Dragon Age: Inquisition

Dakimaz

Jul 5, 2015

1

Like a lot of people i enjoyed Dragon Age Origins, and have completed it several times. Dragon Age 2 however was worthless. If you feel the same, stay away from Dragon Age: Inquisition.
Here's why:
The characters are uninteresting, you don't "bond" with any of them, like you did in Dragon Age Origins. I couldn't care less if any of my companions left or died. And romantic interests?Like a lot of people i enjoyed Dragon Age Origins, and have completed it several times. Dragon Age 2 however was worthless. If you feel the same, stay away from Dragon Age: Inquisition.
Here's why:

The characters are uninteresting, you don't "bond" with any of them, like you did in Dragon Age Origins. I couldn't care less if any of my companions left or died. And romantic interests? Forget it, their personalities are so hollow and boring you just can't bother to withstand the amount of effort in it. There's not even a great pair of **** you can go after.

The story is weak and thin. Where in DOA you went on an epic journey to gather an army to battle the arche demon; Inquisition feels more like political drama, where you attend a lot of pointless meetings. Unfortunately the story resembles quite a lot the story in Dragon Age 2 - let me elaborate, you complete what you thought was this "end of the game goal" (like in DOA where you defeat the arch demon), in the beginning of the game and a whole new problem arises.

The worst part is though, the massive amount of necessary grinding, I mean Jesus Christ, as some other people put it, its like playing an MMO-RPG in single player, if you want to get a small edge over you enemies in this game, prepare for several hours of mindless grinding for that god damm flower you need, or ores, or gems, or cloth or whatever - some of it is even drops from mobs with an extreme low drop rate.

The only good thing about this game is the graphics, but i simply refuse to give a good score because of that - you're better off just looking at a benchmarking program.

You could consider this review as incomplete, since i stopped playing after chapter two. The guy who told me for the 30 th time to go gather x amount of y for him, can shove it!… Expand

Barny

Nov 29, 2015

1

I would genuinely like to play the game, however the key issue I am facing is the loading time versus the playing time: (just to clarify all games on my rig are loading fairly fast). For this game, loading takes longer than playing, it is so long that I have time to actually die from going away preparing a coffee and being attacked by any random evil spawn and on the other hand, completingI would genuinely like to play the game, however the key issue I am facing is the loading time versus the playing time: (just to clarify all games on my rig are loading fairly fast). For this game, loading takes longer than playing, it is so long that I have time to actually die from going away preparing a coffee and being attacked by any random evil spawn and on the other hand, completing any mission/quest or what else is done in a matter of seconds.

The game is kind of "pretty" if one do not mind the absolute sense of superficiality emanating from this production.

The combat is dumbed down and feels more like a hack a slash with a computer-controlled party than any form of action/rpg game.

There is virtually no competency tree or, for a better description of it, it is so simple that I still wonder why it exists.

And would someone explain why the main character is propelled to be the head of everything in almost an instant without more than 1 person frowning a little? It hardly makes any sense.

The dialogues? Well, lets keep the dialogues away as they are just a black and white matter. I do not feel that any choice is adding to the story apart from the general approval/disapproval of some members of the party.

I would have felt cheated paying the full price, having bought the game with a discount I still feel cheated in a way.… Expand

C26000

Feb 21, 2015

1

I have never felt robbed by buying a game until the day I decided to buy Dragon Age: Inquisition. I always thought : "well it's ok I knew that this game probably isn't designed for me or it wasn't my type" Still I felt good for knowing that my money were going to developers that tried their best. With Dragon Age: Inquisition I feel that the developers deceived me on purpose in order to getI have never felt robbed by buying a game until the day I decided to buy Dragon Age: Inquisition. I always thought : "well it's ok I knew that this game probably isn't designed for me or it wasn't my type" Still I felt good for knowing that my money were going to developers that tried their best. With Dragon Age: Inquisition I feel that the developers deceived me on purpose in order to get my money . They promised me a great tactical RPG but instead they gave me a third-person-hold-your mouse-and-see-how-something attacks automatically-and-let- the-other-characters do their-thing game. This isn't fun at all, I feel like a chore playing this game , trying to make the camera work in the aerial view , trying to make the loot system make sense (You need to get close to the item you want to pick it up and then click it with the cursor.. why? why? ), trying to like the characters, trying to like what is unlike-able I wanted to belive that it was going to be a good game, I even trusted the critics reviews and disregarded the huge amount of negative feedback by the users. Never again… Expand

Olf

Nov 20, 2014

1

Terribly MMORP style game play for a single person game.
Clunky gameplay.
Terrible writing.
Designed for people who just want something shiny and flashy (which it isn't even shiny or flashy) with no real plot.

Terrible game. Worse then DA2, mission accomplished bioware.

Fore

Dec 20, 2015

1

Boring as hell. Game waste your time running around your stupid castle. Gave it a one cause the controls are at least better than Witcher. The quest are similar to MMO's. The game world looks nice but is empty. Couldn't even finish the game cause it was so damn boring. I hate to say this, but DA2 was better than this and I thought DA2 sucked.

xMaschine

Dec 3, 2014

1

BioWare definitely put forth effort into the development and creation of DA:I. However, the gameplay, story and companion/NPC interaction feels shallow and unfufilling. With DA2 and DA:I, i've NEVER felt so unmotivated to move forward. One BioWare title gone wrong(DA2) can be overlooked, but I can't believe i'm saying that i'm bored with a second BioWare title. This is no longer theBioWare definitely put forth effort into the development and creation of DA:I. However, the gameplay, story and companion/NPC interaction feels shallow and unfufilling. With DA2 and DA:I, i've NEVER felt so unmotivated to move forward. One BioWare title gone wrong(DA2) can be overlooked, but I can't believe i'm saying that i'm bored with a second BioWare title. This is no longer the same company that produced the RPGs of legend.… Expand

xgamrx

Nov 18, 2014

1

I will weigh in on Dragon Age Inquisition with my two cents. This game is a five year venture that should have been released 10 years ago. It is without a doubt one of the worst games I have ever had the displeasure of playing. The story is overly scripted throughout a boring non-open world while the combat is a clunky button mashing fest. In addition, the camera angles areI will weigh in on Dragon Age Inquisition with my two cents. This game is a five year venture that should have been released 10 years ago. It is without a doubt one of the worst games I have ever had the displeasure of playing. The story is overly scripted throughout a boring non-open world while the combat is a clunky button mashing fest. In addition, the camera angles are horrendously flawed. The only plus, in my opinion, is the facial recognition of the characters. I honestly wanted my money back after all the false hype created by the cronie reviewers and the developer. It is a true snorefest that makes Elder Scrolls look refreshing. I jumped back into gaming only to make a quick exit after this disappointing title. Stay away unless you're a devout follower or enjoy wasting your hard earned cash. Period!… Expand

ShellSPb

Nov 21, 2014

1

Again disappointing of year.
Very poor optimization. Open world, and not as open as announced. Terrible control on PC. Graphics does not meet the requirements.

Rhym3z

Nov 24, 2014

1

I really cant believe how bad this game has turned out.
On my first post of this thread, i had played around 3 hours.
After playing another 4, i think its time to give up and just put the game to one side and forget about it, in disgust of my own foolishness to buy it without waiting for threads like this with honest reviews. None of these issue's are mentioned in what i used toI really cant believe how bad this game has turned out.
On my first post of this thread, i had played around 3 hours.

After playing another 4, i think its time to give up and just put the game to one side and forget about it,
in disgust of my own foolishness to buy it without waiting for threads like this with honest reviews.

None of these issue's are mentioned in what i used to think was a reputable and trustworthy site, pcgamer,
who give the game an unjustified 87/100 score.
For once, the metacritic user score and comments are the closest to the truth when it comes to the state of the game.

The story is terrible, it really is.
I couldn't get hooked into it like previous games.
The characters are soulless and the plot is just plain wrong, boring and unbelievable.

The graphics are ok, optimization seems ok, but if this had the gameplay of the original, i wouldn't mind if it looked like pong.

Im a bit gutted that i purchased my game through G2A, which offer no refunds, right when i didn't need to waste money,
but this was truly a waste.

It feels like im playing a really bad version of World of Warcraft single player, with better graphics.
The gameplay is just as brainless, and your on your own.

I don't know whats happened to bioware, i really don't.
But i definitely won't be so hasty to dive straight in and expect good quality games again.… Expand

Fuzi0n

Nov 18, 2014

1

Dragon Age: Origins is a fantastic game. Dragon Age 2 was a disappointment, but was still playable and somewhat enjoyable, despite it's significant problems. Dragon Age: Inquisition, however, has so many problems and major design flaws which make it the worst game in the series by far.

The worst problem with this game is probably the combat, which has been completely overhauled andDragon Age: Origins is a fantastic game. Dragon Age 2 was a disappointment, but was still playable and somewhat enjoyable, despite it's significant problems. Dragon Age: Inquisition, however, has so many problems and major design flaws which make it the worst game in the series by far.

The worst problem with this game is probably the combat, which has been completely overhauled and doesn't resemble combat in the first two games at all. The game is designed around using a controller in 3rd person mode and mashing the buttons while letting the AI control the other team members - this is no joke. Remember when BioWare promised deep tactical combat with a tactical camera mode for those who like tactical combat? Well, forget that, because tactical combat is completely broken. The transistion from 3rd person mode to tactical mode is not fluid, the camera in tactical mode is awkward and hardly usable, not to mention that you can harldy see the action that is taking place on the battlefield in this mode. This probably wouldn't bee too bad, but the problem is that you can ONLY issue commands in tactical camera mode for some unexplainable reason. It is hard to believe, but even in Mass Effect you have more control over the battlefield and your companions than in this successor to Dragon Age: Origins.

The tactical mode has apparently been shoddily tacked on solely to appease fans of Dragon Age: Origins or Baldur's Gate, but it wasn't designed to please them, it was designed to make them shell out cash for this game by deceiving them with false promises. Tactical combat is so frustrantingly bad in DA:I that you are eventually forced to give up playing with keyboard + mouse and just hook up your Xbox 360 controller to the PC, then mash the buttons on the controller while letting the AI control your companions. The button mashing combat isn't even any fun either, and is probably some of the worst combat i have ever seen in a game, the game plays like a really (really) bad MMO.

The console centric inventory UI is also terrible, even for console standards - another worst in the series. The story is very lackluster. Characters are boring, even returning ones. Crafting is just a complete broken mess. The world is beautiful and the graphics are fantastic, but it is such a shame to see this all go to waste with such bad game design.

DA:I simply doesn't feel like a Dragon Age game, it doesn't even feel like a Bioware game. After 3 bad games in a row and 5 years of EA ownership, I can honestly say that BioWare's game designing magic is definitely completely gone and that this once legendary studio is truly dead. Bioware (better said, EAWare) is not a seal for quality anymore, it is a brandname that you might want to avoid in the future.… Expand

Mugumaster

Nov 19, 2014

1

This game is an example of a crappy console port. Bloated and cluttered UI, cumbersome menu UI and non-existing customization options for Keybindings (can't even bind mousebuttons to anything). What happend between Dragon Age Origin and now? The game used to be really good ... now it's an "MMORPG-Combat-Like" Action button masher designed for Consoles.

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

Exca

Nov 25, 2014

1

Another saga straight to his tomb . There are a LOT of other options to put money in . Nice job Bioware. and i must say that i enjoyed past games .

brindle88

Nov 20, 2014

1

I have never seen such a highly hiped up game rate so badly with user reviews. Critic reviews......blah what a load of corrupt lying wankers. They openly criticise games like this because they do not want to make enemies with the big gaming studios.....shame on you critics........your comments get more worthless as every year goes by

beijingbob

Jan 6, 2015

1

I'm compelled to write my first ever game review because I can't believe how high this game scores with critics. It certainly feels that modern day reviewers are getting paid for their reviews and frankly aren't trustworthy anymore. This game runs fine on my PC (a GTX 680) with all settings at their highest. It still looks horrible because it just looks bad - bad animation, bad characterI'm compelled to write my first ever game review because I can't believe how high this game scores with critics. It certainly feels that modern day reviewers are getting paid for their reviews and frankly aren't trustworthy anymore. This game runs fine on my PC (a GTX 680) with all settings at their highest. It still looks horrible because it just looks bad - bad animation, bad character details and uninspiring world. The story is worse - I'm left wondering constantly how people can come up with this type of trash? It's boring, repetitive and frankly one of the worst games of the year. I'm not a big RPG gamer but I have played and enjoyed immensely games in that genre ... this is not one of them.… Expand

MRItech1211

Dec 15, 2014

1

(PC version owner) The game is an utter disappointment, to me at least. I will explain why, briefy.
1. The controls are horrible. It's clearly a console game ported to PC, and done poorly. It's like playing with a mouse and keyboard was an afterthought....No click to walk, no click to loot...No click to target...
2. The story, is not engaging at all. Right out the gate, they throw you(PC version owner) The game is an utter disappointment, to me at least. I will explain why, briefy.
1. The controls are horrible. It's clearly a console game ported to PC, and done poorly. It's like playing with a mouse and keyboard was an afterthought....No click to walk, no click to loot...No click to target...
2. The story, is not engaging at all. Right out the gate, they throw you into these mundane MMO style quests, that although they are somewhat loosely tied to the main story, are not engaging or interesting.
3. The graphics, are OK. Mediocre at best, nothing impressive for a game of 2014. Im running it max settings, and my Skyrim looks as good if not better (and how old is that game?)
4. The menus are clunky, and not user friendly.
5. Not a lot of variety in character creation. I know that dragon age has not been known for its character class diversity, but seriously, this is such a dumbed down, watery version of what RPGs used to be like, its depressing.
6. The talent trees are very shallow and basic.
7. Overall, i'd say this game plays like an MMO, that was never quite completed, and just ended up being a single player game. I tried, really, really hard to like it, but in the end, I just ended up being bored. Stupid me for buying the hard copy, otherwise I would have contacted EA for a refund.… Expand

tehace

Nov 21, 2014

1

I've played several hours now and I can tell that the tactical camera is a joke. If there are people here wondering about getting this game I would not recomend it if you want to play it with M&K.

My girl went down and see me play for a bit and she asked if those are my bodyguards ;) she's not into gaming but that sentence capture the whole feeling of the game I directly control oneI've played several hours now and I can tell that the tactical camera is a joke. If there are people here wondering about getting this game I would not recomend it if you want to play it with M&K.

My girl went down and see me play for a bit and she asked if those are my bodyguards ;) she's not into gaming but that sentence capture the whole feeling of the game I directly control one character manually using all the abilities almost constantly while the rest of the 'team' just do their thing. Additionally I can't really set any meaningful behaviours for example I would like the mage to cast a barier (absorbs damage) not at the begining of the fight as he tends to cast it but 'when character drop below x% of life but nope there is no such thing and this apply to all spells/abilities. All you can do in tactics is set how many potions they can drink and when and how much stamina should they keep reserved...

