Dragon Age: Inquisition

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  1. fnenamg
    Sep 8, 2023
    7
    It seems like it has just become an average RPG.
  2. Sadakoinforest
    Sep 6, 2023
    6
    The characters and lore are amazing, but the gameplay is just terribly boring.
  3. HNTBOYS1
    Sep 4, 2023
    10
    perfectly! This is my favorite game, special thanks for such an ambiguous character as Solas!The plot, characters, and world are amazing!
  4. Antitheus
    Aug 31, 2023
    3
    So booooring. Just find every bit of this and some of that and do it 1000000 times more, but on different map, that should be semi-open, but it's just another labirynth to make you spend more time in game and get more frustrated.
  5. Keron_Heruman
    Aug 23, 2023
    8
    It's a good RPG and a solid game, but hasn't enough charisma to hook the player. It lacks deeper mechanics and a better history.
    On the other hand is a beautiful game, with extensive landscapes, interesting characters, interesting "castle" ownership and funny combats.
  6. Sylvos67
    Aug 19, 2023
    5
    Why try to put MMO like quests and things in thé perfection that was Origins...

    Lost what made this franchise good.
  7. PenetratorGod
    Aug 19, 2023
    6
    Better than the second game but much worse than the first. It's an average game in short. Even if I say it's better, I have to say that I liked it less than the second game.
  8. folmas
    Aug 14, 2023
    10
    if you don't want to look for minuses, then it is a complete masterpiece. The dawn will come.
  9. trungvan020339
    Aug 14, 2023
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is part 3 of DA series but is worse than DAO. Not support for PC console, modding are difficult, story not connect with part 1 and 2, You think this game make connect because it can be import data from old part but it's unnecessery, character every part is different MC. When you play you will feel it is something mix and try to copygame play between Assassin creed, witcher, why they tries to copy other game when they have the great story and gameplay from DAO.… Expand
  10. PavelHr
    Aug 1, 2023
    7
    DA:I is an interesting case, it is an RPG and they put in a lot of effort to try to establish the world and characters but at the same time, most characters are boring. The only memorable ones are Cole and Cullen, the latter from the first few games and maybe Dorian. The rest are just poorly created, the VA saves them a little bit but there's only so much you can do. I played a maleDA:I is an interesting case, it is an RPG and they put in a lot of effort to try to establish the world and characters but at the same time, most characters are boring. The only memorable ones are Cole and Cullen, the latter from the first few games and maybe Dorian. The rest are just poorly created, the VA saves them a little bit but there's only so much you can do. I played a male Inquisitor and the females characters in the game are some of the most boring and poorly written stuff in the last decade. It's an insufferable lesbian, a token black character and an uglified 'butch' female compared to DA:2. Awful, I feel like the writers for the game are either gay men or far-left women, there is no chance there were straight staff in the writing room. They brought back Leliana and Morrigan which are from the first game and written infinitely better than the rest so there is that at least.

    The world is an MMO, great main questline plus some decent side companion quests but outside of those, it's usually collect 10 herbs and find my mirror type of garbage. One massive positive are the locations and also the animations, those were 10/10, way ahead of most other games for its time. This game would become the Harbinger of woke in gaming as it has many of the SJW points that were so popular in 2010-2015 before it morphed into the current woke when Americans elected Trump and 'creatives' lost their mind. Considering the company (Bioware) has been going down since ME3, I fully expect them to bomb and lead to layoffs when going broke with DA:4 but we'll see. This is not a bad game but only do the main questline and the side characters and slay some dragons, the rest is MMO garbage and there is some woke, though not obnoxiously much, if you also like/hate that.    … Expand
  11. MadAdventurer
    Jul 2, 2023
    8
    A good game, nice characters and races... but I will not forgive the fact that they eliminated the possibility of us romancing Varric over an extremely boring, lame and idiotic Bianca! It was better that they never revealed Bianca to us.
  12. Dyarkulus
    May 12, 2023
    3
    DA: Inquisition falls short of expectations due to its lackluster plot, shallow gameplay and uninspired open world filled with meaningless content. Consider revisiting DA: Origins instead – 3/10.
  13. WanderinMelmoth
    Apr 6, 2023
    0
    Dragon Age Yawnquisition is the perfect example in how *not* to make an Open World game:
    - the game world is sterile: NPCs are anchored at a specific spot and don't respond to the environment
    - there is no day and night cycle - randomly spawned in encounters include: mages vs. templars, mage vs. templars and templars vs. mages! Using the same character models over and over again makes    Dragon Age Yawnquisition is the perfect example in how *not* to make an Open World game:
    - the game world is sterile: NPCs are anchored at a specific spot and don't respond to the environment
    - there is no day and night cycle
    - randomly spawned in encounters include: mages vs. templars, mage vs. templars and templars vs. mages! Using the same character models over and over again makes this even worse.
    - enemy AI is terrible: enemies on a hill can't find a path to attack you below.
    - quests: fetch x amount of y and bring to z. Almost exclusively!

