Dragon Age: Inquisition

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  1. olejka
    Dec 6, 2014
    4
    "Made for PC Gamers by PC Gamers"? ROFL
    Interface and control are made for consoles.
    No settings in tactics as DA:O and DA: 2
    Only 8 active skills.
    This is not a complete list ^^
  2. Rushrush2meyayo
    Dec 6, 2014
    5
    What I liked:
    * Morality system which gives you another reason to play again.
    * The "Dragon Age Keep" which lets you tailor past decisions you would have made in Dragon Age 1 & 2 before integrating it to Inquisition. * Mostly entertaining and well voiced dialogues. What I didn't like: * Maps are way too big that you waste most of your time just to find how far you can go before you    What I liked:
    * Morality system which gives you another reason to play again.
    * The "Dragon Age Keep" which lets you tailor past decisions you would have made in Dragon Age 1 & 2 before integrating it to Inquisition.
    * Mostly entertaining and well voiced dialogues.

    What I didn't like:
    * Maps are way too big that you waste most of your time just to find how far you can go before you reach the invisible wall.
    * Most side quests are just collecting items.
    * Bugs as many as the collection quests and there is yet to be a patch 2 weeks after launch.
    * Instability issues.
    * Boring and samey Armor designs.
    * Overused main theme.
    * Combat system that shies away from becoming a full pledged skill and reflects based action RPG.

    Dragon Age Inquisition unleashes you into a massive world, sprinkled with a generous serving of lore to read, well voiced conversations and a ton of collectibles and even more collectibles.
    Needless to say, this game is packed with content. If only half of that content was meaningful.    … Expand
  3. owen1218
    Dec 6, 2014
    6
    The good:

    Beautiful environments that do not repeat as in some previous BioWare titles. Excellent new engine. Quality new characters (Sera and Dorian) and return of Varric, the best character from DAII. Epic scale storytelling. Great voice acting from Alix Wilton Regan and new companions. No "female armor" issue and doesn't capitulate to misogynist male gamers like most RPG titles.    The good:

    Beautiful environments that do not repeat as in some previous BioWare titles.
    Excellent new engine.
    Quality new characters (Sera and Dorian) and return of Varric, the best character from DAII.
    Epic scale storytelling.
    Great voice acting from Alix Wilton Regan and new companions.
    No "female armor" issue and doesn't capitulate to misogynist male gamers like most RPG titles.

    The bad:

    Less actual quality quest time than any previous BioWare game, replaced with time wasting fluff quests.
    Environments are huge but entirely lacking in interesting or meaningful content.
    No real cities (Val Royeau is just a cheap shell.)
    Cardboard protagonist with dull dialogue and essentially no background, history, or family. A huge contrast from Hawke, who, with Bethany and her family, were among the most vibrant characters of DAII. Also a bad contrast from DAO, where background felt like it mattered. The deadness of the protagonist also means her interactions with other NPCs are less believable.
    Outside of the main cast, most NPCs are of the one-dimensional Elder Scrolls type.
    Important choices from DAII (particularly Mages vs Templars) have essentially no impact on anything here.
    Console-esque gameplay and total disregard for PC gamers regarding controls.

    In short:

    BioWare is milking out on the trend towards huge environments (at the expense of interesting ones), timewasting quests, mindless gameplay, and console domination, while attempting to retain some vestige of their earlier work. In the end we get a game I still like better than Skyrim, but that is considerably worse than even Dragon Age II.    … Expand
  4. Glasofruix
    Dec 6, 2014
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. One word: Disappointment

    During the developpement we've been promised a true PC game. By "PC gamers for PC gamers", "Ultimate PC legacy" is what Mike Laidlaw said. Well, the game was released, and we've been lied to. The UI screams console in every aspect, endless drop down lists, bad design choices and worst of all the controls are just the gamepad mapped to the keyboard, you can't assign your own keybinds to the mouse. Also no autoattack, you have to hold a button for that, on PC.
    On the side of TAC cam (just like in origins they've said), it's completely useless. It uses the same mechanics as on consoles, it's blocked by terrain, yes fighting in the woods is a chore, fighting in a location with a ceiling, aside from foot fetishists, is also a chore.
    No more tactics, no more stats (you don't get stat points to assign), the game is a shadow of its predecessors.

