Dragon Age: Inquisition

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  1. reaper987
    Dec 16, 2014
    3
    I pre-ordered Mass Effect 3 and got f*cked by EAware with the ending and I said to myself I won't buy more games from them. Then first images from Inquisition came and I wanted the game, so after couple of days of reading the reviews (too bad I didn't read them here) I bought Deluxe edition. This time EAware f*cked me right in the beginning. You want direct save import, better controls,I pre-ordered Mass Effect 3 and got f*cked by EAware with the ending and I said to myself I won't buy more games from them. Then first images from Inquisition came and I wanted the game, so after couple of days of reading the reviews (too bad I didn't read them here) I bought Deluxe edition. This time EAware f*cked me right in the beginning. You want direct save import, better controls, camera and inventory? F*ck you, we have Keep and awesome (=useless) jump feature. Bashing R or mouse button to attack? Potions and grenades can be replenished only in camps or in some crates.
    EA ruined another franchise!!    … Expand
  2. Smilinmaniag
    Dec 16, 2014
    5
    *I didn't play this game on consoles, so the review is based on my PC experience - consoleboys can add 2 points to my final score.
    *After heckhours of gameplay and trying all classes, editing my review slightly
    First to say, Dragon Age Inquisition IS NOT A BAD GAME. It is good, and sometimes very entertaining. Even if story is kinda predictable, and nothing compared to DA2 story(i    *I didn't play this game on consoles, so the review is based on my PC experience - consoleboys can add 2 points to my final score.
    *After heckhours of gameplay and trying all classes, editing my review slightly

    First to say, Dragon Age Inquisition IS NOT A BAD GAME. It is good, and sometimes very entertaining. Even if story is kinda predictable, and nothing compared to DA2 story(i really loved it, even though my eyes were bleeding when going through similar locations over and over). All these new features seem fun, once you get engaged in them and its much better after the second half of the game. Unfortunately, this game have several problems, which make playing it very uncomfortable, if not disturbing.

    ***** UI porblems

    - Tactical camera is not usable - it is hang to the ground, making a simple pause more used. It just doesnt fit - all the locations are big, and sometimes enemies attack way beyond the range you can actually see. And unlike DA2 pause, this one doesnt allow you to give orders properly due to the next issue

    - Controls are DISGUSTING. Your character attacks on mouseover, without any intention of moving. you move only with WASD and attack by constantly smashing buttons - and one very important thing - you are IMMOBILE while attacking, unless using kind of spell which involves movement. It results to losing way too much HP and nerves. Because of this, melee classes are unplayable, because you miss 80% of your abilities and autos. Playing range class make things a bit better though. Any of you here ever played Hellgate:London? So imagine playing templar, but your char doesnt move when you use spells/attack. Awesome, right?(sarcastic)

    - Weird interface solutions- you have to go to EVERY corpse to loot it, and remember that your character wont do it even if you will click that corpse/box/chest/drakebody - you actually MUST move to melee range, press button and take stuff. repeat 4-5 times after each combat. soo much fun. Inventory is horrible. Not only is sorted weirdly(very console-like), in addition I have one question - why the heck you need to make boots and gloves as upgrades? I mean rings/necklaces worth TWO slots, but legs and hands - no? Ermm.. It is just plain stupid in my opinion. So in order to equip new sexy gloves(well, just as example) you have to return to a base and go to upgrade thingie and do the stuff there. And you sometimes might realize that your armor doesnt have slots for gloves. WAT?

    - Inability to put attribute points - especially on early levels, you cant cast more that 2 spells. want more - drink mana/stamina potion. awesome. Very bad especially when playing Mage.

    - Weird level distribution. For instance, in hinderlands i fought with level 4 wolves. successfully killed them, went to set up a camp and after walking for about a minute got owned by LVL 12 spawns. awesome. Or when I met around 13 LVL8 bandits after killing lvl 5 rift. Unlike dragons and stuff, where you can run away since you see them, in this kind of "situations" you cant.

    - "open world". Oh god. the nightmare of TES is here. Mostly noticeable in storm coast, but with jumps added and all this hills and mountains, you get this TES curse: you can see the destination point on minimap, but you DONT KNOW HOW THE HELL YOU GONNA REACH IT.

    - "open world' again. The game forces you to grind in these boring locations to proceed the story. So prepare to have gameplay like grind half hour - go do story mission 10-15 minutes - grind hour - mission... etc. So basically you actually PLAY THE GAME in those 30% of the time.

    - Ugly faces. Sera is plain disgusting. Cassandra looks like a male. Solas is well... same as Vivienne. Not a big fan of no-hair people. I'm not saying about romances, which are very... gay and lesbian. Straight romances are boring - again because chars look disgusting. Most interesting companions [potentionally] are not in the party - Leliana, + that adorable noble girl(forgot the name). Even that Cullen seems to be more interesting than blackwall - similar type of companion. QUNARI IS GAY.

