Originally posted by Surtur
I liked using Alistair with a mage cuz you could eventually get a power that makes him immune to knockdown. So I could hurl a fireball at enemies and he could keep on fighting.Though I have beaten Origins I have not yet played Awakening. Is it worth it?
Honestly, if you liked Origins even half as much as I did/do, I highly recommend it. It's a pretty hefty chunk of content, with all sorts of new stuff in it.
It's a proper expansion, not just a piece of tacked on DLC. You won't knock it out in a couple of hours and be done with it.
Surtur, if you want to get anything close to a decent understanding of the full DA story, I recommend the following:
In Origins, play Awakening and Witch Hunt.
In 2, play Legacy.
In Inquisition, definitely play Trespasser, and I would also recommend The Descent, as I fully expect what happens in that to be referenced heavily in future games.
The rest of the DLC for the games ranges from okay to great, but is more tangential rather than necessary.
Golems of Amgarrak can get ****ed, though.
Maybe understanding was the wrong word. Appreciation, maybe. You get the full experience. In Awakening for example, you meet
Spoiler:. Then in Legacy, you find out about
Anders and Justice, and you get to see how he develops before you eventually meet him in the second game
Spoiler:.
Corypheus
Sure, you can watch a recap, but I'm one of those people that would feel like I missed out if I didn't experience it all firsthand myself.
Originally posted by BackFireYou are fine without playing it. The marketing team would not seek to alienate its fanbase by making the sequel hard to follow without playing it.
I never played Awakening nor the DA2 DLC and I had no trouble understanding what was going on in Inq. Think I watched a quick recap video going into Inquisition though because I knew the DA2 DLC kinda led directly into it.
After playing inquisition I downloaded the one dlc for party 2 that leads into Inq because it had seen so long and I was into the character.
Even speaking of it might make Pr think we are posting spoilers or something. I better watch what I say because if I use the word twist he will believe I am trying to ruin a ten year old game or something for someone.
Originally posted by -Pr-
Surtur, if you want to get anything close to a decent understanding of the full DA story, I recommend the following:In Origins, play Awakening and Witch Hunt.
In 2, play Legacy.
In Inquisition, definitely play Trespasser, and I would also recommend The Descent, as I fully expect what happens in that to be referenced heavily in future games.The rest of the DLC for the games ranges from okay to great, but is more tangential rather than necessary.
Golems of Amgarrak can get ****ed, though.
Thanks, yeah I'm gonna play it.
You ever have a character capable of casting "Storm of the Century" ?
https://wccftech.com/dragon-age-4-anthem-tech-live-service/
So much for getting excited about this one.
An earlier take (codename: Joplin) headed up by longtime Dragon Age writer Mike Laidlaw was cancelled back in 2017 in order to shift resources to Anthem. This earlier version of Dragon Age 4 was designed to be smaller than your typical BioWare game, but with a greater focus on player choice. The game would have cast players as spies in the wizard-ruled land of Tevinter Imperium and focused on replayable heists and missions.Sounds like it could have been promising. Like a sword and sorcery Payday. But EAs gotta chase those trends!
That said I'm not too broken up about it. Dragon Age as a setting is a single-player experience first and foremost. EA refuses to accept that(not enough micro-transaction money to be made in SP games), so pretty much any iteration of a sequel is doomed to be garbage.
Originally posted by Jmanghan
How did they do so good with Inquisition and **** up so bad with this one?? How in the world?
Well, I'd argue that Inquisition wasn't that good in the first place.
Originally posted by Tzeentch
Sounds like it could have been promising. Like a sword and sorcery Payday. But EAs gotta chase those trends!That said I'm not too broken up about it. Dragon Age as a setting is a single-player experience first and foremost. EA refuses to accept that(not enough micro-transaction money to be made in SP games), so pretty much any iteration of a sequel is doomed to be garbage.
Yeah. It sounds like a cool idea. But even if EA didn't force in their micro-transcations and "game as service" garbage, I still wouldn't expect much from the game.