There is zero tactics so far as you cant even queue orders so if you want your rogue to enter stealth go around the enemy and than use his backstab you have to do it yourself or keep track of where he/she is and issue orders manually and thats just one example.

This game is meant to be played with the controller 100%, pc controls (mouse/keyboard) works somehow in tactical camera but the camera itself is messed up to the point that its just painful to use. The angles you can work with are messed up completely, there is no free cam, you can either zoom max out and see everything from the top (hotline miami) or zoom in and get to the ground in 3rd person view, you cant have the camera up and just change the angle to not be on 90 degree, moving the mouse to the edge of the screen does nothing you have to move the camera around with keys... you dont have to spam the button or hold it to attack as in tactical view you only need to click attack once and the character will keep attacking it until the enemy dies but the way the camera works makes the whole mode very cumbersome and really painful to use. I just gave up on it as I was fighting more with the camera controls than with my enemies.

Game would be awesome if they just implement the free camera and would look amazing if I can just move it around as entirely different entity. I would play the whole game in tac-cam than. The jumping is a fricking gimmick there are **** of invisible walls and you have to jump to get over 2cm objects like small rocks ;/… Expand

skarr

Dec 23, 2014

1

It has become a repetitive pattern nowadays. Consoles spoiled so many good games. It's really a pity to see the DA going down the same way. I will always cherish all those long hours spent on the rich game which was DA:O...the sequels are just garbage.
Oh and please stop using the term "Role-playing-game" for anything that has some character progression and is set in a fantasy universeIt has become a repetitive pattern nowadays. Consoles spoiled so many good games. It's really a pity to see the DA going down the same way. I will always cherish all those long hours spent on the rich game which was DA:O...the sequels are just garbage.
Oh and please stop using the term "Role-playing-game" for anything that has some character progression and is set in a fantasy universe with Swords and Boards. Anyways, I was pretty sure this was the outcome. Bioware is no longer in my "Insta-buy-title" list...it has ceased to be a long time ago.… Expand

druout1944

Jan 30, 2016

1

Worst game in the series. Straight up garbage compared to DA:O and the combat is somehow WORSE than DA2. This plays like a single player MMORPG combined with a console button mash fest. Obviously this was not designed as a real RPG for traditional RPG players, but rather to hook the casual crowd by with dumbed down combat and tons of fetch quests. I can honestly say I have never been soWorst game in the series. Straight up garbage compared to DA:O and the combat is somehow WORSE than DA2. This plays like a single player MMORPG combined with a console button mash fest. Obviously this was not designed as a real RPG for traditional RPG players, but rather to hook the casual crowd by with dumbed down combat and tons of fetch quests. I can honestly say I have never been so disappointed in a game to this degree. The only good thing about it are the graphics; hence 1 point.… Expand

TommyTanker

Dec 9, 2014

1

You want evidence this game is been given overly high scores by reviewers on here? Check out the Negative points this reviewer gave below - AND HE STILL GAVE THE GAME A PERFECT 10 REVIEW!!!!!! ROFL!
So you have to ask yourself, if he lists over 12 critical issues with the game, how can he still give it have a 10/10 score?
10: Cioby The bads: It still has a few bugs, most of them don'tYou want evidence this game is been given overly high scores by reviewers on here? Check out the Negative points this reviewer gave below - AND HE STILL GAVE THE GAME A PERFECT 10 REVIEW!!!!!! ROFL!
So you have to ask yourself, if he lists over 12 critical issues with the game, how can he still give it have a 10/10 score?

10: Cioby
The bads: It still has a few bugs, most of them don't really affect your overall game or story, yet it's frustrating not being able to loot some items because they drop under the ground or are covered with crap.
NPCs sometimes fall through the ground also, they resurface and you don't encounter any real problem with the important ones, though once, my archer companion fell through and failed to support me in an encounter.
Crafting system has no real sorting mechanism other than armor/weapon type.
Interface doesn't work properly, scrolling down and checking your items causes the game to linger on the previously clicked item instead of the one you're hovering.
Menu is annoying as **** also, you have to actually click back to select a different category and you need to close it completely to open the character menu and check your stats.
Horses can't run properly or even move on some terrain. You need to manually jump to tell him "Hey stupid, there is a small stone/step there".
Gathering herbs is not that rewarding. I gathered so many rare herbs and yet you mostly just need a few to upgrade your potions, after that you just keep them around.
Inquisition points are required to upgrade your inventory space and there is no container to keep your rare or interesting items.
Deluxe edition is not worth the extra money.
You can only have 8 skills on your quickbar, as a mage, this is unacceptable.… Expand

nabla

Nov 20, 2015

1

This is easily one of the worst RPG games ever made for PC. I just had to write this review so that game developers finally wake up and stop throwing out unplayable sh*t made for console peasants which isn't even that great on consoles either.

I think the most annoying thing in DA:I are the controls. Believe me when I say that the controls are a big steaming pile of CRAP! I don'tThis is easily one of the worst RPG games ever made for PC. I just had to write this review so that game developers finally wake up and stop throwing out unplayable sh*t made for console peasants which isn't even that great on consoles either.

I think the most annoying thing in DA:I are the controls. Believe me when I say that the controls are a big steaming pile of CRAP! I don't understand how beta testers on PC could even test the game with these controls unless they used a gamepad. But I don't want no stinking gamepad!! We use mouse and keyboard for a reason and that is because gamepads SUCK! If I wanted to play with a gamepad I would buy myself a fricking console. I say it one more time: DO NOT FORCE CONSOLE CONTROLS ON PC PLAYERS!!!!! I will never ever buy a game again that is not explicitly designed for PC controls. Actually I had to stop playing the game after the first fight because I couldn't stand it anymore. Controlling your character feels so unnatural it makes you wanna bang your head against the wall.

Inventory is a mess. Slightly better than in Fallout 4 but still... it's a list of LISTS!!! Come on, you can do better than that, can't you?

And then comes looting stuff. You gotta be kidding me?! What do I need a mouse cursor for when I can click the loot only when standing directly next to it? I have to walk up to the loot by hitting W while pressing the right mouse button and moving the mouse to steer and then I have to stop exactly where the loot is while keeping it in view at the same time so that I can point my mouse cursor at it without keeping the right mouse button pressed and then press the right mouse button to... F*CK YOU!!!

I can't say anything about quests and such as I stopped playing after 5 minutes in. But I just don't care. Other people have written enough about how bad quests are.

The graphics are ok I think, but the hair looks really really ugly. It's so unbelievably ugly that... uh no, just read the other reviews. There's also enough rant about the hair already.

One last thing I'd like to mention are the loading times. This game must have the longest loading times of all games I've come across in the last 25 years. And I played almost every single game that was ever released. You can say bad things about Fallout 4, but it loads A LOT faster.

I was so disappointed with Fallout 4 that I thought I could give DA:I a chance. But it turned out that Fallout 4 is a masterpiece compared to this ridiculous attempt at creating a RPG. I'm not even sure if they actually tried to make a RPG. It doesn't have anything in common with DA:O and isn't worth wasting a single minute on it.

Dear game developers: Stop making games like this. Just stop. I beg you! Try to make games with spirit, with atmosphere, with controls suited to the platform. Just like you did 10 years ago.… Expand

Andante

Dec 29, 2014

1

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

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

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

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

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

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

After this abomination of a game at best, I will turn my back on this company and never buy any of their filthy products again. Only pirate them, because that's what they truly deserve.… Expand

pjmeyer22

Nov 26, 2014

1

I totally feel screwed by Bioware. This game is all about console gaming and button mashing. I had to switch from my keyboard and mouse to a game-pad. The reason this so bad, is because the keyboard and mouse have about 95 programmable buttons. My game-pad has about 20. That leaves me 75 short of what I could have available to me. Which leaves me pausing the game just to swap controllers.I totally feel screwed by Bioware. This game is all about console gaming and button mashing. I had to switch from my keyboard and mouse to a game-pad. The reason this so bad, is because the keyboard and mouse have about 95 programmable buttons. My game-pad has about 20. That leaves me 75 short of what I could have available to me. Which leaves me pausing the game just to swap controllers. Having the mouse be free look would fix most the control problems. Sadly this option has gone AWOL since Knights of the Old Republic.

The biggest problem though is that it is a button masher. Button mashers are all the same. WAY TOO EASY!!!!!!!!!! Hit the X about ten times. Then hit the Y for the finishing move. Battle is over in about 2.5 seconds. They only take about 9 hours to finish. To be fair I did hear it takes 20 hours to beat Inquisition. Dialogue and cut scenes mean that gaming time is closer to 15 than 20. I recently replayed Origins and Dragon Age 2 thinking I could have part of my story imported. ( Yes, I do realize it was all in vain.) Dragon Age 2 takes about 22 - 25 hours while skipping most of the dialogue and cut scenes. Origins takes about 28 -35 hours. In my opinion we are going in the wrong direction.

Origin used to be an excellent game company. Now it's just a name for EA's download client. EA has wrecked more game franchises, and developer companies than I have fingers. Bioware, Mass Effect, and Dragon Age are not the first and won't be the last. EA's goal is not to make an excellent game that everyone loves. It's to make it to the Holiday rush. Is there a game franchise out there that you love? Pray to God that EA does not buy the developer.… Expand

moogmouth

Oct 6, 2016

1

I have given this game three attempts. At thirty hours in on my most recent attempt, I felt like a fool for indulging the developers. Shame on you, Bioware. This game has the worst -- INTENTIONALLY the worst -- level design I have ever come across. It is an empty MMO. I am fairly deep in the game and there is no story, no character interactions to be had. It is simply a run-fest (itI have given this game three attempts. At thirty hours in on my most recent attempt, I felt like a fool for indulging the developers. Shame on you, Bioware. This game has the worst -- INTENTIONALLY the worst -- level design I have ever come across. It is an empty MMO. I am fairly deep in the game and there is no story, no character interactions to be had. It is simply a run-fest (it will make you wish it was even a grind fest). So sad.… Expand

Tamerlanz

Nov 23, 2014

1

I give 1 out of 10 to this game until they fix problems with crashes, freezes and keyboard controls. It is not possible to play this game properly on PC!

Kriss_A

Dec 8, 2014

1

This product is an atrocious mess.

Unpolished, buggy, unoptimized, missing assets, crashes, and those are just the technical issues. The game, if it can even be called that at this stage, is little more than a singleplayer MMO, that even features things such as real time waiting, and even dares to lock the advancement of the plot behind wait-gates. And some of them can reach inThis product is an atrocious mess.

Unpolished, buggy, unoptimized, missing assets, crashes, and those are just the technical issues.

The game, if it can even be called that at this stage, is little more than a singleplayer MMO, that even features things such as real time waiting, and even dares to lock the advancement of the plot behind wait-gates. And some of them can reach in excess of 10 hours. BioWare, EA, this is not a mobile phone game, why do you do this?

And don't get me started on the writing, this feels like it was written by a twelve year old girl on tumblr, and the directing is the same, with major errors all over the place, which we are just expected to not pay attention to, and enjoy the "epic" story of every BioWare game ever, but this time with shoehorned in politically correct representations of minorities, so that the feminists praise the game.

This is an unspeakably atrocious experience which I regret having wasted my time on, as an RPG fan you owe it to yourself to keep people away from this monstrosity.

I used to say, I prefer a diamond in the rough, to a polished turd. But this game is some rough **** let me tell you.… Expand

worksa7

Mar 24, 2015

1

Boring, incredibly boring.

I just couldn't get into it at all. I've had this game for months, since it launched, have yet to get much past the starting area because it's so boring, nothing pulls you in gameplay wise. It overwhelms you with nonsense, and gives you tedious examples of what kind of game to expect right off the bat. I didn't have any real issues, it seemed well made....butBoring, incredibly boring.

I just couldn't get into it at all. I've had this game for months, since it launched, have yet to get much past the starting area because it's so boring, nothing pulls you in gameplay wise. It overwhelms you with nonsense, and gives you tedious examples of what kind of game to expect right off the bat.
I didn't have any real issues, it seemed well made....but it was so boring. I literally haven't been this bored out by a game in years.

(And I played the first Dragon Age, 10/10 I played that one until I had and had done literally everything possible there was to be done. But this one.....man....it just bores me)… Expand

Chebz

Dec 28, 2014

1

Game has framerate drops, plays like single player MMO, and other issues described by other comments.

What I particularly disliked though is the inclulsivity for the sake of inclusivity. Game setting is a universe of butch women and effeminate/gay men. I find it difficult to take the game seriously when my war counsel consists of a bunch of 20 yr old chicks and when a guard captain is aGame has framerate drops, plays like single player MMO, and other issues described by other comments.

What I particularly disliked though is the inclulsivity for the sake of inclusivity. Game setting is a universe of butch women and effeminate/gay men. I find it difficult to take the game seriously when my war counsel consists of a bunch of 20 yr old chicks and when a guard captain is a dwarven(?) girl who looks like she's in her early teens. I am all for more female protagonists but turning women into men by giving them swords, dressing them in heavy armor, and making sure their over-masculine behavior contrasts well next to a bunch of weak male characters is beyond stupid. What happened to all the nice women anyway? DAI doesn't have any. But if you like butch/dominatrix girls who 'don' need a man', then this game is for you.… Expand

Vamrem

Nov 22, 2014

1

Just finished my review of Dragon Age Origins, Dragon Age 2, and this... well, I must say that all people who gave high rating to this are WRONG simply because of the title: "Dragon Age" (i.e. it need the same gameplay but technologically improved and this is more close to DA2, another "not Dragon Age" game).
Resuming: is hard to play with mouse-keyboard, the isometric view is too closeJust finished my review of Dragon Age Origins, Dragon Age 2, and this... well, I must say that all people who gave high rating to this are WRONG simply because of the title: "Dragon Age" (i.e. it need the same gameplay but technologically improved and this is more close to DA2, another "not Dragon Age" game).
Resuming: is hard to play with mouse-keyboard, the isometric view is too close and confusing (seem thought as: "we have accomplished to put the feature but use by your own"), graphics are good to consoles but in PC I expect a bit more, and listen: Combat is Action! Yes, Bioware well done again! I must say that I have no issues with action games, I like Elder Scrolls, Witcher, Lords of the Fallen, etc, but as if there weren't enough ARPGs in the world Bioware wanted to be part of them. Bioware! One of the few studios that become famous with "Canonic-RPGs", they looks desperate to lose their identity, shame of you Bioware...
The rest of the game is not so bad because unlike DA2 and Diablo 3, if you approach with no expectations maybe you would enjoy it as a casual "Hack'n Slash with RPG folklore", but still having serious flaws: combat is not RPG (like Origins), but neither completely ARPG (like Skyrim), so is a confusing mixture without soul. There are so few dialogue options a la Mass Effect, giving the sensation of being talking with robots. And romance options are insipid, there is only one "desirable" male straight option and you will not want to take it, (nothing compared with Morrigan, Elanee, Viconia...), and, if all of this were not enough, gay options seem forced (you know what I mean).
The worse is the lack of a toolkit to make deep modding, so all mods will be by reverse engineering (i.e. like Dragon Age 2, nothing like Dragon Age Origins), shame of Bioware to forget your bests fans...
Well... is another generic "Action Adventure with RPG folklore", if you liked ARPGs like B0und by Flame you may enjoy it, with common graphics, common dialogue options, a big generic world to explore, and, of course, there will be common mods (like environment, nudity, hairstyles, etc, nothing compared to Origins or NWN).
Now, if you are seeking a true RPG, reinstall Origins or, better, be amazed by the new independent RPGs like Divinity: Original Sin, Pillars of Eternity, Wasteland 2 or Torment: Tides of Numenera, with no billionaires marketing campaign, nor cinematic of course, but you will have true RPGs that will enlighten your imagination as open books, trust me.
Well, if the game is "digestible", why the low rating you may ask? Because its name: "Dragon Age"...… Expand

Tomice

Nov 20, 2014

1

I'm a huge Bioware fans since decades, having extensively played BG1+2, DAO, DA2 and the Mass Effect trilogy.

