I hope so. Having those large open areas but having really nothing in them wasn't great.
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I hope so. Having those large open areas but having really nothing in them wasn't great.
Yeah, I saw that. Ugh, I want to romance Morrigan as a woman but also want many of the fixes that Qwinn's Ultimate DAO Fixpack has. If only Bioware had the made the game well in the first place.If I'm not mistaken this person must've been playing with 3.0.4:
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If they're going to orient themselves more onto inquisition I hope they'll look at xenoblade 2 for world design philosophy. It's smaller very opens maps that had for me by far the most intrigue of any other game going on a similar route. Inquisition maps have been pretty boring in comparison. The only thing that made inquisition maps fun was cheating yourself infinite uses of that mage teleport slide and then cruising around.
Xenoblade was the same shit to me, they just need more villages and involved quests and such. Life.
I'm not talking about the content in the levels I'm talking about like the design of the map being insanely boring in Inquisition hence the only joy you get out of traveling it is cheating a mobility spell that makes you feel like you're playing a infamous second son knockoff mechanic.
Xenoblade 2 maps are designed with way more intrigue and more interesting nooks and crannies. Quest content wise monolith games have always been at the bottom as far as I'm concerned like MMO level snoozefests.
Like I really don't get the obsession with fantasy world settings trying to emulate reality with their environments(honestly reality is often more interesting than the map/world design of fantasy games). Please get more wild.
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I mean the topology of a place. Like how everything you can walk on is designed.
Has anyone here read Blue Wraith? I finally got around to it today and found it pretty underwhelming. I liked the other comics from the same writers, especially Knight Errant, but I think the quality has been going downhill.
It was all worth it for this though:
Blue Wraith kinda felt like filler where nothing really happened except Fenris joining the crew. The setup with the red lyrium weapon didn't really go anywhere. Is the implication that since the sarcophagus needs a sword to activate it for some reason, they're gonna use Meredith's sword to make a red lyrium boi out of Shirallas? Speaking of the sarcophagus, that shit is weird. It contradicts WoT2, which is fine I guess. But it's just a classic case of explaining something that didn't need to be explained. And it actually causes more questions, like if the sarcophagus works so quickly, why didn't Danarius have a whole army of Fenrises? Fenris mentioned it broke, I guess that happened when it was used on him? And it couldn't be repaired, but now they repaired it. Idk it's not a big deal, it's just weird.
I just didn't feel like there was enough payoff given that they've been looking for the red lyrium for like two comics now. I've found the whole situation surrounding Meredith's sword so fascinating ever since Inquisition, and it's clearly important for DA4 since we saw the idol in that teaser, but these comics keep blueballing me lol.
It definitely didn't help that I only faintly remembered Francesca from Deception, who's pretty much the main character in this. But I guess that's kinda on me.
I just didn't feel like there was enough payoff given that they've been looking for the red lyrium for like two comics now. I've found the whole situation surrounding Meredith's sword so fascinating ever since Inquisition, and it's clearly important for DA4 since we saw the idol in that teaser, but these comics keep blueballing me lol.
It definitely didn't help that I only faintly remembered Francesca from Deception, who's pretty much the main character in this. But I guess that's kinda on me.
It was all worth it for this though:
I do not buy that they asked him to read that for the reasons that he thinks they asked him to read that.
ahhhh Fenris
Man Dragon Age 2 still had the best romances - DAI is good, but nothing compares to sheer Angst of a Rivalry romance
Man Dragon Age 2 still had the best romances - DAI is good, but nothing compares to sheer Angst of a Rivalry romance
I tried replaying DA2 recently, it's a shame the PC version is so awful to play because there's some fun character work in there.
lmao
I tried rivalmancing Isabela once, because I liked the idea of helping her become a better person instead of enabling her, and I just ended up feeling like she didn't even like me lol. From what I've seen, that's kinda what most rivalmances are like. I like the concept but in practice they're a little too angsty for me I guess^^
Actually I think that was my most recent playthrough, and I didn't even make it to Act 3. I should go back to that sometime to see the rest of the rivalmance.
Hi I like DA, Iron Bull, Fenris slaying slavers, dreaming of cracked eggs, Dorian living his best mustached life, and Iron Bull.
Hopefully at least a couple of these happen in DA4~
Gonna have to do a series replay eventually, but I've kinda been hoping we'll get an updated collection at some point... It sounds like Mass Effect is getting that first though and they've decided to never announce that so for now I wait.
Hopefully at least a couple of these happen in DA4~
Yes I know Iron Bull's possible fate makes it unlikely and they can't all be the Maker's favorite like Leliana but let's not speak of such hurtful things.
IB showing up really seems like it'll come down to budget and Weekes.
I finally finished up Dragon Age Inquisition, I beat the base game a long time ago and played on pc at the beginning of this year. People were not kidding Tresspasser was really good. I never played it before so it was still new.
