DAI is basically DA2 with frilly bits which are there to fool players who didn't like DA2 that it's not DA2. If you didn't like DA2 then avoid this like the plague. DAO is the only worthy title in the series.
ill tell you right now my mage is wearing heavy armor and solos dragons as a knight enchanter. the class is ridiculously OP due to its infinite barrier energy sword. As to the heavy armor only thing you need to do with that is craft it with silverite which can be found pretty early on if you pick up the free black emporium dlc. I can honestly tell you ive enjoyed DA:I more then ive enjoyed witcher 3(mostly because I could give more of a dam about the world in one then the other)LostTrigger said:I've played dragons age origins and 2. They both were meh, only 20 minutes though. I want to give Inquisition a try but im not sure if i'll enjoy the combat. Im a battle mage at heart and I hate fighting with the staff in dragon age(which is my biggest gripe with the series, locked weapons/armor). I do know about the Knight Enchanter special class but you fight with an conjured sword and your staff, you also still keep your weak mage gear and as far as I know mages get destroyed in cqc.
My only option would be the warrior or rogue. Don't really care for supporting role(i think thats the templar) or sword and shield(champion). For the rogue, someone said it was diverse because you could use dual daggers or switch to bow and arrow, yet you cant switch weapons during combat(i hear) then that kinda ruins it for me. Also not a fan of the back stabbing. So through elimination my only class might be the two-handed sword/reaver but from what I saw it used moves that sacrifices your health. Lol I know im being overly picky.
A few of my favorite rpg games were dark souls, skyrim, and dragons dogma(adleast action rpg's) and im really not sure if i'll enjoy the combat. Everyone says its a great game but I hate the class locks because there doesnt seem to be one that suits my playing style, upclose and personal, badass armor, and a few spells/ranged attacks. On a side note im also thinking I might want to get the witcher 3 instead. Thoughts?
You don't actually have to do all the fetch quest, in fact you don't need to do any of them. Of course this is coming from a girl who isn't an obsessive completest. *Shrugs*DrownedAmmet said:The character interactions are good, the main quest is decent, but you have to slog through so much boring crap like fetch quests, and collecting hundreds of herbs and minerals, it is very clear that the game does not respect your time. I eventually just gave up on it and I have no intention of returning to it any time soon
I'm highly amused by the fact that your list (outside of Witcher 3 which I haven't played at all) is more or less a total inversion of my own, except with swapping the two "2" games around and the two "1" games around (I'd rather DA2 better than Witcher 2 on the simple basis that I've actually completed DA2 but wasn't compelled to do that for Witcher 2 yet; and I find Witcher 1 to be even worse than DAO).Zenoss said:Since this has become a direct comparison to Wither 3 (which makes sense, as it just came out), here's my list in order of personal enjoyment (most to least):
- Witcher 3
- Dragon Age: Origins
- Witcher 1
- Dragon Age: Inquisition
- Dragon Age 2
- Witcher 2
All of this. The level to which Witcher 3 outshines Inquisition is frankly absurd. This is coming from someone who managed to overlook most of Inquisition's flaws. Seeing Witcher 3 now though... when you look at the budget and dev times, and what they presented with those resources, it just makes me think nearly every other developer is simply incompetent.BloatedGuppy said:Critics went very easy on Dragon Age Inquisition. Too easy, frankly, even by the exceedingly generous standards of gaming critics.LostTrigger said:thats the other problem i had lol critics loved dragon age, gamers seemed to have a mixed opinion it either is great or it sucked. it has a user meta score of 5 for the pc
Things DA:I does better than Witcher 3:
1. Inventory management is a bit cleaner (albeit still awful)
2. System requirements are lower
3. You can roll your choice of character
4. Voice acting is consistently excellent, Witcher 3 has the odd mediocre/poor performance
Things Witcher 3 does better than DA:I:
1. Significantly larger world, which is largely seamless. Hardly any loading screens (DA:I is a nightmare slog of long loading screens)
2. Significantly longer main story that is significantly better written and better paced
3. Better graphics...DA:I looks comparable in still shots, Witcher's world has much better animation, dynamic weather, better facial acting, etc, etc.
4. Ridiculously better sidequests and optional activities...DA:I, outside of its relatively short and utterly uninspired main narrative...offers up some of the most tedious and regressive "content" in CRPG history. It somehow manages to be even more boring than "collect 10 bear asses". Prepare to spend a lot of time clicking on glimmering widgets and escorting lost Druffalo home.
5. Significantly better world building, and richer characterizations
6. Better combat and RPG mechanics (they're not fantastic, but DA:I is pretty rubbish)
7. Pretty much everything else.
I'm honestly speechless at the degree to which CDPR's game shits all over Bioware's, given their respective budgets and development cycles. The quality gulf between them is staggering. And I say this as a long time Bioware fan whose affection for them goes back to the original Baldur's Gate. I had high hopes for DA:I, given the extra development time they had and their seeming desire to make up for the mistakes of DA2 and ME3. Instead we got this stillborn...thing. It only sort of works as a narrative CRPG, and the "open world" aspects are a catastrophic failure across the board. They even crammed some Facebook timesink nonsense into it. I found it to be a passable but hugely disappointing title. Having seen what CDPR accomplished with Witcher 3, I now have trouble viewing DA:I as anything but a laughable flub.
If you like CRPGs and want to play em all, make sure you buy and play DA:I first. Otherwise you're going to have a hard time stomaching it.
Yeah, money isn't always a cure-all for a good game or even high production values. Money can't replace talent or enthusiasm. My favorite FPS of last-gen by and far is Metro Last Light but that entire game was made with the budget that couldn't even finance a few cutscenes in your average EA/Activision shooter(despite being a million times better and more atmospheric).TT Kairen said:Seeing Witcher 3 now though... when you look at the budget and dev times, and what they presented with those resources, it just makes me think nearly every other developer is simply incompetent.