Dragon Age: Inquisition

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  1. chumpwithnoname
    Feb 18, 2020
    3
    Game is garbage. Full of an absolutely idiotic pushing of SJW agenda. For example there are like a LOT, a freaking LOT of woman soldiers and knights. Come on, we are speaking of supposedly middle ages and you put so much woman to soldier positions? Did you missed your history lecture? Do you realize that muscular and bone properties of different genders DO REALLY differ? And it is freakingGame is garbage. Full of an absolutely idiotic pushing of SJW agenda. For example there are like a LOT, a freaking LOT of woman soldiers and knights. Come on, we are speaking of supposedly middle ages and you put so much woman to soldier positions? Did you missed your history lecture? Do you realize that muscular and bone properties of different genders DO REALLY differ? And it is freaking hard to put a full metal armor and weave your sword? And also being a woman... In middle ages... When woman had 8-12 children...
    Gay narrative is also idiotic - after few minutes in game you can start gay romance like whatever. And with whom - with your own head of army. This is an excelent example of garbage writing done to please "critics" just to check some marks of being "diverse".

    Visuals are OK just because I'm playing 6 years after the game was published and I can allow myself full ultra settings.    … Expand
  2. 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
  3. PHDIKOULAS
    Jan 29, 2020
    3
    We just have to accept the fact that bioware isnt what it used to be, this game proves it. We can keep the good memories of baldurs gate and mass effect and move on.Bioware is no more.How this got GOTY boggles the mind.either no games came out that year or maybe those games where even worse :S

    Review for the ultimate edition with all dlcs Pros 1. Nice areas really scenic. 2. semi    We just have to accept the fact that bioware isnt what it used to be, this game proves it. We can keep the good memories of baldurs gate and mass effect and move on.Bioware is no more.How this got GOTY boggles the mind.either no games came out that year or maybe those games where even worse :S

    Review for the ultimate edition with all dlcs

    Pros

    1. Nice areas really scenic.
    2. semi interesting companions

    Cons

    1. Areas while nice are nightmare to navigate,i almost uninstalled in forbidden oasis

    2. game has that stupid consoley movement where you jump and move backwards or slide on rocks which is a nightmare when you want to climb somewhere

    3. Game has horses :D but no area to use the horses :DDDDDD not only that you wont use a horse since you need to constantly dismount to gather materials

    4. Party banter is non existent. Even varick is depressed. Varick from DAO 2 and varick from DAO 3 are tottaly different. Maybe bioware resurrected bartrand and had him play varick

    5. Atrocious combat system. really bad. really bad though

    6. game is small but they rectified this with huge difficult to navigate areas so its 5 mins questing 15 mins navigating to next quest

    7. Quests are mmo style and this game does give mmo vibes. Go there kill 5 come back or go there fetch that come back again rinse repeat

    8. This may top everything, you have potions and companions even use potions which is nice. But if you make bombs or any other class specific potion they never use them :DDDDDD so a rogue just stabs doesent use a grenade unless you do it yourself

    9. The game forces you to always have warrior-mage-rogue because there are areas in game where they are needed always.You cant have 2 warriors 2 mages

    10. No continuity between games. if you import save from 1st game to 2nd nothing happens.if you import this save now to game 3 also nothing happens and by nothing i mean you might get a mention here and there and nothing more

    11. Companions are ugly as FAQ

    12. Companions are gay. I have nothing with gay people but seriously shoving down my throat if i want to romance another same sex person constantly is getting annoying. Especially when i ve already started a romance with Cassandra

    13.The areas are so huge that the story gets broken down.By the time i finish x area i forget what i was set out to do in the first place

    14. The game dosent mention that you have to do certain quests in a timely manner,this means that if you do w quest xyz quests are failed in DAO 2 the game told you wrap up things we re moving

    15. in level up you dont get attribute points. you only get skills the same old skill from previous games.

    16. Problematic story. You go from nobody to leader because magic

    17.Did i mention horrible controls?Maybe with a controller things are ok but if i wanted to play with a controller on my pc i wouldn't have a pc,i would have a console....

    18. Boggles the mind how the FAQ did they manage to make such a mess of the equipment screen when in DAO 2 the menus and screens where so easily navigable. In this game bioware said "yo dawg we heard you like menus so we put menus in your menus so you can menu when you menu" atrocious menu screens have to click 15 times to do what you did with 2 clicks in the first 2 games

    19. Immersion ffs immersion. When one companion talks like shes from glascow and the other like she is from nantes in france immersion goes out the window. Its a fantasy game keep it like that. maybe in DAO 4 we will get a guy speaking like boris the slav stay cheeky briki ma friends

    20. The damn dialogue wheel,sometimes the answers arent what you think they are :/ thank god in this game this problem is not big but yeah
    21. the need to spam the v button to make sure you didnt miss anything from the tons of collectibles,unlike dao 2 where it was as a permanent option in settings 22.no option to buy bulk quantities of materials hence more spamming of buttons to get 50 silks or whatever else needed,its like this was their first rpg 23. The amount of times you get stuck in combat and cant interact with objects of interest is mind boggling, they dont play their games after they make them thats for sure otherwise this specific bug? is obvious from the first 30 mins of the game. What this means is when you get stuck in combat you start walking like a rogue in stealth painfully slowly which is infuriating 24. every single humanoid enemy from a knight to a wildman of the jungle has the exact same move set... just different skin... I could go on for hours but 5k limit, tldr Want a console action rpg game?this might do the trick, are you one of those pc rpg guys?Avoid this like the plague. It costs 40 euros too The bioware that made gems like baldur's gate and the first two mass effect games is no more. Move on people.As always disregard what the Critics say, game journos gave this game 80+, they must have played some other game    … Expand
  4. 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
  5. Panixxo00
    Jan 25, 2020
    10
    Adoro questo capitolo della saga, ancora lontano da origins ma degno di nota
  6. Geralt123
    Jan 25, 2020
    6
    Pros
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    - 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
  7. 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
  8. LoLerScholar
    Jan 9, 2020
    0
    Disclaimer: I give the score of '0' to all games that I try playing but can't get into for whatever reason. It might not be fair but I can't really give a score to a game that wasn't engaging enough to keep me playing.

    I really wanted to like Dragon Age: Inquisition to be honest. I was so hyped for this game because I absolutely loved Dragon Age: Origins and was hoping that I would    Disclaimer: I give the score of '0' to all games that I try playing but can't get into for whatever reason. It might not be fair but I can't really give a score to a game that wasn't engaging enough to keep me playing.

    I really wanted to like Dragon Age: Inquisition to be honest. I was so hyped for this game because I absolutely loved Dragon Age: Origins and was hoping that I would find more of the same in this game. The beginning seemed fairly promising, but the reason I stopped playing was because of the controls on PC. I've found that the controls get criticized a lot when reading other reviews, and I unfortunately have to concur. There is no way to really play this game in isometric mode, and controlling your party and characters otherwise seemed extremely unwieldy to me on PC. I didn't feel like playing it on a controller (I expect a PC game to be playable on keyboard and mouse) so I just moved onto the next game.    … Expand
  9. Terethall
    Jan 6, 2020
    0
    Total garbage. Not worth it at $10. A buggy mess full of single player MMO filler with exploration that manages to feel like a chore despite pretty environments, and combat that is an unbelievable slog and a tedious mess of terrible camera angles, incomprehensibly bad controls, and non-interactive waiting for cooldowns to end (controlling companions and planning for fights tactically isTotal garbage. Not worth it at $10. A buggy mess full of single player MMO filler with exploration that manages to feel like a chore despite pretty environments, and combat that is an unbelievable slog and a tedious mess of terrible camera angles, incomprehensibly bad controls, and non-interactive waiting for cooldowns to end (controlling companions and planning for fights tactically is simply not worth it.) All the flaws of the first two games, combined, with none of the strengths -- and utter travesty of a game with largely zero redeeming flaws, considering that even the story will retcon previous decisions, and using the DA Keep to laboriously reconstruct your previous world state one decision at a time will leave you wishing you could have imported it directly.… Expand
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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.
  13. SilverOrlov
    Dec 2, 2019
    8
    (+)
    The feeling of a strategist using the big map. Different tasks that can be felt in the regions and helps loot ingredients and tasks that can change World's political solutions. Very good system of maps and improvements of the Inquisition with its advisers and agents. Good design of the castle and the position of the heroes in it. Many houses, a garden and other improvements. This    (+)
    The feeling of a strategist using the big map. Different tasks that can be felt in the regions and helps loot ingredients and tasks that can change World's political solutions. Very good system of maps and improvements of the Inquisition with its advisers and agents. Good design of the castle and the position of the heroes in it. Many houses, a garden and other improvements. This place really makes you fell like a hero and important character in that World. And it's beautiful by itself(Despite the fact that sometimes it is tiresome to constantly run from point to point in order to do something and/or talk with someone). Well-designed dialogs(texts themselves, jokes) as usual for games of that studio.
    Very... very interesting DLC's, especially the second. But they both were very beautiful in picture and very interesting in storytelling.
    (-)
    Novels are useless. No, really - just some homosexual characters, and not really cute other options. Mimic in that game generally limps on both legs.
    Magic "cool-down" is too big. If you do not have the ability or artifact accelerating it-you get stuck in it.
    Movements during battle are slow and viscous, you move like a snail, and it wildly infuriates me, all the declared action for me is extinguished by the fact that you are banally unable to dodge from an enemy.
    VERY SLOW notifications of missions, achievements and "notes". Everything you do like ending quest, beating dragon or else - You'll know about it only after ~15 seconds.
    Armor Signs with minuses are a slop decision - never used in game because all declared pathetic "for the force will have to pay for something" trite killed on the vine the opposite element. For example, for +50 to mana -100 mana recovery. It's just dumb.
    Miserable stump of tactics and character's behavior. And scale of view. Even with that stump tactics characters ignore it, stupidly rushing into a frontal attack. Even archers and magicians.
    Is this an RPG game? ...because there is no any choice of characteristics during level-up.
    No indication of the attitude of the characters towards you. Everything you have - some cute pictures like Tarot cards... Guess what they mean.
    You can call it my nitpicking but the loading window is too fast and without a button to start, as long as it has some interesting information to read.
    Crafted inventory, merchant's and craft's menu are heavy ind uncomfortable(but the idea of ​​crafting system itself is good and give you free to realize any details of your armor or weapon).
    Fu**ing meta-phrases... Never in any game I didn't like this system, because very often these two or three words differ with what the hero says when you click on this words.
    Several times the game downloaded me right in the middle of the enemy re-spawn place. F**ck.
    Totally useless horses(they are slow, you can’t do any search or attack and get knocked down from the any first hit if you didn't throw expensive inquisition points on skill that only close that hole).
    A "Black store" as in the second part - dust in the eyes, nothing interesting to the level of how it is advertised by the gaming World. Marketing in its origin.
    The transfer of other characters to the active hero in group very slow and often buggy. Sometimes characters at all stood still during the battle... somewhere in another room. Oh yes! ...if you don't attack enemy it can make hundred circles around your group, because your group will not attack it. Oh yes! ...another thing with that system - enemy can make hundred circles around and in any block-post with your soldiers... even after you start to fight it. Genius work.
    One again about bugs - Every Dragon age game is full of it. And here you can find something like "Fire mark skill that doesn't respond for 3-4 times", "Agents that do not appear after using knowledge in dialogues", "Non-disappearing marks on the map after using them".
    What the hell with the reputation of the nobles in the Ball mission? And the same with approval or disapproval of your friends - The reaction time to time can be completely inadequately even in terms of game convention.
    An "Open World" with almost empty filling. A lot of grind, a lot of "bring-serve-go away" and only 2-3 missions with an interesting story.
    And the last and the most "tasty" - Dragon age is still a "game-bum". Kill the mini-boss, get weed and a pebble. A long quest with riddles has passed, get a third-rate belt with dubious characteristics. Killed a lot of enemies, passed a secret quest, well done ... get two or three of these gizmos. All games in this series do not motivate at all to search something or climb somewhere ...At all.
    .
    So in general I can say that this game has an incredibly beautiful picture, surroundings, music, an incredibly interesting plot and storytelling, dialogs and other information notes... and has incredibly miserable game-play and game-mechanics. And Despite all the disadvantages I still liked the game in general.    … Expand
  14. nomaddc
    Nov 28, 2019
    9
    It's an amazing Dragon Age entry. While it's not perfect in my opinion and may lack some of the freedom in character building Origins had, it makes up for it in other areas.