    Don't get me wrong, on the story side it's gorgeous. Plenty of dialogues, exploration and the companions are nicely written. But playing the game as it is now is a chore, it's just no fun with such broken game mechanics.    … Expand
  5. ROSSONERI108
    Dec 6, 2014
    4
    average game and really shows haw bioware stranderd has fallen..... the game has over 100 hours of stuff to do tho every bit of i is boring there is not one side mission worth doing every single area is the same as the last and the gameplay is a outrage i will never get exited for a dragon age game again...this is a sequel to dragon age 2 and it shows
  6. akshat1293
    Dec 6, 2014
    10
    I made this account just to write this review. It's been out for a while now so I've put a lot of time into it. This game is awesome. After DA2 I was very concerned. But Bioware managed to pull it off!!! I would give this game 9.5 due to bugs and the stuttering cutscenes. But since the rating system doesn't allow it, I'll go for a 10. One of the best fantasy RPGs I've played. Right upI made this account just to write this review. It's been out for a while now so I've put a lot of time into it. This game is awesome. After DA2 I was very concerned. But Bioware managed to pull it off!!! I would give this game 9.5 due to bugs and the stuttering cutscenes. But since the rating system doesn't allow it, I'll go for a 10. One of the best fantasy RPGs I've played. Right up there with Skyrim for me.… Expand
  7. Pipernus
    Dec 6, 2014
    9
    DAI is a wonderful game with an incredible amount of content, but the awful and illogical controls (due to a half assed console port) prevent it to be the best RPG to date. Thankfully this is something Bioware can fix with a patch, the sooner the better.
  8. vukodinov
    Dec 6, 2014
    4
    A couple of things for people wondering whether to buy the game or not.

    Cons: Terrible performance; a huge amount of bugs - game breaking and not so game breaking; SSD and Sli/Crossfire problems; the devs actually recommend playing the game without overclocked hardware, despite most of the GPUs nowadays being shipped factory overclocked; console looking UI again; not enough    A couple of things for people wondering whether to buy the game or not.

    Cons: Terrible performance; a huge amount of bugs - game breaking and not so game breaking; SSD and Sli/Crossfire problems; the devs actually recommend playing the game without overclocked hardware, despite most of the GPUs nowadays being shipped factory overclocked; console looking UI again; not enough customization; lack of decent tactical camera; key mapping.

    Pros: Despite all of the cons I've written I really love the game. The story is quite good for my taste, the gam eplay is pretty neat. The world is huge, although a bit empty. The companions are the most interesting out of the 3 Dragon Age games (personal opinion). The game feels and looks amazing when it decides to run smooth for more than 20 minutes.

    Overall, I'm pretty disappointed with the game thanks to the cons section of my rant. I definitely regret pre ordering this AAA bug/crash/stutter fest.
    I would up my score once the majority of the problems are fixed. Till then I can't recommend the game to anyone. Please, wait for a patch or two or for the GOTY edition before buying.

