As long as there's at least a half assed story there longer than five minutes, it's not really porn, it's smut
So we can have more ass and keep class.
So we can have more ass and keep class.All will be clear once TB and AJ posts their impressions. I don't think I trust anyone else.
Erik Kain is currently my go-to guy. Part one of his review can be found here:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2014/11/11/dragon-age-inquisition-review-into-the-great-wide-open/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2014/11/11/dragon-age-inquisition-review-into-the-great-wide-open/
The Elder Scrolls has far more history behind it as a franchise. Having said that, I do get the impression that Bethesda had already collected a ton of lore by the time of Daggerfall, while DA has been in the works for over a decade now.
I think the two studios simply have a different attitude to their franchises. In the case of BioWare, I think DA was potentially a ‘disposable’ property (after all, there was no guarantee DA wouldn’t go the way of Jade Empire) that didn’t have all that much effort behind it, and much of it was rather unsystematic and amateurish.
Give it a few years, and it actually might get interesting. Or not; Elder Scrolls has a lot of crazy stuff in it, while Thedas has more a ‘son of Forgotten Realms’ vibe to it.
Erik is a pretty good writer and I like his articles. However, when he waxes lyrical about ‘beautiful cities’ while I know from other reviews that the only urban location in the game is a marketplace in Val Royaux (which looks more like a palace courtyard than a marketplace), I start questioning his sober judgment. He really, really wanted to love DA:I, and you can sense that, so far, his personal desires have been sufficiently met. That also means that he's in love with the game and his objectivity has been thrown out of the window.
Reviews are always subjective Chariovalda.
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There's really very little wrong with what he's saying if you ask me. Look at Mass Effect 2. And how much they streamlined "attributes". Most people don't deny that installment wasn't really much of an rpg and functioned more like a third person shooter with some rpg elements. I still loved Mass Effect 2 though, so whatever. I honestly never saw Mass Effect as much of an rpg title anyway.
Dragon Age... well. I think they took it a step further. I mean, if you can't even choose where your attribute points go, why even bother having them at all? Why let me see them? Why are they there? Are they there? Or can we basically just consider them gone? I guess you could sort of still call it an "rpg", but barely. It's like calling Dead Space 3 survival horror, when it's more like action horror.
I see people saying this and think either they played the game "wrong", or barely remember. There were various attributes that each class can and did benefit from, and dumping all your points into one came with a cost, one you especially notice on harder difficulties.
And anyway, the solution isn't to say fuck it, lets just do away with it, the solution is to make the system better.
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either way, whether people care about the loss or not, it does make DA: I less of an rpg. Same as how Witcher 2 was less of an rpg. And Mass Effect 2 especially.
And anyway, the solution isn't to say fuck it, lets just do away with it, the solution is to make the system better.
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either way, whether people care about the loss or not, it does make DA: I less of an rpg. Same as how Witcher 2 was less of an rpg. And Mass Effect 2 especially.
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Well yes I don't remember anything about DA2 in that regard. But in Origins it was pretty much this, you pumped those stats that allowed you to meet requirements for gear and some talents you really wanted(and they weren't that high). The rest still went into the main stat. Inquisition just sort of does it backwards. You grab certain talents => stats grow. I guess gear requirements are still in place.
Hardly an improvement, but not some severe limitation either.
Hardly an improvement, but not some severe limitation either.
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It wasn't. For instance, a rogue relies on cunning mainly for damage, but dexterity for defense, and some weapons had a certain attribute cost for those. But you couldn't neglect your health stat completely or you'd get dropped way too quick. It had a good balance, and you could even make different kinds of builds in Origins which for me was a lot of fun.
Can't do that shit anymore.
No, you needed a balance of stats unless you wanted to chug a potion every 20 seconds. You could also build hybrid classes in DAO, however, so the lack of flexibility in builds probably makes attributes irrelevant. Sad.
They'll probably try to sell it in a DLC like they did in Origins. God, I hate this shit.
Also, most attributes had at least two different functions, like dexterity which also adds to your weapon's damage, which allowed warriors to make characters that could dodge and deflect rather than just soak up damage.