Modders get Ready! Dragon Age: Inquisition Release date-10-07-2014

[AwfulArchdemon]

Y'all niggas talking about dragon age bullshit, and im still here waiting for fallout 4

 

Don't kill the moment for the AwfulArchdemon! I'm finally about to turn this long-awaited beast on for the first time, but I admit, I'm curios as to why no one mentioned multi-player! Is it good? Does it suck so bad no one mentioned it?  What's the deal!?

[AwfulArchdemon]

...and I might add.....CONTROLLER SUPPORT IS BACK!! Wooooo! MP here I come! Who's with me!? We gotta form an online team, people! #The LL Army!

[AwfulArchdemon]

What's up with the Keep? It doesn't seem to know my old files are there, because I had the others installed to PF (x86)\Electronic arts, instead of the newest 'Disk' installation @ PF (x86)\Origin Games.

 

Reinstalling seems to have kept my saves, while leaving the whole game it's other installation directory. Unexpected.

[windpl]

Y'all niggas talking about dragon age bullshit, and im still here waiting for fallout 4

 

I'm still waiting for fallout 3.

[Kaz Aanh]

DAI is better than Skyrim.

 

You don't have to install 300 skyrim mods to get on the DAI level.

[...0...]

DAI is better than Skyrim.

 

You don't have to install 300 skyrim mods to get on the DAI level.

Seems a console mentality.

If i read this more reason why i never buy DAI no mods.

 

Game is so more interesting with mods then without thats why i play PC only.

 

But EA-Origin(no to be trusted at all) no go zone, and almost no mods and not a continuing of DAO i will never buy this game ever for those reasons alone.

 

All who say The Witcher 3 will be follow a path game don´t know what there talking about and it will be total different game from DAI it will be alot more closer to Skyrim only much improved story and AI.

[jxm]

All who say The Witcher 3 will be follow a path game don´t know what there talking about and it will be total different game from DAI it will be alot more closer to Skyrim only much improved story and AI.

 

I will check this statement once I play Witcher 3. But with only Geralt as the single char and a storyline very closely connected to him and the stuff already revealed about the gameplay I see less and less connections to Skyrim. Which is good. I don't want every game to be a skyrim-Clone!

 

Everyone wants to compare games to skyrim! Why? It's an awesome game, yes, but I am happy if DAI, Witcher 3 and Skyrim all are at least somewhat different to each other ... in fact this whole "Witcher 3 will be better than Skyrim and DAI" becomes a tad annoying ... Considering how bad the RPG-Genre was some years ago I am glad mainstream has them back ... and with them in wake a lot of Wastelands, Tides of Numeria, Pillars of Eternity etc ...RPG-fans should be happy to have so much to choose from, instead they fall into some Battlefield vs. Call of Duty -Mentality ... and I blame the internet for this ...

 

So, now back to actually playing DAI ...

 

[AwfulArchdemon]

Anyone else had GeForce issues after playing this? "Could not initialize EasyAPI"? Just reinstalled my driver. Better work. I got some MP to play! I don't need my game crapping out online.

[bjornk]

DAI is better than Skyrim.

 

Better in what way? Better is often a subjective matter.

 

You don't have to install 300 skyrim mods to get on the DAI level.

I'm pretty sure there are many things you *can't* do in DA:I, while you can in Skyrim with the help of mods.

 

For example, can you still play DA:I and completely avoid the main story/quest line? No? Then it is worse than Skyrim.

[Geralt034]

Well mine couple of cents into that cool-story-discussion. It seems that it's quite popular to compare Witcher, Dragon Age and Elder Scrolls, although have no idea why you people do this, since all that great series all about different things, so it looks like - "Hm, lets compare black with soft and with salty." Although it's specially going to Withcher's fans - i have no idea why, but it seems that want persuade everyone that this  particular series best in the whole world; no don't get me wrong i love Witcher myself, although only first part, while second game, seems very strange for me - who firstly become familiar with series by the books, especially it's main story looking like it was sucked out of finger. But again, it got it own pluses and minuses.
And speaking back to games each one of them about their own stuff - TES - about exploring and leveling and knowing the world around you; DA - great story (except first one, which was absolutely predictable right from Ostagar, but once again it's only me); Witcher - well, it's own stuff.