    - No heals + limit for the potions. Dunno how on consoles, but on PC with its controls and this random level spread, 8 potions is not enough.

    - Optimization is bad. very bad. On laptops, you cant even play fullscreen. fps constantly jump, making image shuttering. You never get stable fps. In order to make your game playable - on low-medium setting game looks like... crap - you are pretty much forced to play on high.

    +Main story is kinda good - it is interesting to follow. Unfortunately, you must GRIND to play the story.

    +Characters are fun and interesting to speak, even if ugly and shiny(even on ultra you get plastic faces and hair)

    +Well, it is dragon age. Fanboys will see some of their old chars there. some fine plot.

    +The game is actually interesting, ya know - just those 20-30% of time, when you are not grinding ELFROOT. Are those 15-25 hours really worth your time, my dear friend?    … Expand
  3. jetmasa
    Dec 16, 2014
    3
    Wow. And what happened to the "choice and consequence" that made Dragon Age: Origins so compelling? I did not spend money to play this game because it promised great graphics, I played this because I was expecting it to be at least somewhat like Origins. If I wanted to look at great animation I would have watched a movie instead. Greater expectations produces bigger disappointments.
  4. mirandan50
    Dec 16, 2014
    10
    In my opinion this game has easily made its way in the top percentage of, (dare I say) all time. My experience is on the PC version. DAI will be around and talked about for a long time.
    I had "ZERO" graphical errors and ZERO frame rate issues with graphics on a mix of High and Ultra.
    I can't believe that some individuals with "likely" faulty hardware issues with their gaming rig (or lack    In my opinion this game has easily made its way in the top percentage of, (dare I say) all time. My experience is on the PC version. DAI will be around and talked about for a long time.
    I had "ZERO" graphical errors and ZERO frame rate issues with graphics on a mix of High and Ultra.
    I can't believe that some individuals with "likely" faulty hardware issues with their gaming rig (or lack there of) would give a game of this caliber a low score, let alone a "0." Do not listen to them. This game is very DEEP and will likely entertain you with 80+ hours of gaming. I am already starting my 2nd play through. It really is that good.    … Expand
  5. ttshin
    Dec 16, 2014
    6
    Not a bad timewaster, but a little bit shallow. The game engine and combat work well enough, but combat feels a little bit too much like mashing buttons for my liking. If you like having the majority of your party fighting as AI (or single-stepping through the whole thing - really???) you might get on better with it. However, combat is really just a delaying tactic in the game design andNot a bad timewaster, but a little bit shallow. The game engine and combat work well enough, but combat feels a little bit too much like mashing buttons for my liking. If you like having the majority of your party fighting as AI (or single-stepping through the whole thing - really???) you might get on better with it. However, combat is really just a delaying tactic in the game design and doesn't need to be difficult.

    Graphics are generally OK (at 4k, they ought to be), some crashes around crafting/upgrades, but really long instance loading times are a pain.

    The main gameplay is wandering round the map, ticking off missions. After a couple of days, this is starting to feel like its running out of steam. Some of the missions have odd out-of-context minigames, but the only thing I find can be a challenge is working out how to find the path up a mountain. At times I wonder 'why', and if the dialogue choices actually make a difference - but overall its quite playable.    … Expand
  6. Oxification
    Dec 16, 2014
    3
    The worst part of the game is the terrible pacing in the story.

    Your character is inexplicably tossed into the leadership roll of the last hope for Thedas without any reason or rhyme. The filler "quests". Collect this, collect that, collect those stones to open three colour doors. Yeah, that makes me mad. That makes me really mad, Bioware. Instead of giving us time-killing nothings    The worst part of the game is the terrible pacing in the story.

    Your character is inexplicably tossed into the leadership roll of the last hope for Thedas without any reason or rhyme.

    The filler "quests". Collect this, collect that, collect those stones to open three colour doors. Yeah, that makes me mad. That makes me really mad, Bioware. Instead of giving us time-killing nothings to compete with juggernauts like Skyrim why don't you give us a competent storyline; something you haven't done since Mass Effect 2?

    The one saving grace are the interesting characters that kept making come back and playing, they made me "FEEL" something.

    The combat is dreary and repetitive, the number of abilities and customisation of said abilities is severely downgraded from the previous titles.

    Unfortunately I couldn't make myself keep playing, and I've left it to fester within its case. Never again will I pay this much money for something that has disappointed me so very harshly. I've learned my lesson.

