty hungry.    … Expand
  79. MagicGuitar
    Dec 9, 2015
    5
    The stupid AI isn't any better, the tactical view isn't any less boring, nobody wants it, but you need it, because the AI is so stupid. At least the game has a very good controller support and feels a little bit more like an action game. But it doesn't obscure the fact that combat is pretty boring most of the time. It is repetetive and some battles take a ridiculous long time and whileThe stupid AI isn't any better, the tactical view isn't any less boring, nobody wants it, but you need it, because the AI is so stupid. At least the game has a very good controller support and feels a little bit more like an action game. But it doesn't obscure the fact that combat is pretty boring most of the time. It is repetetive and some battles take a ridiculous long time and while most enemies are a joke, some are really hard to crack. This problem will be increased due to the fact that missions and areas don't have any level recommendation.

    So the only thing that keeps you going is the story and the beautiful landscape. The story certainly has it's moments and choices seem to matter, but sometimes it is somewhat frustrating as you expect a big battle or something big to happen and then there is only a short video sequence.
    The game isn't really open world. It is divided into several areas, which are big enough to explore. And there certainly is enough to explore, but it seems like a waste of time like in most games. And some areas are so screwed-up like a labyrinth to keep you busy.

    And then there are bugs! Many of them. Especially AI bugs or falling through the floor. Very frustrating.    … Expand
  80. nehebukau
    Dec 9, 2015
    7
    This game has a good story and great graphics but the combat system is terrible. I find that I am hating combat because it feels more like a twitch fest cross between tetris and mortal-combat.

    I guess the most helpful would be for me to put the quality of the game based on the others. It isn't as good as Dragon Age I and almost as good as Dragon Age 2.
  81. iseeall
    Dec 9, 2015
    5
    Another port from console, with bad controls system. You can switch between 3-d person view (World of Warcraft-style) and "tactical" view (Baldur's Gate style) but in the tactical view the camera can't be zoomed out high enough to actually see the enemies. The camera is almost crawling on the ground and can only capture about 1/4 of the range of your spells (when you have a mage selected).Another port from console, with bad controls system. You can switch between 3-d person view (World of Warcraft-style) and "tactical" view (Baldur's Gate style) but in the tactical view the camera can't be zoomed out high enough to actually see the enemies. The camera is almost crawling on the ground and can only capture about 1/4 of the range of your spells (when you have a mage selected). This means that you have to move the camera like crazy to just issue the simplest of orders. Imagine an old man with extremely bad eyesight trying to read a newspaper by holding it 10 cm in front of his eyes and moving the head along each line of text. That's basically how tactical mode plays here. You even see farther away in the 3-d person view. So basically the tactical mode is useless and you need to play console-style, viewing each of the characters from behind. But that's too tedious and it's easier to play just one of them (e.g. your main) and leave everyone else on AI-assist mode. And then it doesn't even feel like a game where you control a group of characters or even as an RPG in general.

    The dialog system is handled in console style as well: the "ring" with short replies which don't always match what the character says after you select that option. What a mess really... This game might be good for console players but definitely not for desktop or RPG players.    … Expand
  82. owenw218
    Nov 30, 2015
    7
    This game is solid, it's a bit of a single player MMO in that it's grindy and a lot of quests feel uninspired. But the tactical/action mix of combat is fun and kept me playing for around 50 hours. I still haven't completed the game, I got a bit burnt out on it and to be honest, the Witcher 3 is in many ways a superior game in a similar genre(s). This game is still fun, and it's moreThis game is solid, it's a bit of a single player MMO in that it's grindy and a lot of quests feel uninspired. But the tactical/action mix of combat is fun and kept me playing for around 50 hours. I still haven't completed the game, I got a bit burnt out on it and to be honest, the Witcher 3 is in many ways a superior game in a similar genre(s). This game is still fun, and it's more tactical than Witcher 3, so if you like tactical action combat, setting up a team of four to take on various enemies, you will enjoy this game. It's good, not amazing, but it runs well and is worth it if you can find it on sale for around $30 bucks.… Expand
  83. smilinmaniacc
    Nov 22, 2015
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is a very, very bad game for a PC owner. After waiting for crapload of patches, dlc's the game is still not optimized for PC.
    Simple pros and cons will seal the deal I guess.

    + Graphics are kinda nice. Most people hate them, but it is mostly due to the shiny faces effect.
    + Some of old characters have an action here.
    + Locations diversity.
    + Magic and spell effects feel more satisfying visually than previous games.

    Now its time to tell why there is so much rant about DAI. Some caps might appear, so excuse me for that.