    Its semi open world structure reminds of Origins larger areas that we got to explore, but with much less linearity. The world is not leveled, meaning some areas may be extremely dangerous for you depending on your    It's an amazing Dragon Age entry. While it's not perfect in my opinion and may lack some of the freedom in character building Origins had, it makes up for it in other areas.

    Its semi open world structure reminds of Origins larger areas that we got to explore, but with much less linearity. The world is not leveled, meaning some areas may be extremely dangerous for you depending on your progress and sometimes it may be wise to simply come back later than try to press on. In my opinion this is the way go instead of skyrimesque leveled world where everything tries to keep on the player's level which oftentimes results in mediocre or below challenge (especially considering how hard it is to balance such scaling against different playstyles). The game areas are beautiful, have plenty of quests to do, items to collect, but you won't find DA2's overabundance of fetch quests.

    Crafting system is quite simple but nice - the power level of the items you create is determined by the materials you use, as well as various secondary stats and it's appearance. This system manages not only to make sense (to craft metal armor you need metal, obviously, leather for all the leather bits or cloth, depending on the schematic and design) but also provide you with lots of options when trying to make an armor set or a weapon for your specific needs. The only shortcoming of this system in my opinion is that if you don't like the look of the customizable armor (that on top of different crafting components supports various mods) you will be left with a limited amount of unique armors that are not as customizable and some of them can't be crafted. That said, there is a good amount of those and good variety. My only wish for this part of the game is to have more unique endgame armor sets that rival or even surpass crafted, because that would make getting those unique pieces oh so more special.

    Combat is very RPG like. It may be good or bad for you depending on what you are looking for. Party AI is competent, although I do miss the ability from Origins to set my own AI priorities in greater detail. That said AI does experience some issues with particular class subtrees, but it's not game breaking and chances are you will not notice it unless you try to play on nightmare difficulty without micro managing your party. That brings me to the next point - tactical mode is back and it's quite good. If you are into that kind of thing, you can totally use pause a lot to issue orders to the entirety of your party.

    Writing in my opinion is very good this time around and I thoroughly enjoyed the main story as well as companion and side quests. Dialogue trees are good, you have quite a bit of freedom in how you want to play your character.

    I'm purposefully omitting multiplayer from this review because in my opinion it's inconsequential to the game experience and should be viewed rather as a free spin off.

    I could keep going on about how much of an improvement Inquisition is over DA2, and how good it is on its own, but I want to cut this review short with just this recommendation: of you are an RPG fan or just enjoy a good story, pick this up and play.    … Expand
  15. Clean
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    Let's show a fact to the haters here as a wake-up slap: "According to Electronic Arts' fiscal 2015 third quarter earnings report, Dragon Age: Inquisition is the most successful launch in BioWare history based on units sold."

    See it, every casual gamers, the major portion of gamers in the world, are enjoying this game a lot, and supporting it with passion. This again demonstrates that    Let's show a fact to the haters here as a wake-up slap: "According to Electronic Arts' fiscal 2015 third quarter earnings report, Dragon Age: Inquisition is the most successful launch in BioWare history based on units sold."

    See it, every casual gamers, the major portion of gamers in the world, are enjoying this game a lot, and supporting it with passion.

    This again demonstrates that this game doesn't deserve a low user score.

    This game is perfect in plot, music, combat and world exploration. Every aspect of RPG is made as a master piece of art.    … Expand
  16. Genek13
    Nov 15, 2019
    8
    First Dragon Age game I ever played, and it was very fun :)
    Great visuals and mechanics, good written story :)
  17. WillGamer
    Nov 5, 2019
    3
    Update review Nov 2019. With the info coming out on the new Dragon Age I was curious to see if they fixed all the issues with Inquisition. Short answer is no. I tried to play this again and after about two hours all the reasons on why I abandoned this game in 2014 came back. The controls are a nightmare and well done to anyone who could stick with it to play this game on the pc. I willUpdate review Nov 2019. With the info coming out on the new Dragon Age I was curious to see if they fixed all the issues with Inquisition. Short answer is no. I tried to play this again and after about two hours all the reasons on why I abandoned this game in 2014 came back. The controls are a nightmare and well done to anyone who could stick with it to play this game on the pc. I will wait until there is plenty of user reviews before touching the new one.… Expand
  18. 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
  19. denissix
    Oct 25, 2019
    2
    Good idea. Bad realization. Bugs in main quest (In Hushed Whispers can't collect 5/5 red lyrium shards), need reload previous saved game. Also very many collectibles that overload game. Bad battle control.
    Bioware bad job.
  20. RidiculousDeath
    Oct 16, 2019
    1
    The hollow shell of a good game. Slow, boring, single-player MMO. What a shame.
  21. thinhmax2710
    Jan 8, 2017
    10
    It's been a long time since i last experienced such warm and humane, overall believable characters and their wonderful stories in the well-crafted, beautiful, magical world of Thedas.The relationships and the way they develop around you and the characters, the much improved combat along with a world historically rich, politically decorated themes and an grandeur, satisfying story arc willIt's been a long time since i last experienced such warm and humane, overall believable characters and their wonderful stories in the well-crafted, beautiful, magical world of Thedas.The relationships and the way they develop around you and the characters, the much improved combat along with a world historically rich, politically decorated themes and an grandeur, satisfying story arc will please not just hard-core RPG fans but also basically everyone interested in playing a good game for at least 65 hours.A simply landmark title.… Expand
  22. Hawk0
    Sep 13, 2019
    5
    Сюжет банален, но играть интересно, да и сам мир весьма красив на высоких ползунках так что 10
  23. Andron_Rul_13
    Aug 31, 2019
    10
    i like DA and all.....good graphics, even now at the time of writing (2019), not all PR games can boast the same. Large locations, beautiful music, plot .... Passed all the parts with all the additions. For me, this series will always be the standard of quality
  24. Penis-is-big
    Jul 30, 2019
    0
    The game, which is too overvalued, is an uninteresting boring plot, a large number of bugs, this game itself is of low quality. This game resembles the Chinese MMORPG. 2007 years. 0 10 from me I'll go play better Fallout 4 and Witcher 3 than in this ****
  25. bartcbem
    Jul 27, 2019
    1
    DA: Inquisition plays like an offline MMO. As a big fan of previous games in the franchise I was baffled how boring and unimaginative this game is. While visually decent it has pretty poorly written characters, abysmal and intrusive UI design, average at best game play and its simply put boring.
    I could write an essay listing every little thing that was making me upset when playing but    DA: Inquisition plays like an offline MMO. As a big fan of previous games in the franchise I was baffled how boring and unimaginative this game is. While visually decent it has pretty poorly written characters, abysmal and intrusive UI design, average at best game play and its simply put boring.
    I could write an essay listing every little thing that was making me upset when playing but this game is not worth my time.
    A clear indication that EA ruins everything it touches.    … Expand
  26. 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
  27. 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.
  28. Gerinako1887
    Apr 3, 2019
    3
    What has happened to you Bioware? EA? Must be?

    From the epic RPG story telling of Dragon Age Origins.
    A misstep in Dragon Age 2
    And a single player MMO in inquisition with a lack lustre story, poor game play and world.