    Shame on you, Bioware and your EA, putting money in your pockets and the pockets of "professional gaming reviewers".    … Expand
  7. amafadag
    Dec 15, 2014
    2
    Combat is so simplistic it's borderline boring. Character animations are VERY slow and unresponsive, (e.g. Click to autoattack with rogue, animation starts - want to cancel it and move? Wait 3 seconds.)
    Tactical view is rubbish and doesn't control well, the team tactics are reduced to pathetic few options consisting of drink/don't drink, use/don't use abilities etc. Inventory management    Combat is so simplistic it's borderline boring. Character animations are VERY slow and unresponsive, (e.g. Click to autoattack with rogue, animation starts - want to cancel it and move? Wait 3 seconds.)
    Tactical view is rubbish and doesn't control well, the team tactics are reduced to pathetic few options consisting of drink/don't drink, use/don't use abilities etc. Inventory management is horrific, you can see up to 6(wow!) items max in inventory and many more such gems. Add to all of it the mod unfriendly frostbite engine and hope of the game getting better with time dies fast.

    TL;DR Boring combat, boring quests, frustrating controls, basically unmoddable.    … Expand
  8. rosz
    Dec 15, 2014
    0
    Luckily I bought the disks. Sent them back to amazon for a refund. Heart-breaking. . I was waiting for this game for months.

    I probably played DA: origins a dozen times. Maybe two dozen. Every story, every npc, every option. One of my favorites. I played DA #2 once. This one I found this completely unplayable. The camera didn't make any sense. Why not allow it to pull back so you can    Luckily I bought the disks. Sent them back to amazon for a refund. Heart-breaking. . I was waiting for this game for months.

    I probably played DA: origins a dozen times. Maybe two dozen. Every story, every npc, every option. One of my favorites. I played DA #2 once. This one I found this completely unplayable. The camera didn't make any sense. Why not allow it to pull back so you can see your guys and at least a few of your enemies? Don't the game designers themselves play games? Why would they make it so difficult to see what's going on? To move? To issue commands to your guys? To loot anything?

    Really I'm baffled by how bad this is. The combat consists of holding down the R key. Instead of Dragon Age, it's like playing some version of Donkey Kong. Your guys spin a lot, like a young dance troop that has only a handful of moves. I guess enemies are taking some shots (but, as I say, you can't see much).

    Can reviewers really be paid off? I can't believe it. PC GAmer magazine has always been reliable in the past. But unless they got some different version, I don't see how they could rate this as anything other than a unplayable bomb.

    Obviously some people on here love this game. I honestly don't see how they lasted 5 hours. My advice would be to buy from a store that has a return policy.    … Expand
  9. dmastri
    Dec 15, 2014
    3
    Boring. Bland. Grindy. I can't remember the last time I gave up on an RPG, but this one was a waste of time & money. Execution & polish were spot on, but unfortunately it's the same hackneyed story delivered in an extremely grindy MMO fashion. It has no heart, no soul.

    Also, boring.
  10. nermack
    Dec 15, 2014
    0
    I have never felt the need to review a bad game before but i want to help people make an informed decision. The reviewers such as ign etc have become famous for taking bribes in exchange for good reviews on triple AAA titles. This is one of those times. The combat is so bad it's painful to play. It feels like a clunky free to play korean mmo. The graphics in screen shots look great butI have never felt the need to review a bad game before but i want to help people make an informed decision. The reviewers such as ign etc have become famous for taking bribes in exchange for good reviews on triple AAA titles. This is one of those times. The combat is so bad it's painful to play. It feels like a clunky free to play korean mmo. The graphics in screen shots look great but the game stutters so much in cutscenes it's hard to tell whats going on. The animations are what i would expect from a game 8 years ago not from today. The quests are boring filler quests you would find in an mmo just to extend the total time it takes to finish the game.

    And here is the worst part, the story and dialogue are horrible. Bioware has failed at what it used to do best. The conversations are so poorly written you will skip them just to get them over with. The writing everywhere in this game is terrible. Please do yourself a favor, wait for witcher 3 or anything else coming out if you like games like the original dragon age. This one is garbage. If i had worked on this game i'd be ashamed. There honest to god is not 1 redeemable feature in this game.    … Expand
  11. darrkiind
    Dec 15, 2014
    0
    unplayable on the xbox 360 you can see the pixles and cant read the text on the highest graphics settings , i was exited for this game but i guess ill have to return it becuse im not gettig one of the new consoles for just 1 games (btw dragon age 2 was garbage as well)
  12. MRItech1211
    Dec 15, 2014
    1
    (PC version owner) The game is an utter disappointment, to me at least. I will explain why, briefy.
    1. The controls are horrible. It's clearly a console game ported to PC, and done poorly. It's like playing with a mouse and keyboard was an afterthought....No click to walk, no click to loot...No click to target...
    2. The story, is not engaging at all. Right out the gate, they throw you    (PC version owner) The game is an utter disappointment, to me at least. I will explain why, briefy.
    1. The controls are horrible. It's clearly a console game ported to PC, and done poorly. It's like playing with a mouse and keyboard was an afterthought....No click to walk, no click to loot...No click to target...
    2. The story, is not engaging at all. Right out the gate, they throw you into these mundane MMO style quests, that although they are somewhat loosely tied to the main story, are not engaging or interesting.
    3. The graphics, are OK. Mediocre at best, nothing impressive for a game of 2014. Im running it max settings, and my Skyrim looks as good if not better (and how old is that game?)
    4. The menus are clunky, and not user friendly.
    5. Not a lot of variety in character creation. I know that dragon age has not been known for its character class diversity, but seriously, this is such a dumbed down, watery version of what RPGs used to be like, its depressing.
    6. The talent trees are very shallow and basic.
    7. Overall, i'd say this game plays like an MMO, that was never quite completed, and just ended up being a single player game. I tried, really, really hard to like it, but in the end, I just ended up being bored. Stupid me for buying the hard copy, otherwise I would have contacted EA for a refund.    … Expand
  13. ProstoTelo
    Dec 15, 2014
    3
    If you did not play DAO and you are a console fan - this game is for you. Sit in the chair take your controller and play it like single-player 3d person action game. Yes this is an ACTION game with RPG elements.

