I decided after 5 minutes with a rogue that melee is way too annoying to bother with in DA3. Ranged mage for me.

Hilarious that the sidequests are like KoA as well. Boring and uninspired. KoA is one of the games I had to force myself to finish.

Massive backlash on the PC version. The BW forums have a massive thread full of pissed off PC customers, many of which are getting refunds. Case of consolitis struck again this year.

I think I'll just pass on this and go replay DA: Origins again. At least the writing doesn't look like it was done by a shoddy fanfiction writer who has poor grammar and punctuation skills. >.<

I am hearing the same. I am skipping this game for that and many other reasons however. If GOG picks it up someday, I may purchase it. Otherwise, I am passing.

Sadly, the existence of Origin makes this very unlikely...

The writing in this game is excellent, at least in my opinion. It seems that nowadays every game that is released, gets major flak in their respective forums. I could say that it's the vocal minority complaining, since the happy ones are playing. Like myself, for example.

Dragon Age: Inquisition is by far the best game I've played this year, it's my GoTY 2014 and has a spot in my TOP5 game of all time.

So far played: 53 hours, characters around lvl17, no idea how far into the game I am (my guess: 75%), still 3 open mainquests.

It's definitly a Dragon Age game, tons of backstory to read into with a lot to do.
Yes it's primarily made for consoles and it shows. The tactical mode works somewhat, but doesn't get close to Origins. Also the game can't really shake off that MMO feeling. It's not as bad as Kingdoms of Amalur, but it can get tiring.

The story so far is good. Some may claim the story being 08/15 fantasy.... yeah, it's not extraordinary. But then again, which fantasy story within the last 10 years was besides Game of Thrones? So it works reasonably well with a few highlights - Morven, a local tribe leader attacking your stronghold with a goat to avenge his stupid son you killed? Hilarious. I won't spoil the "court ruling" you can render upon him, but it felt sooo right and funny.

The regions are huge with a lot to look out for - even better than in Origins. However, it's one of the parts that get's tiring, as even the 6. region you visit, doesn't offer much more then you've done in the first one. One particular among them is as bland and uninteresting as it possibly gets. On others (oasis) you can see that they let the level designers completely loose - none shall claim he has that part of the game like a map in his head.

Characters is sadly, a weak point. With the exception of 2-3, they feel ... flat. Nowhere near Origins levels. I'd go so far to claim DA2 was better in that department.

The linearity from DA2 is almost completely gone, even though most regions have (smaller) parts that are quest-wise locked off or level-walled.

So far I really like it. A few minor quirks with the audio levels and some design decisions but still a good, enjoyable game, at least if you're not expecting a DA:Origins 2.

Well because Dragon Age 2 actually had exceptional characters, something people tend to forget when bashing the game ;-) I probably like them more than those in Origins.

Any new info on this?
Also, as far I heard there is a bug that disabled most of the companion banter?

Maybe people enjoy different things. Maybe some people don't enjoy huge zones filled with nothing and MMO quests and trash mobs. Maybe a game can be "good" and yet still appeal to a relatively small amount of people in gaming.

That's a lot of maybe's. I did say it was my opinion, and I'm sticking with it. We all like different things. When I'm enjoying a game, I don't go in the forums to bash it, I play the game. Those who don't like it, most likely let their view known, hence the forums do seem to be mostly negative.

I definitely agree complaints are louder than praise. I just took your post as dismissing complaints because "some people always complain." I think this game has real core problems that will turn a lot of people off.

Judging by the amount of posts in the BW forums, I'm going with the people are mainly complaining about the poor port and/or asking for refunds, which has been happening a lot.

People wanting it to control like an MMO are everywhere on that forum. I do think it's better for this style of combat, but you'd think they never played an action game on PC before.

I've been monitoring this thread for a while, as this game was the one that stood a chance to get me to test out Origin. The chances were low, as it had to make me want to play the game over Original Sin that I already bought, Witcher 3, Torment kickstarter and whatnot. I've tried to counter the confirmation bias of "not worth it anyway", but no matter where I look to, I find:

- MMO like combat
- Repetitive fetch quests
- Big maps with lots of flowers and little interesting happening
- Plain characters

Anyway, I guess I won't be going for Origin anytime soon.