Again no argument brought forward, there's virtually no way Eredin can be considered even a remotely "good" antagonist as he barely appears in the game and has very little to say. He's virtually a non-character.
Corypheus for all his flaws is a character at least.
EDIT: If I was talking about TW1 Eredin, well THAT version would bury Corypheus alive with how awesome he is.
It has more high notes I'll grant you that, but looking back at it there's nothing really interesting in TW3's main story, which is what killed it for me. What makes it "seem" good is that superb voice acting, never thought female Hawke would do so well as Ciri, the score of the game and the cinematic direction.
DA:I and Fallout 3 are considerably less cinematic and pack less of a punch, but despite that they are far more complex and nuanced as stories, featuring bigger moral dilemmas ( was there ANY moral dilemma with the choices presented in the main story outside of the Bloody Baron? ) and more interesting characters.
One of the biggest failures, and I consider this far more important then lack of logic in the plot and with the war, is that there's literally no moral dilemmas for the player in the main plot outside of Act 1 Velen with the Baron, which incidentally makes that entire portion the best part of the game. All the choices in the main story after that, despite having consequences, mean little.
Fallout 3 did present a very interesting moral dilemma with the president in the main story. DA:I had a constant argument about religion and yours views on it and your role as Inquisitor in the world.
Witcher 1 was all about the identity of Geralt and his relationship with Alvin and what moral stances you took, Witcher 2...well I don't need to explain this I think.
Dragon Age Inquisition was a disaster. I've been following the franchise since Origins, and what they did with Corypheus was shameful. The character had a lot of potential, but he ended up being extremely one dimensional. Not to mention the fact that, regardless of the choices you made in the game, the player-character invariably ended up being the right arm of the Chantry and the in-game equivalent of Jesus. I don't know what "moral dilemmas" you are speaking about. At the end of the day, no matter what choices you make, Tevinter loses, the Chantry is reconstituted, Corpyheus lies dead and buried, and the Inquisition becomes the reigning political force throughout the land. The only real "imactful" choices are whether or not you support the mages vs. the templars.
Quest design was also dreadful. Collecting Elfroot after Elfroot after Elfroot, and then searching for Shards and solving random Arstraria puzzles is not my idea of fun. There's also no pay off. At the end of the "Sand and Ruin" questline, after spending hours trudging around the Hissing Wastes, is the player rewarded with some meaningful insight into Dwarven lore? Is he confronted with a moral dilemma to grapple with? Nope. Just a random piece of discardable loot.
The characters were all right ... nothing to write home about. I much prefer Yennefer, Triss and co. Bioware's basically dead to me at this point. The people who used to have talent there have clearly moved on.
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