Author Topic: Dragon Age : Inquisition thread of inquiry (Read 23131 times)

Eschaton · « **on:** November 12, 2013, 01:18:06 PM »

game looks hot

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #1 on:** November 12, 2013, 01:42:57 PM »

"Morrigan disapproves"

Rufus · « **Reply #2 on:** November 12, 2013, 02:01:40 PM »

Quote from: Creepy Old Guy on November 12, 2013, 01:42:57 PM

"Morrigan disapproves"

Rufus · « **Reply #3 on:** November 12, 2013, 02:13:48 PM »

I think it looks promising, but it's Bioware, so I'll wait until it's 20€ or below no matter what.

Your Stalker · « **Reply #4 on:** November 12, 2013, 06:06:05 PM »

I'll probably pick it up. I enjoyed the first and didn't kill myself during the second.

Damian79 · « **Reply #5 on:** November 12, 2013, 07:11:50 PM »

I'll be picking this up. A lot of good ideas for the genre in this game.

mjemirzian · « **Reply #6 on:** November 13, 2013, 05:19:18 PM »

I'll wait for post-launch impressions. Video does look good though.

I also didn't mind DA2's gameplay as much as some people.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #7 on:** November 13, 2013, 05:45:50 PM »

I'm going to need to be told it's worth it from at least 3 people whose taste I implicitly trust, and would probably only pick it up for $20 or so even THEN.

Damian79 · « **Reply #8 on:** November 13, 2013, 07:29:41 PM »

*unless the game somehow becomes sold by Blizzard.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #9 on:** November 13, 2013, 11:39:20 PM »

You have me confused with... I don't know who the fuck you have me confused with. I don't really play RTS or MMO games; the only blizzard games I play are Diablo and now Hearthstone

Damian79 · « **Reply #10 on:** November 14, 2013, 01:58:04 AM »

Quote from: Creepy Old Guy on November 13, 2013, 11:39:20 PM

You have me confused with... I don't know who the fuck you have me confused with. I don't really play RTS or MMO games; the only blizzard games I play are Diablo and now Hearthstone

Fair enough. Thought you were one of those guys when you with the others were defending Diablo 3 as if your life depends on it.

EDIT: Anyway back to Dragon Age. I hope that your choices in the game alter end game beyond not fighting a dragon because you killed it before.

Rufus · « **Reply #11 on:** November 14, 2013, 08:10:49 AM »

They seem to be going for immediate consequences this time around, judging by the video. Witcher 3 seems to be built similarly. Open world, no hard loads, lots of micro choices that affect your immediate surroundings.

Rufus · « **Reply #12 on:** November 14, 2013, 10:09:00 AM »

I loved the way The Witcher 2 did it, with basically two different versions of Act 2. It's a big difference to actually matter and you don't have to remember a bunch of smaller choices if you want to see other outcomes on repeat playthroughs.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #13 on:** November 14, 2013, 11:31:39 AM »

Witcher games

Mostly why I'm building a new pc next year

Rufus · « **Reply #14 on:** November 14, 2013, 02:01:43 PM »

Yeah, and you can't fan it out much, especially with modern production values. Two rails in the middle is better than no rails at all though. But I agree with you that all the choice stuff isn't all that important. Bioware set themselves up to fail with Mass Effect pushing choice so much.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #15 on:** January 13, 2014, 03:15:09 PM »

Hopefully it turns out well.

I find myself less interested in it though because I want something closer to Dragon Age Origins versus Skyrim/Witcher but that's just me.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #16 on:** January 13, 2014, 04:47:04 PM »

No matter how good this looks, I'm not buying it until well after it's been released.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #17 on:** January 13, 2014, 05:03:07 PM »

DA1 was kinda generic, but a nice throwback to 90's RPGs. DA2 was garbage.

Himu · « **Reply #18 on:** January 13, 2014, 05:32:52 PM »

Is this another action rpg?

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #19 on:** January 13, 2014, 05:34:15 PM »

Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on January 13, 2014, 05:32:52 PM

Is this another action rpg?

Conceptually what they've talked about makes it sound much more like an action rpg. They've mentioned multiple times how in love they were with skyrim so it seems like the game is probably taking cues from that.

Himu · « **Reply #20 on:** January 13, 2014, 05:37:11 PM »

I don't mind the game being an action rpg so long as the action is done well, and with ME2, I think Bioware proved they could do action pretty well. Color me cautiously optimistic.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21 on:** January 13, 2014, 05:39:11 PM »

My thing is I think there are enough action rpgs from people who do them decently well. By comparison we have very few western party based rpg's anymore. That was what was nice about origins. I would prefer they stuck with that approach rather than trying to chase other popular trends but whatever.

