I second thisWait till you get to Trespasser.
DAI is an underrated game and the dlc is pretty good but trespasser is on a whole level
Corypheus was set up so well too from the DA II stuff and then there's just no build up at the end of Inquisition it's weird.DA:I's DLC is some of the very best Dragon Age content, period. All three are top notch.
My only complaint about them is that Trespasser shouldn't have been DLC at all; it was the real ending to Inquisition's story, and Corypheus was a poor feint. So many people dismiss Inquisition having not played its DLC, and that's a huge mistake and shame. But I also have difficulty blaming them for being underwhelmed by the pre-DLC main story, considering how boring an antagonist Corypheus was.
I just didn't like how short the end of Descent was, I wish more things were explained properly.I bought the DLC on a recent sale and recently replayed the game to play the DLC and get the Nightmare achievement (not that bad)
I actually liked the Descent more than the Jaws of Hakkon personally. Trespasser was fine. It's a shame the next game got sidelined as long as it did.
I still enjoy the game besides the UI and having to loot stuff one by one.I mean it's hard to be worse than the main game, which is extremely bad. Best game of a shit year, sure, but it is still bad.
Good looking out!DLC bundle just went on sale on XB1 for $7.50
Buy Dragon Age™: Inquisition DLC Bundle - Microsoft Store
This bundle includes all the story content: Jaws of Hakkon, The Descent, and Trespasser. You’ll also get the two add-ons: Spoils of the Avvar, and Spoils of the Qunari. These include specialized gear, legendary weapons, and diverse mounts. Note, you need to own the base game Dragon Age™...www.microsoft.com
I've tried to do the Solasmance multiple times but I just can't handle the way he talks down to Lavellan. This Kotaku article put it best:
Making me want to have another go at this game. From what I remember I got really burnt out on the side quests as I don't like missing stuff but maybe I should give it another go and ignore most of them?
Any good mods for the PC version?
They'll show up on the war table once you reach a certain point in the story. Trespasser is postgame.I also just picked this up on sale. Haven't started it, and I just realized I have no idea how the DLC works. Is it integrated into the main campaign? Postgame? Standalone?
Making me want to have another go at this game. From what I remember I got really burnt out on the side quests as I don't like missing stuff but maybe I should give it another go and ignore most of them?
Any good mods for the PC version?
You should absolutely ignore a lot of them or at least not insist on doing them all at once. Inquisition takes the split approach where the most important quests have proper cutscenes and whatnot, including side stuff (like your follower missions), and the rest are MMO-like fetch quests with minimal context and dialogue. Often it'll literally be like "I need 5 of this herb to make this broth", followed by "Hmm, looks like a need more, can you go get 15?".
From memory there's no real gate keeping in the game either, so you can at any point return to old areas and clean them up. For me Inquisition was a nice cosy game, and when I felt like not really pushing into harder areas or the story it was easy to boot up and comb over those aforementioned MMO-like side quests. Whereas when I felt more focused I'd go through the main story stuff.
No mods for the PC version that I'm aware of. I played it as vanilla with a pad and found it mostly fine. Gorgeous looking game.
It was kind of funny you made this thread then a day later the DLC goes on sale. Love itGood looking out!
Hunting high dragons has become quite tedious with all the xtra quests.. I forgot how bad the quests are in the base game at least.
I'm 5/10 from the previous 3/10 maybe I'll just go to the Frostback & come back kill dragons then finally start Trespasser.
You're gonna have a good time, I was blown away by the quality!I just started a new playthrough. Never got around to the DLC before, I'm looking forward to it.
I hope they don't do what they've been doing with the previous games and go with a completely new protagonist for DA4. Solas and I have some unfinished business we need to figure out. It would be a shame if I were to be denied that reunion.
Not even just immersion but the Trespasser DLC straight up saysYes and no. It was a change for Inquisition itself, but I always got the sense that it was made because without it, Inquisition is the only DA game to not have a "dive into blatant horror in the Deep Roads" section. So it's a change for the game, a return for the series.
They kind of have to though. I don't know how to not destroy the immersion if you're still the Inquisitor at the level cap, but your first boss is going to be an Ogre or a Pride Demon. Maybe they could let you pilot your old characters again in the late game; that's a pet theory I've had. It would fit a party size. Your Warden, Hawke, the Inquisitor, and the MC of DA4.
It took me about two hours to get my total bearings with the UI and stiff movement but everything else fired on all cylindersHow hard is it to get back into it? I honestly don't remember all that much when I finished it back in 2016 but I still quite liked it.
Do you know any Youtubers who see dive on the lore by chance? I'm shocked there isn't a DA community.I started my 4th playthrough 2 years ago on Origins, but since I recently bought the game again on Steam, a 5th playthrough is definitely incoming for sure.
God I love this game. I wanted to create a community thread for Dragon Age on Era for the longest of times, but never got around to do it. This might push me over the edge, tbh.
Do it! I need folks to go more lore crazy with 😊 And just generally go from the extreme of yelling at Solas to squeeing at Solas - he causes many complicated feelings, many involve punching him repeatedly.I started my 4th playthrough 2 years ago on Origins, but since I recently bought the game again on Steam, a 5th playthrough is definitely incoming for sure.
God I love this game. I wanted to create a community thread for Dragon Age on Era for the longest of times, but never got around to do it. This might push me over the edge, tbh.
Do you know any Youtubers who see dive on the lore by chance? I'm shocked there isn't a DA community.
Do it! I need folks to go more lore crazy with 😊 And just generally go from the extreme of yelling at Solas to squeeing at Solas - he causes many complicated feelings, many involve punching him repeatedly.
A YouTuber for Lore I watched round DAI launch was Lady Ashe Insanity, she's less active as there's not as much info but she just did a video breaking down the screenshots at EA Play (that I still need to watch) . There's other youtubers but my names blanking on the names right now. For blogs, I recommend Dumped, Drunk and Dalish as she does some really good breakdowns:It took me about two hours to get my total bearings with the UI and stiff movement but everything else fired on all cylinders
Do you know any Youtubers who see dive on the lore by chance? I'm shocked there isn't a DA community.
Given that it's apparently BioWare's highest selling game and got GoTY , I'm not sure it's underrated , so much that for some reason there's a lot of this forum that really don't like it. Maybe because while it has dark parts it's not as proper Dark Fantasy like The Witcher 3? Honestly I think there are more Dragon Age fans here lurking, just don't really say anything in BioWare threads as this forum isn't really fans of BioWare at the moment, they can be quite negative and maybe not really going to attract many fans. A dedicated thread would be better - I , like you, still have way too many feelings about DAI and need fellow fans to obsess with them about!Back when I played DA:I, I was mostly reading the Solas thread on the (late, RIP) Bioware forum in order to understand better. It was the most active character thread on the forum by large, and the lengths at which people could dive deep into the lore and theorize was, honestly truly, insane, in a good way. Incredibly interesting and enriching too. For the rest, I remember spending nights reading the Dragon Age Wiki, but as for specific Youtube channels, I'm kinda clueless, sorry :/
I was initially shocked and surprised at the lack of any official thread about Dragon Age tbh. I wanted to fix that oversight, but kinda pushed it away each time. Never thought this forum would have so many DA fans, maybe I really ought to create it just to have a place to gush over Solas while also daydreaming about punching the hell out of his majestic face. It's insane that 6 years after playing it, the game can STILL elicit so many feelings, so intensely. Truly an underrated masterpiece.
Anyway this thread is making me want to go back and play my new canon mage Trevelyan who's gonna smooch the best boy, Blackwall
Blackwall never looked that appealing to romance to me to be honest.