How Bioware can redeem themselves with Dragon Age: Dreadwolf

#dragonage #dragonagedreadwolf #bioware
With dozens of millions in game sales, a recently released Netflix hit ( Dragon Age: Absolution ) and a 4th entry on the way, what better time than now to look at all of the games and see what could be improved on?
01:52 Role-playing ( hopefully )
07:56 Gameplay ( do's and don'ts )
13:09 Story missions ( and side-quests )
17:29 Companions ( how to handle dialogue/reputation )

[@sarialue]

I will always say, I am cautiously optimistic for Dragon Age: Dreadwolf. Excellent editing/video btw!

[@REALVINERGY]

Hey! in classic KZbin fashion my feed is currently getting bombarded with Dragon Age content ( including yours ) since I uploaded this video, and I spent quite a good amount of time watching your videos yesterday, they're really well done and entertaining for anyone who's interested in the DA series 💯 Also: thank you :)

[@llllukaz]

Well, it's probably going to be shit.

[@ingolf82]

I actually like Dragon age 2, despite it's reuse of pretty much everything. the combat is great, I like the story too.

[@internetjerk2839]

Agreed I'd take being mostly stuck in Kirkwall over the bloated empty areas of Inquisition any day

[@AgX_28]

@@internetjerk2839 DA 2 was my most played (and favourite) but I didn't play Origins a lot, just mostly watched my brother playing it, Inquisition I did not play.... is it worth buying either Origins at 2023 and Inquisition?

[@internetjerk2839]

@elrondtheoathbreaker2166 Origins yes it definitely lives up to the hype the visuals are a bit dated and the skill system is a bit more linear but it's still a great game as for Inquisition no it really isn't worth it the story is short the areas are bloated and filled with tedious fetch quests that have no story impact and the companions are bland they exist more to fill a quota rather than have any interesting character traits to them

[@sporkles7427]

@@internetjerk2839 I miss being able to stop and have random conversations with my companions. Companions after Origins felt kind of bland... Except for Varric and a few others imo. I also wish they wouldn't have given the player character voice acting, I like having a large list of options to choose from and I like to imagine what my character would say in that situation and what their voice would sound like. Also I miss the backstory segments in Origins, it made me feel more attached to my character getting to see what they went through.

[@dark3rthanshadows]

We know D2 has fans but as a "dragon age" game it's horrible, u can't even have different races to imerse yourself, no u can just be hawk, with all the characters super hawksexual. D2 was trying to hard to be an Hack n Slash not only the combat was changed but they totally changed the RPG feel. It's a nice Adventure hack n slash that has some fans but as a rpg is the weakest.

[@Zarsthor]

Finally a dragon age video I agree mostly with and not wrapping the series in bubble wrap to protect it from criticism. People get too offended when you say you didn't enjoy an aspect of an otherwise great thing, but you don't have to love everything and nobody grows from lies... tho sometimes bullshit can be fertilizing.

[@REALVINERGY]

just wait until I've made the same video but for The Witcher 3, people go nuts if you criticize that jokes aside, I agree, and I meant everything I said. I adore the DA series, but we'd be crazy to think it's some sort of flawless masterpiece that should be saved in a time capsule, preserved for later generations so that we can show them what a perfect game series looked like haha

[@rebellyanmagic6409]

I would honestly be surprised if Bioware doesn't have a return to Origins-style prologue where you get some time to establish your character before the game starts. Since we're going to be in Tevinter, it makes sense to let the player to explore this new part of Thedas we haven't been to before. Like for example, if you play a Mage in DA4, it could be a parallel to Human Warrior/Rogue in DA:O, ie you've grown up in the upper class with all the privilege it entails, plus your time in the Circle will be obviously different from what Mages in Orlais and Ferelden go through. Instead of throwing us into the action like in Inquisition, let us get a feel for this society and our character's place in it.

[@REALVINERGY]

Yeah, that would be perfect. There are also so many options and routes they could consider, Qunari have been at war with Tevinter for ages, so we could be there as a Qun spy/warrior or as Tal-Vasoth, hired by some noble to bother Tevinter as much as possible. Elven slaves are often used as bloodsacrifice, but some are treated exceptionally well by the upper class, so we could kick things off trying to escape or to "betray" our masters. Also, I hope they're smart enough to realise that few people are interested in Dreadwolf who have never touched a Dragon Age game before in their lives, so they can go pretty heavy on the whole lore aspect of the origins, as most people will at least have some clue as to where we are and what is going on

[@bananajoe4203]

They better. It was one of the greatest aspects of the game and it’s removal was one of the things that hindered the success of the later games.

[@rebellyanmagic6409]

@@REALVINERGY And if you play a Dwarf, you get an insight into how Orzammar's relationship with Tevinter is post-Trespasser (since an empire of mages would need lyrium of course). Hell, if you play an Elf you could meet a character from the City Elf's origins (either Valendrian or their father, depending on which Warden you pick on Tapestry). It would be a huge misstep if Bioware doesn't put in an Origins-style prologue because there's so much lore and exploration to do.

[@REALVINERGY]

@@rebellyanmagic6409 Makes you wonder if they'll give elf players the option to join Solas at the end. If they're going with the Dreadwolf from the games and books, he undoubtedly wouldn't even accept you, but I do really hope they won't just write him into a " hurr durr I'm gonna conquer the world " typical villain, and actually give him some depth. Kinda the sames how people still argue if Loghain's actions were justified or not.

[@LynxStarAuto]

@@rebellyanmagic6409The Dwarves' origins is the backbone of the series. Dwarves have a very rich, polarizing, and controversial backstory and history. It drew you in, and the differences between a Casteless and noble start in Origins is probably my favorite that never gets old. You can really roleplay that race. Which the same can't be said for the human or elf races in the first game.

[@terratheterribl]

Origins was one of my favorite games, from its setting to its roleplaying. I played for over a thousand hours as a kid before dlcs. 2 was a fever dream I still put in alittle over 500 hours in but I still enjoyed the lore, if incredibly shallow. Inquisition gave me that small dose of origins and I ended up playing a thousand hours again. It wasn't until I revisited Origins afterwards that I realized exactly why it just wasn't the same. Origins will always be THE dragon age game to me.

[@REALVINERGY]

Described it perfectly tbh, I'm often glad Inquisition was my first ever introduction to the series, as I think I wouldn't have enjoyed it as much had I played Origins first. Funnily enough, it does work the other way around, playing Origins after having played Inquisition only makes you appreciate Origins even more

[@TheSpicyLeg]

My problem with Inquisition is that scope just got out of control. In Origins, you were not saving the world. You were saving Fereldan. It was very possible that the blight would’ve ended, but Fereldan was destroyed. Nothing about Origins suggested that a Dalish Elf or Dwarf Commoner gave a shit about Antiva’s safety. DA2 invested me further as I really cared about Kirkwall. I was upset when the Qunari attacked it. I felt like it was spiraling out of control and I could only tend to symptoms. DAI though? I just felt too detached. So much of it was in Orlais and I didn’t care, at all, about Orlais. The game would have quests where you collect blankets, but war table missions about entire countries. It just was all over, and I found myself just not caring about war table beyond picking whichever option had the best reward.

[@REALVINERGY]

Good point. It also didn't help that the wartable missions were actually quite "important" in shaping the entirety of Thedas, as using the wrong advisor for a mission could easily wipe out an entire group of your soldiers, or assassinate the wrong target, but as they didn't have cutscenes or dialogue attached to them, everybody just picked the advisor who needed the least amount of time to finish it and called it a day. Also, with all of the talk about Nevara, Antiva etc. it has been dope to hear/read about them from companions and codex entries, but that doesn't make me care about them. In fairness, I'd rather have them not show them, than DO show them but in the half-assed manner they used for Val Royeaux, but I'm not very bothered by whatever happens to them, as I have no clue what is happening over there. I cared about my companions, my countrymen and my city in DAO and DA2, but in Inquisition, I just wanted to make the Inquisition more powerful, and whatever needed to be done to achieve this didn't really change my opinion on the matter whatsoever

[@TheSpicyLeg]

@@REALVINERGY Prescisely. At least Orlais was shown in the game, though Val Royeaux was an embarrassment. In the lore, only Minrathous has greater glory than Val Royeaux, yet we get a small square and a few back alleys. Both Denerim and Kirkwall had grander scale, and that is a crime. I’m hoping the war table goes away. Show, don’t tell. If you don’t want the MC there for some reason, why not let us play another character a la Leliana in Origins? All those cool inquisition characters like Argent, Isabela, etc. would be fun to play them through a mission and make choices that would be difficult for their personalities.