    P.S. Seems that there are no games made with the Frostbite 3 engine that suffer from massive technical problems upon release.    … Expand
  9. MarcMrine
    Dec 5, 2014
    0
    Let's be clear: those who defend Dragon Age 2 and Inquisition because of its fast-action gameplay and/or story are in the common mistake of forgetting that this is not an Action-RPG saga. In Origins characters fight (automatically), without any help from the player (you), so the combat is focused entirely on the character development (choose wisely your skills or you will end up withLet's be clear: those who defend Dragon Age 2 and Inquisition because of its fast-action gameplay and/or story are in the common mistake of forgetting that this is not an Action-RPG saga. In Origins characters fight (automatically), without any help from the player (you), so the combat is focused entirely on the character development (choose wisely your skills or you will end up with useless characters), while in Dragon Age 2 and Inquisition the combat is focused on the player's reflexes (choose whatever you want because you win by dodging attacks), in which the character development is there to delude yourself thinking that you are playing RPG...… Expand
  10. vidalia
    Dec 5, 2014
    0
    This game is not playable at this moment on the PC, the frame rates are very inconsistent and there are large amount of stuttering. I was running this game on GTX 780, I was getting 20-40 frames playing this game on medium setting
    which is just unacceptable, on a 980, frame rates are slightly better but cinematic locks the FPS at extremely low level (30) which a ton of stuttering occurs    This game is not playable at this moment on the PC, the frame rates are very inconsistent and there are large amount of stuttering. I was running this game on GTX 780, I was getting 20-40 frames playing this game on medium setting
    which is just unacceptable, on a 980, frame rates are slightly better but cinematic locks the FPS at extremely low level (30) which a ton of stuttering occurs on both the 780 and the 980.There is no work around for the stuttering and extremely unsatisfying framerates playing this game.
    The game is extremely clunky, the combat has took a giant step backwards. You have to mass click if you want to auto attack because on console that's normal for them, but they forced it on PC users which makes no sense and
    restrict what you can do in game. It hurts my wrist just playing this game. If you're playing a warrior and you knock someone back and you're holding down attack button because your hand hurt, too bad now they're out of range
    and you're waiting out a long period of pointless animations. If you're playing a range class, have fun spamming click button like you're playing minesweeper or something
    No longer can you click and move because that doesn't exist on consoles. If you click anywhere your character does their attack animation which is very long so you're sitting there wasting time. No longer can you click on loot
    to pick them up because that doesn't exist on consoles so you're forced to run up to them and click open button which is so daft as to why they decided this should be forced on PC players. And if you miss click you're attacking
    and waiting out the animation again). Used to holding down mouse button to change your camera angle? Too bad watch this attack animation for couple seconds. Can't see the rift because it's bloody in the sky and you want to change
    your camera angle? Watch this cool attack animation.
    Oh, the AI is stupid, have fun issuing the same command for your party over and over and over again because they have some kind of short term memory problem and refuse to do what's ordered. Telling your ranged character to get out
    of melee range they will run back into melee range because of unknown reasons. Revive teammates? Haha I rather auto attack! Thanks computer.
    The menu is unsorted mess, have no clue what is going on there. It's DA:O style with fair amount of items, but unable to sort though as it uses a weird DA:2 menu.
    Camera control and FPS issues aside it plays like an MMO theme park with tons and tons of generic fetch x number of y things, or kill z things quests padded into the game as filler content.Heck it makes Skyrim feel like a story-telling masterpiece.
    And the ending - lets just say it is only slightly better than the 3 color ME3 ending that Bioware initially dished out.
    Bottom line - don't buy this game if you expect to play this game on a pc with keyboard and mouse, don't buy this game if you loved Dragon Age : Origins.    … Expand
  11. elsanqui
    Dec 5, 2014
    2
    Dragon age origins was great and dragon age 2 was OK so I gave this one a try that was a mistake. luckily I was able to return it. for one thing the battle system is very annoying. also I really didn't like the lifetime special feel of the game where everything is daddy's fault. Bioware just lost a customer for ever
  12. daftshadow
    Dec 5, 2014
    10
    Some people are so picky. Dragon Age: Inquisition is definitely a very good game despite some bugs and glitches. Nothing a major patch can fix and subsequent updates. One can only imagine how much better this game could have been if it was solely a PC exclusive title with only the PC in mind with the development. The UI could have definitely been better. You can tell it is somewhatSome people are so picky. Dragon Age: Inquisition is definitely a very good game despite some bugs and glitches. Nothing a major patch can fix and subsequent updates. One can only imagine how much better this game could have been if it was solely a PC exclusive title with only the PC in mind with the development. The UI could have definitely been better. You can tell it is somewhat simplified to accommodate the consoles. But nevertheless it isn't something that is game breaking, just gets a little bit to get use to. Some of the combat feels clunky especially if you're playing a two-handed weapon warrior. I must admit the world map and minimap pretty much suck. Hopefully mods will work for this game.

    The graphics performance is also somewhat of an issue as well. My PC can run a lot of new games pretty well but for whatever reason it kind of struggles in certain areas in the game especially outdoors. Bioware has said the upcoming first patch will address performance issues but I guess we will see whenever it gets released.    … Expand
  13. PsychoSimatic
    Dec 5, 2014
    0
    A friend and I bought this game for the PC, and after playing it for 2 hours she decided it was trash and returned it. I decided to play it all the way through because I was a huge DA1 fan and I heard from multiple sources that this was a return to that style.

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

    It is not at all.