    The experience gets even worse if you look back at the older catalogue

    RIP Bioware
  29. StoiaAlex
    Mar 30, 2019
    8
    Besides the idiotic voice acting of the protagonist, which I think is maybe the worst I have ever encountered in a good game, I had a surprising enjoyable experience.
    I don't know why I avoided this game for 5 years..I was not the biggest fan of the first one; I had a problem with the combat system, back then. Well...this one is a totally different soup; and worth my time.
  30. Daggerrim
    Mar 26, 2019
    10
    One of the best RPG of all time. Even though there are some spots that could be improved just like any other game it's still a masterpiece unlike many try to say about Dragon Age Origins.
  31. 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
  32. Maxmaximum
    Mar 11, 2019
    3
    About 5 hours in you will get this feeling of boredom. The writing is awful. The SJW overwhelming. It is just an awful game. Feels like work. A game that feels like a really bad job. Well there is so much SJW propaganda and then there is more SJW propaganda and then there is more SJW propaganda couple with poor game mechanics and bad acting. Every single thing in this game feels forced andAbout 5 hours in you will get this feeling of boredom. The writing is awful. The SJW overwhelming. It is just an awful game. Feels like work. A game that feels like a really bad job. Well there is so much SJW propaganda and then there is more SJW propaganda and then there is more SJW propaganda couple with poor game mechanics and bad acting. Every single thing in this game feels forced and unnatural except for maybe the first 4 hours where you are like "this could be a real good game" then it wears off and you get hit with more SJW propaganda and ugly women.… Expand
  33. Gamala
    Feb 27, 2019
    3
    I made an account just for this since it needs to be said. DAI is a good game. With so many design flaws that after my 1st 20h of the game I thought I could write a 5page essey on why this game is horrible tho at the time I didn't even this it was a good game to begin with.
    The good:
    1) The world looks amazing. 2) Good voice acting. 3) A ton of nice lore. 4) Interesting charaters and    I made an account just for this since it needs to be said. DAI is a good game. With so many design flaws that after my 1st 20h of the game I thought I could write a 5page essey on why this game is horrible tho at the time I didn't even this it was a good game to begin with.
    The good:
    1) The world looks amazing.
    2) Good voice acting.
    3) A ton of nice lore.
    4) Interesting charaters and character interractions.
    5) Solid plot (tho imo too short)
    These are not all the things that I enjoyed in the game but the top 5.
    Mixed:
    1) More action based combat seems like a nice idea but doesnt feel compleated and tactical camera/pause system doesn't fit in it. Specially with so stripped down combat tactics system
    2) Some of the side stuff felt out of place and I didn't even know why I was doing it other than xp.
    3) Most of the enemies felt the same, with just a different pain job. (This would be bad if combat it self would be fulfilling and fun)

    There are prolly more stuff that I cant remember on the top of my head, but here are some that I think that could use a bit more work on them. And now.

    The horror:
    1) Player character needs playable backstory what happens b4 **** hits the fan. It's boring to read it on codex and doesn't connect me as a player into the world anyway.
    2) Control are **** Who ever design the controls have never seen a computer or atleast played with one.
    2a) For example here left click being default attack where earlier games it was select. Not only that but when you attack even without enemies you go into combat and cannot interract with what ever you were trying to click. And on top of this waste of time you cannot unbind left click in the menu. 2b) When you press W to move it actually takes like 1-2sec for your character to actually start moving. This is usually consol problem why do you have to import this **** to PC I have no idea.
    2c) When you enter combat you move much slower than normally, but since normal movement is already a bit slow it makes melee classes feel sluggish. This game direly need a sprint in general (in controls there is "sprint" but it doesn't work no matter where I bind it, only horses can sprint?)
    2d) Horse moves barely faster than normal run speed and its sprinting is interrupted by every small stone on the road, where its walk speed is like you would be walking with your own character making it useless in almost everymap of the game.
    3) UI or what ever they think they were doing
    3a) I finished my 1st game at lvl 25 (no DLC) with about 15 different spells. Which I coudn't use since game only supports 8... now I'm in DLC and I have even more spell that I cannot use (yey!).
    3b) Menus a absolutely horrible to use with mouse, tooltips pop on items with your mouse and they there when you sell the item and blocks the view of which item is next. Menu needs to scroll it self to the item on the mouse b4 you can interract with that item. Feels who ever designed this doesn't know how mouse works, or doesnt care. Or (very minor spoiler) trying to select one quanari into your group means you have to everytime scroll tru all of your other companions to find him. Basicly its a bad consol menu ported badly into PC.
    3c) Im not going in detail to tactical camera thing 1st since it's useless and 2nd cause it horrible to use on PC. So again it feels like badly ported to PC.
    3d) Wartable diveded for no reason to 2 sections.
    4)AI as said above all enemies feel the same, but what bothers me the MOST about the AI is that when you explore a small room all your companions follow as close as they can (hold options doesnt seem to work outside of combat) can cannot get out of said room they block all the doors etc. and you are the paper of the world, you cannot push anyone out of your way and if you are in the way of and npc you slide in fron of them like you were on ice or some **** This includes that followers slide you off cliffs and suchs.
    5) Everything in this game takes so much f*king time for no reason. When you pick somethin up, it takes 3sec. 3 f'cking seconds for pickup animation... in a game that you need to loot everything for money thats just mean. As said above menus are so badly made that takes a **** ton of extra time. Door close them selfs magically and you guessed it. TAKES EXTRA TIME to open. wartable animation was nice at 1st but guess what after 50th billion time seen it TAKES EXTRA TIME since cannot be skipped.
    6) Face and armor textures look **** in game. Armors look boooring and generic no shiny knights or mystical robes. (tho robes have always been smeh in DA imo) DLC added some but still doesnt fix it. Faces look nothing like in the editor and in general bad, even DAO vanillia face had better look in it.

    To stay within 5000 limit I must end here. But it is as if half of the studio were trying to make a great game but other half (insert picture of a monkey here)    … Expand
  34. IgrokU
    Feb 18, 2019
    10
    The game is playable, barely, but that is the best thing I can say for it.- boring

    Read all the other reviews- I agree with the negative ones, what a waste of money. I played through DAO 5 times, I am pretty sure I am not even going to finish this one- did I say boring? AND AFTER MANY PLAYTHROUGHS, i AM GOING TO EDIT MY REVIEW- drastically, this ended up being one of my favorite DA    The game is playable, barely, but that is the best thing I can say for it.- boring

    Read all the other reviews- I agree with the negative ones, what a waste of money. I played through DAO 5 times, I am pretty sure I am not even going to finish this one- did I say boring?

    AND AFTER MANY PLAYTHROUGHS, i AM GOING TO EDIT MY REVIEW- drastically, this ended up being one of my favorite DA games.

    The story is great, the companions are good, the pacing is good... and the DLC is very good too. Many good hours of play to be had with this game.

    Take your time enjoy the ride, this game has great replay ability, because you are not going to do everything that first or even second time through- 6 times for me, almost 1000 hours= muy bueno!!!

    Oh, and go to nexus mods and get a few mods that greatly improve the game- specifically the looting/ gathering animation mod- a must have.    … Expand
  35. 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)
  36. DavorJ
    Jan 1, 2019
    4
    VERDICT: To me, this game feels like an insult for the RPG genre and DA:O, and is unworthy of the Bioware RPG-legacy. I spent countless hours battling through repetitive uninspired quantity-above-quality time-wasters just to see the next cut-scene! While DA:O and ME:1 were genre-redefining in combat and story-telling, the current trend is hollowing out their basic principles. Better callVERDICT: To me, this game feels like an insult for the RPG genre and DA:O, and is unworthy of the Bioware RPG-legacy. I spent countless hours battling through repetitive uninspired quantity-above-quality time-wasters just to see the next cut-scene! While DA:O and ME:1 were genre-redefining in combat and story-telling, the current trend is hollowing out their basic principles. Better call it Action-RPG and use an other brand.

