Dragon Age: Inquisition

[RobVarak]

Holy cow. I hate the fuc&king Highland Ravager. What a cheap, Dragonling-summoning little a-hole that guy is!

[XXXIV]

All I remember about him is jumping down to fight and losing a chunk of health to start. If Im thinking of the right one.

Getting all the Dragons was better than the final boss fight to me anyway.

[RobVarak]

All I remember about him is jumping down to fight and losing a chunk of health to start. If Im thinking of the right one.

Getting all the Dragons was better than the final boss fight to me anyway.

Yeah, I was being an idiot. I'd left my party's behaviors all FUBAR from an earlier mission. We were burning through all the healing potions way too fast, so the fight became impossible. I realized that, tweaked it and knocked him out. Nice loot.

[GameSeven]

I'm late to begin this one (wanted to finish DA2, which I'd sat on since it launched), and I'm only about 10-12 hours in, but I love a ton of the design decisions put into it and the presentation is so top notch. It's truly a gorgeous game and I'm looking forward to spending a lot of time with this one.

[XXXIV]

Yes Sir. It is the one.

It just gets better.

[Brando70]

For me, it's an RPG that captures the old feeling of playing pencil-and-paper D&D as a kid. The progression, the way many of the adventures interconnect, the way the different regions still feel part of a unified world...I love it. What's awesome is that it has a lot of what I loved from Skyrim, but with better character interaction and more variety since you can utilize abilities from every class instead of having to specialize and stick with one character.

The only thing I have disliked so far is the 8-slot cap on abilities. I ran into that around level 15 and didn't realize it. It adds challenge but also feels a bit cheap since redoing your specs is a pain. I also wish you could store your gear. I have had to sell unique items for inventory space when I would much rather have kept them as mementos of conquered foes.

[RobVarak]

The only thing I have disliked so far is the 8-slot cap on abilities. I ran into that around level 15 and didn't realize it. It adds challenge but also feels a bit cheap since redoing your specs is a pain. I also wish you could store your gear. I have had to sell unique items for inventory space when I would much rather have kept them as mementos of conquered foes.

Agreed. Min/Maxing late game to take down dragons and such is a bit more of a slog than it ought to be.

[RobVarak]

Finished the campaign tonight. Brilliant game from start to finish. Only flaw, as XXXIV mentioned, is that doing even a modest % of the side quests leaves you pretty overpowered for the climactic series of battles. No idea why they didn't scale those enemies (or if they did, why they didn't scale them better) to make it a bit more challenging.

That is but a small blemish on what is undoubtedly a masterpiece of the genre.

[XXXIV]

I DID NOT want this game to ever end.

Talk about the beautiful game.

[Danimal]

DLC out today, I'm a little confused if this will "fit in" for those of you who have finished but it is another quest line I guess.

[pk500]

This might be the RPG to lure non-RPG players and those who don't get RPGs, like me. Started my six-hour EA Access trial last night. Color me very entertained and intrigued.

[TCrouch]

That's surprising. It's sort of a textbook MMO-style game and a very normal RPG. I would have assumed it tick all the boxes on "why I hate RPGs" for people who don't like them. And it ticked the "why I love RPGs" for me. So that's kind of a surprising thing, but glad you're enjoying it!

[RobVarak]

That's surprising. It's sort of a textbook MMO-style game and a very normal RPG. I would have assumed it tick all the boxes on "why I hate RPGs" for people who don't like them. And it ticked the "why I love RPGs" for me. So that's kind of a surprising thing, but glad you're enjoying it!

My reaction, precisely. Hell, earlier in this thread I think I posted something like, "There be dragons here, PK stay out!".

Recommended level for the DLC is 20, which makes it much more intriguing. If there is a tough dragon or two, it'll be hard for me to resist.

[Brando70]

I had to set this aside for a a bit, but just finished "Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts" yesterday, which was extremely entertaining. I'm in the same boat as Rob where my guys are really overpowered, so I'm thinking of just sticking to the main quests, but I also hate for this to end.

[pk500]

Maybe my mind is opening. Who knows?

[ScoopBrady]

I think it is on sale this week at Target.

[XXXIV]

I think it is on sale this week at Target.

I sold it after I did all it had...

Intrigued.

[Rodster]

Since you guys raved about this game I bought the GOTY edition for $16 during the MS summer sale.

[pk500]

Since you guys raved about this game I bought the GOTY edition for $16 during the MS summer sale.

Are you on EA Access? The regular version is free there. Sorry for the late notice ...

[Rodster]

No EA Access but I did consider it. I prefer to own it and the only hook regarding EA Access are the sports games which I usually buy when they get released.

[MizzouRah]

EA Access is a MUST IMHO.. It's a system seller!

[XXXIV]

EA Access is a MUST IMHO..

It is at that.

[pk500]

EA Access is a MUST IMHO..

It is at that.

Best $30 I've spent in 30 years of gaming. Hands down.

[MizzouRah]

Best $30 I've spent in 30 years of gaming. Hands down.

Without question!

I would guess at some point, there will be a company that has the same type service where you pay a monthly fee and can "check out" a game online, play it and then when finished, return it (delete from console) and check out another game. It wouldn't be new releases, but similar to EA Access with 10x the games.