    - Controls suck. Mouseover spells and attacks, the added feature of rightclick is a fake - character still attacks the same **** way, you just dont hold the mouse. Animations are long, and static - playing with melee class is pain in ass, since your char doesnt move an inch while performing 2 **** SECOND ANIMATION OF AUTOATTACK. No click - move to loot, no mass loot, no chain spells, all is dumbed down enough so your 6-year old console player wouldn't feel overwhelmed.

    - AI is stupid. they don't know what range mean - all chars go to fight melee, doesnt matter if they have bow, dagger or staff. They do not know how to use abilities, and you cant really adjust that - characters behavior menu became a healing pot macro. Do not teach your characters activatable static stances (like cassandra's) - they will use it and go afk. Game becomes retarded on hard and gothic 3 release on nightmare simply because you basically fight alone.

    - Tactical camera doesnt work.it is too small, doesnt cover all battlefield and range of orders is limited.

    - Tactical pause doesnt work for real here. No matter what order you issue in tactical pause, it will be ignored. like, why?

    - Story is stupid. Random guy/grill just had the mark appear on his palm without any decent explanation. Gratz, this makes you one of the most important personas in the history. However, it is no use, since...

    - 80% of the time is Korean MMO style grindfest. Gather 10 elfroots, kill 5 monsters, explore 5 places. get 6 librarium(or what is that **** called) pieces. Game itself is barely 10 hours, it is stretched forcefully by being unable to level without grinding.

    - Tolerance. Bioware became so tolerant lately. There are 3 types of female characters in the game - 1) lesbian 2) ugly as **** 3) unavailable in the party; 2 types of males - 1) gachigasm gayboys 2) Blackwall. Bioware is forcing you to become minority, to love and adore homosexuals. NO IT DOESNT WORK LIKE THAT. if you like that, you can have gay activities back there in your places or wherever you like. Not in my game.

    - No healing magic. Oh yeah, now you use potions. only potions. craft potions, gather stuff for potions, save at camps for potions - your group, as mentioned is stupid as **** and tend to receive damage a lot. And now you cant even heal them, yay! How not a challenging difficulty spike (sarcasm)? Basically the game on higher difficulty is - go to random location, find camp - fight enemies - run out of potions - return to camp - enemies spawned again - fight enemies - run out of potions.... should i continue the loop?

    - Final boss. Oh my god, they ****ed it up so hard ////SPOILER SPOILER DONT READ IF AFRAID the final boss is dlc guy from 2nd dragon age//// WERE THERE NO BADASS ENEMIES IN THE WHOLE DA FOLKLORE? Even infamous Mass effect 3 ending did it better.

    - Optimization. Game unexpectedly runs better on windows 10 (kappa sellout), but dont expect decent framerate if you are using something which is weaker than Geforce 970. Forget about the game if you thought about playing it on laptop. Fps drops, fps locks, constant stuttering - all ****gasm of the poor console ports you can experience right here right in the game.

    You have it. This game is not worth money, not worth time. You have good RPG to play - DA 1 and 2, Witcher 1-3, SWKOTOR 1-2, Pillars of eternity, Divinity, etc. Not this. This is call of duty from the RPG world. However, COD can be really fun in multiplayer unlike DAI, since

    - Multiplayer is pay2win chest opening simulator.    … Expand
  84. Snakus
    Nov 19, 2015
    6
    First of all, they promised they wouldn't recycle the same 4 maps over and over again like in DA2, and they certainly were not lying. The world is very large indeed and it's filled with little things to explore. Exploration is great for any RPG if you ask me, and it works really well here in DA:I.

    Character creation is another great feature. You can easily create the character of your    First of all, they promised they wouldn't recycle the same 4 maps over and over again like in DA2, and they certainly were not lying. The world is very large indeed and it's filled with little things to explore. Exploration is great for any RPG if you ask me, and it works really well here in DA:I.

    Character creation is another great feature. You can easily create the character of your dreams and edit every little detail about them. Not only that, you can also choose from 4 different races, which is something that was missing in DA2. So there's definitely room for some good old RP here.

    The game looks very nice in the Frostbite engine. I know people say it's not as beautiful as Witcher 3, but it holds it's own and has a very colorful and vibrant world. Some characters look quite odd to be honest, like humans that don't really look like humans with their strangely shaped/sized heads and whatnot.

    The combat is pretty dull and offers next to no tactical depth or strategy. Most fight boil down to focus firing targets one by one with your party and there's hardly any reason to use crowd control or combos to they same extent as in the first game, Origins. Sometimes it's hard to follow the battlefield with all the spell effects lighting your entire screen, and it feels like your just mashing buttons.

