Dragon Age: Inquisition to Have 40 Different Endings - Update

[Sian]

I'm actually impressed with how well Bioware knows their audience. I was completely ready to give up on Dragon Age Inquisition, but now I'm considering it.

Honestly, Bioware is going to make different endings this time. After ME3 they're not going to just turn around and do the same thing, after promising things are going to be different. I'm more worried that all this focus on the endings that they seem to be doing will sacrifice other parts of the game.

 

[Dorrieb]

"40 major variations" means "After you helped the miller with her rat problem, the mill thrived, and the village is now the biggest exporter of flax on Thedas", or "Since you didn't kill the rats, the mill failed, and everyone left the village for the city to become drug dealers", which is interesting, but not really the kind of story-changing variable you were hoping for.

But it doesn't matter how many endings there are. What really matters is that BioWare is currently a shadow of its former self. They used to do things their own way and lead from the front; now they are playing catch-up with successful games from other companies. Dragon Age: Inquisition looks suspiciously like DragonBORN Age: WitchER Hunter, if you see what I mean. If the game turns out as planned, at best they will have successfully imitated those other games; and if anything falls short of expectations, they will suffer from the inevitable comparisons.

I really hope it turns out to be good, and I'll probably end up buying it even if it's only mediocre, but I doubt that it will set a new standard for the genre, which is really what they should be aiming for. They need a hit to prove that they still rule, not just a decent game to prove that they don't suck.