Dragon Age: Inquisition

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**thedarkavenger**

Necros wrote:
really? hmm, I always thought the consoles would never allow nekkedness. Or is it just for the PC version?

I'm on the PS4.

**Psienesis**

Lynata wrote:
Psienesis wrote:Was not expecting the sudden shut-down from Cassandra. Kinda caught me off-guard.
Sounds like you had some awkward moments?

I finally decided to go for Josephine (I blame the accent). Hilarious how Leliana immediately goes into overprotective mother hen mode.

At first I was afraid these supporting characters would offer only marginal interaction and dialogue, given how they're not actually potential party members. Maker, was I wrong.
Lulz were had. The humour in the writing is great. The game really does feel like a rollercoaster between epic heroism, grimdark drama, and lighthearted comedy.

Compel wrote:"They're too Joss Whedon."
How could anyone not like Firefly?

thedarkavenger wrote:Spent the time gathering everything and have gained control of Orlais. Tedious as hell though.
The Exalted Plains? Sheesh, I do like large environments with lots of stuff to do, but this region was really pushing it. The others feel more "balanced", though. Not too small, not too big.
It wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for that compulsion to actually "finish" an area, which happens to include dozens of those damn shards, astrolabes, mosaics, etc. One could, in theory, just ignore it, which would probably lead to greater enjoyment of the game ... but there's that nagging feeling ...

Nah, it really wasn't awkward, it was kind of sweet, actually, it was basically:

Cass: "You've been flirting with me... haven't you?"
Me: "Yep, sure have."
C: "Um... that's sweet but, you're... the Herald of Andraste, my leader... and a woman."

... and right then I knew where the conversation was going, because I've watched pretty much the same conversation happen IRL. It ended pretty much as well as one could expect. Cass is (apparently) not an option for lesbian romance (which is... surprising), though the game will string you along in that pursuit for quite some time.

**thenoobbomb**

Sera an FemInq with Iron Bull also show. On console, too. The Witcher 2 did it, too

**Psienesis**

ESRB rules are universal across platforms. What gets an M rating in a PC game gets an M rating on a console.

**Lynata**

thedarkavenger wrote:I meant that my inquisitor is using Gaspard, Celene and Briala as puppets.

Ohh, I see.

Yeah, I didn't realise this would be possible. Oh well, my solution works as well, and may even be more internally stable in the long term.

Psienesis wrote:... and right then I knew where the conversation was going, because I've watched pretty much the same conversation happen IRL. It ended pretty much as well as one could expect. Cass is (apparently) not an option for lesbian romance (which is... surprising), though the game will string you along in that pursuit for quite some time.

Heh - I think it's good that the game deals with it this way, though, rather than being all in-your-face about it. Makes the relationship(s) and thus the characters and their interaction seem more real/solid/meaningful.

So far, I'm quite content with how things have turned out on my end. The drama and laughter I got out of that really complemented the martial part of the game nicely.

Though I also think the party banter between the various companions alone should qualify for an award.

**Necros**

I didn't like Cassandra stringing me along so I was just like, "Hey Josephine, you're the easy one right?" And I sent cass off to the chantry to be a nun... after taking her dragon armor and weapon away so she didn't pull a Solas on me.

**Compel**

I'm still early on in the game, but I'm finding it pretty funny that Sera (who my female character has mentioned she's interested in and is currently in the 'wait-and-see' stage of the relationship with her), is approving of my character flirting with Scout Harding.

**thenoobbomb**

Compel wrote:
I'm still early on in the game, but I'm finding it pretty funny that Sera (who my female character has mentioned she's interested in and is currently in the 'wait-and-see' stage of the relationship with her), is approving of my character flirting with Scout Harding.

This happens to my male Inquisitior too.

Well, minus the romancing stuff with Sera

**Desubot**

Compel wrote:
I'm still early on in the game, but I'm finding it pretty funny that Sera (who my female character has mentioned she's interested in and is currently in the 'wait-and-see' stage of the relationship with her), is approving of my character flirting with Scout Harding.

You know what they say about the cray cray

**Psienesis**

Sera approves of lots of things. So glad I brought her along to the Masquerade.

**Formosa**

Hey guys, my da3 is jittery as hell and I can't seem to stop it, even on lowest settings, my puter is brand new and I've updated all the drivers etc but nothing seems to work?

