Dragon Age: Inquisition

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  1. Umbrecht
    Nov 21, 2014
    10
    Don't listen to haters, it's great crpg and im playing this genre from late 80's.
    The Best mainstream crpg release this year next to Divinity: OS. Have fun!
  2. jtsmith
    Nov 20, 2014
    9
    A solid release from Bioware that should be played by anyone who calls themselves a Fantasy RPG fan.

    If you're interested in a balanced player review please continue reading. User reviews should be taken with a grain of salt. 99% of users aren't professional critics and don't know how to well balance the reviews they're giving, which leads to poor controls or a mediocre story    A solid release from Bioware that should be played by anyone who calls themselves a Fantasy RPG fan.

    If you're interested in a balanced player review please continue reading.

    User reviews should be taken with a grain of salt. 99% of users aren't professional critics and don't know how to well balance the reviews they're giving, which leads to poor controls or a mediocre story resulting in a 0 overall score.

    Dragon Age: Inquisition (DAI) is truly fantastic, but not without it's glaring flaws. The world is enormous and believable, the story is fairly decent, the combat feels great and loot is well balanced in terms of drop rates and satisfies the itch.

    Skyrim was King in terms of sprawling landscapes and breathtaking vistas -- of course when accompanied by composer Jeremy Soule. I believe this king has now been dethroned. DAI truly takes the cake with it's vibrant and fantastical scenery. You may read in other reviews that the textures are poor, but this is not the case. The textures are very crisp and high resolution. If you are having difficulty seeing this check your graphics settings or contact support. It is also unarguable that the soundtrack is perfectly fitting, filling your ears with just enough to enhance the experience but not to distract.

    I'm about 20+ hours into the game, with about 2/3 of that into the story and the rest obviously in multiplayer. Thus far the story has adequately captured my attention. More so than DA2, that's for dang sure. After about 13 or so hours into the story I have yet to come across anything that seems like a major game changing decision. I hear the story is over 70 hours long, so I'm sure I will have plenty of opportunities yet, but it's been a long time waiting. Regardless I've been enjoying it well enough.

    Combat is definitely stemming from DA2. It's fast and feels punchy, like every click is really doing something powerful. The sound effects are clean as well and really enhance the feeling of power. The class abilities are very scattered and most are useful, but determining synergies isn't the most straightforward. It may come to be that by end game everything is unlocked, so this could be poor, early judgment.

    Loot is just fine. It's honestly not my cup-o'-tea but for this game it totally works. Drops are semi frequent, with most being subpar and rare items actually being rare. If you take the time to craft (which doesn't take much time at all if you gather materials as you go) those items will almost always be better than what drops, as well as items purchased from shops. Items are also class locked, so a dagger can not be used by a warrior, and a small sword can not be used by a rogue. There are even runes that are "Non staff only" runes. I've yet to see a rune I can even put into a staff.

    Now for the ugly. The tactical camera is borderline useless. I try to ignore it the best I can unless I absolutely need to pause and think. The camera is attached to a cursor on the ground that you move around to view and select units. Low hanging obstacles frequently block your view. It's really a mess. It's so clunky I honestly am not 100% how to use it.

    The only other issue I've found are the keybindings, and if you're playing on a console this is irrelevant. PC controls are poor. Remapping does help so please experiment with this before throwing in the towel. I mapped SHIFT as my basic attack and put Spring on R. In multiplayer it's a toggle, so no sweat off my back, and it doesn't exist in single player. SHIFT however allows me to aim where I want to attack while still having full WASD control and the use of my mouse for looting or selecting allies -- all why continually attacking and moving forward.

    The interface is debatable. It took me a couple hours to really remember where everything was and now I love the organization. On the other hand, there's no general overview of all your items unless you're in a shop. Personally I think that's just fine as I can't think of when else I need an overview, but users have complained.

    The above mentioned are what stands out. The good and the bad. If I didn't mention it it's because it's well enough to not be mentioned. Either it isn't fantastic or it isn't bad. If you're a console gamer this is a must own. If you're a PC gamer, consider playing with a controller, or spending a decent amount of time remapping your keys to your comfort.    … Expand
  3. Irondevil33
    Nov 20, 2014
    10
    They have taken away one of my Favorite classes, the healser. I don't feel now more free to use my healer to make damage, what I never want.
    I'd like the tactics when and where you have to heal your group, now you only have this shidy barrier which sucks. I am so disapointed with this game, because I waited so long for a new part of dragon age and also I paied 60 EUR for this shidy game I    They have taken away one of my Favorite classes, the healser. I don't feel now more free to use my healer to make damage, what I never want.
    I'd like the tactics when and where you have to heal your group, now you only have this shidy barrier which sucks. I am so disapointed with this game, because I waited so long for a new part of dragon age and also I paied 60 EUR for this shidy game I should have waited when the price went down.... I never will buy a Bioware Game at it's release. I am so disapointed I cant tell....    … Expand
  4. lilix
    Nov 20, 2014
    10
    This is my first Dragon Age game and i thinking buy the another editions, this game look really cool, customizations, female characters, multiplayer mode, this is the best =)
  5. crunchipop
    Nov 20, 2014
    10
    I have this game and this is very nice game, story mode and multiplayer, i am playing many hours and this have many missions and side quest with many options.
  6. Burned
    Nov 20, 2014
    0
    DO NOT BUY THIS GAME!!!

    This game is one of the main disappointments in my entire gaming carrier which is 15 years and to compare mediocre dragon age 2 was a perfect sequel. I pre-ordered the game and I should never have done that, I couldn't play more after 2 hours and forced myself to 9 and it did only become worse. The plot is horrible, charachters are boring, conversations are    DO NOT BUY THIS GAME!!!

    This game is one of the main disappointments in my entire gaming carrier which is 15 years and to compare mediocre dragon age 2 was a perfect sequel. I pre-ordered the game and I should never have done that, I couldn't play more after 2 hours and forced myself to 9 and it did only become worse.

    The plot is horrible, charachters are boring, conversations are tasteless as coal. The combat is another story...it is simple button mashing with no tactical reasoning involved. It is very frustrating because there are no auto-aiming or a auto gap closer which was an okay feature from DA2.

    Graphics are okay, but there are no facial expressions or different views.

    It feels like a free MMORPG from 2008.    … Expand
  7. kristo
    Nov 20, 2014
    10
    WOW the best game series and now with multiplayer this is really cool, i pre ordered this and i am really happy with this excellent game, i recommend this if u like RPG's game and if u are a DA series fan this is u game.
  8. Cuz
    Nov 20, 2014
    6
    Been gaming for 20 years and this is the second game I've ever got a refund on. ...yes, it's that bad. The controls didn't bother me too much once I switched to a gamepad but the game just isn't any fun. Boring quests and stupid dialogue make everything tedious. The potion spam is sucky - did they really have to re-invent the healing mechanic from DA:O? Tactical camera is irritatingBeen gaming for 20 years and this is the second game I've ever got a refund on. ...yes, it's that bad. The controls didn't bother me too much once I switched to a gamepad but the game just isn't any fun. Boring quests and stupid dialogue make everything tedious. The potion spam is sucky - did they really have to re-invent the healing mechanic from DA:O? Tactical camera is irritating to use and the AI is junk. I really wanted to believe that Bioware could pull it off but this is just crap. At least when I played ME3 I wasn't super pissed off until the end... this time they got me early. Giving it a score of 1 for the music.… Expand
  9. prodenied
    Nov 20, 2014
    10
    I am totally impressed with this game, cool graphics, nice storyline, characters customizations, this game is the best of 2014, i hope they release some dlc or expansions for this, is really greatest
  10. fortigas
    Nov 20, 2014
    10
    This game is THE GAME, the best release of the year, i can to recommend totally this game u will enjoy many time, Dont take care about the bad comments (many of this the same release date, this is weird?, how can u test the game with only hours), i have playing for over 30 hours and this is really excellent.
  11. crunchixpop
    Nov 20, 2014
    10
    Este juego es de lo mejor que se lanzo este año, si te gustan este tipo de juegos, este es uno de los que debes tener totalmente recomendado, este año sinceramente han lanzado mucha porquería pero este compenso tooodo, demasiado bueno, la verdad que lo recomiendo 100 x 100.
  12. JabberWookie
    Nov 20, 2014
    5
    Take all the good from DA:O, and the good from DA2... story telling, strategy, and the un combat respectively. Their thought process (I assume)... Witcher 2 did well, and so did Skyrim, Let's make a half ass version of those two with absolutely NO PC optimization and we make money. I seriously have stood by Bioware for so long, and even thought peoples' complaints about ME3 ending wasTake all the good from DA:O, and the good from DA2... story telling, strategy, and the un combat respectively. Their thought process (I assume)... Witcher 2 did well, and so did Skyrim, Let's make a half ass version of those two with absolutely NO PC optimization and we make money. I seriously have stood by Bioware for so long, and even thought peoples' complaints about ME3 ending was overzealous. But, I now have lost faith in you as a company. WTF happened?… Expand
  13. Ocelot113
    Nov 20, 2014
    0
    PC controls... that's it.

    The rest of the is just to fill up the one hundred and fifty letter count that is need to post this on this site for some reason.
  14. grum30
    Nov 20, 2014
    9
    Current rpg very good, great ambience, combat, story, and graphics.
    need optimization and need some corrections.this is normal in first days of release.
  15. Sangra69
    Nov 20, 2014
    3
    I just want to say first off that I am a big fan of the Dragon Age Universe. I have both Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age 2. I wasn't too found of DA2, but I did enjoy the story line. Now on to my review of DA:I.

    I have to agree with other critics and say this game has a feel of a single player MMO. This game feels like as if EA was working on an MMO game and then felt as if it wasn't    I just want to say first off that I am a big fan of the Dragon Age Universe. I have both Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age 2. I wasn't too found of DA2, but I did enjoy the story line. Now on to my review of DA:I.

    I have to agree with other critics and say this game has a feel of a single player MMO. This game feels like as if EA was working on an MMO game and then felt as if it wasn't going to sell because of games like Destiny and Witcher 3. So at a last minute they changed it to a Dragon Age game with the same characters. That is why I have a feeling there is no Warden in this game. Then they delayed it another year because they need to fix the kinks from the original format to make it work as a Dragon Age game.

    Second part that supports my theory above is the fact PC keyboard and mouse support is awful. This game feels like it was ported from a console to PC instead of the other way around. I generally try to press F5 to quick save and it doesn't work.

    My other beef with this game is the fact you can't distribute attribute points like the other games. Your best way to increase your attributes is your equipment. I have even found rare equipment that I can't use for another few levels. Which goes to my other beef is XP is so slow in this game compared to the other games.
    Even carrying limited 8 potions is lame and when you run out, you run out. They said your health bar would increase slow after a battle, but wow talk about it is really, really slow.

    My last beef with this game is the fact that there is no healing spells. There is a skill that lets you revive and heal them, but it is so far up the tree that it is hard to get to especially with low xp rewards you get. I have ran into a high dragon already in the game at level 4 and got killed. They say you have to use strategy and I had no choice to face them. Even if you ran they follow you till you are dead.

    Fanboys can't fathom the fact that this game has it's flaws. All they seem to care is that the fact this game has good graphics and it's a Dragon Age game.    … Expand
  16. WolfKing
    Nov 20, 2014
    10
    Truly a masterpiece, the more I play the more I love it. Yes the game has some PC UI issues but other than that is a perfect 10! Don't listen to the haters, This is one of the best game of all TIME!!