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

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

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

    Can we all agree that Origin is also the worst thing ever?    … Expand
  14. Unknnnnn
    Dec 5, 2014
    2
    This game made me want to play wow. - It painfully reminds of MMO. The grind is enjoyable but this game doesn't make it more enjoyable than wow makes it.

    Let me explain this bit - its like a game can't figure out whether it wants more content in its side quests to make it feel like a rich story driven RPG or less content to make it a fast-paced grind that doesn't bore you and focuses    This game made me want to play wow. - It painfully reminds of MMO. The grind is enjoyable but this game doesn't make it more enjoyable than wow makes it.

    Let me explain this bit - its like a game can't figure out whether it wants more content in its side quests to make it feel like a rich story driven RPG or less content to make it a fast-paced grind that doesn't bore you and focuses you on the action and exploring the world without constraining you too much.

    So what it essentially does - is both - Tries to put boring conversation that give you 5 options to investigate and then asks you to go to A to kill 5 Bs and after you are done - it just gives you "THANK YOU". No reason for why you asked those 5 questions - the npc will never talk to you again apart from to say "Hi, inquisitor". Nor will anything you did for him matter beyond you getting some xp and some influence that aren't even needed as you can just as easily buy them from a merchant in a 100 times bigger quantity.

    So I felt like I had no reason to play this over wow. The fact that I felt that way should tell you just how unimaginative the side quests are.

    I haven't seen other people complain about it much, but it bothers me a lot. Where are the quests that feel meaningful? Like the quest in the DA:O Alienage where I had to deal with a bunch of slavers? Or the quest where you had a chance to help out an elf by taking his virginity or to help him get a girlfriend? Or in DA:2 which many said was a bad game - the side quests included you dealing with a criminal who was mentally insane and thought demons were telling him to kill girls because they were beautiful. Or where are any sidequests at all that influence main story? They did that in mass effect - where if you screw up certain amount of sidequests - alliance between Geth and Quarians becomes impossible. Or where you actually had a chance to let the cerberus bomb explode - by entirely ignoring that piece of content. Thus dooming hundreds of krogan.

    May be I didn't get that far in the game? But I'm 70 hours in and I'm running around some yellow coloured halla to try and get its AI to go where I want it to go... I'm really not enjoying it at all. I don't know if its because I'm a completionist and don't feel happy until I clear every single quest in a location, but in no other game did it feel like too much of a chore. Not even in WoW.    … Expand
  15. BobZ049
    Dec 5, 2014
    2
    I'm a huge fan of Dragon Age Origins...must have replayed it 10 times because it was so fun. DA2 was a little disappointing only because I was hoping to be able to explore Orlais and Tevinter...the combat system was great for both of those games and the writers of DAO were top notch....DA2 lost some in writing but the gameplay was still fun and the game was replayable. DAI is nothing likeI'm a huge fan of Dragon Age Origins...must have replayed it 10 times because it was so fun. DA2 was a little disappointing only because I was hoping to be able to explore Orlais and Tevinter...the combat system was great for both of those games and the writers of DAO were top notch....DA2 lost some in writing but the gameplay was still fun and the game was replayable. DAI is nothing like the first two installments....I've played 10 hours hoping it would get better and frankly I'm bored. The Story had potential but the execution left me feeling cheated. What's an RPG game that doesn't give you the ability to customize your attributes? The ability trees are worse than DA2 and the combat is not fun at all. Kingdom of Amular is more fun to play than DAI. Atleast the combat in Kingdom of Amular was fun with the fate shift and the cinematic fate kills. DAI felt like a wanna be Skyrim than couldn't come close to measuring up. Bottom line is DAI isn't worthy of being in the Dragon Age franchise...and I feel I've wasted my money. If you are a huge fan of DA Origins...Do not buy this game, you will be bored and feel as cheated as I do.… Expand
  16. Inquisitor_D
    Dec 5, 2014
    10
    This game brought back my days of playing Baldur's Gate. A central character with special powers , a wide expansive world, and approaching almost every fight tactically, customizable weapons, great NPCs .... and zero game breaker flaws. Easily the best RPG of modern era. Excellent work Bioware. Kudos!!

    You have successfully combined an Open World RPG like Skyrim with the depth, tactics    This game brought back my days of playing Baldur's Gate. A central character with special powers , a wide expansive world, and approaching almost every fight tactically, customizable weapons, great NPCs .... and zero game breaker flaws. Easily the best RPG of modern era. Excellent work Bioware. Kudos!!