[windpl]

It was sucked out of finger because it is not original author writings but spinoff story created by CDPR writers.

[Aria]

Origin, Denuvo - nope not buying.

[winny257]

Origin, Denuvo - nope not buying.

 

then let it remain, is anyway not for everyone!

especially not for those who can no longer play without mods. I have said several times "a good play needs no mods"!

for me DAI is an absolutely good game and it makes a huge fun to play.

 

edit: just because it runs on Origin, do not you buy it?

I laugh my death be in the future all the games on a platform registered and run. This will happen with The Witcher 3,

maybe even on Origin! then you will not buy it.      

[Aria]

 

Origin, Denuvo - nope not buying.

 

then let it remain, is anyway not for everyone!

especially not for those who can no longer play without mods. I have said several times "a good play needs no mods"!

for me DAI is an absolutely good game and it makes a huge fun to play.

 

edit: just because it runs on Origin, do not you buy it?

I laugh my death be in the future all the games on a platform registered and run. This will happen with The Witcher 3,

maybe even on Origin! then you will not buy it.      

 

 

Then i will not buy it, simple.

 

[carolight]

I'm kinda disappointed in the controls & camera of DA:I

The controls for Keyboard+Mouse are horrible, they feel a big clunky. Seems to be designed for use with controlers with keyboard+mouse added on, the camera positions are bad too.

 

DA:I feels like a bad console port.

[FallenWarrior]

I'm kinda disappointed in the controls & camera of DA:I

The controls for Keyboard+Mouse are horrible, they feel a big clunky. Seems to be designed for use with controlers with keyboard+mouse added on, the camera positions are bad too.

 

DA:I feels like a bad console port.

 

The disappointment is brewing over at the official forums as well. But as it has been pointed out many times in the past, games don't go from PC -> console anymore.

 

[jxm]

Well mine couple of cents into that cool-story-discussion. It seems that it's quite popular to compare Witcher, Dragon Age and Elder Scrolls, although have no idea why you people do this, since all that great series all about different things, so it looks like - "Hm, lets compare black with soft and with salty." Although it's specially going to Withcher's fans - i have no idea why, but it seems that want persuade everyone that this  particular series best in the whole world; no don't get me wrong i love Witcher myself, although only first part, while second game, seems very strange for me - who firstly become familiar with series by the books, especially it's main story looking like it was sucked out of finger. But again, it got it own pluses and minuses.

And speaking back to games each one of them about their own stuff - TES - about exploring and leveling and knowing the world around you; DA - great story (except first one, which was absolutely predictable right from Ostagar, but once again it's only me); Witcher - well, it's own stuff.

 

Amen to that! WEll, except for the criticism of DA Origins, which may have a "predictable" storyline, yet still I take that over most other storylines some devs come up with to be "spceial" ... I never coud predict the outcome of ME3 for that matter, and ... well, what a pile of shit that was!   But other than that almost all you said I could sign...

I'm kinda disappointed in the controls & camera of DA:I

The controls for Keyboard+Mouse are horrible, they feel a big clunky. Seems to be designed for use with controlers with keyboard+mouse added on, the camera positions are bad too.

 

DA:I feels like a bad console port.

 

That's such a minor issue to me...I re-mapped some keys and so far have no problems playing it. But then I also played Dark Souls without much complains. Not sure what some people have problems with. I also LOVE it that DAI is often called a bad console port...often by the same people praisng Witcher 2 into heaven...which also had a clunky control-system, combat, consolish menus and inventory etc ... as much as I love both series, I hate the two kinds of judgement some people pass on the game...

 

 

But enough of this. With many more hours now since thursday on record I can proudly say: I am still in the first area, the Hinterlands ^^ It is huge, and so much to do. And even though there are the typical fetch-quests (bring me some food etc), it strangely feels never contrived, maybe because almost everything you do levels up your Inquisition-Power, and therefor has some meaning to my char and the story.

