Dragon Age: Inquisition

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Mixed or average reviews- based on 301 Ratings

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  1. SpawnCap
    Nov 19, 2014
    10
    For a game on the ps3 this is a great game, a lot better than DA:O or DA 2. There are tons of missions and areas to explore. I think some people for some reason think this game should have the graphics that the new consoles have, that's just ignorant. Has great graphics for a ps3 game, and gameplay is by far better than the other DA games. I'm looking forward to seeing how this gameFor a game on the ps3 this is a great game, a lot better than DA:O or DA 2. There are tons of missions and areas to explore. I think some people for some reason think this game should have the graphics that the new consoles have, that's just ignorant. Has great graphics for a ps3 game, and gameplay is by far better than the other DA games. I'm looking forward to seeing how this game looks and runs on the ps4 and pc.… Expand
  2. KingKaz
    Nov 18, 2014
    4
    Clunky gameplay. Mediocre story. Hamfisted characters. Very big downgrade from DA2 which was considerably worse than DA:O. As a AAA title DA:I fails to deliver in a lot of areas. Any video game enthusiast would feel cheated paying full price for a mess like this.
  3. ShunOugarden
    Jan 9, 2019
    9
    First i never play to DA1 or 2. Second, i dislike the first half hour of this game... immersion is hustle by too most bads things... too shiny (piece of armor, doors,...), your run is too slow, head are too perfect compare to boby, animation are weirds (why so much close-up on ugly mouth animation or bad hairs) but good ambiance, splendid decor, harsh solo difficulty and i really like theFirst i never play to DA1 or 2. Second, i dislike the first half hour of this game... immersion is hustle by too most bads things... too shiny (piece of armor, doors,...), your run is too slow, head are too perfect compare to boby, animation are weirds (why so much close-up on ugly mouth animation or bad hairs) but good ambiance, splendid decor, harsh solo difficulty and i really like the card's system. I prefer "Dragon dogma" where character is more punchy and graphics are more uniform (but with a -very- smaller map)... BUT this game is addictive when, alone on splendid landscape, you discover quests, monsters or secrets ways. Plus, you have your own actions and actions made by the inquisition, this, give to the game a wider politician view. It's a mix between Dragon dogma (gameplay) and Skyrim (world, music and faction). i gave to the game 5 at the begining.... and 8,5 after 115h.… Expand
  4. TheMetacritiqer
    Jul 29, 2016
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Bioware rightfully made the best fantasy game only beat by Skyrim. The real draw of this game is Character customization, choices, and discovery. I always love creating a female character and this game doesn't disappoint in that respect unlike Fallout 4 for example. Inquisition still has the best dialogue system and the most decisions out of modern games. So the only competition in that respect is between well, previous Bioware titles and Telltale Games. However, most choices don't have a big enough impact. No matter who you choose, Templars or Mages, you'll still have to defend Haven from the forgettable villain. I understand that part is critical to the story but Bioware has given much more weight to choices in the Mass Effect series
    . But Skyhold really is a big improvement over the Normandy. The world is plenty big and the highlights visually are the houses in the Emerald Graves, the Eleven temple in the end, and the sand dunes of the Western Approach(beat Elder Scrolls to the punch). Due to the leveling and weapon damage system, enemies had to have large health bars to make the former mechanics work. There is no point in getting a better weapon if the Red Templars succumb to one or two hits. This makes encounters long and less fun. Dragons take so long to kill.
    Only at the end does the story get intriguing. This is mostly thanks to Morigan(who I kept thinking was the villain due to the reveal trailer) and the Elvin lore.Since that I was eager to make progress in the game, I skipped most of the cutscenes, dialogue, and books;something I usually don't do.It ended up cutting my playthrough in half(about 50 hours instead of the average 100+)
    In a world where Gods and magic exist, religion stills gets thing wrong. Something I only realized towards the end. Not that they were morally wrong(the chantry is clearly the old christian church and a lot of it draws inspiration from the real world) but that it's not certain who these gods were as Mythal turns out not to be an Elvin god but Morigan's Immortal human mother. And there isn't proof of the maker or the Old Gods existence. The only interesting part of Coryriphius (spelled wrong) was when he mentions that the thrones in the heavens were empty. That mystery definitely will be explained in future games.
    The end seems to point towards a Grey Warden civil war being a plot point for DAV. It really sucks that EA most likely took the real ending and released it as the Trespasser DLC only for current-gen. That will probably stop me from playing it as I played it on the 360 and will likely get a PS4.
    So the near future for Bioware is Andromeda. Something that is taking far too long to make. Is it going through development hell? Almost. Bioware is trying to make a far more ambitious game than Mass Effect 3. But here's the problem. This is in terms of content, not substance. Clearly the scale of this game is whats being built upon. And in my opinion thats a bad thing. Inquisition would have been significantly better in terms of story, pacing, and level design if Bioware didn't try to compete with the sheer size of Skyrim. Either way, I'm almost certain that Andromeda will be a great game:)    … Expand
  5. joesfiddle
    Aug 2, 2017
    0
    I love the series however, the game stoped working after several weeks of play on my PS3 and wouldn't load. I contacted electronic arts and ps store who told me I couldn't have a refund even though the game doesn't work. What a rip off! No time for this. I also have a ps4 and could have played it on there but if course you have to buy the game a second time to do this. Another rip off.I love the series however, the game stoped working after several weeks of play on my PS3 and wouldn't load. I contacted electronic arts and ps store who told me I couldn't have a refund even though the game doesn't work. What a rip off! No time for this. I also have a ps4 and could have played it on there but if course you have to buy the game a second time to do this. Another rip off. Customer relations very poor. Wouldn't recommend. Buy a game that works instead.… Expand
  6. Vashtor
    Jul 13, 2015
    9
    Graphics, Gameplay, Story (do i care!?)....its just a nice and funny game, got it yersterday and im enjoying. One of my lasts games of Playstation 3 and its at the top of my list now.
  7. RunePl
    May 18, 2016
    8
    Boring plot, uninteresting characters, average combat, MMO style grindpoints where you are forced to do boring quests to advance the story(grind is not THAT bad but its out of place in a Bioware game). I gave it an 8 bc its still Dragon Age and advances the plot and setting of the series.

    Yes the graphics are bad enough to hurt the experience (bc they are wildly inconsistent with lots    Boring plot, uninteresting characters, average combat, MMO style grindpoints where you are forced to do boring quests to advance the story(grind is not THAT bad but its out of place in a Bioware game). I gave it an 8 bc its still Dragon Age and advances the plot and setting of the series.

    Yes the graphics are bad enough to hurt the experience (bc they are wildly inconsistent with lots of distracting anomalies) but I was happy to get the game for like 15 bucks on ps3 rather than buy a ps4 to play it.    … Expand
  8. Jafhformer
    Jan 25, 2016
    8
    After reading some many negative reviews on this game, i was not sure if i wanted to buy and play it, but i said wth and bought it anyways and i am really glad i did. I love the open world were you can discover secrets from hidden caves with burried treasures to fighting of different elements dragons, there is so much to discover so and the quality of this game exceeded my exspectationsAfter reading some many negative reviews on this game, i was not sure if i wanted to buy and play it, but i said wth and bought it anyways and i am really glad i did. I love the open world were you can discover secrets from hidden caves with burried treasures to fighting of different elements dragons, there is so much to discover so and the quality of this game exceeded my exspectations beacause of all the negative reviews, and the main story is really interresting, i would deffienetly reccomend playing this game… Expand
  9. chojimaroji
    Dec 30, 2014
    2
    Wow, the people giving the PS3 version of this high scores must work for Bioware or EA. No one is exaggerating how watered down the graphics are for the PS3. I bought this game knowing it would be a lesser version of the new system, but man the difference is down right shameful. I tried playing through my disgust but today I returned the game and got The Stick of Truth which is all ready aWow, the people giving the PS3 version of this high scores must work for Bioware or EA. No one is exaggerating how watered down the graphics are for the PS3. I bought this game knowing it would be a lesser version of the new system, but man the difference is down right shameful. I tried playing through my disgust but today I returned the game and got The Stick of Truth which is all ready a lot better. It's a shame because I wanted to get know the cute character I had created (that why it gets a 2) but sadly I had to leave her. If you really think this game is for you, wait and get it for PS4 it might be worth a try. If you think you can handle glossy skin and armour, npc that look like there straight out of PS1, and half rendered backgrounds, good luck!… Expand
  10. nomdeplume13
    Feb 2, 2015
    6
    This game has some really great things going for it. I actually liked most of my companions and the opportunities to talk with them and others in the world. Though, considering how long playthroughs can take on this game, you can run out of new conversations with your companions far too quickly after each major world event. There are some amazing places to explore, and some of theThis game has some really great things going for it. I actually liked most of my companions and the opportunities to talk with them and others in the world. Though, considering how long playthroughs can take on this game, you can run out of new conversations with your companions far too quickly after each major world event. There are some amazing places to explore, and some of the screencaps for the game are quite beautiful.