I would realy love to enjoy DAI, but I can hardly force myself to play it due to the abysmal PC controls. They really break the game! The problem is: The current controls make it impossible to play the game in a similar fashion as DAO or Baldurs Gate. The game forces you toI'm a huge Bioware fans since decades, having extensively played BG1+2, DAO, DA2 and the Mass Effect trilogy.

I would realy love to enjoy DAI, but I can hardly force myself to play it due to the abysmal PC controls. They really break the game!

The problem is: The current controls make it impossible to play the game in a similar fashion as DAO or Baldurs Gate. The game forces you to play a single character and let the AI control all other. That's not what Dragon Age stands for.
"But what about the tactical view?", you might ask. Well - it simply doesn't work.

Tactical view has extremely bad controls, especially indoors. You can't zoom out further than the ceiling, which is approx. 10 feet above the ground. If your lucky, you might even arrange the camera so well that you see 2 enemies at once *rolleyes* But it gets even worse: Once you somehow managed to get a good view of the enemies you face, you can only order a single enemy to attack. You can't select your entire party at once. And the moment you switch to another char, the camera resets a focuses on the selcted char. This is extremely stupid, because you need to click on enemies to attack, not on your party members!

The tutorial already shows the worst of this system:
Attacking 3 enemies in a cave from outside in a coordinated manner takes dozens of clicks in tacview. It's plain stupid, but see for yourself:

- Switch to tactical view.
- Bring camera focus into cave, try to somehow find an acceptable position.
- Order your main char to attack
- Switch to second char - camera resets
- Find acceptable camera position again
- Order second char to atatck
- Switch to third char - camera resets
- try to find acceptable camera position again
- Order third char to attack
- Switch to fourth char - camera resets again
- Find acceptable camera position yet again
- Order final char to attack

But that's not all: Once your chars used their abailities as you ordered them, they continue doing what they want. If you want to follow with a second round of well-chosen abilities, you have to repeat all the above!!!

In DAO or BG, the camera didn't reset after switching chars. You could keep your focus on the enemy and activate ability after ability. You cound also select multiple chars at once, making things much easier.

I don't know why they destroyed a system that worked awesomely for decades.

I also tried to view the gae differently, see it more as a relative of Mass Effect (where the party members were intentionally AI-controlled). But it doesn't work either!

The game simply doesn't have the "feel" of natural third person games like Mass Effect or the Witcher 2. Normal attacks are boring, they don't have the dynamic feeling of sword strikes in Skyrim or The Witcher. You simply hold the mouse button to attack- no timing of individual strikes, no dodging, no nothing. Just trying to keep your char facing toward the enemy.

I'm extremely disappointed. I'll continue trying to get into the game, but I doubt I'll be able to before something changes.
My score may sound harsh, but until this issue is fixed, i can't enjoy any other aspect of the game.… Expand

pandu9933

Dec 30, 2014

1

the games seems fine but the difficulty is just broken!
sometimes its too easy other times too difficult, tactical camera sucks,
party orders suck, your party members do anything they want the guard break ability is broken,
only 8 ability solts!!! 8!!
free to play mmo's have a more polished gameplay than this

Rishara

Nov 18, 2014

1

This game is extremely disappointing. I loved DA:O and even enjoyed DA2. This game doesn't compare to either one. The combat is extremely clunky. Why they didn't just re-use DAO's system (or even DA2's more actiony combat but with the ability to scroll out more) is beyond me. Oh wait, I guess it's so that they can support crappy console versions.

The tactical camera isThis game is extremely disappointing. I loved DA:O and even enjoyed DA2. This game doesn't compare to either one. The combat is extremely clunky. Why they didn't just re-use DAO's system (or even DA2's more actiony combat but with the ability to scroll out more) is beyond me. Oh wait, I guess it's so that they can support crappy console versions.

The tactical camera is annoying--you cannot even pan the camera up. This causes you have to have to switch between the two constantly in order to disrupt rifts/etc. The companion tactics system was completely gutted and dumbed down to be basically worthless/non-existent. You cannot even assign attribute points--in an RPG! The ability trees seem really shallow and seem like they will be maxed out in no time. I hope that you get new trees later in the game, but I'm not holding my breath.

I started on Nightmare, and the game play is super easy, so far--nothing compared to the other games where nightmare was actually a bit more strategic and difficult. Granted, I'm still stuck in the Hinterlands because the game also constantly crashes with Nvidia cards (hopefully they can sort this out soon, as many Nvidia users are having DEVICE_HUNG crashes). Maybe it'll get harder. We'll see.

I'm not sure what game the reviewers were playing, but it wasn't this one.… Expand

Azunyan95

Nov 19, 2014

1

It's so bad. No one really beautiful, or at least likeable character. Elf so do the ugliest in the history of video games, so it is also a seasoned top very weak plot and homosexual magicians. So disgusting work with the engine.

Revan3000

Nov 19, 2014

1

I don't care what the critics say,in the same way i don't care what politicians say, you just dont know who is controlling the strings that go tap-tap-tap. Its not like they pay for the game out of their own pocket...

Now about the game, the new saga is bad, i'll go as far to call it worst than Dragon Age II . Game feels like a time-sink, 60% through the game and i don't even rememberI don't care what the critics say,in the same way i don't care what politicians say, you just dont know who is controlling the strings that go tap-tap-tap. Its not like they pay for the game out of their own pocket...

Now about the game, the new saga is bad, i'll go as far to call it worst than Dragon Age II . Game feels like a time-sink, 60% through the game and i don't even remember the opening mission. I also fail to see the RPG elements in the game, it seems to me like i missed a seminar on what makes an RPG. I was with it, but then they changed what it was, now i'm just confused.

Also for a 60$ game, i kinda wish I get a working game with most bugs sorted out. As is, it crashes,lags, bugs out and just pain dies out 2-3 hours in. Checked their recommended specs, i passed no problem, but it seems the recommended specs were discovered by a passing gypsy woman. Also note that I found the same frame stuttering in the versions for PS4 and XBONE.

So yeah, wasted money on pre-ordering a disappointment. I blame the hype and the "Critics" who praised a bad game and continue to do so.… Expand

dsoAT

Nov 19, 2014

1

Bottom line wait for a Patch, wait for a sale, get a console controller and forget you have a PC, or skip it altogether, not worth playing right now on a PC. I will update my score once I get a real PC product.

I think anyone that has played this game on a PC knows they are being cheated out of a PC interface, controls and mechanics, but the game looks so damn good that we are stillBottom line wait for a Patch, wait for a sale, get a console controller and forget you have a PC, or skip it altogether, not worth playing right now on a PC. I will update my score once I get a real PC product.

I think anyone that has played this game on a PC knows they are being cheated out of a PC interface, controls and mechanics, but the game looks so damn good that we are still trying to enjoy the game.

My Bioware fan status and IQ is going down by the game.
I guess I should get a Console and stimulate the economy.

Dragon Age 2 and Mass Effect 3 started to show the new face of Bioware as EA pawns.
The Love for developing, quality and innovation is made secondary to the Love of money making.

Dragon Age Origins was very good: amazing play mechanics, nice Interface, great story, a labor of Love you hoped could only get better.
Sadly they sold their Hearts to EA and started the long way down from quality to quantity to just profit.
I guess I was spoiled by the miracle of Dragon Age: Origins.

I could list all the obvious problems that everyone is listing, the disappointment from having dumb down mechanics for the Tactical game and a console Interface and control scheme that is not for PC, but I am pretty sure that Bioware knows all about it, and they knowingly gave us a wanna be PC product hoping the razzle dazzle graphics and fake reviews would keep us opening our wallets.
I guess it still works cause I bought the game, good on you mate, just remember all scams come with a price.

Having said that, this being my last Bioware game I play until they go back to having respect for PC Gamers and some pride.
I will try now to enjoy what actually still works with the game which is mostly the graphics and lore and I will for the last time put up with this new travesty of having a common interface for all platforms.

DAI is still a lot cheaper than going to the movies, where I would have to pay a lot more for 100 hours of mindless viewing.
Not what I expected DAI to be, I thought they had actually listened to people and gone back to greatness.

That's all Folks, dream on, game on!… Expand

Hammarn82

Nov 20, 2014

1

First time I ever write a review of any game since I first sat down in front of a PC (1992)
However, when you wait years for, what suppose to be, one the best game you ever played, and it turn out to be complete rubbish I feel I have to write atleast something.
If you plan to play this on PC, rethink or at least wait until Bioware makes some changes (as they just told us they are).First time I ever write a review of any game since I first sat down in front of a PC (1992)
However, when you wait years for, what suppose to be, one the best game you ever played, and it turn out to be complete rubbish I feel I have to write atleast something.

If you plan to play this on PC, rethink or at least wait until Bioware makes some changes (as they just told us they are).
I´m waiting to get my money back after my refund request and will wait until this game is playable on PC.
This is without any doubt the biggest disappointment in my 20+ years of gaming.… Expand

DarthGnome

Nov 20, 2014

1

I played and loved DA:O and am one of the few who enjoyed DA2. I loved the party banter in DA2 and really enjoyed the character interactions, even if the game play couldn't touch DA:O, which was by far the better game. I was hoping DA:I was going to be a marriage between the two, great game play couple with engaging story, characters, and dialogue.

I play on a high end PC, and haveI played and loved DA:O and am one of the few who enjoyed DA2. I loved the party banter in DA2 and really enjoyed the character interactions, even if the game play couldn't touch DA:O, which was by far the better game. I was hoping DA:I was going to be a marriage between the two, great game play couple with engaging story, characters, and dialogue.

I play on a high end PC, and have played about 15-20 hours so far, keep that in mind with my review.

Graphics:
The graphics are a mixed bag. The world graphics are good, but nothing special, more or less what you would expect a 2014 AAA world to look like. I was neither awestruck, nor distracted by a negative reaction.
World Graphics: 5

The character graphics are another matter entirely. What is with the plastic hair? How did professional reviewers, who were gaga about character creation miss the plastic hair? Is it dishonesty? Bad taste? Does the game not like my graphics card? THE MODELS' HAIR ARE PLASTIC!!! It's like looking at a combination of a 1980's action figure and a Mr Potato Head.
Character Graphics 0

Graphics overall: 2.5

Story:
No spoilers, fear not. First off, where to begin at how bad this is? The disjointed nonsensical story line? The complete and utter lack of believability (and this in a game with magic and monsters)? The flat one dimensional characters? Or to me, the most disappointing of all, the atrocious dialogue, which used to be the hallmark of the Dragon Age series. Seriously, did they find a C minus film school undergrad to write this stuff? Is Michael Bay moonlighting as a screenwriter for video games? "Heyyyy sh$t blew up, what a story!"

The base story elements are there, and maybe that's what has me so cranky, this should have been amazing, but the execution is so clumsy and ham-handed it stymies the belief.

That brings me to the biggest disappointment of all, the inter-party dynamics. The dialogue as mentioned above is horrible, both in cut scenes, dialogue choices, but most of all the inter-party banter. In the old games it made sense, was entertaining, and made you feel like you were with a group of friends - even if they weren't getting along well all the time.

This game though, has all the charm of riding through Pirates of the Caribbean for the 5th time.
Story: 0 (and that really hurt to type)

Gameplay:
Tried it with mouse and keyboard. Tried it with a Dual Shock 4 controller. Fail. Character and camera controls are mushy and non-responsive. Choosing targets in a fight is awkward, and combat quickly devolves into a keyboard mash.
Controls: 1

Combat feels like a sluggish, uninteresting version DA:2 which I thought was pretty weak to begin with. The game compensates this by throwing a lot of combat in the game. A LOT. Oh and just when you thought an area was cleared, there is a nearly instantaneous respawn. Did I mention that there was a lot of combat? oh, and controlling the party in a fight is so awkward and confusing I gave up even trying.
Combat: 0

What about the non-combat part of the game, like managing your stronghold and army? The war room? I honestly haven't felt their impact on gameplay 15-20 hours in. I've run missions to help things out, but it just doesn't seem to feel like I'm changing the direction of much of anything yet. That includes the story, the army, the base, whatever. I'm leaving this as incomplete, as I'm hoping things change moving forward.

So far I have little or no connection to anything in the game, not even my own character. I cared about the Grey Warden in DA:O and really cared about Hawke and his family in DA:2. In this game, there is nothing. I'm giving this a 1 since it runs and hasn't crashed and is playable, but it certainly doesn't have the heart, soul, or technical execution of the first two entries of the series.… Expand

dutch190

Nov 21, 2014

1

I've been gaming for over 20 years and I have never left a review. I signed up for Metacritic to leave this one. This game was not made for the PC. The details below may seem rant like, but that's because I'm a big fan and was really disappointed with this release.

It is painfully obvious that this is a game made for a console controller, and zero effort was put into adapting theI've been gaming for over 20 years and I have never left a review. I signed up for Metacritic to leave this one. This game was not made for the PC. The details below may seem rant like, but that's because I'm a big fan and was really disappointed with this release.

It is painfully obvious that this is a game made for a console controller, and zero effort was put into adapting the controls over to a mouse and key board. You are forced to move your character with wsad only. Which would be ok, if you could still click and drag to move the battle camera while auto attacking but that ability is gone. There is no ability to bind your own keys and make the controls what you want them to be, there is no click to loot function(so you have to manually WSAD it all over to explore and loot & you have to be right on top of the loot to pick it up. Moving the cam is difficult & annoying. The tactical cam is an after thought environment gets in the way, & does not zoom out far enough to be useful.

I have no idea how any of the critics who demoed this game played on the PC and failed to mention these issues. I bought the digital deluxe version launch day for $79, and it is unplayable.
I loved DA:Origin. This game, as it was released...well it sucks. Not saying it can't be fixed with some major patches, but when its a major release from EA you expect it to work. It is honestly unplayable as it stands. I would give it a negative score if I could for controls alone.… Expand

vapor77

Nov 21, 2014

1

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Dragon Age: Origins had great tactical combat, Dragon Age 2 had very fluid combat, Dragon Age Inquisition has neither. It has obviously been dumbed down to the nth degree for the console crowd, so if you have a console and simplicity, this is for you!

