A Dragon Age Inquisition Critique

[@Zedempremier]

Hey, don't worry too much about your " monotone tone ". I find it actually perfect for this kind of content. As a non native english speaker, I really value a focus on good elocution. I sometimes have trouble clearly understanding other essayists ( such as Whitelight, his flow of voice tends to blur words together and lose me after a while ) but your voice is really clear, allowing me to listen without ever getting confused and having to rewind. I know you'll worry anyway because creative people are like that... But try not to. You're good. And thanks for the videos.

[@MateusMeddeiros]

Whitelight talks to damm fast man, some times i have to go back a little just to understand what he said.

[@runningcommentary2125]

Noah Caldwell Gervais is another one. He usually has interesting things to say about the games he reviews, but the way that he sometimes stumbles over his words, awkwardly pauses or hastily corrects himself is really annoying. It's so easy to edit out parts like that and I have no idea why he doesn't.

[@thrillainthemanilla1409]

@@runningcommentary2125 Dude you just stated my exact problem with Gervais lmao. He needs to learn to edit his mistakes out. Also he probably shouldn’t put your full name on the internet lmao

[@saltyshrimppasta]

@@runningcommentary2125 I obsessively edit out my mistakes when recording audio for my video. I probably stop every two or three sentences to make sure something doesn’t sound weird and the timing between phrases is consistent. I think this is more of my “audio perfectionism” side showing, but I definitely feel your pain there.

[@gracefulcharity8412]

The amount of research and work put into this is insane. You did such an amazing job. Very well done !! Going to start the fable videos tomorrow. Instantly subbed. Great job !!

[@TheOneBearded]

461 hours well spent, imo. I had a blast watching this series.

[@Samanosuke187]

Just finished inquisition and it’s DLC’s yesterday this video was a joy to listen to. Keep up the fantastic work.

[@sarezar]

That comparison to shooters and "why are you even playing this game" was unfortunate at best. Firstly, shooter games are primarily about shooting. RPGs of ANY kind are not about collecting discarded wine bottles. Second, if the arguement of "why are you even playing this game if you really dislike X" is counter intuitive and is countered by life itself; meaning, if it were valid in any way, no one would discuss critique; about anything. We criticise aspects we didn't enjoy in the experience but first we have to experience it. If we knew we wouldn't like the food we ordered, we wouldn't have ordered it. Thirdly - even though the previous two points are more than enough - I'll also say ""strengthening my organisation", as you put it, could have both be done end explained in many other ways. Spamming the sonar button (or pixel hunting) to click on objects I don't know why I'm collecting is very hard to justify as good, enjoyable gameplay. Having made my long and argumentative comment, I'll say that I am enjoying these dragon age videos - despite getting the feeling to write more the 70,000 words, too, about all the points I disagree with you 😉 Subscribed (for now)

[@evilminded6610]

The loot in this game is disappointing. Also, there is a lot of boring busywork. The companion ai is infuriating. Lack of advanced customisable tactics is also sorely missed. But most of all - frostbite engine can rot in hell.

[@brunogadelha772]

This is by far the best content i've found so far on DAI. Love from Brasil 🙏🏽

[@Bobo0451]

Hey man I've watched almost all the critiques now in just a couple days I get addicted to listening to video game critiques so I tend to Marathon them when I find a new person that does it keep up the good work I'll be looking forward to it

[@Knight1029]

I really enjoyed this video series. Thanks for making these wonderful series.

[@davidroddie2001]

JB Jett, what a great retrospective. You have done an amazing job. I really like your video editing skills. You put together a real great visual capture that blends flawlessly with your analysis. Thank you for a great series that kept me captivated from start to finish. I watched all three back to back and was both entertained and informed. Thank you!

[@playerkit]

Excellent long form critique of the Dragon Age trilogy. Commenting for the algorithm!

[@thrillainthemanilla1409]

Hey JBjett I just wanted to correct something you said in the video. Corypheus is actually not the first darkspawn. If you read the ancient elven lore the “Taint” that creates darkspawn actually originated from the Ancient elves going to war with the Titans. This is why corypheus became a darkspawn when he went to the “Golden city” which is actually Arlathan the city of the ancient elves.