    Sadly, on the PS3, some of the beautiful graphics my friends have shared in pictures and vids just aren't there. I couldn't look at a character in the game or a landscape and mistake it for anything but a video game, unlike those with PC, XBox One, or PS4. And I expected that, given I'm on an older system. There are also a lot of graphics bugs, even the occasional blocky character that makes me think I've picked up an original PS game and Crash Bandicoot or Spyro would be making an appearance.

    Unfortunately, I'm a completionist, and this game is a completionist's nightmare. It's been said in other reviews, but after finishing the game with dozens of simple fetch/find quests under my belt, I felt like Bioware hadn't really respected my time by offering interesting quests to fill in the space between the plot.

    I am not a diehard fan of Skyrim (though also find it to be a good, if not great, game). I frequently get bored with the game only to pick it up again a month or so later, but I can give that game credit for giving lots of interesting side quests. Sure, there are plenty of fetch quests, but it also provides you with interesting dungeons, dealings with that world's gods, a drunken night you must piece together "Hangover" style, and guild quests to allow you to really roleplay your character outside of the main plot. So many of the quests that did not relate to the plot or to my companions in Inquisition were forgettable or, worse yet, memorable for being annoying, like scouring a region for that 12th mosaic piece only to find out that your only reward was a codex entry and minimal experience.

    I love Dragon Age: Origins and even respected a lot of Dragon Age 2, though that game could have been a few thousand of times better with another year's development. Extra development might have gotten us some other environments rather than reusing the same areas over and over. So, I felt Inquisition was pretty mediocre in comparison to its predecessors.

    I have played every possible outcome in both Origins and 2, and immediately after I finished each for the first time, I wanted to start up a new game, and often did as soon as the credits closed. When Inquisition ended and I thought about the questlines that had bugged that I never got to do (Dorian's personal quests in particular, which I have been told are some of the best companion quests), the bugged trophy that is keeping me from a complete set, and the fact that to complete these things will require starting over... I groaned. I wasn't excited to play again with a qunari mage or dwarf rogue rather than a human warrior to see how different it makes the game like I did with Origins or even the different classes/genders in 2.

    And for someone who buys few games but repeatedly plays the ones she has... that's a problem.

    I want to love this game, but I just don't. And from any other company but Bioware, I would be a little less harsh on it Unfortunately, they've set the bar so high that it's maybe too much to live up to.    … Expand
  11. nexus6
    Feb 8, 2015
    3
    Game freezes constantly , contacted "customer service rep" and they barley spoke english. ask when the next patch was coming out to fix these huge issues. they didnt even know what a patch was lol. im completely shocked with EA/Biowares dedication to there customers . its crap. the game has huge chances to be one of the best games of the year for ps3 but they dropped the ball big time onGame freezes constantly , contacted "customer service rep" and they barley spoke english. ask when the next patch was coming out to fix these huge issues. they didnt even know what a patch was lol. im completely shocked with EA/Biowares dedication to there customers . its crap. the game has huge chances to be one of the best games of the year for ps3 but they dropped the ball big time on this one .. should of gave it out for free... o and one more thing ... my phone games has better graphics. and you dumb heads who are saying its good graphics for ps3 ..ha .. play Far Cry 4 and then come back and say that. they never should of even released this on the ps3 for the same price as the ps4 version . its a joke and there taking money from us gamers who live and breath this stuff… Expand
  12. SenshiV
    Nov 30, 2014
    10
    I don't understand bad rating, people it's looking for perfect games with perfect everything, but nobody talks about the hours of fun and entertainment you spend in the game on such reviews. the game might not be perfect, in fact, I have needed to restart my PS3 a couple of times because of some glitch, but I do so and can't wait to get back on track and continue what i was doing. I haveI don't understand bad rating, people it's looking for perfect games with perfect everything, but nobody talks about the hours of fun and entertainment you spend in the game on such reviews. the game might not be perfect, in fact, I have needed to restart my PS3 a couple of times because of some glitch, but I do so and can't wait to get back on track and continue what i was doing. I have spent hours (around 50 now) and yet have much to do...never a dull moment. This is a great game because it keep you engaged, and if it doesn't, is just because this is NOT your type of game, go play a racing game or a shooter, whatever you like more ;). Seriously, the bad reviews are ridiculous.… Expand
  13. jpjamc
    Nov 25, 2014
    4
    I was super excited for this game. The trailers looks beautiful and the story just seemed so incredible. All the hype could not have been more misleading. While the general game is pretty good, I am severely disappointed that EA put more work into promoting the game other than actually finishing it. Textures don't load, the mouth animation feels unfinished, the cut scenes are choppy, theI was super excited for this game. The trailers looks beautiful and the story just seemed so incredible. All the hype could not have been more misleading. While the general game is pretty good, I am severely disappointed that EA put more work into promoting the game other than actually finishing it. Textures don't load, the mouth animation feels unfinished, the cut scenes are choppy, the load screens take forever and the combat is a joke. This game had the potential to be great, but only if EA had actually finished what they were working on.… Expand
  14. JAGUAR10
    Dec 22, 2014
    1
    As others have said the graphics for the PS3 are bad - however my biggest complaint is that the game is boring as HELL!!!! This is not the Dragon Age I loved. The characters are boring - you don't really care about any of them. The quests are dumb, the tactical camera is a joke, the crafting is tedious, the sound is off in spots, etc. It's like Bioware simplified the important parts ofAs others have said the graphics for the PS3 are bad - however my biggest complaint is that the game is boring as HELL!!!! This is not the Dragon Age I loved. The characters are boring - you don't really care about any of them. The quests are dumb, the tactical camera is a joke, the crafting is tedious, the sound is off in spots, etc. It's like Bioware simplified the important parts of DA and made more difficult things like crafting. The world is like a Skyrim wannabe with shades of LOTR. Additionally, on the PS3 the controls go wonky during battle - for example, you press triangle to do a spell and the world map comes up!! Very frustrating. I've also had the game crash three times. Very disappointed. It's not tragic with funny characters merchants, it's just plain BORING!!! Can't even finish it.… Expand
  15. Trepadora
    Jan 6, 2015
    4
    I can honestly say I've never been so disappointed in a game. This thing no longer bears any resemblance to Dragon Age Origins. Where do I even begin?

    It's pretty obvious the devs feel so very proud of themselves for their new engine and "open world" gameplay. And you know what? It resembles an MMO perfectly: tedious, boring grinding and fetch quests. There's so many it's practically a    I can honestly say I've never been so disappointed in a game. This thing no longer bears any resemblance to Dragon Age Origins. Where do I even begin?

    It's pretty obvious the devs feel so very proud of themselves for their new engine and "open world" gameplay. And you know what? It resembles an MMO perfectly: tedious, boring grinding and fetch quests. There's so many it's practically a joke. If you play this game, this is 90% of what you do. It's every bit as tedious and boring and it seems. I've seen many people claim that the game magically becomes much better after you invest the ludicrous sum of 20 hours into the game. I'll tell you straight up: it doesn't. They try to throw a bunch of crap in your face to try and distract from it, but it's sure as hell still there.

