WARNING: there is spoilers for DA: Origin as well as Inquisitions.
I would like to also say that my English isn't that good, so sorry in advance if there is grammatical mistakes. Now onto the topic
While I was playing through Inquisition, there was always this thought lingering at the back of my head that I should just go back to play Origin instead. I couldn't pinpoint exactly the reason why.. was it the ridiculous amount of filler content?......horrendous combat system? (yes it is even worse than DA:O, from technical standpoint), is it because my character has very little say in many aspects of the game?... or is it because the story is not interesting?....or the cashgrab multiplayer feature?
While those things certainly did reduce my enjoyment of DA:I ( some more than others), it wasn't until I went back and played Origin again to realize something. It was the entire tone of the series that changed, and it wasn't for the better. I don't know how to properly convey this so I will give you guys some examples. In Origin, your character can do some really fucked up ****, whether its knocking a mother out so that you can kill her son or convince her to do the deed, refusing to defend Redcliffe so that the occupations gets slaughtered by the undead, then there is that quest where instead of fetching some food for the prisoner, you can opt to murder him in his cage to take the reward. These aspects can be just seen as EDGE but it actually matches the mood that the game was going for, a very grim and just depressing setting where the characters will do anything to get their way, even if it means backstabing their king and leaving him to die on the battlefield or selling the elf cottage to slave traders. The music that plays in various areas further supports the tone.
DA: I on the other hand, feels very.. pussified. I mean sure there are some elements in it that might be be similar like the WIcked Eye quest where you have people plotting behind each others back, but for some reason... I don't get that vibe where its suppose to be depressing. In fact the whole conflict just doesn't feel like its suppose to be sad. There is a lack of music to set the tone (which also reinforces the very MMO feel), it just doesn't immerse me at all, there was never a sense of dread or desperation even when Corypheus was marching onto my doorsteps. The map design, artstyle as well as all this grinding that the player would be doing in all these Hinterland maps (SO MANY HINTERLANDS WTF) doesn't help in getting me to care about the story.
One would also think since the conflict between the main villain is the central aspect of DA:I and not a side element (like in DA:O), that there would be alot of tension thoughout the adventure but no, DA:O did the whole aspect better, there was always a sense of danger no matter where you go in that game.
Then there is the political correctness that DA:I is trying to shove down our throats. The gay and trans characters and their conflicts about acceptance. I mean looks guys, I am not a homophobic but these characters are clearly shoehorned in the game just to please the SJWs and not because these elements would naturally flow into the narrative and the setting its part of.
This is one of the main reason its not a positive step in the Dragon Age franchise, it is not the only reason, but if I was to talk about all the faults, this would get way too lengthy fast.
I know some of you are just going to scream NOSTALGIA and that DAO wasn't as good, but I am playing that game right now and it certainly isn't nostalgia that makes me put that game highly over Inquisition and before some relativists comes barging in here to say "its just your opinion man", when we are discussing the quality of games, movies, animes, cartoons it always boils down to opinions so take that stuff elswhere.
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