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Horse Appreciation - Thanks Bioware!


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LadyofRivendell

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I know the likelihood of anybody from Bioware seeing this is pretty null, but I just wanted to say, as someone who's owned and ridden horses all my life, I really love the horses in this game. Easily the second best I've encountered in any video game (behind, of course, Red Dead Redemption, but I assume Bioware didn't mocap their horses like Rockstar did). They're very well proportioned, which is something apparently hard to accomplish in a game (for comparison, Assassin's Creed horses are freakishly and unnaturally tall, Uncharted/The Last of Us horses are dangerously small/thin, Skyrim's horses look possessed half the time, etc). They also move beautifully, so much so that watching them in the game makes me want to ride them. Animations are great, their appearance is great, the color variations are great, overall you guys have made at least one equestrian happy.

 

That being said, I do have a few criticisms -

Horses are actually pretty quiet, they don't tend to neigh unless they're separated from their friends, answering another horse's neigh, or really hungry (but maybe that's just my horses), so of course I found the amount of neighing to be a bit much. That can also be said for the amount of idle rearing (not including the press X/A/Spacebar to rear), horses (at least, trained ones) don't rear often, usually only when they're startled, excited, fighting, or commanded to (for specially trained ones). 

Their knees behaved a bit odd as well - whenever a horse puts weight on its front legs, its knees lock when fully extended, something the horses in the game tended not to do.

Oh, and the horse master, when giving you your first horse, refers to it as "the chestnut in the barn". Took me a while to find the horse, as I was searching for an actual chestnut, while all the horse master's horses are bay! I've seen this mistake other places too, how odd. 

 

Overall, fantastic horses, thank you for putting so much time and effort into them (I know it couldn't have been an easy task to make them as good as they are)!


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daveliam

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I'm pretty 'meh' on the horses.  To be honest, I rode a horse for a bit right after unlocking them and then promptly forgot about that function for about 40 hours of gameplay. 

 

But I'm glad that people enjoy it and appreciate the feature.


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dragondreamer

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My elfquisitor has been riding around on a hart...  A purple one with hot pink stripes.  Thank you Bioware. :lol:



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Battle Nug!


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Andraste_Reborn

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True happiness is my dwarf Inquisitor riding Tiddles Majoris through the Hissing Wastes under the moonlight.

 

I just wish we could name our mounts! But in my heart, my mighty battle nug is called Ser Nuggington, Arl of Nugsleigh.


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I would use the mounts more often if they were faster. For now I just use them to negate fall damage. (Sorry mounts!)

 

That being said, I am quite impressed with the sheer amount of them. Obviously a lot of work went into making it all and I'm glad to hear the horses are pretty authentic.

 

Plus my Dwarf gets to look rad like Ashitaka when riding  a hart

 



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AshesEleven

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Oh yeah there are horses in this game.

 

That would make traveling easier...



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Clive Howlitzer

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I haven't noticed much difference in the horses. Is it just visual between all of them? I was hoping some might be faster but come with downsides like being easily spooked and losing control or some such.

 

I feel they definitely should be a bit faster to warrant not being able to loot on my way.



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I actually used them every now and again, even though I wasn't planning on it. Not like I was going to get much party banter anyway...



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Zorlagius

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Honestly, horses are bit slow. I actually don`t like them much... Would have been better to let people drop few more quick travel spots in the map instead and ability to sprint out of combat. Most zones are not that good for horses anyway, there`s clutter on the ground and it definitely feels more like it was just meant to be explored on foot. Even something like Skyrim is only modestly suitable for mounts, scale needs to be even bigger.



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Korva

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I was looking forward to them, but I ended up disliking them because they're way too friggin' huge. Makes you look like a little kid with a really awkward seat. Honestly, knock a foot or so off their height and they'd look so much better.



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TO ALL THOSE THAT THINK THE HORSES ARE SLOW.....though I'm not sure of the controller option for the PC, for the PS4 if you hold down the left analog stick while pushing forward it goes much faster. It isn't slow at all.



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juliet_capulet

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The horses in this game are beautiful. And they actually blink...played a game (WoW I think) that had unblinking horses that stared into nothing...was creepy LOL.



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Lebanese Dude

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And they actually blink...played a game (WoW I think) that had unblinking horses that stared into nothing...was creepy LOL.


Lies and slander!!

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Kierro Ren

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My Qunari(s) don't ride horses, they walk. But when I make my Elf, she'll will ride the Red Hart. My male Templar will... idk. Maybe a Hart too, play my Templar as Ashitaka, and the Hart is Yakul from Princess Mononoke.



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Really wanted Druffy as a mount after the scrapes we got into getting him home.

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caradoc2000

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I prefer the Dracolisk myself.



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Kittn

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I've taken up riding a lot more now that my hero outclasses most random encounters and I'd rather just trot past them. The animations and general horsie sounds are fantastic. I just wish the steps reflected the terrain better. Just a nitpick though.

 

I only have half the horses though, and I don't really care for the other mounts. Has anyone found them all? Are any Palomino? Wait, would that be a spoiler?! I want a Palomino. 



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Spaceweed10

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I like the rearing - makes me feel like John Wayne.



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Meh... I only use the horse when I need to get from A to B ASAP. I appreciate what they tried to do but it feels very artificial and awkward compared with the walking.

 

The only game where I like using horse is Assassin Creed.



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Don't ride anymore. Too much stuff to collect and too many trash mobs attacking me while I was riding by. Plus, I wasn't getting banter while riding.
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I haven't noticed much difference in the horses. Is it just visual between all of them? I was hoping some might be faster but come with downsides like being easily spooked and losing control or some such.

 

I feel they definitely should be a bit faster to warrant not being able to loot on my way.

Some are able to take more damage than others before you're forced off but as far as I know that's the only difference.



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Jnaathra

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Much like Skyrim, I know the horses are there but I never use them.

 

It pretty easy to get around in the world already and its just tedious to constantly mount and dismount. I'm far to busy picking up every single herb and chunk of ore I see to bother with them.

 

-shrug-

 

Glad some of you like them.



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Well, at least they are usefull when I need to jump from a high place.



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Well, at least they are usefull when I need to jump from a high place.


Do they limit or eliminate falling damage if you are mounted?