    I have my gripes with the combat as well. Of course, there's no auto-attack. The tactical camera is almost worthless since micromanaging your team has been disemboweled. No longer can you stack commands and control every detail. Instead you can marvel at your teammates teleporting next to you and mages running into melee range. I played a 2H warrior, and it was honestly completely boring. Battles only really come in two flavors: ones that require no thought, but go on forever because they have ludicrous amounts of health, or battles in which you die instantly because the game makes no attempt to communicate enemy levels to you. Limiting potions seems to be a decision made solely to leash you and force you back to a camp all too often. It's hardly even worth mentioning how worthless the AI is in the game either.

    Graphically is where this game surprised me the most, by not surprising me in the least. They were pretty clearly pumping this up to be something huge, but it looks awful on previous generation consoles. Both of the previous games looked far better.

    The biggest issue of all is the optimization. This game is beyond broken. Over my 25 hours of play, I experienced countless freezes, more graphical glitches than you can shake a stick at and all kinds of wild and wacky bugs. Facial textures seem to often fail to load, and pop-in is horrendously slow, often only catching up near the end of cutscene. Slowdown is a very common occurrence as well. It really is a marvel of poor programming.

    The story is choppy at best. Most of it a fairly bland affair, but the characters get a few glimmers of interest here and there. However, it's only enough to make you hope you were playing a better game. Wholly, the characters just aren't very interesting or likeable. In general they'll be fairly one-note the entire game.

    The Dragon Age series deserved better. I can only hope that it'll be left to rest in peace, but given the slavemasters in control of the IP, we can expect to see it die a slow painful death as they wring every last penny out of it's once good name.    … Expand
  16. mp5
    Dec 24, 2014
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I have played Origins and DA2 and liked both because the characters were interesting and the story was good.
    There is no story in Inquisition. It is unfathomable how boring they made it, I really tried to like it. I'm on my fifth play through and have only had one laugh in all the play throughs so far. Part of what I liked about the other 2 games was their comedy.
    Hawke is a snarling and sneering mess in this game. Varric has zero personality left, his story with Bianca doesn't even make me curious its so badly done. The only character remotely interesting is Solas. Cullen has some good scenes but truly uninspired by the lack of depth in all the characters.    … Expand
  17. davfil
    Feb 1, 2015
    9
    One of the best games for ps3. I don't understand why the reviews of this game for ps3 system are so low... I played as a human rogue and i absolutely loved the game, the story was real good (leliana, morrigan, hawke are back :D ), it was interesting to see the evolution of the inquisition and the relationshiop between the inquisitor and his companions. The best thing of this game for meOne of the best games for ps3. I don't understand why the reviews of this game for ps3 system are so low... I played as a human rogue and i absolutely loved the game, the story was real good (leliana, morrigan, hawke are back :D ), it was interesting to see the evolution of the inquisition and the relationshiop between the inquisitor and his companions. The best thing of this game for me it was the explorations, the game has 10 GIANT areas, where there are plenty of things to do. The combat was also amazing i always used the 2 cameras, the tactical camera to send orders to my companions and then i changed to the "personal" camera with my inquisitor to see the suffering of my enemies more closely. The subclasses are also very good (the tempest is epic). The graphics are also very good, of course the next gen versions have better graphics, but that was obvious from the start, areas like fallow mire, emprise du lion, or hissing wastes look gorgeus on the ps3 version, the unique area where the ambients could have been improved on the ps3 version was hinterlands, the first area. The scores isn't a 10 because there are some cutscenes where textures pop in after a few seconds, but still the game is really good, even on old gen versions, do not be afraid to purchase the ps3 version of this game ;)… Expand
  18. underoath05
    Jan 11, 2016
    10
    This game for me is more of a 9.5 but I rounded it up. I loved the story, character interaction and the gameplay, graphics were good. The game was really addictive and immersive, I played as a rift mage which is supposed to be the most fun idk if other classes made the game more boring for others but my experience with this game was extremely fun. I usually like medieval rpgs and this wasThis game for me is more of a 9.5 but I rounded it up. I loved the story, character interaction and the gameplay, graphics were good. The game was really addictive and immersive, I played as a rift mage which is supposed to be the most fun idk if other classes made the game more boring for others but my experience with this game was extremely fun. I usually like medieval rpgs and this was no exception, I liked this game more than past dragon age games altho they were really good too, even liked it more than skyrim or Diablo 3, I heard this game is a completionist nightmare full off simple and boring fetch quests, but considering I am not a completionist, I just did the quests that seemed interesting to me and ignored what sounded boring, also read about all the complains on glitches, most of those are patched by now, the game played swiftly for me, no bugs, rarely any lag, this game was overall about 60 hours of fun for me, and I am considering a second playthrough which is extremely rare for me, I usually just finish a game and trade it or sell it.… Expand
  19. Shakaw
    Nov 23, 2014
    1
    Very few spells, mediocre story and character development, combat is fast paced and not tactical anymore. This game has lost everything that defined the first Dragon Age game. This game is even worse than Dragon Age 2. It has, however, reasonable graphics, and a very large world. It has many things to do, but they are rarely entertaining because combat isn't fun anymore.
  20. GenericName1
    Dec 1, 2014
    10
    Ok, so I had to make an account to fix this BS. This isn't a 10/10 game, but you guys don't seem to understand how to rate a game. A game with this much effort put into it, this much love and care does not deserve a 0. A 0 is reserved for those P.O.S. that somehow make it onto the market. It doesn't deserve a 0, or even a 1, yet the most common ratings are: 1, 5, and 10. There's a reasonOk, so I had to make an account to fix this BS. This isn't a 10/10 game, but you guys don't seem to understand how to rate a game. A game with this much effort put into it, this much love and care does not deserve a 0. A 0 is reserved for those P.O.S. that somehow make it onto the market. It doesn't deserve a 0, or even a 1, yet the most common ratings are: 1, 5, and 10. There's a reason that there's a 1-10 chart. Also, leave the Hinterlands. I was going to give this game a 5, but then I left them! The story is amazing after you leave! Trust me on this! Leave the Hinterlands! Onto the review: This is one of the best DA games out there (out of the 3), and I just reached a significant point in the story. I think I'm going to playing this game for a long time to come.… Expand
  21. jtlats
    Dec 8, 2014
    9
    Better than DA 2? Yes, of course it was.
    Better than DA: O? Maybe.
    The graphics are the same, but as some one who doesn't care about graphics and focus on gameplay and story, they don't matter. I hate reading reviews and see "2/10! Graphics sux!" What about the gameplay? "Oh, that was 11/10 but the graphics sux major so 2/10" You kids never knew the pleasure of playing Doom,    Better than DA 2? Yes, of course it was.
    Better than DA: O? Maybe.

    The graphics are the same, but as some one who doesn't care about graphics and focus on gameplay and story, they don't matter. I hate reading reviews and see "2/10! Graphics sux!" What about the gameplay? "Oh, that was 11/10 but the graphics sux major so 2/10" You kids never knew the pleasure of playing Doom, Quake, or original Duke Nukem 3D.

    Is the story line good? Yes! Is the gameplay/battle mechanics good? Yes!

    There were a couple bugs, nothing game breaking thankfully. I'm sure a patch will fix this in the future.

    I want to give it 10/10 because I love the series but the couple bugs and one part of the story(No spoiler!) made me make this a 9/10.    … Expand
  22. Hyomoto
    Nov 30, 2014
    4
    I have never said this before, and I hope to never say it again: this game is so ugly it actually distracts me from being able to play it. I cannot even properly review it because of how awful the graphics are. It looks like an alpha build, they clearly just flipped the switch on some effects, halved the texture sizes and called it a day.

    No one expected it too look it's best here,    I have never said this before, and I hope to never say it again: this game is so ugly it actually distracts me from being able to play it. I cannot even properly review it because of how awful the graphics are. It looks like an alpha build, they clearly just flipped the switch on some effects, halved the texture sizes and called it a day.