    P.S- I had a much deeper review but for some reason it was removed, I guess they don't want me to praise this game too much in a deeper explanation lol.
  17. Stecko
    Nov 20, 2014
    3
    I've never felt a need to write a review before but I had to with this game. I'm a huge Dragon Age fan. I loved Origins and tolerated DA2. I was stoked about Inquisition. Big world, epic story, new characters, etc. I have to say I'm extremely disappointed in this game. The controls are clunky, the character animations are horrible, the cutscenes stutter and lag, and the combat is nothingI've never felt a need to write a review before but I had to with this game. I'm a huge Dragon Age fan. I loved Origins and tolerated DA2. I was stoked about Inquisition. Big world, epic story, new characters, etc. I have to say I'm extremely disappointed in this game. The controls are clunky, the character animations are horrible, the cutscenes stutter and lag, and the combat is nothing more than a button mashing grind. It had the feel of a single player MMO. After 12 hours I couldn't play anymore. When I heard about Inquisition I said "there's no way it can be worse than DA2 so it will be fine." Sadly I was wrong. I'd much rather player DA2 than this mess of a game. Bioware is officially dead and I will no longer buy their games.… Expand
  18. hyde1216
    Nov 20, 2014
    10
    Spent hours getting lost in and addicted to this game, hours, and I -still- haven't even scratched the surface yet! It's really good to finally be back in Thedas with a Dragon Age game that actually does the series justice, as well as redeems its name after the mess that was Dragon Age 2!
  19. gfunk1369
    Nov 20, 2014
    4
    Listen I'm not going to say this game is the worst heap of garbage to ever grace a console or PC, but I will say that if you really love RPG's and are in to challenge then don't buy this game. if you love modern warfare games or loved the second game in the series then go for it. However, if those descriptions don't fit you then I would recommend you wait for The Witcher 3, which will beListen I'm not going to say this game is the worst heap of garbage to ever grace a console or PC, but I will say that if you really love RPG's and are in to challenge then don't buy this game. if you love modern warfare games or loved the second game in the series then go for it. However, if those descriptions don't fit you then I would recommend you wait for The Witcher 3, which will be a far superior game in every respect. On a side note I have made a note of every critic that has given this game glowing reviews and will now avoid their opinions on any ever game reviews.… Expand
  20. JohnSnowTheMeta
    Nov 20, 2014
    0
    NOTE: DO NOT BUY THIS GAME ON PC IF YOU HAVE A SOLID STATE DRIVE, THE 'Denuvo' DRM WILL BRICK IT & EVEN WITHOUT IT ONE CAUSES MASSIVE FRAME DROPS & CPU USAGE, INCLUDING CRASHES
    DA:I Is honestly one of the most disappointing games I've ever played, certainly up there with BRINK.
    From the very beginning the story has awful pacing, questionable consistency, and overall a lack of    NOTE: DO NOT BUY THIS GAME ON PC IF YOU HAVE A SOLID STATE DRIVE, THE 'Denuvo' DRM WILL BRICK IT & EVEN WITHOUT IT ONE CAUSES MASSIVE FRAME DROPS & CPU USAGE, INCLUDING CRASHES
    DA:I Is honestly one of the most disappointing games I've ever played, certainly up there with BRINK.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Final Thoughts: Absolutely mediocre game, disappointing ending to trilog    … Expand
  21. 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.
  22. Deadone23
    Nov 20, 2014
    0
    -Awful visuals
    -You don't have to use Tactical mode even on Nightmare
    -Cringe-worthy dialogues
    -Not actually an Open world game (alot of invisible walls)
    -Your choices don't matter
    -Social Marxist and Misandric propaganda
  23. WHOSEBANE
    Nov 20, 2014
    0
    The combat is dull and far too simple with a single button to attack, the characters have almost no personality and look like **** the loading times take far too long and areas look terrible with bloom shooting off of everything. Just get origins if you want a game that is even remotely fun to play.
  24. downslope
    Nov 20, 2014
    3
    Like many here, I've never felt the need to leave a review before, but this game is heinously bad. I loved DA:O and avoided DAII when it was broadly panned. I was really excited when DA:I got a largely positive critical reception, but honestly can't guess what game those critics were playing. Clearly not the same as me.

    I'm playing on PC, which should be the native platform for any    Like many here, I've never felt the need to leave a review before, but this game is heinously bad. I loved DA:O and avoided DAII when it was broadly panned. I was really excited when DA:I got a largely positive critical reception, but honestly can't guess what game those critics were playing. Clearly not the same as me.

    I'm playing on PC, which should be the native platform for any true RPG. The most significant issue is the control scheme, which is completely broken. Awful. I honestly can't believe they released the game in this state - it's unplayable and unenjoyable.

    I'm about 10 hours in, and honestly can't play anymore - it's that bad. Other issues - the skill trees are weak and derivative, The menu system involves a million clicks and nothing works like you'd expect. The inventory system - don't even get me started. And my favorite - having to repeatedly hit 'V' (or whatever you bind to) in order to send out sonar pings for loot. Seriously? Who in the world thought that this mechanic would add pleasure to the game?

    I'm not an "EA ruined Bioware" hater, but I have to think after seeing this game that they either lost some serious talent in the acquisition, or EA is forcing the studio to sacrifice quality for profits. In either case, the current product is unacceptable and should not have been released. A post-release patch - if one ever comes - isn't enough to forgive the really poor product that they've aired.

    If you're thinking about buying this game, forget the critics' reviews - look at the user scores. And ask yourself if you're willing to take the approximately 50/50 risk of loving or absolutely hating this game (at the time of writing, 389 positive reviews, and 339 negative - not the mark of a stellar game, for sure).    … Expand
  25. blackcatidol
    Nov 20, 2014
    0
    For some reason it's shooting my cpu and memory up to 100 percent usage and then it freezes, followed by a loss of sound. This problem prevents me from navigating the main menu. The game? It works fine, if I can get past the menu that shoots my cpu with a tranq gun. Why does a mere menu do this?
  26. Miret
    Nov 20, 2014
    9
    Fantastic fun, it has for me the best of both DAO and DA2. It's immersive and entertaining and the graphics really pull you into the game and keep you there. Some of Biowares best work IMO and well worth the extra wait to get to.
  27. davidstewart22
    Nov 20, 2014
    6
    Decent enough game but an atrocious console port, I'd probably be willing to give in a 7 or higher on a console. Much much better than DA2 but still doesn't replicate the experience of Origins.
  28. knightcliffe
    Nov 20, 2014
    10
    So while this game isnt perfect it is a ton of fun to play, they brought back armor for your companions and talking to them feels like talking to a real person, combat takes a little getting used to but is a ton of fun and the story is solid, you get some old faces, some new ones and learn more about others cultures from your companions who are actually from these other cultures. I wishSo while this game isnt perfect it is a ton of fun to play, they brought back armor for your companions and talking to them feels like talking to a real person, combat takes a little getting used to but is a ton of fun and the story is solid, you get some old faces, some new ones and learn more about others cultures from your companions who are actually from these other cultures. I wish there was more of a skill tree for the mages so that I could have radically different styles but at the same time I never feel like im throwing my skill points away, my biggest issue would be the leaving out of the tactics screen where you could finetune how your party fights, make your mage use a certain spell whenever there are clustered enemies or have a certain person always attack magic users as soon as they appear but it all works out in the end. all in all I LOVE this game… Expand
  29. panjandrumm
    Nov 20, 2014
    0
    Bioware has accomplished the impossible with the release of the long-anticipated DAI; They've made a game that's actually WORSE than DA2. Essentially, if you take a look at everything good about DAO (lots) and DA2 (not nots) and threw it all away, and then you also throw away anything else that might accidentally have still been good, then the result is DAI. It's too much of a disaster toBioware has accomplished the impossible with the release of the long-anticipated DAI; They've made a game that's actually WORSE than DA2. Essentially, if you take a look at everything good about DAO (lots) and DA2 (not nots) and threw it all away, and then you also throw away anything else that might accidentally have still been good, then the result is DAI. It's too much of a disaster to go into at length, because it's not worth the time. Suffice it to say that if you want a dumbed-down, tedious, difficult to control, poor-looking (even on Ultra it's pretty lame, check out facial expressions, for example. It's all very "static" and very "gamey". Honestly, DAO and DA2 both look fantastic in comparison in all the ways that matter to an RPG), button-mashing ADHD pre-teen action game, then this might be just what you are looking for. If you want an epic, glorious, character-and-story driven, gorgeous, atmospheric, cinematic, memorable, RPG, then this is not for you. Don't believe the good reviews. It's painfully obvious that money or some other form of bribery is at work. No professional journalist with any kind of objectivity and integrity could give this game a good review.… Expand
  30. Subterra
    Nov 20, 2014
    0
    Game runs like absolute **** teriible optimization and im **** sick of these developers getting away with this **** DO NOT BUY

    terrible optimization terrible optimization terrible optimization terrible optimization terrible optimization terrible optimization terrible optimization terrible optimization terrible optimization terrible optimization
  31. Hozz
    Nov 20, 2014
    0
    How is this getting 80+ from critics on the PC platform? This is a terrible console port.

    The Keyboard/Mouse functionality and 'tactical' combat are awful and those are two of the three areas (along with graphics) that should set the PC version apart from the console versions.

    If you must have the game, get it on a PS4.
  32. Average_Smoe
    Nov 20, 2014
    0
    First play-through: Mage turned into a Rouge and game threw me into I guess what are my Pajamas during a cutscene/couldn't equip anything after. Second play-through: Running from spiders then stuck on bug island and can't go anywhere. Frames all over the place. WHAT THE **** HAPPENED HERE EA BIOWARE?
  33. Skyrar
    Nov 20, 2014
    5
    I have played about 25 hours so far (mainly main story), so I think I have enough experience with this game to write a short review. I will keep this review spoiler free.

    Story: A typical bioware/fantasy story. You are the chosen hero and have to save the world from the big bad evil. A story that has been told thousand times and will be told thousand times more. While the story is    I have played about 25 hours so far (mainly main story), so I think I have enough experience with this game to write a short review. I will keep this review spoiler free.

    Story:
    A typical bioware/fantasy story. You are the chosen hero and have to save the world from the big bad evil. A story that has been told thousand times and will be told thousand times more. While the story is generic als always, the execution has been good so far. There are barely any twists or surprises (finished about 60% of the story) so far, but the presentation is good. I don't want to spoil anything so I won't got deeper into it. 7/10

    Gameplay:
    Overall I like the combat system. My fear was that the flashiness of the attacks would be immersion breaking, but I quickly habituated to it. I would have prefered a more "realistic" look first, but Dragon Age Inquisition doesn't try to be realisitc, so i think it fits the setting. I remember Bioware saying that Dragon Age want's to have a mature, dark and gritty series like of Game of Thrones before they released Origins,. I think they gave this up. Dragon Age Inquisition is 90% high fantasy (Lord of the Rings), so I can live with a unrealistic and flashy combat. Another point is the controls. I'm playing it with keyboard and mouse. There are some problems with it. Tactical camera doesn't work well, because you can't zoom out as much as it would be needed. Another problem is there is no auto attack. If you switch your characters outside of the tactical combat, your previous character will stop to attack. You should play with a controller, if you want to enjoy the game more. 6/10

    Graphics:
    They graphics are great fo a (multi region) big open world game. The landsacpe looks fantastic. There are only two problems here. First the face animations look bad and some of the faces look like their are made out of plastic. Secondly the walk animations for female characters in cutscenes are awkward. They have this typical bioware gorilla-men walk. Another point is the immersion of the world. The camps/cities (you can only visit a small area of a city) feel lifeless. Other games (witcher 2 for example) manage to give their citizens a daily routine. Why can't bioware do the same. Why are 90% of the people just standing there and doing nothing? It's kirkwall from Dragon Age 2 all over again. 7/10 (because of the lifeless camps/cities, otherwise it would be 9/10)

    Sound:
    Sound effects and music are great. Voice acting in my language (german) is decent. Don't know about the englisgh version. What I don't like is the way the people in Thedas are talking. Everybody is talking in the same well educated way. No matter if you talk to a mage, who studies his whole live or some peasent, who probably can't even write. They all talk in the same way. That's a bit immersion breaking for me, considering thedas was highly inspired by the european middle ages. 8/10

    Questdesign.
    That's my main complain. It's horrible. For every interesting main quest you have to do 9 pointless and boring fetch quests. You are the LEADER of a important faction. Why do I permanently have to be deliver boy for some peasents? Why do I have to kill 10x of this, bring 10x of that? Looking at the hinderlands map I felt like I was playing Assassins Creed. 3/10

    Characters: Well done Bioware. Most of the Characters are interesting. I don't like the look of most of the female characters, but that's my personal problem. But they are unique and have a lot to tell about their past, motivations and problems. 9/10

    Miscellaneous: positive: - big (multi region) open world with a lot of stuff to do (if you like mmo- style quests) -choices and consequences ( can't tell how big) -difficulty is well balanced (playing on hard) -combo system - a LOT of conversations - two voice actors for each gender - extensive character creator - a lot of customization -Skyhold and the possibility to change it's look - being the leader of a powerful organisation is unique in rpgs

    negative: - a lot of bugs: Some serious clipping issues. The voice of my inquisitor changed at a certain point of the game. Other (minor) glitches - hair looks awful. No long hair in the game. - Barely any reaction to you actions (I'm closing a breech and fighting demons in a small camp and nobody cares about it) - no attribute points - a LOT less skills than in Origins or even Dragon Age 2 - No punishment if you die - Some serious problems with the quality of writing

    After the first 25 hours, the game is a 7.5 for me. Depending on how the story continues it could get a 8. Unfortunaly i'm not only rating the game, but the whole product. EA/Bioware Anti- Consumer policy: - Origins (DRM) - Denuvo (DRM) - First Story DLC XboX One time exclusive - Xbox One/ EA Access exclusive early access - Not moddable game engine - Different ingame content depending on the game version you buy - Different release days depending on the region you live - microtransactions - 2.5 points Overall: 5/10 Collaps    … Expand
  34. maiv
    Nov 20, 2014
    9
    This is a great game. Extremely fun and addicting. Might not be as strong of a story as Origins but definitely had me hooked the whole time. At the moment, I'd really say you get good value out of this game comparing to what other games are out now.