[@REALVINERGY]

@@TheSpicyLeg They could go for some squad management gameplay, picking agents you've acquired and then sending them on missions depending on the skills they have, but that could easily ruin half of the game if done in a bad way haha

[@solwindp78-1]

@@REALVINERGY Speaking of the wartable missions being important, the Dalish elf Inky has a series of wartable missions that are meant to assist their former Lavellan clan. If you make the wrong decision during any of the missions, the entire clan gets destroyed and dissolved, but this doesn't come up in the story at all. Such a weirdly important thing that can happen and the main character just has no reaction to their former home being destroyed and most of their friends and family killed. That really was a missed opportunity

[@REALVINERGY]

@@solwindp78-1 They "fixed" this in the Trespasser DLC, as people like Sera and Cullen now actually mention that they're sorry for your loss, but still, Trespasser is 2 years after the events of the main story, and we see these people every day. Imagine a relative dying, and your friends say nothing for 2 years only to then on a random wednesday send you a text " oh hey sorry for your loss " 💀 I think that that's the issue when companies get too big, or as in Bioware's case, got EA management trying to enforce certain elements and mechanics. I think a whole different departement made the war table missions, and another one wrote the story, characters etc. and that's why this mishap happened. Still, it's absolutely shameful and I've got no clue how it got past the game testing stages

[@wolfyno3950]

DAO was the best in term of atmosphere, lore, story, and interesting chars ... banters ... everything honestly ... the start, the war, the battle, the betrayals ... you feel so involved! (builds / skills etc, could have been better imho) ... I still remember the random badass GG that showed up at the end who jumped from the top of the tower unto the flying dragon ... like he came out of nowhere) DA2, was more like a *full drama* game, same areas but new developments each and every day... like a living city ... different from the 1st game but with better gameplay ... and everything was about the people living there .... then comes DAI ... feels so empty ... big maps, empty big maps... full of repetitive quests ... random-ish encounters ... and VERY SLOW pacing... even sometimes too cheesy ... the chars feel kind of forced.

[@Raydr62]

PUT SOME LOVE ON DA2

[@LynxStarAuto]

Negative. The worst game of the series. Then Inquisition was a *better game* but a terrible DA.

[@REALVINERGY]

😰💀 even though it grew on me throughout the years, I always like coming back to Origin and Inquisition, but DA2 often is that game I just wanna " get out of the way " so that I can use all of the choices for my next Inquisition playthrough Still enjoy it though Sometimes

[@fatal_error8397]

I always felt emotionally involved in DA2, while DAI left me cold. This makes DA2 the better game regardless of its flaws, because it is all that matters in the end.

[@MalarikFilms]

@@LynxStarAuto wrong

[@AgX_28]

? It is the one that you get more connected to the story (at least from my point of view).. plus great companions and most important it has the better combat system. The only issue is the map that feels small and some scenes look kinda repetitive.

[@jerekheadrick3379]

I loved being a dalish elf. It gave a fantastic sense of community and felt like an extended family.

[@REALVINERGY]

That I agree with

[@Wolfarior]

Dalish elf origin always felt to me like the (not in a bad way) default origin. You encounter blight for the first time right there instead at Ostagard and that encounter with your budy later in camp was a big sad surprise.

[@yammoto148]

Okay so I agree with most of your video but there is points I do have to address. Mages not only were op in Origins but they had a lot of redundancy and didn't have a whole lot of nuance. Take for example the 4 variations of cone spells, cone of fire, cone of cold, cone of lightning, petrify, etc. It just boiled down to you using the best crowd control or the hardest hitting spells as opposed to trying to find ways to make magic combo with itself. Take Inquisition and its totally different, you can use combinations like Lightning cage and Fear to decimate a group of enemies. Even most CRPG's have some combos and less redundancy like using Grease+Fireball. And its not so much that the mage was op, its that the mage invalidated mechanics. Why invest in herbalism when your spirit healer is going to be faster and better than any poultice you pull out. Why use traps when you can CC most enemies to death with mage spells. They kind of made rogues pointless beyond disarming traps, picking locks and supporting with the bard class. I get what you mean about choices but, largely speaking the choices in Origins boiled down to, should I be an arse or a self righteous goodie. There wasn't a whole lot of between which is why I preferred Inquisition's dialogue because a lot of it was neutral and left things more up to the internal monologue of the character. It did mean our character lacked personality but it also meant I didn't write myself into a tropey mess. Like if you are going to give your character personality choices there isn't a whole lot of room for individuality because you could write yourself into a bad cliche'. Greedfall was an RPG that showed exactly how choices can be nuanced and impactful without putting your character into a trope as an example and I would rather follow it than Origins as a model for dialogue. I think the problem I had with Inquisition's world maps is that there wasn't a whole lot to do or a lot of interesting people to interact with. The world had more detail than most open world games but it just lacked people and was more about slogging through more enemies to hit. I preferred some of the random encounters origins had like, oh look a camp, oh party is feeling sleepy, now we gotta solo this shade with our mage or party dies. This is something that I missed a lot from inquisition and only really felt like it was replicated in smaller scale, like the haunted house in the Emerald Graves. As for your gameplay options about tactics, I think I agree they shouldn't have half arsed it. But at the same time I don't want to automate too much of the ai or we get a final fantasy 12 situation where the game literally plays itself with the gambit system. Which I liked but don't wish to return.

[@andrehenderson7820]

DA2 is my favorite by far, and I’m kind of worried for DA Dreadwolf because there’s a lot of expectations from the fandom. Thinking they might try to do too much people pleasing and just might make a big mess trying to make a game for everyone

[@stephanmarcouxdrums4877]

Dragon Age Origins is just the best experience, from the music to the main story with the human male, fighter, who can use two weapons, just like Duncan. And the shocking fatality of child, father and mother, just to fill that need for revenge, a feeling directly towards known enemy, and that's not even the main story of becoming a Grey Warden. The shocking joining, drinking blood of the Dark Spawn, Morrigan, Flemeth, the Tower of mage, Red Cliff, Denerim, the Dalish wood, the Fade, the pink Gift item with the -/+ feeling of our companions, it's beyond good what Bioware did with Origins. This game have a soul, with blood, it's awesome and I will never forget. I have three DA, guess which one I'm still playing? The first one of course!

[@REALVINERGY]

Bro stop, I'm trying to finish Elden Ring and you're making me wanna play Origins again!

[@genevievew.5837]

Where are your subs? :0 Great vid!

[@REALVINERGY]

people will sub whenever they think that what I'm uploading is worth subbing to, I'm in no rush 😁 thanks! appreciate it

[@linglingspacewhales1977]

I really missed the tactics in origins, but in inquisition, I absolutely loved the crafting system. Edit: I really enjoyed the open world map of DA3 as well. It felt fun to explore the world. However, as a completionist, I hate the shard quests.

[@REALVINERGY]

Yes! great take, even though collecting all of the crafting materials could be quite time-consuming, it was pretty cool to see how different materials could completely reform your armor's stats. It also kinda broke the game from time to time, like when you used fade touched snoufleur skin as a necromancer who had the Simulacrum perk, you were essentially a one man unkillable army, but as I mentioned in the video, I am never bothered by things like these in single player games. I prefer playing games on the highest difficulty so I'll take all of the "exploits" I can get hehe

[@TheJosegame]

What i think it was most lost was the "dark world" that Origins and 2 gave to us, especially Origins. There are no real consequences in Inquisition, even in your "bad guy" playthrough. Branka let the Darkspaw do whatever they wanted with her house (that fuck lyrics of what was done with them give me chills everytime). We could end a child free trial of life, let him be possed, kill his mother. We could destroy a delish camp, don't save redcliffe and le they all die. We could kill all mages inside the tower and many more things. I miss this type of choice, as it makes you feel as if there is consequences to your choices. I hope they bring this back, but i doubt.

[@littlevalkyrie8045]

Great takes, great editing, excellent video. Rooting for the growth of your channel. And for DAD to be the Dragon Age game we've been waiting for.

[@REALVINERGY]

Appreciate it, really :) And likewise, I'm sort of optimistic, but it's not like I'm counting down the days until its release. I hope EA will let Bioware do their own thing for once, but, well.. That's a topic for another day ( and maybe another video haha )

[@chriskoloski32]

Let's just be happy that they haven't been showing us gameplay and are just working on the game in the background. Remember that EA pushed bioware to make DA2 and Inquisition in a short time, showing tons of gameplay along the way

[@REALVINERGY]

I think that in general, the less EA does the happier people become, no matter what

[@chriskoloski32]

@@REALVINERGY probably. And if there is forced multiplayer let's hope its fun like mass effect 3s

[@Medusa_plays]

💯 I have so much to say but I agree with everything you've laid out. It only means something to be a "good guy" if you could be "bad", if you have no choice is it really being good? Removing tactics sucked. DA2 rivalry was amazing but almost no one understood it. They just assumed it was bad and avoided it trying to friend everyone on every character.