    And if you enjoyed every single hour of DAO - don't buy this one. It's just awful.
  14. AsatorPrime
    Dec 15, 2014
    3
    Gameplay:
    Worst in the series, the tactical camera is useless resulting in the game just becomes a poor hack and slash. Keyboard controls are some of the worst in modern gaming.
    Story: Average at best, this game had the least companions that I actually liked from any of the DA games (I only liked Cassandra, Dorian & Varric), with my two favourite characters in the game being Leliana &    Gameplay:
    Worst in the series, the tactical camera is useless resulting in the game just becomes a poor hack and slash. Keyboard controls are some of the worst in modern gaming.

    Story:
    Average at best, this game had the least companions that I actually liked from any of the DA games (I only liked Cassandra, Dorian & Varric), with my two favourite characters in the game being Leliana & Morrigan from DA:O. The main plot was average at best as well, but better than DA2. The worst part though was when I did my standard second play through as an evil character, I found myself not given any freedom to actually be evil.

    Graphics:
    Scenery is absolutely gorgeous but the character models and animations are terrible.

    Audio:
    Loved the music, almost as good and DA:O and the bard songs were great.

    Overall:
    Below average, Dragon Age: Origins is still the best in the series, this and DA2 are currently tied for last place (DA:I could scrape ahead if Bioware fix the combat though).    … Expand
  15. Alozaps
    Dec 15, 2014
    6
    The environments and scenery are quite nice, there are a few good music tracks, and exploring can be relaxing, but unfortunately, there's not much else about this game that is anything better than mediocre.

    I think the other reviews out there have adequately covered all the shortcomings of the game, from the poor KB+M controls, to the lack of impactful choices, to the lack of armour    The environments and scenery are quite nice, there are a few good music tracks, and exploring can be relaxing, but unfortunately, there's not much else about this game that is anything better than mediocre.

    I think the other reviews out there have adequately covered all the shortcomings of the game, from the poor KB+M controls, to the lack of impactful choices, to the lack of armour variety, to the lack of depth, etc. I'm just going to touch on a couple of less-mentioned aspects of the game that I think are worth mentioning.

    One of the things about the game that I found was "off" was the pacing of the cutscenes. Scenes such as the collective singing after Haven and the gathering of all the party members in the pub (to drink and play games) were, I thought, poorly paced. For the most part, I thought that the scenes lacked a realistic flow, and were either too fast or disconnected. NPCs in the game seem incapable of talking at the same time -- if an interruption is intended, the NPC will instead just stop talking and the other NPC will interject two seconds later. Or, using the example of the party pub scene: when each character is supposed to say their piece, they will say it one after the other with a pause in between, and there is no natural overlap in the voices. I find it very poorly done and I think DA:O did a better job in this regard. In fact, I find that the facial animations and general body language NPCs make when speaking were much better in DA:O. It's a shame that they messed this up even after moving to a supposedly "superior" game engine. Another thing that I think really detracts from the cutscene experience is the 30 fps lock; the drop in fps is very noticeable, and it really takes away from the experience.

    About the dialogue wheel: I would have been fine with a dialogue wheel if the heavy paraphrasing didn't constantly throw me off guard. There is a certain deviation from the options on the wheel and what your character actually says. This can affect people differently depending on the speaking "tone" they generate in their mind. Perhaps a voiced protagonist and dialogue wheel could have worked, if it was implemented well -- in this case, I don't think it was.