    Not sure what's with these 0s but I imagine it's just trolls that are butt hurt because they were neglected in their life. Haters being haters.
  35. Gladvicci
    Nov 20, 2014
    10
    Why such a terrible score for user? I frickin love this game. It's engaging and actually has a good combat engine unlike that popular pice of trash known as Skyrim. This has a good story plenty of customization and is a hell of a lot fun than Skyrim. First time I've made an account to show support for a game because most of these reviews say "Skyrim ripoff". Please. That is such garbage!Why such a terrible score for user? I frickin love this game. It's engaging and actually has a good combat engine unlike that popular pice of trash known as Skyrim. This has a good story plenty of customization and is a hell of a lot fun than Skyrim. First time I've made an account to show support for a game because most of these reviews say "Skyrim ripoff". Please. That is such garbage! You might as well be saying any game with dragon in it is Skyrim if that's the case. Dragon Age: Inquisition is one of the best titles released so far. Maybe I'm weird and find it fun and to others it's boring, but don't write a review calling it a Skyrim ripoff if you just can't get engaged with the game. Go play Skyrim fanboys!… Expand
  36. Sollyz
    Nov 20, 2014
    9
    Always trust Bioware to come through with making a solid RPG, came into Dragonage franchise not expecting much, but was surprisingly impressed.

    Stunning graphics, a huge world to get lost in and once again fantastic storytelling and lets not forget EA published a game which has a near perfect release which is a massive step-up in reputation for EA, well done EA!
  37. DrStrange
    Nov 20, 2014
    8
    Dragon Age: Inquisition An Actual Played Review made simple
    MUSIC: 7 (Unfortunately the new game composer just doesn't have the right emotion that was provoked by Inon Zor in Dragon Age: Origins, though it does try)
    GAME PLAY: 7 (I didn't think it was possible to make the combat any worse then DA: Origins but its pretty bad when you need to full stop your warrior to swing a sword, the    Dragon Age: Inquisition An Actual Played Review made simple
    MUSIC: 7 (Unfortunately the new game composer just doesn't have the right emotion that was provoked by Inon Zor in Dragon Age: Origins, though it does try)
    GAME PLAY: 7 (I didn't think it was possible to make the combat any worse then DA: Origins but its pretty bad when you need to full stop your warrior to swing a sword, the tactical is also more for console then PC)
    STORY: 10 (If the player allows themselves to relax enough the game is actually very strong with it's story it can be easily drowned out by the large amount of side quests that are more so for filler then enabling the story along. The followers of the game once again are fleshed out as to be expected from anyone that has played DA:Origins, unfortunately some players may be quick to judge the game is long and does not show all of its cards at once, patience is needed.
    Graphics 9 (very detailed, and immersive exactly what you would expect from a Bioware game, however some SLI stuttering has been found with my GTX 970s not exactly game breaking this game does seem to require a bit of resources if you want to play on ultra).
    OVERALL (8) I wish I could give this a 10 in contrast to their last edition that was horrifically rushed to cash in on the success of Origins, but the combat is unpolished to say the least though if you are a true RPG fan it really shouldn't matter imo.    … Expand
  38. wisery
    Nov 20, 2014
    4
    Nice story, nice characters, but combat system is just awful. I set difficulty on 'Easy' just to skip battles faster. Exploration is nice, but navigation on storm coast or desert map is horrible. I don't want to jump on cliffs, I want to do quests. Mostly disappointed for now.
  39. Anmol4all
    Nov 20, 2014
    10
    I am not much into RPGs. I have only played DA 2 and Skyrim. I have played skyrim for almost 200+ hours.
    This game is obviously a 9/10. I gave it 10 just to balance those fake negative reviews.
    Now the first thing you will notice that this game is fun from the point you click new game. A lot of other games have character customization but DA Inquisition surpass all of them. I have    I am not much into RPGs. I have only played DA 2 and Skyrim. I have played skyrim for almost 200+ hours.
    This game is obviously a 9/10. I gave it 10 just to balance those fake negative reviews.
    Now the first thing you will notice that this game is fun from the point you click new game. A lot of other games have character customization but DA Inquisition surpass all of them. I have invested 2 hours in this.
    I haven't completed it but the way inquisition introduce you the world is quite straightforward. Although i liked this approach. You will be in control of your character just 5 to 10 mins after finishing character cuatomization and just 1 to 2 min later you will be fighting demons.
    Gameplay is fun and the world is huge but not perfectly open like skyrim. But it is huge and have alot of things to do.
    Best part of the game is its graphics. DA Inquisition looks damn good. Better than any other RPG. From you skin to your armor, from terrain to trees everything look breathtaking.
    Though there is one problem, at present I cant use mantle with my R9 290. I dont know whats the exact problem.    … Expand
  40. ProfessorPlum
    Nov 20, 2014
    9
    First of all, I have only about 10 hours into this game, which is still inadequate to give a satisfactory review. Therefore, my review is still in progress. I'm posting this now because of my success story of ignoring the incredibly low-scored reviews and purchasing the game to find out for myself. Let me begin with the first noticeable category:

    Graphics - 8.5/10; Everyone is entitled    First of all, I have only about 10 hours into this game, which is still inadequate to give a satisfactory review. Therefore, my review is still in progress. I'm posting this now because of my success story of ignoring the incredibly low-scored reviews and purchasing the game to find out for myself. Let me begin with the first noticeable category:

    Graphics - 8.5/10; Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Having said that, anyone can watch a youtube video and develop said opinion and post about it. Here is my experience: I am running this game on a gtx 980 to get the full effect. The environment lighting and distant lods are beautiful. However, the textures up close aren't the sharpest. I must say I enjoy the art style of the game, even the animations that some are deeming unacceptable. My frame rates are pretty consistent at 60 fps, but the game lags and stutters just a tad during the cut scenes. This brings me to the next category:

    Story (so far) - 9.0/10: The story telling can't be respectfully rated by one person. I can only give you my opinion on how it has been done 10 or so hours into the game. There is a great deal to read early on in the game. My experience is this: I read what I can during the down time in the game, and skim through during fast paced sections. This adds onto the well acted dialogue scenes and musical atmosphere. I love the rpg element that lets me know if my party approves or disapproves my choices in dialogue, keeping my decisions at bay as to whether I act selfishly or with others in mind. With that said, there are some typical cliches and a few poorly written lines. These don't bother me much, as I look toward the bigger meaning of the whole conversation. I won't know how much my decisions play into the story line until I finish and begin again. Finally, the most meaningful category:

    Gameplay - 9.5/10: The gameplay is satisfactory. It is just that, nothing more and nothing less. It is fun at times, and repetitive at others. Although, it is random when these fun/repetitive events occur. I find myself pleased at staying back and blasting enemies as a mage strategically using AOE spells. Other times I find myself just holding the attack and letting my teammates finish the job. I actually liked the latter at times. This gave me a break when potions were running low or when I felt like pushing through the story quest. About the mechanics: At first, I had a difficult time switching characters in the midst of battle. Changing roles from a mage to a warrior to a rogue and so on. Learning the different strategies was pleasing, but interrupted the flow. The AI was better than me at their own characters, so I stuck to mine for most of the beginning. After becoming familiar with the different strategies and character abilities, I was enjoying the pure fun of an rpg based strategy-chess-board-style battle with the strategic view. I can't seem to pull away from the addiction of Dragon Age: Inquisition. I could ramble on about the fun I'm having, but I won't bore you who's reading this right now. If anything, I hope this review helps those who are struck by the amounting negative reviews posted. Give the game an extended go, and you won't be disappointed.    … Expand
  41. dendygar
    Nov 20, 2014
    5
    Too much Skyrim, not enough Origins.

    You have essentially no control over your party, unless you want to completely shut off their auto-abilities. Yes, you can manually switch between everybody and use the "tactical" camera view, but it is clunky and of limited use. Unless you turn AI off, they will spam all of their abilities as their invisible AI deems fit. For a game that is    Too much Skyrim, not enough Origins.

    You have essentially no control over your party, unless you want to completely shut off their auto-abilities. Yes, you can manually switch between everybody and use the "tactical" camera view, but it is clunky and of limited use. Unless you turn AI off, they will spam all of their abilities as their invisible AI deems fit.

    For a game that is supposed to have a high standard of writing, it doesn't. The plot is generic, many characters have no personality, and your responses are incredibly limited. If you liked how many sidequests in Origins had at least a token decision involved with them, don't make the mistake of expecting that from this game. All sidequests I have encountered so far are fetch quests, taken and turned in with no input from me other than "Do you want this quest? y/n" No decisions or choices to speak of, not even a token dialogue choice that doesn't affect the quest outcome.

    I am not going to pretend the game is totally worthless, however. Some (SOME) of the party member dialogue is acceptable, and exploration can be kind of fun. Origins continues to roll in its grave, however.    … Expand
  42. SDaemon
    Nov 20, 2014
    0
    These crazy marketeers from EA / Origin are selling localized versions of game in many countries.
    This means you HAVE TO play game with texts on your local language ( with bad / wrong translations ) and with English dialog sounds... It's super irritating. I've just returned game back to Orgin and recommend you to do the same ;)
  43. 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 to    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 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
  44. KarStar
    Nov 20, 2014
    4
    I'm a new metacritic user for the simple sake of sharing my disappointment with the game. I really like DA 2 because it felt more like an interactive movie with some decent action scenes. Yes, the on-rails gameplay and zone reuse was horrible, but it was still a fun game. I saw how my decisions changed the environment and each time I had to make a choice I felt the weight of it. It wasI'm a new metacritic user for the simple sake of sharing my disappointment with the game. I really like DA 2 because it felt more like an interactive movie with some decent action scenes. Yes, the on-rails gameplay and zone reuse was horrible, but it was still a fun game. I saw how my decisions changed the environment and each time I had to make a choice I felt the weight of it. It was also my introduction to the DA series. I tried DA: O but just couldn't get into it. I've played through ME 3 and part of ME 2. I really enjoyed SWToR, with it's fully voiced dialog and good class stories.

