IMO it's worth it just for the soundtrack. The other stuff is just the icing on the cake.
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Dragon Age: Inquisition Impressions from EA Access Trial
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MikeE21286
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I've only played about 45 minutes so far. Very interested to continue. The combat looks like it could get pretty deep and involved but I'm not sure if it's needed to get into all the intricacies of it.
One thing I've noticed is that the frame rate in the cut scenes seems pretty bad....? Anyone else notice this?
One thing I've noticed is that the frame rate in the cut scenes seems pretty bad....? Anyone else notice this?
shinobi602
Member
You can disable that.
Murder. She Wrote
Member
I know DA:I hasn't even released yet but just thinking about a fully next-gen (technically this gen) dragon age makes me all hot and bothered.
Edit- posted in the wrong thread lol gimme dat OT
Edit- posted in the wrong thread lol gimme dat OT
Poodlestrike
Banned
Was fine on my end.
Segue!
I've made up my mind, going to delete my existing progress and start fresh with a Qunari warrior. Heard great things about the combat.
Karak
Member
They are. I had people on my channel wondering if it was a bug. Especially the first bit. Tons of NPCs just doing nothing. No movement, no talking even. Super odd feeling.
1. By some folks? Probably.
2. Not really. People will remember your choices, but you don't have a reputation meter or anything.
Good to hear on both accounts thanks!
JeffG
Member
All...Just do multiple play throughs
Change your sex....change your type (Mage, Warrior....) change your style. (goody goody two shoes...to total dick)
Decide when you create your character and go with how you feel at the time
Magic was overpowered in Origins, I don't know in this. I always run with a rogue on my first playthrough, though.
yellow submarine
Member
I was disappointed because I really liked Dragon Age 1, and I've loved ME 1-3. I ended up avoiding DA2 because of the "shit mountain" reviews it got. So I had my hopes up for DA3, and it's just not grabbing me. It's not bad, but it's not awesome either, hence a solid "meh". I think it being cross-gen is hurting it's visuals a lot. And like I mentioned, the gameplay didn't fill in the gap either by being awesome, so I'm not getting it right away.
No, must be either credit card or PayPal.
Anyone mind telling me the pros/cons with rogue: dw and archer? i understand the obvious difference but is there any kind of advantage over the other? if i choose dual wield am i able to just use a bow if i wanted to or would i have to stick to dual wielding at all times? sorry for the noob questions, it's my first time playing a dragon age game.
RedHawkXIII
Member
You just need four power points to unlock the area he is in.
What about Sera? How many hours minimum does it take to reach her?
That's like four rifts, yes? Thank you!
flaxknuckles
Member
The deluxe edition comes with different mounts, a soundtrack, and a armor set that will be useless a few hours into the game.
Well you get the schematics so you can recreate the armor at high level.
Completed my 6 hour trial.
Thoughts:
- If you have 'crushed blacks', you can change Gamma options in Settings menu.
- The cutscene and face animations are definitely a step back from some other recent titles. Playing this after playing AC Unity made it look super last gen during those moments.
- The devs played Skyrim. The first tutorial area is snowy mountains, then the game opens up to a huge lush green mountainous area.
- Technically it is very impressive on Xbox One. Holds a very consistent fps, no loading screens at all between outside to inside, fast traveling loads for seconds. Even jumping between multiplayer and single player is fast.
- In 6 hours, I had no bugs, glitches or even visual problems. I played just under an hour of co-op, which was also bug and lag free.
- The online multiplayer feels like a free-to-play game which you also pay for. Pay-to-pay. You can open the store and spend 35 quid of real money on health potions.
- The online multiplayer is also surprisingly hard. I played game after game of co-op on the lowest difficulty, and we all died and lost the progress every time, even with quite high leveled characters in there.
- Matchmaking was fast. About 30 seconds to find a match.
Overall, it's not a leap forward in gaming at all but it was fun to play, and I enjoyed it.
Thoughts:
- If you have 'crushed blacks', you can change Gamma options in Settings menu.
- The cutscene and face animations are definitely a step back from some other recent titles. Playing this after playing AC Unity made it look super last gen during those moments.
- The devs played Skyrim. The first tutorial area is snowy mountains, then the game opens up to a huge lush green mountainous area.
- Technically it is very impressive on Xbox One. Holds a very consistent fps, no loading screens at all between outside to inside, fast traveling loads for seconds. Even jumping between multiplayer and single player is fast.
- In 6 hours, I had no bugs, glitches or even visual problems. I played just under an hour of co-op, which was also bug and lag free.
- The online multiplayer feels like a free-to-play game which you also pay for. Pay-to-pay. You can open the store and spend 35 quid of real money on health potions.
- The online multiplayer is also surprisingly hard. I played game after game of co-op on the lowest difficulty, and we all died and lost the progress every time, even with quite high leveled characters in there.
- Matchmaking was fast. About 30 seconds to find a match.
Overall, it's not a leap forward in gaming at all but it was fun to play, and I enjoyed it.
His Majesty
Banned
The tutorial revisits a location from Origins. I doubt it's inspired by Skyrim.
You get the blueprints too, so you can re-create the armor and weapon with new materials and at higher levels if you preferred the look of it. At least that was what one of the devs mentioned when they covered it in one of the many videos I watched.