    The story, for me at least, is hardly interesting and most of the time I would just ignore the main story as it is quite boring. Almost all of the characters you meet lack any sort of depth and it's very hard to care about them, so that's a big minus for Bioware. I recently replayed the Baldur's Gate series and there are so many interesting characters in those games compared to DAI. Even in Origins you had Morrigan and Alistair who were very entertaining characters and you really wanted to know their stories. Varric is the only notable character in the sequels and he's kind of lost his charm in this game, at least for me.

    So the final verdict:

    Graphics are good.
    Lots of content and a great world.
    Combat lacks depth and gets boring really fast.
    Story and characters are uninteresting and very dull.

    I gave this a good chance and didn't overhype it. It certainly made up for most of the mistakes of DA2, but it still came short as an RPG. It's still a decent game and can be a lot of fun, but if you're looking for good combat and/or good storytelling, you might as well keep looking.    … Expand
  85. Vehement
    Nov 14, 2015
    5
    This could've been a great game but its flawed in so many ways.
    -The story is unfortunately no where as compelling as Origin. The main character's dialogues are rather weak. What happened to the Grey Wardens? Besides Black Wall, the Grey Wardens are just not there, and Black Wall is not all that interesting to say the least. I just didn't like how the main character accidentally gets    This could've been a great game but its flawed in so many ways.
    -The story is unfortunately no where as compelling as Origin. The main character's dialogues are rather weak. What happened to the Grey Wardens? Besides Black Wall, the Grey Wardens are just not there, and Black Wall is not all that interesting to say the least. I just didn't like how the main character accidentally gets his power and calls it done. Origin built the world with Grey Wardens being the champions needed to defeat the Blight, but now they are totally irrelevant in the series.
    -The gameplay has improved greatly over DA:II but for some unknown reason the AI hierarchy system from Origin was removed. The game makes for flashy play on normal mode, but when it comes to the highest difficulty your AI teammates are constant liability that always waste away potions and dies in a heartbeat against multiple enemies. I do enjoy the grinding but against enemies from the rift the AIs just don't really stand a chance which leads to frustrating do-overs again and again.
    -For some odd reason the elves just look uglier and uglier in each installment. What is even more odd is Dorian is the best looking guy, Leliana and Morrigan looks prettier than Origin while majority of the casts are average to not attractive at all. Its like high quality ugly. The funny thing is that there's actually quite a few interesting characters. Dorian and Cole is two of them. I also find Sera and Solas interesting as well but elves are just ugly to look at.
    -Outside of fighting, the animation/facial expression can be rather stiff on many occasions, making the conversation rather awkward to look at.