    You have successfully combined an Open World RPG like Skyrim with the depth, tactics and NPCs of Baldur's Gate with the latest graphics. Absolutely smashing experience. MMORPGs around the world may have just taken a major hit with this release. Its very had to find games which satisfy both old school and new generation RPG players and you guys have done just that

    Looking forward to my million replays, 1000s of DLCs and many expansions to come.    … Expand
  17. Frozenkex
    Dec 5, 2014
    4
    I liked the game, but i expected so much more. Too much money spent on useless features like multiplayer and so much content cut from single player experience and other things that matter. Too much reused assets (animations) from previous games.
  18. Catesfan
    Dec 5, 2014
    5
    If you are going to play this game, you should know these three things:
    1. There are two marvelous beauties, that you are definitely going to fall in love with as soon as you meet them: Vivienne - charming mage, and cute natural beauty - scout Harding. But while you can flirt with them, you can't have relationships with them. I have nothing against homosexual relationships as long as you    If you are going to play this game, you should know these three things:
    1. There are two marvelous beauties, that you are definitely going to fall in love with as soon as you meet them: Vivienne - charming mage, and cute natural beauty - scout Harding. But while you can flirt with them, you can't have relationships with them. I have nothing against homosexual relationships as long as you don't stick it right into my face, but when you have just two straight girls in the whole game, ahd one of them is quite mannish, and the other one is not even in your party, while homosexual relationships have multiple variants and even a huge qunari, I think it is straight guys whose rights are oppressed here
    2. There are NO interesting side missions in the whole game. You might think it is exaggeration, but I tried them all. You go to put flowers on the elf spouse grave and you start thinking: Man, it might be a trap or,or the dead spirit will rise and tell you that the husband killed her, and you will have an opportunity to pick a side. But no, you just go to this grave, click on it to put flowers, and return...That is what you get out of every side quest in the game. You might think about going just main missions then. Who cares, if the story is good. But there are only that many missions here (somewhat about 7). And between them you will still have to go on boring fetch activities or even worse - collect shards by just walking around the map and clicking on these shards, to collect enough power to unlock another story mission.
    3. Combat is not meaningless, but it is just repetitive. If someone tells you different it means they just CHOSE to try different approaches for fun, while they still could keep spamming one tactics to win every...single...battle.

    Why just three things? There are many problems: meaningless horse, controls issue, general bugs etc..
    The reason is that if you like aestethics, plot, or just universe, you might easily forget about small problems, but the three major failures I mentioned earlier are game breaking for most people.
    If you think I like spraying dirt over popular franchise, I don't. It was one of the most anticipated games for me. And I picked this one from many other games, when I could buy just one . I am not angry. I am just sad, I witnessed the day when Bioware became irrelevant among players. Compare player ratings with those of critics and you'll see that this company is just like Ubusoft now: "as long as you eat it we don't care. Art? Never heard of it.". And the most annoying thing is no professional critic mentioned these problems. If they talk about it, it is as if it was a simple bug:"Oh,well, the game is 80 hours, but 65 out of them you are going to spend in boring stuff as if it was poor MMO, but still it is 80 hours and it has dragons!".    … Expand
  19. Fumes
    Dec 5, 2014
    0
    This game is NOT designer for the PC. The UI is an abomination and the controls are a slap in the face. We were promised a patch from BioWare but it has been 3 weeks without so much as a word from them. The game obviously is better than 0 out of 10 but I want to take a dump on the Metacritic score after the way BioWare has misinformed the PC players and failed to fix the broken design.
  20. dkeppens
    Dec 5, 2014
    0
    nothing to say, nothing to see here. Another abysmal EA published game
    In short, this is rehashed, oversimplified, uncompleted garbage for preteens, not even a game. Just hyped filler
    Move on
  21. L33TBEANS
    Dec 5, 2014
    8
    I love Dragon Age: Inquisitions. I haven't been particularly fond of anything EA meddles in but this game is a great game. The characters are amazingly crafted and fleshed out, the environments are fun to explore and the combat is number-crunchingly good in the same way Borderlands 2 was.