[@Mrs.Pyromaniac]

Correcting your correction. Corypheus and his fellow old god follower friends were the first dark spawn, Blight did exist before them but darkspawn didn't at least from the information we have. Maybe in the next game we will learn something different but Coryiphipus was part of the first darkspawn.

[@thrillainthemanilla1409]

@@Mrs.Pyromaniac For more evidence on darkspawn predating Corypheus read codex entries on Andruil the ancient elven god who “dove into the abyss and came back corrupted”. If the taint exists in the black city which is actually Arlathan the city of the ancient elves then the elves would have to have been exposed to the taint and as such were turned to darkspawn far before the magister were. Also dwarves think darkspawn have always been in the deep roads long before the first blight occurred. Their numbers just got exponentially larger during the blight

[@arielfontecilla5562]

I cant believe that after 7 months you only have 160 likes. this is criminal! this is one of the best videos about dragon age inquisition I've seen! I love your video series, even for the games I didnt even knew existed like Spellforce.

[@inge-kickipetersson9420]

Thank you JB! This is an excellent critique of the Dragon Age trilogy.

[@Ensgnblack]

This whole series retrospective deserves more views. And you deserve more subs.

[@PickleRick-mfi]

Loved this. Loved DAI too - means a lot as in the early days of my daughters life I was playing it none stop as she loved the music. Thank you for this, I loved seeing your take on the game and the lore - it always amazes me how my experiences in DA are echoed by other fans. Recommend this video for newbies waiting for DA4

[@saddersspecial1773]

commenting to help with the unknowable algorithm love the vids man

[@ultimatepercyfan]

Great work! I’m glad I found your channel and really look forward to future content that you will put out! This Dragon Age critique in general has been a treat, and I appreciate you offering a perspective that is a bit different from the usual. Keep up the great work. :)

[@lastmanstanding7155]

Before I watched the vid I just gotta say that I somehow managed to beat the final boss in a long 3 hour battle because of the gigantic stutter from the game. Somehow I became so stubborn that I decided that I was gonna beat the damn game. And beat it I did.

[@Aneuren]

Exceptional job. Thank you for delivering this commentary!

[@nickpeebles7541]

Good work. Love the long form content. I look forward to more in the future. Thanks for the entertainment.

[@Mateo-sc7lm]

Just discovered your channel a few days ago with your fable series, damn you do an amazing and very interesting job

[@josiah3408]

Oh and I love critique videos! You earned a new sub!

[@Doc_Aspy]

Probs unpopular opinion, but I wish Samson was in Cullen's position. I think he'd have the ability to be a bit more empathetic for BOTH sides of the rebellion than Cullen is, who was tortured at the hands of mages, watched kirkwall fall when the rebellion began and how bad it could get, etc. Story wise, Samson deserved better than to leave one overzealous religious entity for another. His hatred of the chantry and what it's capable of is completely valid and I get it, but it just feels like it's out of left field to me.

[@mar_ko5930]

Great work. Thank you very much !

[@tackogronday]

Great critique, keep em coming! I appreciate the work you're putting into these

[@bigoldram1041]

My first playthrough was a breeze. It only took about 40hrs and I used a sealth dual dagger rogue and let the companions just do their own thing. I took Solas, iron bull, and Cassandra so I could sneak around and get massive back stab damage, use caltrops to slow and poison, then spinning slash then Teleport slash back into stealth. All the while they get aggroed on my knights and Solas heals from afar while I pick off small mobs and wait for my cooldowns. Jaws of Haakon was a wild difficulty spike though.

[@xxillusivemanxx1046]

Im going to play this for the first time when its done downloading so im watching this till.then

[@bloodrunsclear]

Great critiques!

[@dustburnwem]

This has been my favorite DAI critique, you're going to be big

[@SwooshJush83]

Glad I found this channel, was looking for an inquisition retrospective and you delivered! Checked out the other videos and now I’m subbed. Keep up the good work bro

[@averyaustin1]

Little note i thought I'd add: I played my first time as an Elven Mage, and let me tell you: It was a damn blast! This is a universe where people dislike elves and distrust mages, so i thought it'd be ironic that one saved the world. The amount of unique dialogue for being both elven and a mage was a surprising amount of fun for me. Nice one, Bioware.

