Dragon Age Inquisition

[Fidel_Castronaut]

The choices in DA open up a lot more dialogue and adventure options or indeed close them off. I've just picked up literally 10 additional quests, most minor but some major, on the map from 'getting to know' my allies and picking the options that get their support. One of my character's icons has changed because of the decision I made about another character a while back which I thought was neat.

Whilst it's true that you can plough on through the main campaign without really doing anything, I've found that the majority of side quests are influenced (from subtle to integral) based on the combination of characters I've taken with me.

Taken as a whole the ME franchise did allow for some cool variations depending on choice, but overwhelmingly I found they stemmed mainly from ME1 and who you kept alive in ME2. Other than that I found the whole cliched 'We've already dismissed that claim' inconsequential dead ends for decision making aside making Shepard a goodie or a baddy (baddy, naturally). Maybe with the exception of the Geth decision making in ME3, oh and mordin, God rest his soul.

[Napoléon]

And sadly EA too, which shows by tagging on multiplayer to make some additional dimes. I wait a bit with my purchase until it goes down to something like 40 or 30 dollars, which should happen later this year.

Multiplayer in ME was pretty good I thought, could of maybe had some additional game types but it was addicting nonetheless. Dunno about Dragon Age though.

The in game payments piss me off though, it's becoming more and more like MMO's where you either grind forever for one sword, or pay 5.99 and get 20 of the things.

[abaris]

The in game payments piss me off though, it's becoming more and more like MMO's where you either grind forever for one sword, or pay 5.99 and get 20 of the things.

That's EAs handywork. Does that mean, you can't pick up cool stuff without real world money?

[Napoléon]

That's EAs handywork. Does that mean, you can't pick up cool stuff without real world money?

I meant only for multiplayer, there's no payments for the single player, which is all I care about.

[ManMachine]

[Napoléon]

[abaris]

After having watched a lot of videos and having read a lot of reviews, positive and negative, I won't buy this game. At least not at full price. Let's see what's the deal in a year or so.

You're on the console, Napoleon and one of the main issues with PC players are the lacking controls with mouse and keyboard. Most describe it as a chore. Also as far as I've seen and read, they removed the party strategy option completely. Which was one of my favorite parts of DAO, since you didn't have to micromanage real time combat.

I can't say much about the story, but this game is obviously tailor made for console users. And that's not me. Right now I stay with old school. When watching the video reviews, someone mentioned Divinity Original Sin being exclusively produced for PC and Mac. And I bought it, after giving it a try in a not totally legal way. Have to say it's the first time in years, I really got addicted again.

[Napoléon]

You're on the console, Napoleon and one of the main issues with PC players are the lacking controls with mouse and keyboard.

That's fair enough. I did read myself that the PC version is shit for controls.

Most describe it as a chore. Also as far as I've seen and read, they removed the party strategy option completely. Which was one of my favorite parts of DAO, since you didn't have to micromanage real time combat.

Uh, you can still select party tactics so that they use certain powers etc on different conditions. It's not entirely the same I don't think but it's still there.

[Violet]

PC version, wait a while, and modders will fix the all the shit portions of a wonderful game.

... hopefully.

[Kitan Etos]

I tried figuring out how to pirate games, especially the Dragon Age series, but there are never any clear step by step instructions on what to do. Would be nice if there were actual guides available.