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

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

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

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

    I'll keep playing just to finish it, but unless some fixes are incoming, I don't recommend this game. And I'll take a wait and see attitude with any new Bioware game.    … Expand
  45. vadertherad
    Nov 20, 2014
    10
    I am writing this review from the perspective of a guy who thoroughly enjoyed Dragon Age: Origins, but never got more than 10% of the way through Dragon Age 2. I feel like there are a lot of people in the same boat so I will try to focus on aspects of this game that you will consider improved or made worse since the first games. Keep in mind I've spent ~20 hours in the game at this point,I am writing this review from the perspective of a guy who thoroughly enjoyed Dragon Age: Origins, but never got more than 10% of the way through Dragon Age 2. I feel like there are a lot of people in the same boat so I will try to focus on aspects of this game that you will consider improved or made worse since the first games. Keep in mind I've spent ~20 hours in the game at this point, I have not completed the main campaign however I have a very good understanding of the storyline, combat, crafting, and other systems.

    STORY - So far, the overarching story has been fairly vanilla. It's the prototypical fantasy "demons attack/need a hero" situation that we've all witnessed before. That being said, the individual storylines that further the main quest are exceptional. At first I thought the writing was "okay" but after playing the game more I can say with confidence that the writing is very good. This game also draws heavily upon a lot of in-depth Dragon Age lore, so if you've either read the books or played through the first two games in their entirety there will be many aspects of the story that you'll enjoy.

    COMBAT - As others have stated the combat feels like a combination of DA:O and DA2, but I had to change some keybindings around before I felt comfortable. How you enjoy the combat will depend on a couple of factors -- if you played DA:O exclusively in the isometric view and spent a lot of time tactically setting up every encounter, you might not enjoy this combat as much as Origins. You can still achieve a similar playstyle on nightmare difficulty, but it does feel different. If you absolutely loved DA2's actiony/button-mashing combat, you will be mostly at home assuming you stick to easy or normal difficulty. This is a key fact -- changing the difficulty settings have a massive impact on the overall feel and pace of the game.

    RPG DEPTH - I know this is very important for a lot of people, myself included. This is likely where the game will either blow away or not live up to your expectations. The leveling system feels more rudimentary/simplified in this game than in previous Bioware titles. You are not able to modify your stats when you level up, which feels odd. Instead you're given one point to sink into various skill trees depending on your class. If you can get passed that fact, though, expect for a treat. The game has a downright ludicrous number of quests, areas to explore, piece of rare loot to acquire, and cool things to discover off the beaten path. I need to specifically mention the crafting system, it's implemented perfectly in this game and it is both rewarding and fun to craft an epic weapon or piece of armor. Overall, I can easily see this game having more than 100 hours of content.

    DECISIONS/PLAYER IMPACT: This has been a real highlight for me. I know Bioware is known for forcing players to make difficult decisions, but never have I done so to this extant. Massive portions of Inquisition will turn out differently (as will large parts of your playthrough) depending on choices you're forced to make on-the-spot. Personally I love this, because it genuinely feels like I'm crafting my own story. Plus this means I'll have more new content to enjoy on my second playthrough.

    GRAPHICS/PERFORMANCE: First I'll state my PC info: 2560x1600 resolution, Windows 7, 16 gigs of RAM, i7 2600k CPU, EVGA GTX780ti (3gb). I've been running the game with every setting fully maxed out at an average of 35FPS. For me, it looks phenomenal. The effects, whether it be a fireball illuminating a dark hallway or a creature being encased in white ice look fantastic. The character models and textures are all very well done, but the post-processing can make the game look artificially blurry at times. I get the occasional lag spike every several minutes, but considering what settings I'm running the game at I cannot complain.

    GLITCHES: The game has run very well for me, I've not had a single crash so far. Only issue I can think of is the odd background movement of my party members... if I am strolling through a town, they often end up getting into one-another's way and/or teleporting on top of eachother. It looks funny and can break immersion but it's not a game breaking issue at all.

    After spending a few days with the game, I can say with confidence that this is the RPG I've been waiting for. It's got the perfect mixture of Bioware presentation and Elder Scrolls exploration... some sticklers will find that alienating, but I think the vast majority of both Bioware and RPG fans will enjoy this game.    … Expand
  46. yanks28th
    Nov 20, 2014
    10
    I'm only partway in, but I felt I needed to write a review to counter the absurdly large number of negative ones. This game is amazing. The world is massive and exciting to explore. The characters are so fascinating and fun. The gameplay is far better then either Dragon Age game before it. I'm having an absolute blast - I strongly recommend this game!
  47. farngrey
    Nov 20, 2014
    0
    Why, Bioware, why? What have we ever done to you that you hate us so much? You said you would listen to us and bring back the splendor of Origins. So, where is it? No traces of it in Inquisition. You said PC was your primary platform. Then why do you treat your most loyal fans to this rotten console port?

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

    This game could so great, so epic. I awaited it so eagerly and I was excited when it finally arrived. Now I'm looking at a singleplayer MMO (gather X of Y, yes) with crazy camera, emasculated combat system and a storyline that couldn't be any more trite. I have no words to describe how I feel...    … Expand
  48. CurlyJ49
    Nov 20, 2014
    10
    Bioware has given us another masterpiece. The game is huge and the story so far is engaging. There is so much to do. People giving 0 reviews because of hardware failures are not doing this game justice. The game itself is amazing and will give you hours of enjoyment. One of my favorite RPG's ever.
  49. Alex2C99
    Nov 20, 2014
    0
    If you heard somewhere that there is a tactical camera in this game then you are fooled. There is NO tactical camera in this game! Period! But a virtual magnifying glass for floor textures IS.
  50. 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 NPC    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 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
  51. catking2003
    Nov 20, 2014
    10
    The game has some annoying bugs, graphics glitch and stuff and it probably only deserves an 8 but I will give it 10 to counter those morons who gave the game 0

    Basically DA: I has improved greatly over the previous installment, and it makes DA2 look like a big demo. Its story and character development are on par with the best in gaming industry (I mean Wasteland 2, Baldur's Gate level    The game has some annoying bugs, graphics glitch and stuff and it probably only deserves an 8 but I will give it 10 to counter those morons who gave the game 0

    Basically DA: I has improved greatly over the previous installment, and it makes DA2 look like a big demo. Its story and character development are on par with the best in gaming industry (I mean Wasteland 2, Baldur's Gate level of writing not Skyrim) All in all it is Dragon Age done right. Some may still have a nostalgic fetish to DA: Origin but I must say, DA: Inquisition has surpassed its two predecessors, in general.    … Expand
  52. jpr64
    Nov 20, 2014
    5
    Bioware is failing again at deliver great rpg : this game feels like more a casual romance novel than a true rpg...

    Character evolution dumbed down, PC controls clunky at best, strategic view is a letdown... Why I put a 5 : for the character voice over and the npc interaction feel great, like in Mass Effect 2. But that's only the half of I was expecting for such a game... So 5,    Bioware is failing again at deliver great rpg : this game feels like more a casual romance novel than a true rpg...

    Character evolution dumbed down, PC controls clunky at best, strategic view is a letdown...

    Why I put a 5 : for the character voice over and the npc interaction feel great, like in Mass Effect 2.

    But that's only the half of I was expecting for such a game...

    So 5, no more, but no less

    JPR out!    … Expand
  53. Elisyeas
    Nov 20, 2014
    5
    I'm the kind of a crpg guy that very, very rarely writes reviews. I just stick to companies that I trust [like, up to some point Bioware], companies whose products are reviewed by not-on-payroll-people and companies that via the Kickstarter build my trust and make me invest in future projects [Wasteland 2 recently].
    With Bioware it's been one hell of a ride. Their past achievements will    I'm the kind of a crpg guy that very, very rarely writes reviews. I just stick to companies that I trust [like, up to some point Bioware], companies whose products are reviewed by not-on-payroll-people and companies that via the Kickstarter build my trust and make me invest in future projects [Wasteland 2 recently].
    With Bioware it's been one hell of a ride. Their past achievements will always be something amazing, games which brought me a lot of joy and kept me from eating and sleeping night after night ;-)

    I understand the need to "change". To "targer new audience" and "develop". But what they did to DA franchise - starting with DA2 - is a clear sign of "where the money is at ". After DA2 I promised myself I will not fall for the pre-order hype again. Yet I did. Based - again - on reviews from people who were NOT end-product-gamers, based on my big love for DA:Origin and based on what Bioware kept saying. That they "learned a lot" and will "not make the same mistakes again". But they did.

    After first 20 hours I can agree that the world is huge, characters are - to some extent - memorable, there is a TON of content, graphics [for me, hardly a crucial thing in terms of enjoying a great game - P:Torment anyone?] are very nice and the game has a great potential to become BIG. BUT. Answer me this.

    How can you take pride in a product which such broken combat system. How can you offer this game to "both new and old-school gamers" when the game is CLEARLY console-ready and PC gamers might feel like second-hand category. Combat tactics almost non-existant. Mashing your attack button becomes second skin, your party members act like idiots in terms of using their abilities and battlefield movement, tactical view is a joke and makes you cry. One of the PILLARS of an interesing crpg game has been stripped of anything enjoyable. No spell-follow combos, handicapped movement, poor framerate on well equipped PC rigs, mmo-like grind-fest in terms of herbs and ingredients, find-bring certain amount-get reward filler quests, no healing magic = pop-the-potion-diablo-style. I will just stop here because my rant won't make any difference. Dragon Age franchise took a certain turn and I accept that. It's their call and they have a right to do so. But I will not follow. I'm just not the "modern gamer type" I guess. From this day on I also refuse to believe in any kind of "professional" review from any kind of gaming site, including - obviously - sponsored YT users. If someone, SOMEONE, at SOME STAGE of beta tests or demo-playing would simply say "Guys, this really needs some serious changes, let's re-think and work on it while there's still time" things might have been different. But now, at this very hour, all good sides of this game [and there are plenty!] are simply overshadowed by a kick-in-the-face combat mechanics and simplicity which offends me.

    Apologies for chaotic thoughts. Just tired [waited 'till 00:00 to launch the game] and dissapointed.    … Expand
  54. Teresk
    Nov 20, 2014
    5
    -Can't remap mouse buttons, extra mouse buttons not supported.
    -Can't ''click to move''
    -Can't ''click to loot''
    -No screen-edge mouselook
    -No mouseover ability tooltips on your action bar
    -No key to select all party members at once
  55. defive
    Nov 20, 2014
    3
    Deeply disappointing.

    DAI is another dumbed down, consolised mess of an 'RPG' (it's really just an action game in disguise). Specifically 1. PC controls are an abomination - if you're going to play it on a PC without losing your mind get a gamepad. 2. No auto-attack - non-nonsensical decision apparently to give the button mashing console kiddies something to do. 3. Tactics    Deeply disappointing.

    DAI is another dumbed down, consolised mess of an 'RPG' (it's really just an action game in disguise).

    Specifically

    1. PC controls are an abomination - if you're going to play it on a PC without losing your mind get a gamepad.

    2. No auto-attack - non-nonsensical decision apparently to give the button mashing console kiddies something to do.

    3. Tactics are gone - meaning you've no way of modifying your party's behavior meaning you either have to rely on the crappy AI or micromanage every single action.

    4. Tactical camera is appallingly bad.

    Easily the worst of the 3 Dragon Age games - avoid.    … Expand
  56. tau
    Nov 20, 2014
    0
    No free-roaming,the battle-system was taken from some old corean MMORPG,the graphics are a bit to-low for year 2014,lots of gays/bisexuals/lesbians -pervert propaganda,the females in the game are ugly,the red lirium weapons are look like they are made of plastic,the scenario was stolen from TES-4 Oblivion(the Daedra were changed into deamons).So,the game is casuall crap,not worthNo free-roaming,the battle-system was taken from some old corean MMORPG,the graphics are a bit to-low for year 2014,lots of gays/bisexuals/lesbians -pervert propaganda,the females in the game are ugly,the red lirium weapons are look like they are made of plastic,the scenario was stolen from TES-4 Oblivion(the Daedra were changed into deamons).So,the game is casuall crap,not worth playing.Better go and play Morrowind or Skyrim.… Expand
  57. acc2690
    Nov 20, 2014
    10
    When it comes down to it, Dragon Age is just a fun game.

    Despite all the BS about whether it is truly a dragon age origins style game is irrelevant. It still has all the same feeling as Dragon Age:O and 2 but with a more expansive world. And the game is playable. All the people saying that frame rates are a problem are morons. I played the game for 4 hours and i got a glitch once.    When it comes down to it, Dragon Age is just a fun game.