[@REALVINERGY]

Right? Especially the rivalries part, if you now go to the Dragon Age Keep and make up a Hawke to import into Inquisition, it even mentions something among the lines of " while Hawke & Varric dissagreed one a lot of things, the respect between the two runs deep. " And it was that way with every companion. It was so much better than walking around camp or skyhold trying to make small talk, only to hear " I don't like you, go away " lmao

[@Beast900011]

Of all of the video games ever made dragon age 2 is certainly one of them

[@juandeandrade3675]

For all the problems with DA2 and controversies surrounding DAI, BIOWARE as a company honestly did the best they could with what they were given. EA forced Bioware to work with the Frostbite engine, an engine meant for shooter style games and not RPG's, they popped out multiple awards. It's clear that whilst currently playing through my second run, there's some ganeplay mechanics that, with a bit of time, it would've been an even better game. The abilities, spells, potions etc was extremely simplified after DAO, something I'm hoping would change in dreadwolf. Let's also not forget that EA gave bioware less than two years to develop DA2. Hence, despite its flaws, the much more grounded story paid off. Hoping that BIOWARE is much more lenient, and that BIOWARE will go back to there roots, whilst still keeping what made inquisition excellent

[@REALVINERGY]

I am very much in doubt to once make a video about that entire situation, as I truly despise EA, not only for how they ruined Bioware, but also the multiple game series and companies that I loved that they have shut down or extorted. With that being said though, I'd feel like I'd just spread more negativity and 99% of people are already aware how disgusting EA is. So you are very correct, it's also not like the 3 games are bad by any means, it's a small miracle they all still turned out so well with the limited recourses Bioware were provided

[@rafabuda0]

They didn't force Bioware to use Frostbite, they made them an offer that if Bioware used Frostbite then EA would give them full support during development. Bioware then had a choice of using Frostbite and getting support in development or using the old engine (forgot the name) that was about a decade old at that point and doing it all by themselves.

[@reginlief1]

There’s a LOT to improve on from inquisition’s hollow skeleton. Oh dude, I actually feel like Dalish elf is the canon. The mirror is key to later plots, morrigan connects with you as a social pariah (which really plays into their romance and her pursuing the knowledge she does), your best bud shows up later in a tragic fate, which feels very MC-ish. Idk, just feels correct. And I love it. But hey, I can see why it wouldn’t appeal to others.

[@LynxStarAuto]

It's never going to happen (redeem themselves), because the talent responsible for gems like KOTOR, Baldur's Gate, DA:O, ME1, are long gone. BioWare is but a hollow studio. A Husk. Pun intended.😢 The Oster brothers, Greg Zeschuk, and Ray Muzyka were the Magic behind the products.

[@REALVINERGY]

I'm cautiously optimistic, but as I mentioned, even if they completely fail, the original trilogy is enough to satisfy me for now :)

[@andrewvincent7299]

Don't forget Brent Knowles, Dan Tudge, and James Ohlen. They played a huge part in DAO and past Bioware games

[@thelahna-8747]

I think they should bring back 'origin' style, every character starts their own way and then more linear game like the origin.. no need to make "open world". And bring back a good skill trees and tactical combat camera angle like in the "origins". and we need HoF also to appear in the game.

[@Shadowpack95]

I miss my skill trees from Origins the most, I loved playing as a dual wielding warrior, I miss when magic was more than just fire, lighting, and ice, I miss how immersive the world was in Origins, I could pick pocket random npcs and get cool stuff, if I wanted, I could waste all my money at a brothel sleeping with whoever I wanted. I miss how dark and gritty the world was in the first two games

[@gamer2101]

I really like the video. One thing I want is more banter between companions while walking. I love love the conversation between them. It really added to the walking around you have to do. I didn’t mind walking around because they were talking. It made me feel closer to them and I found myself protecting them when they were in trouble. When they died I felt like I failed them. Yes you can bring them back but it still hurt.

[@REALVINERGY]

Oh, definitely. I could also do with less companions that absolutely hate eachother. The banter between Morrigan and Alistair was great, the banter between every party member seemingly disliking eachother in Inquisition (except for Blackwall and Sera ) got kinda depressing

[@Alas--]

The cat is super cute ^^

[@REALVINERGY]

I'll let her know 😛 I've got another one as well, he makes some random appearances in my Shadow of War and GOW Ragnarok videos haha

[@adamaccountname]

I'd rather have a world that's mission based with exploration based around locations. Eg climb on top of rooftops, find back alleys etc which may come in handy for breaking into a castle etc. The exploration has to make the world feel more thought out, not less

[@supergirlvideoclips894]

Keep combat and gameplay of Dragon Age Inquisition and make everything else like Dragon Age Origins. Let there be two options for player voice. Either we can select voice or have silent protagonist.

[@MickSaladin]

they really need to bring back how you will have a different dialogue based on your gender race and class being a female elven mage for example had people treat you so harshly and allow for so much role playing. Humans calling you knife ear or underestimating you if you were a female or being able to solve a dialogue check due to high 'magic' or 'willpower' and having dialogue around that was so cool

[@REALVINERGY]

100% One of my favorite's is when Jory and Devon are constantly arguing in the Korcari Wilds, with Alistair trying to calm them down, and the female HoF says " I swear I'm the bravest one here and I'm a woman. " Which shuts both of them up. I however have absolutely zero hope of them implementing stuff like this in a proper manner in this day and age. Inquisition was already quite politically correct, so even though most people understand that the time period is set in a fictional world of knights, castles and kings, the developers seem to have forgotten that throughout the years. Should you ridicule people irl for their race or gender? No, but this is a video game, if I wanna play as a dwarf who hates all humans or as a (dis)obedient elf, just let me already for fucks sake lmao As for the classes, it's gonna be near impossible with a voiced main character, but I agree that that would be preferable for the role-playing. I recently played Pillars of Eternity 1 & 2 and those games are amazing for that, as dialogue changes depended on attributes, class setup but even the place ( you have chosen of course ) where you were born or even with job you did before the game starts off. DA is kinda in between genres though right now unfortunately, it's not a proper old school RPG anymore but also not a proper linear story focused on neat gameplay, like God Of war. Origins was inspired by Baldur's Gate and the first Game of Thrones books, which was quite obvious. Inquisition felt like they tried to borrow as many game mechanics from other games as possible, and ended up doing everything half assed

[@Rain-cs3wp]

also, i think i heard somewhere that the devs did say that they’re aiming for dreadwolf to go back to a darker sort of tone. i mean, from watching dragon age absolution and all the horrible things we’ve heard about tevinter slavery and blood magic, they probably don’t have much of a choice in that regard. i’ve only played 2 and inquisition, and inquisition feels way more sanitized than 2, so i’m happy if they are actually gonna change that.

[@lordmarwolaeth4570]

I hope we get good armors for Qunari pc's, that was a big gripe I had with Inquisition that and the frostbite engine but the engine is the same for dreadwolf so ah well, hope the lore will keep me interested. Sort of wish the origins could be a bit like Dragon Age Origins but I don't think that'll ever happen.

[@REALVINERGY]

Crafting was pretty elaborate in Inquisition, so it was indeed quite the shame most armors just looked funky on Qunari or didn't even fit them. But when Inquisition released, certain cutscenes didn't even display properly, as the Qunari were simply too big to fit in the frame, so I think armors are the least of our concerns 😂 As for Frosty: I'm just happy the community has gotten pretty nifty with using the Frostbite Engine for mods. I've never liked it much. The Infinity Engine worked fine, but from what I've gathered it was too time consuming and expensive for EA

[@Blackdrama20]

I had a hard time getting used to Inquisition, because it felt so much like a singleplayer mmo. Like.. everything. Combat, Environment, Dialogue.. crafting. I got used to it in the end and as the story unfolds I was reeeeaaaly into it, but it takes a very long time to get to this point.

[@mrmoviemanic1]

This was an awesome video man, while I might not agree with everything you say, I do agree a mesh of all 3 games' best moments would make Dreadwolf Bioware's next magnum opus.

[@REALVINERGY]

Thanks brother 💯 Yeah, for sure. Some people got a bit defensive thinking I'm roasting the series, or are claiming that there is no need of fixing as the games are already perfect. Like, didn't they hear me mention I love this series on multiple occasions haha They already have 3 amazing games, if they'd just combine all of the fun stuff and reduce the tedious stuff, it could still turn out to be an amazing sequel :]

[@user-ManofStyle1]

To me nothing got close after Origins it was too perfect, and series wasn't able to recover after DA2. Not having any hopes, but wish all fans who stick to the series till this day to have a game that they trully desereve. I say everything gone down hill since Bioware gave a main character abilty to speak, cause you not just loose the ability to roleplay as someone diffrent and not be a Fifty Shades of Shepard like in Mass Effect, but it also imits variety of interactions and responces, because voice lines for MC takes time, money, and space on the disc and have him/her to have twise as more comments and have npc to react at each one of them is just impossible, so the corners had to be cut, and what we really lost is ability to have trully a main character of our own, with it's own personality and voice. At the end every Grey Warden will be different because you have enough space to insert traits that what you particularlly him/her to have, and with no voice your imagination will get the rest job done, while every Inquisitor will remain the same, because it's all the same voice that changes slightly.

[@REALVINERGY]

Couldn't agree more. It's why I've, throughout the years, started preferring more old school RPGs over the newer ones. Fallout 4, Skyrim, Witcher etc. are all great in their own way, but I'm playing as a pre-determined character, and no matter what I do the game is essentially the same experience for everyone. In games like Wasteland, Pathfinder, PoE etc. I'm a different person on every playthrough, and that made me really appreciate those games even more; The different ways people react to you, how dialogue changes between party members, how entire new quests would appear, stuff like that. It's funny how we can get way more attached to a character that has never spoken a word throughout the entire game, than a character who has +10k lines of dialogue

[@user-ManofStyle1]

@@REALVINERGY I have finished Cyberpunk 2077 recently, and when I started and were creating my character I was presented with a "similar" to DAO Origins sytsem where you can choose your character background. I wanted to roleplay as a Cowardly Corporate who's grows into a badass merc by the end, but then you hear your character in game voice lines and he's already sounds like a rough thug, and I've stopped immediately. You're right, there's many games with great combat mechanics, traversal, and crafting, but imo, the most importaint, "the social" aspect is lacking, and it's partially because resources that could have been spend on more diologue options, or on developing different variations of consequences, are instead it's everywhere else but there.