The recruitable characters have all the personality of a potato, from Cassandra's one dimensional sneer, to the tofu-like Solas, they are all very boring. Even Varric, a very interesting character from DA:2 is bland in this game.

Looting is a chore, every field has elf-root spread all over it and every cliff numerous mineral nodes. Again, the console crowd will love it, it feeds the console OCD, but as a PC gamer, it was just monotonous. I spent more time running around picking stuff up than I did fighting, which was almost a blessing considering the boring combat.

I am just glad that Origin is refunding my purchase or I would be really unhappy. As it is, I am just sad that such a great series has gone so far downhill.

Speaking of combat, it is just a huge disappointment. In DA: Origins, mages felt powerful and two-handed weapons felt beefy and hit hard. In this game everything is just homogenized with truncated skill lines and very boring combat.… Expand

Liangxianghong

Nov 21, 2014

1

Like most of the other RPG fans here, I loved DA:O and loathed DA2. Never could I have imagined that I would hate DAI so much that I'm asking for a refund after less than 24 hours of playing it. Yes, it is obviously made for consoles with PC being an afterthought. Terrible controls, broken camera, bad animation, absolute lack of any tactical combat whatsoever... the list goes on. Shame onLike most of the other RPG fans here, I loved DA:O and loathed DA2. Never could I have imagined that I would hate DAI so much that I'm asking for a refund after less than 24 hours of playing it. Yes, it is obviously made for consoles with PC being an afterthought. Terrible controls, broken camera, bad animation, absolute lack of any tactical combat whatsoever... the list goes on. Shame on you, Bioware.… Expand

bippyg

Nov 22, 2014

1

Although advertised as an open-world role playing game, it is in fact nothing more than a third-person shooter. After three hours of playing, the game play is completely linear. There is no character interaction. The companions talk, but you cannot interact with them directly. You can only eavesdrop on their conversations, and if you miss something they say, too bad. Quests are one at aAlthough advertised as an open-world role playing game, it is in fact nothing more than a third-person shooter. After three hours of playing, the game play is completely linear. There is no character interaction. The companions talk, but you cannot interact with them directly. You can only eavesdrop on their conversations, and if you miss something they say, too bad. Quests are one at a time and must be completed in a particular order. Combat is about mouse clicks. The faster you click, the more you shoot (or swing a weapon, depending on your class). Like all arcade shooters, you find power-ups, er, I mean, health potions as you go. The camera never gets very close. At best it hangs well behind your character, which makes the game feel distant and impersonal. It's not role-playing at all, but a primitive arcade shooter. On a positive note, good graphics.… Expand

Reignblazer

Nov 22, 2014

1

Worst game I have been gullible enough to buy in years.

- The UI and controls on PC are a nightmarish console port abomination - The graphics are not that great but still manage to cripple my fps (horrible optimization) - Pre-order or deluxe edition items are immediately outclassed by items you receive at level 2 (!) - Animations look rigid and jarring - Some game-breaking bugsWorst game I have been gullible enough to buy in years.

- The UI and controls on PC are a nightmarish console port abomination
- The graphics are not that great but still manage to cripple my fps (horrible optimization)
- Pre-order or deluxe edition items are immediately outclassed by items you receive at level 2 (!)
- Animations look rigid and jarring
- Some game-breaking bugs present such as not being able to spend your skillpoints

Only positive thing I have to say about this travesty is the texture detail is very nice and the musical score is very good.

All in all not nearly enough to save this game from being an absolute scam. Don't buy it, spend your money on something that's actually worth the premium price.… Expand

H0gwash

Nov 22, 2014

1

BLUF:
What the game does well: voice acting.
What the game does not-so-well: plot development, character development, graphics, game play. Plot Development: Candy crush evokes more emotion than the story line of Dragon Age: Inquisition. In the beginning of the game, you wake up on the field of battle with special powers that make almost everyone want to follow you. Those thatBLUF:
What the game does well: voice acting.

What the game does not-so-well: plot development, character development, graphics, game play.

Plot Development: Candy crush evokes more emotion than the story line of Dragon Age: Inquisition. In the beginning of the game, you wake up on the field of battle with special powers that make almost everyone want to follow you. Those that don't want to follow, hate. There is no depth to the development of your character, or any other character for that matter.

Character development: Who are these people and why are they following you? Who knows.... For the most part, they are simply too lazy to lead themselves, or anyone else for that matter, so they follow the guy with the glowing hand that can apparently close the demon doors into this world. "What is this glowing hand and how did you develop the power to close these doors" you might ask? Who knows.. The pain of playing the game to find the answer makes you quickly forget why you bought the game in the first place.

Graphics and performance: I am running a PC powered by an i7 4770k CPU, GTX 780-Ti, 16 GB ram and I STILL experience stuttering quite frequently. How do you spend this much money developing a game only to have j/v issues like this!? The world is extremely un-polished and looks as though it were covered in shiny plastic.

Game play: Skills and abilities available to your group are limited, leaving your inner tactician thirsting for more options. It was almost like playing an MMORPG with no-one else online.... dull...as...hell....… Expand

DissTurbo

Nov 22, 2014

1

NO HATE – NO FANBOYISM – NO BIAS
JUST A REVIEW:
I’ll keep it in bullet points and w/o any unnecessary fillers. + graphics (despite some terrain and characters’ textures issues graphically the game is great) + vivid world and multitude of things to be done (some very nice touches with the minigames etc) + great dialogues (interactions between the characters are awesome) + stableNO HATE – NO FANBOYISM – NO BIAS
JUST A REVIEW:
I’ll keep it in bullet points and w/o any unnecessary fillers.
+ graphics (despite some terrain and characters’ textures issues graphically the game is great)
+ vivid world and multitude of things to be done (some very nice touches with the minigames etc)
+ great dialogues (interactions between the characters are awesome)
+ stable gameplay, no crashes, no freezes.

- NOT MADE FOR PC KEYBOARD AND MOUSE (controls are just plain dumb, ‘=’ to dismount?!?
- Tactical camera, a feature which supposedly should work BETTER on PC, is broken. Period.
- Story didn’t suck me in (I guess it might be compelling for other people who enjoyed DAO and/or DAII)
- No facial expressions (ruins the experience IMO), uncanny valley FTW!
- No autoattack feature
- No walk/run toggle. (that is absolute immersion destroyer
- Horse ‘blow of wind’ effect just to make it look faster while in fact you are probably better off just on feet
- Sometimes things spawned ON MY HEAD!
- Some unnecessary time fillers (some collectibles etc seem to be implemented just to serve as a time sink)
- Little variety of spells for mage
- AI dumbed down with very limited/non-existent tactics and commands (couldn’t issue a command to revive my teammates if I’m alive)
- Menus are a mess (just to find out how much HP you have you have to scroll down all the way down to check attributes or …..rely on VISUAL representation of your statistics which does not help at all when you compare stuff like +18hp belt)
- No tooltip for skills!!!
- No innovations in the gameplay (unless you count NO HEALING as innovation)
- Quests are classical MMORPG go, fetch, kill, return

POOR POOR game for PC. Looks great and ‘feels’ great on the surface but on the PC it is simply not enjoyable. A whole lot of negatives could’ve been fixed if only BIOWARE did not neglect the PC market of the game. I did preorder it and after 12 hours of pushing myself just to get my money worth back I conclude that it is the biggest disappointment in my whole gaming career.

PS. big standing ovation for BIOWARE/EA marketing departments, they are good enough to sell sand on Sahara desert...… Expand

Xanders

Nov 22, 2014

1

Yes, also registered here for the review of Dragon Age: Inquisition.
First of all i'd like to say about super-customer-friendly EA Origins region lock policy:
if u dont speak the language of the country u live in at this moment - u have no opportunity to play or even buy the game with ur native language; the official customer service resonse is smthing like: fly to Europe, buy the gameYes, also registered here for the review of Dragon Age: Inquisition.
First of all i'd like to say about super-customer-friendly EA Origins region lock policy:
if u dont speak the language of the country u live in at this moment - u have no opportunity to play or even buy the game with ur native language;
the official customer service resonse is smthing like: fly to Europe, buy the game there and then u probably will be able to play it with English interface and subtitles".

Well, steam has overgrown such problems like a decade ago..

The second ringbell was right after the start: those who preordered this game could use "The Origin Great Game Guarantee" - get full refund before 24 hrs run out since first launch;
but for those who get the game after - it is no more, so EA admits - it is not "The Origin Great Game" any more? What exactly has happened?

- Game dont run on dual cores?
- Not a problem, the system requirements were published before the release, we dont support losers.
- Game has freezes/low fps/crashes?
- Nah, we will use that new protection system (that adds new problems?) so pirates will not suffer it (as our loyal customers do). Thanks.
- You are a dedicated PC user?
- Nonsense, all gamers must have a gamepad in order to play, if u dont have one (or dont wanna have) and u use kbrd+mouse then - u r a looser, admit it.

Gave it 1 cos i hope in some parallel universe players could:

Enjoy deep NPC personalities;
Enjoy deep and interesting quest chains;
Enjoy hardcore tactical battles if u r oldschool hardcore player (or just DA:Origins fan) ;
Enjoy visual side (animation/look);
Add mods to the game;
Play the game at the language u wanna to;
Play the game comfortably on all the platforms.… Expand

exotikras

Nov 23, 2014

1

Alright, i'm tried not look into horrible acting where main character looking like an idiot, i'm trying not look into stupid mmo like quests... but honestly that game is no different like shadow of Mordor, farcry4, assassin's creed and other consoles **** and PC controls... OMG! they are terrible... even one stupid thing, why i can't just walk, why i always running like and idiot andAlright, i'm tried not look into horrible acting where main character looking like an idiot, i'm trying not look into stupid mmo like quests... but honestly that game is no different like shadow of Mordor, farcry4, assassin's creed and other consoles **** and PC controls... OMG! they are terrible... even one stupid thing, why i can't just walk, why i always running like and idiot and sliding afterwards... EA says that they will release some kind of patch for that, but it's idiotic didn't they saw that PC controls are terrible before they release the game? And i not even talking about game it self, that is stupid like others EA games...… Expand

salzherz

Nov 30, 2014

1

OLD GRUMPY GAMERs like me will wish this console port to hell.
But...wait.. its Bioware ?
Yes, and thats the fundamental issue with multi platform titles. They need to design it for guys which cant remember the class they choosed from start. The combat its broken. Just like a action game. The tactical camera is a pain in the neck. Classes are standard. Storyline is ok. Graphics areOLD GRUMPY GAMERs like me will wish this console port to hell.
But...wait.. its Bioware ?
Yes, and thats the fundamental issue with multi platform titles.
They need to design it for guys which cant remember the class they choosed from start.
The combat its broken. Just like a action game. The tactical camera is a pain in the neck.
Classes are standard. Storyline is ok. Graphics are (beside the Face animations and the hair) great.
But damm, where is the glory of the old titles, where is the smooth GAMEPLAY ?
Its like the engine is there, without any steer to drive it smootly.
My last title from EA.… Expand

Brightboi

Nov 24, 2014

1

Like others before me here I have to say that I'm a big fan of Origins and even liked 2. However, the poor PC port (why even have a PC port, just make the game for use with keyboard & mouse) makes the game extremely difficult to enjoy.

Also, the story, the characters, the writing, the combat, the depth, all sub par. It seems the creators of inquisition were really only interested inLike others before me here I have to say that I'm a big fan of Origins and even liked 2. However, the poor PC port (why even have a PC port, just make the game for use with keyboard & mouse) makes the game extremely difficult to enjoy.

Also, the story, the characters, the writing, the combat, the depth, all sub par. It seems the creators of inquisition were really only interested in putting out the lowest quality, highest profit margin game possible.

Does EA really believe that PC gameplay is dead or do they only wish it were? Their are still many of us who enjoy playing games on the PC. Ostensibly because games played on the PC offer things like roll over information to better understand an ability, skill, spell etc... The ability to map your keyboard to get the key combinations perfect for your game play control. The ability to use the mouse to pan and zoom anywhere on a map or battlefield. To have a "free camera" so you can move around a battlefield to enable ultimate tactical control. To use the mouse to "click" on objects to perform a behavior, activate an option or expand a view. Creating games on a PC gives the developer a rich toolset with which to work and gives me as a player a rich world to explore and play in. Apparently rich, in depth and customizable is no longer in vogue.

The quests, like others have communicated ad nauseam, are dull and made to simply keep you busy doing nothing. In most cases they do not in any way enrich the experience of playing the game. I want quests that advance the story, not my boredom.

I like immersion. A disconnect from from everyday reality. An adventure filled with interesting characters, witty dialog, surprises, puzzles and mystery. Inquisition delivers none of that... It's a game for the mindless.

I like depth. I want to have deep skill tree's, to be able to craft something not only usable but unique to my play style. I want to design each character I control so that they are unique and that fit into my battle scheme in a way that is synergistic to my party. Inquisition has none of that... It's a game for the shallow.

I like tactical combat. I want to control every aspect of the battlefield. I want a camera that doesn't let the environment get in the way and allows me to see the entire field of play. I want to be able to utilize the pre-designed talents, skill sets and attributes of each member of my party in a way that allows me to win a battle with skill and intellect. I want an AI to compete against that does more than just swing a sword or cast a spell. I want the AI to block, counter spell, use the environment and surprise me. Inquisition has none of that... it's a game for those who like arcade style combat.

To say I'm disappointed is an understatement. All of the things that made Origins and to a lesser extent DA:2 fun and engaging are now gone. That which made Bioware great has been destroyed by mediocrity, neglect and laziness.

Ultimately the promise of Dragon Age Inquisition is like very many things these days. It's all marketing, misdirection and a drive by the developer to maximize profit.

No more Bioware (EAWare) games for me until they decide to honor their promise.… Expand

EroticOnion23

Nov 25, 2014

1

I felt compelled to create an account and write my first review just because how disappointed I was at this game...

Most BW fans play BW games for the story and companions, gameplay has never been their greatest strengths. The gameplays were interesting, but 'niche,' like DAO and felt like chess or turn-based in a way. And that was okay! In fact great! But in this iteration, (at leastI felt compelled to create an account and write my first review just because how disappointed I was at this game...

Most BW fans play BW games for the story and companions, gameplay has never been their greatest strengths. The gameplays were interesting, but 'niche,' like DAO and felt like chess or turn-based in a way. And that was okay! In fact great! But in this iteration, (at least playing as a mage, supposedly the 'most tactical' class) gameplay is instead relegated to face-planting on the keyboard as fast as possible. After playing for ~45 hours, I realized I've not use the tactical camera once besides moving my archer (Sera), because the AI is so inanely bad your squishy DPS will just stand there face-tanking damage and waste potions! They will NOT use their 'escapes' like back-jump and stealth, because the AI use them for 'damage' and 'opener' respectively. WTF! No, all you ever do is hold the mouse button (no AA), and spam your cooldowns...the only slight 'tactical area of gameplay' is just deciding when to use your barrier...