[@RandomWandrer]

Yes! My first experience of dragon age was Inquisition as a human mage. And I was initially bewildered that people didn't like mages. Some years later (and having since played DAO and DA2) I replayed as an elf mage. And wow... what a moving experience it was to be an elf (treated like trash) and a mage (untrustworthy) at the same time. Made the story quite potent.

[@Bionickpunk]

Elven female mage feels like a canon character spec to me, mostly due to so much additional exclusive dialogue this character combination gives you.

[@Bawler345]

Comprehensive, thorough and detailed. This is an awesome analysis, you should be proud

[@rpenning1994]

Youre video's are amazing to watch You deserve much more love and subs!! You are my new backround sound while gaming xd

[@55jruth]

Brilliant breakdown

[@porci751]

the biggest problem wirh inquisition was the absolute false advertisement, they promissed many administration mechanics that weren't there, many ways to interact with your party that weren't possible and grosselly exagerated some mechanics. There's also the fact that you're the leader of a great organization, but it never trully feels like it. I remember having a lot of fun with my first playthrough, but not being able to beat it a second time, which isn't really bad, for such a massive game

[@nickrispoli2532]

Just started a fourth new playthrough this weekend and this video is pretty spot on in terms of both the praise and criticism

[@emmanuelstockabuer2134]

i think war table is verry a good idea for the ambiance: you verry feel like you're created a real politic organisation, u take decision without to see by yourself consequences, u influence the destiny of kingdom and clans by decision you make so away from the place interrested ; even all quest in the "open world" can be interpretated like growing influence of the inquistion in local places. Also the connection between quest u've done and missions on war table is insane

[@anushanth1994]

Great video, thank you for your hard work.

[@MelonTartVA]

I personally wish Hawke would join the inquisition. Cu I really don't give a shit about Stroud.

[@MalarikFilms]

These Dragon Age videos have been great🎉

[@HrobnikWane]

You deserve so much more views for these amazing videos. I enjoy them a lot.

[@EverythingPSPOfficial]

I’m playing this for the first time on my PS5 while I save up for Baldurs Gate 3, it’s been a long time since I played a game like this and I am having a blast!

[@scrawny_ronnie7]

A 4 hour video about my favorite game ever from someone I've never heard of?? Yes please. KZbin algorithm hitting tonight.

[@memes4195]

You have great reviews JB

[@MalarikFilms]

WOOP WOOP. (Ready for the analysis 😌🏆)

[@SquallSf]

"I like the game so much .... it really doesn't ask much from the player" Well they nerfed a cRPG to a Hack&Slash, because too many players like to not been "asked much", a polite way to say low on IQ. There is nothing wrong with having games for these kind of players, but don't call it Dragon Age. Same happens to so many great titles, like Mass Effect - 2 almost eliminated the RPG elements, Final Fantasy after 10, ... These titles became world wide known and loved because they do require "much from the player"!

[@jonathansoko1085]

Are you claiming auto combat is better?

[@SquallSf]

@@jonathansoko1085 auto combat? Where do you read that?

[@jonathansoko1085]

@@SquallSf The old games have 100% auto combat. So you are telling me 100% auto combat is better

[@SquallSf]

@@jonathansoko1085 a friendly advice - stop the drugs, they mess up you mind! Dragon Age doesn't have auto combat. The closest thing that comes in mind s auto-hit, but if I recall DA:O doesn't have even that, so I have no clue where your 100% comes from.

[@craigtrish2011]

@@SquallSf You can set up ai to 100% handle a fight on their own with no input. So what's your point? it seems like maybe you're on the drugs. Either that or you're just so stuck up yourself you can't handle being wrong.

[@MalarikFilms]

Your analysis and discussion is GREAT

[@shellysbeach7165]

I really loved you're videos about dragon age! the first one actually helped me a lot to understand the whole story of the third game at all, then I started watching the video for Dragon Age 2 and somewhere in the first act you have convinced me that the second one will be totally worth playing, I will do that now after Post-Inquisition-depression-emotions fade away and I'm ready again! Thank you

[@kyle4ek]

you did awesome and superb work! thanks!

