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[SofaJockey]

Reading some of the posts about timed missions and branching plots led me to put this question out there for discussion:

 

DAI is a sizeable game (150hrs completionist play through). Why on earth after looking forward to it, and arguing about it for months on end would it be at all enjoyable to blast through it, matchsticks holding up eyelids, over the course of a few sessions?

 

To me the first play through  is golden, I want to savour it. I'm sure many of us have done it too quickly, suffering from premature exposition: (DAO romance example: 'hello love interest', (gives gift), 'hello my friend', (gives gift), 'hello sexy', (gives gift), [sex].

 

• Fasting: I get it, it's been a long time coming, for good reason and frankly everyone would whine if it released rushed.
• Binging: But then why oh why worry that there are timers on resources and missions, else it becomes like the romance example above: 'hello Orlesian noble, I am an obscure Ferelden faction leader', (sets missions, click, click, click, click, click, done), 'hello Orlesian noble, I am an awesomely respected Ferelden faction uber-leader'. Building you reputation does take time.
• Branching: Not being able to cover every element of the story in one play through is a good thing and frankly is kind of the whole point. I can read posts of folk worrying that then can't do/see all the things. That's great. I re-played DAO a few week ago and discovered new content I'd missed before, that's amazing.
• Regretting: This is the one I most hate. After all the waiting, you gorge through the game in a few sessions, maybe even watching the youtube video walkthroughs the days before release, and then it's done, your frenzied play through leaving you stuffed but also strangely empty.

I like the teased timing features that will provide pacing.

I like the branching that provides multiple play through.

 

How do you approach the game when it's there on your screen ready to play?
Fast blast or slow savouring?

[Maria Caliban]

DAI is a sizeable game (150hrs completionist play through). Why on earth after looking forward to it, and arguing about it for months on end would it be at all enjoyable to blast through it, matchsticks holding up eyelids, over the course of a few sessions?

This is a bit like asking why I enjoy eating spicy foods. I just do.

I am a fan; I obsess before I get the game and I don't so much play as eat, breath, and **** the game until I finish it. BioWare is the only company I do this with reliably.

To me the first play through  is golden, I want to savour it.

The first playthru is often my only playthru.

I'm sure many of us have done it too quickly, suffering from premature exposition: (DAO romance example: 'hello love interest', (gives gift), 'hello my friend', (gives gift), 'hello sexy', (gives gift), [sex].

I have no idea what you're referring to.

• Fasting: I get it, it's been a long time coming, for good reason and frankly everyone would whine if it released rushed.
• Binging: But then why oh why worry that there are timers on resources and missions, else it becomes like the romance example above: 'hello Orlesian noble, I am an obscure Ferelden faction leader', (sets missions, click, click, click, click, click, done), 'hello Orlesian noble, I am an awesomely respected Ferelden faction uber-leader'. Building you reputation does take time.
• Branching: Not being able to cover every element of the story in one play through is a good thing and frankly is kind of the whole point. I can read posts of folk worrying that then can't do/see all the things. That's great. I re-played DAO a few week ago and discovered new content I'd missed before, that's amazing.
• Regretting: This is the one I most hate. After all the waiting, you gorge through the game in a few sessions, maybe even watching the youtube video walkthroughs the days before release, and then it's done, your frenzied play through leaving you stuffed but also strangely empty.

Can you elaborate? For example, I'm not sure how I could watch a youtube video of the game if I get it the day it comes out.

[Parkimus]

My first playthrough is meant just enjoying the game without worrying about the "best" outcomes and not giving in to my completionist tendencies. I'm more meticulous during consequent playthroughs.

[SofaJockey]

Can you elaborate? For example, I'm not sure how I could watch a youtube video of the game if I get it the day it comes out.

 

This was a regret moment for me.

When Skyrim came out, full walkthroughs hit youtube before release.

I thought, go on, let's just watch 5 minutes...

I was at Whiterun before I could tear myself away 

[Maria Caliban]

This was a regret moment for me.
When Skyrim came out, full walkthroughs hit youtube before release.
I thought, go on, let's just watch 5 minutes...
I was a Whiterun before I could tear myself away 

I assume a full walkthrough just means the main questline, not the entirety of the game. I've put 100+ hours into Skyrim and the furthest I've gotten in the main quest is that part where you climb the giant mountain and talk to the old dudes.

The majority of the time, I find watching other people play games mind numbingly boring. If I want to know something, I'll check the wiki.

[Basement Cat]

Definitely a mistake, especially with those games. Exploring and wandering the environment is like... 75 percent of what TES is about (imo). edit: That, and the chaos that ensues from it.