    The face-posing definitely is not as good as the previous or Mass effect series but I'm not    I love Dragon Age: Inquisitions. I haven't been particularly fond of anything EA meddles in but this game is a great game. The characters are amazingly crafted and fleshed out, the environments are fun to explore and the combat is number-crunchingly good in the same way Borderlands 2 was.

    The face-posing definitely is not as good as the previous or Mass effect series but I'm not surprised due to changing engines. The game also has a few bugs and issues that have caused me to die 3 times and also redo a 40 minute mission from start. The game also has crashed on me a few times. The game also doesn't close as seamlessly as it should (if you play BF4 you'll know what I mean).

    But the above issues have only been minor nuisances to someone like me and I really do feel like this is one of the true "next-gen" games that have been released. Graphics and environments are beautifully crafted, game play is SOLID. I have Far Cry 4 and I haven't even started playing it yet because of how bad I want to play this.

    I felt like a lot of games sucked this year (I was thinking I was losing interest in gaming due to getting older) but this game reminds me of why I love to play!    … Expand
  22. cyanidhogg
    Dec 5, 2014
    8
    Dragon Age: Inquisition is a very good game with a handful of niggles. The user interface is a bit clunky, the game has more than its fair share of bugs (this review having been written pre-patch), and the game suffers from opening at a glacial pace. The game engine also has performance issues on PC, and seems to be poorly optimized.

    However, what the game can offer matches the problems    Dragon Age: Inquisition is a very good game with a handful of niggles. The user interface is a bit clunky, the game has more than its fair share of bugs (this review having been written pre-patch), and the game suffers from opening at a glacial pace. The game engine also has performance issues on PC, and seems to be poorly optimized.

    However, what the game can offer matches the problems by far; when the game gets going, it does so very well. In the writing department, this game absolutely shines. The story's twists and turns takes the player through a host of memorable moments, the character gallery is rich and enjoyable, and the dialogue is for the most part stellar.

    Visually, the game is pleasing to the eye. It's by no means an ambitious game for a graphical point of view (although you wouldn't know it from hearing my GTX 780 Ti struggle with it), but the aesthetic style of the game is quite appealing. Some points do need deducting for character animations during conversations, where the game occasionally gives off a dollhousey vibe, threatening the immersion the game needs so badly.

    The combat system is relatively straightforward and similar to Dragon Age II. Combat flows well and holds plenty of challenges, but can get cluttered and chaotic. Character creation and advancement has been dumbed down, seemingly for mainstream appeal, and are at this point so bare bones that there's little left.

    To sum up, DA: Inquisition is a jewel, but not one without its flaws. On the technical side of things there are some problems, and the game needs a few hours to get going. Yet the game's strong points far outweigh the issues, with a rich RPG filled to the brim with content and masterful writing. At it's best, Inquisition is one of BioWare's best, and the strongest of the series. The game is heartily recommended, although it is suggested getting the game on console, as the PC port struggles mightily with performance issues.    … Expand
  23. AlisterAlis
    Dec 5, 2014
    10
    First a quick negative point and basically the only one. The tactical combat controls and camera is a pain to use. Not nearly as good as in Dragon Age: Origins.

    When you finally get used to it and accept it. Then the real MAGIC happens, this might be my new favorite game of all time or at least in my all time top 5. Great Story, feel or atmosphere, cut scenes, dialog choices, loot,    First a quick negative point and basically the only one. The tactical combat controls and camera is a pain to use. Not nearly as good as in Dragon Age: Origins.

    When you finally get used to it and accept it. Then the real MAGIC happens, this might be my new favorite game of all time or at least in my all time top 5.

    Great Story, feel or atmosphere, cut scenes, dialog choices, loot, crafting and so much more. Reminds me of the good old days playing old school BioWare games like Knights of the old Republic.

    I usually get bored quickly with a game, not this one. Always something new around the next corner.

