Ehh maybe, it's most likely due to cross gen. Last gen consoles couldn't handle you and 3 companions on mounts.
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Dragon Age: Inquisition | E3 2014 Coverage
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Ehh maybe, it's most likely due to cross gen. Last gen consoles couldn't handle you and 3 companions on mounts.
One of my favorite things to do in large open world games is wander around taking in the scenery and being alone on a mount will add to that feeling. Red Dead flashbacks.
Totally understand. Just don't want anyone getting the wrong idea.
Because I liked Dragon Age 2? No, it's not perfect and is a lesser game compared to the first one, but past the glaring flaws of repeated locations and waves of bad guys, it's still fun enough for me to have played through a couple of times.
Yeah, this for me too. Never played a BioWare game I haven't enjoyed actually, so this will be one of the safest pre-orders I make
I believe PS360 is the main platform.
E3 preview suggests that designers carefully sectioned the map, with area transitions done via narrow paths and view-obscuring structure/terrain. Compare that with Witcher 3 which seems to not give a fk about that.
It also doesn't have many of BF4's challenges: fast vehicles affecting draw prediction and physics, big open destructible environments, 24 independent actors.
Yeah, this for me too. Never played a BioWare game I haven't enjoyed actually, so this will be one of the safest pre-orders I make
Ditto here. Dragon Age II, for all of its flaws, is still a pretty fun game to play. And while the Mass Effect 3 ending fiasco still stings a bit - well, hell, I enjoyed the crap out of that game too. Everything I've seen out of DA:I has me pretty excited to play it thus I have no problem dropping a pre-order on it.
That is pretty much how I feel as well. Underneath said flaws, it was not a terrible game. It was just rushed and suffered mightily for it in those areas. It's sad, really. As there was a fun game hidden underneath all of that. Now they are showing what they can do with the extra time and a better engine and are obviously going all out.
Here you go:
I need mounts in Divinity! >_<
constantstatic
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Has bioware said if this game connects to dragon age 2 in anyway becuase I could never bring myself to finish it.
That's true. I'd love to he wrong fpr the sake of anyone who has to play it on PS3/360.
I haven't played DA2 yet, on the fence about jumping into it immidiately after Origins and so soon before Inquisition, but Mass Effect 3 was incredible. I even liked the ending. I'm a huge Bioware fan and it's a travesty I haven't played Dragon Age before now. Really hyped for this game.
Question! Is the DA2 dlc worth it?
No, not really. I've played them all and they are mediocre at best, maybe the one involving Hawke's Dad's past is kinda worth it if you wanna see some Grey Wardens stuff.
There is no way I am preordering this either. I hated DA2 and ME3 was a disappointment even when I had little expectations for it. Some things in DA:I look interesting but I don't have any confidence that the writing is going to be any good. I'll wait for GAF impressions.
I would say Legacy is well worth it. Good story, adds to both Grey Warden lore (which will have something to do with the events of Inquisition, I'm sure) and to Hawke family history.
Mark of the Assassin less so, though it's still good fun - the areas look nice and there are some decently challenging boss fights.
Exiled Prince is something and nothing, really. The something being a new permanent companion (decent, though annoying, archer), the nothing being his companion quest which isn't that good imo.
DA2's events will most definitely be a part of DAI in some fashion. They are more than likely a major subplot within the game. That said DAO and DA2 aren't required reading to understand and enjoy DAI, but they will definitely at depth and greater understanding of people and events. Plus first hand experience will allow you to make better choices in the DA Keep when creating your world state for DAI.
DA2 isn't that long so if you are already past the Second Act, which is the best part of the game, the Third Act isn't that long. So you could easily plow through, especially if you ignore most of the side quests.
tringworldso
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Mage - Dorian, Solas, Vivienne || Scribe lady
Rogue - Cole (Dagger), Sera (Bow), Varric (Crossbow) || Leiliana (Bow)
Warrior - Blackwall (Two-Handed), Cassandra (Sword and Shield), Iron Bull (Two-Handed) || Cullen (Sword and Shield)
The amount of Rogues using a bow is too damn high!! Wanted to play as a bow and arrow rogue but I feel like I'll get shafted (no pun intended) if I do.
Rogue - Cole (Dagger), Sera (Bow), Varric (Crossbow) || Leiliana (Bow)
Warrior - Blackwall (Two-Handed), Cassandra (Sword and Shield), Iron Bull (Two-Handed) || Cullen (Sword and Shield)
The amount of Rogues using a bow is too damn high!! Wanted to play as a bow and arrow rogue but I feel like I'll get shafted (no pun intended) if I do.
Anyone can be anything, within their class, in DAI. So you can make Varric a duel wielding dagger dwarf if you want. You can also put a make in full armor and carry a 2h sword if you want, not that it will do much good.
tringworldso
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shinobi602
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Maybe try DA2 in August? You've been playing DAO all last month, wait 2 months, jump into DA2 in August and have a nice 2 month break before DAI.
flaxknuckles
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I hope they at least added a magic pocket animation for it. If they just disappear then that'll be weird
I have a feeling they pull some camera magic so it's only focusing on the Inquisitor and mount so they are offscreen when the disappear.
I may very well do that. Fit it in between TLoU Remastered and Metro Redux.
Sounds almost OK. I've never cared for Cullen but I'm willing to give him a chance.
Dat scent of salvation
Poodlestrike
Banned
Legacy definitely, Mark of the Assassin less so (though it's still pretty good, and there's some fantastic companion dialogue there.)
Sounds a little bit boring, but that's not such a bad thing. Nothing wrong with the occasional earnest nice guy.
Question: do the "advisors" in the game play any role besides helping move the plot along and giving info? Are they like those characters in Dragon Age: Awakening at Vigil's Keep (Varel, Mistress Woolsey, and the Captain) who gave you quest options and whom you could speak to for more information about the world, but didn't play any role in combat, etc.?
The way they describe Cullen: "he commands the Inquisition's military forces on your behalf" makes him sound like the Captain in Awakening, where you just gave him broad orders about protecting the roads vs. the cities vs. the farms.
Without having a huge amount of information to go on, I'm not entirely sure. I think they have a fair bit more involvement in the storyline than Varel etc though. There are scenes in the trailer that involve Leliana taking part in a quest for example, and another scene that shows Cullen in the field with the Inquisitor and Morrigan, and I know that Cullen is a romanceable character. Beyond that, I don't know.
With Vivienne, once I goI'm never going back.mage
Realtalk tho, I'm all about the Knight Enchanter.
Supposedly this is concept art of how you can look in the game as one, and they're fuckin fantasy Jedi. GIMME THAT SHIT.
Works for me just fine.
Pretty much. Seeing as though the advisers are being given companion level exposure and we know that at least one of them is romanceable, I can't seem them not having a much more prominent presence within the game than what we saw in Awakening. But how far that goes is still way up in the air.
A lot of people, myself included, hope and are tentatively assuming that they will be temporary companions at some point. There's a good chance they'll have loyalty missions like companions do in all the recent BioWare games, so those would be at least one point where it would be plausible for them to join your group for a time.
As well it would be nice to see them take part in some of the major conflicts throughout the game. Leliana being out in the field in the E3 demo was really cool, but even more so was that apparently we could choose someone else to investigate, resulting in a very different outcome of that whole throat slitting exchange. So having them play some larger roles like that, which we may even have influence over is exciting.
We've already seen at the end of DAO and in ME series battles where companions not in your party still took part in combat. So I would very much like to see more of that here in DAI with both your companions and advisers. It always feels silly to have these big events and you only take 3 of your 12 super badass friends with you to help. It's easy to ignore it in the majority of the game when you're just investigating stuff and going around, but when you know you're going into a big battle or attempting to take a castle you would think you'd take everyone there to help out, not just sit around back at camp waiting for coach to put them in the game.
What the fuck? There is an arcane warrior class in DA again!??? Awesome that's probably my favorite Class ever.With Vivienne, once I goI'm never going back.mage
Realtalk tho, I'm all about the Knight Enchanter.
Supposedly this is concept art of how you can look in the game as one, and they're fuckin fantasy Jedi. GIMME THAT SHIT.
Kind of...there's no Arcane Warrior but there is a Knight Enchanter specialization. While they may function relatively the same, allowing for a mage to become a melee character, the means by which they do so at the moment appear quite different. AWs are focused on using magic to physically strengthen the user in order to wear and wield physical armor and weapons, but a KE sounds like they use magic to create barriers and to buff themselves and conjure magical weapons.
Knight Enchanters said:
See bolded. That's why the artwork shows a relatively light armored character wielding a rather magical looking blade.
Shadow Broker
Banned
I feel the same way. I played and beat Dragon Age 2 when it first came out and I remembered liking it a lot. I got done with Dragon Age Origins a few days ago and started DA 2 just to refresh myself and I have to say that I'm loving DA 2 a lot more then I did when it first came out. I actually like the enemy waves and I appreciate the characters. I like that Hawk's story isn't a save the world type thing and all he wants is to take care of his family while trying to make a name for himself which I find refreshing to be honest.
I'm in the middle of act 2 and I don't understand the level of hate for this game.
With all that said, I AM PUMPED FOR DA: I!!!