[@REALVINERGY]

@@user-ManofStyle1 I've heard about that, yeah. Cyberpunk is still on my backlog, but even now that it's regularly on sale, 30 bucks is still too steep for me. I do know that whenever I'm gonna play it, I'll make a video about it though. Everybody right now is praising it like crazy, as they're comparing it to the state it was in when it just released, but I tend to hold grudges and still haven't forgiven them for the terrible release. I'm aware I should go into it open-minded, but I hold a really high standard for roleplaying, something that Cyberpunk clearly lacks

[@Makoto03]

I personally loved Inquisition. I thought the combat was best in the series, i liked the cast (especially Cassandra), and i enjoyed the open world. But i can see how some were disappointed. I don't think it had as much character choice as ORigins. I hope Dragon Age 4 finds away to bridge the gap for fans of Inquisition and Origin fans.

[@REALVINERGY]

There's a lot more "hate" for Inquisition than I thought there would be in the comments. I liked Inquisition and most of the characters were fine, didn't realize so many people absolutely abhorred the game. And likewise, it will be near impossible to replicate how amazing Origins was, but even if the get halfway there, it will at least be enough to ensure EA won't close their doors after ANOTHER bad release

[@yinsolaya]

Oh yeah I agree. Inquisition is a good game.

[@SilentTheViewer]

While I enjoyed inquisition, I had a lot of issues with the game some you mentioned in video some you didn't my biggest issue is that the war table missions were seemingly deciding the whole fate of Thedas off screen almost. They didn't really try to connect inquisition with origins at all and it also felt like the events of Awakening were "de-canonized" in inquisition. My main gripe with that is with how I played my warden in origins there was no way in hell Warden Commander Cousland would sit idle as Clarel raised an army of warden abominations. Another issue I had was the decision to go for a more "open world" style with the locations, yet others were kind of just one room in size.

[@REALVINERGY]

Somewhere in this comment section ( never had this many before and am trying to respond to everyone haha ) I discussed the same with someone else. But to summarize: 1) The wartable; couldn't find a proper way to expand on it without just sounding naggy 2) As for the decisions; yes very true, we could esentially assassinate wrong targets, support the completely wrong country or even let our own clan ( dalish elf ) die and we never found out as the war table was so irrelevant in its use. And yeah, the clan dying thing got adressed in the DLC, so they at least learned from their mistake, but base game Inquisition's war table was atrocious, not to mention it even made its way back into the game AGAIN with all of the DLC

[@internetjerk2839]

My biggest gripes about Inquisition are the half-assed way they "brought back" the Origin system even though they really didn't, the combat ,especially for the mage class, feeling nerfed say what you will about DA2 but I liked making it rain fire and slamming my enemies into the ground while then blasting them with lightning before they could blink and finally how the story and options always pushed you into the "good" direction with little opportunities to be an ass or at least having no real consequences for it or any morally ambiguous choices hell I can't even be a blood mage in Inquisition

[@phalanx9089]

Hey, what`s the worst that could happen? Great video by the way!

[@REALVINERGY]

Where to start 😛 but no you're right, I'm cautiously hopeful, but we'll see when it finally releases thank you :)

[@LVBentley]

I remember loving how warriors could dual wield in origins and then that never being a thing again, or dual wielding swords which....never came back, let me dual wield idc if it's suboptimal

[@REALVINERGY]

dual wield two shields 🗿

[@MalarikFilms]

DA IS the best one-player rpg Cuz with Skyrim I had 60 mods to make it playable- and fun- Still amazing none the less.

[@SourRobo8364]

I always find it weird how games with so much dialog options have NPC respond fully voiced, but not just have the player character speak. Like what happened?

[@Miratesus]

I really enjoyed DA2 eventho it only took place in Kirkwall, You start caring about the town and characters.

[@powerhousegreen2754]

great video! you should make more like videos like this

[@REALVINERGY]

Thanks :) Considering it, I am tempted to do one for the Witcher 3 or RDR2 as those are two of my favorite games, but replaying those games to the extend that I would deem useful for videos like these is gonna take weeks haha

[@jonathansidwell1]

Dragon Age has so much lore that put it into one of the best Trilogy for RPG games and yet we saw only the tip of the iceberg from the lore. I'm just gonna say a few names: Old gods, The Forgotten Ones, Par Ladi, The Executors, The Voshai.

[@gamer2101]

Everyone talks about elder scrolls lore and how good it is. Yes it’s very good and I enjoy it a lot. To me dragon age is a cut above every other games lore. It’s so good. I read everything I can on it. There are so many stories to tell. I love the big cinematic games that we have and I want more of them. I would also love maybe a smaller game here and there to fill in the gaps between the big games. Small stories with good combat and 20-30 hours long max. There is so much there to make games from.

[@2bstiff584]

would love a remaster Dragon Age Trilogy of the first 3 games on the new systems

[@REALVINERGY]

I could live with a Dragon Age Legendary Edition, just as they did with ME

[@kottadragon]

It's me. I'm the guy who liked Dalish Elf origin.

[@REALVINERGY]

Glad to see you and the 6 others still representing yourself when the need arises

[@bingop7104]

I started Dragon Age 2 a few days ago after finally getting the Witch Hunt DLC for Origins and so far its been pretty good, my only complaint is that when you kill some enemies like 5 or 10 more show up like I was only prepared to deal with the initial amount of enemies not the bunch more that just showed up.

[@REALVINERGY]

Haha, I mentioned exactly that in a guide I made for DA2, as I love to use "overkill" moves on the last enemies, so then all of my stamina/mana is depleted, and then suddenly 20 more guys appear out of thin air

[@Frazec_Atsjenkov]

I have very similar feelings about these games. DAO is by far my favorite for the role-playing aspects it offers.

[@REALVINERGY]

Da2 and Inquisition you can finish once and be like " yeah that was cool, sure " but Origins gave me that " I immediately wanna try out different things " feeling ( and still does )

[@Frazec_Atsjenkov]

@@REALVINERGY Same here. I must have started at least 25 characters in DAO, trying different: classes, builds, and origins stories. It is all way deeper than seems at first glance. Also with Origins, I feel I can truly inhabit the character and write my own story. DA2 I've played and finished once or twice, it's pretty cool but it didn't grip me in the same way DAO did. Many things are way more predetermined and limited in DA2. DAI, I just couldn't get into it. I don't think I progressed much beyond the Hinterlands. I'll probably give it another solid try in the run-up to DA4.

[@REALVINERGY]

@@Frazec_Atsjenkov There is some beauty to be found in Inquisition and, even though I normally hate when people say this: it does get better after a few hours, truly

[@anijohnson3874]

inquisition was great graphic wise, but when it comes to your character and interactions, it fell short

[@Goldenblitzer]

I hate that instead of giving increased options for difficulty, they just remove options all together, there should absolutly be the option for tactics, but if EA is worried about it not being overly accessable, then they should just make it not a necessity on the easy or normal dificulties, I hate lack of choice, but I hate removal of features more

[@Rain-cs3wp]

i’ve yet to play origins (i literally have it downloaded on my comp and i’m planning to play it), but the indignant “SHE’S RIGHT HERE” when you call that lady a fat cow and the chastisity belt being a gift option is fucking sending me

[@REALVINERGY]

Is fucking what? Don't keep me in suspense 💀

[@Rain-cs3wp]

@@REALVINERGY oh sorry lmao it's sending me, like it's making me laugh a lot (also your video was hilarious)

[@REALVINERGY]

@@Rain-cs3wp Now I won't have to lay awake anymore wondering Also thanks haha, always happy to get a chuckle out of people

[@rifleman7313]

I really liked the storyline in dragon age origins, and in dragon age inquisition but to a lesser degree. I just hope that storyline and companions don't fall off in dragon age dreadwolf. However I don't like extensive fetch quests in order to build things so I hope that they don't make fetch quests a main thing again.

[@REALVINERGY]

I'd rather see a " short " campaign that just wraps a lot of unfinished business up than another " close 500 rifts and collect 400 flowers but hey at least our game will take you 20 days to finish " type of game. Thing is though, I'm fairly convinced most people would agree with us, except for the CEOs and stakeholders of Bioware lol

[@Zaela_Zhezzaia]

With how bad Bioware been of late. I am not expecting Dreadwolf to be good. I do agree with a lot of what you said. Honestly I kinda want them to go back to origins style of story/game play. With few changes from Inquisition. Like mages and archers able to attack and move. Get rid or at less give me an ability to turn off click to auto attack. Maybe a more open world then Origin but not as massive and fetch heavy from Inquisition. Keep the Inquisition grand scale story battles. Like more of the ending fights from origin style. Then bring back DA2 companions. Like honestly the only good part of DA2 was the companion system. Sadly this feels like wishful thinking and they will just make a worse version of Inquisition. Not understanding why people loved Origins and was only ok with Inquisition. With them adding a ton more woke garbage. Like you could already see the woke crap in Inquisition.