Trespasser finale is easily the highest point in the series for me, beating even Origins's "Ultimate Sacrifice" ending.
Trespasser is easily one of the best things in the entire series and probably one of my favorite pieces of DLC ever, and now we just have to see what follows after it.
If you haven't already, chase it down with Tevinter Nights. A great book that (I hope) sets the mood for DA4. Eldritch horror abounds!
Side note: The Horror of Hormak is IMO one of the most fucked up things I've seen in this series, it's reminiscent of DA Awakening in mood.
Hey, it's me, I'm back from Portugal. I browsed Tumblr a bit earlier today, in order to quench my DA thirst, and I come bearing gifts, I hope you'll appreciate (some of) them, hopefully! They're very Solas-centric cause he still is so very interesting to me, sorry not sorry!
I just learned that Solas made a cameo in one DA:I trailer centered on Varric. For some reason I still didn't know about it. The trailer is located in Haven, right before the breach opens. I don't know, it's bit of information that I think is very funny and exciting to discover even 6 years after the fact!
One user analyzed the way Solas reacts to the different ways Lavellan acts right after breaking up with her. It gives some more extra insight into his personality and psyche, and quite frankly, the very last one kinda breaks my heart a bit, not gonna lie. I usually only see the first one though, and I always interpreted his cold demeanor exactly like this user did.
Some pictures I gathered along the way:
And last but not least, Matt Rhodes released some HQ pictures of DA4 concepts seen in the latest video on his ArtStation! No need to tell y'all which I chose as new desktop wallpaper, although I have to admit that Raven Girl was a close second, she looks damn fine!
Currently reading The Horror of Hormak from Tevinter Nights, and holy hell this is getting quite dark. I quite enjoyed Three Trees To Midnight (here's to hoping Strife is a DA4 companion) and it took me a bit of a while to get into Down Among The Dead Men, but when I did, it was pretty good too (and here's to hoping that Myrna is also a DA4 companion, or makes some kind of appearance somewhere!). So far, really enjoying those stories, developing the DA world in rich and interesting ways!
I just learned that Solas made a cameo in one DA:I trailer centered on Varric. For some reason I still didn't know about it. The trailer is located in Haven, right before the breach opens. I don't know, it's bit of information that I think is very funny and exciting to discover even 6 years after the fact!
One user analyzed the way Solas reacts to the different ways Lavellan acts right after breaking up with her. It gives some more extra insight into his personality and psyche, and quite frankly, the very last one kinda breaks my heart a bit, not gonna lie. I usually only see the first one though, and I always interpreted his cold demeanor exactly like this user did.
Some pictures I gathered along the way:
And last but not least, Matt Rhodes released some HQ pictures of DA4 concepts seen in the latest video on his ArtStation! No need to tell y'all which I chose as new desktop wallpaper, although I have to admit that Raven Girl was a close second, she looks damn fine!
Currently reading The Horror of Hormak from Tevinter Nights, and holy hell this is getting quite dark. I quite enjoyed Three Trees To Midnight (here's to hoping Strife is a DA4 companion) and it took me a bit of a while to get into Down Among The Dead Men, but when I did, it was pretty good too (and here's to hoping that Myrna is also a DA4 companion, or makes some kind of appearance somewhere!). So far, really enjoying those stories, developing the DA world in rich and interesting ways!
Would you guys say that 2 is worth playing through again? I waned to play through the games again and have been debating on playing through all of them or not. I have origins and inquisition on steam already.
Honestly, no. The way the game plays on PC is really irritating and the level design will break you sooner or later.
The last time I played it was on ps3. I already have a saved world state of it on dragon age keep. Just been having a ton of Da2 videos pop up a lot and lore videos too. 2 is the one that I only played twice I think and thats it.
Ah PS3 will play better. Still have to deal with the repetitive levels getting to you though. Why this game has no controller option on PC despite clearly being 100% designed for one I'll never know.
Speaking of Dragon Age 2, it took me a while to realize the enemies in DA2 reuse Origins animation/battle system...so you have your character swing their weapons multiple times by the time enemy finished doing a single attack. It was super jarring.
Inquisition is better, but the way it divide human enemies into archetype, regardless of their background, leads into stuff like Templar or Grey Warden being no different than normal bandits.
I'd love of DA4 go back to using universal ruleset for everyone, tho not sure if it work if DA4 goes full action lol.
Inquisition is better, but the way it divide human enemies into archetype, regardless of their background, leads into stuff like Templar or Grey Warden being no different than normal bandits.
I'd love of DA4 go back to using universal ruleset for everyone, tho not sure if it work if DA4 goes full action lol.
The Horror of Hormak was for sure one of my favorites from Tevinter Nights, and it looks like it might be very relevant for DA4. Definitely let us know what you think of the rest of the book!