    Instead of having a clear vision and identity for the game and delivering on it, it is clear that Bioware is trying to appeal to as wide an audience as possible. Unfortunately, as a result, the game is a jack-of-all-trades but master of none.    … Expand
  16. kryfionka
    Dec 15, 2014
    6
    So i spent more than 100 hours in this game. I don't want to complain like other on combat, because i agree with most of bad comments about it. What i truly hate in this game is poor story. I mean, wow, that was really disappointing. The strong side of two earlier games was a plot, a lot of side quest where you had choice, opportunity to discover world and lore. In DAI for 90% of timeSo i spent more than 100 hours in this game. I don't want to complain like other on combat, because i agree with most of bad comments about it. What i truly hate in this game is poor story. I mean, wow, that was really disappointing. The strong side of two earlier games was a plot, a lot of side quest where you had choice, opportunity to discover world and lore. In DAI for 90% of time you're not doing anything important, only going on not really interesting terrains (I really hate Hissing Wastes). Game wasn't bad, but for me it's hard to forgive such short and not satisfying history, because i loved first game (and even two!) for characters, locations, world and this all quests. Main story goes too fast, and you can't sink into it, they don't explain important question, and main villain was just transparent. It's sad that main plot is so simple, that i have feeling that was only little bigger DLC. Big terrains with lack of content and it hurts.… Expand
  17. BobaFett012
    Dec 15, 2014
    2
    This is one of the worst sequels I have ever played for any particular game but for a Dragon Age game its a terrible let down. First off let me just say the controls for the PC are so atrocious, just playing the game is trying and not fun. Then they went and took all the features that made this game a great tactical RPG out of the game and made it into an action RPG. Tactics for yourThis is one of the worst sequels I have ever played for any particular game but for a Dragon Age game its a terrible let down. First off let me just say the controls for the PC are so atrocious, just playing the game is trying and not fun. Then they went and took all the features that made this game a great tactical RPG out of the game and made it into an action RPG. Tactics for your party members has been gutted and is largely worthless, attributes are there for looks only, there is no customization of them at all. The skill trees are all bland and no special ones such as the last 2 games had. There is no more click to move, click to loot, auto attack, lock on target, no more healing spells in the game. Like I am utterly speechless that they could take such an amazing game series and just ruin it by turning into another clickfest action game like so many these days.

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

    At least now I know to pass on ME4, which was one of my all time favorite series, however I no longer have trust in Bioware to put out a good product that is bug free and ported correctly to the PC.    … Expand
  18. savagestranger
    Dec 14, 2014
    3
    I wanted to like this game, as I'm a fan of RPGs since pencil and paper D&D, Baldur's Gate etc. It's not what I had hoped for, which was a sandbox type CRPG (especially being that it's open world) with some depth in the skills and crafting. To me, this is more like an arcade style game, with MMO tendencies. Hell, I've played MMO's with more depth. There really isn't anything good that II wanted to like this game, as I'm a fan of RPGs since pencil and paper D&D, Baldur's Gate etc. It's not what I had hoped for, which was a sandbox type CRPG (especially being that it's open world) with some depth in the skills and crafting. To me, this is more like an arcade style game, with MMO tendencies. Hell, I've played MMO's with more depth. There really isn't anything good that I can say about the game. It's dumbed down, consolized, unoptimized and buggy. It seems like a huge waste of a large AAA budget, in my opinion. I've had a lot more fun with Divinity: Original Sins.… Expand
  19. KAtallah
    Dec 14, 2014
    5
    Ok, First, I'm going to be exceedingly harsh here because this is Bioware and they can do better (they HAVE done better. much, much better). Second, this review is going to be long because this game is massive (I just finished a 'completionist' playthrough and it clocked in at ~200 hours. So here goes.

    Point #1:This game feels like it was created by developers who had no vision    Ok, First, I'm going to be exceedingly harsh here because this is Bioware and they can do better (they HAVE done better. much, much better). Second, this review is going to be long because this game is massive (I just finished a 'completionist' playthrough and it clocked in at ~200 hours. So here goes.

    Point #1:This game feels like it was created by developers who had no vision of their own so they had to copy every other game's ideas. The result is an identity-conflicted "me too!" title that doesn't do anything particularly well. It tries to be an MMO, but it's still a single player game. It tries to copy Skyrim with its giant explorable game world, but it lacks all the wanderlust-inducing exploration and free roam that define the Elder Scrolls series.. It tries to copy Witcher 2's political intrigue in the Orlais portion of the game (and at the war table) and fails miserably at it. It tries to capture the NPC personality depth that made DA:O such a great game, but it fails there too.

    Point #2: The F*cking Combat. I gotta hand it to Bioware. I didn't think they could do worse than what they gave is in DA2. But surprise, surprise! They've pulled it off. It's absolutely terrible. It's a button mashing epic affair that only a Neanderthal would love. And there's no depth to the system whatsoever. You're still limited to 3 classes, only they've drastically reduced the number of spells your mage can use. They've streamlined Rogues and Warriors. The overall system itself has been dumbed down even further than the abomination that was DA2. (you can no longer choose your tactics, you can no longer point-buy your stats) And don't get me started on the tactical camera. There's nothing tactical about it. It's broken. It cannot be used to target enemies who are not currently ON TOP OF YOU engaging in melee--because you can't see the battlefield with it. you can only see your currently controlled character. Ridiculous. ( Really, Mike Laidlaw? THIS is the game you've always wanted to make?)

    Point #3: The story is all right. And I do like how they addressed the dangling plotlines that they shamelessly cliff-hanged in the first two games (Morrigan and the Old God Baby; What is Flemeth; the Red Lyrium; What happened to Hawke; What happened to the Warden; Where do the Eluvians lead. etc.

    Other Points of various importance:

    -While this game does not suffer from the recycled maps phenomenon that ruined DA2, it DOES still induce that samey-samey feel after a while. In fact, just about everything feels mass produced and repeated, ad-nausea -- Like the quests. Especially the quests. EVERY quest is a collection quest. And there are hundreds. Find 26 bottles, discover 12 secrets, locate 6 journal entries, find 20 books, secure 10 camps etc. I remember back when Bioware used to be the gaming industry's BEST quest writers. Now they're about the worst.

    -Loot Itemization. As a die-hard fantasy RPG fan, this is important to me and, right on cue, Bioware F*cks it up in DA:I. Loot is bland in this game. The first magic item you will find in this game's prologue is a ring that increases the effectiveness of one of your talents by 30%. 200 hours later, when you're about to face the final boss, you will loot a container that contains.... a ring that increases one of your talents by 30%.. The whole game is like that. From beginning to end, the loot in this game is tragically banal, lazily designed, and totally uninspired. But I suppose it has to be...in order to force you to craft your own loot, which you must if you don't wish to die of boredom. Of course that is not to say that the crafting system in this game is anything resembling exciting. it isn't. it's simply the only way to acquire something that isn't the very definition of GENERIC.

    TL;DR: I would caution against buying this game, even if Bioware later fixes the obnoxious console port-controlls that many people are complaining about, and that Bioware swore they wouldn't give us. The game's CORE DESIGN is deeply flawed, and there's no fixes for that.    … Expand
  20. SebaNebyans
    Dec 14, 2014
    10
    Amazing dialogues, amazing games, all the people that score this game with a zero, its just by they want a clone for DAO. This its a really very good game.
  21. sappyguppy
    Dec 14, 2014
    2
    I think the folks at Bioware are trying. I really do. The world is big. I find it beautiful. The time and effort is evident.

    But like a sprinter who has lost a leg, they just can jump the hurtles anymore. On the PC, the controls are buggy and clumsy. Tactical? I hope it matures enough to become a joke. DA:2 started the process of eliminating character customization. DA:I    I think the folks at Bioware are trying. I really do. The world is big. I find it beautiful. The time and effort is evident.

    But like a sprinter who has lost a leg, they just can jump the hurtles anymore.

    On the PC, the controls are buggy and clumsy. Tactical? I hope it matures enough to become a joke.

    DA:2 started the process of eliminating character customization. DA:I nearly completes its. Attributes are done. Skills are eliminated. And, taking a queue from DA:2, all armor looks the same - now including the main character's. Only the special ability is left to the player and that is largely compromised by a combat system that really only works when you let the game AI control your companions.

    Mind numbing quest and useless crafting are the point of this game, not just flavor.

    Combat is repetitive and tedious; all fights require the same thoughtless button mashing - you fight bears just as you fight Carta assassins, just as you fight demons. No strategy, no thinking, no excitement, just another chore to plow through as you attempt to gather ten hunks of meat.

    The biggest shame, however, is the potential. It is there. Interesting characters. Big world. Grand scope. You really want DA:I to fly; not bury itself in some festering hole to rot. EA tried, they just can't execute.    … Expand
  22. Amathev
    Dec 14, 2014
    4
    Bought it since I liked Origins, and there were "parts" of DA2 I could enjoy.
    This was like playing a single-player MMO, having to grind and do sidequests for hours between every main quest.
    The story is nonsensical with major clichés, written like it was done by a 14 year old who's only experience with Fantasy is through videogames, using simplistic events to bring the story forward,    Bought it since I liked Origins, and there were "parts" of DA2 I could enjoy.
    This was like playing a single-player MMO, having to grind and do sidequests for hours between every main quest.
    The story is nonsensical with major clichés, written like it was done by a 14 year old who's only experience with Fantasy is through videogames, using simplistic events to bring the story forward, i.e. "use the magic sword". The story lacks basic storytelling structure and is just the good guy winning and being cool, thanks to a very bad plot device, [spoiler] time travel. [/spoiler] This might seem like a stretch, but I got more out of the "story" in Dragon Age 2. DA2 was a bad game in all respects that had three different stories going on, but atleast I can recall what those stories were. This was a generic fight between a good guy and bad guy.