    The game's world is beautiful... but there's just so many things wrong with this game that just adds up.    … Expand
  86. MKJ
    Nov 12, 2015
    5
    The first impression is great, but when I play more and more, it starts become dull. I think controls in pc is a little bit complicated and the story is a little dull and I have no feeling when playing the game. I think I enjoyed playing Dragon Age Origins than Inquisition. But good job at the graphics and the effects when in battle, but lack in the story.
  87. masterchief247
    Nov 11, 2015
    6
    My second review, now on the PS4. When I purchased the game at release on PS3, it was broken to say the least. Now some months later I purchased it again for a second chance after purchasing a PS4. Apparently the updates have fixed a number of the issues I encountered because the game is much improved on PS4. Still to many nonsense quest, and the ending was terrible. The characterMy second review, now on the PS4. When I purchased the game at release on PS3, it was broken to say the least. Now some months later I purchased it again for a second chance after purchasing a PS4. Apparently the updates have fixed a number of the issues I encountered because the game is much improved on PS4. Still to many nonsense quest, and the ending was terrible. The character dialogue and relationship building is the lowest in the series. Basically a hack n' slash with passable main story. It is a 6/10 at best.… Expand
  88. tsakiym
    Nov 3, 2015
    5
    the only think that makes this game playable is the too many quests and the large maps.
    "no think combat". just use one guy and let rest of your team do whatever they want.
    the story was nothin special...basically nothin at all but as the game goes you can stick whith.
    i never used the "stop time to make strategically moves" and nothing to change to the behaviour of your allies..
  89. SquishyEye
    Nov 2, 2015
    6
    Okay Dragon Age. I've been meaning to talk to you, and here is my letter of confession explaining why it's just not going to work between us.
    For the hell of it let's say you start at 50 points, the happy middle between 0 and 100.
    You gain 10 points for pretty graphics. You lose 10 points for having the least satisfying combat in the whole world of single player RPG's. (Just because the    Okay Dragon Age. I've been meaning to talk to you, and here is my letter of confession explaining why it's just not going to work between us.
    For the hell of it let's say you start at 50 points, the happy middle between 0 and 100.
    You gain 10 points for pretty graphics.
    You lose 10 points for having the least satisfying combat in the whole world of single player RPG's. (Just because the enemy has a longer health bar - doesn't make you more challenging! If you need lessons for what is the right proportion of damage-to-healthbar-to-player-boredom ratio, talk to Dark Souls. He's got that figured out really well. (You could even talk to World of Warcraft, he got it fairly well too! And it's not like this would be the first thing you copied off of him...)
    You gain 10 points for decent voice acting and relatively interesting and diverse characters.
    But then you lose 5 points for the fact that the story feels so fake. (C'mon, everyone just dropped everything and decided to all of a sudden follow a supposed criminal who has no experience in leading a large organization? And if i'm the big leader guy, why on earth am i running around putting myself at risk in direct combat when i'm supposed to be sitting in the back leading?).
    Moving on.
    You gain 5 points for ok (although not groundbreaking) soundtrack.
    And then you lose 10 points for barely using it! (I had my sounds at 50% and music at 100% volume and I could still barely hear it. Probably because it wasn't actually playing for most of the game. Except for combat maybe. Ugh it felt so empty and not involved at all without music, it's like watching a scary movie without sound - it just doesn't work!)
    Anyway.
    You gain 10 points for having large custom environments.
    You lose 5 points for overloading your players with sidequests. (You are not Skyrim, you're not World of Warcraft, you're Dragon Age! Why are you so confused?..)
    You gain 5 points for being relatively stable and bug.. resistant, although not free.
    I could keep going, but let's face it - it's really not going anywhere.
    Adding all this up in the end - the grand total is 60/100.
    Fine, i'll add 10 points for the fact that overall you're a well-made game that seems to have had hard work put into it.
    But wait, then i'm going to take 10 points back for the fact that you're a descendant of way more amazing and beautifully made games and i really expected better from you.
    Yup, that's still 60/100.    … Expand
  90. AlexanderVallin
    Nov 1, 2015
    6
    I am a fan of DAO and even DA2, but am disappointed with DAI as a whole.

    Pro: great / enjoyable characters. I truly enjoyed Cassandra, Sera, Leliana, and Cullen. Nice seeing Varric as well. Con: The weakest cast yet - with some cast men era being annoying, mediocre, or simply unnecessary. Characters I did not particularly enjoy being around included Vivienne, Iron Bull, Blackwall,    I am a fan of DAO and even DA2, but am disappointed with DAI as a whole.

    Pro: great / enjoyable characters. I truly enjoyed Cassandra, Sera, Leliana, and Cullen. Nice seeing Varric as well.
    Con: The weakest cast yet - with some cast men era being annoying, mediocre, or simply unnecessary. Characters I did not particularly enjoy being around included Vivienne, Iron Bull, Blackwall, Dorian, and Solas. This is more than half the cast.

    Pro: Main story missions were mostly well-done and exciting. Some of the Companion quests were also decent if not the most memorable in the series.
    Con: open world content is incredibly dull and tedious. "Filler" is not an unfair description. Since I am a completionist I tortured myself with doing most of it - I'm sure if you are not you can skip a lot of this and enjoy the game more. But if the content is so boring people recommend skipping it - why bother having it in the game at all?

    Pro: Graphics are good for a hybrid old-gen/new-gen game. World has some beautiful scenery.
    Con: World is lifeless. No real dynamic events outside a few quests in a couple of the zones. No really impressive towns or cities to enjoy as most zones do not have any settlements.

    If you have t bought the game yet - I recommend waiting until the GOTY edition is in the $20 bargain bin. And then only if you are a fan of this franchise. Else your TIME is probably spent playing something better.    … Expand
  91. MR67
    Oct 22, 2015
    6
    My comments on Dragon Age: Requisition.....

    I've spent the last couple of weeks playing this on PC, and while it's not a great game, it's certainly not a terrible one either and all these 0 ratings are just ridiculous and not objective in any way. It's not as good as Dragon Age Origins though, and probably ranks about the same as Dragon Age 2. Pros: - Graphically, the game is    My comments on Dragon Age: Requisition.....

    I've spent the last couple of weeks playing this on PC, and while it's not a great game, it's certainly not a terrible one either and all these 0 ratings are just ridiculous and not objective in any way. It's not as good as Dragon Age Origins though, and probably ranks about the same as Dragon Age 2.

