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[IThreeDogI]

The first RPG I played was Morrowind and one of my favorite things about it (and most TES games) was that you could completely ignore the main quest. You could easily role play any type of character you wanted by just focusing on side quests from guilds and mods.  So, to all of you experienced Dragon Age fans out there, will the Dragon Age: Inquisition be a game where I can focus mostly on side quests? Could I feasibly get a few hundred hours without doing the main quest? Or is the main story so important to the Dragon Age series that it would be almost impossible to avoid? That's not to say I would never do the main story, I would eventually, but I like being able to pick and choose side quests and develop my character that way instead of through some usually rigid main quest. Thanks.

 

Also, does any one know if the multiple regions that will make up Inquisition are open to travel from the start or can some only be accessed by progressing the main quest?

[katerinafm]

Dragon Age is story focused, not open world focused like the Elder Scrolls series. Due to the large open world-y regions that DA:I will have you will most likely be able to roam around and do other stuff, but in the end, it's about the story and the characters.

[Astall88]

It should be noted that because the series is so story driven, unlike more sandboxy open world games like the elder scrolls, the main story is actually interesting. You will want to play it, and you will still have a lot of freedom to make the story your own.

[Innsmouth Dweller]

from what they've shown so far, one of the most interesting things in the DA:I is exploration focus. i think it's safe to assume, you can roam freely and solve side quests without progressing the main story. but whether this free reign is similar to TES - we shall see in october, i suppose.

 

about the regions... i think you will be able to enter them at any point in the game. not sure if they are unlocked by the story tho (if i were to guess, i'd say yes - DA is very story driven, it's one of it's greatest merits, imho). moreover, in one of E3 interviews iirc, they said there will be no enemy scalling

[Fiery Phoenix]

Mark Darrah has stated something along the lines of how you won't be visiting a major area that is irrelevant to the story. Every major location in DA:I is supposed to tie back into the main plot.

 

I don't believe you will be able to visit every location from the get-go, considering the game isn't really open-world. So I would presume more areas of the world will open up as you progress through the story (which would also make sense considering what they've stated).

[Milan92]

Mark Darrah has stated something along the lines of how you won't be visiting a major area that is irrelevant to the story. Every major location in DA:I is supposed to tie back into the main plot.

 

I don't believe you will be able to visit every location from the get-go, considering the game isn't really open-world. So I would presume more areas of the world will open up as you progress through the story (which would also make sense considering what they've stated).

 

Yes. Especially the bolded part is something that's important to remember. 

 

Don't expect Skyrim open world.

[dragonflight288]

I think the devs have confirmed that in Inquisition you won't have to focus on the main quest, but all the enemies have a fixed difficulty, and there are some place you simply won't be able to explore or take on until you reach a certain level, probably somewhere after the main quest is done. 

[Wolfen09]

from what i understand, it will be play a story mission unlock a new area, explore area and do side quests, play story mission get new area, explore area and do side quests so on and so on....  basically you have to play the story missions to unlock new areas to go to

[Shadow of Light Dragon]

So, to all of you experienced Dragon Age fans out there, will the Dragon Age: Inquisition be a game where I can focus mostly on side quests? Could I feasibly get a few hundred hours without doing the main quest? Or is the main story so important to the Dragon Age series that it would be almost impossible to avoid?

DAI isn't out yet, so no one can answer that except possibly the devs. At most you can consider your experiences with the first two games and make an assumption.

[volaticus]

Well the world in Dragon Age Inquisition sounds to be a lot more open but at the same time, bioware has never been known for vast open world, they're predominantly story and so usually their stories are what mostly make their games. However this game doesn't look like it has as many restrictions as the other so if i were you, I'd wait until it comes out, read the reviews that come out, and then at least you'll have a more accurate assessment on whether DA:I is for you or not. I believe bioware did say once that they based the environments more on the skyrim design so perhaps you might have better luck with this game than it's predecessors and in E3 they talked about collecting stuff for customization and building up the inquisition.

[Maria Caliban]

So, to all of you experienced Dragon Age fans out there, will the Dragon Age: Inquisition be a game where I can focus mostly on side quests?

No.

Could I feasibly get a few hundred hours without doing the main quest?

No.

Or is the main story so important to the Dragon Age series that it would be almost impossible to avoid?

Yes.

Also, does any one know if the multiple regions that will make up Inquisition are open to travel from the start or can some only be accessed by progressing the main quest?

It's very likely regions will be unlocked through the main quest.

[Todd23]

Considering that they've made a point of saying that you'll probably not be able to completely cover a single area, I think it's pretty safe to say that you could spend a very long time roaming around, going to areas, and doing side quests without doing the main questline. Dragon Age is story-driven however, so eventually you're going to have to do main questline missions to reveal more content.

[TheForgottenOne]

Dragon Age is heavily dependent on the storyline so the main quest can't be completely ignored.

In TESV: Skyrim dragons have returned and this signifies doomsday (Similar to Reapers in Mass Effect). Yet the Dragonborn can completely ignore this and do his/her thing with negligible effect on the country.

Kinda seems stupid, right?

[TCBC_Freak]

Dragon Age is heavily dependent on the storyline so the main quest can't be completely ignored.

In TESV: Skyrim dragons have returned and this signifies doomsday (Similar to Reapers in Mass Effect). Yet the Dragonborn can completely ignore this and do his/her thing with negligible effect on the country.

Kinda seems stupid, right?

 

Yeah, I cared more about the civil war going on then the dragons and "end of the world," stuff I was supposed to be stopping because I was dragonborn.

[Rpgfantasyplayer]

You need to be careful of just flying through the main story and not doing side quests during your play through, if you want to do the side quests that is.  It has been mentioned a few times, I know once from sure by Mark Darrah, that yes you can go back after you finish the game and do quests you might have missed or not wanted to do at the time, but that depending on your actions during the game some side quests may not be available anymore due to the decisions you made.  For example Crestwood, if it had side quests and you decided not to defend the village and it was destroyed, you would not be able to go back post game and do any of those side quests.