Dragon Age Inquisition in 2023.

[Talion 2024.]

Good evening everyone. Would any of you recommend Dragon Age Inquisition this year?

Please let me know your thoughts and opinions.

Thank you.

[Apesap]

I'm playing it for sorta the first time this year (abandoned a playthrough a few years back due to softlocking into the wrong relationship). I enjoy it, and i'm invested in the story and its characters. It does show its age with regards to animations, especially cloth and hair, but the lighting is ok. The voice acting is top notch, and it really ties it together. Plus, I can set the graphics to maximum :)

[Mewsha]

I feel like the biggest hurdle for enjoying Inquisition is realizing it was a product of its time. This game suffers from open world bloat. I know so many people who get burnt out trying to do everything in the Hinterlands. There's a lot of filler content for competionists, but if that's all you fill your plate with then you'll have little left for the main story and companion development.

The funny thing is this has the open world bloat that was clearly inspired by titles developed by Bethesda, but DAI has the opposite issue. In Bethesda games the main story typically sucks, and the side content is what's often more compelling. In DAI the main story is top tier, but the side content usually falls flat. There's a lot that could have been left on the cutting room floor.

The other nitpicky things I always get bothered by is the skin textures are so beautiful in this game that I'm surprised it came out in 2014, but the hair looks like a shiny blocky mess. Roblox hair looks more realistic, so it's just jarring to see the skin looking as good as a game that came out in the 2020s, but hair that looks like it's from 2007. That style clash always takes some getting used to for me after I haven't played for some time.

Definitely give this game a shot though. The main story is top tier, and the DLC only enhances it for me. Obviously it's never going to be Origins, but I'm guessing if you're asking if DAI is worth playing in 2023 you haven't jumped through hurdles to play Origins from 2009 infamous for its bugs even with modding. DAI you can play right after downloading with minimal issues.

[Talion 2024.]

Thanks for your thoughts and opinions. To be honest, Witcher 3 seems far more bloated than Dragon Age Inquisition, even though its story and game-play are said to be top notch.


Though I suppose it cannot compare to the more strategic game-play present in Dragon Age Inquisition.


Plus, I feel that overall Dragon Age Inquisition got kind of buried under all the hype concerning Witcher 3 when it was first released in 2015.

I personally find Witcher 3 overrated as hell.

[Talion 2024.]

Originally posted by Baby Ghoul:

I feel like the biggest hurdle for enjoying Inquisition is realizing it was a product of its time. This game suffers from open world bloat. I know so many people who get burnt out trying to do everything in the Hinterlands. There's a lot of filler content for competionists, but if that's all you fill your plate with then you'll have little left for the main story and companion development.

The funny thing is this has the open world bloat that was clearly inspired by titles developed by Bethesda, but DAI has the opposite issue. In Bethesda games the main story typically sucks, and the side content is what's often more compelling. In DAI the main story is top tier, but the side content usually falls flat. There's a lot that could have been left on the cutting room floor.

The other nitpicky things I always get bothered by is the skin textures are so beautiful in this game that I'm surprised it came out in 2014, but the hair looks like a shiny blocky mess. Roblox hair looks more realistic, so it's just jarring to see the skin looking as good as a game that came out in the 2020s, but hair that looks like it's from 2007. That style clash always takes some getting used to for me after I haven't played for some time.

Definitely give this game a shot though. The main story is top tier, and the DLC only enhances it for me. Obviously it's never going to be Origins, but I'm guessing if you're asking if DAI is worth playing in 2023 you haven't jumped through hurdles to play Origins from 2009 infamous for its bugs even with modding. DAI you can play right after downloading with minimal issues.

That's true, although there is one exception that springs to mind. Morrowind is said to be Bethesda's best game story-wise, atmosphere-wise and perhaps even game-play wise.

While it is obviously showing its age, I for one consider it a great old-school RPG game.....as I've already put in a significant number of hours into Morrowind.

Oblivion is also good in its own way, though the story is less inspiring and original than Morrowind's.

Skyrim perhaps has the worst story, but the most refined and least clunky game-play of the three Elder Scrolls games.

As for the Dragon Age games, I agree that their stories generally are top-notch, and that the side-quests can be mediocre at best, though in terms of game-play I have to admit that there's generally more strategy involved than in the Elder Scrolls games....which is why I think the Dragon Age franchise is so awesome, despite being less original in its lore and world setting.

