Dragon Age Inquisition - Fantasy Commander Shepard (Zero Punctuation)

[@PokeTheThing]

6 years? This game isnt that old. *flashback to playing the game 4 apartments ago

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

Funny, I had the same problem a few weeks back. My friend complained that DA 4 seemed to be stuck in development hell and I asked him what he was talking about because this game had only come out a few years ago. He gave me a funny look and reminded me that it had actually been the better part of a decade. In my defence, I'd never actually PLAYED the game and was probably mentally associating its release date with the last time I'd watched this review.

[@orxy5316]

I feel old now

[@xSaraxMxNeffx]

i wonder how he would react to find out that Thedas basically just stands for The Dragon Age Setting. Because it does.

[@Nebullux]

This ruined my life. Thx

[@joaquinmarichal]

I love it, and I hated at the same time, like DA2

[@alexandermahon1378]

I have a thousand hours on DA:Origins, and when I saw this my world turned upside down...

[@runningcommentary2125]

That's fantastic. I hope the Bioware employee that came up with the name got a raise for it.

[@Bustermachine]

Eh, it works. You have to come up with names from somewhere after all and it beats the alternative of liberally dusting vowel-consonant pairings with apostrophes.

[@Narutou01]

if you play DAI on pc you can cheese the waiting time by changing the date on your pc settings then switch back. it'll immediately complete the objective and you can do this repeatedly with no drawbacks. the 3-24 hour waiting time on some missions are just obnoxious

[@VanLanen]

thanks for that, did not know

[@randomforester_462]

Give this man an award for best and easiest cheatingmethod ever!

[@D0pamineCl0ud]

***** it's definitely easier to do on pc

[@randomforester_462]

***** Abuse the clock to your hearts content folks! Before the micro-payment lords patch it.

[@NarfoOnTheNet]

I think "stupid" would be a more accurate description. Ungodly long, real-world waiting periods are what turns me off from many smart-phone games. That, and making it impossible to get passed the first level without purchasing the "deluxe gear package."

[@Sirake]

So what you're saying is that the compulsory pfaffing about made the game keep *Dragon* on... ... For an *age*... ...

[@SHiTJuFro743]

tomato*

[@K4RN4GE911]

"Goddammit, Barbara!"

[@aaronwince6019]

K4RN4GE911 hahahahahahhahha

[@mokeyblackblood8356]

K4RN4GE911 I finally got a reference!

[@damobeck1]

K4RN4GE911 Damn it I wanted to say that!

[@scirrhia_kruden]

Is it just me or are Yahtzee's reviews getting better and more relevant? Lately he seems to be talking more about specific gameplay features and issues and making real and actionable critiques than just jokes.

[@afunkinduck4856]

Sure

[@KGBatemyBread]

If only developers would actually listen, right?

[@MrZhilvinas]

I'd say its just because the games he's reviewing actually got SOME mechanics to review. AC unity? There's nothing to review in it. It's AC Brotherhood with worse performance and another city. So you just rant about shitsoft and you're done. Games like DA Inq actually has some gameplay to review, hence the difference in quality of the review itself

[@Fartfigneugen]

KGBatemyBread That's a good joke!

[@amightyadam]

Definitely more informative, he still needs to start finishing triple a titles before downplaying them. I think when dlc comes out for games such as Destiny he should revisit reviews, otherwise I adore him

[@phpminor6547]

'and i was afraid if i took part in one more disorganised melee my hairdo might fly off and interfere with someones clay pigeon shooting' the single best sentence to have ever been taken out of context ever

[@jammin023]

I'm not a regular gamer, and haven't owned any console until I got a PS4 "for the kids" for Christmas. I bought DAI on a whim and got totally drawn in by it - even despite the fact that it crashes the console about once a day. I initially thought the whole crafting thing would be too much effort, but after a while it triggered my Aspie side, and it turned out to be the best way to get myself kitted out and able to actually win some battles. By the end though, looting had become pointless because my crafted weapons and armour were far better than anything I could loot, and I was so well equipped that I didn't even break a sweat (or use a health potion) during the final showdown. Nonetheless, this being my first foray into RPGs for over a decade, and despite not being a fan of the fantasy fiction genre in general (primarily because I can never be arsed to keep track of all the made-up Proper Nouns), I was blown away by the game's scale and beautiful rendering, found aspects of the story strangely compelling, and got 120+ hours of enjoyment out of it, which makes it pretty good value in my book.

[@jerm70]

I am Sir Shepard and this is my favorite store in Thedas.

[@Renegade322]

One flaw in this review, you mention hawke defaulting to a specific way, you CAN customize hawke using the same face generator that you can create your own character with if you so choose

[@robertkennedy1293]

The Croaker He’s right. Hawke defaults to the one specific way. Customizing it’s not the default. That’s kinda the definition.

[@MegaZeta]

game sucks

[@rolfs2165]

While that is true, the character creator of DA:I is different to that of DA2, so forget Hawke looking anything like _your_ Hawke. Because having a savegame import that just gets that info and converts it (like ME had) would probably have been too easy. No, instead you have this giant stupid tapestry website that does bugger all for the world of the game.

[@StaziaDiMarca]

I LOVE inquisition so I was scared to watch the review but I basically agree with everything. I'm a bit shocked (and delighted) that this seems somewhat of a positive review! usually yahtzee fans get all pissy when he compliments a game.

[@LochNessHamster]

I can never tell when this guy likes something. It seems like the highest compliment he ever gives anything is not saying it's complete shit.

[@chrissmith8541]

Watch his review of Portal (From the Orange Box), and then see him in his full gush mode.

[@LochNessHamster]

Just like makin' love.

[@OsirisLord]

Precisely. That's why I always tell my girlfriend everything she did wrong in minuet detail.

[@drew081886]

You can tell Yahtzee didn't play for long because he's complaining about the 2 hour war table missions rather than the 16 and 24 hour war table missions. Also, I've been wearing the same crafted armor and using the same crafted weapons for almost the whole game because I've yet to find anything more effective as a loot drop. Yahtzee didn't give the crafting system a lot of credit. He clearly was crafting with low level materials and schematics. You have to play more to get better stuff for crafting.

[@lytherael2309]

+drew081886 Agreed. I hardly use anything other then crafted weapons and armor. Loot can be useful early on and at some extreme cases but crafted stuff is way better.

[@PatrickOMulligan]

I hated the crafting in DAI. Much prefer finding awesome gear or making epic quest items like in DAO.