    100% Recommended    … Expand
  24. EvilAuthor
    Dec 4, 2014
    10
    Absolutely amazing game. Hours and hours of game play, great voice acting. The story is fantastic and I loved the tie ins to the books and comics.
    This is not a game you rush through. This is not a point and click. This is a 200 hour gaming adventure. It tells a story and you get to shape that story. You build your friendships, you build your Inquisition, your armor and weapons, and you    Absolutely amazing game. Hours and hours of game play, great voice acting. The story is fantastic and I loved the tie ins to the books and comics.
    This is not a game you rush through. This is not a point and click. This is a 200 hour gaming adventure. It tells a story and you get to shape that story. You build your friendships, you build your Inquisition, your armor and weapons, and you customize your castle. This game takes shape based on you and it shows.
    If you're looking for graphics, stick with next gen or PC. It's worth every penny.    … Expand
  25. Dilmah
    Dec 4, 2014
    9
    Dragon Age Inquisition is one of the best RPG games of this generation, it successfully blends an action oriented third person style of gameplay with traditional dungeon crawler elements and wraps it all up within an epic and emotional 40 hour adventure through the stunning universe of Thedas.
    Here is a breakdown of all the elements of the game
    Story: 8/10 The story of the game is    Dragon Age Inquisition is one of the best RPG games of this generation, it successfully blends an action oriented third person style of gameplay with traditional dungeon crawler elements and wraps it all up within an epic and emotional 40 hour adventure through the stunning universe of Thedas.
    Here is a breakdown of all the elements of the game
    Story: 8/10
    The story of the game is cliched in a "There's a bad guy out to destroy the world, we must stop him" kind of way but that can be said about Mass Effect 2 and other Bioware games alike. What's important is the execution as you will quickly forget that the story is cliched because the story is told with so much charm and pizazz (mostly because of the characters) that you can't help but feel epic as you gather your band of merry misfits to save the world from a demon invasion.
    Characters: 8/10
    The characters in a Bioware game are like the woodwork structuring within a house, they hold it up and carry the game. In this game the characters for the most part are well written and most importantly unique. Each character has his or her own agenda and a personality, they are all very fleshed-out from their appearance to their history you'll want to believe they're real.
    Several characters however you'll find are kind of stereotypical and just bland but then there are those that are wacky and fun, exciting and full of personality. You'll know which ones when you see them.
    Look/Feel: 9/10
    The graphics run on the Frostbite Engine which also powers the Battlefield games. This makes the game look absolutely gorgeous and it really shines through in the character detail and in the environment. The landscapes in this game are all breathtakingly beautiful in their own way as you traverse through bogs, deserts, forests, snowy mountains, rocky plains and stormy coasts.
    Controls: 9/10
    Playing a PC port is always going to be a bit wonky but it's really not so hard to get use to. You'll be using your mouse to interact with objects but using your keyboard to control both your character and the camera which can be awkward at first but unless you have the coordination of a blind bat you'll get used to it too.
    Combat: 9/10
    There seems to be alot of controversy over the combat system. So yes, the combat mixes both action and tactical elements, you can either sit in third person or go pause the game and go birds eye so you can issue commands to all your team mates and take a more strategic approach.
    Personally I liked this, being able to be close up with the action as I hack and slash as well as being able to take a step back and think strategically about the best course of action against an enemy.
    Your abilities are all satisfying to use and combat itself is smooth and fun, I definitely suggest that you constantly switch between all your party members as this will keep every battle interesting.
    The only downside is the tactical camera as you will have to adjust and fiddle with it when you're indoors.
    Gameplay: 9/10
    You'll be spending most of the game trying to gain power and influence for your empire which can be attained in a number of ways. From the war table in which you play the role of a king/queen issuing orders to your spies, soldiers and your diplomats. You will also of course attain power and influence yourself by completing quests for people, which gives meaning to what would otherwise be 'filler' quests.
    AI: 7/10
    This mostly applies for the way your companions follow you around. Your companions are sometimes quite stupid, especially during fights as there's been times where my warrior is in the front lines fighting 1 v 5 and my other warrior is staring at a rock.
    Issuing commands in tactical mode can also sometimes not work and may require multiple attempts which can be frustrating. But is cases like that just take control of that character and do it yourself which is all the more rewarding than watching a computer do it.
    Your companions follow you around just fine, its kind of funny actually seeing them all flock towards you whenever you take a step. You won't ever have to worry about them getting 'lost' like in Skyrim because they will drop out of the sky and teleport to you whenever they can't directly follow you somewhere. Which takes away immersion but at least you won't ever have to look back to make sure your archer is not spazzing out as he gets stuck between two boulders.
    Sound: 10/10
    The voice acting is phenomenal and really brings each character to life and makes their personality all the more believable.
    The way every ability sounds make them so satisfying to use. E.g. when you shield bash, an energetic and thunderous cracking sound plays making you feel powerful as you knock your enemy to the ground.
    The sound track adds a whole new dimension of emotion to the game especially during the cut scenes, the theme "The Dawn Will Come" is a sombre tune that sends chills down your spine as it is mournful yet inspiring at the same time.    … Expand
  26. LD9000
    Dec 4, 2014
    3
    You won't believe how bad the tactical camera in this game is is until you actually use it.
    I've played dozens of games where a player controls multiple characters from a top down camera, and never had any issues before
    This game is a travesty when it comes to controls - the camera cannot be zoomed far enough, it cannot be angled to look up (as when I have to close a rift hovering 30    You won't believe how bad the tactical camera in this game is is until you actually use it.
    I've played dozens of games where a player controls multiple characters from a top down camera, and never had any issues before