    REVIEW: I feel that from DA:O, the series is going downwards, which urged me to write my opinion. First the good points:
    * Story is OK in the sense that it keeps you interested. At least me as a somewhat fan. But most narrative is just mediocre, while some narratives like the Corypheus encounter in Haven, are small masterpieces.
    * Voice casting is good. Cassandra and Varric are convincing. Dorian also. Well done!
    * Visuals are good, although based on quantity instead of quality. Dragons are very well done.
    But now the very bad stuff. Where to begin??
    * Quantity over quality. Not everything one makes should end up in the final release. Not so in DA:I. It seems as if they committed themselves putting every bit they made. Was there any quality testing during development?
    * The tactical camera is a mess. In 50% of the cases, the first thing you do in tactical view, is try to get the camera right because either some tree is in the way, or you see the feet of someone, or whatever other glitch. 50% of the time!!!
    * Combat system. The tactical system in DA:O had such potential to mix action with strategy. The best DA:O mod: "Advanced Tactics" proves its potential. In DA:2 they striped it down, and in DA:I removed it completely. The companion controls are on par with Fallout 1, and that was 20 years ago! What remains is brainless AI combat that is artificially prolonged with massive health of the enemies. I wasted a few hours to take down Saraath, who had 500 times more health than my tank. That was the worst case. On average they have 50 times more health, and it mostly revolves around waiting for the adversaries to fall. And this is on the highest difficulty. I can't ask it more politely than: Which idiot made this combat system?
    * Intrinsic timewasters. You wander around and suddenly your companions say "there must be something here". So what do you do? You search! It could be something important! And you find a bottle of wine?!? Time and time again. The game is littered with such crap. Now, you could say: don't bother. But it could as well be something hidden that is important to the story line. And that is not all. There is astro- and shardcrap that literately litters your map so it is hard to discern which is important and which not. The maps are huge but are stuffed full with stuff at most nonsensical places, in every bloody corner, bringing nothing to the story apart from prolonging it artificially. Then there are these requisitions that burn your resources (that you have to gather manually!) in exchange for power and which apparently have no other use. Took me a while to figure out that quests offer more than enough power, and gathering resources is a time-wasting chore. At least they could have placed a button for your companions to gather resources in a 20m radius.
    * NPC interaction. This is an RPG, but no-one seems to care whether you loot his dear box in front of him. WTF?!? Doing odd stuff to progress the story, like climbing a wall during a gala-ball, is very normal...
    * Companions like Sera or Iron Bull: Hardly convincing for even a 10-year old. And Cole: good try, but if something doesn't work out well, then you remove it from the final release!
    * War room. By far most of the side missions don't add much to the story. The inquisition soldiers could have done these errands as well. But no, the player is supposed to take on every uninspired errand, to satisfy an NPC who doesn't even influence anything thereafter.
    * Controls: from the first moment it is obvious that this game was polished for the consoles, and not much time was spent to adapt it to the PC. Using the mouse just seems awkward.
    * User friendliness. If there was ever some beta-testing and feedback, then surely a conversation log would be top-priority for every self-respecting RPG. Also, the load screens show random Codex lore, which occasionally is a great read, but you should have time to read it! Deus Ex:HR solves this with letting the player enter the level with space-bar when done reading.
    * Aftermath: this should be based on the main story and the decisions you have taken. The fact that in my play-through I didn't save the miners of Orzammar has little to do with the main story or my evil predispositions, but everything with me refusing to waste another +20 hours on some side-quest.    … Expand
  37. 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
  38. 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.
  39. 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.
  40. Quatoky
    Dec 11, 2018
    8
    Story - Good
    Gameplay - Normal
    Visual - Very Good
    Microtransactions - Yes (Only in multiplayer)
    Pointless open world - Yes
  41. PurpPeopleEater
    Nov 23, 2018
    8
    Despite its flaws.. namely that it's too much of an MMO wannabee in some areas, I really enjoy this game.. the political intrigue, the story, the NPCs, the music, and the voice acting are all top notch. It's also a very pretty game.
  42. Megan_Moof
    Nov 8, 2018
    1
    Writing this in 2018 because I took a 3 year hiatus from this game in the hopes that any negative impressions I initially had about this game would dissipate. All of the negative reviews written about this game are correct. This game does not harken back to Dragon Age games from the past - it becomes clear that the developers intentionally made this game's combat and story vague andWriting this in 2018 because I took a 3 year hiatus from this game in the hopes that any negative impressions I initially had about this game would dissipate. All of the negative reviews written about this game are correct. This game does not harken back to Dragon Age games from the past - it becomes clear that the developers intentionally made this game's combat and story vague and lacking in depth so that it would appeal to the broadest audience, effectively alienating the most loyal DO fans who thoroughly enjoy skillful combat and tactful dialogue. The control scheme is HORRENDOUS - this game is nearly impossible to play with mouse and keyboard. Buy this game if you enjoy large maps full of meaningless fetch quests, subpar storytelling, absolutely lackluster dialogue options, and janky controls that make you re-position your character about 5 times before you're able to loot something.… Expand
  43. DAOuser
    Nov 3, 2018
    0
    Como muchos, yo también me he sentido decepcionado por este juego, pero no demasiado porque llevaba meses siguiendo las noticias y la información que había al respecto y ya me imaginaba que me iba a encontrar con algo así.

    Lo más triste es que se nota que han invertido tiempo y esfuerzo en el juego, pero como viene pasando últimamente con Bioware, se han centrado en los gráficos y en    Como muchos, yo también me he sentido decepcionado por este juego, pero no demasiado porque llevaba meses siguiendo las noticias y la información que había al respecto y ya me imaginaba que me iba a encontrar con algo así.

    Lo más triste es que se nota que han invertido tiempo y esfuerzo en el juego, pero como viene pasando últimamente con Bioware, se han centrado en los gráficos y en intentar contentar a todo el mundo en materia de combates y jugabilidad, en lugar de apostar por un camino concreto y tratar (como pedíamos muchos) de recuperar el estilo y la presencia del DAO original.

    El resultado: siguiendo con la tendencia que marcaba DA2, han creado un juego donde los elementos de rol brillan por su ausencia, y donde los decorados y los gráficos son marcadamente mejores respecto a la entrega anterior, pero con una historia bastante sosa y que se siente inconexa con los otros títulos de la saga.

    El juego en sí es una especie de Skyrim (aunque con mucha menos libertad, eso sí) llevado al mundo de DA, poco atractivo para jugar en PC y en general, bastante prescindible. Si no fuera por la cantidad de gente que le da puntuaciones (en mi opinión) exageradamente buenas, probablemente le habría dado un 6. Por desgracia para aquellos a los que sí les ha gustado, creo en el derecho al pataleo.    … Expand
  44. triladar
    Oct 25, 2018
    8
    My first review was really negative, that was 2 years ago. Recently I gave it another try and enjoyed it. Been playing 70 hours so far and will enjoy as many side quests, fights and views as possible before I finish the main quest.
  45. 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
  46. andrey1990
    Oct 12, 2018
    8
    Too many boring side quest and not a strong ,main story - that was bad. But despite i liked combat system, graphic and beautiful open world. Role playing is good enough too. So without criticism this is quite good game
  47. Karoli
    Oct 3, 2018
    9
    I used to hate this game and I even uninstalled it the first time I tried it. I'm glad I gave it another shot because it is overall a very fun game (this is my third play through- back to back). The game is much better if you played DA Origin (don't be put off by the age of this game - it's the best game of the three) and DA 2 before, because you feel much more connected to the world andI used to hate this game and I even uninstalled it the first time I tried it. I'm glad I gave it another shot because it is overall a very fun game (this is my third play through- back to back). The game is much better if you played DA Origin (don't be put off by the age of this game - it's the best game of the three) and DA 2 before, because you feel much more connected to the world and its characters. In DA Inquisition, you just need to pick and choose what side quest you want to do (you don't have to do them all - it can become tedious after a while). The relationships are very good, but not as in depth as in DA Origin and some romance are better than others. As a female player, it's the first time I enjoyed playing as a male warrior (I made him an alpha-male Templar, addicted to lyrium!). But I also had a blast as a female rogue (one word : Cullen!)… Expand
  48. 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
  49. Eilanzer
    Sep 15, 2018
    3
    One of THE worst games i ever played, hell its even worse than the boring dragon age 2 with copy paste dungeons!
    The characters are boring...even the old ones now are just a shadow of the emotions and depth they had, the story is like a massive fetch quest and mmo style of boring, hell they even put a table for quest like wow and other mmos out there.
    The gameplay is clunky, and not    One of THE worst games i ever played, hell its even worse than the boring dragon age 2 with copy paste dungeons!
    The characters are boring...even the old ones now are just a shadow of the emotions and depth they had, the story is like a massive fetch quest and mmo style of boring, hell they even put a table for quest like wow and other mmos out there.
    The gameplay is clunky, and not fluid...Your character animations and combat feel out of place and heavy. The tactic view is clunky and the action combat is even worse than the one used at dragon age 2, at least there it was fast...Now it´s just heavy and clunky!
    The choice system pale in comparison with the one used in DA:O...and the plot is shallow...
    If you liked dragon age origins stay away from this game like the plague!    … Expand
  50. 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
  51. 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
  52. kamaroff
    Aug 13, 2018
    0
    Worst RPG in history. Worst game of the year. Spitting in the face of the players.

    For those who don't know that, they tried to make an MMO, but they failed, and we received this MSORPG genre as a result.
  53. 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
  54. JeremiahJohnson
    Aug 2, 2018
    0
    What a piece of dogcrap. Forget the game I want whatever the critics were taking when they reviewed it. I have 42 hours played and half of that was spent in dialog and cutscenes. The other half spent in picking up crap littered every 15 paces. I got as far as skyhold after a number of character attempts to get into the game.

    This game is literally an rpg with rpg elements. If you take a    What a piece of dogcrap. Forget the game I want whatever the critics were taking when they reviewed it. I have 42 hours played and half of that was spent in dialog and cutscenes. The other half spent in picking up crap littered every 15 paces. I got as far as skyhold after a number of character attempts to get into the game.

    This game is literally an rpg with rpg elements. If you take a particular rpg as the rpg archetype e.g. Morrowind and compare it to DAI you end up with an rpg base with a mountain of rpg icing dumped on top of it. It plays like an mmorpg in the sense stuff is added to stttrreeetttccchh it out. The core elements are engh.

    Dragon Age Origins: a campfire with your team around it with some dialog to advance the side plots and then you're off questing.

    Dragon Age inquisition: A castle with your team scattered about and dialog and more dialog and before that ridiculous cutscenes and before that even more dialog. And a very pointless crafting system without any depth!? And stuff littered every 15 paces. It's difficult to make a coherent paragraph out of the paraphernalia that makes up this game.

    The game can be summed up as a battle between yourself IRL and a sloth demon. That is the only approach I can think of to make anything of this game. It really is a tough nut to crack.

    {Update after 3rd re-roll}

    The game is tolerable if you press 2 for every dialog choice and don't bother investigating. And then when you have emotion choices always pick thumbs up. That gives enough levity to carry through the story.

    I re-rolled a confederate general Princess of Mars style so I can roll play my character with levity and get something out of the mess. Ignore pretty much everything on the ground that is text(loot and don't read) and not quest related except characters and locations.

    That done there is a lack of good scripting for skills like barrier. You almost have to play your mage every pull until your melee close then drop barrier. You can't script poison weapons -> explosive shot. There is a tab target auto attack although it is not initially bound or part of the tutorial for some reason. You need it if you want to micro your melee out of tactics mode(which itself is poorly implemented but seems unnecessary outside boss battles).

    The game is playable but the playability of the game is itself a metagame. If you can get past that hurdle then it plays somewhat similar to DA2 with more open environs and better graphics.

