Dragon Age: Inquisition

[Grey Fox]

I know, that annoys me a lot.

[katmai]

I know, that annoys me a lot.

lighten up Francis.

[Scipio]

It's not like crafting is challenging in any way. The game essentially shits materials at you, strategically placed across the major lines of travel in the zones.

[Martinus]

Finally started playing it.

Bards.

[Valmy]

Have fun!

[Grallon]

Started playing as well!

Here's my Anton - he's absurdly pretty 


G.

[Martinus]

How much time did you spend on character creation? The three starting human male faces are attrocious even if you change their hair/complexion etc.

[Grallon]

How much time did you spend on character creation? The three starting human male faces are atrocious even if you change their hair/complexion etc.

About 3 hours of fiddling with the default base you start with.  The tools are easy to use, you just need patience.

As for the game itself, I like it, a lot.  Especially the mix of tactical and strategic aspects, all woven in your personal story.  Can't wait to meet Cole. 


EDIT:  with better lighting.




G.

[Queequeg]

 
He looks like he's in a trashy gay porn.

[Martinus]

He looks like he's in a trashy gay porn.

I am not sure what trashy gay porn you watch, but he is nowhere like actors in those. 

[garbon]

Maybe he meant generic.

Anyway, g, why are you excited about Cole?

[Grallon]

IMO there are 3 things that make a guy cute: his eyes, his lips and his ass.  This one here has all 3, according to my tastes anyway.

As for your question garbon, I think it's the voice - youthful male Brit accent always does it for me.



G.

[Martinus]

IMO there are 3 things that make a guy cute: his eyes, his lips and his ass.  This one here has all 3, according to my tastes anyway.

As for your question garbon, I think it's the voice - youthful male Brit accent always does it for me.



G.

Oi mate, you should download chav porn then. 

[Grallon]

Well after 100 hours of playing I've just finished the original game.  I bought all the DLCs, including yesterday's - the epilogue called 'Trespasser' but I haven't started those yet.

I am more than pleased with this game even though it's not perfect.  If there ever was a game that felt epic it's this one!  The scope, the scale, the size and variety of locales...  And the whole political/strategic mechanics is fantastic!  I particularly enjoyed the mission in the Winter Palace.  Also, fighting dragons is a real a challenge - these things are enormous!  This said I was playing on the lowest difficulty setting, which means I didn't have to use the tactical mode most of the time - which I personally find awkward.  I understand that at higher levels it's a must.  I shall have to see at the next playthrough. 

And Skyhold is a wonder - even though they never finished numerous sections of it; in fact I'd pay for a cosmetic DLC just to complete it.  Your stronghold is to in game castles what Novigrad in the Witcher 3 is to in-game cites - a work of art.  Come to think of it the attention to details in all their zones is quite impressive.  In Emerald Graves for instance I marveled at the texture of the ground floor moss.

As for the companions, most are interesting - except for Sera - couldn't stand her.  I never took her anywhere save on her one personal mission.  Cole is adorable, I romanced Dorian since there were no other options.  Many like him but I find he's a bit of a cliché.  I found a mod where you can romance Cullen as male - I'll have to try it.  Finally I discovered only toward the end what a great character Varric is.  Since I was a rogue myself I didn't feel I needed him but I was wrong.

Now for criticisms.

- like I said the tactical mechanics are clumsy - all this pausing, issuing orders, resuming - pausing etc...
- one thing I found immersion detracting was time - you never know what time of the day or date it is - there's no apparent day/night cycles either.
- there was a MMO feel to some of your quests which I disliked - the 'go fetch' - the farming.  This was a bit alleviated by the need to supply the Inquisition but you'd think your underlings would take care of that.
- I wish you could chose who's part of your inner council - have the opportunity to invite someone in (like when Morrigan joins later on)
- I wish you could make a greater use of the agents you recruit, other than for the influence and special perks they bring.

Well that's it for now.


G.

[Valmy]

Well after 100 hours of playing I've just finished the original game.

LOL I am well over 200 hours and not even close. It always takes me forever to play these things.

I romanced Dorian since there were no other options.

Not true. Unless you demand a certain purity to your gay romances.