Dragon Age: Inquisition

[Lex]

Enjoy. Inquisition has its flaws and the internet loves to exaggerate them to high heaven, but it's still legit my game of this generation.

 

[Joe]

Cullen and Josie are my favourite romances so you're doing gewd. I approve.

 

[Carlie]

Oh, I'm also playing on default mode because I skipped Dragon Age II.

 

[Russell]

DA2 had some great characters but a piss poor budget. It felt like DLC rather than a full game. Hell the Witcher 3 Blood and Wine felt more like a full game than DA2 did.

Which is a shame, DA2 is one of those games I want to love but can't.

I've just finished Detroit: Become Human (completed it twice, enjoyed it) & I'm looking for a another console game to play.
And I've never seen any of the male romances yet... *ponders*

 

[ForceStealer]

I recently finished watching SFDebris' playthrough/review of DA2. Seemed awful, lol

 

[Ami]

I absolutely love Cullen as a romance option. He's such a well-rounded character now you get to see more of him. I also played the same character coincidentally (except mine looked more like Daenerys from GoT). I really should pick up my Nightmare replaythrough sometime soon!

 

[lithiumkatana17]

My Dragon Age friends--this is an awesome Kickstarter if you want to back it:

https://www.kickstarter.com/project...ref=nav_search&result=project&term=dragon age

I follow the creator on Instagram and she makes some bombass pins. I've been on a pin kick lately. I just think these are totally neato!

EDIT:

Picture of the pin designs would not load for some reason. Adding it as an attachment.

 

[ForceStealer]

So the the Game of the Year Edition of this game is currently on sale for $10 on the US Playstation store. That's a pretty tempting deal, though personally I would generally be more inclined to play games like this on PC. Any thoughts?

 

[Fangu]

IMO the Inquisition UI was made for console. It feels much smoother with a controller.

That, plus the fact that the PC version was full of bugs, including at least one showstopper one that I encountered :/ Luckily I was able to fix it but it took me a good two or three hours. They might have patched most of them now though.

 

[Carlie]

Really the only Dragon Age game that plays better on PC is Origins for obvious reasons. Also yes Force you should absolutely buy it. You should play the second one though, is not a bad game at all, is rather different from the usual Bioware formula in terms of story and characters.

 

[Lex]

So the the Game of the Year Edition of this game is currently on sale for $10 on the US Playstation store. That's a pretty tempting deal, though personally I would generally be more inclined to play games like this on PC. Any thoughts?

As others have said, the game is better with a controller. I have it for PS4 and PC, and even if you choose to play on PC (it's free on EA Access IIRC) I would still play with a controller. Load times + graphics are a bit better on PC but you won't really lose anything by playing on PS4.

 

[lithiumkatana17]

Holy moly.

Ok, so I have 150+ hours into this game, and just FINALLY got to Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts last night. What an excellent part of the game. Very Game of Thrones-esque. Loved the music. It also pissed me off a whole lot. Still unsure how I gained 100% approval of the court and still missed out on the Belle of the Ball trophy. Ugh, it pissed me off. I should've created another save file. Something to do on the next playthrough I guess; but with how much of a fucking completionist I am no matter how many times I play a game, I don't know WHEN I'll be able to devote this much time to Inquisition again.

I'm level 21, currently. Need to finish the rest of Here Lies the Abyss and do multiple character quests and such. I'm in the middle of Vivienne's right now, collecting wyvern hearts. It's been such an immersive experience so far, I'm really quite in love.

EDIT:

I don't want to do Adamant Fortress... After Here Lies the Abyss, how much of the main storyline do I actually have left?!

 

[Carlie]

After you finish Here Lies the Abyss you would have two and a half main quests to finish the game.

 

[lithiumkatana17]

After you finish Here Lies the Abyss you would have two and a half main quests to finish the game.

Honestly, that really sucks. I know I have some more character quests left to do, but it'll probably happen after Adamant.

Damn. I guess I've been unaware of how much time I've put into this game.

By the way, I've finished Bull's mission on the Storm Coast--ain't no way in hell I was sacrificing the Chargers, even if I didn't know what would've happened in Trespasser otherwise.

 

[Joe]

Definitley not. Krem is the best.

 

[lithiumkatana17]

Krem is best boy. <3


Also, I forgot to mention that I've totally killed four dragons.

 

[Roger]

Finally got around to wrapping up my playthrough of Orgins, moving onto 2.

 

[Fangu]

Keep your mind open plz <3 A lot of people don't like 2 because of various reasons (some of them completely valid criticism), but imo it has one of the most interesting story mechanics, if I can put it that way. But yeah odds are you're not gonna like it (as a lot of people didn't)... but give it a chance

That's what's cool about DA. All three games are very different in how they play out, imo.

 

[Roger]

Keep your mind open plz <3 A lot of people don't like 2 because of various reasons (some of them completely valid criticism), but imo it has one of the most interesting story mechanics, if I can put it that way. But yeah odds are you're not gonna like it (as a lot of people didn't)... but give it a chance

That's what's cool about DA. All three games are very different in how they play out, imo.

Setting in a city set over a seven year timeline was definitely a refreshing change of pace. And the Champion's friendship with Aveline and Varric was one of the best Bioware has done. Course that's counterbalanced with the idea that had a spirit possessed fugutive and a blood mage following her around for six years without anyone in the city caring, Cassandra is right to find that ridiculous.

And setting it a single city really ought to mean you can't tell the same stores you did in Origins, an entire country at war. You get attacked by bandits in front of Viscounts gates or in the Templar courtyard every night. There's demons in every warehouse and a mage can't smell fresh air for two minutes without deciding to grab the nearest sharp object, cut his arm open and raise some skeletons. The worst day in Cullen's life in Origins is the daily state of affairs for the poor guy in 2.

Most annoyingly is a problem Origins had too, every single boss needing a minion phase. Even the Archdemon fight that you build up the entire previous game was for a large part just swatting down Genlocks and Hurlocks again. If they aren't there in the cutscene that starts the fight and they aren't there in the cutscene that ends the fight, maybe try not having them be there at all?

Anyway, onto Inquistion.

 

[Russell]

By the way, I've finished Bull's mission on the Storm Coast--ain't no way in hell I was sacrificing the Chargers, even if I didn't know what would've happened in Trespasser otherwise.

I started a new game a while ago and I just let the chargers die.

Spoiler: spoilers

So Iron Bull is now 100% comitted to the Qun and will betray me in Tresspasser? Never knew that.
All the hours and runs of this game and I'm still learning new things about it:


Sera & Dagna are lovers if you don't romance Sera? They'd be such a cute couple.
Also Iron Bull & Dorian are lovers if you don't romance either of them? (I was reading the wiki for whatever reason, that was a surprise.)

Any tips on dealing with Blackwall?
He's in jail; and honestly I might just let him die.

I messed up a few things in this playthrough, so I know I'm not keeping the savefile when I'm done, it's very liberating, that's why I let the chargers die.

 

[Lex]

^I would spoiler tag the rest of that post too.

Re: Iron Bull and Dorian

Spoiler

yeah they end up together if you don't romance either of them but you have to encourage the relationship by speaking to them aswell. It plays out really interestingly in Trespasser if you don't save the chargers and take both Dorian and Bull with you.

 

[Carlie]

 

[lithiumkatana17]

Posting a few of my favorite pictuars of my Inquisitor in here, because why not.

 

[ForceStealer]

She looks very concerned

 

[Lex]

Honestly I was about to make a glib post about how I've seen that Inquisitor in so many places and that Lith obvs just went with the default, then I remembered the only reason I think that is because she posts the character on FB all the time

I still like mine:






he so purdy