[@REALVINERGY]

True, kinda weird that we built an army in both Origins and Inquisition, but we saw more "army battles" in the game from 2009 than the one that released in 2014. And yeah, you're not the first to mention the fear of "wokeness " in Bioware games recently in the comments. I left it out of the video, as it deserves an entire seperate video/discussion on it's own, but I agree that if they go that route it'll turn into a major flop

[@Zaela_Zhezzaia]

@@REALVINERGY I could see some gems of good in Inquisition but all the problems of it. Out shined the good. It was the only Dragon Age game I could not finish and funny part. I think I am at like the final boss battle. Sadly between the button massing on my rogue auto attack. The lack of good healing. I just could not go forward. Like the armor mechanic for warriors was good but with out a really support them. It just felt like I had to pick my battles carefully and baby sit my AI and make sure they used their abilities correctly. I guess if they had a proper tactical system like in the first two games. With some way to heal beside health or using the mage companion who is the only mage in the game with a support skill tree. I might have finished the game. Guess this big rant was just me saying. There was some combat stuff I liked in Inquisition. Sadly there was more I hated and with a game so focus around combat. I just could not complete the game. Plus screw those time gate mission boards. I do not want to spend Hours in RL waiting for an npc to progress the story. Really surprised you did not talk about the mission table.

[@Zaela_Zhezzaia]

@@REALVINERGY Also I hate my Inquisition version of Hawk. Who I was more then happy to kill off. The fact in DA2 my hawk was a blood mage. Who married the blood mage elf. Only for Hawk to come in cursing how much she hated blood mages. Which I was like. "WTF? Hawk you are a blood mage and married to one. How can you hate blood mages." Then again this is the actions from not letting me port over my saves and just using a bare bone website. So glad they did not bring over my Grey Warden. Sure they would have butchered her as well. Which I love my GW. I am super worried Dread Wolf will bring over our GW and make them garbage.

[@REALVINERGY]

@@Zaela_Zhezzaia Couldn't agree more. I'm kinda scared about them using the Inquisitor in Dreadwolf, as there's no way to represent the character I tried to make in a whole different game with just a couple minutes of screen time ( just as what happened with Hawke in Inquisition ). As for the war table, I was kinda "iffy" on that, as I'm certain it was another EA tactic to montize the game further after release, but I couldn't find any info or articles confirming it. I wanted to stay "true" to the gameplay, so everything I could use examples for, but whenever I started writing about the war table, I never got further than " hey this is really annoying, what gives? " Doesn't mean I disagree though, there's a reason the most downloaded mod for this game removes all waiting times

[@adeptdamage3669]

Besides Varric most of the companions in 2 sucked.

[@TheRavenShadowsWolf]

If you're like me - My sympathies; Man... that's just gold. : ) Thanks for that, I needed the laugh, and it's so relatable. If I right now gave you a book and said "it's 4000 pages, good luck-" So... you're waiting on George R. R. Martin's next book too huh? (it was too easy, I had to go there)

[@REALVINERGY]

I try 😅 Lucky me then, as I've never read one of his books before. I also just recently started the LOTR books, I'm kinda late with everything haha

[@mikewaters2126]

That's an incredibly pretty cat

[@REALVINERGY]

she says " thank you "

[@rohanjose4967]

subbed

[@REALVINERGY]

appreciate you :)

[@JackDaniels-up5wn]

I honestly felt DA:2 done the tactics better, I always remember trying to set up the revival abilities, also adding stamina potions; that’s why I’ll never slate DA:2 as a bad game outright, it tried new things, innovated whilst doing something’s right and some wrong on a less than 2yr dev timeline. Now DA:I was absolutely awful; it done the typical tried to please everyone whilst pleasing nobody. My only real issue with DA:2 was that BioWare was heavily influenced by ME when making it which is so apparent it’s horrendous, whilst using the mob swamp from SWTOR, that era aye.

[@REALVINERGY]

A fair point, and your comment made me think on what's worse; Constantly fighting wave after wave of braindead enemies Or fighting a small group of enemies, and then spending 10 minutes slowly jogging to a new location, in which you then once again fight a new small group of enemies lol

[@BelieveIt1051]

Stories that matter. Characters that are interesting. Gameplay that is enjoyable. Also, I would say that BioWare should dial down the "comedy" and go back to the dark fantasy style of Origins.

[@MalarikFilms]

I PRAY that the next PC is not voiced, like DAO

[@vindex57]

Great video, suprised your channel is still so small! Are you dutch by the way? I thought i heard a slight accent

[@REALVINERGY]

Thanks, and it's alright, we'll get there whenever people enjoy the content enough to subscribe haha I am! I mentioned it in other videos as well, but still try to cover up the accent as much as possible. I love the man, but don't wanna end up sounding like Louis van Gaal 😛

[@vindex57]

@@REALVINERGY Nothing wrong with having an accent, if a french or spanish guy has an accent it's never a problem. Dutch might sound less musical than those accents, but there's no need to hide it. Unless you're Louis van Gaal hahah

[@REALVINERGY]

@@vindex57 Very true, it's also not like I'm ashamed of it or anything, I just personally don't like the sound of it haha

[@kangaroo8858]

12:40 I dont belive i could got that much offended, Tank with Sword and Shield is most fun way to play in DAO I WANT MY REVANGE

[@REALVINERGY]

1v1 me on Inquisition 😤 that one was multiplayer I think

[@kangaroo8858]

@@REALVINERGY servers still alive? and there was pvp?

[@REALVINERGY]

@@kangaroo8858 believe it or not, the servers are still online, they're just empty as no one is playing as for the PvP, no, it was all PVE/Co-Op

[@HeleentjeB]

Ik zie dat je Nederlands bent dus dat maakt het makkelijk😂 maar ben het volledig met je eens, ondanks alle gebreken blijven de DA series verslavend werken 😅 Hoop dat ik DAD kan spelen op mn huidige pc 🫠

[@REALVINERGY]

Zien, of horen? Steeds meer mensen kunnen namelijk aan het accent horen waar ik vandaan kom, wat niet persé erg is, maar deed echt moeite om het te "verbergen" 💀 En zolang we nog geen echte release date hebben, heb je nog aardig wat tijd om nieuwe onderdelen te kopen of een nieuwe PC aan te schaffen ( weet alleen niet of dat het waard gaat zijn voor 1 nieuwe game haha )

[@HeleentjeB]

@@REALVINERGY ik zag het bij een andere reactie haha. Maar je engels is erg goed 🙂 ken weinig mensen in NL die ook graag DA spelen

[@REALVINERGY]

@@HeleentjeB Yeah, Is ook een van de redenen dat ik dit YT kanaal ooit begonnen ben in alle eerlijkheid, niemand om me heen was echt geïnteresseerd in de games ( zoals DA ) die ik leuk vond, dus dacht " dan ga ik maar op het internet tegen anderen schreeuwen in de hoop dat zij het wel leuk vinden "

[@MalarikFilms]

HEY what's wrong with a Danish elf?! 😦

[@Wolfarior]

After several houndreds of hours spend in Dragon age Origins and one playthrough in other two titles. I can definitively say this: I can't wait for Baldur's gate 3 to arrive in august! It's gonna be great! Oh, also that I will wait for reviews on DA Dreadwolf. I don't trust them, I am sad to say.

[@REALVINERGY]

I have purposefully avoided the early access of BG3, just because I wanna experience the game in full instead of replaying the same first act/part over and over again. Never touched BG1 & 2 though, but at this point, BG3 looks so different from the first 2 games I'm not sure if that'll really matter anymore. With all of that said though, I share your enthusiasm! As for the DA Dreadwolf review: likewise, I do think I'm gonna review it myself though but with the trend of " release first, finish it later " that';s been going on in recent years, I'm afraid I'll ruin my first playthrough as it'll be filled with bugs and issues

[@Wolfarior]

@@REALVINERGY I very much respect your decision to wait for full release of BG3. I feel like I might have ruined the game for myself with the amount of hours I already put into the EA. I remember till this day how I was awestruck in Dragon Age Origins, when I arrived at Lothering second time, this time as an elf and that kid on a bridge told me he would not talk to me, because I was an Elf and after I helped him he told that I am not too bad. I haven't expirienced such interaction in a game before. There might not be that touching moment in BG3 so far in EA, but characters do react to who you are and even you can react based on who you are. It is too soon to know how far will these interactions go, because most of characters you only ever meet once in EA (some tell you to meet them in the city of Baldur's Gate though). But I already saw so much I fear I won't care when full game releases. In terms of BG 1 and 2 without spoilers, game is set 120 years after those 2 games so it is not a direct sequel. Honestly, so far I feel like learning just some basic lore about the setting would probably be more beneficial then playing first 2 games. Just so when someone mentiones Netheril Empire you are not that guy in new Star Wars trilogy who ask: Who is Darth Vader? :D They will of course explain what it was, but it doesn't have that effect that way. Hopefully both games will be awesome.