Oh my yes. TES is closer to a sandbox than an RPG. So much stuff to do and so much loot to collect. NPC interactions are unfortunately on the shallow side. 

 

OT: I tend to have several playthroughs with a few false starts. I usually go on a binge when I get a game and explore all the nooks and crannies. I love discovering secrets and figuring out how to break the game (it's not cheating if it's part of the game!)

[Pierce Miller]

I'm sort of making a personal day of it, I'll get the game, as much food as possible and drink. Then I'll spend as much time as I possibly can playing it.

[Andraste_Reborn]

I will eat, sleep and breathe the game when it comes out, but I don't worry that I'll rush it. My first Origins play through was more than eighty hours, and my first run at DA2 was something like sixty. I expect Inquisition to take me more than a hundred even if I don't spend twenty hours just staring at Varric's chest.

 

It'll probably be Christmas by the time I come out of my cave.

[RedWulfi]

I already told my friends they would not see me for a week xD

I'm going to take my time, read all of the quests/lore, try to find every corner, every cave etc

[Feybrad]

[Gervaise]

Since it arrives Mid-November I don't have any option but to go to work and play evenings and weekends but since we're into winter by then luckily there should be little else that needs doing (here's hoping).    I have been rather thorough on previous games through not wanting to miss anything but since we have been told we can still visit places after we complete the main quest, I may concentrate on the latter because I want to know what happens.   However, that said, enemies don't scale with us, so I'm assuming that the longer you leave it before you confront the Elder One, the higher your levels and the easier it is.     Then I'll go looking for all those odd extra caves and whatnot that one of the Devs said are dotted around the place.    Even sticking to the main story tends to take me a while because first run through I always read everything I find just like I do in real life.

[themikefest]

I know when ME3 came out on Mar 6th, I finshed my first playthrough the night of Mar 7th. I wasn't playing that fast

 

With DAI, I'm sure I will miss a lot of stuff in my 1st playthrough. So what. I will do another playthrough. And another and so on. Since I'm retired, I have all the time in the world to play the game. I can rush through it or just casually play through it. Time will tell what I do on the 1st playthrough

[Master Race]

First playthrough in these kind of games is almost always rushing through the story to see what happens then doing a second playthrough taking your time and making decisions based on what you already to know to see more/different outcomes.

[Yinello]

I never rush my first playthrough. However it will be the only thing I'll be playing and doing, aside from food, toilet and sleep time.

[Magdalena11]

I can say with 100% certainty that I will play nonstop, living on caffeine, right up until I hit the first puzzle or get lost.  Then I'll tear myself away and finally get some sleep.  I really relate to the rushed romance arc.  I'm guilty as charged, but I usually raise approval by exhausting all the dialogue rather than gifts.  For all its faults, DA2 was better in at least forcing romances to proceed more slowly.

[SofaJockey]

I can say with 100% certainty that I will play nonstop, living on caffeine, right up until I hit the first puzzle or get lost.  Then I'll tear myself away and finally get some sleep.  I really relate to the rushed romance arc.  I'm guilty as charged, but I usually raise approval by exhausting all the dialogue rather than gifts.  For all its faults, DA2 was better in at least forcing romances to proceed more slowly.

 

I agree with that. Actually the additional DLC feast day gifts in DAO were more problems than they were worth as they could break quest progression.

[MCG]

Same.

Same as well, I may do again on higher difficulty but my decisions will remain the same. If there is content I will not experience (such as 7/8 of the romances) then I do not care at all, I'll see what I miss online or discuss it online, but it will also make the experience I do have ever more special and true (sorry if that sounds silly).

[Chernaya]

I won't rush it. My first Origins file I was too careless on paying attention to everything and missed an entire companion. I was new to BioWare games and games like it in general though, so it was probably inevitable. I learned more with each play through. By DA2 I had learned to check every crevice so that things like that wouldn't happen. I'm going to be spending a lot of time (most of my free time) playing this game for at least a couple months after it comes out, but I won't be rushing, I'll just be... really focused on it. And even more of a social hermit than I normally am. 

[Ihatebadgames]

At least 3 days of little to no sleep. Thanksgiving is going to mess with the first play. That's at least 3-5 hrs travel time.  Always rush the first and take time with the ones that follow.

[BloodKaiden]

I take my time in all my playthroughs. The first is usually extra slow though, depends on how much Dorian keeps me entertained.

[Kaibe]

I would say I take my time, but it's not a lot.