Another thing about the gameplay. The potion cap and no healing was put in to create 'artificial filler' to increase game completion time because you would almost always have to teleport back to camp after a tough encounter and completely backtrack to where you were. Meet a troll? Teleport back and back track after. Meet a Red Templar Behemoth? Teleport back and back track after. And not to mention farking respawning enemies every 5 minutes!! I've literally loaded a game and landed right on top of a group of enemies..More fking filler...

Another thing about gameplay, it is EXTREMELY easy to 'cheese' the AI. Say if you're down to one person, just run away; the enemy will chase for a bit but they have invisible walls they will never cross and they don't regenerate health. So just run away way until the game exits combat mode, have your team revive, barrier, and attack until dead; repeat if necessary. This is not the case in DAO where enemies (and you) would regen HP completely, while any downed companions will have injuries, causing a disadvantage. Also unlike DAO, attacks don't register unless it 'connects' to the character model, meaning you can just jump around and cheese like in fking Arkham Asylum! In Dragon Age! Far from 'as promised similar to' DAO indeed...Feel like an MMO (WoW) without other humans, if you can imagine that...

Also, if an encounter gives you trouble go easy mode and just pick knight enchanter, (unlimited) repec all points to KE, cast barrier, hold sword cast. You'll solo the game on nightmare no problem.

Now let's get to what BW does best. The story and NPC interactions! Basically the story and atmosphere sucked donkey dongs, like big throbbing donkey dongs...No climax, no 'gravity', no sense of 'dread' such as in DAO. Terrible atmosphere and no investment. Remember how in the first DA the world and weather was bleak and you can feel the hopelessness and the menace of the Darkspawn and demons? How it made you feel it was going to be a long, hard, uphill battle but in the end a glorious crusade to save the world proper of a true dark fantasy game? Well, hope you hated that feeling since there's none of that here. Sunny days except for maybe 3 areas, closing green jello floating in the air. That's your atmosphere. Also, I did not give a single fk about any of the companions. The banter count is low, maybe once per 2 hours?! There are no interesting back stories like in DAO, like how Alistar was the king's illegitimate son and he was actually a good leader. Or how Leliana was an assassin prior to her repentance. Or how Morrigan was just a vessel for her mother's immortality. Nope, none of that here, you get run of the mill Grey Warden who live in solitude in the woods, mage with grudge against his former teacher, Qunari warrior, etc...You also cannot talk unless at the keep! WTF!

And the ending! OMFG was that abrupt! It will disappoint I GUAREEN-FKING-TEE it! Without the fetch filler quest and 'power' (another artificial filler), you can complete the game in 15 hours. On hard! 15 hours of 'real gameplay and story' bloated to ~40. Fking GG.

Basically BW fked it up, severely bad. Fk'd the story/NPCs, fk'd the atmosphere, and fk'd the gameplay/AI.

Give it a 1 out of 10 because Morrigan and Lelianna were actually pretty hot in game as opposed to the art, about the only thing worth the triple A budget lmao. Morrigan's face look the most developed out of all in the game, her lips actually move realistically and you can ACTUALLY tell what her emotions are!! If I wasn't a diehard DAO fan I would have refunded after 20 minutes in the Hinterlands. I will be more wary of 'critic reviews' of EA games and all games next time!

I've droned on long enough. Vote with your wallet!

BioWare is dead. Thanks EA...I hope one day EA just sells all the IP to Larian Studios, an indie, or whatever and close down this shameful reversal of the once great development studio.… Expand

MagiChrist

Nov 29, 2014

1

Never felt the need to write a review about a game like this but since I love this serie so much. Let's get started:

Story 1/10 : Rifts are opening everywhere in Thedas bringing with them waves of demons. You're quickly put in charge of a newly created organization called the Inquisition which is in charge of dealing with this problem. This sounds pretty good, however nothing thatNever felt the need to write a review about a game like this but since I love this serie so much. Let's get started:

Story 1/10 :

Rifts are opening everywhere in Thedas bringing with them waves of demons. You're quickly put in charge of a newly created organization called the Inquisition which is in charge of dealing with this problem. This sounds pretty good, however nothing that you do has any real impacts on how you build this organization.

This is the biggest problem with the story in this game, it's bland and all the choice that you make have no impact on the game overall. You ally yourself with this group instead of another, no impact on the story at all. You kill this person instead of let him go, nothing changes. I even tried to piss off Sera, a party member, has much as possible and she never even let a hint that she was annoyed with me. I remember games like Baldur's gate, Planescape Torment or Dragon age Origins where choices that you make could cause party members to leave or betray you. Massive disappointment here.

The main enemy has a really exciting story behind him, however, Bioware screw this up since we see this villain during about 3-4 cutscenes for the whole game. For the final mission, I was expecting a big build up where you send your massive army that you worked for during the game against the enemy. Of course not, just a quick cutscene and your fightning against the last boss. What happened here ??

Gameplay 2/10:

Welcome to Dragon Age Inquisition the MMO. Almost all quests are fetch quests, close the same rift 100 times and kill this generic enemy. If you like MMO, this might be the game for you. The fact that the mining and the pick up animation takes a few seconds makes this task even worse.

The controls are horrible on PC and when I mean horrible, it's bad. I had to go buy a Xbox One controller at the store because I was giving myself Carpal Tunnel just from playing. That tactical camera is completely broken and a mess, you can't zoom out.

The main missions are quite good. However, there's not even 10 of them (i'm not even kidding).

Sound 5/10:

The soundtracks are fine but don't have the quality of the first game. I played this game for 100 hours and I can't even remember one song.

Graphics 8/10:

The graphics are good, if you a PC that can run it. The textures are good and the background looks impressive. The environment is also immersive and will bring you some wow moments.

Bugs:

The main reason why I game this game a 1/10. This game is buggy as hell to a point where it's almost unplayable. Here are a list of bugs that I encounter myself:

Transgender bug: don't know what caused this, however the game will consider you a female even if you're male. Had to restart a 15 hours game because of this.

Voice change bug: if you decide to customize Hawke in-game, you character voice changes forever. Learned this the hard way

Infinite loading: sometimes the game will load forever.

Epileptic NPCs: NPCs will float in the air, disappear in the ground and will be missing limbs. Funny but completely breaks immersion.

Freezing cut scenes: approximately 10 % of the time, the cut scenes will freeze and I had to restart the game.

Searching bug: by pressing on the left joystick (Xbox One controller) you can search your environment. Sometimes, you will not find anything even if you're searching directly on the object and you will have to restart your game.

Solas quest bug: couldn't trigger the demon cut scene in Solas quest, had to restart again.

Bad specializations: I was playing has a mage and was given warriors specializations. Had to restart the game.

Multiplayer 0/10:

Multiplayer is fun but unplayable at the moments due to numerous bugs. This looks like it wasn't even tested. Here are again a list of bugs but only for the multiplayer:

Connection error: have fun with this 75 % of the game you join will result in this. Can't move: happens 25 % of the time when I join a game. Un-killable invisible enemies: enemies will go in stealth and refuse to come out of it. Furthermore, they will be invincible in this state. Respawning urns: you can get money from urns. However, most of them respawn as soon as you destroy them. Unable to progress: each stage is divided in 5 parts in which you need a key to go to the next part. Sometimes, if one of your party member dies and disconnect, you will be unable through progress. Extreme rubber-banding: happens to every one of my friends. The only way you can avoid this is by jumping. Final score 1/10: Could have been a fun game. Weak story and gameplay with massive game breaking bugs bring this game to a 1/10. Do not buy, I repeat do not buy until Bioware fixes the bugs.… Expand

Parkergk

Dec 2, 2014

1

Well, I was going to give the game a zero, but the voice acting is fairly good, and the graphics aren't horrendous, but certainly not what I was expecting..

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

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

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

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

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

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

I never played DA:II, but I was an enormous fan of Dragon Age: Origins, one of my favorite games by far. I had hoped this game would be a continuation of all that made DAO awesome, but I was wrong.… Expand

jerker1977

May 28, 2016

1

A paltry successor to what started out as an amazing series with Origins and Awakening. With Inquisition Dragon age has been downgraded to a Disneyland for grinders and a digest for connoisseurs of second rate fiction. To lowest pitch of abject fortune the franchise art fallen!

Nicholay

Dec 6, 2014

1

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

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

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

Negatives:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1/10. The best entertainment value I got out of this game is when the cast breaks into song out of nowhere. Absolutely hilarious. Unfortunately the writers were trying to be serious.… Expand

alexjohn

Dec 7, 2014

1

Where do I start?

Poor graphics quality, I've seen games that look better and have lower system requirements that this one. Do we really need 8 GB of RAM and high end CPU and Video Card to display low resolution, console optimized, textures and have to put up with low and inconsistent frame rates? Come on EA, a PC can do a lot more than a console. Story Dialogues and characters couldWhere do I start?

Poor graphics quality, I've seen games that look better and have lower system requirements that this one. Do we really need 8 GB of RAM and high end CPU and Video Card to display low resolution, console optimized, textures and have to put up with low and inconsistent frame rates? Come on EA, a PC can do a lot more than a console.

Story Dialogues and characters could have use a lot more development. Right now they're plain idiotic at times and I doubt they will ever do something about it.

What's with all the MMO functionality like level based mobs/areas, resources/mob grinding, boring anoying filler quests, constantly respawning mobs and other stuff thrown at random? This is a single player RPG, we're not playing a subscription based MMORPG.

The entire tactical system is broken, don't bother to assign commands to your team, they will forget them or get stuck. The camera is too close and trees, roofs and other objects will get in the way. Not to mention that you can no longer pause the game at any time to assign orders and tactics...

Where is the open world that was promissed? I'm not really annoyed by this but having several enlarged areas and the only way to got from one to another being jumping using the world map or special transition points does not qualify as an open world. Skyrim got this right from the first time.

Mouse and keyboard controlls are a disaster and there is no way I'm buying a Xbox gamepad just for this game (it doesn't recognize any other controllers on a PC, go figure...). Emulating a Xbox gamepad using some random mouse/keyboard keys and movements is not going to work.

You have move your character every inch and you have to spam the R key or click all the time because they removed the mouse based auto-attack functionaliy (just becauuse consoles don't use mice anyway, right EA?)

You want to move from one place to another and clicked on your destination in vain? Well, bad luck, now you have to navigate the character every inch of the way. The auto-movement system is completely gone.

Remember when you could just click on some loot and the character would walk to it and well..loot it? well bad luck, that's gone, right now you have to actively walk to the desired item and if you are not almost on top of it you can't loot it...nice work EA.

The mouse is practically useless, can't use it to select npc's, can't use it to target, and things go on like this forever, just because consoles don't use mice....

Can't see the loot/objectives in the area or assign a key for this, you have to constantly "ping" the nearby area by spamming the V key (or whatever key you assign for this) and run around just to be sure you don't miss anything. (After all consoles don't use keyboards, right EA)

In previous games the mini-map was displaying the general layout of the nearby area, now it's just a transparent mess with some icons on it.

The area map is useless at this point. In DA:O and DA2 you could actually use it to find your way, something that is almost impossible now.

The UI is 100% optimized for consoles, lots of deep nested menus for inventory, talents, etc. You can't even assign stats points anymore.

Last time I ever buy a EA game, (DA:O was fantastic, I even liked DA2) but after wasting 60 euros on this poor excuse of a game and having been refused a refund I'm done with EA games.… Expand

Sillybeard80

Dec 11, 2014

1

Sadly, they made a potentially excellent game utterly boring with a huge number of unengaging activities. The whole point of video games is that they suspend disbelief and draw you into a world but this one just made me utterly embarrassed that I was playing a game instead of, well, pretty much anything else. The narrative arc is protracted and poorly put together, the combat system felt,Sadly, they made a potentially excellent game utterly boring with a huge number of unengaging activities. The whole point of video games is that they suspend disbelief and draw you into a world but this one just made me utterly embarrassed that I was playing a game instead of, well, pretty much anything else. The narrative arc is protracted and poorly put together, the combat system felt, perhaps as a result of our changing tastes, really clunky. But my main problem was that within a short space of time, I didnt care much about the characters, but I played through further hoping it would change. It didn't. Strongly suggest you stay away. - much more like the second installment than the first.… Expand

StewVader363

Dec 13, 2014

1

The game is worth $19.99 in my opinion. The game is buggy, unpolished and cumbersome to play. I would not recommend this game to anyone. The controls are not good, the interface is not good, I really don't know developers are putting out such low quality games and slapping a "Game of the Year" contender on them.

Avoid this game, unless you can get it on sale for $19.99.

It is garbage.

Suffer

Dec 14, 2014

1

I want to type a full review, but ... Those who played the game and who enjoyed DAO before, they told enough already.
* There is no choices at all, all of them lead to one script and 99% of them changes nothing, not even the answer from another NPC, same **** with dialogues with party members - no changes in approval, nothing.
* There is no open world. Locations is huge and ... linear.I want to type a full review, but ... Those who played the game and who enjoyed DAO before, they told enough already.
* There is no choices at all, all of them lead to one script and 99% of them changes nothing, not even the answer from another NPC, same **** with dialogues with party members - no changes in approval, nothing.
* There is no open world. Locations is huge and ... linear. In some locations u will be able to climb on almost 90 degrees walls, another ones will not allow you to overstep one little stone. And yes they separated by loading screen, nothing more.
* There is no 100+ of quality gameplay. Secondary quests is stupid **** You HAVE to grind inifinite resources/mobs to unlock primary quests and locations. Stupidest and boring **** ive ever seen, like second-sorted MMO.
* There is no tactic combat. Brainblowing AI, horrible controls (PC), horrible tactic pause mode. Nothing else to say.

Add a bad optimization.
Total: Those who hoping to see much more improved DAO will be disappointed. There is almost no Dragon age in this game.… Expand

volmmer

Dec 19, 2014

1

Made an account here just to warn others. DO NOT BUY this game. It is broken.
SLI rig with two 980's. Flickering textures, and completely unplayable unless you want an epileptic fit. Yes you can turn SLI off and this works, but then the frames drop to below acceptable (2560*1600). And why should I do this, when I have two gfx cards? Unfortunately no refunds, so money wasted, and Bioware /Made an account here just to warn others. DO NOT BUY this game. It is broken.
SLI rig with two 980's. Flickering textures, and completely unplayable unless you want an epileptic fit. Yes you can turn SLI off and this works, but then the frames drop to below acceptable (2560*1600). And why should I do this, when I have two gfx cards? Unfortunately no refunds, so money wasted, and Bioware / EA as usual do not give a crap, but how can they ignore the score distribution above? Next time I'll check reviews on Metacritic first before buying.… Expand

inoxtomas

Dec 19, 2014

1

first review, (forgive my English, it's not my mother language)

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

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

combat is clunky to the hell..don't buy..if u want an rpg buy divinity instead of this crap..