    No one expected it too look it's best here, but it could have at LEAST looked DA:2 in quality. There are launch titles that looked better. There are PS2 games that looked better. I'm not just being facetious; texture resolution varies wildly, things pop-in everywhere, the lighting is a combination of far too dark and way too bright (how did that manage this?), people float around and animate through things, and there are tons of visual glitches like the screen tone constantly shifting for no discernible reason. At first I thought there was a day-to-night cycle, this is just tragically bad.    … Expand
  23. Myoddthoughtss
    Nov 19, 2014
    2
    I was super excited that they decided to bring this out for the last gen consoles. I didn't expect they would. That being said, I already expected that they would have to cut down on the graphics to make the game run smoothly. However, I didn't expect them to do a chop job on the whole game like they did. The pop-textures and the PlayStation 2 quality graphics were seriously distracting.I was super excited that they decided to bring this out for the last gen consoles. I didn't expect they would. That being said, I already expected that they would have to cut down on the graphics to make the game run smoothly. However, I didn't expect them to do a chop job on the whole game like they did. The pop-textures and the PlayStation 2 quality graphics were seriously distracting. It's pretty disturbing how bad they are on the PlayStation 3, considering how good their other games they've made were on the eyes. Example would be Mass Effect, the whole series. With that said, it felt like they just put this together and hoped it could be masked in, what I believe to be, a decent storyline. But it only detracts. I'm hoping some sort of patch will help this out, but I don't hold my breath.

    As for the story, its truly massive which is normally great for most games. Such as Elder Scrolls Skyrim. But in the case of DAI, I felt overwhelmed by all the info being thrown into my face all at once. It truly made me feel anxious and unfocused on any one task. Not a good thing, in my opinion. Nothing felt casual about these encounters - it just felt like an MMO scripted and forced.

    All that being said, I'm speaking in past-tense because I plan to stop playing this mess and wait until I get a PS4 in hopes that I can stop feeling nauseated by the terrible graphics and focused on what is a decent storyline. One can only hope.    … Expand
  24. cylian3
    Nov 22, 2014
    0
    Not on Steam: Check.

    Unoptimized pile of garbage that almost rivals Assassin Creed Unity: Check. Buggy mess: Check. Graphics from 2007: Check. Horrid attempts to fix the previously non-broken combat and fail epically: Check. Horrid DRM: Check. Moronic AI: Check. Annoying and dysfunctional camera: Check. MMO-Fication of a very popular and functional RPG down to a    Not on Steam: Check.

    Unoptimized pile of garbage that almost rivals Assassin Creed Unity: Check.

    Buggy mess: Check.

    Graphics from 2007: Check.

    Horrid attempts to fix the previously non-broken combat and fail epically: Check.

    Horrid DRM: Check.

    Moronic AI: Check.

    Annoying and dysfunctional camera: Check.

    MMO-Fication of a very popular and functional RPG down to a kill X enemies Y times for Z reward grinding monotonous mess: Check.

    Produced and developed by electronic arse: Check.

    Painfully obvious console port on PC painted obvious by lack of basic functions like click-2-walk or autoattack: Check.

    4+ days delay on getting response from EA support: Check.

    Biribed reviewers: Check.

    If you need even more discouragement to avoid this game, then there is no hope for you and I would recommend you to buy and play this so we can have all the gullible people in one place.    … Expand
  25. juicybullet
    Nov 20, 2014
    2
    I am a die hard DA fan and was sooo looking forward to this game. However, upon playing it it just feels more like a cheap Skyrim knockoff than a DA game. There are very few cut scenes to tell the story in an interesting way, no real character development, chunky gameplay and I find myself loosing interest rather quickly. Maybe it would play better on PS4 but I still paid $80 for the PS3I am a die hard DA fan and was sooo looking forward to this game. However, upon playing it it just feels more like a cheap Skyrim knockoff than a DA game. There are very few cut scenes to tell the story in an interesting way, no real character development, chunky gameplay and I find myself loosing interest rather quickly. Maybe it would play better on PS4 but I still paid $80 for the PS3 game. I think I'm entitled to a quality product for that price. They never should have released it for PS3 if it wasn't meant for it.
    I am sorely disappointed as I had such high hopes for this game. They should have stuck to what made the games great instead of designing it more for people who've never played a DA before. I only wish I could get my money back. Maybe I can sell it on Amazon.    … Expand
  26. NotAReptar
    Nov 19, 2014
    3
    The ps3 port is broken with crashes, glitches, cut scene problems, gameplay sound problems, awful rendering, bad player AI, clunky UI, etc. It looks awful and shouldn't have been released on non-next-gen consoles if it looks that bad. The story is very slow paced and bland. The characters are very one-dimensional. The game feels like it was made specifically for the DA:2 audience and needsThe ps3 port is broken with crashes, glitches, cut scene problems, gameplay sound problems, awful rendering, bad player AI, clunky UI, etc. It looks awful and shouldn't have been released on non-next-gen consoles if it looks that bad. The story is very slow paced and bland. The characters are very one-dimensional. The game feels like it was made specifically for the DA:2 audience and needs you to rely on it's bland back-story to fully appreciate everything around DA:I. It relies heavily on fetch quests or action gameplay rather then story and character development. Nothing really memorable about this game.… Expand
  27. Explodet
    May 23, 2015
    6
    Looking back after completion, this game was all filler and meaningless fetch quests that had zero impact on anything. The world was big, but felt so empty, like an mmo with no one else playing. I feel they wanted their version of Skyrim, but completely missed the point. Instead they made their own Kingdoms of Amular, hell even the villian was similar. Bioware's writing is getting awful.Looking back after completion, this game was all filler and meaningless fetch quests that had zero impact on anything. The world was big, but felt so empty, like an mmo with no one else playing. I feel they wanted their version of Skyrim, but completely missed the point. Instead they made their own Kingdoms of Amular, hell even the villian was similar. Bioware's writing is getting awful. The game did sell well and sadly that's all they care about. They won't fool us again, hopefully. I feel overall it was a step sideways from Origins rather than the step forward we wanted.… Expand
  28. MiyuEmi
    Nov 27, 2014
    10
    I don't understand all the negative reviews of this game. Game looks fantastic on the PS3 when I thought it would really suffer. Open-world gameplay with a good step back towards DAO and away from DA2, though keeping DA2 combat was an excellent decision. The overhead tactical is very welcome, though disappointing that you have a clear required distance before you're capable of availingI don't understand all the negative reviews of this game. Game looks fantastic on the PS3 when I thought it would really suffer. Open-world gameplay with a good step back towards DAO and away from DA2, though keeping DA2 combat was an excellent decision. The overhead tactical is very welcome, though disappointing that you have a clear required distance before you're capable of availing of it for attacks with ranged characters. Happy you're not forced to choose a certain race character. My only issue is with on-line use. The game can drop framerates, and get a bit unreliable if you're playing online as the game constantly attempts to access the Keep. It would be nice if Bioware had made Keep access occur only on saving so as not to interfere with gameplay.

    That said however, this game is a fantastic game and well worth the expense, with the caveat that this game is far more open-world RPG than it's predecessors meaning that if you don't like walking and exploring or collecting, this game is likely not for you. If you're a completionist who really enjoys as much game for their money as possible, this is a perfect game for you. If you're an RPG enthusiast this is a prime purchase with hours and hours of entertainment.    … Expand
  29. Damocles610
    Dec 21, 2014
    6
    I'm really disappointed with how they made DAI on PS3. I know this is old gen but they could at least do better. So many bugs, glitches, texture pop in, clunky UI, delayed texture loading and not to mention the constant frame rate drop and lags. THOSE SHINY HAIR, SHINY LIPS and SHINY ARMORS are hilarious. Did i tell you how stupid the loading time is? How can you enjoy a game like that?I'm really disappointed with how they made DAI on PS3. I know this is old gen but they could at least do better. So many bugs, glitches, texture pop in, clunky UI, delayed texture loading and not to mention the constant frame rate drop and lags. THOSE SHINY HAIR, SHINY LIPS and SHINY ARMORS are hilarious. Did i tell you how stupid the loading time is? How can you enjoy a game like that? They're so many open world PS3 games out there that don't have all of this problems all at the same time. It's like they didn't bother to put more time to test their game. No game is perfect I get that but I wish they could've done better. This is after all their top AAA game this year. So we're just going to wait for their patches and update right? I'm sick of this habit from game developers.