    {91 hours in}

    Abandoned the game. Out of my rotation of things to do. The combat has problems which shouldn't exist for something from Bioware. Player collision makes melee rogues unplayable and archers are as boring as rpg combat gets. Melee rogues do have some combat depth because of how stealth works but connecting with the target is an issue and on top of that if you're fighting something that does melee aoe damage stealth won't give you a free dodge or anything to defend against the aoe like guard. And since the combat doesn't really piece together the other stuff very well and the other stuff is mostly a scavenger hunt for random paraphernalia and traveling on a meh mount that isn't particularly agile: it all as a whole doesn't even fall apart because the pieces never fit together. IMO this is Bioware's worst game. Way to clunky.    … Expand
  55. Diegochocho
    Jul 3, 2018
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Me fascino esta entrega de la saga Dragon Age, considero que tiene el mejor protagonista, los mapas son muy hermosos, tiene un gran contenido secundario, y la historia... que puedo decir de lo maravilloso que es, es muy épico tener que formar la Inquisition, y la cantidad de decisiones importantes que ocurre a lo largo del juego. La única queja es la misión final, que me pareció muy corto, pero lo salva mucho la expansión del "Intruso".
    Quiero ya mismo Dragon Age 4.    … Expand
  56. jbaker8935
    Jun 17, 2018
    4
    the game is built around collections and unlocks. kill guys take stuff. gather collectables. unlock. repeat. most collections are nonsense. bottles, mugs, banners, songs, lost pages or something. you don't have to do those, but it becomes a self-parody seeing them pop up after a while. there are plenty of collections you *have* get to advance the story through unlocks. And theythe game is built around collections and unlocks. kill guys take stuff. gather collectables. unlock. repeat. most collections are nonsense. bottles, mugs, banners, songs, lost pages or something. you don't have to do those, but it becomes a self-parody seeing them pop up after a while. there are plenty of collections you *have* get to advance the story through unlocks. And they frequently require backtracking through areas you've already explored. fundamentally lazy design in the core advancement mechanic of the game almost to the point of contempt for the player.… Expand
  57. webbcrawler
    Jun 6, 2018
    0
    i absolutely love the dragon age games. except inquisition.

    navigation is sometimes impossible and i would jump over mountains and other terrain to find the dot on the map. i got stuck three different times with no way out. it was glitched. i would reload a save and lose quests. then i got to the court approval objective and now i'm stuck with 1% approval and a horde of enemies i    i absolutely love the dragon age games. except inquisition.

    navigation is sometimes impossible and i would jump over mountains and other terrain to find the dot on the map.

    i got stuck three different times with no way out. it was glitched. i would reload a save and lose quests.

    then i got to the court approval objective and now i'm stuck with 1% approval and a horde of enemies i can't defeat quickly enough.

    i'm giving up on inquisition. how frustrating    … Expand
  58. droogish
    Feb 22, 2018
    9
    It took me 10 hours or so for me to 'click' that this is not a tactical RPG like DAO. This is an an action RPG set in the same universe. A completely different type of game. If you're looking for a DAO3 - this isn't it.

    However - I have to say I've ended up really enjoying DAI after some initial doubts. It reminds me of Skyrim at times. I care about the characters and storyline; game    It took me 10 hours or so for me to 'click' that this is not a tactical RPG like DAO. This is an an action RPG set in the same universe. A completely different type of game. If you're looking for a DAO3 - this isn't it.

    However - I have to say I've ended up really enjoying DAI after some initial doubts. It reminds me of Skyrim at times. I care about the characters and storyline; game mechanics are solid, and the graphics are pretty good too for my low-spec machine.    … Expand
  59. mijxero
    Jan 22, 2018
    4
    I'm not completely new to DA, but I never finished one of their games completely. I figured this one looked good and somehow I put about 5 hours in and so bored. The combat was boring and running around the big maps was boring. The quests seemed very disconnected, it seemed that the main story quickly took a back seat to killing 10 goats, placing flags, and racing horses. I reallyI'm not completely new to DA, but I never finished one of their games completely. I figured this one looked good and somehow I put about 5 hours in and so bored. The combat was boring and running around the big maps was boring. The quests seemed very disconnected, it seemed that the main story quickly took a back seat to killing 10 goats, placing flags, and racing horses. I really wanted to like this game, but in the end, it just fizzled out and I couldn't bring myself to play anymore.… Expand
  60. Kiszu
    Jan 22, 2018
    1
    + Story missions
    + Part of companions has an interesting history and missions
    + graphics + Logical mini-games + Text tasks at the table deliberations - Too much collecting - Poor tactical view - Bad camera work - A number of errors associated with the terrain (you can "fly" as the gothic 1) - Multiplayer with microtransaction - SI is weak (especially companions) - You can    + Story missions
    + Part of companions has an interesting history and missions
    + graphics
    + Logical mini-games
    + Text tasks at the table deliberations

    - Too much collecting
    - Poor tactical view
    - Bad camera work
    - A number of errors associated with the terrain (you can "fly" as the gothic 1)
    - Multiplayer with microtransaction
    - SI is weak (especially companions)
    - You can spoil the main thread (other choices other movie ending)
    - few well-designed specialization
    - circle dialogue
    - Rate of appearance opponents behind our backs
    - The duration of the mission advisers
    - Can throw to the desktop    … Expand
  61. 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
  62. ezroma2017
    Dec 20, 2017
    1
    El peor juego que he jugado, siendo un fanatico que juega los games hasta la ultima mision o detalle, me costo terminarlo.

    a) Historia floja, elemental y con reacciones infantiles. De ser un don nadie al que estaban a punto de ejecutar pasas a ser el salvador del mundo ante el que todos se arrodillan y que pasa a ser el jefazo de la inquisition (solo por cerrar una puta brecha). El    El peor juego que he jugado, siendo un fanatico que juega los games hasta la ultima mision o detalle, me costo terminarlo.

    a) Historia floja, elemental y con reacciones infantiles. De ser un don nadie al que estaban a punto de ejecutar pasas a ser el salvador del mundo ante el que todos se arrodillan y que pasa a ser el jefazo de la inquisition (solo por cerrar una puta brecha). El resto de la historia es muy inconsistente, tonta, donde lo esencial se pierde frente a las misiones secundarias y donde no hay ninguna consecuencia por las decisiones que tomes.
    b) combate tonto, solo hay que apretar continuamente una tecla
    c) compañeros inutiles en combate, sin casi posibilidad de manejarlos (desaparecen las tacticas)
    d) compañeros inutiles respecto a la historia, no da ganas de hablar con ellos ni romancearlos
    e) escenarios inmensos ridiculamente diseñados para hacerte perder tiempo recorriendolos (y asi aumentar las horas de gameplay), llenos de misiones secundarios muy tontas.
    f) bajadas inexplicables de FPS, claro sintoma de un juego mal optimizado
    g) mandos imposibles para PC
    h) UI malisima, navegar por el inventario es un parto.
    i) horribles meshes y texturas de armadura y armas

    Unicos puntos buenos

    a) pelea con dragones
    b) diseño de algunos castillos

    Un fiasco. No entiendo como hay gente que le da 8 u 9. Para quien haya jugado al DAO este juego es impresentable. Inclusive, con todos sus defectos, el DA2 es mejor.    … Expand
  63. 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.
  64. Jubelum
    Nov 15, 2017
    8
    After playing through the entire game, I felt compelled to come back here and change my negative review, I put a lot of time into the game when I made that review, but after finishing the game it's clear I did not put enough.

    Dragon Age: Inquisition is every bit as compelling as its predecessors, and perhaps even more so. Originally I couldn't stand the new combat scheme, I felt the    After playing through the entire game, I felt compelled to come back here and change my negative review, I put a lot of time into the game when I made that review, but after finishing the game it's clear I did not put enough.

    Dragon Age: Inquisition is every bit as compelling as its predecessors, and perhaps even more so. Originally I couldn't stand the new combat scheme, I felt the open world areas were overly large without much to do, and the characters weren't really grabbing me nor was the story. That all changed when I got further in. As you get more skills to play with combat becomes and exciting affair, I started over as a 2h sword warrior and immediately fell in love with all the combos and the feeling of raw power in my abilities. I didn't understand that there were skills you actually need to "hold down" like whirlwind or shield guard, and every class has access to a few.

    The crafting system is robust and you'll find yourself scouring merchants for rare schematics to really boost your offensive, defensive or magical power. This is a pretty important part of the game because it can take you some time before you find the right gear for your character. Truly you can craft marvels well beyond the power of what you find in the game. But herein lies the one real issue I had with the game, the power creep is real, and before long content will seem trivial, even on the highest difficulty settings. The first Dragon I fought was a real challenge, but after crafting specialized weapons and armor I found them to be a mere chore.

    The graphics are absolutely top notch, the open world is never repetitive and features no recycled terrain, every huge map has an astonishing level of detail and the world is full of story and lore. In terms of exploration no game has done this better, and everywhere you go you're presented with charming details and a myriad of side quests. For a long time I didn't think the game would ever end, and I didn't even buy any of the DLC.

    The characters, their private motivations and your interactions with them through the story line are of course where this game really shines. There are many tough choices to make, many familiar faces from previous games, and your interactions with them have the subtlest effect on how the story unfolds. Bioware has a record of creating compelling stories and characters, and this game is a shining example of what they can do.

    Reading over the negative reviews I get a sense people were unhappy with one or two aspects, sometimes because they were expecting something similar to what they came to know from previous games. Inquisition is a LOT different than the previous titles in many ways, but taken for itself it is a far superior experience than its predecessors. There are many details that made me fall in love with the game, one of the cool parts was the bard in the tavern who would sing songs about the current events in the story. I found myself stopping in just to listen for a moment. It was a minor part to me that stood out as such a wonderful touch, and the game is filled with little treasures such as these if you just stop once in awhile and let yourself appreciate them.    … Expand
  65. 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
  66. 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
  67. EugeneRider
    Oct 25, 2017
    8
    The negative reviews are haters, and people who didn't even buy the game.

    This game is marvelous. From graphics to plot, nothing to nitpick. This is what the traditional western RPGs look like. With enhanced 2014 graphics and engine. Every single aspect in this game makes the game whole and great. The art style is so exotic and beautiful that I appreciate the work from the art    The negative reviews are haters, and people who didn't even buy the game.