Subflow22

Dec 20, 2014

1

This is the first review I have written on this site. I just created my account for the sole purpose of writing this review. I'll keep is short and sweet with relevant info only. Taking into consideration that DA:O was one of my favorite games of all time, here is my opinion on DA:I:

1.) This is not an RPG. It's an action game. The macro system that let you completely customize yourThis is the first review I have written on this site. I just created my account for the sole purpose of writing this review. I'll keep is short and sweet with relevant info only. Taking into consideration that DA:O was one of my favorite games of all time, here is my opinion on DA:I:

1.) This is not an RPG. It's an action game. The macro system that let you completely customize your followers behavior in combat has been ruined completely. It is not dumbed-down to 4 total options and the AI is awful. You can't even place your own stat points when you level, making me wonder why development even bother to make them visible. This is a thinly veiled insult to true RPG gamers that value character customization. This would make a good game for my 6 year old son on a console.

2.) This is not a PC game. This is a console game. I'm not here to bash on console games or gamers - I play quite a few myself. I'm simply stating that the depth and breadth of granular control possible only with mouse and keyboard was not an important factor to the developers of this title. In fact, I find the game nearly unplayable with a mouse and keyboard. This is mostly due to the terrible camera controls and the lack of an auto-attack and mandatory animation with each (accidental) attack. Gamepad is mandatory.

3.) The story line is, in my opinion, awful. Characters are terribly cliche without the quality back stories of previous DA characters. The use of the garrison and war room and such does nothing to add to the quality of the story or the perception of control. It's just clunky. I do not enjoy any of it. Choosing and such is a confusing and pointless exercise that I find painful and wish I could skip. The NPCs in the game are nothing more than cardboard cut-outs. Seriously, If you enjoyed Skyrim you will probably think this game is a joke.

4.) This point is probably the most important. They hype and the reviews around this game highlight the ONLY thing that EA/Bioware have done perfectly in this game: Marketing. They spent a lot of money on this hype. Based on what I see in the Critic Reviews, I have to assume that they spent a lot of money on those reviews too. It is ALL lies. Bought and paid for. You have been deceived by a marketing campaign that intentionally lied to you to steal your money. Even here on this site! User Score 5.8? I've been reading through all the reviews here for hours, in utter fascination. So few positive reviews, but somehow the game still has a 5.8. The only thing I can think is that 0 reviews must not be counted?

If DA:O set the mold, this is NOT a Dragon Age game at all. This is an impostor that stole from the world and the story. It almost feels like the REAL Bioware should pop up at any moment and and file a suit for theft of Intellectual Property or something..... This game is awful and I've never felt more cheated, lied to or robbed than I did in my first few hours with this title.

Right now, I am going to scour the web for true Critical Reviewers that gave this title the score it deserves and I will use them moving forward as my sole source for future reviews.… Expand

nargs

Dec 22, 2014

1

Really disappointing. I just could not play this this kind of port. Holding mouse button to change camera angle? Close combat fighting? TACTICAL view? really? Half of the play you have to fight camera. I love this how now they call "tactical view", but it is just awful. Go around with wasd? I have not even seen this kind of control. And you are just too zoomed in to see the whole battleReally disappointing. I just could not play this this kind of port. Holding mouse button to change camera angle? Close combat fighting? TACTICAL view? really? Half of the play you have to fight camera. I love this how now they call "tactical view", but it is just awful. Go around with wasd? I have not even seen this kind of control. And you are just too zoomed in to see the whole battle normally. I could just go on and on about how terrible is this port. I consider this as not playable.… Expand

NakorZ

Dec 24, 2014

1

What I wanted from this game was something reminiscent of Origins. At the very least I hoped for some dim echo of that masterpiece.

Instead we got DA2 (2): Skyrim edition. Pro's - Decent world design - Good world graphics - Good music Con's - Camera is trash - AI is trash (won't listen to any directions) - Tactical view is worthless - Entire game is clearly made forWhat I wanted from this game was something reminiscent of Origins. At the very least I hoped for some dim echo of that masterpiece.

Instead we got DA2 (2): Skyrim edition.

Pro's
- Decent world design
- Good world graphics
- Good music

Con's
- Camera is trash
- AI is trash (won't listen to any directions)
- Tactical view is worthless
- Entire game is clearly made for consoles in every way. They didn't even try to optimize for PC.
- Combat is awful; they took every bad aspect of DA2 and duplicated it, then made it even a little worse.
- Skill trees are a joke. Even worse than DA2, if you'll believe it.
- My mages animations look like he is a **** airbender, just like DA2. I want mages to be regal, powerful. Instead they look like clowns.
- Fetch quests. Everywhere, all the time.
- Character graphics are oddly terrible. I couldn't make a character that didn't look retarded. Also shiny.

By far the worst things for me is the total snub of PC as a platform. It was already obvious with DA2, but they have cemented it now with Inquisition. Bioware and EA don't give a **** about PC players, even when DA began as a PC title. It was lovingly crafted in every way for PC. Now, PC controls and UI are awful; barely adequate to even function, and definitely not enjoyable. Basic but important mechanics have been gradually stripped away from this series until what we are left with is a crude shell of what Origins was. Verily, anyone who can say Inquisition (or DA2) is better combat-wise than Origins truly had no **** idea what they were doing when they played it. This can be seen in the references to how Origins had too many skills that you didn't use; except of course, you did use them, if you weren't a total ****wit. Most of the skills combo'd together wonderfully and if you weren't a console pleb playing on easy, it was actually important.

The thing I enjoyed most in Origins, outside of the story and characters, was weaving powerful magical combinations together to take out groups of enemies. That feeling is completely and utterly dead in Inquisition. Combo's still exist, but they are largely an afterthought and don't have nearly the same impact. Magic in general feels completely gutted, and from looking at the other skill trees the same appears to be true there as well.

I predicted that Inquisition would be bad. Awful, actually. I knew it from the moment they revealed they were continuing DA2's story-line about the mages and templars. All I can say is that I hate to be proven right. I wanted this game to be good, a return to Origins. Instead it is not only a continuation of everything wrong with DA2, it's actually a steeper decent to utter console peasantry.

RIP Origins, the only good DA.… Expand

AzorOhai

Dec 28, 2014

1

I cannot explain how disappointed I was with this game. Upon starting the game, the first thing that surprised me was the fact that the graphics were unbelievably sub par in comparison to most of the contemporary AAA titles. However, the biggest problem I have with this title is the abysmal job the voice actors did. The plot was very unimaginative, but the voice acting should have servedI cannot explain how disappointed I was with this game. Upon starting the game, the first thing that surprised me was the fact that the graphics were unbelievably sub par in comparison to most of the contemporary AAA titles. However, the biggest problem I have with this title is the abysmal job the voice actors did. The plot was very unimaginative, but the voice acting should have served to cover it up. Instead, it just added fuel to the fire.

Furthermore, the characters in said cutscenes were very poorly animated, which made it even more difficult to immerse in the already lackluster story. Characters are very difficult to control due to bad camera work, thus rendering the combat part nearly impossible for me to enjoy. To cap it all off, the tactical screen was very confusing and not well-done.

In conclusion, an unbelievable disappointment and a disgrace to the BioWare franchise. If there is any possibility you can avoid this game, save yourself the time and money and do so.… Expand

Tobra

Dec 29, 2014

1

Wow...wow I waited so long for this..Here is what I found

Terribly clunky - I played with mouse and keyboard Did not feel nice,
Low FPS (so much for 1 year old pc) - Sound issues
Was bored of the story right away

Would like a refund but i doubt that will ever happen,

tanc

Jan 1, 2015

1

Just really uninspiring. Can't engage with any characters, awful controls, boring combat. Recommend staying clear of this game whether you are a fan of the genre or the franchise. Plays like an MMORPG which in my opinion is not a good thing.

dogsieik

Dec 31, 2014

1

Extremely poor map design. You will waste a lot of time trying to travel, both horizontally and vertically.

Extremely poor fillers. You will waste a lot of time searching for items placed in pointless areas of the map.

Extremely poor graphics. You will see a lot of plastic faces that can't smile/frown/cry.

Side quests are tedious/boring.

noxp

Jan 8, 2015

1

I think EA executives have no conscience. When they are realized their MMO Blackfoot was a complete failure they decided to sell it as single playing RPG.
So it is like this: all quests outside main line is in worst traditions of korean/chinese MMO, huge maps with respawning mobs which drop useless stuff, dialogue options is just illusion of choice, they are all same phrase said in otherI think EA executives have no conscience. When they are realized their MMO Blackfoot was a complete failure they decided to sell it as single playing RPG.
So it is like this: all quests outside main line is in worst traditions of korean/chinese MMO, huge maps with respawning mobs which drop useless stuff, dialogue options is just illusion of choice, they are all same phrase said in other words. The only real choice you can made is romance options, but i think any japanese visual novel is is a way better in that aspect.
This is one of the worst games ever made, waste of money and time.… Expand

Makarash

Jan 10, 2015

1

I'm Big fan of RPG, i love Dragon Age 1, i really like Dragon Age 2, but this... i really don't have idea why this game is so bad. I try to play it, but i cant try more than 5 hours. It is just terrible, no story, no game-play... just nothing. I also don't believe in all this negative reviews, so i have try it by myself. But believe me, this game is not worth trying. I play only by XBOXI'm Big fan of RPG, i love Dragon Age 1, i really like Dragon Age 2, but this... i really don't have idea why this game is so bad. I try to play it, but i cant try more than 5 hours. It is just terrible, no story, no game-play... just nothing. I also don't believe in all this negative reviews, so i have try it by myself. But believe me, this game is not worth trying. I play only by XBOX pad, so my review is not determined by controling (it is ok). This 5 hours i play this game, feels like playing very poor MMORPG...… Expand

gameinspector

Jan 10, 2015

1

Warning ;- Best to wait until the game is finished before buying it. Releasing unfinished games is becoming a habit with companies these days. Fight back - do not pre-order any games ever!!! Then read reviews from the suckers who did buy before doing so yourself. Also the more the hype is the more suspicious you need to be, don't believe anything the devs tell you till you see it forWarning ;- Best to wait until the game is finished before buying it. Releasing unfinished games is becoming a habit with companies these days. Fight back - do not pre-order any games ever!!! Then read reviews from the suckers who did buy before doing so yourself. Also the more the hype is the more suspicious you need to be, don't believe anything the devs tell you till you see it for yourself. OR you can ignore this advice and continue to be ripped off with unfinished buggy games like this DAI is.… Expand

Chrisalliance

Mar 8, 2015

1

Very bad game feels like i'm playing dragon age 2 again only with more things added :I If they added more work to it then it would be a good game to play.

Anguigena

Jan 17, 2015

1

Made a metacritic account simply to post the following.

Dragon Age 1 set the bar for modern day crpgs; very few titles come close. DA2, while there were changes I over all didn't find them too frustrating I was intrigued by the story and how dynamic things had become. DA3.... The graphics as others have written are the main selling point. They crippled how you could customize yourMade a metacritic account simply to post the following.

Dragon Age 1 set the bar for modern day crpgs; very few titles come close. DA2, while there were changes I over all didn't find them too frustrating I was intrigued by the story and how dynamic things had become. DA3.... The graphics as others have written are the main selling point. They crippled how you could customize your character, the inventory screen has become almost unusable.

Voice acting is decent but not up to the par of previous games. It feels like they tried to merge DA1 and DA2, and managed to take the most frustrating parts of DA1 and the most stupid parts of DA2 and cram them into well 1 + 2 does equal 3. The abilities have been nerfed into something resembling spam. Instead of many ways to spend talent points you have 4 paths.

While the talents seem interesting the farther one progresses in the game one realizes just how menial they all are.

SWTOR is amazing,
Mass Effect is amazing.
The Dragon Age series has more or less sunk into a toilet.

It's somewhat depressing that the people that brought us the original Fallout(s), Icewind Dale, Planescape Torment, and Baulders Gate have completely forgotten how to make a CRPG.

Don't waste your money. It's not worth it until it goes into the $9.99 sales bin, even then it's a complete let down.

2 stars for graphics alone. Voice acting is sub par, story is actually disengaging as it just drags drags drags drags, the actual gameplay is purely stupid. Bioware removed extra options to the lowest possible denominator. So controls are simple... but its literally mashing 2-3 buttons over and over and over. Party AI has been improved ever so slightly, but they removed the vast majority of ways you could issue orders. It's like they tried to make it stupid proof and in the process managed to kill the customization of characters and ways to make the party work together as they all do their own thing.

"Everybody from warrior to mage do the exact same things but with different animations to make them feel special" is the motto of this game.

And @ DragonKnight.... If you claim EA has 'glorious enlightenment and guidance'.... I'll leave others to bash on you for saying that. You have demonstrated you are somebody who has no idea what they are talking about and can be disregarded.

If I were in charge of Bioware I'd take a careful look at how the *users* hated it and how the critics loved it. Helllllloooooo Electronic Arts influence.… Expand

Mongo

Feb 3, 2015

1

Are you wondering why the user reviews are so extreme? It is this: the hype and the Dragon Age title made us believe this would be a tactics-based RPG with engaging characters. It's not. If (like me) you've played through DA:O 5-6 times and think it was near-perfect, then you will probably hate DA:I. I sure do.

Its a pretty game (except for the creepy oil sheen on your characters). IAre you wondering why the user reviews are so extreme? It is this: the hype and the Dragon Age title made us believe this would be a tactics-based RPG with engaging characters. It's not. If (like me) you've played through DA:O 5-6 times and think it was near-perfect, then you will probably hate DA:I. I sure do.

Its a pretty game (except for the creepy oil sheen on your characters). I have had zero technical or performance problems. But the game play reminds me a lot of the newer Zelda games (which I also hated). It's basically a 3D platformer in a fake open world, with RPG dressing, and (ugh) constantly respawning mobs.

The only skills you'll need are button-mashing and remembering where the randomly-placed overpowered mobs live, so you can come back and kill them later. There are almost no strategy, tactical, or for that matter RPG elements. Even basic tactics (kiting, bottle necks, crowd control spells) are unusable with this interface. Just hold down "R" and fire your special attacks when they recharge. Remember pondering over weapon choices in DA:O? No need here. There's a lot less loot, and all choices are obvious.