[@MegaZeta]

Game sucks, anyone who "played for long" should be too embarrassed to admit it

[@Gamer_Mama_0611]

@@MegaZeta OMFG I AGREE. I've tried for 2 days and i have a migraine trying to memorize every thousandth new detail, the unclimactic action, and the boring storyline. Everytime I find a damn letter I want to break my TV screen and slit my throat with the broken pieces.

[@xxXXRAPXXxx]

@@Gamer_Mama_0611 Just don't read shit. Its action rpg like mass effect so just play it and read stuff only if you have the time. As for the table ops going 12 fucking hours like thank the maker for mods because i would eat my own balls with shit like that (i use instant table ops mod). Also game is not terrible just mediocre (origins is far better but i played that game a fuckton and i need a breather.) so i guess it depends if you have so much free time and nothing better to do, then its fine.

[@thepianoist]

As someone who loves this game, this is all completely true. Except for 4:45. That is completely false. This is pretty much the only RPG in existence where you can't find great armor and weapons strewn all over the street and lying in trash bins. Crafting actually makes a difference. I don't think he played it long enough to realize that.

[@bondfall0072]

Clearly, you have not played Skyrim :3

[@thepianoist]

haha, actually I have and I was thinking about that just as I posted this. To be fair though, Skyrim does have some pretty amazing armor you get just for doing quests.

[@sora8711]

Here's the thing though, by playing on Casual you can pretty much ignore the necessity of making your own things.

[@thepianoist]

By playing casual you can ignore the necessity of doing anything.

[@sora8711]

Stephen Anderson Which is why he claims he pretty much lost interest in everything.

[@adampoole948]

call me a crazy goat that eats bricks with jelly on top. but i recently played DA Inquisition and I still like DA 2 better

[@sailoritaly]

NOBODY EXPECTS THE DRAGON AGE INQUISITION!

[@thewelsh-lad8719]

eyyyy

[@wesleythomas7125]

Our cheif weapon is surprise! Surprise and fear! Er, Surprise, fear and a fanatical devotion to the Pope! Ooh, I'll come back in...

[@WillMBeasley]

I will say this he gave the best synopsis of Dragon Age II that I've ever heard. "The daily life of some fuck and his neighborhood watch group."

[@SwobyJ]

Onyx75 Sometimes literally, given Aveline's quest content.

[@45Masterking]

This is why I like Yahtzee's reviews, I can count on him to speak about the game the way I would play it. I mean I would never use that freeze time aspect to play the game. That would require too much thinking and effort for it to be fun IMO. Thank you Yahtzee.

[@PapaBadDadcumsuckgod]

The side missions in this game are just... Notes. They have as much story as notes my mom would leave me, telling me to do chores. The game doesnt have quests, it literally has chores. Am i bitching about content i dont have to play? Yes, because its garbage content. Abundance doesnt make up for lack of quality. More than half the side quests are virtually the same.

[@NavidSarshar]

ccdump72 thats with most rpgs fetch quests make up majority of the content also there is still an abundance of good quests

[@vavakxnonexus]

TheVergilus But how are you doing mayor things while killing goats/bandits/demons/whatevers for an old lady/random stranger/some guy that posted it on a billboard?

[@MrItsaplane]

There are TONS of good quests but there are also tons of normal ass RPG fetch quests, what did you expect? Them to reinvent the wheel for your pleasure?

[@WakkaMadeInYevon]

The crafting system is actually what I like most about this game. It isn't clunky or too specific, as you can use any material you had to change the color and for better effects, and I often found myself crafting gear that was better than what I was finding 3 hours later

[@M0BEYDICK]

+Wakka Flakka Burn The Al Bhed Very true, I think Yahtzee misses the point quite a lot, and in this case he missed it pretty badly. The crafting system in the game is not a core element so you don't even need it to move forward, however if you do want to use it it is very well made. Therefore it is an EXCELLENT FEATURE. I just hate how much he whines about AAA games taking graphics as a higher priority than gameplay, which this game does not do, and then chooses to ignore the gameplay changing features such as the crafting system.

[@MegaZeta]

game sucks

[@PatrickOMulligan]

I crafted daggers that were better then anything I found for half the game. This is bad.

[@poika22]

@@M0BEYDICK The crafting system sucked. There were no decisions to make or rare materials to purposefully hunt for. Just craft the biggest numbers and BOOM now all loot in the game is obsolete vendor trash. It makes playing the quests feel like pointless busywork to progress the story when any items you might get as rewards are worse than the stuff you can just make yourself at any moment.

[@OsirisLord]

See I thought Dragon Age Inquisition was going to get banned from the Next-Gen club because it's actually good, has loads of content, and generally adds on to and improves on the experience of the last-generation entries.

[@prointernetuser]

The crafting system is really good. Most of my best gears came from crafting. I look forward to getting schematics rather than good gears while looting most of the time. The tactical view is very useful when you're playing on harder difficulties. Just putting it out there.

[@Stultus11]

Only used tactical view once on nightmare, it just felt weird to use. Gotta gree on the crafting, esspecially when you get Tier 4 materials.

[@Narutou01]

i typically on needed to use the tactical view on dragons because they can easily destroy your team if they are poorly positioned. ranged a.i. doesnt know what kiting is unfortunately

[@Merlinose]

I find it kinda irritating that i could craft a T3 Dagger with T4 materials (every slot) that then had 480 dps when my main 2H warrior is using an axe that cost me 25k Gold that only does 360 dps +20 on dragons.

[@poika22]

The whole reason the crafting system sucked was that it gave you the best gear. Finding a unique cool weapon or armor piece while exploring is a thousand times more fun than combining interchangeable rags and twigs to make something so powerful you might as well not even bother checking the loot you find.

[@johnnydarling8021]

4:20 The man handcuffed to a giant spider should be a story of itself.

[@theblackwingedsoul]

DA:I is visually beautiful, at least in my opinion. That is literally the only good thing it has going for it.

[@vanyadolly]

I honestly don't get the visually beautiful thing. All the characters looked sweaty and the caves like someone had gone in and poured oil over the walls beforehand.

[@theblackwingedsoul]

Visually as in the environments, Vanya. The texture and model quality of the people is technically great, but I agree they look like they all just got done with a 5 day hike. I don't really care for the hairstyles either, but they work. My main gripe is that the game is almost entirely filler content, I've heard it gets better after the Hinterlands, but by the time I managed to get to my new base and earn my specialization, I had like 2-5 sidequests for every main story quest.

[@vanyadolly]

***** Can't argue with you there on either point. The nature does look beautiful, and about 80% of the game is filler. Half of the areas you don't have any particular reason to explore a all since the main mission gives you most the influence and power you need. This was one of my problems with the game as well.

