Devs said they want to make the game Bethesda way,but Bethesda games do not respawn enemies one minute after you dealt with them,that is what Ubisoft do.
In Bethesda games,you need to find out interesting stuff on your own,instead of letting the map point out for you and force you to do things.And this is also what Ubisoft do.
Doesn't bother me. I always wanted respawning enemies in DA and now here they are, and tied to a crafting system as well.
As for combat being repetitive, well of course. Gameplay in any game is generally repetitive. I don't see how the combat in Inquisition is any more repetitive than previous Dragon Age games.
Going to different zones doesn't offer any lasting variety. Its just packs of 3-5 Venatori/Bandits/Hurlocs, punctuated by an endless stream of random wildlife.
The Rifts are just pest-control too. After the first few you close in the prologue there is almost zero variety in the demons. Once you get to higher levels, then Rage and Despair demons are more common, buts its still usually just Terrors and Wraiths.
I would really like to see respawns removed or only happen if you leave the zone completely. Or be removed all together. It just cheapens all the fights, as you just end up running past most trash mobs on your way to the quest or camp you're trying to get to, since you only have a limited quantity of potions.
The trash mobs become even more tedious when you outlevel a zone even slightly (which is way to easy to do if you do even a modicum of the side quests) then you aren't even granted any experience to maybe help you actually crush the parts of the game where you're locked out of camps.
I spent close to what.. 30 hours in the hinterlands, cleared it all out then moved onto the storm coast.. cleared that out and kept going until all the maps were complete before returning to redcliff to do the mages or the templars questline. I mostly clear out each area due to not wanting to come back over leveled early on and be under leveled later on since all the maps were unlocked when I was at a low level.
The enemies is rather interesting though.. clear out a zone, the enemies return less though in numbers, clear them out again and after bout 3 times they stop spawning for a while at least. The animals spawn in greater numbers.. kill the prey species and the bear numbers decline, kill the bears and the prey species numbers increase, prey species increases and after a while the bear species increases due to the abundance of food. Kill everything, and the area will be empty for a bit whilst the animals repopulate the area.
I am now about 60 hours into the game and still running around the exalted plains. Mind you I really only have 4 maps to clear out, emerald graves, emprise du lion, hissing wastes and exalted plains before I go hunt the last 6 scalies.
Put it this way, I rated the game a 5 until I left the Hinterlands. You need to leave the hinterlands. Leave it now!!!!
I'm not where the PC is, but I am finding the Hinterlands and the Storm Coast kind of boring. Beautiful, but boring. And I've been grinding to fit the recommended levels for the story quests. When I unlocked the story quest after Redcliffe, the recommended levels were 8-11. I'd just reached 8. So I proceeded to grind my way to 9. But I'm way too bored to grind my way to 10 and I think I'll just try my luck with the story.
We´ll see. I have yet to venture to new areas that is true. I was under the impression that you need to level up before advancing though. So far I am not impressed of the game. Graphics look good, the swamp and carta tunnels especially.
Good thing my pc is top notch too. No crashes or anything thank the Old Gods.
It doesn't sound like you've explored much of the game, honestly. While I do agree with you about certain aspects of the combat, particularly the extreme lack of granular party control via combat tactics, I would maybe do a bit more exploring, advance the story, etc before making an overall judgement on the game. That's just my personal opinion. I'm still really enjoying myself after 50+ hours of playtime despite my complaints and only having explored less than half of the available areas.
Man, all this stuff I'm hearing just makes me want the game more.
What you call grinding may end up being perfect for me. I aim for map completion, and even if Hinterlands content is relatively mundane, I'm very sure it'll have bits that intrigue me (from what I've seen and read of the region).
Oh, there's plenty to explore. Plenty of difficult areas, too. Like the
My Hinterlands is pretty Combat barren now, so long as I don't get too close to a bear.
LOL! good one.
Well, found a way to farm XP while AFK. 