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

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

    In total I spent about 40 hours on the game, about which I assume 6 were around the main storyline. Nothing outside of that felt like it mattered, and as if it was thought "more time spent" = good game.    … Expand
  23. winsenken
    Dec 14, 2014
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Positive
    -Massive environment, unlike Dragon Age 2, no more recycle environment which is a good point.
    -A lot of new features such as crafting feature
    -Stunning graphic, beautifully designed environment. I can see Bioware learnt from the previous mistake.
    -Interesting characters, I am glad to see Hawke's return. Wish to have a DLC so I can play Hawke again.
    -War table feature sounds good

    Negative
    -Constant lagging and high frame rate even in high end machine. After the patching, the issue is still unresolved. Disappointed.
    -Lack of facial expression animation, in fact, I prefer the graphic in Dragon Age 2. The characters look so unreal.
    -Bugs, a lot of bugs. and crushing
    -Unnecessary item pick up animation. Dragon age 2 did just fine.
    -Combat is bad, real bad. In Dragon Age 2, the combat is very smooth. When I use a rogue, pressing "Attack" button and my character will automatically seek for nearby enemies. In Dragon Age Inquisition, the character has to be very close in order to hit the enemies. Most of the time I just hit the air. It's very frustrating.
    -The skills animation is boring, Dragon Age 2, again, did a better job on this.
    -No autoattack, seriously Bioware??
    -Too much grinding. Most of the time is used to pick up the herb, shard, running around to put landmark like an idiot. I prefer more combats instead of picking up herbs.
    -Unnecessary romance locked choice. Why can't a male Inquisitor romance with Cullen or Blackwall? Why can't a female romance with Dorian???

    Overall: I wouldn't even play this game if it is not about its story.    … Expand
  24. Suffer
    Dec 14, 2014
    1
    I want to type a full review, but ... Those who played the game and who enjoyed DAO before, they told enough already.
    * There is no choices at all, all of them lead to one script and 99% of them changes nothing, not even the answer from another NPC, same **** with dialogues with party members - no changes in approval, nothing.
    * There is no open world. Locations is huge and ... linear.    I want to type a full review, but ... Those who played the game and who enjoyed DAO before, they told enough already.
    * There is no choices at all, all of them lead to one script and 99% of them changes nothing, not even the answer from another NPC, same **** with dialogues with party members - no changes in approval, nothing.
    * There is no open world. Locations is huge and ... linear. In some locations u will be able to climb on almost 90 degrees walls, another ones will not allow you to overstep one little stone. And yes they separated by loading screen, nothing more.
    * There is no 100+ of quality gameplay. Secondary quests is stupid **** You HAVE to grind inifinite resources/mobs to unlock primary quests and locations. Stupidest and boring **** ive ever seen, like second-sorted MMO.
    * There is no tactic combat. Brainblowing AI, horrible controls (PC), horrible tactic pause mode. Nothing else to say.

    Add a bad optimization.
    Total: Those who hoping to see much more improved DAO will be disappointed. There is almost no Dragon age in this game.    … Expand
  25. Loskutorr
    Dec 14, 2014
    3
    Overhyped bugged boring crap. It is 2014 and what do we get on PC?

    - Horrible menus and options that dont do what they are suppose to do. - Very bad fighting system from consoles, it is basically just clickfest, no strategy involved. - Extreme fps drops (from 90 to 15) - Random crashes. - FPS lock on cutscenes (30fps?! my eyes are bleeding!) - Tactical camera that you cannot zoom    Overhyped bugged boring crap. It is 2014 and what do we get on PC?

    - Horrible menus and options that dont do what they are suppose to do.
    - Very bad fighting system from consoles, it is basically just clickfest, no strategy involved.
    - Extreme fps drops (from 90 to 15)
    - Random crashes.
    - FPS lock on cutscenes (30fps?! my eyes are bleeding!)
    - Tactical camera that you cannot zoom out to actually view a battlefield.
    - Constantly respawning enemies from thin air for no aparent reason.
    - Retarded suicidal AI
    - No healing spells in fantasy RPG?!

    I am glad I waited for denuvo crack and didnt buy this extremely overprized and overhyped game. Will give it a try again in a year or so, after huge pile of patches. And if those issues are fixed I might buy it on the sale. If it is not fixed? Shame on you (once great) Bioware! No money from me..    … Expand
  26. whatever523
    Dec 14, 2014
    5
    It's impossible to enjoy the game with such **** **** **** PC controls and UI.

    The sad thing is that making it better wouldn't really have been too much work.
  27. JaneDohl
    Dec 13, 2014
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is *not* and RPG...at all. The only difference my "choices" made was how my companions felt about me which in the end did not affect the game at all. NWN2 if you pissed off one badly enough they joined the evil boss and you had to kill them in the end. Now *that* is a consequence.

    I don't mind slide show endings but what happened to my companions? What about the areas I spent hours in saving people and squishing bad guys? What happened to them? Better or worse off, I'll never know.

    I took my time at Dragon Keep the second play through hoping it would change something. Maybe it was my fault the game felt so hollow? No, it wasn't. The game is just that-hollow and empty. The "story" was so watered down and the bad guy? You actually felt bad for him in the end because he started to remind you of an angry old man. I half expected him to scream "BACK IN MY DAY WE WALKED TO SCHOOL 20 MILES IN THE SNOW TO SCHOOL AND DIDN"T COMPLAIN." While bashing my head with a cane.