[@REALVINERGY]

​@@Wolfarior If what Larian has teased us with and shown us so far turns out to be true, I think ( and hope ) that all of the content after the EA will contain so much stuff to do, that you won't have to worry about having ruined it for yourself, so to speak. With that being said though, I also respected and loved CD Projekt a lot and well, look at how that turned out with Cyberpunk ( still also waiting to play that one until they release the final patch lmao ) And absolutely, Origins is truly a one of a kind game. They just didn't hold back with the dialogue, whatsoever. Like, with the Human/Dwarf noble stories, you can already role-play as 3 completely different characters, either completely entitled, very caring for others, or as someone who doesn't give a shit whatever happens. Same goes for the elves, how you can give almost every human shit and esentially tell them " I hate humans, go away. " Even in the comment section of this video, which I would consider my first "viral" video, people argue back and forth, tell me why I'm right and wrong, but everybody agrees on one thing: Origins was amazing. As for the BG1/2 insight, thanks! I honestly doubt I'll try them. Only recently found out there were Enhanced Editions released a couple of years ago, but the reviews for that one seemed kinda average. I might just hop into BG3 completely blind. I did the same at the time with The Witcher 3 and Inquisition, and because I fell in love with the games, started looking at the books, previous games etc, and well, we know how that turned out haha

[@tsisko3795]

Nice video. A little harsh on DA2. But that might just be my unique take on the series based on playing them out of order. I started with DA2. Jumped back to DAO. Then progressed to DAI. So I experienced DA2 as this amazing immersive RPG without feeling like I lost anything by not having a choice in origin story. DA2 was more like Commander Shepard of ME. But with better and more immersive dialog options.

[@REALVINERGY]

Yeah, I've been hearing that a lot haha. My disdain for repetitive, overused dungeons has really negatively impacted my view on DA2. It's still a game I like coming back to from time to time, but at the end of the day, I adore Origins, I have a love-hate relationship with Inquisition, but DA2 is just there. It's not good nor bad to me, it's just.. present haha You have just given me a new video idea though. I may try and make a similar video for the ME series.

[@TheOldest]

Not saying I had some issues regarding Inquisition (mainly setting tactics for ai patterns being completely absent) but what outlet gave Inquisition a 6? Pretty sure GOTY in most places when it launched.

[@dankdankdingo]

I know this is pretty random and off topic of the vid, but what visual mod(s) do you have for DA:O? I want my game looking as good as that!

[@REALVINERGY]

It's quite an extensive list, but visual wise; I only use character appearance changing mods to be honest. Hairstyles, eyelashes, skin tones and texture packs etc. All of the mods that try to rework entire texture and mesh files are not worth it in my opinion as the old ass Origin engine just isn't made for that. I run the game in quad HD resolution and also made sure to upload the video in that quality with a bitrate of around 80 I believe, perhaps that's why it looks so good? haha If you have more detailed examples I can tell you, I have the entire mod folder in front of me, can even share it on discord or something if you want, but I tend to rename folders and files so that I can organize them to my own liking, so a birds eye view of them probably won't help you much

[@dankdankdingo]

@@REALVINERGY pardon the late response! unfortunately I wouldn’t know where to start, but I have done a little bit of digging in the nexus website. I appreciate your comment and if you happen to have a tab for recommended mods in your discord server, I wouldn’t mind checking that out either!

[@REALVINERGY]

I don't have a server set up yet specifically for these KZbin vids, but by all means add me, it's much easier to message back and forth a bit via there username: Skits#2343 And if you don't wanna bother; - 90% of my companions look like that because of the " Sacred Ashes Team And More - SATAM " mod - all of the NPCs have been redone by Dragon Age Redesigned ( if you're gonna use this, be sure to remove, or simply do not install, the companion folders, as they interfere with the mod I mentioned above this one ) - all armor is made by RLs' Witcher/Kirkwall Emporium, but - I would advice to also install The Winter Forge if you're gonna use these armors, as they're insanely overpowered, and it even makes nightmare difficulty a joke. With The Winter Forge, you can make the armors much less effective - Things like Dracomies Textures and LOTC s Default Eye Texture are often required if you install a bunch of character creation mods - ( hairstyle, more white teeth, better presets are all optional but make your life a lot easier ) And once again, I would really avoid mods that try to "remake" the entire game, e.g. changing all of the textures and meshes from objects and weapons etc. as the engine really isn't made for that.

[@kkkk-uh1cu]

Hey, it's me, one of the lunatics that liked that Hawke is an actual character and we're in one city! I hope we get a character with some personality again for Dreadwolf. Origin had good balance. Meanwhile, DA:I failed to make me feel much of anything. It's so... bland. It's so epic and grandly scaled up that it's /bland/. The companions were also hard to bond with. It's just you not trying to piss them off overly, always. The one time I made the mistake of roleplaying, I realized why so many hated Sera with a passion. Start off with slightly low approval? Least reasonable bitch you were ever stuck with. Nothing wrong with Blackwall, but he's just a dude. Who wrote these? For what?!

[@radicalcentrist4990]

I would have probably liked DA Inquisition if it wasn't so goddamn big. Being a completionist, that game is just too much for me, I didn't feel like finishing it. But I don't really have a problem with a game being too big, after all I completed Witcher 3, RDR2, Divinity OS 2, the whole Mass Effect Trilogy, Borderlands 2 etc. because those are big games done well. I have a problem with a game having too much repetitive and boring content, paired with an uninteresting world to explore, a.k.a the Ubisoft design.

[@REALVINERGY]

Yeah, the games you mentioned are indeed great, as (almost) everything that you can do is worth your time. Not every game needs to have 400 different activities, but it's also a shame when a beautiful game is created, only for the developers to then make no use of it ( e.g. Mafia remake, The Order 1886 etc. ) Inquisition made very pretty locations but none of them were really worth visiting.

[@yellowman5942]

DAO: one of the best games I ever played best of every element imo DA2: to me no redeeming qualities, had to force myself to continue the play through DAI: pretty decent, as a mage from dao I still felt nerfed but I loved exploring and the companions

[@ironicly__iconic]

Mages can heal in DAI just later in the game. And you can get health regeneration by crafting with certain things. Also the tactics work well if you experiment with them. If you set them up to only use certain abilities there's no issue. Considering you've been playing a while I'm surprised you haven't worked this out 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@spellandshield]

Ik vind dat je veel energie hebt en dat deze energie echt radicaal is!

[@REALVINERGY]

goed om te zien dat ik m'n naam waar maak haha

[@spellandshield]

@@REALVINERGY Bovendien was de video ook niet slecht!

[@REALVINERGY]

ook niet onbelangrijk 😂 bedankt haha

[@TyrbeTrost]

Man, you are funny, awesome editing I think Inquisition was just okay, the open world ruined it for me and makes it a drag to play through again. If they can't make a great and interesting open world like Witcher or Elder Scrolls, then don't bother at all is what I think

[@REALVINERGY]

Appreciate it brother. Is that a Days Gone profile pic? That game is on my back log to make a video about one day And yeah for sure, I love open world games, but they have to be created in a manner that actually values our time. For example, I really can't be bothered with Ubisoft games anymore, but even Rockstar has made some questionable choices in recent history, getting flashbacks of those 200 pigeons in GTA 4 and that " Duchesses and Other Animals " quest in RDR2 lol I can't be bothered to spend 2 days straight driving around a map constantly doing the same thing

[@TyrbeTrost]

​@@REALVINERGY Yes, Deacon St. John from Days Gone, great game with great characters or so I think, sucks that we're not likely to get a sequel at this point Shooting down pigeons in GTA 4, right? Such lazy design only made to lengthen the game, same with RDR2 and that quest, I could never bother either. Aside from that, I think RDR2 has an awesome open world with so many crazy, creepy and unexplainable details that you can find there and Arthur jots most of it down with dialogue in his diary. I've spent way too much time just exploring the world there, but I don't feel like it offers much in terms of replayability like Dragon Age does (except for Inquisition though, I never manage to replay it). Just in general, I wish they'd make it so that you actually want to explore the world in Dreadwolf (if they go open world), and not just standard MMO fetch quests like it was in Inquisition. Oh, and I really hope they make it super dark, like disturbingly dark. Dragon Age was originally dark fantasy, but feels like they've moved away from that a bit

[@REALVINERGY]

@@TyrbeTrost The first time I tried Days Gone, I didn't enjoy it all too much, might revisit it in 2023 as, well, like you said, we're never gonna get the sequel anyways And true, it's weird how Rockstar can manage to both do incredible things, but somehow still fall back to their old ways with "fetch" quests and tailing missions from time to time. And yes, definitely! Whenever I read the DA books, it feels like Origins on paper, the general tone is very "depressing" and emotional but there are plenty of lighthearted jokes and comments from time to time to lighten the mood. I would also prefer that much more over the funky attempt at humor in Dragon Age 2 and Inquisition, where nothing ever felt serious except for a handfull of moments. RDR2 did that perfectly imo, it's overal a very depressing game with lot's of moments that you just wish would've gone differently, but the cast carries the game forward with funny remarks and nostalgic stories

[@elneto927]

It is bad hope thar Dreadwolf would have the deep of Baldurs Gate 3?

[@REALVINERGY]

Even if we gave Bioware 10 more years they wouldn't come close to bg3 I'm afraid 💀

[@TheCr0oked1]

What great is if they fail again they go to ea dev graveyard

[@jdgjordan]

Wait what's wrong with the dailsh origin?