    Despite all the BS about whether it is truly a dragon age origins style game is irrelevant.
    It still has all the same feeling as Dragon Age:O and 2 but with a more expansive world.

    And the game is playable. All the people saying that frame rates are a problem are morons. I played the game for 4 hours and i got a glitch once. Even the old game used to crash. Every game has had small problems. Some are **** less than a week after release of a tittle that is in the hands of millions. Even testers would be unable to find the problems some users are having.

    At the end of the day the game is just extremely fun. It has a MASSIVE amount of content (which is good in this case, in many cases the amount of content does nothing for the game since the initial game sucks).

    If i went on metacritic and saw all the bad reviews and decided not to buy the game i would be missing out.    … Expand
  58. Biowned
    Nov 20, 2014
    9
    First of all, most the reviews I've seen in this site appear to be written by haters, and I would dare say that most of them are from the same guy, and most of the 0's I found, were first time reviews. There's not a single game that deserves a 0.

    Moving into the game: While controls may prove hard for people who isn't used to a lot of key bindings, the truth is that it basically mixes    First of all, most the reviews I've seen in this site appear to be written by haters, and I would dare say that most of them are from the same guy, and most of the 0's I found, were first time reviews. There's not a single game that deserves a 0.

    Moving into the game: While controls may prove hard for people who isn't used to a lot of key bindings, the truth is that it basically mixes the tactical part of DAO and the "active" part of DA2. I started the game on hard, and I found it quite challenging. I had to keep pausing the game using the tactical camera and order around the whole team to do their job or I found myself done for pretty quickly. Starting from the first boss, miss placing your casters meant the boss would one shot them, but the tanks held the boss damage quite efficiently. I must say that Tactical Camera controls are pretty clumsy, and you end up switching from both camera ("T" by default) to get a better perspective on the scenario.

    Graphics are... I don't know about the other guys, but they're freaking awesome on my PC (It's good but not a beast). There are some magnificent views, and every object is carefully detailed. That aside it's true that some characters seem coated in oil, but it was only 10 or 15 in the whole game, and I'm pretty positive I've met with more than 3k characters.

    The story plot, while slow at start, turns into a much more appealing story than it appears first hand. IMO the start is too abrupt.

    Characters are pretty deep, there's awesome ones, and there are a few lame ones. (I hated the first character you meet through all the game).

    While this game is not DAO, it's still a really awesome game. Most of the people who liked DAO, will like this one, specially those who love to explore, the content is just massive.

    My score: 8'5. Pretty well deserved.
    PS: Sorry for my english, I'm not native.    … Expand
  59. keplemiber
    Nov 20, 2014
    0
    I played around 20 hours on both SP and MP mode and yes I just created Metacritic account just for DA: I. Here's what I thought :

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

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

    Now for the MP, the amount of active skills you can bring to a mission is 4 maximum, so most of the time I just press and hold left mouse button to auto attack. There's not even a number indicator on both the HP bar and MP/Stamina bar. The worst part of the MP is they're using P2P for the MP, about 80% of the time I simply got dc'ed and no, there's nothing wrong with my connection, I played WoW, Diablo 3, RIFT, Dragon Nest, Battlefield 4, CS:GO, FF XIV etc perfectly and no major dc just like DA:I. I already try to clear the TCP/IP, change the DNS, turned off my firewall and AV but still dc'ed a lot. Also even when I got connected and got a "bad" host, the game is simply lagged a lot due to P2P system.    … Expand
  60. me-0815
    Nov 20, 2014
    0
    It does not even start on dual core CPUs. Many other games say they require quad cores, but at least they also start with less and most run fine. This game crashes with a black screen, as many posts on the EA forum show. As usual, EA tries to avoid acknowledging their bugs and tells their paying customers that they're just out of luck.
  61. 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 have    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 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
  62. HopDop1
    Nov 20, 2014
    0
    ppl should learn from making wrong decision to buy a game, now DA:I is such an live example
    me too not a graphics whore, what hold me back are the combat and camera views, tactical view is the thing from the 1st game and must be used for higher difficulty, i'm just not getting used to it; secondly the targeting and enemies highlighted display are quite annoying as well
    just do more    ppl should learn from making wrong decision to buy a game, now DA:I is such an live example
    me too not a graphics whore, what hold me back are the combat and camera views, tactical view is the thing from the 1st game and must be used for higher difficulty, i'm just not getting used to it; secondly the targeting and enemies highlighted display are quite annoying as well
    just do more findings before picking up any new titles come to light, especially under the current gaming standard    … Expand
  63. zazie_rx
    Nov 20, 2014
    10
    So far I have about 30 or so hours into this game. I played through Origins and Dragon Age 2 multiple times, and I must say, this game feels much more like origins, which is a good thing. The game is huge and beautiful, its obvious they put a allot of work into this, much more then Dragon Age 2. I'm talking skyrim level of effort.

    Something to keep in mind though, this game requires    So far I have about 30 or so hours into this game. I played through Origins and Dragon Age 2 multiple times, and I must say, this game feels much more like origins, which is a good thing. The game is huge and beautiful, its obvious they put a allot of work into this, much more then Dragon Age 2. I'm talking skyrim level of effort.

    Something to keep in mind though, this game requires some decent hardware to get a good experience. I had turn off AA and set graphics to High (as opposed to the preset ultra) with my GTX 660 to get ~60FPS. People complaining about shiny hair in other reviews simply need to turn their mesh quality from medium to high ( i had the same issue ). This is not your grandma's dragon age, if you're using the same PC as you did in 2008 for Origins, you're going to have a bad time. I have yet to experience any sort of crashes myself, but then again my computer is a bit higher end then most and I have been using the latest Nvidia drivers that has support for this game specifically. My specs for the curious:

    Intel i7 4970k
    16 Gigs ram @ 1800mhz
    MSI gaming Z97M motherboard
    eVGA GTX 660

    I have a few nitpicks, but nothing that will take away from the game. The looting system could be improved, no longer do you walk over and loot something and you click on it, you have to be right on it, a little annoying but from what I understand, the team is pooling concerns like these and rolling them out in a patch later.

    Overall, the game is great looking, textures look awesome and everything seems so polished.. they took their time with this. Its a true successor to Dragon Age: Origins, if you liked Origins, get this, but then again, I assume people who did are already planning on getting this anyways, I wasn't happy with 2, seemed very rushed, but this game has already made up for it.    … Expand
  64. LeonJefferson
    Nov 20, 2014
    0
    Cringeworthy writing, mutilated tactical camera, bad voice acting and an awful attempt at open world. The fact that Bioware have gone from Baldur's Gate, Kotor, NWN to this would be funny if it wasn't so sad.
  65. Throngar
    Nov 20, 2014
    0
    Beautiful, but almost unplayable as melee with these horrible pc controls, sad but true... :( I really looked forward to this game and it could be great, if the DA:O controls would be implemented, for that you can play proper with mouse and keyboard...
  66. Askkosh
    Nov 20, 2014
    0
    I'm sad, Dragon Age Inquisition is a standard action-RPG.
    I was expecting DAI to be a Dragon-Age-like RPG :
    - only a few skils avaible - no way to view skill when creating character : you have to play the first chapter - mouse control sucks : no click to walk - tactical mode is a joke : can't see alll enemies - can't loot or attack : when you click to attack your character slash even    I'm sad, Dragon Age Inquisition is a standard action-RPG.
    I was expecting DAI to be a Dragon-Age-like RPG :
    - only a few skils avaible
    - no way to view skill when creating character : you have to play the first chapter
    - mouse control sucks : no click to walk
    - tactical mode is a joke : can't see alll enemies
    - can't loot or attack : when you click to attack your character slash even if your target is far away
    - ... try it and ask a refund : maybe you'll find some good sides.    … Expand
  67. 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
  68. Putin2000
    Nov 20, 2014
    5
    I bought the game, guess i should review it.

    Its amusing and it is decent, but boy was it a disappointment after all the hype. 80% of the game is like a single player MMO, I am currently hunting rams because i need 15 units of ram meat to feed some random villager. Like wtf, why would i ever want to do this? And why am I doing this you might ask? Well, you have to complete side    I bought the game, guess i should review it.

    Its amusing and it is decent, but boy was it a disappointment after all the hype.
    80% of the game is like a single player MMO, I am currently hunting rams because i need 15 units of ram meat to feed some random villager. Like wtf, why would i ever want to do this?
    And why am I doing this you might ask?

    Well, you have to complete side quests to "unlock" main missions. At the moment i need 11 "power" which means 11 sidemissions i give no **** about. yay.

    The controls are also horrible, you cant click where you want to move and you cant autoattack. During 15 minute bossfigts that mean i probably spam buttons 500 times, and i have to use WASD to keep up with the hostiles who moves around. I quickly stopped playing with my main character and now only control ranged characters, because the controls are so flawed.

    But as I said before, I keep grinding because I enjoy the main missions and they make the game decent. But holy **** would i love if they just removed all the silly sidequest. I am 15 hours into the game and i kid you not, maybe 3 hours of that is actually storyline. Rest is collect item X and run around a **** and kill enemies which are easy but takes a long time.

    I would rate it 5/10, buy it if you have an extra 60 euro, or not, you wont miss anything.    … Expand
  69. JamesTheThird
    Nov 20, 2014
    0
    To start with I must mark that this is not the review of the game, because to rate a game you first have to be able to play it and I will NEVER EVER play a game with DENUVO protection system. I urge all the players to check what this "new technology" does to your SSD drive before you order it. The attitude of EA is unacceptable. I will never buy any more EA games unless they change theirTo start with I must mark that this is not the review of the game, because to rate a game you first have to be able to play it and I will NEVER EVER play a game with DENUVO protection system. I urge all the players to check what this "new technology" does to your SSD drive before you order it. The attitude of EA is unacceptable. I will never buy any more EA games unless they change their policy. I will however pre-order Witcher 3 to support developers that don't use any DRM whatsoever. If you love games and you are a keen player I ask you to do the same, unless you like to be perceived by EA as a potential pirate that has to be monitored and has to have his computer scanned all the time.… Expand
  70. elManicho
    Nov 20, 2014
    2
    This game suffer from severe consolitis:
    Bad PC port with several technical issues especially problems with SLI and frame rates drops, FPS as low as 25-30 despite GTX 780 SLI.
    Bland and badly written dialogues that appears random and make no sense. Stupid AI where you have to issue commands to your companions then pause and issue same commands after a couple seconds, lest they became    This game suffer from severe consolitis:
    Bad PC port with several technical issues especially problems with SLI and frame rates drops, FPS as low as 25-30 despite GTX 780 SLI.
    Bland and badly written dialogues that appears random and make no sense. Stupid AI where you have to issue commands to your companions then pause and issue same commands after a couple seconds, lest they became mutinous. The companions can't be assigned scripts and clear instructions on how to use their already cut down and simplified abilities, and the combat have been severely dumbed down and simplified even in Nightmare difficulty with no tactical challenge whatsoever, and consist of spamming buttons and hoping to connect a hit and learn to hate the long and stupid attack animation that plays even if you misclick. The GUi is a mess.
    Use a gamepad? Useless as it doesn't prevent the problems already mentioned and I'm a keypad-mouse player and this is a fricking RPG game ffs, or a least it pretends to be.
    The amount of fetch quests and MMO like game sequences is too damn high.
    The animations and character designs are ugly, Dorian and its sentient moustache are a joke, Varric is ruined in design as well as his humour, and Solas look like crap, and there is no single good looking female character as even Leliana appear wooden (although you can feel her sadness to be part of this game :)). Romance? Plastic + stupid dialogues = no immersion. No thanks to Gayder and the hack writers who ruined romance and characters development trying to please every poor sod and their dog, the design team dealing the finishing blow to what used to be an important part of Bioware games.
    The story is bland and as boring as closing the oblivion gates in Elder Scrolls minus the epicness of said game, as DA Inquisition may look nice but the world is lifeless, and even fighting a dragon in a franchise where dragons used to be a big part of the story and lore became a chore now.
    Bioware tried too hard to please everybody and expand its market to MMO buffs and action games fans, failing to focus its efforts in making a proper RPG, it completely lost its ability to make good RPGs since DA Origins and Mass Effect 2. I find it moronic to rehash the same crap time and again and hope for the best, they said they learned from their mistakes and accepted fans feedback, I highly doubt that. I'm also amused by the discrepancy between professional reviews and scores and the users' ones. Surely we failed somehow to grasp the hidden EA greatness. Peace out.    … Expand
  71. 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
  72. Killga
    Nov 20, 2014
    0
    Another typical EA letdown that at first sight even seems worse than the ME3 disappointment. I was one of the few that actually liked DA2, yet I had to stop playing DAI yesterday after 2 hours as it was just unbearable.
    First, the character generator is easily on par with that of ME3 - just terrible! All pre-made faces look awful. DA1 and DA2 (also ME1 and ME2 but not ME3) had decently    Another typical EA letdown that at first sight even seems worse than the ME3 disappointment. I was one of the few that actually liked DA2, yet I had to stop playing DAI yesterday after 2 hours as it was just unbearable.
    First, the character generator is easily on par with that of ME3 - just terrible! All pre-made faces look awful. DA1 and DA2 (also ME1 and ME2 but not ME3) had decently pre-made / stock appearances. Its even more shameful as the first NPC you see (Cassandra) has actually a very nicely made facial design.
    Speaking of NPC as nicely as Cassandra looks, they completely messed up Varric and the Elf. Just terrible. In general the body designs seems awkward too.
    Combat view/perspective is also terrible and the ability trees seem to be a further step back compared with DA1 (very good) and DA2 (decent).
    The UI also seems to be much less intuitive and assessible than DA1 and DA2.
    The biggest failure in my opinion is the attempt to put DAI into a realistically looking environment. Maybe it is because the realism is poorly designed (see faces/bodies/motions) but to me the much less realistic design of DA1 and DA2 seemed to work a lot better.
    The bottom line is I really wanted to like this game but after just 2 hours I removed the disk, which really is a as bad an indication as it gets. Right now playing DA1 or even DA2 one more time seems to be more enjoyable.    … Expand
  73. keolkesdn
    Nov 20, 2014
    10
    e a single player MMORPG. Repetitive button mashing combat,floating numbers over the enemies,traditional "go kill X and bring back Y of Z" quests,Super colourful lollipop spells.All contained within a nice hand holding theme-park environment.