[@MalarikFilms]

THANK YOU FOR THIS DUDE🏆❤

[@MalarikFilms]

Do you have ur world state on the keep... If so.. Is it cool if I ask you share it? Because I don't wanna romance Solas... But your PCs look epic and I could use an extra world state

[@TEFFTPATTERN]

You'll have a big channel some day keep goin bud

[@kattimpala]

holY POG A BRAND NEW ESSAY CHANNEL 😭❤️😭❤️😭❤️

[@desmannesjohannes5095]

great critique! I found it quite insightful at times. although I have many playthroughs behind me I still on a regular basis find new stuff, in game and online. thank you for putting in so much work :) you're a Solas apologist though so the Qun commands me to rate this video 69/420

[@Bee-zr5pb]

I'm so addicted to this game! Got it in 2014 but my pc broke a week after and I never played it again until a month ago. So happy I have it another go.

[@astolbro7183]

The galaxy brain take of calling blackwall a bigot after talking about Dorian and Vivienne is mind boggling

[@poltergeistguy9910]

wonderful video, with some really compelling points, youve gained a new subscriber my friend. to add to your points, inquisition is the game i have the most hours in but honestly, in comparison to the previous entries, felt so hollow. it Really struck me as odd that the tranquil (and the events of asunder) were so glossed over after being such prominent peices in other installments such as in origins (esp the magi origin) and in 2. i love this game, but that comes with some trepidation on my part as it felt way more set in putting its (fantasy french-catholic) values above those of the player. also this is probs just a me thing but i Really miss the awakening crew and how tight knit they felt compared with the coworker like environment of inq.

[@briandaniel7514]

grey wardens live on average 30 years after the Joining

[@TheBlazegeo]

Good work man!

[@cr-nd8qh]

Wow you should probably have more subscribers

[@brettcerv4468]

Great video

[@romic8427]

Problem with the first sentence. If you claim Dragon Age: Origins areas are repetitive, then DA:I is as well considering the lack of content (99% of the content is the same without even using some worldbuilding/story to change up the pace) I can already see where this is going despite being labelled as a "critique".

[@SonAlexander]

I might be preempting the video with this comment, if I am my apologies, but I don’t remember the Joining causing infertility in Wardens… that happens with the Witcher’s, different franchise. If a Warden was infertile, how do you have a kid with Morrigan at the end of Origins?

[@Suddmoney]

It's not that Wardens are infertile, just that they have very low fertility rates.

[@ursaber]

I don't believe The Dread Wolf Rises will be the final subtitle for Dragon Age IV, tbh.

[@cappn_ronaldo]

That....horse/dragon mount fuels my nightmares 😱

[@adamaccountname]

It's interesting how pillars of eternity simultaneously tried the perma health versus temp guard feature and went back to just a single health bar in their sequel. It seems like health is already a finite resource so the change is not really an improvement. Ie if an enemy can do so much damage per second and you can only heal so much it's already fairly balanced, now you just have one more button click to keep your guard up instead of healing.

[@adamaccountname]

My complaint is that fireball etc is no longer a tactical attack you want to place well amongst your enemies, if you have friendly fire on it's near impossible to make your allies be useful, so you turn it off and now my wizard is just another archer who can put barriers on allies as well

[@dnaseb9214]

Also the witcher 3 completly smoked this game and left it into the dust

[@ded2thaworld963]

People always complain about the busywork and open areas, but personally i loved it. I like doing side stuff in games and never see the point in people rushing games.

[@RGB2060]

I'm playing the game for the first time and at the 50 hours mark, i finally decided to go on with the story hahaha this game is huuuuuge

[@heyygallo]

wife!?? legit thought you were like 16. your voice sounds so young. love that for you though, slay king

[@josiah3408]

This is my first dragon age game. I came from games like Zelda and Skyrim. This game gave me the open world I wanted but the style of mass effect I loved so much! It’s one of my favorite games ever! The music, gameplay, and story were all so epic! I just recently started playing it again. I only played it one time through so I’m excited to start again

[@edwardbrennan3963]

I wish this game would be ported to switch. I want it on the go!