    Positive: I like the Create you character and race mode, decent amount of choices. The story and characters are good and enjoyable. That combat and skill tree is good. The maps are nice (that's why I'm disappointed by how they treated this game on ps3), great content, so many side quests and collectibles to get, the music is really nice, and they put so much effort on the Lore and Codex. I love the recurring characters too. So yeah these are the things that prevented me from giving this game a lower score but still very disappointed because the game is great but they just didn't give it more time and attention to polish it.    … Expand
  30. Kilgore_Trout
    Feb 27, 2015
    5
    I haven't played a DA game since Origins originally released and I didn't want to play DA2 because it looked unappealing to me. I've actually been out of the gaming world for a few years now, but I recently gained access to a PS3 so I figured I'd pick up the latest installment. I knew this game had launched for current-gen and PC but saw a PS3 version at a local game store and picked itI haven't played a DA game since Origins originally released and I didn't want to play DA2 because it looked unappealing to me. I've actually been out of the gaming world for a few years now, but I recently gained access to a PS3 so I figured I'd pick up the latest installment. I knew this game had launched for current-gen and PC but saw a PS3 version at a local game store and picked it up. Now I've been a Bioware fan for years; I've played Baulder's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Jade Empire, every Mass Effect game (for some reason), and DA:O. I saw PS4 gameplay of this game and figured it would be worth a shot, and after about 35 hours in I am regretting my decision; seeing as how I can't return it for a full refund.

    Before I get into my gripes with the game, I will say that the story and plot are overall pretty good and are easily the game's strongest point. There is A LOT of stuff going on here: opposing and bickering forces, a new foe to face, tons of lore to read, and a few interesting characters. I also really like the weapon/armor crafting system this game offers, it allows you to make some pretty amazing gear virtually anytime you can. The open world aspect and search function are nice and executed somewhat well, but those alone won't rise it from the depths it has fallen.

    This particular port of the game is without a doubt A COMPLETE DISGRACE AND ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE!

    - The visuals are well below average and make the game look like it was released in 2006. Now as an RPG fan, I'm well aware that visuals/graphics alone don't make a game but this is just shameful. Objects constantly pop in and out, textures take a long while to fully load, attacks/character effects just blur together, character animations in cut scenes often fail to load completely, and environmental effects look disgusting; the trees in MGS3 Snake Eater look more polished than this!

    - The gameplay is loaded with bugs that constantly impede your enjoyment of the game. Characters/NPCs appear and jump all over the place, you are constantly seeing your legs fall through the floor, basic dialog interactions with NPCs will sometimes just not work forcing you to mash the X button repeatedly until you can talk to them, it has a seemingly permanent ultra-lag effect in the Desert Oasis that causes the game to move at roughly 1 fps (seriously, 1 fps) and after three months STILL HASN'T BEEN PATCHED SO IT MAKES THAT REGION COMPLETELY UNPLAYABLE, and the game has frozen on me three times now. I know there are many more I am forgetting to mention but so be it.

    - The combat is completely broken, boring, and makes the game way too easy. It feels like they were trying to expose this franchise to other markets but hardcore RPG fans will be disappointed. It is extremely clunky and incredibly buggy. Dishing out commands to your allies is poorly done and they barely listen to you, especially since the "Tactics" menu is a complete joke as you have hardly any say in what they do. This franchise has been turned into an ARPG, with literally no tactics involved. Just hold R2 to attack and you've killed everything; hooray. It can be enjoyable at times, but it's very unsatisfactory because you don't feel like you're doing anything.

    - Quests are dull, tedious, and extremely repetitive. Everything is a fetch quest or "take this item and place it over here". It feels like I'm playing an MMO because every quest is the same time-consuming affair. And every region contains mostly the same quests, literally. There's one for seeing all locations, one for reaching all landmarks, one for collecting all of a certain object, one for closing all enemy rifts, etc. It just wastes so much time and makes you feel like you're not doing anything interesting.

    - The War Table where you progress the story and accept missions is a nice feature but falls flat. Most of the side missions you are given to do offer incredibly poor rewards and it always feels like a waste of time as you are constantly deciding which person to want to send on what mission and after careful planning you receive a meager 100 gold; I'm so thrilled I can hardly contain myself.

    Now some minor things that annoyed me: You can't switch any of your controls around, so I hope you like clicking L3 because you'll be doing that a lot by using the search function which shows you the locations of items (herbs, loot, metal ore) on your mini map. This is a nice feature but if you're like me you like to collect everything in sight and tat takes up a considerable amount of time. Every time, EVERY TIME you decide to pick up something your character stops, kneels down, and picks it up. Doesn't sound bad but you will likely spend 20-30% of your time in maps just picking up stuff; it really bogged down gameplay and wore me out.

    Overall, the game can be fun at times but all of the issues within it just ruin anything good here. Anyone giving this game anything higher than a 7 are, in my opinion, completely delusional.    … Expand
  31. Henchick
    Apr 6, 2015
    7
    I have played both old generation versions of this game and ps3 version is better than 360. The screen tearing on the 360 version is distracting so the nod go's toward ps3.Game is pretty buggy on both systems and load times are really long, graphics are good not great, sometimes hair and armor just pop in during cut scenes.Wasn't that impressed with game at first but I stuck with It and itI have played both old generation versions of this game and ps3 version is better than 360. The screen tearing on the 360 version is distracting so the nod go's toward ps3.Game is pretty buggy on both systems and load times are really long, graphics are good not great, sometimes hair and armor just pop in during cut scenes.Wasn't that impressed with game at first but I stuck with It and it becomes classic dragon age, granted I'm only 22hours into game, but the more I play better it gets.Oh and Bio-Ware needs to fix Forgotten Oasis map at least on ps3. Its broken and unplayable… Expand
  32. Str0b0
    Dec 1, 2014
    0
    This is a masterclass in how not to make a port. I get that it's supposed to be for the current gen but this game is broken for the PS3. I expected some muddy textures and lower frame rate. What I got is sporadically loading textures, textures that flat out refuse to load in and a frame rate that looks like something out of a bad stop motion animation feature. I love Bioware games so thoseThis is a masterclass in how not to make a port. I get that it's supposed to be for the current gen but this game is broken for the PS3. I expected some muddy textures and lower frame rate. What I got is sporadically loading textures, textures that flat out refuse to load in and a frame rate that looks like something out of a bad stop motion animation feature. I love Bioware games so those by themselves would not be an issue. I've played buggier games for the story alone but, the straw that broke the camel's back came when I was climbing a ladder in the Forbidden Oasis area and the game decided to slow to a crawl. It took my character a good three minutes to slowly, agonizingly ascend the ladder. No big deal though I'll just keep moving and it will sort itself out. Ten minutes later it had not. I figured saving then reloading might be in order. How wrong I was as I reloaded the game only to find that the lag had been saved along with the rest of the game. I tried moving to a new location in the game world via fast travel. The lag now persists in the entire game world becoming more of a threat to Thedas than the rifts in the sky. I might pick this game up when I upgrade to the PS4 next year. In the meantime I would discourage anyone thinking of buying this game for the PS3 from doing so. If you enjoyed the other Dragon Age games then this one will just make you angry. It's nowhere close to the caliber of the first two entries into the series and has made me wish that they never even bothered to try to port it back to the former generation of consoles.… Expand
  33. FanboyHunter
    Aug 5, 2015
    6
    It feels like Dragon Age II combined with a poor imitation of Skyrim. The story would have been more interesting if the main quests weren't so spread out. Most of the side quests aren't really interesting on their own or relevant to the story but I have to complete some of them anyway to earn more Power so that I can get back to the main story.