    "Open world" is the term they use for "run
  74. Avadon
    Nov 20, 2014
    4
    Inquisition will be very fun for you if you enjoy MMO-like design in RPG's. I quite like that, I find some care-free grinding and exploration relaxing and it helps me get immersed in the world. The game takes its time and implements those mechanics well. However, if you prefer RPG's that are shorter and more to the point (like Witcher 2), you may get bored here. The story and dialogue isInquisition will be very fun for you if you enjoy MMO-like design in RPG's. I quite like that, I find some care-free grinding and exploration relaxing and it helps me get immersed in the world. The game takes its time and implements those mechanics well. However, if you prefer RPG's that are shorter and more to the point (like Witcher 2), you may get bored here. The story and dialogue is also great and moves at a fine pace, but in order for you to not constantly wonder what the hell is going on I recommend that you refresh your knowledge of the Dragon Age world and lore, as well as what happened in the previous games. The Keep website is a good place to start and you should definitely do that, but I'd also recommend reading up on the world's different factions and what they are about, it will really help you appreciate the methodic world building that's going on here.

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

    As a result, although the game seemed very interesting, I can't in good conscience rate it high if it was unstable enough for me to get a refund. You might not have problems with it though, so I guess there's nothing stopping you from checking it out and then getting a refund if you are unhappy.    … Expand
  75. Nagalos
    Nov 20, 2014
    0
    I am gonna go straight to the subject because looks like the EA worshiping part of this so called game community is worshiping EA like they saved the humanity from destruction. Ok here is the view.

    This game looks like it was forced on the PC and laptop platforms and it was not thought through. Combat system is really painfully, graphics is omg what the hell is this. Plus let's not    I am gonna go straight to the subject because looks like the EA worshiping part of this so called game community is worshiping EA like they saved the humanity from destruction. Ok here is the view.

    This game looks like it was forced on the PC and laptop platforms and it was not thought through. Combat system is really painfully, graphics is omg what the hell is this. Plus let's not forget about the settings. I tried to set the graphics to have a very decent view without killing my eyes in the process of playing and focusing. But here the problems never stop. When I played 5 min my laptop shut down with no reason. I entered again the after 5 min again shut down. WTF I have a laptop which I payed 4500 Euros for (it has one year since I bought this laptop) and I made it especially for this type of games but after I saw that it shuts down my laptop for now reason I quit the game totally.

    For me having a state of the art laptop and it shuts down because of this game is just to ........ .

    To end this I saw the reviews and I want to say this: "Guidance from EA" pffff let's not forget what they did to DA2 plus EA is just looking for your money. As long as you give them what they want they do not give a damn about you sorry for the truth. WAKE UP PEOPLE AND STOP SLEEPING. Next gen games - if this is the example then it will collapse the game community totally.

    I can hardly believe that this game has high scores but I think the game reviewers where either drunk or drugged or both. Sorry for my bad language but they KILLED THE DA SERIES TOTALLY.

    Dragon Age: Origins - OMG game, amazing story, amazing in all that is amazing;
    Dragon Age 2: - big punch in the face of the DA lovers, Hardly to believe everyone says it was a cool game(yeah right)
    Dragon Age Inquisition: -big punch in the face and another big punch in the face and another one till the person gets bored of punching you in the face.

    GG Bioware to bad that you where bought by a game publishing company that wants to profit from you. Good titles wrong sponsoring company and the baddest company in the history.

    PS. EA lovers do not bother by bothering me with your angry reviews cause I am not giving a damn about what you say.    … Expand
  76. rematt
    Nov 19, 2014
    10
    Trust me if these haters could voted down the game prior to its release they would definitely do it the same.

    People reading the reviews should have a thought why the "mixed" ratings were far so few.
  77. newmeta
    Nov 19, 2014
    9
    Honestly... the only thing that is bad about it is the controls and UI elements.

    You have to hold down a button to autoattack, custom AI configuration is pretty limited, game doesn't support all the extra mouse buttons. Menus are not great, its a bad mix of DAO and DA2. Other than that, the world is freaking gigantic...6 hours in one map and I'm not even 20% done completing it. So    Honestly... the only thing that is bad about it is the controls and UI elements.

    You have to hold down a button to autoattack, custom AI configuration is pretty limited, game doesn't support all the extra mouse buttons. Menus are not great, its a bad mix of DAO and DA2.

    Other than that, the world is freaking gigantic...6 hours in one map and I'm not even 20% done completing it. So many quests...and if you really feel adventurous, you will face challenges WAY above your level. Fortunately, this is where the strategy shines.

    I'm playing on the hardest difficulty, so I'm enjoying the challenge. It's definetely an improvement from DA2 world wise, but DA2 probably had the best overall combat mechanics (while DAO had the best variety). It's really not as bad and disappointing as people are crying about.

    There is a bunch of heavy role-play elements in the game, like you have to gather materials to craft and "upgrade". However, there is plenty of loot to be found and used that are just as good as an upgrade while traveling.

    If they can address the sub-par work on the menus and fix the controls...this will be great. There is plenty to do and the game isn't just a speedrun to the finish. You will enjoy the game if you take the time to explore everything it has to offer.

    Sad to see most negative reviews are because they just refused to adapt or have a terrible PC to play this game on. This game is extremely optimized for cards from 2013+. Get with the times.
    This is definitely a game that improves on a lot... to be fair, the controls and UI is the weakest part but its tolerable. You're not going to lose anything by learning/adapting to the controls. Look past that and you got a great game.

    24+ hours in already at this date and its still way as enjoyable as DAO plus almost everything that made DA2 great. Sorry if you're casual and can't keep up...maybe League of Casuals will suit you negative Nancys'.    … Expand
  78. rtc07
    Nov 19, 2014
    0
    I made an account in the hope of saving you $60. I'm usually pretty generous in my opinions of games, but this is terrible. DAO was a great game, DA2 was meh, so I was hoping this would be a bounceback. I was wrong.

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

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

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

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

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

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

    There's a reason the console user reviews of this game are 2-3 points higher - it's a blatant console port. I'm going to give it a whirl with a controller, but if you plan on playing this game with a keyboard and mouse (which worked beautifully in DAO), save your time and money.    … Expand
  79. anrock1
    Nov 19, 2014
    8
    I don't really think this game is a 10 but it's not a 0 either. I created an account just to write this. I don't really think if someone give credit to Metacritic's User rating anymore, but if you do, just stop. I have by now almost 30 hours of gameplay and I'm having one of the most amazing experiences since I've played Mass Effect 2 and Grand Theft Auto IV.

    The game has its flaws,    I don't really think this game is a 10 but it's not a 0 either. I created an account just to write this. I don't really think if someone give credit to Metacritic's User rating anymore, but if you do, just stop. I have by now almost 30 hours of gameplay and I'm having one of the most amazing experiences since I've played Mass Effect 2 and Grand Theft Auto IV.

    The game has its flaws, some clunky bugs - nothing to be shocked about, it's a Bioware game - and sometimes an annoying AI, but it's nothing that'll heavily affect your gameplay at all. I have a quite old gaming rig that is able to run the game at medium settings and it still looks fantastic. It's one of the few games from this year that my computer can handle.

    I spent almost 15 hours just in the starter area only completing side-quests, the world is interesting and you'll find yourself wanting to know more about it and the side-quests aren't boring at all. 15 hours just exploring and having fun it's not what most games can do, specially if released this year.

