11-20-2014, 10:29 PM
Been playing Dragon Age: Inquisition almost non-stop since I got it on Tuesday (though non-stop only applies to when I get home from work, but the moment I do it is to play that).
Holy crap this game is so much bigger than the other two games were. The areas you explore are much more expansive that either game. When you get to an area you can explore these huge areas each with unique terrain and weather. They basically took their cue from Skyrim and just made a huge world to explore. The character development is not as developed as the other games were in the sense that they don't let you keep talking about new things after each even that occurs beyond the major plot points.
Story thus far is fantastic and is slowly, layer by layer, unveiled to you the player. I am not always a fan though of the sort of non-linear story progression or the fact that my first major choice in the game basically tells me you can't have your cake and eat it too. You must chose which faction at this point you want on your team and abandon the other one because both factions don't like the other and can't work together (and you can't apparently go all badass and convince them to join together).
Also, unlike the other games when fighting Dragons, these Dragons are like Skyrim's. They are huge and you can see them from far off when they move, they don't just appear. However, unlike Skyrim, they are not something to be fought lightly. They are massive, powerful and can fuck you up really quickly. Hell I stumbled upon a Giant and a Dragon fighting and it ended in a draw. The Dragon flew off, the Giant was almost dead so being the opportunistic bastard that I am, I thought to finish him off. BOOM! Dead right away, switched to my secondary characters/support team. Had one revive me while the others fought the Giant. Main guy revived and then we with luck killed the Giant. The odd thing was, it was one level below me but was able to deal MASSIVE damage to me.
So if this thing could do that with only a level below me, I'm fucked if I try to fight a Dragon, any major Dragon. There are smaller ones sure, but they are push overs compared to these big SOBs.
Anyway, that is what I've been doing game wise this past week so far.
Holy crap this game is so much bigger than the other two games were. The areas you explore are much more expansive that either game. When you get to an area you can explore these huge areas each with unique terrain and weather. They basically took their cue from Skyrim and just made a huge world to explore. The character development is not as developed as the other games were in the sense that they don't let you keep talking about new things after each even that occurs beyond the major plot points.
Story thus far is fantastic and is slowly, layer by layer, unveiled to you the player. I am not always a fan though of the sort of non-linear story progression or the fact that my first major choice in the game basically tells me you can't have your cake and eat it too. You must chose which faction at this point you want on your team and abandon the other one because both factions don't like the other and can't work together (and you can't apparently go all badass and convince them to join together).
Also, unlike the other games when fighting Dragons, these Dragons are like Skyrim's. They are huge and you can see them from far off when they move, they don't just appear. However, unlike Skyrim, they are not something to be fought lightly. They are massive, powerful and can fuck you up really quickly. Hell I stumbled upon a Giant and a Dragon fighting and it ended in a draw. The Dragon flew off, the Giant was almost dead so being the opportunistic bastard that I am, I thought to finish him off. BOOM! Dead right away, switched to my secondary characters/support team. Had one revive me while the others fought the Giant. Main guy revived and then we with luck killed the Giant. The odd thing was, it was one level below me but was able to deal MASSIVE damage to me.
So if this thing could do that with only a level below me, I'm fucked if I try to fight a Dragon, any major Dragon. There are smaller ones sure, but they are push overs compared to these big SOBs.
Anyway, that is what I've been doing game wise this past week so far.