Obviously a lot of people like this kind of game, especially on consoles. That's where the positive reviews come from. But they're not usually the same people who loved DA:O. I'm 19 hours in, and bored to tears. I don't know how much more I can take.… Expand

lilgrevious77

Feb 3, 2015

1

It seems that Bioware has finally given in to EA's money-hungry influence and released a game that will no doubt disappoint many fans of the Dragon Age series. First of, there are a few glitches and texture pop-ins, but there are few of these and the ones that you do come across are rarely noteworthy and almost never game breaking, and so these flaws can be easily overlooked. The combat isIt seems that Bioware has finally given in to EA's money-hungry influence and released a game that will no doubt disappoint many fans of the Dragon Age series. First of, there are a few glitches and texture pop-ins, but there are few of these and the ones that you do come across are rarely noteworthy and almost never game breaking, and so these flaws can be easily overlooked. The combat is mostly disappointing and can range from mind-numbing simplicity to unnecessarily complicated depending on your class. What happened to the straightforward elegance of Origins? I mean, it's not the atrocity that was DA 2's combat, but its still quite flawed. Next up is the game's sidequests, which often lack inspiration and creativity. Granted, we've unfortunately come to expect this from the genre, but Inquisition's sidequests seemed particularly bland and uninspired. It seems as if most of the sidequests were thrown in as an afterthought in order to provide filler for the game's main story, not as interesting narratives in their own rights. Perhaps it's because of the high bar that Origins had set that many of Inquisition's quests seemed boring by comparison, but it's a problem nonetheless. The crafting in the game is enjoyable and accessible, but it will not hold your interest for long. Also, many of the choices that you will make throughout the game have little impact on the actual story, and often multiple differing dialogue branches will end up leading to the same conclusion. I mean, i'm not saying we need hundreds of different endings to every quest, but come on! If your going to provide a narrative that gives the player the freedom to choose, then at least gives us choices that will actually change the outcome of the stories. The UI on the PC is often awkward and clunky. It's not hard to notice that this was a game that was designed for consoles and ported to PC. Now I'm no elitist, but the state of the PC version of the game in comparison to the console version is depressingly laughable. The characters in the game do not disappoint though, and the way they interacted with each other and your character is often enjoyable, although there are some strange dialogue choices that do not fit in with the rest of the conversation. The actual story though? It was mostly average, with some truly great moments that made Bioware's skill at crafting a narrative shine through. But these moments were few and far between, and they were not able to salvage the rest of the mediocre storyline. In my opinion, Dragon Age: Inquisition was a disappointment, and I truly hope that Bioware can throw off the influence that EA has had on their development process and bring this series back to the level of quality that it had held at the time of Dragon Age: Origins.… Expand

TARGETING

Feb 8, 2015

1

After a hundred hours or so on PC: Really a disappointment after such great Dragon Age stuff. The plastic look of characters--what is that about? That's just bad graphics. The PC version is really stiff in execution of movement; there doesn't seem to be any learning. I am making the same goofy movements as in hour 1. I conclude it's their fault; I'm usually not goofy.
The Quests areAfter a hundred hours or so on PC: Really a disappointment after such great Dragon Age stuff. The plastic look of characters--what is that about? That's just bad graphics. The PC version is really stiff in execution of movement; there doesn't seem to be any learning. I am making the same goofy movements as in hour 1. I conclude it's their fault; I'm usually not goofy.
The Quests are really not very challenging. I guess the days of puzzles are gone; you just follow the beacon on the mini-map to solve something. Dumb. EA has to pick it up here; I love basketball, but because of this game's clumsiness, I'm not going to see if I can be Lebron. Too bad.… Expand

Powergirl

Mar 10, 2015

1

I'm so sad and mad and dissappointed. So much I decided to register only to post this review. If I see it works properly instead of showing a liar 5.8 average score, I will keep on reviewing stuff. But right now the score shown makes no sense if you have a minimal grasp on math.

I'm not gonna enter into a detail over the clumsy PC gameplay, the horrible tactical camera (camera bumpingI'm so sad and mad and dissappointed. So much I decided to register only to post this review. If I see it works properly instead of showing a liar 5.8 average score, I will keep on reviewing stuff. But right now the score shown makes no sense if you have a minimal grasp on math.

I'm not gonna enter into a detail over the clumsy PC gameplay, the horrible tactical camera (camera bumping into terrain obstacles? seriously?), having to move the mouse pointer away and back to the thing you want to click (be it a dialog line or an object), having to make do with only 8 active skills, etc etc. I'm even willing to forget about being forced to wear what I can only describe as a concentration camp uniform, even when I had to live all the romance scenes dressed in THAT. Bugs and crashes? Lots but let's forget them. I can bypass it all if I'm given a good game.

What I'm really sad about is the story and dialogs for the most part. That's what makes a good game or, like in this case, ruins it.

Bioware's strong point was always characters first and story a close second. This time with the exception of a couple of beautifully written characters, it all falls really short. It's like the suits at EA said "it's okay, the people that will buy the game won't mind". It's bland, used a million times before, there's no sense of epicness, I don't feel a connection to my companions or to the world in general. For the most part it didn't make me feel ANYTHING and I'm someone that cried a lot playing Planescape: Torment and felt utterly afraid during most of NWN2.

Up until the end I kept waiting and waiting. I kept saying to myself that the good parts would come at the end, that the 220+ hours invested (yeah I pause a lot) completing everything will pay off somehow. People I helped will come to my aid, companions I befriended will act according to that friendship, war table operations will influence somehow the outcome. None of this ever happens and none of it really matters. None. You can rush through the game and be given the same bland story, and whether your companions like you or not, it makes no difference. The good parts never come.

After the starved less-than-10-slides epilogue and when the credits started to roll, that's when I started to feel something: a mixture of profound sadness and rage towards the company. Selling this game as a "back to the roots, true DA:O sequel" is a rip-off, no matter how cheap you charge for it. It's a LIE. That's what the world has become, that's where it's headed. A profit-driven lie, where quality is stomped on if it means saving a few bucks in staff or developing time.

I read somewhere that the best writers left Bioware at the end of ME2. I'd love to know where they're working now so I can buy their games, but never from Bioware again.

Because Bioware is dead.… Expand

jepojee

Mar 12, 2015

1

I created an account here solely for writing this review.
The game feels so bad there can not be enough negative reviews, so here goes.
The game DA:Inquisition is not inspiring, challenging or fun to play. The combat has no feedback compared to other RPGs, and for comparison, is nowhere near Dark Souls franchise or wow, for example. The dialogues are dull and 1 hour into the gameI created an account here solely for writing this review.
The game feels so bad there can not be enough negative reviews, so here goes.

The game DA:Inquisition is not inspiring, challenging or fun to play.
The combat has no feedback compared to other RPGs, and for comparison, is nowhere near Dark Souls
franchise or wow, for example.
The dialogues are dull and 1 hour into the game everything is repetition with no actual meaning.

Do not even get me started on the "quests" - they feel like computer-generated fillers. Whatever they needed to be able to promise "x hours of content". Yes, sure.… Expand

qwer

Apr 7, 2015

1

Bought this after patch 6 having waited until now because of the played reviews. The controls are still horrible, lasted an hour and having failed to click basic stuff in the first boss fight repeatedly I finally gave up (3 minutes trying to right click "close rift") Sunk 200+hrs into DAO+2 but this is fighting controls not monsters.

Furthermore, it appears impossible to create a goodBought this after patch 6 having waited until now because of the played reviews. The controls are still horrible, lasted an hour and having failed to click basic stuff in the first boss fight repeatedly I finally gave up (3 minutes trying to right click "close rift") Sunk 200+hrs into DAO+2 but this is fighting controls not monsters.

Furthermore, it appears impossible to create a good looking character and a lot of the voice acting was bad straight off (the Inquisitor, dear god woman, stop overacting). Sad really, one day I hope to be able to come back to this and actually play it.… Expand

hisxmark

Jul 17, 2015

1

I really liked Dragon Age: Origins. There was lots of replay value with different character builds. Dragon Age II was pretty good, but there was not as much thought put into the story line. Inquisition ... well, to be as kind as possible ... stinks. They "fixed" everything that made Origins fun to play. There is some bug in the sound, that makes it echo and stutter, to the extent thatI really liked Dragon Age: Origins. There was lots of replay value with different character builds. Dragon Age II was pretty good, but there was not as much thought put into the story line. Inquisition ... well, to be as kind as possible ... stinks. They "fixed" everything that made Origins fun to play. There is some bug in the sound, that makes it echo and stutter, to the extent that it is so annoying as to be unplayable and the interface has been made complex and awkward. It would seem that EA has incorporated all the "improvements" that drove me away from Everquest and World of Warcraft.
I have seen this before. It happened with Sir-Tech's Wizardry and Sid Meir's Civilization. Sony ruined Everquest and Blizzard has substituted housekeeping and managing for adventuring, with seven or eight different "currencies" to by things that contribute nothing but cosmetics to the game.
I will give Inquisition one point for nostalgia, but the trial version is not worth the time it took to install, or play.
I won't be spending money on this one.… Expand

teg

Apr 14, 2015

1

Garbage game. Boring story, boring characters, and about as many enemies as you can count on her hand. I'm not picking up any more dragon age games, because surprisingly, this one was even worse than the 2nd. How a game like this wins any awards is beyond me. A testimony to deteriorating expectations, i guess.

segi

May 28, 2015

1

Candy crush saga arrives to rpg thanks to EA and Bioware.

Again a Ripper alien trying to destroy the world. Again a hero that have to save the world. Origins grey history ruined on Dragon Age 2 and stabbed on Inquisition.

Really disappointed with this game. Really sad.

T0T0

Jun 12, 2015

1

On Metacritic, it's not allowed to write reviews in ALL CAPS.

At BIOWARE CORP, they love CAPS: every codex entry is written with it, every item description also, every dialogue response and every quest desription too. So if you LOVE reading text in ALL CAPS, you will greatly ENJOY this game. If you DON'T: it will be a PAIN, and you will be FORCED to skip most of the text. NoteOn Metacritic, it's not allowed to write reviews in ALL CAPS.

At BIOWARE CORP, they love CAPS: every codex entry is written with it, every item description also, every dialogue response and every quest desription too.

So if you LOVE reading text in ALL CAPS, you will greatly ENJOY this game.
If you DON'T: it will be a PAIN, and you will be FORCED to skip most of the text.

Note that some of the text is tiny (item properties for instance), and depending of your system, you will have more or less difficulties to read it, some people can't even decipher it, and the fact that text is written in capitals is not helping at all.

- If you like static sky and clouds, you will be glad: nice paintings.
- Six month after the release, there is still huge bugs like one of you team member frozen during combat, especially melee characters. They are ordered to attack, but they are stuck, not moving, not doing anything. If you try to move them by controlling them, it's impossible, you will have to manually use an ability first, then it's ok.
- Quite often, the camera control breaks during combat: i'm on PC, and right click won't work anymore for any character, so if it's challenging engagement, you'll just die.

NB: I currently have 152 hours of gameplay, and not yet finished the game. I suppose I love the Dragon Age franchise...… Expand

Djursner

Jul 21, 2015

1

This game has an agenda and it is not about the world within; it is about our world. I have played all the Dragon Age games and seen the quality diminiss with every sequel. The agenda being pushed through the game is that of "social justice". It is not a dark, gritty and realistic medieval-fantasy game as it used to be. It is now about showing that women can be ugly, promoting LGBT rightsThis game has an agenda and it is not about the world within; it is about our world. I have played all the Dragon Age games and seen the quality diminiss with every sequel. The agenda being pushed through the game is that of "social justice". It is not a dark, gritty and realistic medieval-fantasy game as it used to be. It is now about showing that women can be ugly, promoting LGBT rights and equality of women. Keep political correctness out of video games. The only things I can praise is the graphics.… Expand

meatloafusmc

Aug 3, 2015

1

Poor Boring Gameplay + Ugly armor = Terrible RPG

Also- Bioware is usually good at telling stories but they injected a SJW agenda into it somehow.... so I lost interest. I miss when games were about killing dragons and bad guys and less about whats on the news everyday. I GET IT ALREADY transgender rights,gay rights, green rights blue rights!!! what do these have to do with DragonPoor Boring Gameplay + Ugly armor = Terrible RPG

Also-
Bioware is usually good at telling stories but they injected a SJW agenda into it somehow.... so I lost interest. I miss when games were about killing dragons and bad guys and less about whats on the news everyday. I GET IT ALREADY transgender rights,gay rights, green rights blue rights!!! what do these have to do with Dragon age???? Nothing against any of them but jeez whats this have to do with dragon age?… Expand

wilson2015

Aug 17, 2015

1

Well, that's a lesson learned; do not rely on a developer's reputation (Bioware) and do not rely on professional critics' opinions.

I'm not one of those who instinctively believes critics are 'encouraged' to give certain games high marks; I find it hard to believe that high profile magazines would engage in such nefariousness, but it is hard to understand why they have given such highWell, that's a lesson learned; do not rely on a developer's reputation (Bioware) and do not rely on professional critics' opinions.

I'm not one of those who instinctively believes critics are 'encouraged' to give certain games high marks; I find it hard to believe that high profile magazines would engage in such nefariousness, but it is hard to understand why they have given such high marks to a game which is so obviously flawed.

Others have extensively listed the failings of this game but I will list a few out of a sense of catharsis:

-- The tactical camera is dire; you can't really see what is going on and which skills are being used. The classic Bioware games used to have, for instance, text windows displaying all the actions and numerical values. Of course given that the combat in this game is little more than simplistic button mashing, the limited feedback hardly matters.

And why on earth did the developers think it was good idea to have the camera stick on terrain and environment objects. It's strange that this quirk was in the original game but it has remained in place after all the patches. Bizarre.

-- Fetching and collecting. Most of this game consists of mind-numbing fetching and collection. Simply walking over to a point marked on a map to pick something up does not feel like gaming to me.

-- Respawning. This makes the boring easy combat even more pointless. At least without respawning there would be a some purpose to the boring combat as you clear an area, with respawning the combat is boring AND pointless.

-- Game difficultly is poorly balanced. The game is way too easy on normal level. To this complaint one might respond that there is a difficulty option which can be turned up but really a game should be released with the 'normal' level correctly balanced. Otherwise the player might be faced with unbalanced boss fights. Turning difficulty up and down, if required, throughout a game is not satisfying.

-- Levelling up is unsatisfying and boring. You can't allocate ability points, it's done automatically. And the skill trees are crap. Not only are the options limited but many of them simply add percentage improvements rather than interesting new abilities. There attempting to maximise your abilities would really be a dull exercise in mathematics rather than of tactical judgement.

-- Too much emphasis on crafting rather than finding exciting equipment. A lengthy boss fight almost invariably results in loot of lower standard than could be crafted. Cf the satisfaction achieved after defeating a difficult enemy in Baldur's Gate or Origins.

--The open world is usually fake. Topography (hills, mountains) are used to artificially limit access and railroad linear play.

-- Romance. I have no problem with the developers wanting to break new ground. However, it as absurd that all the intriguing romances are for minority gamers.

-- The minigames are pointless. The first time I came across and Astrarium and the Ocularium I thought they were cool ideas. I didn't expect same minigames to be repeated multiple times in every area. What were the developers thinking in believing gamers would want to play a minigame repeatedly that would be too simplistic for a Game & Watch game from 30 years ago?

