Admiral Woofington
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Yes it's Whisper of the Heart. I'd probably rank as an ok to decent Ghibli film but nowhere near the best
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Dragon Age: Inquisition Review Thread
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Yes it's Whisper of the Heart. I'd probably rank as an ok to decent Ghibli film but nowhere near the best
Jon Armdog
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Well, I will have some sort of answer in about 7 hours. I hope its a "HOLY SHIT IT WORKS" answer
Leatherface
Member
This wait is killing me. Today would have been the perfect day to play this. bah!! BTW what is this 16th/17th launch BS? I opened mine in Origin and it tells me the 18th. :'(
Well, in DAO and DA2 I already established that only pickpockets can change the world, so I will be going with female Qunari rogue this time around, probably a tempest. The description for tempest + giant horned woman tickles me. For romance, it looks like it'll come down to either Blackwall or Josephine, I'll just have to see how it plays out in game.
because she's pixels and polygons man
Admiral Woofington
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Time zones. In the US alone the way it works is:
Eastern: Midnight of the 18th
Central: 11 pm of the 17th
Pacific/Worst coast: 9 pm of the 17th
But there are countries that due to timezones get it earlier than the rest of the world, and some are planning to use VPN on their PC copy to play the game earlier.
Jimmyfenix
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HP_Wuvcraft
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Could anyone else pre-load at 9am PST?
Not playing until Tuesday evening. Months ago when I pre-ordered on Amazon (PS4) I figured I wouldn't be dying to play it ASAP, but now that the week of release is here, I'm kind of dying. It's for the best though, I have plenty of classwork to do between now and Tuesday morning, plus Monday night's Gotham to review.
Anyone else waiting until later Tuesday or Wednesday and doing their best to not scream internally?
Anyone else waiting until later Tuesday or Wednesday and doing their best to not scream internally?
Leatherface
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Good point. Didn't think of that. Thanks
Tweets from Laidlaw that aren't story spoilers, but I don't want to post directly. It's a
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confirmation about an ability you get later in the game
Admiral Woofington
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it's something we're not talking about because it's a massive potential spoiler and we don't want to scare off more people.
strangecloud
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I am really trying to decide if I should just jump in at the third game in the trilogy or start from the beginning on the 360. Is there a lot I will miss and not be able to appreciate?
Solid link, Chrome gives error "This webpage has a redirect loop"
I mean is it still down or am I just unlucky with it.
Have class until early afternoon. Also ordered from Amazon. Not as bad, but I sure won't be firing it up as soon as others.
Admiral Woofington
Member
oh you mean in the keep? I don't know. I thought you were referring to something else.
My 6 hours just ended in the EA trial and I'm hoping there's some parity between both versions because I don't want to have to play the early parts over again if I have to go with the PS4 version. I'm not very big into these types of games but I adored Skyrim and it this game really invokes that kind of awe like it's a world I want to explore.
Wait, that can happen during the game?
I swear anything that involved Loghain being X made Allistar Y
Weird. Changed it.
Turdburger
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Unfortunately yes, there's going to be a lot of little things you likely won't pick up on and won't be able to appreciate. What really makes DA great is the lore and the context/story. You can read up on some of the beginner's guides and that will definitely suffice for the major plot points that may play a role in Inquisition, but if you're looking for the greatest amount of immersion, it really doesn't substitute having played the first game at least and seen the characters and places for yourself. The biggest difference would be missing out on the tiny references, quotes, notes, books, codex entries, etc. that spark a memory of the earlier games.
That being said... DA:O is a game that didn't exactly age well, at least in my opinion. Amazing for 2009, but not for 2014. It's a great story and a great experience though if you've never played it.
DA:O is a relatively long game in itself though. Would probably take you ~30+ hours on normal even while avoiding a lot of the side quests. If you do everything, it can exceed 50 hours.
Edit: I should also mention that there's very little from outside the main "plot" of DA2 that I would consider important with regards to Inquisition; if you've played DA2 you'll know Varric a little bit better, but that game really has very little overall purpose. DA:O is the one that matters
If Alistair is hardened and Loghain lives then Alistair can still be king.
Admiral Woofington
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Well yeah. You can. You can always just not flirt with the characters and never accept advances. Nobody forces you to be in a romance.
Man I remember back in Kotor when the game took all control from me and made my character fuck Bastila right in front of HK-47.
Romances are optional and minor. Always have been.
His Majesty
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I think so yeah. When he's hardened he's more willing to take the throne and marry.
Ploid 3.0
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I wished my character could get enthralled in a Desire Demon's spell. That templar in DA:O looked like he was living the life.
I didn't intend to step on toes. My bad. I know a lot of people enjoy that part of the game.
I personally just don't like how these games' discussions are often sidetracked by who banged who by virtue of a very poorly written ham-fisted romance scene.
I'm just excited to finally playing a great RPG again on friday. Feels like it has been far too long.
I personally just don't like how these games' discussions are often sidetracked by who banged who by virtue of a very poorly written ham-fisted romance scene.
I'm just excited to finally playing a great RPG again on friday. Feels like it has been far too long.
Admiral Woofington
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Well the few people here whose sole contribution is "I want to bang this character so bad" are basically looked at strangely. People who enjoy it don't all fall in the same spectrum of how into it they get.
But it's fine man. Not everybody enjoys it.
The Last Wizard
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Should have used a paid vacation week at work, I won't really get to dig into this until Wednesday night
At least you're not me. I took tuesday off and already have wednesday off but my ps4 broke 2 weeks ago and I'm waiting on sony to send it back, and this was my most anticipated game this year
Slackbladder
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So for all of those who are planning to unlock early, do you get achievements offline in Origin? I assume once unlocked Origin will have to be offline until the time/day it is officially released in your country.
Semi off-topic, but on topic of romances I liked how Witcher 2 did them.
They didn't have you holding hands and having long walks on the beach while running for flowers and chocolate. Interactions and growth of relationship between e.g. Geralt and Ves felt natural and fluid which then... well lead to things.
If they have designed them wisely they have put trigger hooks into the game that then triggers achievements to unlock as you do needed things. Then when Origin gets online next time unlocked achievements get permanently synced to your profile.
They didn't have you holding hands and having long walks on the beach while running for flowers and chocolate. Interactions and growth of relationship between e.g. Geralt and Ves felt natural and fluid which then... well lead to things.
If they have designed them wisely they have put trigger hooks into the game that then triggers achievements to unlock as you do needed things. Then when Origin gets online next time unlocked achievements get permanently synced to your profile.
I'm not too fond of it either unless it ties into the main plot, but I do hate it when people act like the game actually forces them into it.
Also wasn't shinobi supposed to do the OT today?
He posted earlier today that he needs to rewrite some parts of OT and it would be going up tomorrow, Monday.
HP_Wuvcraft
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What.
Don't worry. The release is only on Tuesday.
HP_Wuvcraft
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Digital on Monday.
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