[@boru1982]

How I haven't gotten bored of this comedy after so many years is unlike me. Brilliant.

[@LourencoPeter]

Not gonna lie, I thought this video was a bit unfair. Not mostly, but I did got a vibe of a "too much content" complain, which is sad, because we already have an industry that gives us most of the time a 6 hour campaign in exchange for 70€, and this is one of the few games that actually deserves the money you pay for it. Also, It's understandable the facial animations are not the best on the industry since theres a TON of dialogue, mandatory and optional, and on top of that there's still the ark branching aspect, so if they did made facial capture to every single line, the budget of this game would be over the roof, so it's a compromise you have to make, and quite the fair one.

[@Goombalove3000]

sorry to say this, but you must be new here. yahtzee shits on every game he reviews, its just the quantity of shit you have to measure to get his opinion. From what i could tell, he quite liked it.

[@ryanseager123456789]

Goombalove3000 Not every game, theres been a few he has only had 1 or 2 things up with it.

[@Destructides]

Haven't played the game, but as far as mechanics are concerned I will point out that in in-game cutscenes facial animations for speech are usually not captured individually but run through a phoneme program. TF2 for instance has a pretty good system, all character facial animation is calculated in real time, combining phonemes with their current facial expression. The same has been done for a long, long time; even GTA:SA had a sort of phoneme system in which characters' lips would just sorta wiggle depending on the volume of their current speech file.

[@AndyAce83]

Too much content is a problem. Cuz less is more. Its better to have a great but tight game with replay value than a never-ending grindfest.

[@Scampcam]

I only really thought it was unfair due to the new generation comment. Sure its not Destiny level appearance. But it certainly has far more and far better than Destiny. At least you have more than 2 different kinds of each weapon. DESTINY. He does make a valid point on the 13hr + map missions.. Bit excessive.

[@johnnydarling8021]

3:12 *Yeets horse* Literally laughed out loud!

[@Blazer5963]

I'm honestly impressed he could somehow fit "urticating hair" into his spiel.

[@terkmc8991]

Am I the only one who actually enjoyed DA2 for the "Hawke and his neighborhood watch" aspect? The bantering was so well written that you can feell the growing friendship between them, and makes Hawke so much less "generic action movie hero", who everyone sees as a hero but really just an every person that happens to be at the right place at the wrong time

[@FawtBalugaWhale]

DA 2 is one of my favorite games of all times. i have thousands of hours on that game. i see why people didnt like it, but they made the game the way it was for a reason. i think they hit a home run with that game

[@cfa124]

It was a great game that people hate because its smaller than origins

[@mikeity2009]

FawtBalugaWhale They made it the way it is.. Overused envirements, Stripping of dialogue choices, Implementation of the shitty dialogue wheel.... Because bioware was rushed and ea wanted to turn the dragon age series into Medieval Mass effect: The game.

[@pustulio81]

The beauty of missions having a timer,is they can all be finished in a matter of seconds if you change your system clock. 24hr quest?...try 5 seconds.

[@thedragmeme]

finnaly I'm not the only one who noticed that Dragon age wanted to be Mass Effect

[@Danbutch24]

+Flare Randolph And it was much much better than Mass Effect.

[@Danbutch24]

+Flare Randolph And it was much much better than Mass Effect.

[@thedragmeme]

Danbutch24 wayyy better

[@chazzwozzio]

+Flare Randolph better ending at least

[@thedragmeme]

True, but I like the entire DA series over mass effect

[@Bloodyravenheart13]

TBH. you did make a lot of excellent points, and a lot of these were true facts, and this video opened my eyes to a lot of problems the game has, but I still love the game faults in all. first because, while all the side missions that seem the exact same are very annoying, you don't have to do most of them, also I love having the other character arcs, unlike Skyrim, (which is still an amazing game) many characters have personalities, goals, faults, and actual depth and development. I love that the DA franchise goes so far to make the characters relatable and real, in Skyrim even your companions are merely weapons with no depth, the closest one coming to have any personality was Marcurio the sarcastic mage, and all he ever had to his character was his sarcasm. I love how this game goes out to make the world and characters relatable and connectable to the player. It makes you feel a more personal affects to your actions, in Skyrim I gave no fucks about going around and killing random people or robbing houses because it didn't really affect anyone most of the time. In DA most of your actions have an impact on other characters in the game, and in the world around you. Some people may not like that and just want to get to the action, which is fine, but I'm a girl who loves depth and story to the games she plays, so I find this game, despite its faults, a great one to play.

[@thedesertfox4438]

Bloodyravenheart13 ever tried the souls games?

[@EmoBearRights]

Bloodyravenheart13 I agree with you although I did feel awful killing the gourmet in the assassins guild missions. I have to say the strength of TES is playing within all the different factions whilst DA's is in its characters - the vampire lady in the DLC has a bit of personality in Skyrim but she's an exception rather than a rule.

[@amiserable]

Bloodyravenheart13 Did anyone actually read all that? I mean, wow. Dude. Its a game. While I typed this, an american soldier died in iraq or the black hole of afghanistan. And Yes, I googled how to spell that. President Obama, who campaigned on the evils of Drones, signing statements, the Banks getting away with breaking the law and oh - the war in Iraq -- is now FOR everything I just said. And now we have a Asian treaty that is so bad for - well everyone - we have to keep it secret. We aren't allowed to know what is in it. Hey! Don't stop reading this. You bastard. Yeah, thats right. YOU. I went there. Hey! I mean it. Wait. this is a gaming video. Yeah. never mind. um. maybe I shouldn't really hit reply on this one. I kind of...... Well, up yours. And. I kinda liked the fast faffy about in DA:1 and I hated the BS in DA:2. And. money is kinda tight now. so. ahem. Ok. No. You can not have that minute of your life back. Its mine now....... wish I could. you know. do something with it. maybe a link to afund raiser website. for me. nah. too lazy.

[@amiserable]

***** Maybe he was, but Aeniamanible, w/e -- has a point. running around being viewed as a demi-god -- and not really having a choice about -- not cool. lots of options. Yes - as long as you play as --- the demi-god dude/dudette. /sigh still. too. linear. oh, yes it is.

[@sandrols7]

+amiserable Well, the main character(the Warden, Hawke, the Inquisitor) are usually the most boring characters in this franchise. Hawke can be nice, but I feel that his dialogue is usually very unnatural and it seems rather mechanic, rather than organic.