Reading the interviews from the games developers, anyone who believes they have been chastened by the negative user reviews here are mistaken. Unfortunately sufficient numbers have, like myself, been taken in by the critics' reviews and developer promises.

Hopefully gamers displeasure with Bioware's direction will be made obvious and when they release their next RPG.… Expand

mike87

Jan 29, 2016

1

If you are RPG fan better stick with DAO
Inquisition feels lke really dull action game, and clearly a console port
In short: - Characters are nowhere near as good as in the first game - Same goes with the story itself - Boring quests - Talent trees are complete joke - Combat is horrible - Not to mention AI - Weird controls and camera As many ppl mentioned it here already it feelsIf you are RPG fan better stick with DAO
Inquisition feels lke really dull action game, and clearly a console port
In short:
- Characters are nowhere near as good as in the first game
- Same goes with the story itself
- Boring quests
- Talent trees are complete joke
- Combat is horrible
- Not to mention AI
- Weird controls and camera
As many ppl mentioned it here already it feels like shallow unfinished MMO with DA skin on it.… Expand

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 butDA: 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

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). ElEl 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

RidiculousDeath

Oct 16, 2019

1

The hollow shell of a good game. Slow, boring, single-player MMO. What a shame.

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

lautaropw

Jul 6, 2020

1

Im in the constant search for new RPG's experiences but I probably didn't get this one, maybe because I've never played a Dragon Age before, but this game It's certainly not my type. The combat is awful and the controls are clunky as hell, maybe I'm missing something most people certainly already know. It's literally unplayable.

honest_rev7

Sep 28, 2020

1

NOPE. hard pass. you'll get sick within 5 minutes after character creation.

this game is unplayable due to psychosmatic effects on people's minds and bodies.

apparently, only 15 percent of steam users get past prologue.

Shyhalu

Apr 20, 2020

1

This game is just....awful. Its not Dragon Age at all.

I'm ok with the action combat.....but the AI is just horrid. They dumbed down the party behavior system even more and it constantly freezes in combat. Especially during dragon fights. Dragon fights that were pretty cool...only to be killed by your party acting like complete idiots. The 3d models looks pretty damn bad, andThis game is just....awful. Its not Dragon Age at all.

I'm ok with the action combat.....but the AI is just horrid. They dumbed down the party behavior system even more and it constantly freezes in combat. Especially during dragon fights.

Dragon fights that were pretty cool...only to be killed by your party acting like complete idiots.
The 3d models looks pretty damn bad, and the facial expressions never improved.
They got rid of Arcane Warriors, put in some enchanter garbage in its stead.
Crafting is terrible, you can't salvage anything and anything decent you make can't have add ons.
They got rid of a lot of the nastier options for killing people, even sitting in judgement I couldn't opt to execute a lot of prisoners.
I can STILL ONLY HAVE 4 PARTY MEMBERS WTF?

The game overly pushes social justice gender bending agenda for love interests and characters...and the worst part is it stereotypes them like there is no tomorrow.
The characters themselves are pretty 1 dimensional, consistent....but 100% predictable and unrealistic.
And what kills me the most? They have some butch looking lesbian as a 2nd in command for Iron Bull......She dresses like a man........in a world where females are regularly seen in the battle lines or in armor......It makes NO. SENSE. AT. ALL. Its like wearing a "Stop oppressing lesbians" tshirt in a world where no one looks down on it.

The entire thing felt like one giant bad fanfic. Even the ending boss fight was pathetic. The main story is even full of tropes.

Its honestly like they hired one of those obese animoo bad fanfic writing girls where everything they write is overly sexual, tons of plot holes, and dues ex machinas whenever they are needed.… Expand

Hexen-Slayer

Aug 27, 2020

1

Bioware's games get worse with each new release, DRAGON AGE: INQUISITION hits rock bottom with a terribly sterile open world that feels dead and ugly character models. An "open world" without a day and night cycle? Really? NPCs just standing at a fixed location or the occasional NPC running back and forth between point A and B? Seriously? The map spawns templars and mages randomly thatBioware's games get worse with each new release, DRAGON AGE: INQUISITION hits rock bottom with a terribly sterile open world that feels dead and ugly character models. An "open world" without a day and night cycle? Really? NPCs just standing at a fixed location or the occasional NPC running back and forth between point A and B? Seriously? The map spawns templars and mages randomly that fight each other, Bioware was so lazy that templars and mages only have one character model each. Apparently the engine also has problems with heights, as enemies that are on a higher or lower elevation than the party don't take note of you.
Finally the RPG elements have been further dumbed down, attributes are now leveled up automatically, you only get to pick the skills out of 3 skill trees for each character class. Each class is limited to a set of weapons: a mage can only use a staff, for a warrior you need to choose at the beginning if you want to use a sword & shield or a two-handed weapon, for a rogue you need to choose at the beginning whether you want to use a bow & arrow or dual wield daggers. Want to play a warrior who dual wields swords? Well, you can't!
Character models are among the ugliest I have ever seen, with female looking butch rather than feminine. The story is so bad, once again focusing on templars vs. mages, the same thing we've been through in DRAGON AGE 2 and to some extent in DRAGON AGE: ORIGINS. Apparently all creative heads have left Bioware leaving only SJWs behind.
Bioware thought it more important to put SJW elements in the game than to create a believable open world: you have a transgender character here, with another character coming out to defend that vigorously. Somehow that was more important than a day & night cycle or NPCs that don't just stand around like trees.
DRAGON AGE: INQUISITION also lacks atmosphere: the world seems to brightly colored, enemies don't look menacing at all and gone is the dark fantasy setting from the original.
DRAGON AGE: INQUISITION also looks and plays like it was designed primarily for consoles and then ported to PC: the HUD is over-sized and butt-ugly, cluttering up most of the screen with huge character portraits, health bars and worst of all, constant mission objectives taking up about one third of the screen. Bioware, have you ever heard of IMMERSION? No, guess not, just gay romances and trannies, eh?
Then the controls are terrible as well: to pick up an item, you have to stand a pixel away from it at the most, wait for a tiny circle to appear, then right-click inside this tiny circle, then select from a loot menu. Click outside the tiny circle and the character will move away. Oh, yeah, walking is bad, too, somehow the characters "overshoot" when you try to walk on a ledge. The camera angles are the worst, you feel unnecessarily distanced from your characters, then the "tactical view" is horrible to control and unhelpful. This game was made for consoles only, mouse & keyboard controls will give you cramps! There is nothing positive about DRAGON AGE: INQUISITION. Absolutely nothing!
DRAGON AGE: INQUISITION does deserve a reward: WORST RPG ever made. And no, that's no exaggeration, it really is that bad! This is definitely the LAST Bioware game I'm ever gonna buy! They announced DRAGON AGE IV - well, they can shove that where the sun don't shine!!!… Expand

TheTownDrunk

Feb 25, 2021

1

DRAGON AGE: INQUISITION goes open world and manages to feature a game world that seems even more sterile and lifeless than that of DRAGON AGE 2. The NPCs are either glued to a space or patrol between two spots. I can't believe they did NOT include a day & night cycle in their open but dead world! Even non-open world games such as BOUND BY FLAME had that! You'll be encountering genericDRAGON AGE: INQUISITION goes open world and manages to feature a game world that seems even more sterile and lifeless than that of DRAGON AGE 2. The NPCs are either glued to a space or patrol between two spots. I can't believe they did NOT include a day & night cycle in their open but dead world! Even non-open world games such as BOUND BY FLAME had that! You'll be encountering generic enemies - randomly spawning in templars and mages that fight each other and all look alike or wildlife and sometimes demonspawn. The AI seems to have problems with elevations as I noticed enemies often times not responding to you if you are higher or lower than them, not always, but frequently.
The story is as generic as it gets and the pacing really poor: you go from prime suspect of murdering a holy woman to savior of the world in 20 minutes. The neverending templars vs. mages story is really getting boring as well, oh yes and of course racism is an issue here as well, because we cannot have a game that does not take a political stance on racism. YAWN! Add totally uninteresting NPCs with no character, tedious collect/fetch/craft & escort quests and DRAGON AGE INQUISITION quickly becomes a chore rather than an adventure. It was lucky to have come out before THE WITCHER 3: WILD HUNT, it would have been even more embarrassing if it had come out after.
The PC version feels like a very lazy port of the console versions: the HUD is way too large with no scaling option and looks ugly and the controls are atrocious, from picking up items (right-click in a small circle while standing within a pixel range of the item brings up a menu of items to collect), to maneuvering the inventory which is unintuitive. Generally it feels more like an MMO than a single player RPG.
Also it seems Bioware was more interested in squeezing as many SJW elements into the game rather than bringing an immersive and believable fantasy world to life, with cringe-worthy "being transgender is OK!" dialogues that really do not fit into the story.
I've played some really bad RPGs and DRAGON AGE: INQUISITION is the worst of them all.… Expand

MrMurdock69

Dec 11, 2022

1

It's funny how Bioware took a franchise created by a master piece initial game and ruined with all awful following releases. This game shouldn't exist.

wynams

Nov 20, 2014

0

Pure garbage ... why?
- nonexistant evil path
- no direct way to increase character attributes, party covers all skills early on and skill checks are a joke - hence you can do everything everywhere without giving a single thought about your chars and their builds (this is a huge letdown imo) ... and you can respec in the middle of the game? Really? :lol: - story and NPCPure garbage ... why?
- nonexistant evil path
- no direct way to increase character attributes, party covers all skills early on and skill checks are a joke - hence you can do everything everywhere without giving a single thought about your chars and their builds (this is a huge letdown imo)
... and you can respec in the middle of the game? Really? :lol:
- story and NPC actions/reactions contradict each other too often, NPCs feel lifeless (daily routines and interaction between them is much worse than in Skyrim and the Gothics)
- too few towns/settlements, not much live in them (he compared it to all the stories/NPC banter unfolding in front of your eyes when visiting a Skyrim settlement)
- tactical battles cumbersome because of the low maximum zoom level, but there are no tactics except for some combo abilities anyway (like: one char freezes an opponent, the other hits him for huge damage bonus)
- nearly no planning involved in fights, the most you can expect are fights where you have to kill some conjurer first before you can handle the summoned demon, nearly everything else is mindless button mashing and levelgrinding. (dunno what difficulty lvl he was playing at)
- party member deaths are not a problem at all as long as at least one party member survives, they just play dead, you know, after all this is an RPG *larpedylarp*
- strategic map nearly without meaningful decisions, just another huge grind
- the wilderness/rural areas are full of MMO fetch quests and boring treasure hunts (press button to follow marker or sth like that), side quests in general are subpar
- lore is presented in a very unimmersive way through sterile codex menus (I remember that being a problem in DA:O too)
- game doesn't reward exploration because you just have to get near something interesting to get codex entries and quest triggers fired, after a while you just ignore the noise
- side content dialogues are often badly written (sometimes too silly or just uninteresting)… Expand

lilkillpappy

Jan 3, 2015

0

EA is crap and this game is not Dragon Age. Dragon Age Origins is the one and only Dragon Age game ever made and we are going to have to wait for someone other than Bioware to make a sequel because EA has obviously got their hands on this franchise. Not surprised by this garbage. EA has a long history of taking great games and destroying them.

PsychoSimatic

Dec 5, 2014

0

A friend and I bought this game for the PC, and after playing it for 2 hours she decided it was trash and returned it. I decided to play it all the way through because I was a huge DA1 fan and I heard from multiple sources that this was a return to that style.

It is not at all. I wont even complain about the combat and how clunky it is, or how they just give you a cookie cutter groupA friend and I bought this game for the PC, and after playing it for 2 hours she decided it was trash and returned it. I decided to play it all the way through because I was a huge DA1 fan and I heard from multiple sources that this was a return to that style.

It is not at all.

I wont even complain about the combat and how clunky it is, or how they just give you a cookie cutter group to start the game with (lazy story design everywhere).

But the RPG aspects of the game let me down so hard, they throw you into a crusader as this inqusition basically out of no where and have you running garbage peasant missions with little to no control over the choices you make. Its like a bad World of Warcraft questing system now where I go collect trash and drop banners everywhere to spread my crappy inquisition around. The dialogue with your characters is basically relegated off to the back end and you really only get to chat with people in haven. The camp fire chit chat and any sort of personal connection you could have made are completely dead and you really don't have the chance to grow on any of these characters because you just hate them so much. The game feels tedious and you'll find your self bored of doing nothing but running around looking for trash on the ground rather than anything epic or interesting. You'll get to level 10 before you even dream of meeting another person and you'll be in the same crappy mountain hinterlands the entire time unless you really try and find other things to do.

This game was a huge let down and I wish i had returned it 2 hours after i bought it as well. Bio Ware is dead, and EA proves that anything it touches is garbage.

Can we all agree that Origin is also the worst thing ever?… Expand

TUHD

Jan 15, 2015

0

I'd give this an 5 - if it wasn't that Bioware isn't responding at all, the fixes actually broke the game even more and Bioware doesn't do anything on their forums against trolls who insult those who have problems with the state of the game. PR debacle #101

NotkerBiloba

Mar 26, 2015

0

Thank you, BioWare, for saving me a *massive* amount of time not having to play this title. As of now, the combat system is unplayable. I did enjoy reading the story online, since I can't actually play the game; but, as Dragon Age has always been a tactical squad-based RPG, I have to give it a zero. If it had been marketed as a choose-your-own-adventure movie, I suppose I would haveThank you, BioWare, for saving me a *massive* amount of time not having to play this title. As of now, the combat system is unplayable. I did enjoy reading the story online, since I can't actually play the game; but, as Dragon Age has always been a tactical squad-based RPG, I have to give it a zero. If it had been marketed as a choose-your-own-adventure movie, I suppose I would have given it a score somewhere in the 7-9 range (can't be a 10 due to choppy graphics), based on voice acting, quests, and overall engagement of the story -- but I didn't make it that far.

While the combat system in Origins was awesome at the time, I found that after playing DA2 that I had grown too accustomed to the mechanics of DA2 to ever play Origins again -- cannot stand getting hit from 30 yards away by a 2H warrior who I ran away from when he started his swing 10 seconds ago. But I gave both games a 10: the party members basically did what you told them to do when you told them to do it, and could easily be ordered to move to position X, or two or more members grouped and made to go to position X or attack enemy Y or whatever. Not in DA:I. It's gone. No more tactics = no more Dragon Age.

I had been playing a lot of DA2 (and even tried DA:O again) in the run-up to the DA:I release, because I was so jonesing for this style of combat, and I was really looking forward to DA:I so I could finally experience some new character types and new story elements, etc. What the hell happened?

Whereas I had spent hundreds of hours on each of the previous titles, having done several play-throughs in each, I have been spared the missing of sleep and other activities that comes with the addictiveness of a new game. I guess I'm happy in a way, but the disappointment is still a little raw, and I'll need a little time for the bitterness and sadness to subside.… Expand

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