Dragon Age Inquisition

[SgtRock]

Preview
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/428051/previews/preview-dragon-age-inquisition-goes-after-skyrim/

I hope this is something more than just Skyrim lite. Liked Dragon Age I but, not DG II.

[Nefaro]

I never even picked up the sequel to Dragon Age, after hearing it was a more restricted & console-ized version.  :-\

I would expect a DA3 to be more like DA2.

[Swatter]

Now that EA runs the show, you can expect every single game to appeal to a larger audience in the form of dumbing it down.

[Tpek]

Is there even an estimated release date for this one?

[Gusington]

It's due in late 2014. I loved the original Dragon Age but never got the sequel for reasons posted above.

FWIW the developers have stated that they have learned from their mistakes in DA2 and are making this one more like the original.

[mirth]

DA 2 was alright. Not nearly as good as Origins and much shorter, but worth playing if you enjoyed the first.

[Rayfer]

DA 2 was alright. Not nearly as good as Origins and much shorter, but worth playing if you enjoyed the first.

That was my experience too....not as good as the first but still a fun rpg with a decent storyline.

[SgtRock]

Now that EA runs the show, you can expect every single game to appeal to a larger audience in the form of dumbing it down.

That's what I'm afraid of but, the original Dragon Age was an EA title.

[mirth]

Now that EA runs the show, you can expect every single game to appeal to a larger audience in the form of dumbing it down.

That's what I'm afraid of but, the original Dragon Age was an EA title.

A lot of people thought that DA Origins was a dumbed down RPG. Personally I enjoyed it a great deal, but I didn't come from the background of Baldur's Gate or the other classic RPGs.


Regardless of one's feelings about DA Origins, DA 2 did not come close to matching the epic scope and  story of the first. DA 2 was still fun, but it was pretty much a separate game that happened to take place in the DA universe.

[Gusington]

Was DA 2 arcadey?

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Yeah, it was very much so.  I posted my initial impressions when the demo first came out and was ripped as a troll for it by some of the more rabid fan-boys at the old site. 

It played very much like a console style 3rd person action fighting game with some light RPG elements and stripped out a lot of the features from the original which itself wasn't exactly the deepest RPG out there.  The bean counters at EA didn't help matters much by forcing the dev team to recycle maps so you'd end up "exploring" the 5-6 of the exact same dungeon maps 5-6 times during your playthrough.   

[mirth]

Gus, buy DA2 for PC on the cheap and play it. It doesn't suck as bad as it's made out to. Did you play DA Origins? Did you like it? If you answered yes to those questions, DA2 is worth the time.

[GibbyG]

I enjoyed DA2 as well.  Considering how cheap you can get it now its worth a shot.

[Gusington]

Yeah believe it or not I finished DA Origins. Curious about DA2 now...damn you all.

[Rayfer]

Yeah believe it or not I finished DA Origins. Curious about DA2 now...damn you all.

Got to the very end boss battles in both DA: Origins and DA2 and couldn't for the life of me figure out how to beat it, got repeatedly slaughtered in both games at the end and never finished either.  Enjoyed both very much.