Bioware games are never about player freedom. If you expect that then you never going to like them.
Comparing Bioware games to Bethesda is not right. Both companies try to do something completely different with their franchises.
One is about story and experience. The other is about content, openness and character creating. Both do separate things.
I think criticism about Bioware games is because people call them RPG's. Get rid of that label and this wouldn't be an issue. Do people complain that Gears of War is not open? Nope. Why? Because it's an action game.
I also think it has to do with people having a sometimes rather small definition of what a RPG is. I mean Witcher 1 or 2 wasn't exactly open either, yet people have no problem calling them a RPG, even though you have as much freedom there (in terms of roaming) as you do in Dragon Age, actually I'll argue for more openness in Dragon Age 1 then in Witcher (personal opinion). But the RPG genre is, and always have been, a mixed breed of a variaties of genres, and people need to learn to accept that. Just to mention a few we have MMORPG, Action RPG, Tactical RPG, Strategi RPG. It's a hybrid genre.
I would also become absurdly bored if every RPG I bought was a mirror of Elder Scrolls.
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So the lady in the videos that was serving as the team's mage is Vivienne, an Orlesian that's pro-circle, and until things went to hell she was next in line to be first enchanter at one of the orlesian circles. Looking forward to interacting with her, though I can see myself romancing Cassandra first.
2 gets a lot of flak, but for me, it's a really good game. Sure, it has its issues, and it is very different from the first game, but I still think it's a worthy entry in the series.
Everything I've seen about the third one looks promising, imo. I may even preorder it, tbh.
Sorry man, I missed your post the first time around. Didn't think I'd come back to this thread until the game came out Yep I saw the footage, but graphics, and game play are unfortunately two different things. I'm a Bethesda junkie, and even though you can't really compare the games pound for pound, you can compare replay value.
Javik... Yeah. Having someone so integral to the lore that was ALSO a party member in a game with much less selection than the previous one, was a really bad move.
I like the other DLC for 3, but that... Yeah.
I'm sure Inquisition will get some good dlc though. I think Bioware is usually solid with actual content.
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