The hate stems from a few things. One of the major flaws in the game - and one that does drag it down, are the reused environments. Going to different caves that are all copy/paste the same thing really does drag you down. It's honestly one of the only legitimate flaws that I concede is a flaw.
The rest of the hate seems to border on different things all depending on subjective tastes. A lot of people seemed to complain that the combat was dumb downed and made more action oriented (never mind the fact that it plays a hundred times better than Origins did). Some people hate the wave based approach as it has a way of artificially inflating difficulty.
Some don't like the setting of Kirkwall, or that the story was a smaller scale with a lot of the main events not caused by you but never-the-less forced you to react.
Others found no love for any of the characters.
The rushed nature of the game is also apparent. I think even its most ardent critics need admit that DA2 has a lot of interesting ideas and premises that could not be fully realized due to a rather strict time crunch (something that's being avoided with DA:I).
A lot of the hate though is a knee jerk reaction because it wasn't exactly like Origins and veered off in ways that people were not asking for. Some of that hate, is deserved. The bits I mentioned above, in my opinion, can drag it down a bit. But as I say, for all of its flaws, the game is still more enjoyable than a lot of what you're going to find on the market.
pantsonhead
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Good, he's been the only character consistently right and sympathetic throughout the series. At least for me.
E: As for why I didn't like 2, the obvious demonization of Templar's, while doing nothing to make mage's anything less than berserk sociopaths (most of the time) rubbed me in all the wrong ways. I mean, I'm aware that the Vale was thin or whatever excuse they had for everyone being nuts was, but it still was annoying.
John_RiticelloEA
Banned
oh my...... those 2 were awesome
I actually liked this aspect to DA2.
A problem I have with a lot of these BioWare games, especially ME, and similar games which let you steer the course of the world is just that. One person shouldn't be so all powerful within a world, at least not without good reason.
On paper DA2 was a really cool and refreshing story. It was a rise to power story, where we eventually became a famous and wildly influential person within this city-state and a major actor in events and issues that would shape the entire world, but we alone weren't the agent of change. We were one of many actors that had a part to play in how the world was shaped and despite our best efforts and wishes we couldn't just set things right.
This all though fell apart because the writing went to shit in the last few hours of the game and everything just happened and in a way that was not very convincing or reflective of that inability for one person to determine the fate of the world. The other actors all got stupid and instead of feeling like real people with their own thoughts, fears and objectives, they all became caricatures that made senseless choices no one could relate to.
It was a different approach for the writers. Hawke was in their own words "a leaf in the wind", swept up in a chain of events he couldn't stop. Instead of being Steve Jobs, you were a guy who joined NeXT at the right time and got along for the ride. You can do your part, but Steve wasn't going to be denied.
Instead of being a power fantasy expected of character-driven RPGs, it is depowering. Maybe that's why gamers felt betrayed about it.
Instead of being a power fantasy expected of character-driven RPGs, it is depowering. Maybe that's why gamers felt betrayed about it.
Not sure if you saw this, but we got some clarification today and they won't be temp companions it seems.
"David Hulegaard
‏@HulegaardBooks
Right. They have different roles from followers, but equally as important. You'll see them a lot!
User 2h
@HulegaardBooks I see. Can you answer if the romances are equal to the reg party member ones as far as content?
David Hulegaard ‏@HulegaardBooks 2h
@user yes.
David Hulegaard ‏@HulegaardBooks 2h
well, advisors don't travel with you, but they're responsible for other elements within the Inquisition.
David Hulegaard ‏@HulegaardBooks 2h
@user you'll see them, you just can't take them with you in your party.
User 2h
@HulegaardBooks Is there a good amount of interactions with them?
David Hulegaard ‏@HulegaardBooks 2h
@user absolutely!
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Sounds pretty great to me though. I'm looking forward to Cullen's romance, so I'm happy to see them on equal footing to companions.
Interesting, certainly casts some doubt but I wouldn't say definitive. Their status as temp companions at one point in the game isn't something I would ever expect to hear prerelease though, so I'm not totally convinced. It would be too confusing to explain that for one mission these people are companions, but all other times they are not. They already has enough problems with people thinking they are companions as it is.
Yeah, I agree. I believe it was Laidlaw (correct me if I'm wrong) that said there was a multi-region story arc that featured Cullen, so you definitely could be right on that. I'm assuming it'll be the same for Leliana and Scribbles as well.
Doctoglethorpe
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Still holding on to hope Morrigan becomes an adviser too. Maybe they're holding that back for a surprise, would be nice to have at least one. I know she's poking Celene, but she could still wind up with the Inq.
pantsonhead
Member
There's been a few promo shots with her in them looking decidedly like she's either in the party, or close to the Inquisitor. Though I might be totally misreading still images, that's always a possibility.