Dragon Age: Inquisition - Nov. 18
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I spent my first day just fiddling with the character creator and playing through the first hour as several different classes (mage, sword & board, two-handed warrior). I'm still not sure what class I'll play. I'd normally go for mage, but I played Dragon Age 2 as a mage not too long ago, and most of the skills are the same here, so it feels a little repetitive. I like the warrior classes in that they are up close to the fight, but the skills don't interest me all that much. I guess I'll sleep on it.
Although I thought I'd be playing as a female, I couldn't create one that I felt comfortable with, and so I'll probably go with a male character. It'll be easier to identify with. I created a rather grizzled, mountain-man type guy with grey hair and a beard. My beard looks like it's one of those fake, stick-on beards you use in the theatre.
Although I thought I'd be playing as a female, I couldn't create one that I felt comfortable with, and so I'll probably go with a male character. It'll be easier to identify with. I created a rather grizzled, mountain-man type guy with grey hair and a beard. My beard looks like it's one of those fake, stick-on beards you use in the theatre.
So, going by that, Rogue it is
Come on, you know you want to be a deadly ninja stealthy son bitch assassin, dashing from shadow to shadow dealing pain & death with each step.First couple hours, from what I have seen, do not seem overwhelming. First few hours reminds me of origins, where things are more corridor like and cut scenes are thrown at you thick & fast and your path is pretty much set in stone. Not much to explore, not much freedom.
What makes it overwhelming ?
lol. Can we get one now where PC settings are maxed out ?
PS4 and Xbone looks pretty much identical.
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Did not see a drastic difference between PC Ultra vs console. Did not notice the crush black that are apparent in other X1 title as well, which is a good thing.
900p vs 1080p isn't obvious on my 17 inch lappy screen, other than slightly more aliasing on thin or detail parts like arrows. On a large screen, it may be more apparent, but not significant south of 50inch I guess.
Did not see a drastic difference between PC Ultra vs console. Did not notice the crush black that are apparent in other X1 title as well, which is a good thing.
900p vs 1080p isn't obvious on my 17 inch lappy screen, other than slightly more aliasing on thin or detail parts like arrows. On a large screen, it may be more apparent, but not significant south of 50inch I guess.
I've decided to clear the Hinterlands completely before moving on with the main story. It's gotten me a huge amount of power to spend in the war room and three agents, which have already been dispatched on assassination and bribery missions.
Awesome game is awesome.
Awesome game is awesome.
That is not the point. Point is if you are doing a comparison then you do them all at their best possible state. Not gimping one for some unknown and worthless point.
Playing now. Bought it from the US store so I had it ready to go when I was home last night. I'm nearly 12 hours in and I've about half the Hinterlands explored and a good lot of side quests complete in the area u have explored. If you want agents for your inquisition, you need to do everything. Eventually you'll stumble across a person and you'll have an option on the wheel to encourage them to join you. If they do, they become an agent. So far I've found three. Also you keep building power points the more you do so by the time I returned to the war I had 28. I only needed 4 to progress the story. I intend to go back to Hinterlands and clear it out as much as I can before proceeding with the main story.
Whoa! So buying from US store gets you the game at US times too ? Hot Damn, Xbox one is just a box of awesome little secrets.
I was planning to play that way anyway. Clearing out one area before moving on to the next. My only fear though is by the time you are done in the hinterlands the next area or two might be super easy due to none levelling enemies.
Misunderstanding, I was actually pointing to the post above you (the video). You reply too fast.
You do make a valid point that the Ultra do not looks particularly Ultra...
Secrets? I've literally started threads about that exact topic on here and you replied to them! Let me give you another summary, since you seem to have goldfish memory levels.
You can buy games from the US store. You pay in dollars. You get them earlier than Europe, in most cases. You can share everything with a second console, so if you have a buddy with one, you can buy every second game. Why do you think I have so many games? I have Gta5, assassins Creed unity and halo mmc, all downloaded and waiting to be played. I've also got sunset overdrive, which I don't like, and alien isolation, which I love. I've only paid about 100 euro for all that. Xbox One baby!
I wouldn't worry to much about character and enemy levels. I'm playing it on hard mode and some of the rifts in Hinterlands are still too powerful for me. You level up quite slowly after you reach about 4 or 5.
It's overwhelming in terms of the lore. At least the initial explosion and the death of the queen of Orlais (this is not a spoiler - the game starts with it) needs to be explained further, and the player is completely lost in terms of just what the hell is going on. Fortunately, that's not the case after the linear first sequence.
lol
I remember the US store and cheaper prices, and I remember the sharing via digital, but I do not recall the earlier release dates.
