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[wolfhowwl]

 

Distance isn’t intrinsically fun; if a game’s massive space isn’t populated purposefully, its promised ‘epic journey’ can be pretty dull. I say all this to explain why I was unmoved by the marketing line BioWare began using around E3 for Dragon Age: Inquisition. This was the “biggest game in the studio’s history,” we heard in every interview. In a presentation for the game, one slide replicated exactly the style of map I mentioned, overlaying Inquisition’s zones atop the Skyrim map to demonstrate that BioWare’s world was biggest.

 

Surely there was much more to Inquisition than scale, I hoped. BioWare, after all, has some convincing to do after Dragon Age 2, the sequel that mainstreamed some of Origins’ old-school intricacies for the sake of a more controller-friendly template.

 

To see for myself, I spent a full day playing Inquisition, and hours in conversation with BioWare at its studio in Edmonton. I left Canada more than reassured about the game’s direction, with any worries that Inquisition was simply a ‘Skyrimification’ of an RPG I liked a lot fully assuaged.

 

http://www.pcgamer.c...n-fine-fantasy/

[Chiramu]

I left the page when I scrolled down and saw the sub-heading, "Showing, not Telling"... That is sort of the exact rule a writer needs to follow when they are writing a story (unless they write for Days of our Lives). 

[Deflagratio]

I'm going to go out on a limb and assume this thread is going to explode with negativity about the "Strategy" the writer used to defeat the Behemoth.

[Paul E Dangerously]

Nothing of real substance. And even PC gamer can't get a KB+M build/UI. Yeah, slightly worrying at this point.

[The Night Haunter]

I'm getting the strangest feeling of Deja Vu, like I'd read about 80% of that article word-for-word before... Maybe I'm going crazy....

[Deflagratio]

Nothing of real substance. And even PC gamer can't get a KB+M build/UI. Yeah, slightly worrying at this point.

 

 

It could be that they have confidence in the PC/UI and want more feedback on the console controls (especially from PC gamers with high standards) before ship. But positive perspectives are usually looked down on.

[Ilidan_DA]

I'm getting the strangest feeling of Deja Vu, like I'd read about 80% of that article word-for-word before... Maybe I'm going crazy....

 

No. This is the same This information from the PC Gamer magazine.

[Face of Evil]

The Still Ruins sound like a delightful place.

[katerinafm]

I'm getting the strangest feeling of Deja Vu, like I'd read about 80% of that article word-for-word before... Maybe I'm going crazy....

 

I was the same once I got to the second page. It's like they added stuff in.

[Dan Fango]

Didn't those clowns at PC-Gamer label Dragon Age 2 RPG of the decade?

[wolfhowwl]

Didn't those clowns at PC-Gamer label Dragon Age 2 RPG of the decade?

 

Among other things, yes.

 

 

Dragon Age 2 is not what you expect. Hell, even during preview sessions, I hadn’t anticipated it being this much of a traditional sequel. But by locking down the context – the world and the politics – BioWare were free to fill their creation with more character and vitality than any title in recent memory. The best RPG of this decade? Nine more years will tell, but for now, yes.

 

"The best RPG combat ever. Not gaming’s best story, but maybe its best storytelling. Darker, sexier, better. 94/100"

[andar91]

Sounds neat!

 

Spoiler

How did Red Templars create a blizzard? O.o

[Maria Caliban]

I'm getting the strangest feeling of Deja Vu, like I'd read about 80% of that article word-for-word before... Maybe I'm going crazy....

More like 100%
  

It could be that they have confidence in the PC/UI and want more feedback on the console controls (especially from PC gamers with high standards) before ship. But positive perspectives are usually looked down on.

This is the article that appeared in the PC UK Gamer magazine about a month ago, which means it was probably written about five months ago.

[Deflagratio]

More like 100%
  

This is the article that appeared in the PC UK Gamer magazine about a month ago, which means it was probably written about five months ago.

 

With a couple new sentences I think. They probably ran it through Copyscape iterating on it until it passed.

[Dan Fango]

Among other things, yes.
 
 
"The best RPG combat ever. Not gaming’s best story, but maybe its best storytelling. Darker, sexier, better. 94/100"

Aye, a review to match the quality of its subject matter. Meh, I just cant bring myself to care about anything that mob have to say about anything Dragon Age.

[theflyingzamboni]

And even PC gamer can't get a KB+M build/UI. Yeah, slightly worrying at this point.

You know what? I agree now. Everyone worried about the KB/M UI is right. I bet they're not showing it because they don't even have one. I bet they aren't ever going to make one. They're probably in collusion with Microsoft to force everyone to buy controllers to play DA:I on PC. The timed exclusive DLC is proof of this. Actually, they have probably lied all along. The game is only coming out for XBox! There isn't even going to be a PC version! EVERYONE PANIC!

[Sylvius the Mad]

Wait. PC Gamer doesn't get to see the KBM UI?

I'm not surprised BioWare didn't show it, but I appalled that PC Gamer still agreed to review it.

[Provi-dance]

Clearly, Def...tio, why would anyone be negative about kiting on the Bioboards? What's not to love about an immensely astute tactic that revolves around the AI being unable to ever reach and hit your character? Slaying level 20 monsters with a level 1 archer is so much fun!

[Sylvius the Mad]

I was in a tunnel.

[Sylvius the Mad]

It made sense to me at the time.

[Bayonet Hipshot]

Wait. PC Gamer doesn't get to see the KBM UI?

I'm not surprised BioWare didn't show it, but I appalled that PC Gamer still agreed to review it.

 

Yep. The review was all right but shouldn't PC Gamer review PC Games using PC Interface ? 

[Cylan Cooper]

Among other things, yes.

 

 

"The best RPG combat ever. Not gaming’s best story, but maybe its best storytelling. Darker, sexier, better. 94/100"

...

 

"BioWare, after all, has some convincing to do after Dragon Age 2, the sequel that mainstreamed some of Origins’ old-school intricacies for the sake of a more controller-friendly template."

 

lol

[Pateu]

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"BioWare, after all, has some convincing to do after Dragon Age 2, the sequel that mainstreamed some of Origins’ old-school intricacies for the sake of a more controller-friendly template."

 

lol

 

Because PC Gamer has only 1 reviewer.