    Then there's the rest of the game:
    - butt-ugly character models that look like they were from 2002.
    - dumbed-down RPG elements (this is more an action-adventure than an RPG, let's be honest here!).
    - loses the dark & gritty setting of Dragon Age 1 for more of a pop artish style. Yuck!
    - controls are horrendous. Don't have a controller? Better not try playing it then! Mouse & Keyboard controls are almost unplayable.
    - went woke (comments about transgenderism in a time before transgenderism even existed?!)

    Dragon Age Inquisition manages to be even worse than Dragon Age 2: The Great Recycle. I'd rather play that one again than this piece of garbage. There is nothing redeeming about Inquisition!    … Expand
  14. TianLong1
    Mar 31, 2023
    8
    I enjoyed the game a lot, it adds some new aspects to the game, with more intense fights and cool animations. The story is the continuation of everything that happened in previous game, so its nice to see how it unfolds. Graphics are stunning and some characters are more likable than others. The boss fights are even more epic than before, and your main character really feel like a hero ofI enjoyed the game a lot, it adds some new aspects to the game, with more intense fights and cool animations. The story is the continuation of everything that happened in previous game, so its nice to see how it unfolds. Graphics are stunning and some characters are more likable than others. The boss fights are even more epic than before, and your main character really feel like a hero of some sort. Unfortunately I dont feel like there is many decisions or at least not as many impactful decisions to make, not many memorable moments aside from the epic fights and relationship with characters.… Expand
  15. Panilla
    Mar 14, 2023
    9
    I love this game as much as DAO. I actually finished it when the Trespasser DLC came out and I think that DLC really completes the game, it really shouldn't have released without it. I also want to remind people that when the game released it was between the PS3 and PS4, so a lot of people were rightfully upset they couldn't finish the game. However, despite any logistic faults made byI love this game as much as DAO. I actually finished it when the Trespasser DLC came out and I think that DLC really completes the game, it really shouldn't have released without it. I also want to remind people that when the game released it was between the PS3 and PS4, so a lot of people were rightfully upset they couldn't finish the game. However, despite any logistic faults made by Bioware or EA, I absolutely love the characters, the story and the combat. Also, my review was longer, but there were issues posting it and I've read random words will keep reviews from posting.… Expand
  16. Longanjuices
    Feb 2, 2023
    10
    It's an absolutely fantastic game, the best of BioWare and Dragon Age. Can't wait for the DA:D sequel.
  17. CausticMisery
    Jan 28, 2023
    5
    The most boring, tedious and grindy game I've ever played. **** Bioware and **** EA.
  18. Giero
    Jan 4, 2023
    8
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  19. Diser
    Dec 24, 2022
    6
    Pros:
    -Nice visuals
    -References to DA:O and DA2 -Soundtrack (tavern songs are amazing) -You can play as qunari Mehs: -Flat new characters -Main story -Crafting Cons: -MMO elements are everywhere -Awful player control -Terrible animations -One of the worst quests I've ever seen -Empty open world with only one activity for you - collecting stuff -Interface -Combat system    Pros:
    -Nice visuals
    -References to DA:O and DA2
    -Soundtrack (tavern songs are amazing)
    -You can play as qunari