I got it for the soundtrack too, plus it was 10% off with EA Access.
Edit: beaten by Hedge
RedHawkXIII
Member
I don't know. I just know that to unlock Val Royeaux and the Storm Coast you need to spend 4 Power points which you can get from missions, landmarks, building campsites, and closing rifts.
You can put points into the dual wield tree and the archery tree no matter which rogue you start with, so the choice only seems to affect your starting weapon and your starting ability.
doesn't seem worth it. thanks.
Good stuff. I'm far to indecisive for a 6 hour time limit.
BlockheadBrown
Member
I know I'll be getting the PC version after playing the console version. Less shimmering/jaggies in the distance: http://youtu.be/5H_p6MRIBos
FleckSplat
Member
Starting weapon and one skill down the respective tree.
EDIT: Beaten with the blunt end of an arrow
EDIT 2: Double post
FleckSplat
Member
Anyone think the dev team made the stealth skill purple because they use Visual Studio?
Krisprolls
Banned
Yes they're completely identical unless you're a major pixel nerd.
I doubt this is true... even on a heavily compressed youtube video NOT runnign at 60 FPS, you cna see differences, I'm guessing when it's actually running on a screne in front of you the differences will be much more noticeable.
Also, what is a pixel nerd? I'm guessing it's short hand for: "Anyone who thinks differently than I do". Am I right?
So I've been playing the Xbone version after paying my pound of flesh... actually just $4.99, not too bad 
I'll be playing on PC so I really don't care much about the performance or graphics level of the Xbone (it looks pretty good! Pop-in and aliasing notwithstanding), what I DO care about are the game mechanics in combat.
I started my first run through the demo with a two-handed sword warrior and one fo the first abilities I unlocked was a "block" ability.
That worries me. As far as I cna tell (and I might be doing somehting wrong), it's useless in tactical combat. It appears to be something you would only use when in aciton combat mode. I'm worried that the ability skill trees are going to be littered with skills that require action based combat for viability, making them useless or less than ideal for those of us playing tactically in harder difficulties.
Or has anyone used that skill in tactical mode where it did something?
Also the faces in this game are pretty damn good, and the shader effects on some of the materials is really nice, specially cloth and leather. I'm having fun with the game even ona gamepad, which feels extremely alien to me since I've played this entire series with mouse and keyboard (and will again on PC). But yeah, it's the little things that are worrying me a bit.
I'll be playing on PC so I really don't care much about the performance or graphics level of the Xbone (it looks pretty good! Pop-in and aliasing notwithstanding), what I DO care about are the game mechanics in combat.
I started my first run through the demo with a two-handed sword warrior and one fo the first abilities I unlocked was a "block" ability.
That worries me. As far as I cna tell (and I might be doing somehting wrong), it's useless in tactical combat. It appears to be something you would only use when in aciton combat mode. I'm worried that the ability skill trees are going to be littered with skills that require action based combat for viability, making them useless or less than ideal for those of us playing tactically in harder difficulties.
Or has anyone used that skill in tactical mode where it did something?
Also the faces in this game are pretty damn good, and the shader effects on some of the materials is really nice, specially cloth and leather. I'm having fun with the game even ona gamepad, which feels extremely alien to me since I've played this entire series with mouse and keyboard (and will again on PC). But yeah, it's the little things that are worrying me a bit.
Poodlestrike
Banned
So I've been playing the Xbone version after paying my pound of flesh... actually just $4.99, not too bad
I'll be playing on PC so I really don't care much about the performance or graphics level of the Xbone (it looks pretty good! Pop-in and aliasing notwithstanding), what I DO care about are the game mechanics in combat.
I started my first run through the demo with a two-handed sword warrior and one fo the first abilities I unlocked was a "block" ability.
That worries me. As far as I cna tell (and I might be doing somehting wrong), it's useless in tactical combat. It appears to be something you would only use when in aciton combat mode. I'm worried that the ability skill trees are going to be littered with skills that require action based combat for viability, making them useless or less than ideal for those of us playing tactically in harder difficulties.
Or has anyone used that skill in tactical mode where it did something?
Also the faces in this game are pretty damn good, and the shader effects on some of the materials is really nice, specially cloth and leather. I'm having fun with the game even ona gamepad, which feels extremely alien to me since I've played this entire series with mouse and keyboard (and will again on PC). But yeah, it's the little things that are worrying me a bit.
Wait, block ability? What? There's War Cry, but that's not a block ability (though it does build guard).
Isn't 2h warrior intended to be viable off-tank? In role like that block is nice to have.
It's called block and slash:
http://dragoninquisition.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/warriorskills1.jpg
I guess it might be ok if it's a toggle but I couldn't get it to toggle. In action mode you press it when someone is about to attack you, but that's just not going to work in tacticla mode.
Again, I might have been doing something wrong. I'm going to try to use it in tactical cam later today again.
SEGAvangelist
Member
Loving the game, but hating the crushed blacks. I suggest turning up gamma two clicks. You can see most of the dark details without washing it out that way. It's weird, because all the other Frostbyte games having proper black levels. Who can we tweet or PM to get this fixed?
isnt that just an xbox issue, assuming youre playing the early access there
SEGAvangelist
Member
Nope. Developers know they need to use a different gamma curve for the XB1 version. They aren't.