    The final battle? It would have been funny if Cory wasn't CONSTANTLY saying the *same* thing over and over and over again. "I will not suffer this outrage!!!" Okay dude, I get it...please say something else.
    Feel like having only warriors in the final battle? That's cool except Cory will spend 15 min on a space which you can not get to so you get to stare at him awkwardly until he decides to come down again. Which won't be for awhile because he imps to yet ANOTHER space you can't get to....for another 15 min

    I'm not even going into the controls. Tactical camera?! No....just no. It's so close to everything that it's worthless and companions? Don't bother telling them what to do because they fly off doing whatever they want in combat.

    I feel duped and I bought into the hype thinking *maybe* this would do DA:O justice after the abysmal DA:2....it did not.    … Expand
  28. StewVader363
    Dec 13, 2014
    1
    The game is worth $19.99 in my opinion. The game is buggy, unpolished and cumbersome to play. I would not recommend this game to anyone. The controls are not good, the interface is not good, I really don't know developers are putting out such low quality games and slapping a "Game of the Year" contender on them.

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

    It is garbage.
  29. AcerolaOrion
    Dec 13, 2014
    0
    WHY GOD WHY?? ULTRACASUAL SINGLEPLAYER MMO WITH MULTIPLAYER CASHGRAB WHYYYY???

    Everything is worse than Origins! How is that even possible?? This game is pure frustration on nightmare. Not because it's actually challenging but because NOTHING **** WORKS! You will have 3 main enemies on nightmare: - terrible terrible camera, sweet mother of jesus i can barely interact with rifts    WHY GOD WHY?? ULTRACASUAL SINGLEPLAYER MMO WITH MULTIPLAYER CASHGRAB WHYYYY???

    Everything is worse than Origins! How is that even possible??

    This game is pure frustration on nightmare. Not because it's actually challenging but because NOTHING **** WORKS!

    You will have 3 main enemies on nightmare:

    - terrible terrible camera, sweet mother of jesus i can barely interact with rifts when using this. It doesnt show anything! It's ultra zoomed in and you have to awkwardly move the middle of your screen to do anything.

    - NO usable Tactics menu! YOU GET 5 TACTICS OPTIONS WHICH ARE PRETTY MUCH ALL RELATED TO POTIONS AND YOU CANT CHANGE THAT!!! You cant tell your party any useful "if ... then cast / use ability -> .... " commands THEY SIMPLY DO NOT EXIST IN THIS GAME! DA FAK????

    - The AI is the dumbest group of idiots i have ever seen. Sure they will autocast their spells if you allow them.. but da fak!!! There is a spell named "Barrier" that gives a massive second life bar for a short duration to absorb damage but when does your AI companion cast it??? Not when someone in your party is actually dropping low on health ohhh no no way THEY CAST IT BEFORE THE BLOODY START OF THE BATTLE WHILE YOU ARE WALKING UP TO THE ENEMIES SO IT RUNS OUT BEFORE YOU HAVE EVEN TAKEN ONE GODDAMN HIT!!!

    Seriously the combat is broken! Not fun at all pure frustration. Maybe if you play on easy and nobody is even able to die from anything ( Ohh btw there is a spec in the game that is designed so retardedly op that it solos nightmare difficulty by just tapping 2 buttons repeatedly! Just throwing that out..)

    And the Story OOOHHHH MYYYY GOOOOD!
    Imagine a world where everyone only says the most obvious things ever. " I am a healer. I am in need of herbs. It's dangerous outside so please collect them for me." Response: "Ohh so you're a healer and in need of herbs?" " Yes look at the list of herbs on the table"

    ^This is an adequate representation of all dialoge in the game even the story missions. Speaking of story missions.. The story in this game progresses like ever 4 hours with a single 15 minute quest that is more ultraobvious talk.

    GOD ITS SOOOOO BAD. Words can not explain how bad this game really is. How much worse it is than it's predecessors (YES THAT INCLUDES DA2!!!!)

    I have seriously waited to buy this .. read a billion of reviews most of which were positive and I LITERALLY HAVE NO IDEA HOW ANYONE CAN GIVE THIS DUNG HEAP MORE THAN 6/10 . Geeeezzzz it's sooooooo baaaaaaad.

    If you want to play a good RPG, buy Divinity Original Sin instead!!!

    ALL OFFICIAL REVIEWERS OF THIS GAME HAVE BEEN PAID BY EA!!!!!    … Expand
  30. pipili
    Dec 13, 2014
    10
    После скайрима отлично идет игра. Очень понравилась. Графика,геймлей на высоте. Не понимаю отрицательных оценок игре,видимо зажрались люди,не иначе :)
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 45 Critic Reviews

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