Himu · « **Reply #22 on:** January 13, 2014, 05:40:23 PM »

That's why the original dragon age was so unique - it wasn't an action rpg. Trust me, I'd prefer turn based. But it's not going to happen. Ever. So I might as well stop wishing it and just accept.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #23 on:** January 13, 2014, 06:01:06 PM »

DA2 was like a 20 euro expansion pack made by interns in two weeks with the budget being two packs of
Ramen, but released as an actual game.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #24 on:** April 22, 2014, 07:57:59 PM »

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #25 on:** April 22, 2014, 08:41:07 PM »

Still gonna have to hear really positive things from people whose opinions I respect before I give them anymore of my money for this fucking series after DA2.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #26 on:** April 22, 2014, 08:46:41 PM »

Meh, I liked DA2 for what it was. Still wish I had only paid 20$ for it though.

demi · « **Reply #27 on:** April 22, 2014, 08:54:47 PM »

Will buy.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #28 on:** June 10, 2014, 08:39:01 PM »

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #29 on:** June 10, 2014, 08:48:10 PM »

that looks pretty badass

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #30 on:** June 10, 2014, 08:51:40 PM »

i should probably play through the first sometime before this comes out

i started games with all the characters but never got too far with any of them

Rahxephon91 · « **Reply #31 on:** June 10, 2014, 08:52:19 PM »

Quote from: Esch on June 10, 2014, 08:50:45 PM

Can't believe I'm gonna buy a Bioware game

It will be fun. You'll be there for all the backlash.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #32 on:** June 10, 2014, 08:53:04 PM »

Honestly I still can't get a read on whether I think it looks interesting or not. Dragon Age 2 is such a cautionary tale that its hard to put it out of my memory.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #33 on:** June 10, 2014, 09:59:37 PM »

...fuck. I'm going to buy this, aren't I?

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #34 on:** June 10, 2014, 10:06:34 PM »

You are. You are.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #35 on:** July 10, 2014, 01:44:31 AM »

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #36 on:** July 10, 2014, 04:50:15 AM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on July 10, 2014, 01:44:31 AM

First quest, please retrieve the ring I gave my late husband

Dat Bioware

Looks great though, but after DA2 and ME3 I dunno if I want to pay for another cookie cutter Bioware fanflick

Your Stalker · « **Reply #37 on:** July 11, 2014, 07:13:10 PM »

part 2

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #38 on:** October 01, 2014, 06:47:10 PM »

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #39 on:** October 06, 2014, 10:18:00 PM »

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #40 on:** October 07, 2014, 04:33:13 PM »

Are you genuinly excited Stony?

After what Bioware and EA have been pulling the last few years and all.

It looks nice, but something must be terribly off.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #41 on:** October 07, 2014, 04:37:16 PM »

Quote from: Premium Lager on October 07, 2014, 04:33:13 PM

Are you genuinly excited Stony?

After what Bioware and EA have been pulling the last few years and all.

It looks nice, but something must be terribly off.

Honestly I have no idea. I'm not excited but I'm not as harshly skeptical as I once was. It looks more like DA 2 than Dragon Origins to me which isn't good. But maybe something like Dragon Age 2 that doesn't suck is passable. I don't hate Bioware like a lot of forum people do. But Dragon Age 2 pretty much took away my love for that series. We will see if this one is able to be a decent game.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #42 on:** October 07, 2014, 04:43:31 PM »

Against my better judgment, I'm kinda excited over this. I think a lot of it has to do with just having built a pretty capable gaming pc and wanting to put it through the paces, so to speak. I'm actually thinking of getting this, Borderlands Pre-Sequel, and Evil Within all at launch. Duuuuuuuumb.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #43 on:** October 07, 2014, 05:14:56 PM »

Seeing as the promise of Dragon Age 1 has been fulfilled and then some by games like Shadowrun, Wasteland 2, Divinity: Original Sin, and Pillars of Eternity, I'm a lot less enthusiastic about the franchise than I was back in 2009. Didn't help that DA2 was a steaming pile, or that Bioware has made some really dumb decisions lately. But I'm still interested in playing DA3, and I do like that they're trying to bring back some of the strategic element of the first game, I'm just not interested in paying anything close to full price for it.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #44 on:** October 07, 2014, 05:15:56 PM »

I know you're an official Kickstarter shill dog, but Pillars isn't out yet and most people other than you claim it has serious issues in beta

