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Post by piratesnugglecakes on Apr 26, 2017 18:20:41 GMT
I won't say it was a disappointment. Bioware broke my heart with Dragon Age II. I hated the retconns and the combat and didn't enjoy the game at all. It felt like another company had done a stripped down version of the game. DAI, while still carrying the changes I didn't like, at least felt like a Bioware game. I enjoyed the characters; it's not my favorite story or villain but it kept me engaged through two playthroughs. So, it wasn't a disappointment for me but I could have been happier with it.
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Post by formerfiend on Apr 27, 2017 1:34:47 GMT
Yes, it's a disappointment. It's my own fault, really. I had built up an idea in my head regarding what the game should have been that wasn't lived up to.
I had hoped for a game in which we'd be able to throw our weight around. I wanted a game where we could present ultimatums and force compliance out of factions, or leave them to die. I wanted to be able to tell the Empress of Orlais that she would either support the Inquisition or I would leave her Empire to burn. I wanted to tell the mages and the templars "join or die". I wanted the option of just killing anyone who tried playing The Game with me to send the message to their replacement that I have no patience for politics. I wanted a game where I could drastically upset the whole social order of Thedas.
What I got was a game where I had to beg support from everyone, where I had to indulge and participate in political ass licking, and where my every action supported and reinforced the establishment and status quo. Where I was constantly being reminded of the importance of institutions that I hate, and of my own lack of agency, and how accepting that and surrendering personhood to become an idol for a cause I don't support is noble and heroic.
I enjoyed most of the characters in the game. What I don't like are the game's themes.
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Post by smilesja on Apr 27, 2017 1:40:08 GMT
I'd say that with the Trespasser ending as it did, the well-being of Inquisitor and how their story/love-life ends still awaits conclusion. Still a bit angry about how male Inquisitors can't get married.
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Post by Catilina on Apr 27, 2017 10:03:28 GMT
Yes, it's a disappointment. It's my own fault, really. I had built up an idea in my head regarding what the game should have been that wasn't lived up to. I had hoped for a game in which we'd be able to throw our weight around. I wanted a game where we could present ultimatums and force compliance out of factions, or leave them to die. I wanted to be able to tell the Empress of Orlais that she would either support the Inquisition or I would leave her Empire to burn. I wanted to tell the mages and the templars "join or die". I wanted the option of just killing anyone who tried playing The Game with me to send the message to their replacement that I have no patience for politics. I wanted a game where I could drastically upset the whole social order of Thedas. What I got was a game where I had to beg support from everyone, where I had to indulge and participate in political ass licking, and where my every action supported and reinforced the establishment and status quo. Where I was constantly being reminded of the importance of institutions that I hate, and of my own lack of agency, and how accepting that and surrendering personhood to become an idol for a cause I don't support is noble and heroic. I enjoyed most of the characters in the game. What I don't like are the game's themes. The Inquisition's leaders the advisors (Cassandra and Leliana), not the Inquisitor. The Inquisitor only a puppet, with a very important left hand. With this hand a stupid houseplant could be Inquisitor, without his/her Andraste-blessed hand s/he is nothing. I like my Inquisitors, but this story is not about them. What you wanted, very interesting, and probably would be enjoyable, but not feasible, if they want to continue the story. The truth is that, Morrigan could teach a dalish mage Inquisitor (a First for example) the same way as a dwarf who had never seen an elf. And the dalish Inquisitor behaves the same way in Temple of Mithal, as this dwarf, or a Trevelyan/Adaar. This is lame. That's not problem, in my eyes, that Morrigan's expert in this theme, she has reason, annoying is that a dalish elf's reactions on it very limited... and that's just one problem in this game, there are many more bad written, annoying nuances. Despite these, I can not say, that the Inquisition is bad or I do not like it.
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