 

Also, adn I cannot emphasize that enough: This game, so far at least, brings something to Dragon Age and Bioware in general you hardly had: Fun of explore the world. Because you now HAVE a world worthy to explore. I am not a graphic whore usually, but I admit, DAI looks beautiful, I love wandering through it for hours, and when you wind up in some nook or cranny, find a little cave with some ruins and get a rune-design as reward ... then I am quite happy.

 

Also it is funny to count how much and what DAI took from other games as inspiration: Crafting and all that feels like ripped right out of Witcher 2, the huge world etc screams Skyrim, the design of the graphics gives every veteran a nice DA-Origins-Feeling, while the battles are maybe not as much Origins as some fans would have liked, but also feel much less annyoing than they sometimes did in DA2 ...

 

The game has some flaws for sure. But so far not nearly enough to classify it a dissapointment. I already had much more enjoyment the first couple of hours than some other games gave me whole...so also no way I feel like having lost money.

 

My only concern now: That I have enough of DAI before Witcher 3 and Pillars of Eternity are finished ... it is nice to be an RPG fan today!

[Chaos63]

 

You don't have to install 300 skyrim mods to get on the DAI level.

I'm pretty sure there are many things you *can't* do in DA:I, while you can in Skyrim with the help of mods.

 

For example, can you still play DA:I and completely avoid the main story/quest line? No? Then it is worse than Skyrim.

 

You don't need mods to dodge the dragonborn shit in Skyrim, you just have to never talk to Balgruf.

Also, who started all this Skyrim vs Inquisition shit? The only thing the two have in common is dragons...

 

[AwfulArchdemon]

^

Right. No point in comparing games with very different styles.

 

 

And it's true, games should not rely on mods. I would have stopped playing Skyrim a long-ass time ago if not for mods. It took XXX porn mods to get me to turn it back on. Can anyone honestly say they plan on playing a vanilla Skyrim tonight?

 

Witcher is Witcher. A very, very different game. Has no place in this discussion. Great game, and doesn't need mods. A rare type of game that makes your character feel "alive" .

 

Mass Effect games are pure gold. Words can barely express how awesome the series was, and still is. Enough about the ending already! You'd think the end was the only part people remember about the game. The 10 yr old spectral kid playing God was a mistake, but everything leading up to that point was spectacular. The whole ending felt like the intense, awe inspiring war to end all wars that is should have had.

 

Dragon Age Inquisition is still under review, but so far, the only complaints I have are the aerial camera not having any zoom, and Cassandra looking like a different person. Multiplayer is addictive as hell! I'm gonna go play it right now.

 

As for the first 2.5 DA games, DAO was legendary, and didn't need mods, but got mods anyway (bonus!).

 

DA2 lost the feel of lore-friendliness, and the option to equip companions with equipment of choice, but mods solved that anyway, and the game was at least improved in some ways, like combat and graphics. Not as good, and felt like a different game more than a sequel. Still has some badass parts to it, and is generally a fun game to play.

 

DAI has a variety of "feelings" to the game's lore. Different games pop into my head when I think of what the game reminds me of when playing. So far, so good.

 

I do have one problem with the game though: It's too goddam hard! I'm getting slaughtered something fierce on Normal! A rage demon in this game is basically a boss. He kills me at full health in one hit every time, and he's like 7 feet tall in this game. No attack my mage has can harm him in any way, since I don't use cold magic, and melee combat gets even Cassandra killed in 2 hits, with special attention paid to high quality armor and weapons.

 

Strangely, the first boss (Pride Demon) was pretty easy on Normal. Much, much easier than a rage demon, and you have to fight a rage demon every time you encounter a rift, which can be found anywhere.

 

The war map is a feature I've enjoyed seeing since the release of Naruto Revolution. Love war room tactics!

 

 

 

Definitely like the new DA. I'm hooked.

 

As it stands now, I can't tell what I wanna do more; play single-player, or MP online. That's the kind of problem I love having! Both have me "feeling like a kid at Christmas", so I'm off to play it. Can't talk about it anymore without turning it on.