    This game is marvelous. From graphics to plot, nothing to nitpick.

    This is what the traditional western RPGs look like. With enhanced 2014 graphics and engine. Every single aspect in this game makes the game whole and great.

    The art style is so exotic and beautiful that I appreciate the work from the art team.

    To sum it up--beautiful, plot rich and a Dragon Age game we like and we want. It connects back to the Origins and walks through the whole DA universe. Amazing what a job well done Bioware.

    This is 100% a go-to game if you would like a traditional western RPG, and one would get you into the rich Dragon Age universe.

    The cons would be the side missions and multiplayer. MP is pointless, so do side missions. They are just some notes tipped with some to-dos for you to fulfill. Waste of time and don't help the story at all. This one Bioware can learn from CD Project Red, how they tackle side missions. MP, not much to say. It's one of those shareholder or publisher compromises made to the development team, even though they wouldn't want one in a RPG game. And yes, EA did it anyways.    … Expand
  68. 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
  69. albertpross
    Oct 2, 2017
    9
    Very good game. Bioware clearly listened to feedback from DA2 and made some significant improvements. I liked it well enough to play through the whole game with every class and race and on every setting (not to say every class/race/difficulty combo). The mass negative reviews early on were an organized attempt to discredit the game and the (current) 5.9 user score is illegitimate. IVery good game. Bioware clearly listened to feedback from DA2 and made some significant improvements. I liked it well enough to play through the whole game with every class and race and on every setting (not to say every class/race/difficulty combo). The mass negative reviews early on were an organized attempt to discredit the game and the (current) 5.9 user score is illegitimate. I mean opinions will no doubt vary, but if you enjoy RPGs and aren't biased against Bioware because of some perceived slight, a fair score is above average. And if you don't like RPGs, quit playing RPGs.… Expand
  70. 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
  71. 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
  72. SpaceMeow
    Aug 27, 2017
    3
    It's a late review, I know - so much was already said about the game, I just think... It doesn't deserve a score this high, and I wanted to share my thoughts after finally managing to finish this game in 2017.

    After many years since the release, on my 4th (I think) attempt I managed to complete the story. I forced myself to do so out of love for DA:O, and other Bioware games that were    It's a late review, I know - so much was already said about the game, I just think... It doesn't deserve a score this high, and I wanted to share my thoughts after finally managing to finish this game in 2017.

    After many years since the release, on my 4th (I think) attempt I managed to complete the story. I forced myself to do so out of love for DA:O, and other Bioware games that were good. I really tried finishing all the side quests, but I just gave up and went on with the story.

    I can compare the experience to shoving a light bulb up your ass. At first it's okay, then comes the thick part that you hate- and you think if you go through this huge thick part it'll feel better in the end - but... Sorry, it doesn't. You just end up with a light bulb in your bum. And you know what? You actually paid for it. Crazy!

    On the upside: The characters are good, some, but not all dialogs are good - the main story is passable (but this is just 10% of the game)

    TLDR: Boring single player MMO quests for 90% of the game, dumbed down RPG mechanics, repetitive combat where you have to hold a button to win, console port UI and controls, story and conversations are okay though. You can watch them on youtube and be done with it.    … Expand
  73. lhmtgame
    Aug 22, 2017
    2
    The game is terrible as anyway.
    - Graphics is good enough and nothing interested.
    - Gameplay is hard and confusing.
    - Characters creation is really bad, they are ugly no matter what you do to the character configuration.
    - They don't optimize for Mouse & Keyboard for PC version. Why don't they give us the normal camera control as The Witcher, Mass Effect or any FPS, TPS games
  74. mikhailmaldonag
    Aug 19, 2017
    0
    Controls are broken. game is a bad port. If you expect a Dragon Age, do not buy this game. If you expect a Skyrim, do not buy this game. If you expect a typical BioWare game, do not buy this game. If you expect a good RPG, do not buy this game.
  75. K1ller
    Aug 7, 2017
    9
    Well after I finished another game in Origins I was thinking what to play next. I really dislike DA2 but I remembered I bought Inqusition a year ago in a sale. So I decided to give it a try. 13 hours later I finished most of quests in Hinterlands an I am about to go to Orlais. The game is really good I have no idea why it has so low score.
    Graphic is superb, combat is fast and iteresting    Well after I finished another game in Origins I was thinking what to play next. I really dislike DA2 but I remembered I bought Inqusition a year ago in a sale. So I decided to give it a try. 13 hours later I finished most of quests in Hinterlands an I am about to go to Orlais. The game is really good I have no idea why it has so low score.
    Graphic is superb, combat is fast and iteresting (one of the bright momens in DA2 is combat and here it is even better). The story, so far, is immersive and even side quests are nicely done. Yes, there are a few fetch quests, but show me a game that does not have them, there are classical quests kill mages/templars/thieves in their hideouts, but next to this, you have quests to chart star constellations, craft specific items to help the Inquisition or find a key from undergroud dwarven city.
    The only thing I do not like is the tactical camera. But as it is an optional part of the game I simply do not use it. I have also never used the top view in DAO except for two riddles. The AI of my companions is also surprisingly good. Ranged characters stay in range, fighters tunt and go in for a close combat. Overall I am satisfied.    … Expand
  76. shelly366
    Jul 30, 2017
    0
    Smoking gas up one's A** - The best way to describe Dragon age inquisition.
    It was a disaster of a game.
    Regular and repitative fetch quests. Bioware This is how u F*** up dragon age series coz The real fans are so dissapointed in it . When the First game , orgins, was way better compared to this crap. Its the second time u guys pulled this on us. I have lost Trust in BIOWAre Dragon    Smoking gas up one's A** - The best way to describe Dragon age inquisition.
    It was a disaster of a game.
    Regular and repitative fetch quests. Bioware This is how u F*** up dragon age series coz The real fans are so dissapointed in it .
    When the First game , orgins, was way better compared to this crap.
    Its the second time u guys pulled this on us. I have lost Trust in BIOWAre Dragon age games... PERIOD.
    NO more wasting money on this series    … Expand
  77. 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
  78. georgethegreat4
    Jul 5, 2017
    9
    So. I got this when it came out, played 20 hours, then my life got busy and I wasn't impressed enough to finish. Picked it up again and played it straight through despite only playing 1-2 hours per night because I realized I was wrong. I saw the user reviews and was appalled at some of the things said of this game. The dialogue and the characters are diverse and appropriate for a gameSo. I got this when it came out, played 20 hours, then my life got busy and I wasn't impressed enough to finish. Picked it up again and played it straight through despite only playing 1-2 hours per night because I realized I was wrong. I saw the user reviews and was appalled at some of the things said of this game. The dialogue and the characters are diverse and appropriate for a game that deals with so many things like racism and addiction. Bioware should be applauded for that. Now, every character is not a super model, but should they be? No, you should be attracted to Solace for his intelligence and thoughtfulness, to Sera for her childishness and yet still amazing competence and simple wisdom. I could go on, but every character was unique and, if they had a pretty face or not, had a real personality. Further, They each interacted with the world and each other and the inquisitor in interesting ways.

    Now, I agree that the controls could be better, and the abilities were limited, but I mitigated that by learning to deal with it (Planescape: Torment, anyone?) which has it's own charm, anyway, and then by using lots of passive abilities. I looked for interesting combos and blah blah it's not important. Not a perfect game, particularly in the system aspects, and the GIGANTIC amount of collectibles, but its a direction I want to see them refine and improve and continue to GET RIGHT.

    And can I say, They surprised me with some things, and I was even mistrusting of mages because that's what Dragon Age teaches you to do with mage companions, and this is a feat I truly appreciate in well written video games.    … Expand
  79. hinter1
    Jun 21, 2017
    9
    I'm glad negative reviews didn't stop me for playing the game. DA:I is beautiful and enjoyable.

    Graphics are a solid 11/10: immaculate, better than the majority of today's games. Perfect animation and artistic design in general. Fun combat system, especially if you play at nightmare difficulty. A lot of difficult enemies that give the opportunity for tactical planning. Great    I'm glad negative reviews didn't stop me for playing the game. DA:I is beautiful and enjoyable.

    Graphics are a solid 11/10: immaculate, better than the majority of today's games.
    Perfect animation and artistic design in general.
    Fun combat system, especially if you play at nightmare difficulty.
    A lot of difficult enemies that give the opportunity for tactical planning.
    Great character development system, (although a bit confusing).
    Probably the best looking armors, another solid 11 out if 10.
    Great written characters. Companions, enemies that feel absolutely real and engaging.
    Beautiful and huge world with uniquely designed areas (It's a shame they're not immediately connected to each other, that would make the game shine)
    Con: invasive HUD (contextual isn't enough) - doesn't give choice to fully customize and immerse yourself in the beautiful world the developers created.

    It definetly deserves more than one gameplays.    … Expand
  80. WWN
    Jun 16, 2017
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. DAI, my second favourite game after Fable3, It's beautiful, but needs a great computer for running, or improve your own one like I did, its story is well writting and each caracter have its own personality. Takes long hours to finish one game completely, around 170 hours.

    You can explore big (very big) locations, interact with many caracters and discover the history of Ferelden and ''Orleais''.

    Also we can ride a horse (or a lizard).    … Expand
  81. Draconis13
    Jun 3, 2017
    10
    Why is the average user score so low? Because in modern AAA Gaming a game is supposed to hold your hand, and spoon feed everything you need to figure out the game.

    Dragon Age Inquisition does what Origins was meant to do, and goes back to the roots of CRPGs that BioWare revolutionized in the 1990s. Most people who don't like this game couldn't figure out how to get out of the    Why is the average user score so low? Because in modern AAA Gaming a game is supposed to hold your hand, and spoon feed everything you need to figure out the game.