[@DionysusEleuther]

It took me three tries to really get into this game, and having just finished it (and enjoyed it) the solution to all my problems would have taken like 10 minutes to implement: Make it clear how little the power & influence gathering side quests matter. Huge, dozens-of-hours-long swaths of time that I dumped into getting every single portal closed, every single camp founded, and so on, turned out to have no impact whatsoever, despite the game making it seem like that was really critical stuff that needed to happen for the Inquisition to make its way in the world. I ended the game & DLCs with over 100 power left, and that was AFTER I decided to make my final attempt to enjoy it by only doing story or story-adjascent quests and leave the entire hundred-strong battery of mopping-up quests to rot. If I'd played it as the game strongly implied I should, it would be a 200-hour-long game (likely their real intent in making it that way) with little blips of content every 10 hours or so at best.

[@zilvoxidgod]

Thank you for bringing up the MMO feel, because that really undermined the game for me. There's this set of good (but not great) companions, an engaging plot, a huge world... aaaaand you'll spend most of your gameplay picking flowers and killing random monsters that are standing between you and the plot relevant enemies. It felt like a single player MMO. Not a good feeling. The companions really didn't stick out to me, but that might just be personal taste. Still, their sub plots felt less like a part of the story, and more like a side quest, which was not good imo.

[@EpicWinNoob]

+Nudedragon Press button, automatically attack, run away, heal rinse and repeat.

[@zilvoxidgod]

Alex Ikhsanov Don't do that. Suicide is a serious problem, and not something to be casually encouraged.

[@a.lampman2165]

+Nudedragon Kingdoms of Amalur suffered from the same thing. Still a pretty fun game though, all things considered.

[@zilvoxidgod]

Phoenix Reignition Yea, they're still good games, just not as good as they might have been. The plot relevant portions were awesome.

[@joeymitchell2862]

A Single Player MMO...? do you know what MMO stands for? xD

[@SAagreedSA]

You're getting really good at precise, efficient reviewing. Always been funny, even clever at the best of times, but you're becoming really good at this whole "being a critic" thing. Efficient at finding /the/ thing folks will probably not realize is that one thing that bugged them about the game in a non-specific way. Nice work man, been paying attention since the adventure games :)

[@Didact13]

I finished at about 92 hours. Loved the game, but Bioware was clearly overcompensating for Dragon Age 2's shortness. Best of the series, I'd say. Companions are likeable, choices are actually a little difficult, combat is entertaining, and I am a sucker for self referential shit so.. There's that too

[@adrenalinerush369]

Lol at your description of Hawke's story as the nightly forays with the neighborhood watch. XD So true!

[@Peter_Pennsylvania]

Inquisition was BEAUTIFUL on PC. So good.

[@Peter_Pennsylvania]

But the rest of this video was accurate.

[@Aska2468]

I agree with horse riding but I actually used the crafting system nearly all the time, every staff or robe I found was worse than the one I crafted, partially because I used a shit ton of resources to get lots of stat increases.

[@dannycabron2738]

Peter Leo not as good as tw3 though

[@kezothehappylurker787]

Oh come on, not fair, that's like comparing apples and deep dish pizza filled to the brim with 10 different toppings that includes several different kinds of meats and cheeses... ...S'cuse me I have to go order some pizza hut while playing some Witcher III...

[@vanyadolly]

If by beautiful you mean drenched in baby oil. The game looked good but all the areas looked the same. The same crisp-cut corners for ancient elven ruins and the deep roads and random spider caves and the same dozen statues everywhere. I would have preferred DA:O graphics for more differentiation

[@T13HS]

My main problem with this game is how enemies/areas/ are set for certain levels, like in an MMO, as opposed to the enemies getting harder as you get better like in most RPGs.

[@joule400]

Or maybe do it the best way making it not locked on levels but still have enemies with better AI/stats on end game areas with less scaling. With skill you can beat them early but you need to learn that skill in and/or near starting area. Imagine walking around bad boss area and all enemies being scaled for level 10 player. Level scaling should not really be in games anymore that much

[@Olter_]

You csn set a setting that all enemies are atleast your level or higher

[@joeymitchell2862]

+Lone Wolf there's a trial that sets all enemies in the game to be atleast your level

[@JCDenton2012Modder]

Yahtzee... you clearly did not play as a mage. You know how I know, because if you had played as a mage you would have mentioned the "light saber" perk for Knight-Enchanter. I do; however, appreciate that you noticed how DA Inquisition was so dreadfully similar plot wise TES Oblivion. You had a brief quip in there about it. :P

[@Costar58]

Lightsaber or not, Knight-Enchanter is basically your "Win the Game" button.

[@JCDenton2012Modder]

Yeah, despite removing healing magic I have to admit that mages are still way to OP in Dragon Age, and I'll admit that I'm one of "those" people that invests entirely into AoE spells, pretty much... a Thunder Mage.

[@perricasa6478]

Logan Snider Mages are op? Thats pretty much how they are in the lore :p They were op in all of the Dragon Age games with Reavers being a close second along with Assassins.

[@JCDenton2012Modder]

To be honest. I didn't find them to be all that powerful in Dragon Age Origins. In fact, I have rather fond memories of intentionally playing a Noble Warrior and Elven Mage side by side to survey party damage percentage. The Mage always seemed to lag behind my warrior by a nice 10%. Then again, it wasn't until DA 2 when playing as a Mage just got ridiculous... especially as a pyromancer.

[@Costar58]

***** 1. People bitching about scaling difficulty, sleep and enemies get tougher. Big deal 2. I did. 3. I did 4. Only used official expansions 5. Never had this problem 6. The game haven't crashed on me once. I literally had none of those troubles with Oblivion, enemies were getting tougher as I was getting tougher, it kept things interesting (Though ridiculous as bandits later were using high-end gear and sometimes better than mine), and the enemy Variety was getting bigger (i.e in Oblivion planes at first you see very few daedras, mostly scamps and other small demons. As you level you get Flame Atronachs, Summoners, Heavily Armored Daedra...And so on)

[@Tenchigo100]

Wait... loading times are long? On my PS4 it loads in 2 seconds. That's when I'm transferring to a new area. I don't get any time to read the first 2 words of the hint cards when I load a saved game in the same area. And the crafting is actually really fun. I made a Battlemaster Coat armor for my WARRIOR that has a %10 chance to cast Hidden Blades for every hit I land, and a Shield that has a %10 chance to cast Immolate (a explosive fire spell) for every hit I land. So when I have Hidden blades casted, it adds the probability to cast immolate during the skill. It's fun smacking a enemy then see vague purple clones of me stab him 4 times then he explodes in fire panicking while his other teammates catch fire aswell

[@clintcarpentier2424]

Well it's a good thing I was a qunari. My curly que horns were securely attached to my forehead. The most I had to worry about was someone laughing at my crappy face paint vitaar chevron pointing down to my tits.