    One of the main issues with DA2 were the    It feels like Dragon Age II combined with a poor imitation of Skyrim. The story would have been more interesting if the main quests weren't so spread out. Most of the side quests aren't really interesting on their own or relevant to the story but I have to complete some of them anyway to earn more Power so that I can get back to the main story.

    One of the main issues with DA2 were the re-used environments but Dragon Age: Inquisition has a different problem. Many of the areas are now so big that the rest of the game can't keep up. There's just not enough interesting things in these areas. Once you've seen 25% of the Hinterlands you've seen it all.

    The party members are all interesting in one way or another. However there seems to be a bug that stops banter between party members from triggering. This meant most of the random conversations they had with each other while travelling didn't happen in my experience.

    Another change in DA:I is that there is no longer any music outside of the main quests. So battles and travelling around now occur in silence with the exception of the various combat sound effects. Auto-attack is also gone and the Tactics system from the first two games has been reduced to only a handful of options.

    It's not a bad game but to me it feels like it only won so many Game of the Year awards due to a lack of competition at the time from other games in the same genre. It seems like the Dragon Age series is trying to get as far away as possible from the things that made the first DA game a good single-player RPG. DA:I should have focused on the strong points of the series rather than trying to be more like other games.    … Expand
  34. corkorrn
    Nov 20, 2014
    0
    I made an account purely so i can warn people. This game should not have been released on ps3. Absolutely unplayable. Insulting graphics and the worst game play i have had on this console. Shamefull. Pure Regret. If i could of given it a negative score i would. It shouldn't even be available for free.
  35. me-0815
    Nov 23, 2014
    0
    If you expect a Dragon Age, do not buy this game. If you expect a Skyrim, do not buy this game. If you expect a typical BioWare game, do not buy this game. If you expect a good RPG, do not buy this game.
  36. Lillepekka
    Nov 20, 2014
    1
    Feels like playing a beta. **** graphics, low frame rate, gamebreaking bugs like having to reload savegame to get npcs back, tactical view and combat is a joke. Graphics on ps3 is laughable at best, ironically the best graphics is when the cutscenes are on - the major complaint of pc users. Meh, bioware has become ****
  37. seventhbeacon
    Nov 21, 2014
    10
    About 20 hours in, and I'm enjoying this game so much I'm losing sleep over it! The story immediately pulled me in, though I had to laugh when I played over an hour just to see the title screen finally show up. (I like to do side quests and explore in my RPGs).

    It's graphically quite beautiful, and the exploration plus both forms of combat really open the game up. I like using both    About 20 hours in, and I'm enjoying this game so much I'm losing sleep over it! The story immediately pulled me in, though I had to laugh when I played over an hour just to see the title screen finally show up. (I like to do side quests and explore in my RPGs).

    It's graphically quite beautiful, and the exploration plus both forms of combat really open the game up. I like using both combat systems, and while the level designs were lacking on DA:2, I was one of the people that loved that game (so you know where I'm coming from), mostly because the combat for playing a rogue was much improved upon Origins' terrible AI movement.

    I was actually surprised by how quickly the story and motivations pulled me into this game. I shouldn't have been; BioWare is fantastic when it comes to characterization and story. Regardless, this game achieves one of those very hard things to do that so many other games I play fail at: it makes me forget I'm playing a game. I'm so absorbed in every aspect of it. It's completely engrossing, and transports me into the world of Thedas. This is, quite frankly, an RPG after my own heart. It's easily the best installment in the Dragon Age franchise, and one I'm far more likely to replay for that very same reason.

    If you are an RPG fan, you owe it to yourself to give this game a real shot. I honestly can't believe why there are so many negative user reviews. People are too angry and bitter and their venom shows. 0/10? Really? That is not an honest assessment.

    Inquisition easily makes it into my top three RPG video games of all time, and for that reason I'm confident to give it 10/10. Not to 'balance the negative reviews', and not to say that any game is ever truly perfect (there's always room for improvement), but because it delivers in spades everything I love about RPG games and rich storytelling.

    Negate the hate! Do what you love.    … Expand
  38. KaienShiba
    Dec 20, 2014
    4
    Gave it a 5 for 3 reason. 1 the lack of classes, 2) you can play as assassin or arcane warrior in multi but not in single player, 3) the game was built mainly as multiplayer with single game as a bone with not much meat on it and single player game is highly unbalanced against the player, right off the bat you a uber pride demon to fight with your level 2 team.
  39. tja
    Dec 26, 2014
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I seriously don't understand why people are giving this game poor ratings. Bioware released two patches to fix issues on the consoles and on the PC, so please try them and see how you like it. I haven't had one single issue since playing on PS3. This game is huge and by huge I mean lots of areas to explore, lots of side quests, etc. I am currently just in the Hitherlands area and I'm taking my time, and I can tell you Ive put so many hours into this game and I haven't even completed all side quests. There must be hundreds of sidequests in this game. I like the way everything is set. Characters are easy to control and equip, upgrades, etc. Since playing on ps3, I've seen the graphics look very realistic, haven't noticed any glitches in this game yet. All the complaining people should download the two latest patches and try again. You won't be disappointed. This game looks realistic and so do the characters. The fighting is awesome. This game is a lot harder than the previous two games. This game also combines everything into one from the previous two games. You feel like you're playing the first one because you travel all over the wilderness fighting bears and yes bears will attack you, and you feel like youre playing the second one a bit, so it just combines everything from the first two. I'm having fun completing side quests. I don't know whether or not I will find everything I need to complete them because the environment is very huge! Thanks bioware, looking for some cool DLC… Expand
  40. inanediatribes
    Mar 6, 2015
    8
    I see that the PS3 version of this game is getting very mixed reviews, with people either rating it very high or very low. I wanted to weigh in to help people who haven't made the transition to the new gen systems with their decision about buying this game.

    First, I will point out the negatives of the game. Obviously, the graphics are no where near as strong as the new gen versions.    I see that the PS3 version of this game is getting very mixed reviews, with people either rating it very high or very low. I wanted to weigh in to help people who haven't made the transition to the new gen systems with their decision about buying this game.

    First, I will point out the negatives of the game. Obviously, the graphics are no where near as strong as the new gen versions. That being said, I still really enjoy the art direction in the game and I found myself still feeling very immersed in the world of Thedas. I would say that the reduce graphics in the game are not a deal breaker if you are more about story and gameplay than graphics.

    I have had the game freeze up on me a few times. I have put about 25 hours into the game thus far and it has frozen up on me about six times. It is annoying and frustrating, but it is also something that is not uncommon for a PS3 open-world rpg. During the majority of my playing sessions, though, I have had few technical issues.

    Now for the positive. The game is huge. There is a ton to do and explore. I have found all of the areas in the game to be interesting and full of enjoyable quests, as well as having lots of things to find through exploration.

    I have really enjoyed the story of the game thus far. The breadth of side quests can cause you to easily ignore the main story for long periods of time, which can make it feel a bit disjointed. I have found that I really enjoy exploring the relationships with my companions and doing the side quests related to each of them. Getting to know all of them really enriches the experience of the main story, in my opinion. It makes you care more about the events in the game.

    The combat is also very enjoyable. I like that it brings back some of the tactical elements of Dragon Age Origins, while maintaining the more frantic pacing of Dragon Age II battles. The one thing that I have found a little annoying is the mixture of leveled enemies in each area. It is frustrating to be wandering through an area, easily dispatching enemies at a lower or equal level to you, and then suddenly coming across enemies several levels higher than you. This has caused me to flee in terror from more fights that I care to share.