    Mehs:
    -Flat new characters
    -Main story
    -Crafting

    Cons:
    -MMO elements are everywhere
    -Awful player control
    -Terrible animations
    -One of the worst quests I've ever seen
    -Empty open world with only one activity for you - collecting stuff
    -Interface
    -Combat system
    -This game is more of a tycoon than tactical RPG    … Expand
  20. Ockty
    Dec 24, 2022
    5
    Far away from the first game in series. Uninstalled it after 30 minutes. Disappointed...
  21. Crimson9
    Dec 14, 2022
    3
    This isnt exactly a bad game, but it is bland. Every single part of this game is mediocre. I'd give it a 5 but considering its a downgrade from origins, and even a downgrade from 2 in some ways, it deserves a 4. In terms of game design it is miles behind other RPG games in a quasi-open world setting.
  22. MrMurdock69
    Dec 11, 2022
    1
    It's funny how Bioware took a franchise created by a master piece initial game and ruined with all awful following releases. This game shouldn't exist.
  23. Hochbichler
    Sep 2, 2022
    4
    Dragon Age: Inquisition is the third installment in the classic fantasy RPG series Dragon Age. Released in late 2014 this game was supposed to be the big rival for the upcoming Witcher 3. In fact, from the very beginning this series was competing with the Witcher series for the unofficial crown of current RPG games. But unlike the Witcher series, which started very well and then only grewDragon Age: Inquisition is the third installment in the classic fantasy RPG series Dragon Age. Released in late 2014 this game was supposed to be the big rival for the upcoming Witcher 3. In fact, from the very beginning this series was competing with the Witcher series for the unofficial crown of current RPG games. But unlike the Witcher series, which started very well and then only grew to excellence, Dragon Age started superbly and then declined. This decline definitely shows in the Dragon Age 2, which so many people hate, but for me the game that completely broke this series was Dragon Age: Inquisition. It started with big promises of an open world game, which DA:I most certainly is not. The open world aspects are pointless, the maps are either plain empty or filled with boring and useless collectibles. But I will try to first focus on the positive aspects of this game and there are some. The graphics looks very nice, even today, eight years later and it suits the world of Dragon Age well. I like the war table missions, they give you a sense of command, but they have very little actual impact of anything, which is a pity, but more about that later. The crafting system, while it has many flaws and can be pretty confusing to first time players, is still a nice addition to this world. And sadly that is about it. Now I must bring up the negatives, of which there are many. First of all the two major ones, that completely ruin the Dragon Age experience for me. First one is the lack of choices. In DA:I, you play as the Inquisitor, arguably one the most powerful men in the whole Thedas and yet your choices are cosmetic at best, usually there are not any choices to be made at all. What a stark difference with the two previous installments, where your actions had a huge consequences on the world. This is absolutely unforgiveable to me and I cannot think of a reason, why this vital part of the Dragon Age experience was not included in DA:I. The second big problem for me were the companions. In Dragon Age I always reveled in building strong and passionate relationships and rivalries with your companions. In DA:I, the companions are mostly badly written stereotypes of certain Thedas races. It is really disheartening to see yet another great aspect of the DA world being destroyed and spat upon by the developers. Sera of course springs to mind, this incoherent elven lesbian murdering proletary. Or Cole, his story is actually an interesting idea for a character, but somehow he winds up as a self hating crybaby, who for some reason (same as Sera) cannot form a coherent sentence. The best characters in my mind, Varric, Leliana, Cassandra were mostly just taken from previous Dragon Age games. Generally I have a strong feeling that SJW elements were forcibly and unnaturally injected into this game and into many characters. It frankly disgust me. Like the strong woman archetype, which is so prevalent that almost all the important NPC in charge are women, while men generally play menial roles and of course ugly, ugly, racist enemies. Ridiculous! But there is so much more that is wrong in this game. The combat is even further simplified from the DA2 which together with the botched tactical camera and of course the never fixed mid combat freeze bug makes the combat in this game awkward and clumsy. What a decline from the times of DAO, where the combat was just a pure tactical heaven. Another big change is the omission of healing spells, that of course changes the tactics dramatically. The one good thing that could have come from this change would be more freedom in party composition, but no, you still have to have a mage, because of the new barrier spell. Actually if you have two mages in your party, every fight is a faceroll. I do not think this is balanced at all. The changes to the approval changes are also for the worse, it is really unpredictable and it happened to me often that I had no idea how a companion would react at all. Horse riding is badly animated and awkward and seems unnecessary. Also the main story is full of cliches, the main antagonist is a racist wanna be god, who wants to destroy the world, what a nice black and white painting the developers have painted for us. The introduction of Skyhold, which happens just out of the blue, here is a huge castle for you. There is plenty of weird cliche time travelling magic, that does not make any sense. And I could go on. But I believe this is enough to illustrate my point. The game is also riddled with microtransactions (loot boxes, horse armor DLCs, etc.) and, as mentioned above, with a lot of SJW nonsense.