[@annne023]

0:48s my god, that unity joke and the gaben joke together, too clever

[@wedgeantilles4712]

Dragon age: origins is still my favorite

[@fruitjuicedrinker]

(SPOILERS) another thing that fell flat: i played through with a friend of mine who hadn't touched the games or expanded universe (ugh) before and the thing that stood out to me is that she didn't give a fuck about most of the characters. for example, in the fade, when deciding to sacrifice hawke or stroud she chose stroud because she didn't know who the fuck this hawke guy was and why she was supposed to care about his bearded ass as opposed to the wardens, who she at least knew shit about. same with varric, cassandra (to a point), fiona, alistair, coryphyus (again, to a point) and basically every other cameo that was featured prominently didn't elicit empathy from a new player. i love the game and its expanded universe but it's really inaccessible to anyone who isn't completely sunken into the lore

[@TheSpearkan]

Sounds like Medieval Mass Effect to me. Mass Effect tech=Magic Satan=Reapers Protagonist=Shepard Green magic=Prothean cypher

[@thephantombroadcast3050]

It's made by the same company, that's why their so similar.

[@TheSpearkan]

Corrin Of Hoshido No kidding, it's just that it's not good if Bioware stick to the same formula

[@XxRobloxPlayerxX1]

+Spearka That's only the case if they stick on the same track for each game. But you really can't compare Mass effect and Dragon Age, because they are in WAY different eras.

[@TheSpearkan]

CellDwellerMaster You sure? I don't actually play either game so I'm comparing at face value but it does seem like they share a lot of similarities despite DA being a Medieval Fantasy and ME being Sci-Fi

[@XxRobloxPlayerxX1]

+Spearka Kind of. They do share some simularities, but nothing that major to say the two games are completely identical. Mass effect for the weapons, mostly you just have to play missions and receive better upgrades. In dragon age, at least inquisition, you have to go out in the world and actually find resources to upgrade your weapons, including the armor. Combat is obviously different. Mass effect you keep shooting till something dies, Dragon Age you keep swinging the sword until something dies.

[@evanbell7347]

I really liked DAI during my first playthrough. I had a fun time, the characters were entertaining, and despite much of the game looking as though it had been soaked in olive oil for a day, its landscapes were rather nice to look at. So, upon completion of my first game, I thought I might have another go at it with a new character to see how things changed depending on my decisions. Upon creating my character and getting through the tutorial, I began to realize that the only thing that had made the game entertaining to me was my sense of curiosity, pushing me toward completing the story and getting to know my companions. Now that I had already completed the game and done my companion quests once before, I started realizing that the game itself didn't really impress me. The combat was the most glaring issue. My first character had been a ranger, and I had used a bow the whole time. My second was a melee warrior, and I must say that DAI's combat is either incredibly unintuitive and boring, or I am a complete imbecile. I won't count the latter out, it's a possibility. That being combined with the incredibly frustrating MMO-esque resource gathering and crafting, I found that every instance of actual gameplay simply felt like a barrier between me and the actually interesting bits of the game. I would have a great time speaking with my companions, interacting with the lovingly written characters and uncovering the wonderfully entertaining story (which I did enjoy still, despite already knowing where it was all going), but then the game would toss me into this mess of seemingly unnecessary abilities and a tactical mode which I never had any use for, and I would get to watch my character and an enemy NPC wail on each other for a few seconds before one of us would drop dead and I would either finish the job with one of my companions or move on to the next game of "who-produces-the-biggest-numbers." At one point I just closed the game in the middle of a raid on an enemy encampment and started browsing reddit, because I had simply stopped having fun, and getting to the next tidbit of story no longer felt as though it justified me playing any further. I would have genuinely loved DAI if most of the game hadn't proven so prohibitively boring.

[@jamescampbell6724]

So since Yahtzee is now a dad does that mean he now appreciates the methodical bits?

[@johnnydarling8021]

2:00 Says they can’t delegate. 3:25 Immediately contradicts that. You CAN delegate, it’s just impractical. That’s why “if you want it done right, you better do it yourself.”

[@skyrimatemysoul]

Just beat this. Gonna start it up again. I may be addicted.

[@Merlinose]

No you arent ;) theres just so much stuff to do 3. Playthrough atm , but i kinda lose interest in my rogue , compared to 2h Warrior+Mage they seem fairly weak.

[@Costar58]

Merlinose Play Baldur's Gate 2 and say that again. Compared to that game Rogues are death incarnate. In BG all Thieves do is Open locks and Disarm Traps and occasionaly die.

[@Lalle524]

Sounds like the civillian in tf Classic

[@skyrimatemysoul]

Merlinose My rogue is an unstoppable whirlwind of fuck everything. Mages and warriors look fun, too.

[@FawtBalugaWhale]

Raven Pomper my main is a rogue. i one shot everything when i use stealth because of how i did all my characters talents. #roguemasterrace

[@midlifecrisi]

I get the feeling that Yhatzee, for all his reviewing prowess, doesn't appreciate RPGs that much. I played through this in just over a week. Longest game I've ever played, and I nowhere near completed it. "Faffing about" is most of the game tbh. Its a lot of fun too. I don't really think the whole collection thing was well thought through, I admit, but everything they did was completely redundant.

[@Costar58]

Baldur's Gate 2 (With it's expansion) is much, much longer AND the quests are actually more than simple 1-2 step tasks (Investigating a strange series of murders in a villiage only to discover a group of monsters UNRELATED and brokering a trade deal between that group and the villiage, then hunting down the previous group investigating murders, rescuing a halfling Paladin, fighting werewolves and then stop-...You feel me? That's just one sidequest)

[@midlifecrisi]

Radosław Hołdys Most of the quests in Inquisition were rather deep? I found them to be. Twists, suprise turns, unexpected endings, amusing dialogue... How long did it take you to finish BG2? I've finished BG1, took me about 15 hours.

[@Costar58]

midlifecrisi hates Google + The main story in BG1 is rather short (it took me about 20 hrs, but with the sidequests it was easily over 150hrs). I also didn't mean the Main Quests, the quest I described from BG2 was a SIDEQUEST it was completely optional... So was another where you are framed for murder of a group of Paladins by a Red Dragon posing to be a Lord and...Again totally optional.

[@midlifecrisi]

Radosław Hołdys I'm talking about side quests too, well, sort of the main quests of areas, but not actual required quests. I think the biggest problem is that more effort these days is put into graphics, and easy accessability for even the most dumb of gamers that large scale adventures full of complex quests are gone.