    Pros:
    - Graphically, the game is wonderful to look at. Forests, beaches, mountains, castles etc are wonderfully rendered, though sadly there is no day/night cycle which ruins the immersion a little..
    - There is a lot to do in the game and I would think a dedicated playthough should take 100+ hours.
    - Your main character and followers can equip all sorts of gear and the gear is highly customizable as you can create your own and even change the tint of armour and clothing.
    - You get your own stronghold a while into the game which is really detailed and changes as time passes. New rooms get built, people move in etc, and you can also customize some of the furnishings.

    Cons:
    - Even playing with a controller, the tactical camera is not great. There is no zoom capability (I think this was fixed for keyboard and mouse though), no ability to select all characters at the same time except for certain default actions like holding position, and no ability to automatically pan between the 4 characters in your party. You move the cursor around freely and the game treats it as another character for pathfinding purposes, so it gets stuck when characters are at differing elevations on the battlefield.
    - Combat does not seem to feel as "epic" as in the previous 2 games. There are no finishing moves, no option to hide the interface when you want to take an in-combat screenshot, and none of the new combat abilities seem to evoke that "wow" factor when you use them. You do not get attribute points to assign each level anymore to your stats like Strength etc, so about half the abilities in each skill tree do little more than grant a +3 bonus to the relevant attribute and a somewhat naff passive bonus. For example, the two handed skill tree has a skill that grants you +3 to Strength and also reduces your cooldown times by a measly 1 second ON A CRITICAL HIT. Wow. They have also introduced a mechanic called "guard" for warriors which grants them an additional shield against damage which they accumulate by using certain abilities and smacks a lot of Mass Effect. It really makes no sense to me from a gameplay point of view.
    - Combat tactics for your companions have been dumbed down. You no longer have any options to tailor certain actions to certain conditions, but only to specify their preferred abilities to use in combat (which doesn't seem to make any difference), which other character they follow or defend, and the stamina percentage thresholds they stop using their abilities or the hit point percentage thresholds they start using healing potions. Ranged characters still have a tendency to rush into melee combat, and when even walking around in town, your companions just cannot stand still and rush back and forth like headless chickens before deciding to stand on top of a table just for the heck of it.
    - The game throws too much lore at you in the form of books, messages etc, a lot of which is not even directly relevant to the game's story. Do I really want to read a journal entry about some well known Orlesian play based on a thief who saved some noblewoman from being offed by her lover??? Do I really want to do another fetch quest based on yet another message I just stumbled across in the Hinterlands???
    - There is too much emphasis on gathering ingredients and resources in order to craft gear or complete a number of quests in the game. It becomes terribly repetitive after a while. My character is developing a crick in her back from having to stop every few seconds to pick up yet another elfroot/blood lotus/iron deposit etc. It's not fun finding some great unique item on a boss monster you've just dispatched only to compare it to your existing crafted gear which usually turns out to be better anyway.
    - The voice acting and companions in the game are not as good as they were in the previous 2 games. Apart from Varric, I have not really become emotionally invested in any of the companions or advisors in the game. Your main character's dialogue is nowhere near as entertaining or as well written as Hawke's (particular sarcastic Hawke's was) in Dragon Age 2.
    - Long loading screens when you travel between different areas. Take a break and go and make a cup of tea because that's how long it seems to take sometimes.

    - That's about all I can think of for now. Despite my gripes, it's still a decent game, and I would have given it a 7 if not for some irritating combat bugs that still haven't been fixed, like the famous one where one of your characters will just freeze up in combat in tactical mode until you make them jump.

    Final verdict: 6/10    … Expand
  92. everin
    Oct 1, 2015
    7
    Tier 2
    + Compelling companion characters that explore some unique narratives and offer good development
    + A visually stunning and flawlessly constructed open world that covers a wide range of aesthetics ? A few ambitious systems for the Inquisition that tried to tie to the overall story and experience, but fell flat ? Combat is initially fun and fluid, but it far overstays its welcome    Tier 2
    + Compelling companion characters that explore some unique narratives and offer good development
    + A visually stunning and flawlessly constructed open world that covers a wide range of aesthetics
    ? A few ambitious systems for the Inquisition that tried to tie to the overall story and experience, but fell flat
    ? Combat is initially fun and fluid, but it far overstays its welcome and eventually becomes a chore
    - The first Bioware game to not even offer cinematic camera for any side quest conversation
    - Filled with shallow filler, collectibles, and lame side quests, which leaves the beautiful open world feeling empty and purposeless
    - Very generic and flat conclusion to what builds up as a potentially interesting main story arc    … Expand
  93. flattyfour
    Sep 18, 2015
    7
    This is one of the deepest gameplay mechanic games you'll come across with out multiple play through's. It's rewarding once you understand each team members mechanics and can use them to your liking. Great world graphically but somewhat weak overall experience due to gimmick battles and unlively meaningless side quests.
  94. Howmaster
    Aug 28, 2015
    6
    Disappointing.