    Dragon Age Inquisition does what Origins was meant to do, and goes back to the roots of CRPGs that BioWare revolutionized in the 1990s. Most people who don't like this game couldn't figure out how to get out of the Hinterlands, a massive, sprawling open-world area that introduces the game play and the plot. And the best part is, in terms of world development, it is the lamest part of the game. But it is merely an intro area, and there are 11 more like it, that all are loaded with beautiful lush environments perfectly textured on the amazing Frostbite 3 engine. You can explore every corner of Thedas, deserts, mountains, dungeons, caves, jungles, forests, river basins, coastal vistas, foothills, marshlands, etc. etc. etc.

    The insurmountable amount of side-content rivals Baldur's Gate 2, though it is not as high quality, it is much higher quality than many who think it is chock full of fetch-quests, which it is. But why rate a game based on the chores that aren't required to finish it? Should I write a negative review of Assassin's Creed 2 because of the achievement to collect all 100 of those flags? No, because you don't have to do it, it's optional content. The optional, open-world areas are loaded with awesome puzzle quests, treasure hunts and companion loyalty missions that are great fun.

    However this game takes the cake with its main quest. The best cast of companions I have encountered in a BioWare game since Baldur's Gate 2, and definitely the best villain I have encountered since Baldur's Gate 2 as well. Also, and this is the most important part to me, this is the best gameplay I've encountered in a BioWare game since... yes that's right, Baldur's Gate 2. This fantastic sequel was nothing if not the worthy spiritual successor to Baldur's Gate 2 that Dragon Age Origins was supposed to be. The gameplay comes damn close to being as good as Dungeons & Dragons on the infinite engine. It combines the tactical camera style and complicated levelling systems of Origins with the fast paced and immersive style of Dragon Age 2, and adds in many great new mechanics, like a crafting system that is likely the best I've ever seen in a video game.

    The main quest is loaded with top-notch writing, and an excellent decision tree, this game's story is akin to Witcher 2 in that certain missions are entirely different quests altogether, depending on what decisions you made in a previous quest. The quests are all generated with a fantastic environment design, ethereal atmosphere from an amazing soundtrack and well themed sound effects and visuals. This games story missions were as immersive as the ones in Mass Effect 1 and 2.

    Last but not least, the conclusion to this games' story at the end of Trespasser features jaw-dropping lore-exposition and a plot twist that gave me the same emotion feels as the ending to The Last of Us, and has me more than a little bit excited for Dragon Age 4.

    Pros:
    Graphics -11/10 (DAAAYUM) the best graphics of any RPG to this day, Andromeda might have richer textures but the environment design of it and any other RPG bows to Inquisition.
    Game play -10/10 Dragon Fights are as epic as they are in Baldur's Gate 2, no... they are even more epic.
    Story -10/10 -I regretted a decision so badly for the first time since the first Mass Effect game.
    Side content -9/10 -The only reason it's not as good as Baldur's Gate 2, but this is still the best RPG I have played in 14 years, and ranks among my 3 favorites of all time. BioWare has done it again.

    Cons:
    None but the blighted opinions of nitpicking A-holes who were sad that this game didn't hold their hand through it all, this game is a true, hardcore CRPG. Witcher 3 treats you like a 5 year old and guides you all the way through white orchard. Dragon Age Inquisition is a hardcore game that assumes you are smart enough to figure out how to get past the Hinterlands, which apparently was a bold assumption given all the people who can't figure it out. That's the only reason Witcher 3 has a higher userscore.    … Expand
  82. 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
  83. Soujirop
    Apr 16, 2017
    9
    Graphics: 10/10 I couldn't ask anything more about the graphics. The particle effects are spectacular, the animations, facial expressions, the weight feel of the clothing, the movement of the flags, the beautiful snow, the artistic direction. Everything has so much detail into it, and so well optimized.

    Gameplay: 9/10 it is really a delight to play the game. I was a bit frightned about    Graphics: 10/10 I couldn't ask anything more about the graphics. The particle effects are spectacular, the animations, facial expressions, the weight feel of the clothing, the movement of the flags, the beautiful snow, the artistic direction. Everything has so much detail into it, and so well optimized.

    Gameplay: 9/10 it is really a delight to play the game. I was a bit frightned about the controls as I have read in most reviews that PC controls suck, but then I got the game and found out it was the control system of TERA, which I love, so I understood perfectly how to use the keyboard/mouse setting and never felt weird or counterintiutive for me. Maybe those of you not familiarized with recent MMORPG should get a joystick, although aren't the controls almost equal to SWTOR? And I don't recall this rant about SWTOR controls, lol. About the replayability, the game is obviously very large (+80h for me), and as the previous DA titles, you will have to play it more than one time to get all the content. In fact, I had to play it twice to properly understand the details of the main story. There's also a lot of characters (9 party members), the wartable minigame in which you can do some interesting (and some not so much) quests, the decoration of the Inquisition's castle, dozens of mounts. In summary, so many secondary content! The world is HUGE, more than Skyrim (I would say like 50% bigger) but it is distributed in instanced areas (like Baldur's Gate and the previous DA), so it's not really an "open" world, although the different areas are indeed very open and veeery large, each one with its own set of little towns, castles, caves, etc. Everything is brilliantly crafted, and I really thank bioware for making the caves so diverse and not a copy-paste like DA2. My only issue with the gameplay was the tactical camera, which has 4 problems: first it wasn't really needed in hard difficulty, second it can't jump trough objects, I mean, it moves like a character so it will be stuck when encountering ie a rock, third you can not put it very far from the field so it doesn't help to get the "bigger picture", and fourth if some tall object, like a tree, stays between the battlefield and the camera, you won't be able to see trough it. They should have turned those "not important" objects invisible when you use the tactical camera. Another problem that I saw, not related to the camera, is on the skill's set. You can learn a lot of skills, but you can only have 8 skills at a time on the action bar, which is too limited, at least for a mage.

    Oh! The character creation and the multiplayer missions were perfect!

    Story: 9/10 the story is very good, although I personaly prefer DAO main story. This is because the villain does too little interventions to stay relevant throughout all the game. Although I understand that in 80h of content, it is difficult to make any character look prevalent unless you make him/her appear A LOT of times (in the end, it seems being too huge has its negative consequences too). The side quests are a different story though: the best of the saga, specially the party's quests. The party characters are so spectacularly well written, well dubbed, and have such a good facial expresions, that it is impossible not to get inmersed on their issues. This is actualy the only DA that I had problems selecting the characters that I wanted on my party since I could not chose among that brilliant cast. Some of them I hated at the beggining, but somehow I ended loving them just by speaking with them enough times. They felt so real! I also loved to see how the previous game actions were, sometimes subtly hinted, and sometimes greatly reflected, but just make sure you go to "dragon age keep" website to be able to import your previous game's content into Inquisition. The ending was fullfiling enough, although it leaves some details deliberately unadressed that are frying my brain right now, and will probably get very important in incoming DLCs.

    Overall, this was a very good experience, and the world reminded me so much of baldur's gate that I felt some nostalgia playing it, which made it all a bit more special. I totaly recommend this game.

    As for the "zero" or any other "bad or medium mark" review, guys you can go buy a personality lol, the "critic bioware" fashion already ended last year, upgrade yourselves. But cheers bioware, you have now not only a fanbase, but a haterbase also! Like Britney Spears! certainly a symbol of your success :)    … Expand
  84. TheSerenity
    Apr 14, 2017
    8
    I was pretty shocked to see how negative these reviews are. It was not as good as Dragon Age Origins, but not deserving of such negative reviews.
    The graphics were really great, and being open world meant that you had more freedom to explore such an attractive environment. The combat was also improved on from Dragon Age 2, as there is more tactical accessibility which can make boss fights    I was pretty shocked to see how negative these reviews are. It was not as good as Dragon Age Origins, but not deserving of such negative reviews.
    The graphics were really great, and being open world meant that you had more freedom to explore such an attractive environment. The combat was also improved on from Dragon Age 2, as there is more tactical accessibility which can make boss fights and fights with dragons challenging and diverse. It also maintains its fun and exciting look as opposed to the dull look of Origins. Overall the combat is definitely a lot of fun.
    The characters are also a positive for me. There are many diverse party members who are all very unique and interesting. Character interaction is also accessible which is something I sorely missed in Dragon Age 2. The approval system is also great as it fits that all your party members are very different characters, and having your choices impact how your companions view you was a very welcome addition to the game. It was also a lot of fun seeing characters from previous Dragon Age games and seeing how things have changed for them and what they are currently doing.
    However, the storytelling is probably what lets this game down the most. The side quests are pointless, and it would have been good to have some more interesting side quests that are just more than a one off quest. I feel that as a result of the success of Skyrim, Dragon Age has tried to copy a lot of the elements of Skyrim which does not always fit in a game such as Dragon Age. There are times where the game drags on and really become tedious, which is a major reason why I only have one playthrough for this game.
    The main story also is not perfect, resorting to quite a few cliches and uninteresting subplots. And the final battle was very disappointing as there was nothing really to distinguish it from a regular boss battle. Maybe I have been spoilt from the previous two Dragon Age games having such epic conclusions, but Inquisition's conclusion really fell flat. The interaction post final battle was an aspect I loved in Origins and it was disappointing how limited it was in Inquisition.
    Overall this game had great characters and fun combat. But the story was really a let down. However, I still had a lot of fun with the game and would still recommend it to others.    … Expand
  85. Jaal
    Apr 12, 2017
    8
    Dragon Age: Inquisition is good game, because the story is quite interesting and the quests are quite good. But there are too many collectible quests which are obviously used to write more game time in the description. They have many squad mates for you to choose three for your active squad. During my time playing this game I haven’t had bugs or crashes and also the performance was good.Dragon Age: Inquisition is good game, because the story is quite interesting and the quests are quite good. But there are too many collectible quests which are obviously used to write more game time in the description. They have many squad mates for you to choose three for your active squad. During my time playing this game I haven’t had bugs or crashes and also the performance was good. To play this game I highly recommend using a controller and not the keyboard.
    In conclusion: DA:I has a good story but to many filler quests and also the pc port isn’t perfect.    … Expand
  86. KillerGrape
    Apr 11, 2017
    8
    I HAVE PLAYED THIS GAME ON PC AND PLAYSTATION 4, I HAVE MORE HOURS ON PC.