The idea that it's somehow OK for the Hinterlands to have **** content on the assumption that players won't do it at all is missing the point entirely. First, this is an RPG, which is precisely the sort of game that breeds OCD-level no-stone unturned styles of play. Second, it amounts to say "yeah, the content is terrible - just skip it!" which is also a problem for the game, because it acknowledges that the content is no good.
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Devs said they want to make the game Bethesda way,but Bethesda games do not respawn enemies one minute after you dealt with them,that is what Ubisoft do.
In Bethesda games,you need to find out interesting stuff on your own,instead of letting the map point out for you and force you to do things.And this is also what Ubisoft do.
It's not so much the grinding, but the inventory system that makes this game a drag for me. An 'auto-equip' button would be nice when crafting, shopping, looting and modifying gear. Also, we should be able to salvage gear in single player the same way we can in multiplayer, instead of merely destroying unneeded items.
Having to switch between so many inventory screens to manage weapons and armor definitely becomes a chore 20 hours in. A better set up would be if we could just select a party member and see every category of available gear for that member on the same screen. The way it is now, scrolling past items that are unusable for whatever character you select takes away from the immersion.
Man, all this stuff I'm hearing just makes me want the game more.
What you call grinding may end up being perfect for me. I aim for map completion, and even if Hinterlands content is relatively mundane, I'm very sure it'll have bits that intrigue me (from what I've seen and read of the region).
It's a huge game with a lot of content to sink your teeth into. I think some people just don't like having that much to do in a single-player game. It makes me think of Kingdoms of Amalur, and I think that's ultimately why that game was received poorly.
Personally, I love all the side stuff.
I do not agree with the general complaints. All you need to do in hinterlands is to talk to the two NPCs (one more is optional). Everything else that you are doing there, you doing by your own choice. The game offers freedom of action. Taking it as a forcing to something, to put it likely, is hypocritically
It´s not also that to advance in the game you need to grind levels. The combat is also as boring as it gets. The eight slot limit keeps you spamming the same spells over and over and over and over and over again. Along with the companions No pause to play, no auto attack. If you pause the game and switch character the game automatically removes pause. Whats up with that?
I can´t even play any other character than mage because I really don´t want to chase after those boring enemies and whack the crap out of them with the mage imitating abilities. I just don´t have the heart for it, poor mouse. And I couldn´t since the combat is such a carnival of fireworks. I need orienteering skills to find anyone in there.
The Hinterland could have been smaller.
The Hinterland could have been smaller.
I'd say that for a few other areas as well, but this is definitely how I felt.
Could not possibly disagree more 70+ hours between a Rogue and a Mage and I am not even remotely starting to feel bored. Nor have I felt at any time that I am "Grinding" my way through the game.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion I guess.
Don't you love people? Mostly they complain there isn't enough to do. Now they've completely filled the game with things to do and people complain there's too much to do.
People aren't complaining about there being too much to do, they are complaining that the things they can do are mostly tedious and/or irrelevant to the main plot.
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Thanks for the spoiler bud. Reported.
Don't you love people? Mostly they complain there isn't enough to do. Now they've completely filled the game with things to do and people complain there's too much to do.
What Darkly Tranguil said. It´s not that you got things to do but how it is done. Repeating over and over again the same combat while picking the same items and herbs tends to become boring. And in so large numbers. Not for everyone obviously, but for me it does. I don´t know, maybe side quest with actual small plots and cutscenes for themselves would bring more content?
I also feel like the action pumping combat is kind of disconnected from the main game cut scenes, like there are two different games rolling at the same time. If that makes any sense.
I sincerely hope devs didn´t mean that the maximum game time, 80 - 150h or something like that means you need to grind to get there and the main story remains somewhere around 20h. I´m starting to get that feeling.
The idea that it's somehow OK for the Hinterlands to have **** content on the assumption that players won't do it at all is missing the point entirely. First, this is an RPG, which is precisely the sort of game that breeds OCD-level no-stone unturned styles of play. Second, it amounts to say "yeah, the content is terrible - just skip it!" which is also a problem for the game, because it acknowledges that the content is no good.
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