[@REALVINERGY]

it imo had the least amount of connections to the rest of the story, all the other origins have multiple characters and dialogue options that become relevant as you progess through the story, while the dalish elf barely has any unfortunately

[@jdgjordan]

@@REALVINERGY That's True but it ironically has the most connections to the whole series. It ties into witch hunt the last storyline of the warden. Da2 the clan there and they give you a companion Merrill whos whole arc is fixing up the broken mirror to try and understand and maybe undo what happened in the origin. Then the mirrors get even more expanded and explored in trespasser and it's hole thing ties with solas who I'm just going to take a wild guess may play a role in dreadwolf it's just a hunch tho 😊. So if we look at the bigger picture it's the most important one of them all.

[@REALVINERGY]

​@@jdgjordan If you've read 'Dragon Age: the Masked Empire' the dalish become even more important, so you're most definitely right on that, however, in Origins it's still a boring prologue compared to the others 😛 But if you compare the prologues to the entire series, it could be said about all of them. We become king/queen as a human noble but afterwards disappear, we can destroy or help the circle as a mage but have no further influence over the Mage Rebellion etc. But circling back to what I said at the start, unless my memory serves me wrong, I just didn't like how little I felt a connection to the clan and how few dalish characters would come back later in the story. To each their own though, I know plenty of people like the dalish storyline, at least a whole lot more than the city elf one

[@rebellyanmagic6409]

@@REALVINERGY Yeah, this. Pretty much the only thing that makes a return from the Dalish origin is your friend attacking your camp in that scripted darkspawn attack once you're close to the endgame. And that's not even a guarantee unless you use the unofficial patch. I've only played Dalish Elf once, every other Elf playthrough I had is either Mage or City Elf

[@REALVINERGY]

@@rebellyanmagic6409 City elf may be my favorite as well, you can shape that character into a human hating racist ( which he/she has every right to ) or a more forgiving one. It also helps that the city elf has the option to either adore the Dalish, or look at them as just a bunch of fanatics who have abandoned their people, which once again, are both pretty valid points haha

[@branhun]

I really want them to return to the old school dialogue system. You can keep the emotion mechanic, develop it further to change the way interactions are handled in dialogue, but just give us back the good, old multiple options. Even if they eventually lead to the same conclusion, just the reactions, the extra tidbits and jokes gave such life to those old games (DAO, Baldur's Gate, etc.). And honestly, the only companions that I really liked were from DAO, as well. Like, Inquisition had some fun, interesting characters, but I just couldn't get as personal or invested in them as Origins, and while I also like the concept of 2's relationship mechanic, I disliked most companions

[@REALVINERGY]

I agree, but "unfortuantely" 90% of casual gamers ( or even gamers in general ) don't really like a silent character with +6 dialogue options. It's too much reading, too slow, not flashy enough. So yeah, expanding on the emotion mechanics might be there best play As for the companions: I choose my words very carefully, as I meant what I said; DA2's cast are probably the most fun to hang out with, but that doesn't mean I liked them the most :P

[@lehahiah81]

I miss being a spell sword in origins(just find magic with a sword as cool, two and inquisition give the mage close combat, but it's not the same.

[@REALVINERGY]

Knight enchanters and Blade of Tidarion builds in DAI got kinda close to that, yeah, but it still felt kinda off from time to time. There's someone one YT called "A Kis Herceg" and he recently made a video showing off all of the things he would like to comeback in DA4 from Origins, and that video really made me realize how much things we're actually missing from Origins that made the game so creative and fun

[@kylenirs3181]

My first Dragon age game was Dai. It was just a totally accident, After I finish Persona 5, I didn't what to play next, but then my bro came back, and he bought a ton of ps4 game and the top of stack was Dai, then pick that one not knowing it will become my Second favourite of all time. I know there's a lot more game that was better than dai but when I played dai I enjoyed so much and I love it so much. After finished dai, I heard that The first one was even better but.... The gameplay and graphic are a bit too old for me, so my expectation is now da:d. I am super hype for the next game. This situation is the same as fallout 4.

[@REALVINERGY]

Same here, but then instead of Persona 5, The Witcher 3. I really fell in love with Inquisition, but unfortunately started seeing its many flaws when I started Origins and DA2 afterwards

[@adamaccountname]

It says a lot that I played DAI just 2 months ago and I've already forgotten most of the story because they just put too much filler in

[@brandonphilander661]

Just lost all my saves on Xbox Series X for Dragon Age Inquisition, I give up.

[@REALVINERGY]

That blows. You could use it as an opportunity to start over and role-play as a character you haven't tried before Or, yeah.. you could also give up 💀

[@adamaccountname]

My frustration with origins is they completely stripped out the character building. I may as well be playing their pre built character as they give no choice. They should let thieves open locks of a given difficulty at fixed levels as putting points in core thief skills seems pointless, but your weapons, persuasion etc should all be up to you

[@REALVINERGY]

I actually had a whole segment about that but I decided to cut it out near the end. I compared two runs, both rogues, but one of them was in Origins and the other in Inquisition. The Origin character was a multi layered character that grew up quite spoiled ( human noble ) and didn't get along with the family. She would lie, persuade and steal but halfway throughout the game started feeling guilty about that behavior as she now for the first time in her life had actual purpose and people relying on her. In Inquisition I had two daggers and could pick locks. That was the only telltale sign of that character being a rogue haha

[@adamaccountname]

@@REALVINERGY yeah, stealth feels a bit odd when it's purely a combat move

[@crayzelyfe9389]

I've always found my self sayin they should have released da2 then origins then inquisition

[@REALVINERGY]

That's something I've never thought about, but honestly, that would've been perfect. Origins and DA2's story overlap anyways and barely have anything to do with each other, and people would've loved Origins even more and appreciated Inquisition more if they saw how "mediocre" the series would've started off

[@fliplife67]

Doesn’t people know the guys that did the first dragon age game no longer works there.

[@LyllianaTV]

hopefully Dragon Age Dreadwolf will be as good as Origins

[@REALVINERGY]

Even though that would make me incredibly happy, I think that's a very high standard to aim for at this point. If they somehow pull that off, it could easily aim for GOTY though, as RPGs are getting more and more popular every year

[@LyllianaTV]

@@REALVINERGY we need more RPG right now Souls Games and ELDEN RING is the only one that dominated this genre of game, they rly need some kind of competitor.

[@REALVINERGY]

@@LyllianaTV Well, coincidentally, my newest video will be about Elden Ring, but I really underestimated how enormous the game is, so is taking a while haha There are plenty of RPGs releasing though, but nowadays everything is labeled as a RPG. I've also seen Dying Light 2 and Forbidden West on the RPG list and then it's like "are they really though?" Just because we can craft some gear and make a decision here and there? I'd consider the DA series ( or at least Origins ) as a proper role-playing game, I just really need them to nail that aspect in Dreadwolf

[@LyllianaTV]

@@REALVINERGY proper RPG is when the main character is created by the player, from race, face sliders, class and origins. and i actually prefer the one that doesn't talk and had lot of choices. because you know how far off FO:NV to FO:4 the new RPGs has fewer options during the "chat" sequence. i think they prolly put "rpg" on the label for selling point? i dunno it's kinda misleading tbh.

[@REALVINERGY]

@@LyllianaTV Oh same here, I've actually done some videos on FO:NV and CRPGs and how much I like them., but I think we're in the minority as most people find it too slowpaced or just boring

[@Attsnor1]

OMG yes preeeeach the dialogs need too go back too origins style especially saying THE THING THAT THE FUUUCKING TEXT SAYS........ I really miss the freedom of origins :,)

[@Attsnor1]

and omg yes WHY cant mages be OP? why is everyone super scared of the powerful mages if theyre not powerful? (other than demons ofc)

[@bofad6074]

Origins was a a lite-crpg, but the later games just threw out all roleplaying and gameplay depth. IMO having a voiced PC just ruins actual roleplaying possibilities. You cant write dialogue for a voice actor that has room to go more then 2 or 3 different ways. It just isnt really economically feasible

[@langers3511]

Just yesterday I brought dragon age inquisition to play again, and installed on ps4 and it is no longer playable! The main menu loads and then you hit options and then it loads nothing but a black screen 😖 I looked around and it seems to be the bioware servers.... it's not longer able to work at all not impressed 😫

[@SeventhheavenDK]

I don't think it's the Bioware's servers. I checked mine precisely after reading your comment and it is still playable without problem.

[@langers3511]

@@SeventhheavenDK huh interesting, cheers I'll uninstall again and see what it does 👍

[@langers3511]

@@SeventhheavenDK finally got it working 👍

[@SeventhheavenDK]

@@langers3511 . That's good, I am glad for you.