    It's not a perfect game but it's one of the few that's called my attention this year and I couldn't be happier for buying it. There are some things that should be fixed and sometimes it feels like it lacks polishment; But I'm sure Bioware will address this and will listen to its fans.    … Expand
  80. Jetblackbird
    Nov 19, 2014
    9
    Honestly, I'm having a lot of fun so far with this game. While the story Bioware is known for is slightly diluted by how spread out it is, the greatly written party banter does make up for it. It is not Origins... but I don't think that this fact automatically make it a bad game. DAI is its own entity, that while it does follow the lore and is set in the same universe, has had its gameHonestly, I'm having a lot of fun so far with this game. While the story Bioware is known for is slightly diluted by how spread out it is, the greatly written party banter does make up for it. It is not Origins... but I don't think that this fact automatically make it a bad game. DAI is its own entity, that while it does follow the lore and is set in the same universe, has had its game play updated for modern day gaming. I love the conversations you have with characters, and I love the cheesy romance stuff you can do. That said... I took off a point because tactical combat is cumbersome compared to Origins. You have to click with both mouse buttons to go around the battle field, and you can't zoom out enough. I have to switch to the other mode in order to close most fade rifts, because they are just too high in the sky to get while in tactical mode.… Expand
  81. Jonhuggs
    Nov 19, 2014
    9
    I'm really liking this game alot. The game looks and plays great. Now there is a problem with the keyboard and mouse controls being horrible, but I'm not too set in my ways to plug in a controller to my PC, and I'm at about 15 hours into it with no problems control wise now, although I realize that that might ruin it for some people. There are alot of side quests all over the place, and soI'm really liking this game alot. The game looks and plays great. Now there is a problem with the keyboard and mouse controls being horrible, but I'm not too set in my ways to plug in a controller to my PC, and I'm at about 15 hours into it with no problems control wise now, although I realize that that might ruin it for some people. There are alot of side quests all over the place, and so far the story is pretty good, with a few returning characters from the first 2 games. So in my opinion pick this game up if you don't mind using a controller, if you are a hardcore kb/m person, I'd wait to see if Bioware addresses it in a patch.… Expand
  82. MCNoFunAllowed
    Nov 19, 2014
    3
    You would think a game with a critic Metascore of 87 would be pretty promising. But it is once again like Dragon Age 2 where the critics were obviously paid for their 10/10 reviews they gave when the user reviews gave it a 4.3 (I remember when it was once at a 2.3 at a certain point.) The gameplay is as clunky as a mediocre MMORPG and some cringeworthy writing. I can't believe the stuff IYou would think a game with a critic Metascore of 87 would be pretty promising. But it is once again like Dragon Age 2 where the critics were obviously paid for their 10/10 reviews they gave when the user reviews gave it a 4.3 (I remember when it was once at a 2.3 at a certain point.) The gameplay is as clunky as a mediocre MMORPG and some cringeworthy writing. I can't believe the stuff I hear in this game went through an editor. For me, a game with just mediocre, 'casual friendly' combat and poor writing really seals the deal that this game was not worth the purchase. How this game got so much hype and praise is beyond me.… Expand
  83. wickedprince
    Nov 19, 2014
    0
    What a complete disappointment. I have had such a horrible time just getting to the rift, trying to find loot, trying to fight the boss at the rift, trying to figure out which way is up.......utterly fed up, you can have my money, I am going back to play through Origins again. Your Inquisition sucks.
  84. Lewd
    Nov 19, 2014
    0
    There is a lot of bloating being done by EA employees and fans on one side and EA haters on another. If you want to get a real understanding of whether or not to play this game, I would recommend watching a silent play through of the prologue and some random scenes. You shouldn't rely solely on these reviews alone. Anyways, lets me get to why I gave a negative score to Dragon AgeThere is a lot of bloating being done by EA employees and fans on one side and EA haters on another. If you want to get a real understanding of whether or not to play this game, I would recommend watching a silent play through of the prologue and some random scenes. You shouldn't rely solely on these reviews alone. Anyways, lets me get to why I gave a negative score to Dragon Age Inquisition. First let me try to keep my history with the Dragon Age series short and sweet. Dragon Age Origins was the first game that I played which granted me a lot of freedom that I was not used to seeing from a game. It gave a Dungeon and Dragons sort of feeling that was fun. The mechanics, story, characters, and so much more left me quite hopeful for the future of this series back in 2010. Dragon Age II comes along, and I was sort of disappointed. It was an okay game with its own ups and downs, but it did not give off the same sort of freedom and atmosphere that Origins had provided. The game had a linear story, and I, along with many others, assumed that it functioned rather as sort of prequel or prologue to Dragon Age III. I was renewed with happiness and excitement while waiting for this game. Up until about year and a half ago, when I looked more into this series that I enjoyed, I started to lose hope for it. First it came with the delay. I understood that they wanted to perfect it before release and added the multiple origin feature to the game, but I was still disappointed in the delayed release. I started looking into some of the writers, developers, and other people who were working on the series, and my heart sank in my chest. I will not be naming names, but some of them did not even play video games or seemed to be appropriate. Some of their previous works were far below par in contrast to what one would expect for such a big name title. After some time, there was the 30 minute game play release; I was hopeful. I was then disappointed again. I noted a lot of clipping issues, poor game play mechanics, and just terribly writing. I had planned on not getting this game for some time either used or when the price dropped, but a friend of mine had gotten me a copy as a present. (It was an PlayStation 3 copy, and I was used to playing these games on the desktop computer, so that may have skewed my opinion on it.) So I spent the night playing it yesterday. It was bland and bad. The graphics were below my expectations. Textures seemed very clunky or rough. The characters were fairly unattractive and disappointing. There were a lot of bugs with some scenes and game play (which I was aware of ahead of time from the game play presentation but not for those horrid scenes). The animations were very robotic, rigid, or stiff; it was as if the game was made a decade ago. The dialogue and writing was compatible to what I would expect to find on a fan fiction website or deviant art. The companion characters themselves were varying. I do not want to give to my spoilers, but one character was just particularly terrible in regards to interaction. They also seemed to be aimed at one general opinion which was disappointing. Rather than a diverse group of characters with different opinions, there was just different wrapping on them. That is not to say there were clones of each other or agreed with everyone else, but it is hard to explain with providing spoilers. Let me go on to most important part, the game play. It was not fun. There were bugs with the camera and enemy AIs. The mechanics and level system was not improved much from Dragon Age II. It is described by one YouTuber as being as if it was an MMO. I am not fond of most MMO games, so this may be why I am not fond of the game play. There is more that I could go into about this game, but I do not believe that will change your feelings on this game. When it comes down to it, you can either to play it or do not. After telling my opinion on it, I can not sway your curiosity. Even I wanted to see it, but instead of buying it new or at the current price, wait for used copies to be sold, a decrease in price, borrow it, rent it, or something where you don't spend too much on it. If you like it, support the developers and give your opinion on it. If you do not like it, don't support the developers and give your opinion why. I would also recommend that you do not trust most of these game reviews by "professionals" critics as they tend to be more dishonest then a used car salesman. So either buy it or don't. I would recommend you don't and just borrow it from a friend if you have to buy it.… Expand
  85. Wols
    Nov 19, 2014
    10
    This is my first review on Metacritic, but i thought i would add my 2 cents in.

    For those whiners and crybabies who were expecting DA: Origins, please...stop right now, walk away and go play DA: Origins. This is DA: Inquisition, something a little different. For those who were expecting an RPG that was filled with lore, beautiful landscape, intriguing storyline and just that    This is my first review on Metacritic, but i thought i would add my 2 cents in.

    For those whiners and crybabies who were expecting DA: Origins, please...stop right now, walk away and go play DA: Origins. This is DA: Inquisition, something a little different.

    For those who were expecting an RPG that was filled with lore, beautiful landscape, intriguing storyline and just that something extra, then this is definitely the game for you :)

    With regards to the combat system, I concur with some commentary that it is a little clunky. However, that being said, unless your IQ level resides somewhere around room temperature, the system isn't hard to adapt to or even understand. Bioware does a great job at helping users understand the system.

    Secondly, whilst the graphics may not be at the quality of a Diablo 3 cut scene they are in no way as weak as some reviews have made it out to be. The character creation interface, landscaping, item detail provides a wonderful insight.

    The storyline is excellent, leaving users with hard decisions to make that ultimately can have an effect on a later outcome, depending on choices you make. Your fellow compainions love/hate are also impacted by choices. The humour is there to enjoy, not condemn and whilst sometimes predictable, players are also at times second guessing what's next to do. What is the right choice? How can i create a win/win scenario etc.

    Ultimately i hink this game is fantastic and look forward to spending many enjoyable hours playing the game.

    A lot of the hate appears to be system issues, people not understanding the combat system (hey reading is tech right!) or was expecting DA: Origins 2.0.

    For those who have played the game with an open mind, attempted to give it an actually go so will see in the positive response. For all those 0's due to "Derrr i crashed.....Derrr i don't know how to loot, is it LMB or RMB" are just a tragedy.    … Expand
  86. iwhbyd
    Nov 19, 2014
    10
    First off, this game has an amazing amount of content. If you are looking for a good AAA game this fall that will give you an amazing amount of bang for your buck, this is the one. One playthrough will take most people at least 70 or so hours to complete, and that would be rushing through the main story. If you do all the content and side quests, it will easily take you around 200 hours.First off, this game has an amazing amount of content. If you are looking for a good AAA game this fall that will give you an amazing amount of bang for your buck, this is the one. One playthrough will take most people at least 70 or so hours to complete, and that would be rushing through the main story. If you do all the content and side quests, it will easily take you around 200 hours. The characters are very interesting, each with their own unique personality that makes them stand out. There are a ton of locations and varied environments to keep your surroundings fresh. The story is really good, if not a little hard to follow at times if it's been a while since you played the previous two games. The combat is varied and really satisfying, and each of the classes feels unique and plays differently. The conversation choices, which is a staple in BioWare games, are great and give you control to create a personality for your character. Overall, lots of lore, characters, story, locations, quests and on top of that a fun and balanced battle system. A must buy for sure… Expand
  87. YavielsNight
    Nov 19, 2014
    0
    I played Origins and DA2. I dont compare them, I soly look at Inquisition and try to explain abit of background why I say its only 3 out of 10.

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

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

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

    The soundtrack and immersion in both games - very good.

    - - -

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

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

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

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

    + + +

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

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

    Meanwhile 03/10 imo and pardon my english, very late.    … Expand
  88. Surenkin
    Nov 19, 2014
    3
    This game treats the player character exactly like a trained waiter at an overpriced French restaurant treats a customer. Please, right this way, MONSIEUR, how was your day today, everything good? *without listening to response* Ho-ho-ho that is perfect! A menu for you, MONSIEUR, and if MONSIEUR needs anything, please call.

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

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

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

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

    This is the AAA games business formula. They're not telling you a story or giving you a game to play, they're just servicing your presumed needs. Mostly a manufactured feeling of power and control over a fantasy populated by one-dimensional fetishes.    … Expand
  89. NoiNorac
    Nov 19, 2014
    0
    Buy used.
    "this game has become a landmark achievement in failure."
    As a fan of Dragon Age: Origins I must say this is, without a shadow of a doubt, the worst Bioware game that EA has published to date. Everything from the writing to the animations are atrocious, and the ending beggars belief in how horribly handled it is. Breaking every promise that was given to us and pandering far    Buy used.
    "this game has become a landmark achievement in failure."

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

    EA does not deserve your money for a product so poorly designed, so atrociously written, and so mind-bogglingly constructed.    … Expand
  90. djklosed
    Nov 19, 2014
    9
    I played this game for about 18 hours using the keyboard and mouse setup, when I got to the first difficult fight on Nightmare I promptly tore out my remaining hair, left a poor review, and almost quit playing forever. I decided to try it out with my controller, it's like an entirely different game.

    With keyboard and mouse, 5/10. With a gamepad, 10/10.
  91. BenSpazz
    Nov 19, 2014
    10
    I'm a PC fanboy through and through, but I'm not ignorant of the changing markets. The days of pc exclusivity are gone. Consoles are here to stay, and as far as businesses are concerned money is #1. That means 95% of games will be ported. It's time to adapt or die. If you don't like the way a game plays with mouse and keyboard, go buy yourself a $15 wired Xbox 360 controller...

    As far    I'm a PC fanboy through and through, but I'm not ignorant of the changing markets. The days of pc exclusivity are gone. Consoles are here to stay, and as far as businesses are concerned money is #1. That means 95% of games will be ported. It's time to adapt or die. If you don't like the way a game plays with mouse and keyboard, go buy yourself a $15 wired Xbox 360 controller...

    As far as the game is concerned, from the 8 hours I've played I've found the game to be amazing. Gorgeous Open world exploration always makes for a good time. A complex crafting system keeps you on the lookout for any and all nodes and wandering critters. Excellent dialogue options. And countless side activities and quests mean you'll be able to take your time (this isn't a few hours to beat, and shelf it game). Everything I've seen so far has been great, can't wait to sink myself deeper into the world.    … Expand
  92. Xangba
    Nov 19, 2014
    7
    Let me open with this, Dragon Age Inquisition is a good game. I am enjoying putting so many hours in it and don't regret the all nighter I pulled the night it came out, and I would love to give this a 8/10.

    Unfortunately for PC the are problems. First and foremost, and honestly the worst offender (yeah everyone crying about "auto attacks" and "poor menu" and all that minor griping this    Let me open with this, Dragon Age Inquisition is a good game. I am enjoying putting so many hours in it and don't regret the all nighter I pulled the night it came out, and I would love to give this a 8/10.

    Unfortunately for PC the are problems. First and foremost, and honestly the worst offender (yeah everyone crying about "auto attacks" and "poor menu" and all that minor griping this is what a real issue is) is that something is creating massive CPU usage on the main menu and load screens. I've heard it's the DRM, but I will swear to nothing as I am not positive as to the cause. On load screens processors are spiking to 90-100% usage and there is a high chance of it causing a thermal shutdown of your computer with insufficient cooling. Until that gets fixed, I would recommend anyone interested in this game to ensure good cooling for your processor.

    Now then, other things that have been brought up is lack of auto attack, though you can simply hold one button (M1, R, or whatever you assign), so it's not that big a deal. The menu however, does leave one wanting as not very many items are displayed at once, and could use general improvement. I also saw complaints about not being to click to interact because it is attack. Yes, left click attacks. Right click will interact, and as usual the camera can also be controlled by holding right mouse button.