**Desubot**

Specs is always a good place to start.

**Formosa**

Yeah tried all that :/ , it's annoying as I designed my pc to be able to play it at full spec.

**Psienesis**

We mean, tell us what your specs are. Simply claiming that it's "brand new" doesn't mean anything, as something off the shelf might be running on-board video (which will not run this game at all well), or it might come off-the-shelf with 2GB of installed RAM... which is likewise insufficient.

**Formosa**

Ah I'm a tard, sorry will upload specs tomorrow, but the 2 gig ram sounds about right, I was assured that would be enough, I'll head down to pc world and talk to them

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Ah I'm a tard, sorry will upload specs tomorrow, but the 2 gig ram sounds about right, I was assured that would be enough, I'll head down to pc world and talk to them

**Desubot**

the game requires 4 or more iirc

**Compel**

So, I began my Sera romance. One of the interesting little touches, is that her character selection card has now been updated.

To something slightly battier...

**Psienesis**

That happens in a couple different instances during the game, depending either on story events or your relationship status with the character. I noticed a bunch of my Companions got new cards after the Masquerade.

I also seem to have really pissed Blackwall off somehow, but I have no idea how I did it. I was even rescuing his Grey Warden relics, tried to convince the Wardens to stand down in the fight with them... basically taking his side throughout that whole storyline... but he up and left.

**Compel**

Blackwall doesn't seem to have much dialogue I've been finding.

I've been bringing him, Sera and Cassandra through much of my travelling through the various environments and I barely hear a peep out of him.

I swapped him out for Iron Bull and within a few seconds, he's chatting with everyone.

**Lynata**

Blackwall doesn't talk much, but I'd say it fits to his background. The game lets you find out why.

The Iron Bull on the other hand is pretty much a partygoer. Even tried hitting on Cassandra, with ... poor results.

**Compel**

In case anyone missed it, there's a new free multiplayer DLC.

"Destruction Multiplayer Expansion"

I really do hope that EA realised that the Mass Effect 3 multiplayer free DLC worked great as a concept and they continue it for DA:I.

On the other hand, I've yet to properly PLAY the multiplayer yet. I'm mostly just wandering round the various open realm areas trying to avoid doing anything of any real consequence because, well... I'm weird like that.

**CthuluIsSpy**

This might be related

**Kanluwen**

Compel wrote:
In case anyone missed it, there's a new free multiplayer DLC.

"Destruction Multiplayer Expansion"

I really do hope that EA realised that the Mass Effect 3 multiplayer free DLC worked great as a concept and they continue it for DA:I.

On the other hand, I've yet to properly PLAY the multiplayer yet. I'm mostly just wandering round the various open realm areas trying to avoid doing anything of any real consequence because, well... I'm weird like that.

So far, the MP is...well, not great.

The Destruction expansion added a few extraneous pathways and the like to the existing 3 MP maps and added the "Beasts of the Wild"(read: wild animal attacks

) to the MP experience.

**Shadow Captain Edithae**

CthuluIsSpy wrote:
This might be related

Spoiler:

**Psienesis**

... if shooting goats would one-shot dragons, I'd hire *ten* of these guys.

As it is, I shipped them to Tevinter, with swords, to do their thing. Gets them out of my hair, causes problems in Cory's backyard.

Also, the box? It's... not the box that's on trial. It's the contents of the box.

**Desubot**

Psienesis wrote:
... if shooting goats would one-shot dragons, I'd hire *ten* of these guys.

As it is, I shipped them to Tevinter, with swords, to do their thing. Gets them out of my hair, causes problems in Cory's backyard.

Also, the box? It's... not the box that's on trial. It's the contents of the box.

Straight to community service

**Lynata**

Desubot wrote:Straight to community service

Thank the Maker there is youtube. I couldn't bring myself to do it, but needless to say, I was curious!

**Psienesis**

I told the box it was guilty as hell and gave its lands and holdings to the crown.

**Compel**

So, I'm a Knight Enchanter now at Level 16. I've just got myself the 'Spirit Blade' ability and I've got to say... Wow.

It's going literally 3 times more damage per hit as my staff. - Twice as much, on average, as Blackwall and his 2 handed weapon.

**thenoobbomb**

Just finished my first playthrough. I'm left wondering...

Spoiler: