I would argue the console versions at least of DragonAge II and Inquisition were action RPGs: you're still doing all the roleplay and despite it being very linear, assigning stats and talents but the combat in a moment to moment basis is much more free flowing and kinetic than Origins which by design erred more towards what I'd associate with RTS games with position and action management.
Yeah they definitely were Arpgs, especially 2. Origins was like real time with pause games basically. I played em all on ps3/4 and especially in 2 you had to play the most without pause and it felt like an action game, which was actually my biggest issue with the game.
Conversely for me, DAII was the only one I was able to play between the (then) two of them because I found Origins utterly insufferable. Seriously it was like WoW except its talent trees sucked and the global cool down was three times longer. Preference, ain't she a *****.
Not really. Regular attack were still on cooldown, you couldn't mash an attack button to attack multiple time in a row, you would select a target and the character would auto attack. There was no parry/block or anything like that, nor dodge as a regular ability (iirc the thief had a dodge like ability but on a long CD). There was a global cooldown whenever ability where used. Gameplay wise its almost identical to origin, the only difference was the combo system (freeze then blunt and stuff) and a bigger focus on wave of weak enemy, with lots of reinforcement mid fight and bit of a de emphasis on healing.
I never played WoW so the game I likened it to was ffxii due to the programmable AI behaviors you could set up. But yeah my main issue with 2 was more that it didn't feel like a DA game to play, not that it was actually a bad game. Like if I order a pizza and the waiter brings me pasta. I love pasta, but I ordered a damn pizza here.
There was blocking, but it was like a % thing that happened automatically, not like you using a skill that functions as a block/parry type deal. Also the spell combos in origins were a lot better and more massive it felt like. Mages in general were so much stronger, which makes sense cause when the game becomes actiony mages have to actually use their pathetic basic attacks a hell of a lot more.
For DragonAge II On PC that is true, on console however, that function was for some reason not implemented. You actually did have to mash the attack button to get Hawke to attack, they wouldn't stand there and do it for you. And Inquisition played the same way, across all platforms.
I believe in inquisition on ps4 you just held down like R2 or something for the basic attack, you didn't have to mash like in 2. But yeah the mashing to basic attack is what made it feel like an action game.
They are totally announcing Bloodborne this time dood!
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Well at least eBay has some common sense for now. I'm sure this is alll gonna change when the scalpers actually have the consoles
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Sucker Punch wanted do something different and be in a new location. They didn't wanna a Breath of the Wild situation, so no Tsushima Island.