[@Costar58]

midlifecrisi hates Google + Here's hoping Beamdog's attempt at Baldur's Gate 3 will work out.

[@TheMetallicReaper]

So Yahtzee ... what about the multi-player :3

[@Stultus11]

Yahtzee doesn't play multiplayer. Good choice in this case.

[@tamerdp]

micro transactions, so its shit

[@TheMetallicReaper]

Stultus11 I know... it's a joke...

[@thepianoist]

I'm sad he didn't try the multiplayer. He could have made 10 videos about how terrible it is.

[@dracolupine9441]

tamerdp there are micro transactions but it doesnt mean they cripple you. Theya re jsut an option. In two or three matches you can buy what they call a large chest (largest box of random loot) The micro is jsut there as an option. I dont know why people bag on this game. Its actually really good. The multiplayer is fun to. Trust me the micro is nothing but an extra option for buying the random small medium and large chests. Thats all its there for. Think like mass effect. And the multiplayer DLC?? ya thats free btw

[@thod8820]

I'll probably never play it but I do appreciate how it fits into the Mass Effect Universe and I like the idea that if Shepard wanted to he could go there and be deemed a wizard (If he was biotic).

I always enjoy watching Yatzee's videos, even if I don't agree with his opinion... it's just fun ! :D

[@Tylericous]

Next week is Sonic Boom, now THAT will be the best

[@comicconman8826]

Tylericous i can already watch that video on the www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/9953-Sonic-Boom-Review?

Tylericous Can't wait :D

[@NishaPerson]

Ainārs Starling www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/9953-Sonic-Boom-Review? You can already watch it.

Jack Man Such a nice surprise, thank you, now I know where I can see them early :D

[@TheMilos1984]

Origins is the best DA game...

[@amandasmith593]

I disagree. No Qunari option in DA:O

[@DLCSpider]

Amanda Smith No Qunari > shitty tactical view and less fleshed-out companions

[@TheMrSnakeRJX]

DLC Spider Origins had more fleshed out companions? Are you high? I love that game, but honestly, even awakening had better companions than that game... Alistair, Sten and Morrigan are still awesome though.

[@Costar58]

Martin Steell Fucking Oghren mate. Steve Blum for the win.

[@TheMrSnakeRJX]

Radosław Hołdys I like the Origins cast, my point is that overall, they fall a little flat compared to DA 2 and Inquisition. Oghren was hilarious, but that was about it. There wasn't that much too hi sadly. Maybe a bit more in Awakening. as his issue with his son is relatable.

[@vladerag]

ah yahtzee you miss why people love dragon age! it's all about the politics of it, even if I wish my forces were more effective >.

[@Metrawolf]

4:22 The children weighing you down are Bayomaxes!

[@timrussell8193]

I have never laughed harder at ZP than at 'fresh urticating hair' and I have no idea why...

[@mergiosartinez6886]

I'm glad there aren't any spoilers in this lol. I haven't finished it yet, and holy shit it is much better than some rpgs. Even though it doesn't have a first person view, I have been leaning more and more to the "tolerate" side of the spectrum. gr8 vid yahtzee

[@dominuce2112]

I'd love to hear your thoughts on bravery default. It's a jrpg without crazy hair and occasionally makes fun of itself in a well thought out manner.

[@regiswithwingtsun]

That'd be interesting. I liked bravely default but it was surprisingly long.

[@dominuce2112]

That's one of the reasons I liked it. The villains weren't so cookie cut and they made combat interesting and grinding less painful lol

[@09philj]

I really liked it, but I know Yahtzee would destroy it, because the main sell is the gameplay (which is good), but otherwise it has issues. The voice direction is iffy to shit, the overall plot is bollocks (the good stuff is in the side quests), a lot of people understandably don't like the second half (although I did), and the beauty contest related dialogue in the Florem section did make me at times almost throw my DS away in surprise/disgust/what the fuckness.

[@AnotherPostcard]

Unfortunate typo is unfortunate.

[@comicconman8826]

09philj by over all plot you probably meant the second half of the game

[@griffonclaw]

You nailed it. Well done. It's still a work in progress.

[@griffonclaw]

It looks like Bioware will either need another year to make the PC version polished or will not ever fix the miserable control issues. It's a shame really. A beautiful game that is an utter and complete disappointment.

[@novusstream]

Highly suggest playing this on Nightmare. I am nearly 80 hours in and I still love playing it daily and feel like there is tons more left to accomplish. Playing on nightmare makes venturing out to new areas punishing and forces you to use the crafting system and min/max your gear. This is hands down my GOTY this year. Don't even get me started on the MP. It is so damn good. HAve been having a blast with that in the tune of 30 hours or so. It's pretty deep and worth $60 alone imo.

[@ZombieMaster420]

One of these days I'll pick up an awesome series when it's new but for now I'll just continue my DAO and DA2 binge a little longer then finally grab the epic DAI because this game does look epic and I can't wait

[@MattSinz]

The main villein of DA: Origins wasn't a "nebulous force," it was the arch-demon. That was laid out plain as day by the end of the prologue.

[@thomaswillard6267]

Kind of sort of, not really. You only actually see the current archdemon partway through the game. And even at that you never interact with the evil forces aside from brief fights until the very end where you get a major fight. Inquisition has you regularly interact with red Templars and Mages and constantly run in Not - Satan or his lieutenants.

[@a.lampman2165]

+Matt Sinz You mean the titular dragon that shows up once, for like 2 whole seconds, in a cutscene at a point before the actual game has even started and who you don't see again until 100 hours of gameplay later? Yeah. Pretty nebulous force when all you're going off of is some darkspawn blood induced hallucinations.

[@Tube_Chaser]

Also, this one guy, you made have heard of him... TEYRN FUCKING LOGHAIN

[@humanshores7694]

o7 Outstanding sir,love the fact that you speak with out a bloody breath and that I half expect you to pass out causing a moment where the video just moves forward until we hear the sounds of clatter and broken glass as you stand back up, only to miss nary a beat and jump right back in..... great reviews sir......... Good God Man.... take a breath. o7

[@Eggbeforechicken]

next week is sonic boom. need I say more?

[@comicconman8826]

heres a link to the video have fun www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/9953-Sonic-Boom-Review?

[@Lalle524]

Get your popcorn ready and a glass between you and Them, this is going to get messy

[@werewolfjedi38]

which sonic boom, the decent DS one or the bad Wiiu?

[@Eggbeforechicken]

Baylith katan wii u

[@damobeck1]

"What makes you think I am this stupid, Sonic Boom?"