    That's what I feel when I think about this game. I absolutely loved DAO and I actually didn't think the second game was terrible. It had a lot of flaws, but it was somewhat entertaining and had some memorable characters. Sadly, I felt DAI was a slightly above average RPG. So here goes: Time Invested: 75 hours. Story/Characters The most important element to me    Disappointing.

    That's what I feel when I think about this game. I absolutely loved DAO and I actually didn't think the second game was terrible. It had a lot of flaws, but it was somewhat entertaining and had some memorable characters. Sadly, I felt DAI was a slightly above average RPG. So here goes:

    Time Invested: 75 hours.

    Story/Characters

    The most important element to me in an RPG is the story and its characters. I did not find many memorable characters in DAI besides the Inquisitor and Morrigan. Morrigan really doesn't even count unless you have played DAO since most of my interest to her stems from unanswered questions from the first game. I didn’t care for any of the companion characters as they all seemed dull and unexciting. As a result, I found myself engaging in less and less conversations with my companions as I progressed through the game because I could care less about them. Additionally, I did not romance a character because, as stated above, I didn’t really like or find any of the companions interesting so why put the effort in.

    The overall story was just pretty “plain Jane.” Bad guy tries to take over world and good versus evil. Nothing new or really exciting here as well. To be honest I thought it was a bit boring and the villain was lame which added to this factor.

    There is a lot of content in this game. However, the problem is much of it is mundane. Such as go to spot A to get this and come back to B. The quests just are not very engaging or have much of anything going on. I will say that the world itself has an atmosphere that it adds to the game and I thought it did exceedingly well at looking as a war ravaged land when it needed to.

    I will say that the world state import was a very clever and unique idea by Bioware. Fans of the previous games will probably enjoy that they are able to customize what happened in the previous two games.

    Gameplay:

    The controls and menus for the PC are best described as clunky. The tactical camera is awkward and it will take a little bit to get use to; the whole four times that you do decide to use it. Combat feels like a hack/slash and difficulty is lacking which means it stops being fun after about 15 hours. The only real challenge in combat is fighting the High Dragons, but after your first few, it can be a little tiresome since they have so much HP.

    Your companions have terrible AI which can be painful at times. They constantly move out of position and fail to follow directions which makes you want slap them. However, the lack of difficulty makes up for their incompetence.

    The outfits and weaponry look really cool, but as with many RPGs, I wish there was more customization to your character. Speaking of customization, your stats are really dumbed down in this game. Basically you can only pick certain abilities, but your character auto-levels his/her stats. This was quite disappointing.

    This game came with a lot of bugs. Many of them have been cleaned up, but it still does not run nearly as smooth and clean as it should. The first few days of owning it and dealing with the bugs was terrible.

    Long load screens….need I say more.

    Graphics/Sound:

    I am not the type of gamer where graphics really are a big deal to me. I know many people would disagree, but I thought the game looked fantastic. The environment was wide open with great sights and had a lot of details.

    One thing that Bioware seems to always get right is voice acting and it is top notch here. I will say that the music is amazing as well, but it is not playing nearly enough.

    Conclusion:

    I admit that I had high expectations for this game which is why it was just a letdown. Don’t get me wrong, there is a ton of content here and room for a lot of fun, but I just expected much more from this series which seems to be declining with each new entry. The button mashing combat, clunky mechanics, bugs, hollow characters, and ordinary story is what makes this game average. I would say it is a slightly above average RPG because of its sheer size and loads of content. If you’re a fan of RPGs it is definitely worth a try, but you won’t be missing much if you do decide to skip it.    … Expand
  95. Frenetik
    Aug 9, 2015
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I liked the first Dragon Age game. It wasn't perfect but it was a classic BIOWARE role playing game focused on storytelling. After the huge mess that was DA2 I really had hopes for this game...

    The storyline in DA Inquisition is boring as hell with no real suspense, no interesting plot twists and no real choices maybe except for some political decisions and romance options. The plot is unrealistic.. I mean I am the mighty inquisitor and in the process of saving the world I must gather herbs, stones, animal skin and help every bastard everywhere to do whatever . The big problem is that If u choose to do only the main quests u need a specific amount of power for each mission. And power is gained by doing some **** side quests like helping farmers and killing bandits.

    I liked some of the story references to the first two games of the series (like meeting Morrigan or hawke). The graphics looks ok I guess. I liked the dragon design and the different environments but the gameplay is a big **** YOU to PC users. The controls are just bad...