    From a fantastic story to a massive open world, this game ALMOST is exactly what I want out of a western RPG. Dragon Age: Inquisition boasts some of the best visuals in the roleplaying genre, right up there with Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Right when the game starts, you are introduced to a fantastic beautiful world    I HAVE PLAYED THIS GAME ON PC AND PLAYSTATION 4, I HAVE MORE HOURS ON PC.

    From a fantastic story to a massive open world, this game ALMOST is exactly what I want out of a western RPG.

    Dragon Age: Inquisition boasts some of the best visuals in the roleplaying genre, right up there with Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Right when the game starts, you are introduced to a fantastic beautiful world hand created by bioware's amazing art directors.

    Gameplay for me is where the game is very strong. The combat feels very refined, the open world has a lot of dangerous areas to explore and dungeons to delve into. Although the side quests can get very monotonous at times and very grindy, overall the world is full of very fun things to do. Along with all of this however is a very good perk tree and some really cool character leveling systems for a whole party, the inventory is also organized very well and the UI feels very good but the PC controls feel sluggish and just very clunky. Tactical view is back but the camera feels a bit to close to characters but it is still nice to see it return and overall tactical view is very good in outdoor areas.

    Story is really the most inconsistent part of this game and where it's really really good at some points, occasionally you won't feel as invested with the characters as much as Mass Effect and KOTOR. The story opens up incredibly however, putting you in the shoes of a person vilified by society for something that you did not do. Throughout the first part of the game, you are trying to build up the inquisition and trying to show groups like the Chantry, Mages and Templars how the inquisition can be trusted. Overall, the characters you meet such as Cassandra, Dorian, Varric and Solas are very memorable.

    I have always thought that the whole Dragon Age franchise has always kind of paled in comparison to Bioware's other masterpieces such as KOTOR 1 and Mass Effect 2.

    The Final Verdict is an 8/10
    + Combat feels refined and a major step up from Origins and 2
    + Most Characters are memorable
    + Fantastic Visuals
    + Good Roleplaying Mechanics
    + Good UI
    + Tactical View
    - Some Repetitive Quests
    - Reused Assets
    - Bad PC controls    … Expand
  87. Gor1945
    Apr 8, 2017
    4
    По сравнению со второй частью все-же шажок вперед, (но это не заслуга инквизиции уж больно вторая часть шлаком была) все недостатки ДА2 остались и тут (кроме пожалуй масштабности тут в отличии от ДА2 не 2 локации - мир игры масштабный, правда при этом он абсолютно пуст - и только бесконечный гринд заполняет эти масштабы) - банальный сюжет, клишированые персонажи, детскость во всем -По сравнению со второй частью все-же шажок вперед, (но это не заслуга инквизиции уж больно вторая часть шлаком была) все недостатки ДА2 остались и тут (кроме пожалуй масштабности тут в отличии от ДА2 не 2 локации - мир игры масштабный, правда при этом он абсолютно пуст - и только бесконечный гринд заполняет эти масштабы) - банальный сюжет, клишированые персонажи, детскость во всем - диалоги, мотивация героев и.т.д
    Ну и конечно в очередной раз Биотвари прогнулись пред меньшинствами - в этот раз феминистке постарались, поэтому красивых девушек - для романтического интереса у ГГ не будет .    … Expand
  88. 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.
  89. IzanagiNoGayami
    Apr 5, 2017
    3
    One of the worst games I have ever played. The storytelling, which is supposedly the biggest DA draw, is absolutely horrific, uninspired and tasteless. What would you expect from the worst company in the world?
  90. MrsHjort
    Mar 31, 2017
    8
    A great game all and all, nice graphic, good story (some stuff in EPIC), and unique characters. I just wish there was a bit more depth to it. The relationships with the other main characters feels shallow compared to other recent role playing games and you end up wishing fore more. Also, the secondary quests are a bit repetitive - go fetch quests and defeat those guys over there, it tendsA great game all and all, nice graphic, good story (some stuff in EPIC), and unique characters. I just wish there was a bit more depth to it. The relationships with the other main characters feels shallow compared to other recent role playing games and you end up wishing fore more. Also, the secondary quests are a bit repetitive - go fetch quests and defeat those guys over there, it tends to become a chore at times if you're a completionist, like I am. More could have been done to motivate the player to take quests on in terms of story content. Still a great game though, just not a "perfect" one. It could use more branching paths and complexity.… Expand
  91. 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
  92. Nipuni
    Mar 25, 2017
    10
    This is my favourite game ever!! I can't wait for the sequel!! The characters and world building are incredible, it looks beautiful and it is really fun to play, I keep coming back to it and it's been three years, it just feels like home haha
  93. undecode
    Mar 25, 2017
    10
    One of the best RPG games I've ever played. I almost didn't play it due to the fact that it had a really low score, silly me... The story plus dialogues and characters give this game a really good feeling. Don't mind the low score reviews, all I read is "I want my old Dragon Age back!! give me DA:O back!". Well... the game is different, lot of years passed since they released DA:O, but theOne of the best RPG games I've ever played. I almost didn't play it due to the fact that it had a really low score, silly me... The story plus dialogues and characters give this game a really good feeling. Don't mind the low score reviews, all I read is "I want my old Dragon Age back!! give me DA:O back!". Well... the game is different, lot of years passed since they released DA:O, but the story follows a logical path, and all 3 games are connected by it. This game has a massive story if you're really into it.… Expand
  94. kiwijinxter
    Mar 25, 2017
    9
    I won't compare this to Dragon Age 2 because that pales into comparison with Dragon Age: inquisition. That said, DA:I is better than Dragon Age: Origins in more ways than one. For one thing the characters in DA:I is even more interesting than that of DA:O, and the stories / banter / cutscenes are all great and makes me care for the characters. More importantly, the gameplay is dynamic.I won't compare this to Dragon Age 2 because that pales into comparison with Dragon Age: inquisition. That said, DA:I is better than Dragon Age: Origins in more ways than one. For one thing the characters in DA:I is even more interesting than that of DA:O, and the stories / banter / cutscenes are all great and makes me care for the characters. More importantly, the gameplay is dynamic.

    I personally much prefer a real-time battle than the tactical (paused) battles and it certainly does make the fights exciting (and crazy frantic at times i.e. Descent DLC) and fun. DA:I has this in spades, and battles always feel fun and fresh. Especially when going for the Elder Dragons when you've levelled up enough!

    There's a good choice of companion characters you can choose, and there are many to choose from, of different specialisations. I like the idea that ALL characters level up concurrently, so you can choose to swap characters ANY time in the game - therefore, allowing you to try different characters and their powers WITHOUT having to restart in order to play other characters. Overall this game is well built to allow you to play through once THOROUGHLY (easily 100+ hours of content), and with different characters as and when you wish. And closing those Fade rifts and getting rid of demons never gets tired.

    If I have to gripe at something, then perhaps sometimes the control scheme is a bit wonky. For example, when trying to close Fade Rifts, I sometimes can't see my cursor clearly, plus the chaos of battle doesn't really help. But that's such a minor gripe.

    This is a near perfect RPG experience, and to me, even better than Skyrim, which I've also spent 100+ hours on. I can't wait for Dragon Age 4 - if they can improve on it further!    … Expand
  95. 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
  96. 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
  97. jaw1986baby
    Mar 20, 2017
    8
    First, it is more open world which is nice but there are still plenty of in-game guides on advancing story lines so you don't completely wander.
    Second, it has a cast of supporting characters that are individual and developed. They don't seem cliche or overly similar to one another.
    Third, Bioware does very good work on story elements. Reading the codex entries and talking to people    First, it is more open world which is nice but there are still plenty of in-game guides on advancing story lines so you don't completely wander.
    Second, it has a cast of supporting characters that are individual and developed. They don't seem cliche or overly similar to one another.
    Third, Bioware does very good work on story elements. Reading the codex entries and talking to people through all conversation points and of course main story collectively are so vast it is mind boggling. Not to mention the voice work.
    Fourth, I do not have a comment on combat or crafting because I found no issues and I do not get an RPG to compare it to combat oriented games or games with very complex crafting elements (often strategy games are the best there).
    Fifth, my Leliana is back and that alone would have gotten me to pre-order. She may still be in love with my DAO Warden but that just makes it all the better IMHO.
    Sixth, it is not a flawless execution but I have been so generally happy with Bioware games that I see no problem in giving them slack on some minor shortcomings.
    Seventh, you really should play this game after playing DAO and DA2 I think you get more invested than trying to learn the whole world of DA in one installment.    … Expand
  98. 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
  99. marvs869
    Mar 19, 2017
    8
    I played this as my first DA game absolutely knowing nothing and I have to say that it exceeded my expectations of nothing. The story is one of the more likable aspects in this game however controls for PC gaming is very difficult to remember over time. I loved the idea of having your own army and deciding the fates of your foes that gives you the feeling that YOU are the inquisitor. I hadI played this as my first DA game absolutely knowing nothing and I have to say that it exceeded my expectations of nothing. The story is one of the more likable aspects in this game however controls for PC gaming is very difficult to remember over time. I loved the idea of having your own army and deciding the fates of your foes that gives you the feeling that YOU are the inquisitor. I had hoped that characters would have been fleshed out more coming from previous Bioware games but it never detached me from the immersion.… Expand
  100. winter9987
    Mar 16, 2017
    8
    I see a lot of negativity for this game I found it very enjoyable it wasn't the best story ever but the game play was fun. It has some great moment but can be tedious in exploration. It is far better than DA2 which was just a let down.
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#16 Best PC Game of 2014
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 45 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 40 out of 45
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 45
  3. Negative: 0 out of 45
  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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