 

If people would like to meet up on the MP battlefield, this is a place I've made where we can coordinate and synchronize, and basically just let others know they're playing it online. [WIP]

[carolight]

Sorry to vent here...

I just cant get how bad the controls are in this poor console port... I loved DA:O, DA2 wasn't to bad in my eyes but... the new DA:I...

Couple of things that stand out...

 

1: You cant run holding both mouse button like in other Bioware games

2: No click and move

3: The cursor is tiny, gets lost easy in the background a lot

4: Tactical view, is to zoomed in & doesn't zoom through buildings

5: You cant walk, only run all the time

6: No sensitivity options for camera movement on the mouse

7: You cant rebind the mouse buttons

8: No backtracking, pressing back turns your character toward you (this one is most annoying)

 

The game controls make it to infuriating to play for me, I so want to enjoy the game, hope these get addressed soon....

[morvo]

IMO the combat in DA:I is terrible:

- Companion AI is terrible

- You can't queue commands for them, so if you play on high difficulty every fight has to be played out frame by frame because as mentioned above the AI is retarded

- The tactics/micro scripts for AI control is so limited it may as well not even be in the game

- no healing spell? My own preference, it just feels wrong to not have a healing spell....

- holding down R to keep attacking? why? People felt disconnected from combat in DA:2 when they only had to tap R once, so they decided to make you hold it down instead? Zero sense was made this day.

- resources (mana/stam) may as well not even be in the game as they regenerate so fast and everything is cool-down based anyway

 

Honestly, combat is main gameplay element of DA:I and it feels so bad that it I decided to turn it right down to brain-dead easy, not because of difficulty, but because it felt like a chore. It broke my heart, I have no love for the DA franchise any longer. And I was bitterly disappointed with the talent/skill trees for all classes. It seems to me the focus was all on graphics, none on gameplay, and if the gameplay in a game is bad, then that, my friends, is a bad game.

 

Maybe it has redeeming features with good voice acting, the decent graphics, maybe a good story (I'm not far enough in to judge that one), but seems to me, those could be appreciated without the chore of a terrible combat system. It's funny, I never thought there would be a day when I would think to myself "this game would be a lot more enjoyable if they removed the combat from it". Maybe it would have been better as a David Cage style game/interactive movie.

[Chaos63]

For the record, the AI was always shit. Even in Origins, most of the time I just let my companions die out and simply killed everything on my own.

[morvo]

For the record, the AI was always shit. Even in Origins, most of the time I just let my companions die out and simply killed everything on my own.

 

At least in DA:O you could use tactics/mirco scripts to make them not be completely retarded, but the version in DA:I is dead, dried and empty husk of it

[jxm]

 

For the record, the AI was always shit. Even in Origins, most of the time I just let my companions die out and simply killed everything on my own.

 

At least in DA:O you could use tactics/mirco scripts to make them not be completely retarded, but the version in DA:I is dead, dried and empty husk of it

 

 

Well, DAO was mostly spamming heal-spells to keep everyone alive, because HP dropped like shit in combat, and I suppose Bioware felt the same about that. Not so much an AI-Problem, but balance of damage, spells and armour etc...never used tactics though, only to prevent Leliana from switching to dual daggers all the time...

 

With DAI, I focus mostly on my Inquisitor, I play on normal and so far my other pals are doing a good enough job to get me through without much of a fuss, while still some enemy-groups are a challenge ...

 

But that's what I like: Some enemies you just blast away like nothing as you go, making you feel actually somewhat powerful, while sometimes one or two more powerful foes are present, and things get a bit hairier and remind you that you are not a demigod.

 

But to each his own preferences

 

[Heromaster]

Holy shit, this game is a time-consumer. I'm at 32h game time and I even haven't finished exploring the first area. I'm in love with this game, the graphics are beautiful, the characters have great face profiles and reflect their battle experience and personality.

 

What I dislike is the combat system, it feels a bit unnatural with my rogue character and I believe it was way better in DA:O and DA2. Or I couldn't get a hang of it yet.