    The conversations are juvenile, full of clichés and the plot seems like a Disney good versus evil story in which the hero defeats the bad guy and they all live happily ever after. I never felt like one of the characters was in danger or that my actions would somehow influence their fate like in Mass Effect 2.

    Regardless of how you play, the game will end the same... there is no good / evil ending like in KOTOR or Jade Empire. At least in DAO you had some options related to how you could complete the final mission.

    DAI is not a bad game it's just mediocre at its best. The main problem this game had was that BIOWARE and EA brainwashed us into thinking this was going to be a game of epic proportions thanks to all the **** trailers and promises from the developers. But in reality it's just an average game. Too bad BIOWARE is not what it used to be.    … Expand
  96. EarlessSpark027
    Jul 24, 2015
    5
    Dragon Age:Inquisition feels like an incredible opportunity... wasted. While visually impressive and with a solid gameplay, the game ends up feeling more like an MMO than an actual RPG. The locations in the game are huge but mostly shallow and filled with Fetch quests and 'kill those bandits' quests with no content, hence why I mentioned earlier that it feels like an MMO. The story, whichDragon Age:Inquisition feels like an incredible opportunity... wasted. While visually impressive and with a solid gameplay, the game ends up feeling more like an MMO than an actual RPG. The locations in the game are huge but mostly shallow and filled with Fetch quests and 'kill those bandits' quests with no content, hence why I mentioned earlier that it feels like an MMO. The story, which developer Bioware are renowned for, has a few good moments but overall is uninteresting with a weak villain and a terrible ending. The characters in the game are a mixed bag; some of them are good, particularly your advisors and some cameos from previous games, but for the most part they are weak: with the exception of three, the rest of your companions are forgettable due to in large because of the weak dialog throughout the game and the poorly done side missions. At the end of the day, you spend the entire game gathering resources and power for the Inqusition, only to find out that you might as well didn't do it, since the final battle doesn't put any of them at use.
    Overall, it's not a bad game, at times you can have fun with it, but it is most certainly the weakest entry in the franchise and overall fails to deliver what was promised to us.    … Expand
  97. Luandro
    Jul 17, 2015
    5
    The graphics are good, but far from brilliant as it demolishes system resources when compared to games like the Witcher 3 where I run everything on Ultra plus it looks 10x better but not nearly as taxing on my sytem... Then the controls..where to start!! I hate every moment that i played with a melee character (rogue). You literally have to stand ONTOP of a mob/npc to talk to them orThe graphics are good, but far from brilliant as it demolishes system resources when compared to games like the Witcher 3 where I run everything on Ultra plus it looks 10x better but not nearly as taxing on my sytem... Then the controls..where to start!! I hate every moment that i played with a melee character (rogue). You literally have to stand ONTOP of a mob/npc to talk to them or attack them, to further this frustration, the character doesn't run towards the enemy when clicked on, you have to crawl towards them then mash the crap out of your mouse or keyboard to attack... The story line is absolute crap and full of cliche facepalm moments that will last you a lifetime. Bioware completely destroyed tactical mode gaming which was the best part of the original Dragon Age: Origins.(GO BACK TO WHAT YOU DID IN ORIGINS) The Massive open world I really like a lot, there are a TON of (mediocre) quests and side quests to keep you busy, but unfortunately the lack of tactical gameplay and the way the horses and characters run / move about makes this game unplayable. Waste of my money. I LOVED dragon age 1 and 2 (bought them both plus all dlc) but really..… Expand
  98. Wo1olo
    Jul 16, 2015
    6
    I wanted to love this game, but there are a few places where it falls flat. It's a good game, but not as great as the hype made it out to be.

    It looks good, graphically. There are some places are just gorgeous and others where I found myself going...wow that looks so 2010. I guess the best way to describe it is 'pretty'. The gameplay was fine initially but I found myself getting    I wanted to love this game, but there are a few places where it falls flat. It's a good game, but not as great as the hype made it out to be.

    It looks good, graphically. There are some places are just gorgeous and others where I found myself going...wow that looks so 2010. I guess the best way to describe it is 'pretty'.

    The gameplay was fine initially but I found myself getting progressively more and more bored with it. It starts to feel the same after a while. The combat is one dimensional and being tactical was merely to try and beat the harder fights...and even then there were only one or two different options. Most of the time I was just blowing through fights...and then I'd just hit a wall and have to struggle.

    The story was the only reason I stuck around as long as I did, but I found that it still felt rather dry after a while. It wasn't as engaging.