    Dragon Age: Inquisition is not a completely bad, I was able to enjoy bits and pieces of it, but on the whole it was a big disappointment for me. Final Verdict: 40%    … Expand
  24. PaddysPub
    Aug 16, 2022
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I loved that game, just for getting back into this world after all these years. I played the game in 2020, during quarantine and finished it twice. Apart from a few bad side quests, i believe the game holds very well. All RPG elements are here, with character customization specifically providing some very good ideas i still haven't seen in other games.
    The Dlc were very good, even though i felt annoyed to say the least by the fact that the real ending of the game is in dlc and not in the main game.
    It is a shame knowing what the developers were going for, but being forced to tone it down a notch or two because of EA.    … Expand
  25. Swimming4Ten
    Jul 15, 2022
    6
    If you want a better continuation to the Dragon Age series than Dragon Age 2. You got what you came for. Only bad thing is, it's not as good as Origins...Nothing will be better than Origins. Also no blood mages as a specialization...and they cut a lot of stuff that was in previous games.
  26. ErayTellezi
    Apr 27, 2022
    8
    Oyunun başında o kadar çok dandik yan görev ve ıvır zıvır toplama var ki bu vasatlık nedeniyle yaşadığım hayal kırıklığından dolayı oyunun dünyasına giremedim, ciddiye alamadım. Ana göreve odaklanarak gidince, bir iki yeni bölgeye geçince ve biraz da hangi yan görevlerin iyi hangilerinin çer çöp olduğunu çözmeye başlayınca oyun sarıyor. Ancak o baştaki dandiklik nedeniyle oyunun lore'unuOyunun başında o kadar çok dandik yan görev ve ıvır zıvır toplama var ki bu vasatlık nedeniyle yaşadığım hayal kırıklığından dolayı oyunun dünyasına giremedim, ciddiye alamadım. Ana göreve odaklanarak gidince, bir iki yeni bölgeye geçince ve biraz da hangi yan görevlerin iyi hangilerinin çer çöp olduğunu çözmeye başlayınca oyun sarıyor. Ancak o baştaki dandiklik nedeniyle oyunun lore'unu kaçırdım. Ki gördüğüm kadarıyla çoğu kişi o başlangıçta bırakmış, ben de düşünmedim değil.

    Aslında bu dandik görevler oyunun her yerinde var ama az çok tahmin ediyorsunuz artık hangisi iyi hangisi kötü. Başta bu kadar karışmasının nedeni ise haritada hepsinin aynı şekilde görünmesi. Oyun yapımcılarının bu oyundan sonra yan görev ve etkinlik imlecini ayırdıklarına yemin edebilirim.

    Oyunun atmosferi fena değil. Yıkık kaleler falan ilgi çekici.

    Engizitör olup insanları yargıladığımız, kaderlerine karar verdiğimiz bölümler güzeldi. Yanımıza aldığımız yoldaşlarımızın çoğunu yan görevler vasıtasıyla ediniyoruz. Bu iyi olmuş, hepsinin birbirlerinden farklı hikayeleri var. Oynamadığımız karakterlerin de bizimle beraber level atlamaları kullanışlı olmuş. Bu sayede istediğiniz strateji değiştirebiliyorsunuz. Yine skill puanlarını yeniden dağıtmak da çok kolay. Ejderhaların beni taktiğimi değiştirmeye ittiğini söylemeliyim.

    Ben bunun gibi tek ve dev açık dünya olmayıp da küçük küçük açık dünyalardan oluşan oyunları seviyorum. Farklı farklı coğrafyalarda geçiyor, güzel oluyor.

    Ben çoğu yan görevi yaptığım için pek hissetmedim ama sanırım ilerlemek, en azından uygun level'e ulaşmak için yan görev yapmak şart.

    Oyundaki silahlar, onları bulduğumuz yerler, bulmak için yaptığımız görev serileri tatmin edici sayılır. Zırh ve silah geliştirmeleri de fena değil.

    Neticede farklı karakterlerle ve seçimlerle tekrar tekrar oynanabilir bir oyun olmuş. Ben 60+ saat oynadım yetti. Aslında yetmedi: baş düşmanı yendik ama hikaye devam edecek belli ama baktım oyun çat diye bitti. Meğer geri kalan yerleri DLC olarak satıyorlarmış. Böyle yavşaklık olmaz. Ananı s*kim EA.    … Expand
  27. Peachboiii
    Nov 28, 2021
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I played through this game again, and i feel i have to lower my score from 6 to 4. Its worse than i remembered and i have it fresh in mind now.