    Dragon Age Inquisition is certainly not a perfect experience on the PS3, I will be honest. However, I have found that I am able to overlook some of the technical and graphical issues to see the solid game at its core. I am a more casual, adult gamer, who has yet to upgrade to the current gen systems. I have found that the game has more than met my needs and I do recommend it to other longtime Dragon Age fans.    … Expand
  41. TheDahaka
    Dec 2, 2014
    10
    Superb game, how can anyone rate this low? Gorgeous visuals, massive world, loads to see and do etc etc etc A few technical issues, but otherwise solid.
  42. X019Q
    Nov 21, 2014
    0
    Complete ****. We need to get our voices heared at EA and express our disapproval. Check online for the Petition againts EA and Bioware from X019Q and file againts them! Share with your friends!!
  43. naruto-simo
    Dec 4, 2014
    0
    for graphics(the most important thing) its more like a ps2 game not a Ps3
    I got Dragon Age: Inquisition and Assassins Creed rouge on the same day for PS3. I was stunned at the lack of quality on Dragon Age. Texture pop-in, missing textures. Some degree of downgrade is expected, but this was just lazy. Assassins creed looks like someone cared about the game. Much better frame rate, better    for graphics(the most important thing) its more like a ps2 game not a Ps3
    I got Dragon Age: Inquisition and Assassins Creed rouge on the same day for PS3. I was stunned at the lack of quality on Dragon Age. Texture pop-in, missing textures. Some degree of downgrade is expected, but this was just lazy. Assassins creed looks like someone cared about the game. Much better frame rate, better textures. It's hard to believe they phoned it in so much for inquisition. I understand they're trying to sell PS4s and XB1s but damn... we spent $60 too and deserve a little effort. Farcry 4 looks great on PS3 without looking like a disaster... I don't understand why dragon age would sabotage their own game. They should want to release a quality product on whatever platform they release it for.    … Expand
  44. CisScum
    Nov 18, 2014
    0
    A game that not only punishes the player for being a straight male but also makes them feel uncomfortable. This paired with a blatant disregard for story quality and gameplay makes this a terrible game. I got a full refund for this game and put it towards a copy of Witcher 3
  45. Muzzle131
    Dec 19, 2014
    9
    First of a few complaints: The character customization is pretty bad with no real indication of how it works, hair looks like legos and texture close up is pretty bad, load times are dreadful taking about a minute to finally load (luckily single player has few load screens but multiplayer if full of them) and gameplay is pretty boring as you just hold a button and occasionally when allowedFirst of a few complaints: The character customization is pretty bad with no real indication of how it works, hair looks like legos and texture close up is pretty bad, load times are dreadful taking about a minute to finally load (luckily single player has few load screens but multiplayer if full of them) and gameplay is pretty boring as you just hold a button and occasionally when allowed hit another button to do a special, and sometime there's no clear indication of where to go and what to do, along with a pretty bad inventory system that unless you have time is an annoyance to get through. However the story is pretty engaging, everything is centered around you and you take direct impact in the plot, character are pretty unique (with several returning back) and are various, the beginning is just the worst part of it as you are weak and pretty helpless with out a party, but later on as you level up you get cool unique armor and equipment with new abilities making some battles easy others not so much. Speaking of the start: at first your put on a few linear objectives and guided by allies to do a thing, however a little later the entire world opens up to you as you're able to explore variety of landscapes, at first this is very overwhelming as you don't really know where to begin but the game does some what guide you through making it so several areas difficult so that you know what areas to explore first and then explore later. As for the quality of the game it's not so well at least of last gen, though this only hinders the experience slightly I recommend getting the PS4 version, as the PS3 (and 360) version is somewhat buggy with some quest breaking bugs causing me to either comeback to the quest another time or reload a save. I highly recommend this game to anyone who has a lot of time on their hands, anyone who buys this game but has a tight schedule so only like 1 or 2 hours of game time is a fool; the game demands patience and exploring, as such trying to run through it will hinder your experience.… Expand
  46. ChrisMattar
    Dec 17, 2014
    10
    The absolute perfect game in every way, story music visual gameplay, epicness. just breathtaking and memorable. The kind of game you can play for years and years, and that will leave you with fond memories. Thank the stars , finally a giant has arrived!
  47. Sunflight
    Dec 11, 2014
    7
    Story – 8.0/10

    The game expands both upon its ability to be a “puppet master” from above (as in the so praised PC options of the previous titles), yet rule the battlefield as a true master of the sword/shield/bow/dagger, and push the limits of your 4-man (or less if you feel daring) team to save the world and craft the future as you see fit. You are the “accidental” savior of the new    Story – 8.0/10

    The game expands both upon its ability to be a “puppet master” from above (as in the so praised PC options of the previous titles), yet rule the battlefield as a true master of the sword/shield/bow/dagger, and push the limits of your 4-man (or less if you feel daring) team to save the world and craft the future as you see fit. You are the “accidental” savior of the new world, sent about to fix the problems of all those you run into. This includes everything from the mundane (collect X of plant A and X of plant B), to the true-to-life and believable (help stabilize the region and give it’s people protection and peace to gain XXX new ability/unlock), to the absolutely amazing and unique!

    Graphics – 6.0/10

    I honestly feel bad giving a game of this type of quality such a sub-par graphics rating. All the signs of greatness are there. The game has (had) great lighting (kindof), the game has (had) advanced physics effects (sortof), and the models for all the weapons and armor are top notch (kinda sortof mostly), but when it comes down to brass tax, is there ANY excuse for the war-paint on my main character’s Quinari face to look like a blurry smudge from a PS2 game with jagged edges from a Tetris game? I certainly think not.

    The game itself from an environment perspective is respectable. Despite the long load times, and they can be a bit too long at times. the game does a great job of rarely ever having to load after being in what is to be considered a “world area”. The game pre-loads everything from the start based upon where you are going, but does struggle to keep up in a number of situations. Large battle scenes really make the PS3 stretch itself to its limits, along with sudden changes of environments and large numbers of spells and graphical effects going off all at the same time.

    All in all, the Graphics are decent for PS3 game that was clearly designed for the PS4. There numerous issues with pop-in textures, low-res models, frame-rate lag, and other visual glitches, but overall, the core of the game is generally unaffected, and once you move past these, the game itself is still quite impressive.

    Audio – 8.0/10

    Voice acting on this game is top notch. Every character has a voice their own, and even the NPCs, even the ones that you just pass up as “oh that’s blahblahblah who sells me potions” has a back story all their own, and is interesting to talk to. Nearly every character that you run into, even the random NPCs with conversation selections options are voiced.

    Overall, this game provides an excellent score of music, with varied and diverse soundtracks for every area in the game, swinging from the pulse pounding drums when a boss crashes onto the screen, to the slow cry of the clarinet as innocent lives are lost by uncontrollable events. Just be aware that as mesmerizing and as inspirational as these moments can be, no situation is safe from the mess of potential glitches that lie in wait.

    Controls – 6.0/10 to 9.0/10 (depending on your skill and battle planning)

    The game is streamlined with the “casual” everyday player in mind. For those of you looking for more of a challenge fear not! Dragon Age: Inquisition offers you what I like to call the “overlord” mode (sorry I don’t remember the proper name for this). With the push of a single button, the “overlord” mode zooms you out to an overhead view of the battlefield, offering you the ability to control every facet of the battle. With this you can queue up attacks between some or all of your party members, choosing exactly where and when they will be using what specific skills. To accomplish this to the best of your ability, Bioware has introduced a new real-time “fast-forward” button while in this mode, allowing you to see how events play out after you have issued your orders, but also going to back to a pause-state the second you release the button.

    Gameplay – 9.0/10

    Simply put, this game puts it all it offers into a (bitter) sweet package for its control scheme, but for all its faults, it turns up on top at the end of the day. As far as controls go, the menus can be a bit of a monster to deal with (on console). The over-world maps are what you will be using the most while traversing areas, and related quest menus are thoughtfully bound to the D-Pad menus and easy to access maps are available without frustration or lag.