[@RPGmodsFan]

Great Videos on the DA Series. Unlike you I did not enjoy DAI. Yes, it has a pretty good story. However, to search the area around you, you had to press the "scan" button, and it looked like you were searching the area via radar. This totally broke the RPG immersion for me, and it made me not enjoy the game as much as I should have. Am I playing a Medieval Fantasy Game or a Modern Day Warfare FPS?

[@Maverick-di2br]

Maybe dont press that button next time?

[@RPGmodsFan]

@@Maverick-di2br Good point, but then how are you supposed to search and find items? I liked the way it was in DA0 and DA1, where you hit the TAB (or was it the ALT?) button to highlight searchable items.

[@Maverick-di2br]

@@RPGmodsFan Just use your eyes?

[@dawn2891]

The story was pretty meh. Nearly all choice and consequence was replaced with mmo style run around the map and do the equivalent of daily quest. Kill this or fetch that quests. The endings also underwhelming. Compare the ending of origins to inquisition. Several different decisions made earlier in the game can change parts of the ending in origins. They’re practically night and day.

[@dawn2891]

@@Maverick-di2br or perhaps they could just brighten the objects when your near them. It’s a annoying spamming the R3 button when your traveling the maps. Especially when your trying to keep up with potion upgrades and crafting equipment

[@MalarikFilms]

1:38:08 conservative bigot... Where? (Genuinely asking...)

[@Xivinux]

Phenomenal.

[@JoeyEmerald]

1:11:50 hell yeah 3% gang

[@ibrahima_dp18]

You rock man !!

[@georgeprentice9830]

First off, I really appreciate the amount of effort you put into this video, I really enjoy these kinds of long videos to just listen to while I do other things. That being said, your willingness to brush off player criticism as “they’re not playing it the way they supposed to” while not giving the devs any flack for obviously poor game design is aggravating. Players getting burnt out because of trying to 100% all the maps they come across isn’t strictly a player fault. It means that the devs pumped the maps with obnoxious levels of filler that ultimately fails to keep the player’s attention. The previous games were linear, this game wasn’t, the previous games were tactical, this game wasn’t (at least not in the same sense), and the player isn’t told any of this, not through marketing, not through in game prompts. Anyway, like I said, I still enjoyed your video for entertainment purposes, I just don’t agree with you stance on some of these points.

[@useeee616]

I FUCKING LOVED DRAGON AGE INQUISITION!!!!!! Like I cant even. I’m not a ‘hardcore’ gamer. I never spent as many hours on a game in my life I think I played 150+ hours on my first playthrough. Nothing compares to it. I mustve played like ten hours of it, then put it down and said ‘fuck this shit’ and then I picked it up like 18 months later and I got into it and GOD FUCK DAMN HOLY FUCK ITS THE GREATEST GAME EVER BRO.

[@tlomofficial]

What armor is his Inqusitor wearing during the Tresspasser DLC??? Looks badass!

[@notmynamedammit]

It's interesting, what you said about the evolving world, because it immediately made me think of Elder Scrolls. Then again, Elder Scrolls was pretty much weird from the beginning, or at least from the point on when it became popular (Morrowind) and of course it just the story ahead so much that you (rarely) have this feeling of tracking the progress of concrete characters like Liliana. I thought your takes on the Blackwell/Solas/Iron Bull romances quite interesting. Made me wonder whether in this game the male romances are just better/the writers were more interested in them or at least in giving them more pathos and higher stakes? Anyway, thanks for the series. Though I did come across almost wishing you'd do an almost more Top 10 style video on what to you are the most meaningful stories or characters. (I realize that that is probably more like exactly the opposite of the kind of style you want to pursue)

[@zquare0ne511]