I'm going to be playing the 360 version through BC on my Xbox One X. Are their cheats for that version?
Don't listen to them. Their gameplay holds up well, and both have among the best AI customization ever.
As for tips, well, the games are quite approachable as long as you read tooltips and such. It's easy to make your own builds, and anything can work outside of Nightmare difficulty.
In DA:O, mages are OP, to the point where each mage you have in your party will lower the difficulty. Dual wielding is also powerful, whether you're a warrior or rogue, while 2H requires some knowledge to make great, and bows are just bad.
DA:O is more of a tactical experience, while DA2 is noticeably designed for button mash-y console play.
Oh man I just remembered that DA:O had that one thing you could do where if you put a character in the stasis spell thing they would draw all of the aggro.
Probably not. Unfortunately the RTWP gameplay of yesteryear doesn't hold up, and frankly it barely does today. Inquisition and FFXII are probably the only ones I'd call any good.
Can you explain a bit more??? Kinda interested what is the lore for spider hands lol
sry for taking so long to respond to this^^
So in that story a couple Grey Wardens discover this ancient elven ruin in the Deep Roads that's full of all kinds of fucked up mutated monsters, and a pool full of liquid that's causing the mutations. My elven lore is rusty but I think the consensus is that it's all Ghilan'nain's doing. The surviving Warden collapses the cavern, but the murals there suggest that there are eleven more such places, at least one of which we'll probably find in DA4, judging by the spider with hands and the concept art with the giant centipede. Also here's a much more thorough synopsis if you wanna know more^^
No problem :) thx for that.
So essentialy Ghilan'nain was a mad scientist, i guess that explains why it's said she created a bunch of creatures. Also explains why Andruil hunted and kill her creations.
I'm sorry I had not replied quick enough, but ShiftyCow made a pretty good summary of the story. It was very suspenseful, filled with horror and deadly grim. It was a really good story, really! I'm just also gonna share a link to a post about this story, explaining what it means in terms of lore, and of potential things we'll have to do in DA4 related to it!
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The Horror of Hormak fucked me UP. and also Ghilan'Nan?! That story was really great, so suspenseful/creepy and then horrifying. A solid build-up with a dramatic payoff replete with looming threat for...
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I'm just also gonna share a link to a post about this story, explaining what it means in terms of lore, and of potential things we'll have to do in DA4 related to it!
The Vir Dirthara
The Horror of Hormak fucked me UP. and also Ghilan'Nan?! That story was really great, so suspenseful/creepy and then horrifying. A solid build-up with a dramatic payoff replete with looming threat for...
Wow, I don't remember those codexes. I probably read them and dismissed them as unimportant when they were actually apparently written by fucking Ghilan'nain herself. That woman gives me the creeps. Also all those mentions of enchantment remind me of a certain someone whose writings we also find in Trespasser but I'm not sure what the connection would be.
I feel like Dragon Age does this kind of thing a lot, seemingly mundane things turn out to be super important or brilliant foreshadowing. It feels worth it to analyze every codex or mural or statue because Bioware actually puts thought into these details. I gotta replay Trespasser, I only played it once when it came out and don't remember it that well, it's probably full of juicy lore, beyond the obvious stuff.
That other post linked at the end of this one proposing that the Executors are sea people created by Ghilan'nain is fucking mind-blowing, too. That's some real good tinfoil. Makes me wonder if in a future game Bioware is going to pay homage to that part in Baldur's Gate 2 and let us visit an underwater city of the Executors. (Don't read that post yet btw, some spoilers in there for Tevinter Nights chapters you haven't read yet.)
Just fyi, Summerfall studios is doing a playthrough of Dragon Age Origins and that's with David Gaider, former lead writer of Dragon Age ( now co-founder of summerfall studios and they are making a game which is a role playing musical game based off greek myythology which hopefully you guys will be interested in cus MUSICALS!!!) Only watched the first ten mins or so but some interesting development tid bits like how the game wasn't actually in full development for 6 years and how a lot of the different teams for a long time had very different ideas of what type of game IP Dragon Age was going to be which suddenly makes a lot of sense as there are some parts of DAO that feel a bit tonally out mismatch, especially compared to later games.
Nice, a community thread to talk about my favorite IP from Bioware.
I think I may be done playing the games until the next one comes out. I played Origins, Dragon Age 2, and Inquisition so many times. I'm going to start reading the books tomorrow. I haven't read any of the books and I don't know why, but I am ready for more Dragon Age. Stolen Throne here I come!
I think I may be done playing the games until the next one comes out. I played Origins, Dragon Age 2, and Inquisition so many times. I'm going to start reading the books tomorrow. I haven't read any of the books and I don't know why, but I am ready for more Dragon Age. Stolen Throne here I come!