    Summary: 7.0/10 (PS3)

    Overall, Dragon Age: Inquisition provides an immersive world with multiple branching storylines, with extensive play time per playthru at 50+ hours, and that’s if you’re rushing. Most players will spend 80-100+ hours per ONE playthru, and if you gauge games like I do on a $$$ per hours played, this is a definite buy. From my perspective, this was a PS4 gem scaled down and made available to the PS3 masses, but as such, suffered massive setbacks. The game still has massive play value, and even offers story-line carry-over from previous Dragon Age titles.    … Expand
  48. ToFewViews
    Jan 7, 2015
    7
    Dragon Age:Inquisition Review!
    9/10
    This installment of the Dragon Age series takes a step in the right direction compared to Dragon Age 2. It's much more open world then the last and gives you fairly big ares to explore with your party. The combat is a great mix of fast paced action and strategic planning, with some fights forcing you to quickly change who your playing or send out    Dragon Age:Inquisition Review!
    9/10
    This installment of the Dragon Age series takes a step in the right direction compared to Dragon Age 2. It's much more open world then the last and gives you fairly big ares to explore with your party. The combat is a great mix of fast paced action and strategic planning, with some fights forcing you to quickly change who your playing or send out orders. The amount of dialog between characters is astonishing and there is multiple ways most situations can play out and endings to the game itself. You'll find yourself playing through more then once just to see how it all can end.
    The Multi-player feature to this game is amazing and I find it very fun even more if you have friends to play with. The game-play in Multi-player reminds me of the Baldur's Gate series which I also enjoy a fair amount.
    Any fan of RPG's or the Dragon Age Series should take the time to play this installment of the franchise and experience it's story telling and vast world for yourself. Don't forget about "DragonAgeKeep.com" witch allows you to build a background story to Inquisition and shape the world you play in.    … Expand
  49. Kai82
    Dec 14, 2014
    9
    It is one of the best rpgs this year. It has a huge game world with tons of side quests and collectables. The game gave me a total play time of 90 hours. The main story is fine with lot of political plots and gaining influence at various fractions. The characters are fantastic as always. Bioware knows how to write interesting characters. Dorian, Solas and Iron Bulls back stories and storyIt is one of the best rpgs this year. It has a huge game world with tons of side quests and collectables. The game gave me a total play time of 90 hours. The main story is fine with lot of political plots and gaining influence at various fractions. The characters are fantastic as always. Bioware knows how to write interesting characters. Dorian, Solas and Iron Bulls back stories and story lines are very interesting and well told. For comedic relief you have Varric, Sera and surprisingly Cassandra at some points. The side quests / activities are mostly fun and add value to the total experience. The battle system works well but it is not as tactical as in Dragon Age Origins. It may be a disappointment for some people. The war table is a welcome addition. It provides missions which will be done by your advisors (mainly their subordinates). The outcome unlocks loot, new quest or knowledge. On the other side you can also unlock new missions by exploration of the areas, talking to npcs or making decisions. The crafting system in this game is also really well done. You collect various raw materials for example leathers and ores and combine them according to recipes to new weapons and armors. Each material has individual effects that boost abilities or add effects. You can also add runes and/or other materials to armors and weapons to increase stats or add effects. For potions and traps the game lets you increase the duration, the effects or add complete new effects. The graphic is fine for me it is not awesome but there is beauty in the game. The soundtrack is as in each Dragon Age game fantastic. It is fitting from beginning to end. Now I will answer the question why I did not give 10/10 points. There are some bugs in the game. I had total freezes and must total reset the game approx one time in 8 hours play time which also erased my save file twice (and I also lost some trophies I had before). Also the game starts a bit too slow / unimpressive until you reach a certain point. The characters are also unimpressive until the story (and their side stories) gains momentum. Don’t get me wrong. The characters are fantastic but it takes a bit too long until they get really good (There are many people that will say the characters / party are garbage because of this) Total rating would be 9,4/10. Overall it is clearly a must own game for me and worth the money. I hope there will be expansions and new content in the future.… Expand
  50. kerberos70
    Sep 29, 2015
    9
    This game is a great return for the dragon age franchise, fortunately since dragon age 2 was a big dissapointment.

    This game gave us what bioware knows best, Inquisition has a great story telling, an enormous amount of content (my first playthrought was at least 120 hours), tons of replayability (taking different story decision, different romances, different class etc.). The    This game is a great return for the dragon age franchise, fortunately since dragon age 2 was a big dissapointment.

    This game gave us what bioware knows best, Inquisition has a great story telling, an enormous amount of content (my first playthrought was at least 120 hours), tons of replayability (taking different story decision, different romances, different class etc.).

    The soundtrack is beautiful, the voice acting is excellent, the only dissapointment was the final fight with the main antagonist. But even if the journey was more interesting than the destination, it was still worth every penny I gave for this game. As of now dragon age inquisition don't have the bug it had at the beginning and most of those problems are behind us.

    I recommand Dragon age inquisition to everybody who loves good rpg.    … Expand
  51. Topfpflanze
    Apr 29, 2021
    2
    At first, it looks as if DA:I consisted of an enormous world with virtually no boundaries. But it's just illusion. The truth is, the whole landscape is just a narrow hose, as is the story. The non-player characters are ridiculously one dimensional, and there are a few points in the story where you can make decisions. But it's nothing near DAO or DA2 and the story remains colourless andAt first, it looks as if DA:I consisted of an enormous world with virtually no boundaries. But it's just illusion. The truth is, the whole landscape is just a narrow hose, as is the story. The non-player characters are ridiculously one dimensional, and there are a few points in the story where you can make decisions. But it's nothing near DAO or DA2 and the story remains colourless and boring all the time no matter what (often repetetive) task is to be performed.… Expand
  52. SrPepe
    Oct 30, 2017
    10
    Si bien me encontré con bastantes bugs, este juego es sencillamente épico. El mapa, los personajes, la historia, el combate, todo es buenísimo para este juego que, justamente, es un GOTY.
  53. starvid1
    Aug 16, 2018
    0
    Clunky gameplay. Mediocre story. Hamfisted characters. Very big downgrade from DA2 which was considerably worse than DA:O. As a AAA title DA:I fails to deliver in a lot of areas. Any video game enthusiast would feel cheated paying full price for a mess like this.
  54. gardoc1
    Aug 17, 2018
    0
    Clunky gameplay. Mediocre story. Hamfisted characters. Very big downgrade from DA2 which was considerably worse than DA:O. As a AAA title DA:I fails to deliver in a lot of areas. Any video game enthusiast would feel cheated paying full price for a mess like this.
  55. doomfist229
    Aug 17, 2018
    0
    1: At first I have to blow of some steam here...

    I own every Dragon Age and Mass Effect title with every DLC. And this game is another huge - monstrous really - letdown! I mostly play RPG’s. And Bioware know’s quit a bit about how to make a good one, or even a superb one. (granted, the ME series is more of a Shooter with an interactive Story because of the lack of complex combat…    1: At first I have to blow of some steam here...

    I own every Dragon Age and Mass Effect title with every DLC. And this game is another huge - monstrous really - letdown! I mostly play RPG’s. And Bioware know’s quit a bit about how to make a good one, or even a superb one. (granted, the ME series is more of a Shooter with an interactive Story because of the lack of complex combat… Expand    … Expand
  56. genji22
    Aug 18, 2018
    0
    Very few spells, mediocre story and character development, combat is fast paced and not tactical anymore. This game has lost everything that defined the first Dragon Age game. This game is even worse than Dragon Age 2. It has, however, reasonable graphics, and a very large world. It has many things to do, but they are rarely entertaining because combat isn't fun anymore.
  57. Dingytheman
    Feb 9, 2021
    1
    Should've been sold for 10$ on release since that's probably the amount they spent to optimize it for last gen. Makes no sense to have tree physics enabled when character's clothing textures look 64x64.
  58. Paschke274
    Oct 25, 2019
    8
    This review is in Spanish:

    He jugado este juego desde 2015. Es un gran juego , me encanta la historia los personajes la ambientación el combate etc. Pero el mayor problema son los bugs estoy en 2019 y todavía tiene tantos bugs que hay que estar reiniciándose las misiones para poder progresar. Si arreglan los bugs y algunos glitches le doy 10/10.
  59. FidelGastro
    May 12, 2020
    6
    It wasnt one of the best games i played but still enjoyed fast walktrough. It was the first DA game i played so it took me a little bit longer to catch the story but as i said i enjoyed it.

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