Hello JBJett. I can tell you put a lot of effort and research into this project, and I don't mean to be rude, but I think the title of this video is a bit misleading. When people search for 'Critique' they are generally looking for an examination and analysis of the games 'Negative/Bad' sides. You make it very clear in the intro-section that's not your intention here. I only watched til the end of the 'Mechanics/Combat'-section so in fairness to you, the rest of the video may be more focused on that. Again, I hope you'll excuse my bluntness here but the section I DID watch felt a bit aimless and I wasn't sure of what point you were trying to make, as it jumps around a lot, and then settles mainly on the intricacies of the games health-management system. Lastly, I really take issue with what you say towards the end of the section: "You have to enter the experience with the right mindset". - This is a highly flawed argument in my opinion. If you buy a game called "Dragon Age" then I think it's fair to expect it to play like the other games called "Dragon Age". Dismissing the disappointment of DA:O-fans as a failure to adapt the right mindset is a bit condescending. Please don't take this to mean that I disliked the video or you as the creator in any way. You are clearly very talented and I wish you the best.

[@Negonian]

I understand where you're coming from with the negative connotation of the word critique, but when you look it up on the dictionary this is the first definition i found "a detailed analysis and assessment of something, especially a literary, philosophical, or political theory." So when I use the word critique, I only really intend it to mean an in depth analysis of a videogame. As for the expectations for a game, I actually think it effects a lot since a true zelda fan could easily argue that Breath of the wild is a terrible legend of zelda game. I definitely enjoyed breath of the wild, but that is in spite of the fact that it does not satisfy half of the expectations a long time fan might be looking for. But most people entered that game with the knowledge that it was a new direction for the series, so it hardly bothered the vast majority of players. So i think that a similar thing goes for Inquisition, a fantastic game when you accept the fact that it is trying to target a different type of experience. Anyways, thanks for the compliments and maybe you'll resonate a bit better with one of my other critiques since I typically view games in a different light than most other reviewers.

[@murphykitty44]

JBJett i agree, ‘critique’ does not solely mean ‘criticism’. i’m only thirty minutes in of this vid so far, but you’re doing a good job. keep it up.

[@andrewpf91]

I hope you do the veilgaurd.

[@psycho-analyticgamer7452]

Beautifully done! I really liked how you shared how many hours it took to compose these videos I totally feel you! Also, you work much faster than me xD a 15-minute video takes me over 30 hours of researching, writing, recording, editing and etc Anyway, wonderful work your critique on the Dragon Age Series really was interesting and your editing was on point Subbed

[@Hedonite]

Looove this game

[@JulienneKlasek]

So even though my comment on the dao critique might lead you to believe I was mad and wasn't going to finish watching these critiques I still finished them cause for the most part I agree with your analysis cause I genuinely did enjoy the later games more than origins I just wish you approached origins in a more complete way before making that analysis. But aside from what I said there I still enjoyed hearing your opinion on these games cause it's so true that people put origins on this pedestal in order to say it's the only good dragon age game and that pisses me off to no end.

[@bringinthedope5929]

Lol yeah he was harsh as hell with DAO, but overall this series is a gem. What was your biggest issue with the first part though? Just curious if we had the same gripes.

[@adeptdamage3669]

Origins was far superior to both.

[@jonathansoko1085]

Playing this in 2020/2021 with the SAD state of rpg's standards today, this game is a damn masterpiece. It is weird to me that of the games of this era, Witcher 3 gets all the praise even tho as a RPG, W3 fails on nearly all fronts, labeling it such is a mistake, its an action adventure game. While this game actually has RPG mechanics and systems. I digress, this game is fantastic. I only have it on origin, ive gotta say ive literally never had one bug that i noticed or any problems at all with it. It runs surprisingly perfect. I dont seem to have any issues you have, nor do i have dl speed throttling with origin. Not sure whats up there, strange how one person has one experience, and i have the opposite. This leads me to believe that your computer and internet is part of the issue here.

[@jonathansoko1085]

@Withnail They are a dime a dozen. Also disco elysium while cool, is not a game i could ever sit through. So yes the state of modern rpg's is quite dire. One out of every 100, i wouldnt call this a pretty great time

[@adeptdamage3669]

Witcher 3 had great writing Inquisition did not.

