Anyone else replaying DAI while waiting for MEA?

I hate controllers and have to use it for DAI, because there is no control to move the camera in dialogues with keyboard/mouse. In DAI you only have a couple of mapped active abilities anyway and you do not need to aim at anything. I wouldn't play a shooter like ME with a controller.

Just finished the Western Approach and I think this is more balanced than Hinterlands.

Hinterlands you run forth and back a dozen times without anything really happening. Get blankets (kill this), get food (kill that), kill templars, kill mages...
Crestwood you meet NPC to actual talk to, first time take a keep and kill a dragon. Not so much running, the dam is a highlight and then the change in the map to visit old crestwood was cool.
Western Approach, you start as usual with collecting Shards, Astrariums, Bandits. But there is the Warden story to get some cinematic dialogue, you take a keep, then there are the toxic clouds to remove and the in time frozen rift was cool. Killed the dragon...

In nearly all areas the main story is told via text, so you need to like reading.

I slowly get used to not having much cinematic around, but rather a hack&slash with interesting texts and some cool features on the map.

I lucked out for I was given an Elite controller last year and it made that aspect much nicer for I just mapped the LB3/RB3 to triggers that are underneath the controller.

I tried a month ago.. I dont enjoy the combat system anymore. its weird because it wasnt that much of a turn off when i played through DA:I at release.

Now i am playing Through ME 1-3 to get back into the Universe.

You mean you can do that on consoles? Huh. Never knew that Still not worth putting up with a controller for; honestly, I prefer leaving non-combat camera work to the devs.



Right. The Hinterlands has an odd design issue; there's a single main plot line -- securing the refugees from various threats -- but there's no central opponent. The Storm Coast has a similar issue; the Inquisitor's mission turns out to be a bust,so once you've dealt with the Blades you could just leave.

You mean that the game's too difficult at low levels, or just that you don't have enough activatable abilities before L10 or so?

I have been doing one more trilogy run before MEA. DAI only played it once it just doesn't click with me which is rare since all previous bioware games i have beat multiple times.

I was trying to, but then found too many RPGs to play and forgot all about it XD

Its good to see folks replaying ME and DA. For those who may not know, there are threads for you to post your playthrough if interested. Here's the thread for ME and here's the thread for DA.

Absolutely not, playing that single player mmo once was enough.

I encourage you to slog through it! A lot of the zones are tedious and a chore, but getting through it is worth the battle! Trespasser is also extremely good and sets up the next Dragon Age. You cannot miss it! You still have some time before MEA is here!

I only have done the fade rifts in the Fordidden Oasis on my latest playthroughs and ignored everything else.  The first two zones are two of my favorite zones in the game.