[vsrs]

I'm also playing DAI for the first time (started a month ago), and am enjoying it very much.

P.S. Sera is great, definitely my favourite companion.

[Talion 2024.]

Glad to hear that there are still fans who care about this franchise.

Let us hope that Dragon Age Dreadwolf will revitalize it.

[Talion 2024.]

Originally posted by vsrs:

I'm also playing DAI for the first time (started a month ago), and am enjoying it very much.

P.S. Sera is great, definitely my favourite companion.

It certainly seems underrated now compared to more modern open-world games.

But frankly I think this game deserves more credit than it has earned since its debut.

[Talion 2024.]

Originally posted by Baby Ghoul:

I feel like the biggest hurdle for enjoying Inquisition is realizing it was a product of its time. This game suffers from open world bloat. I know so many people who get burnt out trying to do everything in the Hinterlands. There's a lot of filler content for competionists, but if that's all you fill your plate with then you'll have little left for the main story and companion development.

The funny thing is this has the open world bloat that was clearly inspired by titles developed by Bethesda, but DAI has the opposite issue. In Bethesda games the main story typically sucks, and the side content is what's often more compelling. In DAI the main story is top tier, but the side content usually falls flat. There's a lot that could have been left on the cutting room floor.

The other nitpicky things I always get bothered by is the skin textures are so beautiful in this game that I'm surprised it came out in 2014, but the hair looks like a shiny blocky mess. Roblox hair looks more realistic, so it's just jarring to see the skin looking as good as a game that came out in the 2020s, but hair that looks like it's from 2007. That style clash always takes some getting used to for me after I haven't played for some time.

Definitely give this game a shot though. The main story is top tier, and the DLC only enhances it for me. Obviously it's never going to be Origins, but I'm guessing if you're asking if DAI is worth playing in 2023 you haven't jumped through hurdles to play Origins from 2009 infamous for its bugs even with modding. DAI you can play right after downloading with minimal issues.

To be frank, I couldn't care less if Dragon Age Inquisition was never able to reach the heights of its predecessor Origins.

I feel that every game within this franchise deserves some praise, as they each seem to have tried a slightly different game-play formula.

Dragon Age 2 was said to be the worst of the bunch, but I think even that one is worth a try.


I'm not one of those purists who thinks that only one game within a franchise should reign supreme, as Origins too had its flaws.

And even though Dragon Age Inquisition apparently never managed to fully re-create the ground-breaking gameplay of Origins, it supposedly tried to create a mix of both Origins' and Dragon Age 2's combat system, which honestly looks fascinating.

I feel obligated to try out the two other games within this franchise simply to complete my Dragon Age gaming experience.

[Talion 2024.]

Your thoughts however are still very much appreciated. Thank you so much.

[Karlmeister]

Originally posted by MasterChief2023.:

Good evening everyone. Would any of you recommend Dragon Age Inquisition this year?

Please let me know your thoughts and opinions.

Thank you.

F*** yeah. I played DAO around 12y ago, 3 full runs and their main expansions (Awakening, Ostagar and Witch Hunt), and it's one of my all-time fav games. Played DA2 around 10y ago, 2 full runs, although I didn't play the expansions.

And then, for some reason, I didn't played DAI until a few months ago. And after 3 full runs with its expansions and around 550hs of fun, I can say that I love DAI. Maybe it's not a so "deep" RPG like DAO but an Action RPG, and it shines with its own bright.

[Carynara]

Originally posted by MasterChief2023.:

Let us hope that Dragon Age Dreadwolf will revitalize it.

Oh! I had no idea this was coming, thanks for mentioning. Hope it will come out soon enough so I can play it on my now higher-medium end laptop on ultra :D

[Talion 2024.]

Originally posted by Carynara:

Originally posted by MasterChief2023.:

Let us hope that Dragon Age Dreadwolf will revitalize it.

Oh! I had no idea this was coming, thanks for mentioning. Hope it will come out soon enough so I can play it on my now higher-medium end laptop on ultra :D

Indeed.

[Talion 2024.]

https://www.ea.com/en-gb/games/dragon-age/dragon-age-dreadwolf

Here's some info on Dragon Age Dreadwolf if you want to learn more about it.

[Talion 2024.]

https://youtu.be/5lNHwTJt1Ak?si=BGk6hLuVam6jpHp4

[Nexures]

modded only. vanilla is cancer, loves to waste your time