At least my goldfish memory can retain two pieces of info.
Excellent.
How hard is Hard ? do you get a nice mix of action combat & tactical or are you forced more to tactical ? From what I have seen Normal is a cake walk & Nigthmare is, well, exactly that. I was going to go normal but in light of what I have seen I want something more challenging but able to retain both styles of combat.
Games from the US store get US release dates. It's all win.
Considering you are a dark Souls player like myself, stay away from normal. It's way too easy. I've only had to swap to tactical once, and that was with the first boss battle. Fights in general are tough enough although I just tend to bash my way through in real time combat. Having limited potions for healing needs to be taken into consideration. I could probably be more effective in tactical combat against regular mobs, but I prefer the real time unless I'm stuck.
Damn. I didn't even make it through the tutorial before my girlfriend yelled at me to come to bed. No matter. She won't be home when I get there so I'm diving back in this afternoon.
Anyone know if you can recustomize your character after starting? I put a tattoo on my chick that looked cool at first but dumb now.
Anyone know if you can recustomize your character after starting? I put a tattoo on my chick that looked cool at first but dumb now.
Hard it is then
Honestly, the difficulty in this game is weird. I started on normal and eventually turned it up to hard because nothing could kill me. Then, I ran into some really hard areas and had to cheese it. I would run away in stealth mode just far enough for my party to come back to life, then try to whittle down the enemy a bit, then retreat, repeat (that doesn't seem to work on rifts though). I also got my ass handed to me by bears. I found some fights to be a little bit too tedious.
So, I turned it back to normal. There are still some rifts in the Hinterlands that I cannot close. I also found my first dragon (which was pretty epic), and after seeing what his fire breath did to me, I turned and ran.
I enjoy playing in real time, but I may have to get better at the tactical view if I want to beat some of these areas. Some areas are so easy, I barely use any potions if any. Other areas wipe my party out in no time, and this is still the first area of the game.
So yeah, my recommendation is to try hard if you want, but you may end up turning it back to normal in parts, especially if you like real time mode.
funny that this game doesnt get half the critcism that unity gets. this game is ugly as hell and runs poorly.
You're pretty on the money there. I've found it harder to kill buffalo than armour Knights with big ass shields.
And I know that dragon... I will own him. At some point.
I wonder what setting the console version is set to (medium, high, ultra?). My pc is more powerful than the consoles, and I was having a hard time with ultra settings. I could run it above 30fps like I said, but it wasn't smooth. (I'm probably just spoiled by 60fps though...).
I seriously doubt the consoles can handle everything on ultra. The biggest difference is the environment as has been stated before. Look at how much better the grass is on my comparison pics. It's the difference between standing in barren fields vs standing in tall, lush grass. And that's just high vs ultra. I haven't even looked at medium.
Yeah, there is no way this game is ugly. I am constantly admiring the pretty graphics. It has its shortcomings (like beards and hair), but the environment on ultra settings is lush and beautiful. The character models are probably the weak point. Once you get out of that tutorial area, the game starts to look really nice.
ugly is a bit harsh, but the game has terrible art and isn't pushing anything visually, which makes me wonder why it's not a locked 30fps.
frame drops arent' the only problem it has crazy pop in as well.
frame drops arent' the only problem it has crazy pop in as well.
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That actually sounds perfect to me. I want a challenge. I want a mix of Real & tactical combat, and it seems hard does that.
Spent a few more hours with the game today. I'm enjoying it. I wish I'd named myself Harold.
I think I've pretty much exhausted the Haven area, and I'm on to the Hinterlands. My play style is leaving me a little spent. I explore every area I see; I read all the codex entries I come across; I listen to the bard singing song after song (not bad, actually); and I talk to everyone until we're both sick of each other. Whew... it's all a little much. And that's only Haven. The game hasn't even opened up yet.
I think I've pretty much exhausted the Haven area, and I'm on to the Hinterlands. My play style is leaving me a little spent. I explore every area I see; I read all the codex entries I come across; I listen to the bard singing song after song (not bad, actually); and I talk to everyone until we're both sick of each other. Whew... it's all a little much. And that's only Haven. The game hasn't even opened up yet.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-10-10-dragon-age-inquisition-is-1080p-on-ps4-900p-on-xbox-one
Wait till face-off for the smoothness factor.