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• "In Dragon Age: Inquisition, there are nine followers for you to find and recruit, the most of any Dragon Age game to date."
• "Ten massive, open living regions that span two nations."
• "Your Inquisitor will be uniquely yours with four playable races, two genders, and a choice of voices, as well as our unique, brand new facial customization system that offers over a billion possible faces."
• "Twenty-one different combat skill tees with over 250 combat abilities, talents, and upgrades allow you to fight the way you want."
• "16 million armor combinations that can be equipped on both you and your followers."

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GamesRadar said:

You must also send operatives from your party of playable characters to embark on missions on your behalf--and these won't always go down as planned. In my demo, a party member is sent to go undercover and infiltrate a Mage stronghold. Unfortunately, by the time the player's party arrives to mop up, said party member has been captured and is being tortured. We recover her, but she (understandably) has developed a hatred for Mages--so, during a crucial interaction with the stronghold's Mage leader, she has little patience for words, and goes on a murderous rampage of revenge. Would this have played out differently had another party member been sent in her stead? Oh, yes--or so I'm told. Seeing as Dragon Age: Inquisition is packed with moments like these, I can't wait to see what else is in store.

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The Grey Wardens hold a lonely vigil, enduring lives of hardship and sacrifice to protect the world from an evil that can never truly be conquered. Few would volunteer for this: the suffering, isolation, and promise of a violent death. But the path of a Warden is also one of valor, and those who give themselves to the cause are rewarded with the knowledge that they have become something more than they were. Blackwall is one of the rare few Wardens who chose, of his own accord, to pick up the shield. He believes so wholeheartedly in the noble ideal of the Grey Wardens that he would rather have this life than any other.

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Sera is impulsive and revels in the moment. For her, it's not about what's right, it's about what's right now. In the Friends of Red Jenny, she humbled authority and had fun doing it. But now the nobility are being not just selfish but blind. War, demons, a torn sky: these are more than troubling—they're terrifying. Fortunately, Sera and her "friends" can be frightening, too, and if she needs to put an arrow through some baddies so regular people can sleep at night, so be it. Sera fights for those caught in the middle, but she also needs order restored. The world has to be normal so she can play.

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Qunari are known across Thedas as the brutal horned giants who descended from the north to nearly conquer the continent. These ruthless followers of a harsh philosophy enforce their will through the Ben-Hassrath: their spies and secret police. One brilliant agent did it all, hunting spies, rebels, and deserters until the day he finally broke. To preserve a valuable asset, his superiors sent him to Orlais to observe and report… and the Iron Bull was born.

Today, Bull’s Chargers are famous mercenaries, fiercely loyal to the huge Qunari warrior who leads them into battles and taverns with equal enthusiasm. The Iron Bull still sends the Ben-Hassrath reports, but years of living outside Qunari rules have him wondering which identity is really him. Whoever he is, he’s more than happy to join the Inquisition and get paid to kill demons.

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Astrates said:

Welcome back Freddie Prinze Jr to voice Iron Bull. Interview below.

Under the Horns

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He is a ghost in the shadows, walking unnoticed through crowds. He can slit an enemy's throat before they even realize he's there, and slip away, never to be seen again. Those few who do notice him soon forget he ever existed… and Cole isn't certain that he does exist. He is a spirit, impossibly caught between the immaterial realm of the Fade and the confusing realities of our physical world, but does that make him real? Does it make him human or a demonic pretender, as some believe?

All Cole knows for certain is that the world is full of pain and he must find his place within it. Those who wish to restore order and help the helpless will find him a strange but unwavering ally. Those who use their power for selfish reasons may never see Cole again—if they remember that he was there to begin with.

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Being from a proud bloodline of the Tevinter Imperium has its advantages: Dorian was born with a flair for magic that made him the envy of his peers. He is charming and confident, his wit as sharp as any blade, and if some suggest his manner cocky, it could be attributed to being a powerful mage in a land where mages rule. Indeed, Dorian would be the pride of his family—if he didn't oppose everything his homeland has come to stand for. He wears the labels of "pariah" and "outcast" proudly, knowing that views of the Imperium are unlikely to change until and unless someone of his ability stands up to make a difference.

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Solas has spent his life as an apostate, living in the wilderness well away from the civilized world and those who would shackle him for what he is. He mastered his magic without the help of tutors, spending years exploring the spirit realm of the Fade and coming to an understanding of its denizens that few others could claim. He would be happiest left alone to sleep in ancient ruins, searching for memories and knowledge that has been lost for ages, but the Breach in the sky threatens all worlds.

At a time when other mages flee into hiding, Solas has put his freedom at risk by emerging from the shadows to assist those who would combat the chaos. He will not stand idly by when his knowledge of the arcane could mean the difference between salvation and utter destruction.

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Valygar said:

I don't know if it is the resolution, but there are parts that seem impressive and other ones look a bit... simple? with not many detail, empty background.
It's hard to know if there is gameplay or not, it seems to go even more action-rpg so I hope it commits fully, it will be better than a middle compromise..

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Renekton said:

Seems like they were all prerendered cutscenes?

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Enduin said:

I don't think so, the shots that look worse to me were the ones that looked most like they pre-rendered, where as the ones that seems the most likely to be gameplay looked the best, like the dragon fight and stuff.

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anexanhume said:

There are parts where it looked great and others where it didn't. Since everything is compressed these days, I try to just focus on story, gameplay and other non-IQ things for games.

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Blinck said:

Game looks good, but man...those animations..they REALLY need better animations.

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Trigger said:

Trailer felt super generic. I hope we get something much better with the EA conference.

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gatti-man said:

I'm ready. No way this isn't awesome with how much flack they got from DA2

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Twilight Princess said:

Are these cg or can I expect this level of graphics on PC?

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Kimaka said:

I would have liked to see more in-game footage of the tactical combat.

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Simzyy said:

I mean it doesn't look as good as the Witcher, but man. I cannot wait for Dragon Age Inquisition. Looks like such a massive improvement over 2.

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Enduin said:

Hopefully the Gametrailers event at 4pm EST has some. If not we still have the Twitch and IGN demos tomorrow and the Gamespot demo on Wednesday. Between the four we should get some good demonstrations of tactical combat. If we don't I will be quite mad and a good deal hesitant about the direction of the combat compared to what they've said and shown up until now.

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Enduin said:

All in engine as far as I know, though some of those scenes might have been pre-rendered, though could also easily have been realtime.

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Durante said:

I'd prepare for disappointment if I were you.

I don't think there's a worthwhile tactical RPG out there which doesn't have friendly fire on its default difficulty.

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Enduin said:

I'm not looking for or expecting the pinnacle in tactical party combat, but that doesn't mean it can't be a solid and fun combat system without some of the more hardcore elements on default.

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Enduin said:

Plus we don't even know yet if FF is off by default yet.

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Durante said:

The presence or absence of friendly fire informs both encounter design and skill design, which are pretty much the core of the tactical gameplay in a party-based CRPG. It's decidedly not something you can make optional and expect unchanged encounters and skills to work with.

The only thing they need to do to immediately get me back on board with this game is announce that FF is on at the default difficulty level.

But that won't happen, since you can't have FF on and have people fighting action-packed battles as a single character -- at least not while maintaining any semblance of overall difficulty.

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