Now we know what makes Ryder... special, and we know why Archon is the bad guy (Unmarked spoilers)

Reminds me of Coryphefish. Y U STEAL SPECIAL POWER?!

I didn't mind Corypheus for the first part of the game. I actually quite like his dialogue there...the problem is that he didn't deliver. Bioware failed to make his threat believable in the game, in my opinion.

He wasn't really defeated though. We knew he possessed a Warden.
Although another problem is that legacy was likely written with in mind a future faceoff between Hawke and Corypheus, so it'd have had a different feeling.

Or are the Khet enemies of the entire AI?  It could be that pathfinders can interact with Remnant tech, which moves away from humans being special in that regard.  OTOH, the fact that humans can interact with this tech might be part of the mystery.

Well that is essentially the Halo-verse in a simplified nutshell , so it's not beyond reason that BioWare might try and emulate another successful franchise.

Story wise, Bioware's plot were always generic, but I don't think they copied other franchises.
In any case, no matter how bad or good it'll be, I seriously doubt it'll be like this.

How to fix Dragon Age Inquisition: Deliberately rewrite it with the same plot but as a comedy. Ramp up the jokez and make the characters appear parodical and it's suddenly good. They almost had that route going when you make a staring competition with Coryphennus or when all of Orlais are apparently stereotypical, mask wearing people that impersonate the french demographic.

This is neat. Thank you for finding this.

Which is ironic, because with the exception of 'VI civilizations (Geth, Reapers)', all sentient species share with the humans, to one extent or another, pretty much everything that makes humans who they are: Faculty of reason, freedom of the will, and finitude (mortality, being born into a certain sensory range, urges to stay alive and propagate). So Krogan and Asari and Salarian (and most others?) are all variations on the human theme.

If humans are 'speshul' by virtue of being the masters of their own destinies, faced with existential choices, etc. -- then why not, for the exact same reasons, the Asari or the Salarian? Existential crises would be even more acute for the Salarians, presumably, since they burn out the quickest. As to our creativity and ambition, and whatnot; how is that different from the creativity or the ambition of the others?

I could get human exceptionalism in a galaxy exclusively populated by the likes of Geth, Rachni, Hanar, etc.; but what we have is already 'tough turtle-looking humans', 'smart frog-looking humans', and 'hot blue babes (humans)'.

And after the Inquisitor who can close the breaches, we can now have the Pathfinder who opens the vaults.
SIGH
Why has BIoware so many problems with doors in generals?
What’s next? A hero who can make doors? Solas will be the next main character of DA, opening and closing doors from the Fade?
Revolving doors to justify circular plots?

Oh yes, totally. Someone put the wrong caption on this image though. Haha, some people are so stupid.