    I was not really impressed with the voice acting. It felt forced. The dialogue itself was pretty good, but the delivery left a lot to be desired. It's like they tried too hard to make interesting characters and just ended up making everyone weird.

    The romance options weren't that great. The sex options weren't that great. Seriously? Why so many non-heterosexual options? They're literally 10% of the population, come on.

    Overall I felt the game had potential but I just couldn't slog through it. I started to lose interest and just sort of stopped playing it. I guess I'll eventually go back and finish it, but the hype just ended up being hype. The game wasn't as great as everyone thought.    … Expand
  99. dumle
    Jul 6, 2015
    5
    This game got a lot of praise from reviewers and i heard terms like "Bioware is returning to form" being thrown around. I don't know what these people are talking about. In my opinion this game is mediocre at best. I will say that it feels like a honest attempt to make a good rpg compared to Dragon Age 2 but the result is just not especially good in my opinion.

    Lets start with the    This game got a lot of praise from reviewers and i heard terms like "Bioware is returning to form" being thrown around. I don't know what these people are talking about. In my opinion this game is mediocre at best. I will say that it feels like a honest attempt to make a good rpg compared to Dragon Age 2 but the result is just not especially good in my opinion.

    Lets start with the technical problems. There are bugs, physics issues, insane loading times and performance issues. The loading times in particularly were truly horrible. But hey i might have been the unlucky one so lets ignore the technical stuff and look at the actual game.

    The story is pretty weak in itself. They are trying to explore a bunch of different stuff in the story but the story is basically limited to very few actual story missions which causes most of the story to feel underdeveloped. I don't want to spoil stuff but i just found the main plot to be fairly uninteresting and underdeveloped not to mention that there is a lot of dumb **** in it.

    There are some nice character interaction with your companions in the base though and i would guess that this is the saving grace for some people. The dialogue wheel is back and it is awful as normal but there are a bunch of romances and stuff and people into this **** will probably get their fix from this.

    But the biggest problem with the story and its character is that 90 % of your time with the game will be spent exploring the different environments in the game. And this is basically totally separated from the plot completely. Sure you can have your companions with you but they don't offer any input or dialogue options except from some party banter so who cares.

    These areas do for the most part completely lack interesting quest, dialogue options, companion input or any meaningful stuff that you would expect from a roleplaying game. It is basically just the standard ubisoft open world nonsense combined with some boring as hell mmo grindy quests. I do like the the environments and how varied they are but they are just filled with complete nonsense.

    So the majority of the game is just complete filler that has very little to do with the main story and its characters. This could be acceptable if the combat was enjoyable but it gets old really fast. The tactical camera is **** so you want to play this game with the third person camera. Jumping between characters with the third person camera is a bother and since you don't really need to do this at the normal difficulty you will just play it as a normal mmo. This is completely mindless and gets boring really fast.

    And even if you are a masochist and want to try to be tactical there are still not a whole bunch of interesting abilities to use.

    Being forced to spend so much time doing something that is boring and not plot important is bad enough but it also destroys the pacing of the story entirely.

    I am getting sick of writing about this game but here are some more stuff that i would like to complain about.

    - Lot less character customization. Only ability points left.
    -Gui suck
    - less equipment slots than before
    -boring effects on rings
    -few meaning full choices
    -war room nonsense
    -beep beep beep .... searching mechanic

    Overall it was just a very mediocre game. Absolutely not terrible but at the same time not anywhere near being good. I should mention that i have completed the game.    … Expand
  100. HenryBukowski
    Jun 29, 2015
    5
    If this video game was not a video game but a manual entitled "How to Ruin a trilogy", I would give it 10/10 any day of the week. Unforunately, this video game is not a useful manual, but a video game. It's a really bad video game.

    The Grey Walden, Ferelden Blight --------------> Champion of Kirkwall ------------------> The Inquisitor. Does this progression from game to game make    If this video game was not a video game but a manual entitled "How to Ruin a trilogy", I would give it 10/10 any day of the week. Unforunately, this video game is not a useful manual, but a video game. It's a really bad video game.

    The Grey Walden, Ferelden Blight --------------> Champion of Kirkwall ------------------> The Inquisitor.

    Does this progression from game to game make sense to you? It doesn't to me.
    Why the need to project the player to ever greater levels of global significance? To me it doesn't feel genuine, but rather quite forced - far better surely to build on the strengths of the original game.

    It was quickly apparent that with the Dragon Age series, the devs simply made the games they wanted to make in the way they wanted to make them - unfortunately for us fans of Origins, this meant breaking what wasn't already broken - in the way combat was overhauled in Dragon Age 2 for example.    … Expand
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 45 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
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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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