    This game is a travesty when it comes to controls - the camera cannot be zoomed far enough, it cannot be angled to look up (as when I have to close a rift hovering 30 feet in the air). Ability targetting is so bad that I have trouble managing 12 abilities between 4 characters, while in other games I could easily manage 40.

    When a battle takes place in the woods, or in a cave or under a bridge, it turns into a clusterf*ck, where I can't really see who is who, and definitely cannot pull 4+enemies from my party using a single character with a taunt.

    Without tactical camera, this game can be played on easy, maybe normal difficulty, otherwise the party AI is retarded - it would rather blow all of it's load on a friggin sheep that got aggroed by an AOE blast than on actual enemies. But what is the point of all these RPG character advancement if I have to play a game on easy?

    Exploration seems good so far, faction management shows promise, dialogue is ok, but the combat system is dreadful    … Expand
  27. Blaines
    Dec 4, 2014
    3
    Singleplayer MMORPG game. Bad combat system, bad respawn system, bad Inventory screen, bad camera. Good plot and nothing else. Dont buy it if u like Dragon Age 1 which was far better than this.
  28. kresa3333
    Dec 4, 2014
    10
    At first i was very pissed at this game for focusing on console... but as i kept playing it got alot better...
    I know they are working on some changes for PC , the tactical mode needs alot of work and some other minor things but it definatly worth the money.
    P.S Dont forget you get free multiplayer addon!
  29. YGint
    Dec 4, 2014
    3
    For P.C I give it 3 out of 10
    For console I would give it 10/10
    The game like most games these days is not made to be played on a P.C Sadly Bioware since EA is just a console game company with diminishing credibility. They are pretending they are interested about P.C users in order to stop them asking for a refund before the refund period runs out. P.C gamers really now only have CD    For P.C I give it 3 out of 10
    For console I would give it 10/10
    The game like most games these days is not made to be played on a P.C
    Sadly Bioware since EA is just a console game company with diminishing credibility.
    They are pretending they are interested about P.C users in order to stop them asking for a refund before the refund period runs out.
    P.C gamers really now only have CD Projekt left to look after their interests
    CD Projekt being the only company which will deliver a playable experience for console and P.C of which I own both    … Expand
  30. Bosskiller97
    Dec 4, 2014
    9
    How is the user score so low? It's (at this time) sitting at a rather abysmal score of 5.7, which baffles me to no end. Is Dragon Age: Inquisition a flawless game? No. There are very few games that deserve a perfect score of 10/10, and, while I do enjoy this game immensely, this game is not quite at that level (although it's just barely short of this mark). Let us begin with the bad.How is the user score so low? It's (at this time) sitting at a rather abysmal score of 5.7, which baffles me to no end. Is Dragon Age: Inquisition a flawless game? No. There are very few games that deserve a perfect score of 10/10, and, while I do enjoy this game immensely, this game is not quite at that level (although it's just barely short of this mark). Let us begin with the bad. The PC controls are not well optimized for keyboard and mouse, the game has some extremely long load screens, tactical view is barebones, and the graphics are not to impressive. These prevent the game from being perfect. But onto why the game is just below that. The combat is fun and fluid, the story is gripping, the characters are memorable, the world is massive, and there's always something to do. If you like huge, expansive RPGs, get this game it is worth $60.… Expand
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#16 Best PC Game of 2014
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#1 Most Discussed 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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