    Moving on past addressing some of the complaints with a bit more clarity, things about the game itself. It is, as has been said though some people don't seem to get, NOT open world. It has very large areas for you to explore, but it is not one seamless open world. The Hinterlands in particular so far (I have not finished the game) are a very decent size. Leveling up is different as well. You no longer receive attribute points, only skill points. Different skills will grant different stats, meaning you will have to take into account both skill effect and the stat bonus when deciding what to put points into.

    Each piece of equipment has different upgrade slots instead of just the old rune slots now. For example there's no gauntlet item slot now, it is an upgrade slot on chest armor. There are recipes scattered about and the crafting materials to create items are pretty well varied with each material giving different effects depending on what slot type they are in. I like the crafting, however the downside is if you require a new sword for your warrior and don't have enough of the material that gives strength, you will have to go out and find some more which at times can be tedious unless you have a good grasp on where to find the different materials.

    Default keybindings are somewhat wonky for those used to Dragon Age on PC, but all the buttons can be reassigned so I doubt anyone who takes more than two minutes will find issue with that.

    The story as far as I have gotten has me interested. I'm enjoying the political background of it , trying to overcome the people decrying you as blasphemous or other things, and the inner conflict of people within the inquisition (such as Mages and former Templars working together). Party banter can reveal new aspects of your companions that may not have shown in early chats with them and the voice acting (to me at any rate) is good with most characters.

    Graphics are (on good settings) nice and shiny, and I mean shiny quite literally in some cases (lips being the one I most often seem to notice). Character creation is pretty good, though I feel some more hair variety would be better.

    Finally, combat is a bit more fast paced, and some changes were made for stamina/mana. Stamina and mana now are simply 100 (at least right now, there may be ways to increase I just haven't come across yet, plus I haven't checked the actual number value for it in a couple levels), and so instead of building up a large pool that regens slowly in combat, it is a small pool that more quickly regens. There are several passives for each class that helps with stamina regen and they become important fairly early on. Animations have been improved and spell effects look nice, but from what I'm seeing the trees it looks like some of the big destruction spells aren't really there (like Inferno). Also, healing spells have been removed (except for revive), putting instead an emphasis on buffs like Barrier, basically a spell that grants a second health bar to allies in an aoe. Potions are given a higher priority and have several different types as well. Unfortunately you can no longer fully customize party tactics either.

    TLDR/Closing: Overall I am greatly enjoying myself. There is certainly the smell of console port, and combined with the load screen/main menu cpu usage, it takes away from what could have easily been something I'd give a 9/10 to. With the return of custom tactics, a better item menu, some bug cleanup and the fixing of the massive cpu hogging on load screens, this would be an amazing game. As it is, it is still very fun.    … Expand
  93. ArioX
    Nov 19, 2014
    0
    I gave 0 because THAT IS NOT what I expected. Lets be clear - this is not as bad as DA2... but lets be serious - it is NOT POSSIBLE to make worst game than DA2. But to be in clear - this nothing like DA1 - which is BEST!
  94. PowerPuff
    Nov 19, 2014
    9
    I've experienced 3 crashes so far, but soon my driver was updated and to be honest the game was running a lot smoother after... but that is not why I'm writing this review. I'm here to sumbit my experience with the game and review it.

    I felt the story was quite unique in it's own way, i felt BioWare has taken a step up after crashing and burning with their "failures" ME3 and DA2. I    I've experienced 3 crashes so far, but soon my driver was updated and to be honest the game was running a lot smoother after... but that is not why I'm writing this review. I'm here to sumbit my experience with the game and review it.

    I felt the story was quite unique in it's own way, i felt BioWare has taken a step up after crashing and burning with their "failures" ME3 and DA2. I understand a lot of people did not very much enjoy DAI but be open minded and realise that the game comes with a lot of content and things to do I mean seriously i think that each enemy is unique and gives you a hell of an experience while in battle. And honestly everywhere you look there is a battle to be fought. combat is also sweet and sugar coated with fun, but that's my own opinion you are free to your own. I felt that each battle you would have to use your wit and cunning and hope that your strategy gets you through it. Some may argue that the camera is funky (even though its true) yet the issue can be ignored or even just wait it out i mean there has to be a patch at some point. The only concern i had were some visual bugs like if you look at an enemy a certain way some of their limbs would be missing (head,leg,arm,etc) or walking through walls. yet still can be waited out until a patch comes along. BUT HERE'S MY REVIEW ALL SHORT AND SWEET.

    *Combat- Fluid, Fun, Beautiful, TACTICAL SCREEN IS AWESOME, and Challenging(if not higher the difficulty panzee)
    *Characters- Life-like, Likeable, and always helping the story progress
    *Graphics- IDK ABOUT YOUR GRAPHICS CARD, BUT MINE MADE THIS GAME LOOK BREATH TAKING
    *World- Massive, Beautiful, Unique, and always something new around each corner (yet i felt like as if they were just huge corridors, but hey FU** IT MAN)
    *Story-I honestly couldn't explain it was quite unique and i felt like i was deciding how it unfolded whole time 10/10 for story
    *Controls- had to get used to it, but shortly got that hang of it and i enjoyed it very much

    Yet this is all my own opinion take the information i displayed and register it the way you want, but hey you could always go out buy the game and see how you like it or watch gameplay or even better go be a fiend and play it at a friends house that owns the game. But hey i liked it you may too who knows
    PS: STOP TRYING TO COMPARE IT TO ORIGINS. Inquisition may be part of the series, but it stands as it's own game too. You also have to realise that origins is origins if you want a game like origins GO PLAY ORIGINS. COMMON SENSE 101
    THANK YOU AND GAME ON!    … Expand
  95. KarloreVI
    Nov 19, 2014
    0
    This is possibly one of the WORST games I have purchased in the past decade. I've played previous bioware games (Baldur's Gate 1 & 2, Dragon Age, Mass Effect 1, 2 & 3) and thought that Mass Effect 3 would be the most disappointing thing to come from a once-great company. I was wrong; this really takes the cake with absolutely abysmal writing, something once considered a strength of BiowareThis is possibly one of the WORST games I have purchased in the past decade. I've played previous bioware games (Baldur's Gate 1 & 2, Dragon Age, Mass Effect 1, 2 & 3) and thought that Mass Effect 3 would be the most disappointing thing to come from a once-great company. I was wrong; this really takes the cake with absolutely abysmal writing, something once considered a strength of Bioware games and stale combat.
    Not to mention the other weaknesses of this game such as poor voice acting and equally poor graphics, even on the highest settings. The actors sound like strangers pulled off the street, with stiff and cold voice-overs even Microsoft Sam could trump. The UI (User Interface) is a horrific butchering of DA1's, with stats reduced to nothing but bars. The entire menu miraculously feels incredibly cluttered even though it's throwing LESS statistics and overall information at you.
    I really wanted to give Bioware the benefit of the doubt and hope ME3 was the sign that they should clean up their act, but it's become clear that they're set in their ways. I will probably never purchase a Bioware product again thanks to this complete mess.    … Expand
  96. junkevil
    Nov 19, 2014
    0
    i was really hoping this would be a good game, I know bioware is capable of making them, ME1, ME2 and DA:O were all great games. they dropped the ball on DA2 and ME3, they said they learned lessons and we're listening to the fans. the sad part is that they probably were listening to the fans, but making a game solely for fan service is disastrous. maybe if you think skyrim is the best RPGi was really hoping this would be a good game, I know bioware is capable of making them, ME1, ME2 and DA:O were all great games. they dropped the ball on DA2 and ME3, they said they learned lessons and we're listening to the fans. the sad part is that they probably were listening to the fans, but making a game solely for fan service is disastrous. maybe if you think skyrim is the best RPG ever and you only play games on consoles you'll like this game. if you wanted combat similar to DA:O like they promised you, you're out of luck. if you're a mouse and keyboard user, I hope you like to mash LMB a lot.… Expand
  97. Andrew1175
    Nov 19, 2014
    5
    Disappointed in the game and refunded. If I wasn't able to refund then maybe I'd be more upset. This game was definitely designed for consoles like Skyrim sadly... I got annoyed fast that I had to go walk up to items using WASD and then use the action key instead of just right clicking and auto moving there. The attacking is clunky when it comes to targeting enemies. Again, it seems as ifDisappointed in the game and refunded. If I wasn't able to refund then maybe I'd be more upset. This game was definitely designed for consoles like Skyrim sadly... I got annoyed fast that I had to go walk up to items using WASD and then use the action key instead of just right clicking and auto moving there. The attacking is clunky when it comes to targeting enemies. Again, it seems as if they did this for console players and us PC players have to pay the price. I never got farther in than 2 or 3 hours before I requested the refund, so I can't give my opinion on whether or not the dialogue/story is good. I never used tactical view (I never used it in DAO either) so I can't give my opinion on that. Overall? I won't be buying the game again until it reaches about 30 bucks on those cheap CD key websites because I honestly don't think it's worth it. I really am disappointed with the game and won't be getting it. I'd recommended waiting a month or two for (hopefully) patches to make it more of a PC game like DAO was.… Expand
  98. periwinkles
    Nov 19, 2014
    0
    If you buy something that is super-hyped up and when it FIRST comes out, then chances are it will be buggy and you will be very disappointed. That is exactly what happened with Inquisition.

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

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

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

    Honestly, I really wanted to like this game. I totally bought the hype up, and preordered it. That will be the very last time I ever do that again with any game. Really disgusted with the professional/critic reviewers for giving Inquisition stellar reviews of 85% and up (one of them gave it a 100% - someone is on Bioware or EA payroll). I just can't see how anyone could play this and give it above 80% - unless maybe this is the first game they ever played and have no reference point.    … Expand
  99. ComicBookGuy
    Nov 19, 2014
    0
    A step up from 2 and still 10 short of anything near Origins. The developers angle of politicizing their content rather than producing anything worth playing is obvious. It's the same old story really: Create controversy, agues those who disagree with valid points of 'isms' and cash the money before anyone release what ride they were just taken on.

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

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

    Another typical EA game really.    … Expand
  100. wt1977
    Nov 19, 2014
    10
    You know the drill, the game is getting slammed because people can't stomach a handful of bumps along the road to launch. There are issues with the PC controls, but nothing is beyond fixing unless we panic and abandon our support of the game. I for one am loving Inquisition thus far, at about 20 hours in I can tell the story is going to keep me engaged for a very long time. Graphically andYou know the drill, the game is getting slammed because people can't stomach a handful of bumps along the road to launch. There are issues with the PC controls, but nothing is beyond fixing unless we panic and abandon our support of the game. I for one am loving Inquisition thus far, at about 20 hours in I can tell the story is going to keep me engaged for a very long time. Graphically and stylistically the game is extremely impressive, and thankfully it scales very well to my aging rig. I'm currently playing with a 360 controller to circumvent some of the early control hiccups, and having a blast with combat that way. Indeed I can't say that the game is a 10/10 throughout, but I'm certain I will settle no lower than 8 for any reason. As such, I am rating a 10 in the hopes that it will mitigate some of the unbridled nerd rage slamming the game. One could swear that people love complaining even more than they do an excellent game. I for one intend to enjoy the ride rather than let a couple bumps in the road shatter my world.… Expand
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#16 Best PC Game of 2014
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85

Generally favorable reviews - based on 45 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 40 out of 45
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 45
  3. Negative: 0 out of 45
  1. Hyper Magazine
    Feb 9, 2015
    90
    Best Dragon Age so far, hands down. Pity about the naff writing. [Issue#257, p.51]
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  2. GameOver.gr
    Jan 22, 2015
    100
    The masters over at Bioware have done it again. This epic journey into the world of Thedas will steal more than 100 hours of your time, hours so full of superb gaming that you'll never forget them.
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  3. Eurogamer Portugal
    Jan 14, 2015
    80
    Despite numerous shortcomings, the new BioWare project is undoubtedly worth your attention. One of the best RPGs of 2014.
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