[@Mrs.Pyromaniac]

@@adeptdamage3669 I haven't played the Witcher 3 mainly cause I don't particularly enjoy the Universe, but Inquisition has great writing. Coryiphipus is a meh as a villain but his backstory is really cool as well as the other 6 original darkspawn that's about where it is for writing in my opinion.

[@jonathansoko1085]

@@adeptdamage3669 As a fan of the Witcher books, the games don't hold a candle to the books story telling. As a game inquisition has far stronger writing. Like, far. To the sun far.

[@V2ULTRAKill]

​​@@jonathansoko10852 years later But even back then The shadowrun reboot trilogy? Tyranny? Pillars of eternity? Wasteland 2? Divinity original sin 2? Kingmaker? Solasta? Since then, bg3? Weird west? Wrath of the righteous? Wasteland 3?

[@Ffffffffff366]

I think your series is very bias. There’s a tonal shift from the DA:2 critique on, especially with that long ass companions analysis in the DA:2 vid. Not that i disagree with everything you say, i agree with a great many things you’ve said in all three videos. I just think some of the things you boil it down to trying to prove that DA:2 and inquisition is better than origins. Which is fine if you think that, I’m not judging your taste in video game. Yk, origins isn’t perfect and its my favorite. There’s just companions and quest lines you’d straight up ignore in the origins critique, in the inquisition critique you do the same thing lol. I felt like throughout all these videos, i was fed why DA:2 is the best. DA:I is the next runner up, and DA:O’s companions suck, and the story is just a “standard good vs evil story” wtf? If you put the time into da:o’s companions and story and da:i’s companions that you put into the second game. Then this series would be 10/10, it just needed all that bias taken out

[@Ffffffffff366]

Its not just the story and companions. Those were just examples

[@Ffffffffff366]

AND the qunari are not socialists? The Qun is clearly a collective religion, but they’re not trying to “eat the rich” they want to invade thedas and make their RELIGION the dominant faction dominating the feudal fantasy game. Much like the chantry, and the inquisition prior to it, AND the Ben-Hassirath use the same underhanded tactics as the chantry

[@lf7877]

I agree with your comment(s). I must confess, I despise DA:I - it's a Disney Theme Park compared to Origins or DA 2. BioWare tried to make this game good, but they failed imho. Of course this is only my personal opinion. For me, the DA series - beginning with Origins - is much about a darker undertone. Gruesome and tragic events, many rather morally grey quests and decisions to make, in part with horrible outcomes (just remember the quest in DA 2 where you have to wipe out a whole elven group because of some selfish and outright dangerous decisions made by keeper Marethari who should have been confident in Merrill instead). This was - at least in my first playtrough - completely unexpected and shocking. Nothing even remotly shocking like that did ever occur in DA:I. There are many rather light hearted fantasy RPG's out there and this is fine, but the DA series is more about dark fantasy where the hero is not always really heroic, where the line between good and evil is blurred... and all that is completely missing in DA:I. It's too... shiny, too black and white. And... at least for me it was completely ridiculous that I as the leader of the Inquisition should go out in the field to pick flowers and herbs and should go hunting animals... BioWare tried hard to bring back memorable companions with interesting personal quests but compared to DA 2 and DA:O they failed horribly (and don't get me started on Krem and Dorian - Mr. „I'm gay and my daddy don't like it“. Dorian is a very interesting character, but BioWare tried to push a SJW agenda into the game which is imho a big no no. This should be a fantasy RPG, not a playground for real world LGBT-problems). DA:I is kind of an „Ubisoft“ Dragon Age game, with unnecessary fillers all over the place to stretch game time. Compared to DA:O it's just... cringe... Yes, DA:O is flawed and has many fantasy tropes but in a good way. It sometimes forces the player to make questionable decisions and the world building and the overall dark undertone in the game makes me come back to play it again and again - and so does DA 2, which imho is even 'darker' than DA:O. DA:I is not a bad fantasy game per se, but imho it's a very bad Dragon Age game.

[@phongvu-ju5rm]

I'm glad you like it, but for me, this is a low point for the series.