[@ghiblicat]

i hope that for dreadwolf they go back to their roots with origins and 2. i couldn't force myself through inquisition, the protagonist you play is so boring no matter how exciting or funny or cruel you'd want them to be, the companions don't seem to have a closeness like in origins and definitely not in da 2, the world was just so much and while those areas were pretty they just were worth running around for 4 hours for fetch quests, and it felt a lot more neutered in its content compared to the first 2 games. what i really liked about da 2 is that the side quests didn't seem micellaneous unlike the other two games so i hope something like that comes back. it just felt that with origins and 2 everything or mostly everything in world was purposeful to the protagonist and the story. another thing was that the companions seemed to be so disconnected in da:I with the outside world if that makes sense? like our only mage rights mage was solas who never really had a stake in war unlike anders, bethany, morrigan, or merrill and our elves hated other elves. like the inequality of those two groups were central in da 2 and explored in origins by the companions so in inquisition when you have the power to actually help or hurt those two groups it feels very hollow in incomparison

[@REALVINERGY]

Your comment just made me realize how many characters in Inquisition walk around with a bit of a superiority complex. Solas knows that you and the Inquisition are barely relevant compared to the power and influence of the old gods, Sera doesn't take a single moment to listen to anyone who has a different opinion, Blackwall spends 75% of the game pretending to be someone else but still gets made whenever you do something he doesn't like etc. etc. and that ties in very well with the last part you mentioned in your comment: no one has a stake in anything because they don't care about anything. Their own priorities exceed the Inquisition and your character, and while people with own priorities are completely fine, it does have to match the story. Every character in DA2 and Origins had reason to follow you, even more "selfish" characters like Oghren and Morrigan, but in Inquisition, people just stick around but when you ask them why, even they themselves go " I dunno why I'm here actually, to defeat the bad guy, I guess? "

[@ghiblicat]

@@REALVINERGY exactly. and in da 2 it was bc they were all losers who had no one else and that was compelling. characters like sera and blackwall and maybe even cole wouldve benefitted more in a story like da 2 or origins where we actually go to the ground floor of thedas. sera’s whole arc is about her self-hatred about being an elf but how can we ever actually get a sense of that when we put her in the inner circle of a holy army with the only other elves being SOLAS and possibly a dalish elf who she believes was blessed by andraste and not to an alienage to prevent or continue the kidnapping and enslaving of elves? when get an option to take her to something that’s about elf rights it involves briala and that quest doesn’t give you a good picture on who briala is and even if sera was not all elf rights she’s still a red jenny WHY would she like the empress. like we actually saw those options and opinions from zevran, fenris and merrill. with varric, we saw what type of story we shines in most and it was da 2. just inquisition had too much of a grand scope and too shallow of a villain that it couldn’t actually give you a good sense of the characters + good ambitions to go along with the story and couldn’t make u invested in the world. like why should i care what happens in nevarra and why are you making me read about these issues. i just think dragon age has worked better when it was contained and more personalized and a lot of similar rpgs just work better (like baldurs gate) that way to me. i doubt dreadwolf is going back to da:o and 2 considering we’re going to be fighting elven gods who want to tear down the fade and probably going to be in multiple countries so i don’t have a lot of hopes that it’ll be to my taste but hopefully we can at least see a zevran who is not ugly 🫡 also, make it gorey dark fantasy again! more brood mothers and moms that are turned into carcass puppets! bring back blood magic and healing i love doing both! and tactics !!!!!!!

[@REALVINERGY]

@@ghiblicat Yeah 100%. I am seeing a lot of what you mentioned in the comments; DAI got too big, the scale of it all was overwhelming. Characters that shined (shone?) in previous games, e.g. Varric barely got relevant character development in Inquisition, as he was just another character thrown into a " the world is about to collapse " scenario, the story got pretty lighthearted compared to the broodmothers, reincarnated corpses, necromancy etc. we saw in previous titles. The character you primarily see in the video, the elf with red hair , was actually a necromancer, but except for a few character remarks, everybody was just fine with the leader of the Inquisition reincarnating corpses and speaking with the dead lol

[@alexdenton6586]

What I miss is the much more mature, complete and less politically correct side of Dragon Age Origins Inquisition had moments where I was close to crying, excellent music etc., all this counterbalanced by fetch quests and moments of uninteresting emptiness, you can feel that the game has been rushed and started over many times I hope that BioWare will find its Mojo back with Dreadwolf but let's be realistic it probably won't be the case, the game will probably be good but not more than that

[@REALVINERGY]

I am honestly surprised by the amount of people who have mentioned their anti-woke stance for these games in the comments. I am quite obviously on the same side, but I just always thought the DA fanbase was pretty woke themselves. Guess it's only the more toxic side

[@dark3rthanshadows]

Dragon age Inquisition was fine but in terms of greatness DAO it's on a TOTALLY different level had such a great ambience, a great look and pure rpg feeling. D2 tries so hard to be an hack n slash adventure to get mainstream attention of the time and frankly i'm sad but i lost my faith on them bringing a next dragon age with a DAO vibe. I know D2 has a bit of a fandom and etc but Nah the series is going downhil and clearly tottally changed their tone.

[@REALVINERGY]

couldn't agree more

[@Matt620]

I have to disagree with the "complete asshole" responses. I thought they just felt like a holdover from KOTOR. But I'm not going to be thrilled with dialogue going forward, because BioWARE has determined random stuff is off limits. The "transgender" character of Krem was an example. I wasn't allowed to say Krem wasn't a woman because the writers thought it would be "hurtful." In a game where I can magically lobotomize people and turn one of my staff into a drug addict, that was the draw? No thanks.

[@REALVINERGY]

What made the interaction even worse was how Iron Bull, a spy raised in a country that takes pride in the whole concept of " everybody has their role, you get born into that role and we don't accept anybody who disagrees " also flips out when you try to indicate that you think it's weird. What bothers me the most though, is exactly what you mentioned; why bring this dialogue up, if you won't let us choose? If you really wanna make a point, do what the old telltale games did; show us at the end of the game what choices people made. If then somehow the majority of people have shown they thought the whole Krem situation was weird, then by all means, take action as a developer and try to change that view, as long as you don't do it in your game. Go to twitter, protests, join a political movement, do what you think it just by all means. But why make a role-playing game, in which you can't role-play lmao

[@Medusa_plays]

It was the Qunari going with it that did it for me. Like have everyone else in the game love it, that's fine, but the Qun absolutely is against it and the one character representing the Qun should have showed it. Now casual players think the Qunari are just happy go lucky hippies, when no, no they aren't. Where do they think the mind control tech Dorian's dad wanted to use on him came from.

[@Matt620]

@@Medusa_plays There was a convo between Bull and Cassandra about it. Bull says that if the woman "really wants to" they'll declare her that. The Qun doesn't care about individuals at all. Such a woman would be re-educated and/or lobotomized.

[@SeventhheavenDK]

Even worse when they went out of their way to retcon the Qunari lore just to push their agenda.

[@GeorgeHARRISON-cr6bk]

8 years later the damn CPU overheating bug in inq. still exist . damn biofail #anthemneverforgetneverforgive

[@chancho915]

I think inquisition had the same problem as Fallout 4. Dialog was stunted due to the voiced main character.

[@REALVINERGY]

I recently saw a video of someone who modded Preston Garvey into New Vegas. He told the courier that another settlement needed his help and he got 4 dialogue options that all said " yes ", after that he jumped off a cliff and exploded. Best video I've seen in years I've found it lol kzbin.info/www/bejne/oouqgKVonq6spZI

[@chancho915]

@Radical_Energy finally the fate he deserves lol

[@yinsolaya]

​@@chancho915Wrong. Inquisition had a ton of dialogue options despite the voiced protagonist.

[@The_winds_of_change]

Origins is the only game that for me atleast, has replayability. Da2 sucked, da:I just felt to left field, I really feel like the writers are making the over arching story up as they go along, and there are lots of inconsistencies that are lazily written off as "history books are in accurate" and rather than building up mystery they just fall flat. I'm da:o its explained that tevinter magisters entered the golden Palace and corrupted it, which created the dark spawn, which was very heavily inspired and taken from the concept of heaven and being corrupted etc. Jow all of a sudden the seat was already empty, the Palace was already black, and its actually long lost elven gods that are imprisoned there by a guy that has the worst inferiority complex ever. What I'm saying is, in a game where choices are the prime selling point, sometimes an overly complicated plot is not necessary. Sometimes simple is better.

[@GreenFalcon926]

Inquisition has a 6 on Metacritic.... Yeah I wouldn't go by that site for anything, most of the reviewers on that are morons. IMDB is better for it. Inquisition was really good. It really improved upon the world building. The combat was by far the bes in the series. Origins is obviously a classic, and iconic, but there are several really, really boring parts in that game. Orzammar, Circle of Magi ect. Snorefest. Bioware wanted Dragon Age to match Mass Effect, that's why it changed so much between 1&3. Which is probably their biggest issue.

[@SmooshGoo]

I played dragon age inquistion 4 times and dragon age origins once 😐

[@Ryak84]

I dont really have much hope, games only sell good if they appeal to the stupid mainstream. AAA companies want $$$, so throw everything overboard thats too complicated for gen Z.

[@REALVINERGY]

All I know is; it's either gonna positively surprise all of us somehow, or be complete trash, there's no in-between

[@Deatheater4444]

They can't. Dragon Age is a series with one good game: Origins, made when Bioware was a very different company.

[@mattf5935]

I think they need to abandon the open world idea. Best parts of Inquisition was when they did railroaded well written quests. Those are dynamic and have impactful choices. Wandering around checking items off a list was wayyyyy too big a part of DAI’s core. Go back to Origins structure where the vast majority of the game is doing quests with highly scripted events. Good story telling will result in better world building.