[@necordektox879]

I was a little disappointed that being an archer just meant holding down the trigger button until my finger got tired. I don't know why but having to let go of the trigger to make the arrow go zoom is so much more satisfying. Maybe it's the string going thoop that really makes it work.

[@Ubersupersloth]

My favourite of the 3 Dragon Age games is still DA:O by far. I just don't like the Mass Effect style.

[@Terrachotic]

As a quick side note, the real time missions that you need to wait for still count the time that your PC or console is turned off (yes, off, not standby). So it isn't too bad. :P

[@bizmonkey007]

I really loved this game, but the first 10-15 hours were a bit of slog. The game takes a while to get off the ground and some of the side-quests are completely boring (collecting shards). The story is good, if a bit generic, and the characters are solid. I absolutely loved the Knight Enchanter class though. It's the only class that allows you to solo a dragon on Nightmare from what I've seen.

[@kerianhalcyon2769]

I'm a big fan of Bioware games and a lot of them tend to have similar problems, and unfortunately some of them could have been easily avoided and were finally avoided with Dragon Age Inquisition: 1. Bioware games are pretty much intense therapist simulators. I'm pretty confident that I could walk away with tons of cash as an expert in psychological and emotional therapy after playing through a single Bioware game or franchise and having to deal with the various characters' subplots and making them happy while subsequently making the rest of my team happy as well. Unfortunately while in KOTOR that was great in that the subplots were mostly private and exchanged with each other either in their private spot aboard the Ebon Hawk or in quiet whispers out in public while the others ignored you, dealing with subplots in the Dragon Age series can be in your face. Trying to get Morrigan amused enough by you to be able to get jiggy with her while subsequently keeping Leliana, Sten, Alistair, and the dumb dog happy as well is tough. 2. Bioware games pre-Inquisition are geared for Space Travel. This was a problem I had with Dragon Age: Origins. I feel like half of the game's potential was skipped over because instead of walking or riding a horse to get from Ostagar to the Dales, the Circle Tower, or Not-Ironforge I just open a map and click a button...and every now and again I get to run into a random starfighter battle-er, I mean, highwaymen or Darkspawn raiding party to remind me that I'm still in a fantasy world. I'm okay for fast travel but not if it replaces realism entirely. Thankfully to the best of my awareness Inquisition fixes this. 3. Sidequests galore...yeah. In Star Wars I can forgive this because you kind of expect an evil Sith Lord to wait until you are in view just to make it a point to be a butthead about things. However in other games sidequests can be a problem. Having just escaped from a massive horde of Darkspawn that have a potential headstart on me on the way to the rest of Ferelden you'd think that Lothering would be little more than smoke and ashes by the time we arrive, but not only did we manage to, somehow, get ahead of the Darkspawn Horde but apparently we have enough time to make traps for people, kill highwaymen, make a few healing potions, and not only recruit a couple of new companions but accomplish side-quests for the NPCs that led you to them to boot. In fact it's only after you leave Lothering that the Darkspawn show up at all, making you wonder if you were the force that drove them back...it's yet another reason why I feel side quests just get in the way and have become a bit of a waste of time rather than something fun to do on the side. Anyway, that's my two cents.

[@roborock97]

JonTron has said that Dragon Age Inquisition feels like a ton of fetch quests

[@johndavidtibbetts7320]

take it from someone who's replayed this game several times, the only weapons and armor worth crafting are the ones titled "Masterwork" because they're the most powerful, and even then, if you look hard enough you can find them in the world

[@blodstainer]

I don't think Destiny has the right to tell anyone how to do things. basically the world's most expensive game gave you a cheap halo-knock off. And I haven't played Halo since the first one came out on PC and it still funnier than that chore.

[@berengerchristy6256]

+Bloodstainer frankly, destiny is nothing like halo except for the shooting in first person, but if you don't like the loot grind destiny will turn into a chore. it did for me, but more so because bungie refused to put matchmaking for raids into the game. I don't want to dick around on their shitty companion app and ask random assholes to party up for an hour before we finally get a group together

[@blodstainer]

Berenger Christy They're both FPS games with a controller, they feel bad. I like playing with M+KB so they both feel shitty

[@IloveGorgeousGeorge]

But add in a completely worthless "Stat screen" with a generic number that goes up, but your damage is capped so you can't actually get TOO powerful, y'know? 10/10, looter shooter of the century

[@johnnydarling8021]

2:20 Best than Mass Effect, where they introduce tons of new and interesting species/races and default you to “The Human”, because being “The Human Savior of the Universe”, is Shepherd’s full name.

[@maiadraconica6488]

wait...so does he like it....or dont he?

[@michaelanthonyjenkins805]

"It's probably my favorite in the series"

[@maiadraconica6488]

Michael Anthony Jenkins i guess he did like dragon age origins abit but im not sure about dragon age 2

[@XxRobloxPlayerxX1]

He liked it. But nothing to make him put it in his top 5. I remember the year this came out, there was A LOT of sandbox games to release around the same time. So honestly, I think he was burned out by the time he played this.

[@shadowssok7]

I think this is his version of I really liked it, when he starts nitpicking it means it's a really good game

[@DeadDogInc]

Yup, I think he loves this game

[@Schnyger]

As someone who thought the first two Dragon Age games were rather ugly (the water/liquid textures and effects in DAO looked straight off a PS2), I actually think Inquisition is pretty beautiful, especially considering how big the environments are.

[@MegaZeta]

Game is ugly, script is trash, plot is derivative predictable garbage, gameplay is boring derivative predictable garbage, game sucks

[@George_M_]

All these criticisms are true and fair. For once.

[@kngkunaat]

i liked Origins more, Inquisition felt a bit dull, and the tactical view controls are horrible on PC -.- i've put it away pretty quickly.

[@caveyp]

Love these videos... Getting Inquisition on Sunday - Cannot wait!

[@doggone12ify]

Yahtzee if it weren't for you i might have spent thousands of dollars on bad games. Now i've only spent a couole hundred on good games.

[@Elleander1]

He suffers for our amusement (and maybe our wealth not going down the drain).

[@damobeck1]

I agree he has the final say on most of the games I buy when I don't know the series.

[@flyingspaghetti]

Or you can pirate the games and see what is worth to buy. Yahtzee criticizes everything and pinpoints the negative aspects.

[@damobeck1]

If you have pirated it already what is the point of buying it?

[@flyingspaghetti]

David Mobeck You can boast your friends that you are not doing anything illegal by pirating and choose to support the developers. A thing I never do.