[@mauricewilks1974]

Love this game

[@MalarikFilms]

So happy that I use an Xbox and not a PC

[@charaznable8072]

I've been hearing alot of reviewers recently in the past few years always bringing up how the game events are always waiting for you even if you run off and complete tens of hours of side quest before continuing the main quest... Why is this even a thing to complain about? Literally all games are like this it has always been a thing it's a damn video game not real life of course npc's are gonna wait around for the player, like the fact you can spend hundreds of hours driving around Los Santos before picking back up the main story is the player's choice but you don't see anyone complaining about that it's strange to even bring something like that up as a complaint, I'm just curious cause it seems like a recent trend reviewers have been prattling on about very strange.

[@UltimegaSeven]

Just because its a norm doesnt make it ok. Its like someone complaining about fast travel in Skyrim, saying that quests force you into using it because they make you travel over the world to do something mundane. Its in all games by this point, but it doesnt make it ok, because a game that wants you to explore the world and ride horses shouldnt be balancing all its content around players with less patience and wanting the easy way out. Not that games should shy away from it as it is ok, but when everyone is doing it without any thought and simply putting it in the game becuase we have come to accept it, people forget what its like to not have it, and games as a whole has seen the effects with open world "huge map" games have barely anything amazing to discover because they have to cater to the Fast Travel users. Same applies to open world games with quests waiting for you. This is a norm, its in practically all games, but should the world and its problems revolve around you ALL the time? Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time didnt and it gave this feeling of agency that you had an important job to do or there would be consequences as the world carried on without you. But common gamers have forgotten what its like to be in a universe that YOU were born in. Instead, they only know what it feels like to have a universe that REVOLVES around YOU. Becuase if this, games like Skyrim or other rpgs have this feeling of "who care about this quest"

[@charaznable8072]

@@UltimegaSeven Comparing Ocarina of time to Skyrim is like comparing apples to oranges the same elements do not apply, I've actually never played ocarina of time but are you actually saying that literally not even one npc waits around for the character? That I find hard to believe if you take days to complete a dungeon (some kids might) are you telling that ganon isn't waiting around for you to come kill him and has already conquered all of hyrule??? Please... Ok can you tell me one game similar to skyrim (your choice of comparison by the way) where time flows with the character? Just name one similar game where literally not one npc wait's around for the character? I'll be waiting.

[@Ffffffffff366]

Then leaving it on how they’re both better than Origins clearly explain why you made these critiques to begin with. You shouldn’t be trying to prove whats better than what. You should be analyzing the story and characters in all forms in the given media, and then if something happens to be better. That shouldn’t have any bias in it. I get it, you like the other two games

[@Ffffffffff366]

In a video game, mechanics and other factors come in to play. I’m just saying “story and characters” because of the broadness of story and characters in media

[@damianlegion8455]

10:37 Unless you assign them Rift's skills, which they will never use in combat. 😑 Rift's skills + AI = Basic Attacks + Death. 1:26:17 Weird boy/girl. Nobody turns their heads that quick. 🤔 Creepy.

[@MoonMoverGaming]

The fact that you consistently refer to EA's digital storefront as "Origins" instead of "Origin" is driving me mad. ----- Regarding the problem people have with burning themselves out ticking all the boxes in the Hinterlandands early on: the problem for me was that every previous Bioware RPG trained me to want to do all the side content as early as possible. In previous Bioware fames, side content is limited, but essential for reaching high levels because there are rarely chances to grind. That's not the type of game Inquisition is, but Inquisition does not comminicate that clearly enough or early enough.

[@omgilovesteak6484]

I hope veilguard is as good.

[@peterversionone]

I just hope 1 thing. I know Solas is Fen Herrel(the elf god dread wolf)I just hope we don’t have to kill him. I kind of liked him. He was better than Anders that terrorist

[@Palpad100]

Yeah they guy that will kill everyone who isnt an elf is so much better than Anders lol

[@DrSoda.]

Really awesome content here. More please! God bless. Jesus loves you!

[@revanchist1776]

I don’t really know what to do here. 30 minutes in to this video and the work put in is clear. However your inability to truly see the flaws of this game are almost nauseating. I was looking for a legit critique from both sides of the isle. Shame.