    The main game is really short. I remember Modern Warfare got some criticism for being short, but this felt even shorter. And in the end, closing the rifts didn’t even really matter. The main quests are the best and most rewarding, followed by companion quests. But in order to complete some of these you have to finish a bunch of other side quests. Like Unfinished Business. Get to the toxic fog, back to war table, take over griffins keep, get the darkspawn quest, back to war table to clear up more fog, go through the darkspawn lair or whatever, just to kill that one guy? Most side quests are too long and a lot feels the same. And most are really dull. It’s a big world, but its an empty world and it just feels like an obstacle between me and the game/quests. It’s not really interesting to explore and there’s not really that much to explore. The game is repetitive and tedious. I also feel like the game is pushing towards siding with the templars. I feel forced by my companions. I would really like this to be more balanced. The presentation of quests is also pretty bland. I mean like the way NPCs give them to you. And the grind you have to do progress to the game. “Look for other opportunities to expand the inquisitions influence while you’re there”. Sure, I’ll help this farmer retrieve his goat so I get more political influence. Really? Another thing, why do I, the inquisitor, have to go around and collect stones and flowers for other people? This is stupid and feels kinda world breaking for me. The world feels empty. Not really interesting to explore, few NPCs to talk to, no cities to visit, ruins and dungeons to explore. Some maps are very beautiful to look at. But they feel empty. And the maps themselves are really bad. A lot of the time it’s like “oh, there is a giant cliff here, and I need to get on top of it”. Then you have to run for five minutes along the cliff to try and get on top of it, only to realize you should’ve gone the other way. The combat system is bad, boring and lackluster. The action feels messy and shallow and the tacticical system feels clumsy and bad. It’s like the worst from both worlds. The AI is bad. Boss fights way to long, and really boring. Origins did this so much better. Enemy variety is non-existent. Personally, i liked Origins fighting a lot. I know a lot of people don’t and that a lot of people liked DA2s fighting better. But no matter which one you like, they are both superior to DAI. I don’t really like the war table either, but I don’t really know why. Maybe it feels like something cheap added to make the game seem bigger or something. Give you more to do, idk. Crafting requires a tonne of resources, and resource gathering is a tedious and boring chore. The mounts are a joke. No party banter and you can’t interact with anything. Approval. One of the creators said that the Origins system felt off since it was measured in numbers and that’s not how it works in real life. And like yeah, it’s a video game. But that was the reason they removed that from the game. But still, court approval in Wicked Eyes is measured in numbers. Your Influence and your level is in numbers. Really? I think it’s a downgrade and the excuse feels like a cop out to make it easier for themselves. Companions. This bioware game has my least favourite companions. They feel shallow and clichèd, everything feels one sided. And no, I’m not talking about their personalities and views etc, I’m talking about substance and writing. They were pretty shallow in DA2 too, but that’s a way older game made in a very short time, thanks to EA. In The Witcher 3, characters feel like real people. And that game came out a year after. Here they feel like simple sitcom characters. Canned laughter and you have a Chuck Lorre show. I see a lot of people complaining about the political agenda/views bioware displays through the characters. I think that’s a nice thing, but I agree that it feels a bit shoved down your throat at times. But maybe it wouldn’t feel that way if the companions weren’t cheap shakespearian cardboard characters. The Trespasser DLC is okay storywise, but the gameplay, god damn. Run back and fourth. Such a small, compressed addition to the story and they make even that feel tedious and slow. There’sone quest in this DLC and I still feel like I’m grinding. But all this aside, my singular biggest problem with the game is that it just does not feel like Dragon Age all. The whole aesthetic. Origins and DA2 feels like Dragon Age games, this feels like a generic RPG. I guess that’s the biggest problem for me. If it felt and looked more Dragon Age I might have ignored a lot more of these points and also wouldn’t be as annoyed by stuff. But it just kept snowballing as I went.    … Expand
  28. gotterpotter56
    Mar 29, 2022
    8
    Как по мне игра получилась хорошей! Сюжет, мир очень хорошо сделаны. Очень большой и интересный лор.
  29. mackq33
    Mar 29, 2022
    0
    This game delete my save. Support tells me to reinstall the game. Thanks, you are ea helpful as always
  30. Uarabei
    Feb 21, 2022
    8
    This game is definitely better than the second part, but not up to the first.

    I really liked the graphics at the time, a fascinating story. Some mechanics were infuriating, but the side quests were the most tiring - they are really terrible. But in general, the impressions are positive.
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#16 Best PC Game of 2014
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Metascore
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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