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Dragon Age Inquisition Launch Trailer (hot) and Release Date (October 7th)
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Lone_Prodigy
Member
I always thought the helmet was used to hide the gender of the MC.
Absolutely brilliant. Needs to be a new Dragon Age meme.
Ploid 3.0
Member
You can set Dragon Age 2 to nightmare and use tactics (strategy not the gambit system tactics). Hitting A to win seem to not really be a case for me, I also like playing with friendly fire since it makes you work on setups and team synergy more. Dragon Age 2 can be just as tactical or more tactical than Dragon Age 1 from what I experienced. Especially on PC with the harder difficulty mods. Demon/Dark Souls are more hit A action rpgs to me (I always called Demon's Souls grown up Zelda).
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
I'm not sure how you do combat in your games, but in mine, you kind of need to press buttons.
Yep. They can't really worry about whether it not you actually played the games previously, but ideally you'd not wade though that kind of minutia without the original context, anyway. Inquisition seems to be staged as a jumping on point, so Keep is definitely aimed fans who are already invested.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Actually I am pretty happy they went on this route. That means I don't need to replay DAO and DA2 all over again, hahaha.
Good good. Now to consider whether I should get this for PS3 or PS4. The only problem for the latter is I need to buy a PS4 first, but I am gonna do it sooner or later anyways... and this is a game I *definitely* want to play.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Are you in the Beta?
it tells you in the FAQ on the keep website, you can also apply to be in the beta there if not done so already.
Still awaiting my invite
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
They say Beta Invites have gone out, but we've heard nothing. No "I'm in"'s.
Nope, unfortunately.
BrickArmour
Member
Has there ever been any official response on whether this game will include any form of multiplayer? I see rumors, survey questions and other such postings on the topic, but don't recall reading anything official and the wiki page still says single player. Thoughts?
Ovek
7Member7
You can but I don't know if they have any more beta phases.
Unconfirmed, but it's extremely likely. I'm like 95 percent certain it will have some form, and likely one somewhat similar to the ME3 MP.
Well, signed up for it. We'll see if anything happens. Though perhaps when they start spreading the net wider to let more in, I'll get in.
Glad that it's set to release for everyone before the game comes out as I'd really like to play around with it quite a bit.
BrickArmour
Member
Thanks. Sounds like something they would announce at E3.
Ploid 3.0
Member
I didn't know there was a beta. Just now signed up, oh well I suppose I don't really need to play it until it's over and gold. Would be nice to shoot out feedback though.
Feedback for Bioware people watching.
Add 50% more big enemy/monster battles. Then add 10 extra big battles. You can make it as a side quest chain for people that don't want to fight awesome things.
Just now signed up, oh well I suppose I don't really need to play it until it's over and gold. Would be nice to shoot out feedback though.Feedback for Bioware people watching.
Add 50% more big enemy/monster battles. Then add 10 extra big battles. You can make it as a side quest chain for people that don't want to fight awesome things.
What difficulty did you play on? To me, DA2 required more strategy than Origins. Cross-class combos also promoted diverse parties instead of "mage it to win" like Origins. It was also more difficult to break the game, whereas in Origins there was an entire specialization that did this (Arcane Warrior).
Waves are just another layer of strategy. Instead of planning your moves before engaging, you had to think on the fly. Keeping enmity on a warrior was more difficult as I was rounding up multiple waves of enemies. You also had to do well to set up smart mage CC tactics slots to keep them alive in the meantime.
The only one that seemed to make sense contextually, is the Morigan
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Ovek
7Member7
Everyone who complains about the press A to win thing played DA2 on easy. Its the only explanation really...
TheLegendOfMart
Banned
Go play a dating sim then not an epic open world rpg.
I didn't know there was a beta.
Feedback for Bioware people watching.
Add 50% more big enemy/monster battles. Then add 10 extra big battles. You can make it as a side quest chain for people that don't want to fight awesome things.
The beta is for Dragon Age Keep, not Dragon Age Inquisition. So it's a beta for a web site, not a game.
Reluctant-Hero
Member
A Collector's Edition has been announced! Only up on GameStop so far.
$169.99
Gamestop PS4, of course it's available for all platforms.
$169.99
Gamestop PS4, of course it's available for all platforms.
Act 3 isn't as bad as advertised, but you'll still probably appreciate just rushing through on easiest difficulty.
Yeah a quick romp could be nice. What are the presets if you don't import a save?
I played normal in both games and DA2 was easier to me. I only remember having issues with the Deep Roads boss because it took me a while to recognize the pattern. About halfway through the game, I just let the mages die unless it was a boss battle because it was more of a hassle keeping them alive than just whirlwinding everything until it stopped moving.
Having to play in Nightmare just to get friendly fire was stupid in the first place.
Very few enemy types, overall less ways to develop characters than Awakening, lazy as fuck 'here pop up reinforcements out of thin air' encounters...
DA2 reeks of lazy/rushed/etc design on every aspect, combat and RPG mechanics included.
Lazy no, rushed most definitely. DA2 had a dev time of barely a year and it didn't reuse any assets from DAO, itself technically took 7 years to develop, which kind of shows in the final game as well.
I disagree. I find the combat in 2 to be much better. I'm not sure how waves are lazier than simply having all the enemies standing around at the start of the fight. It's simply a different way to handle encounters, and waves work better in confined spaces, which is the type of arena in which you fight most DA2 battles.
Part of what made games like Icewind Dale and Baldur's Gate series combat interesting was the placement of the enemies itself and non linear approach of encounters (not just go through the expected corridor to trigger it). In DA2, many times they just pop up out of nowhere or you are forced into the fight with a cutscene
Especially if you worry about friendly fire and crowd control, enemies appearing out of nowhere right next to you works against it.
So, to sum it up, both the encounters and arenas in DA2 are examples of bad combat design.
But I liked that. I liked that I had to pause and think about my strategy mid-fight. Where did they spawn? What mage CCs are up? Are they after my mages? Better use a move to lose hate, or get Isabela to pull it off them. This simply sounds like a different sort of increased difficulty, but I can definitely understand disliking it if you valued the type of pre-fight strategizing possible in a game like BG2.
I won't defend the arenas. They were boring for the most part. Terrain was hardly utilized in Origins either, though. From what I've seen of Inquisition it really does look to be an improvement of both Origins and 2 meshed together, especially regarding the role your surroundings play in a fight.
Ehh it's an improvement to me. I never understood the Darkspawn designs since they're supposed to be deformed Dwarves/Humans/Elves and Qunari and I never liked how they were green and goblin/orcish looking. I like the pale design, though I prefer the face of DAO Ogres over DA2. I also like the armor design a bit more, it's rough and unrefined which makes sense, the Darkspawn shouldn't have highly decorative and detailed armor like they did in DAO.
Oh, I knock it, but I think it's actually better than in DA2. Hopefully the in-game stuff retains a similar look, because I still couldn't help but always feel the darkspawn in DA2 were the Putty Patrol.
The armor design is the only thing that really bothers me. They're mutated elves, orcs, etc so their armor should be reflective of that. Just tattered, rusted, and overall run down looking. Not all of the sudden rocking giant shoulder spikes like the Road Warriors