[@DeadlyAntenna]

I can see where Yahtzee is coming from but what I find amusing (and this is entirely dependant on the individual) is that everything he criticised or didn't like were aspects of the game I loved! XD

[@GregTom2]

I do have one complaint about the game. Why on earth did you let me take on the templar quest as a lvl 5 who didn't yet explore the equipment crafting mechanics without warning me that I'd have a single supply crate refill for the next 5 hours of gameplay, *and then pinned me against an endless swarm of foes with 4 characters that don't have potions and are within 1hko range WHITHOUT GIVING ME THE ABILITY TO TURN AROUND AND SAY "FUCK THIS MISSION* ". If only someone had told me to have a back up save in Haven.

[@philpyung4831]

You would probably do better with Baby's First RPG if you don't know to make backup saves.

[@GregTom2]

Philp Yung Dark souls and oblivion on max difficulty veteran here. In the end I did beat the mission on hard even if I got myself stuck in that position. I'd just have been nice to have a more obvious warning I wouldn't be able to turn back.

[@philpyung4831]

GregTom2 The true RPG master is always ready for a real fight. lol

[@GregTom2]

I didn't. But I almost got stuck because my single save-file was in a position where I had no potions, a semi-boss fight to do, and no health, and underleveled, and unable to leave the mission.

[@taiiat0]

a true master of RPG's does one or both of the following: - binds Quick Save to W - hauls an entire city worth of preparatory Equipment for a rainy day. what do you mean i'll never need 500 Health Potions and 35 Kilo's of Cheese? ofcourse i need 8 Swords! and yes, i need to have 6 sets of Armor on me.

[@PiratePawsLive]

You can just send all your minions out to do stuff and change your console/pc clock for example +1 day and then turn it back. Boom insta complete :). Noone can be arsed to wait for x hours ^^

[@EngieMak]

Don't really understand why they added real-time, it's feel like playing facebook farm game

[@Mowglibaloo2]

Thanks for the review. If I ever feel like playing dragon age again I will just play Origin.

[@karlseider6237]

Dragon Age= Mass Effect in a fantasy world that has charachters with depth.

[@somethingventured3]

I don't know what system Yahtzee played on but my experience with DAI is that it has beautiful, smooth graphics and lightning load times.

[@agnostik1]

There are some things you just wouldn't expect to ever happen, such as, oh I dunno, an urticating hair joke in a game review.

[@jefthereaper]

Still so true, sends out my army of warriors to gather resources, and a entire army returns... With 2 flowers.

[@AngryNerdBird]

To be honest, I think DAI has the most boring combat out of the series. As terrible as the wave encounter design was (at first) in DA2, the actual act of killing people in it was REALLY fun. It was super entertaining to watch rogue hawke leap at a target when I clicked on them, and so on. Even mages had fun autoattacks with the staff, and I love how mages (and varric) would just club people with their weapons when they got too close. In Inquisition I just feel like I'm holding down a trigger. Because I AM holding down a trigger. It doesn't feel very involved. That plus having to manually chase targets down actually forced me to stop playing a rogue, for the first time in Dragon Age history. I LOVE Rogues, they are my favorite class by a mile, but this game made me not want to play one anymore, and that's really shitty. I ended up rolling mage because I didn't want to manually chase down targets, which is a really dumb decision to have to make, I think. It does GREAT at having loads of good characters (When you weren't losing out on banter due to a stupid bug, that is), and the story was wonderful. But there was inevitably going to be a reduced presence of the main character due to them going with a "pick whatever you want" type of character again, which inherently restricts dialogue options because they have to have a wider array of things available to say. Overall it wasn't too bad, though. And I was impressed at how well they interrogated your character background into how everyone speaks to you. I love how they just refer to me by my last name, and at particular points my background is a subject of conversation, in a way that feels natural. I liked that a lot. Overall, it's a good game. But I just don't enjoy it enough to pick it up a second time. Ah well.

[@Baito28]

There are so many points made in this review that I find hard to agree with and even some that are just wrong (from what I've seen while playing my 100+ hours). There are too many for me to be bothered to type down so I'll just jot a couple. 1- Not sure about console version but on PC you can select the appearance of your Hawke and (if you bothered to use The Keep) you can also change his/her class and personality, as well as a great many other things, which you failed to mention! 2- Depending on the difficulty level you choose, the crafting system can be so much more useful than you describe it as. For example, I was able to craft a staff for my level 16 mage that did more damage than a looted staff that required a level 18 wielder.

[@ianwalker2205]

lol 3:50 You obviously haven't played Warframe haha

[@BlazeBluetm35]

lol but this is a single player game

[@b3rz3rk3r9]

I much more enjoy the crafting than the main combat mechanics. Then again, when something like the ability to research, plan and utilize different material combinations to create better armor and weapons, and mainly because almost everything I crafted was better than the loot being dropped for most of the first Act.

[@chunkykong1846]

Too many shitty fetch quests. I remember playing up until your 1st home gets destroyed and you rebuild the abondoned castle. I thought to myself "Man that story quest was awesome and now I've got this sick castle, what's next?" before it piled on another load of "Fetch X herbs and Y minerals"

[@s871-c1q]

It's a mmorpoger. That's exactly the moment I was like well, I'll shelve this one.

[@papagoose3345]

most of that shit is optional tho

[@chunkykong1846]

A r c h a n g e l I remember having to complete them to gain more "Power" to open up more things at the War Table, I could be wrong though

[@papagoose3345]

Although you need to do side quests in vanilla to get power there are several "main" side quests in each region where they were specifically designed to be interesting to get the power like dennet or the rift in the lake in crestwood, you definitely never had to fetch a ton of herbs or minerals for power, that was completely for aesthetics and possibly also for armor modification.

[@danb4900]

There are shitty fetch quests. But you never have to collect herbs, not true at all.

[@DbonnRP]

fun fact the iron bull was supposed to be a rogue with a cannon for an arm but they thought it was to confusing.

[@Ously6]

The game was better than 2. Trust me... I know.

[@Ously6]

Byron Dellas Thats very debatable

[@samithonjames370]

Byron Dellas Said no one ever.

[@seanrooker4121]

Samithon James I think it is,come at me bra!

[@sethn5217]

I did the Fenris romace as FemHawke. Turns out he's still the same judgemental arse-hole in the romance as he was when you first met him

[@Ously6]

Seth ノートン Oh. ;-;

[@mitchmclooney2726]

Finally someone has an honest review of this game. Thanks.

[@NotSoSpecialFX]

Oooohh, taking a stab at Gaben are we? Le sigh, another 7 years added to the countdown to half life 3

[@Navajonightmar3]

You had me at "Horse utility belt"! ha.