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #45 on:** October 07, 2014, 05:33:38 PM »

Quote from: Human Snorenado on October 07, 2014, 05:15:56 PM

I know you're an official Kickstarter shill dog, but Pillars isn't out yet and most people other than you claim it has serious issues in beta

It's still better than DA2, though.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #46 on:** October 07, 2014, 06:22:47 PM »

it sure does look pretty

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #47 on:** October 07, 2014, 07:10:57 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on October 07, 2014, 05:33:38 PM

Quote from: Human Snorenado on October 07, 2014, 05:15:56 PM
I know you're an official Kickstarter shill dog, but Pillars isn't out yet and most people other than you claim it has serious issues in beta

It's still better than DA2, though.

If ever there was a case of damning with faint praise...

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #48 on:** October 07, 2014, 07:11:19 PM »

Quote from: Esch on October 07, 2014, 07:02:36 PM

the min requirements for this on PC are going to be bullshit

Time to upgrade, breh

Rufus · « **Reply #49 on:** October 07, 2014, 08:39:14 PM »

Can't be much worse than other Frostbite 2 games. Of which there is only BF4 out right now, non? Or does some NFS game run on it, too?

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #50 on:** October 09, 2014, 11:18:47 PM »

Sandy is an fps guy so its a bit weird that EA is giving all this footage and access to people who aren't known as rpg guys. Strikes me as some of the bs marketing they tried to pull with Dragon Age 2 to market it to the masses.

Another long one from another youtuber.

Rufus · « **Reply #51 on:** October 10, 2014, 03:38:38 PM »

PC specs:

Recommended

OS: Windows 7 or 8.1 64-bit
CPU: AMD six core CPU @ 3.2 GHz, Intel quad core CPU @ 3.0 GHz
System RAM: 8 GB
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD 7870 or R9 270, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Graphics Memory: 3 GB
Hard Drive: 26 GB
DirectX 11

Minimum

OS: Windows 7 or 8.1 64-bit
CPU: AMD quad core CPU @ 2.5 GHz, Intel quad core CPU @ 2.0 GHz
System RAM: 4 GB
Graphics CARD: AMD Radeon HD 4870, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
Graphics Memory: 512 MB
Hard Drive: 26 GB
DirectX 10

As expected, not very dramatic.

cool breeze · « **Reply #52 on:** October 10, 2014, 03:50:06 PM »

any videos showing off the PC interface?

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #53 on:** October 10, 2014, 11:58:09 PM »

Yeah, my pc exceeds all that handily :epeen

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #54 on:** October 12, 2014, 12:27:43 PM »

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=910883

GAF seems to be an uproar because there aren't traditional healers.

Not sure how I feel about it. My initial instinct is I don't like such a thing but we'll see how I feel about it when I start playing.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #55 on:** October 12, 2014, 12:39:30 PM »

My only thought is that when games have traditional healers, it means you can have more difficult encounters because its the responsibility of that healer to keep feeding health.

But again it all comes down to design and either system could work if designed properly I suppose.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #56 on:** October 12, 2014, 12:40:01 PM »

They took out healers because the combat is so easy and straight forward that your party won't even get hurt anyway.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #57 on:** October 12, 2014, 01:54:31 PM »

Why have popcorn encounters as he calls them if they cant hurt you, that is dumb

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #58 on:** October 12, 2014, 02:15:22 PM »

I think he just means the regular combat encounters you have in any rpg that make up the bulk of filler fights. That part doesn't really bother me. Its how you handle them.

I thought Dragon Age 2 handled them poorly for example by just flooding in low level creatures constantly from all angles. That I didn't like.

etiolate · « **Reply #59 on:** October 12, 2014, 05:00:30 PM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on October 12, 2014, 12:27:43 PM

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=910883

GAF seems to be an uproar because there aren't traditional healers.

Not sure how I feel about it. My initial instinct is I don't like such a thing but we'll see how I feel about it when I start playing.

GAF struggles with new concepts. Healers don't allow more difficult encounters by simply having something there to babysit health bars due to unavoidable damage.

The whole removal of trinity thing is a question of what real difficulty actually looks like and feels like. Having played a game without it for years, it's not a drop in difficulty. You go from relying on a health bar filler to using avoidance, field awareness, blocks, learning to kill faster and using an assortment of preventive measures. I don't miss having a healer, so I don't think people will miss it in this game unless they were always dead set on playing a healer primarily.

Overall, no-trinity = less passive play, more active play in my experience.

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Author Topic: Dragon Age : Inquisition thread of inquiry (Read 23131 times)

Eschaton